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I searched Stuck on Vibrant screen and tried everything I could. What else can I try???
I bought this phone from a friend who said it just froze on him. He wasnt rooted or anything.
----When I turn on the phone it gets to the vibrant screen and stays there.
--If I try the three button method, letting go of the power button when the vibrant screen comes on, it then starts a boot loop of that screen only.
----Get into download mode and using ODIN 1.70, I use the T959UVJFD and vibrant512.pit with re-partition checked and also unchecked. It stays stuck on Vibrant Screen for 20 minutes.
--Then I try the 3 button and same thing happens
----I ODIN "Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5" and "s1_odin_20100512.pit" with re-partition checked and unchecked. It then gets into a boot loop of the little circle timer symbol, like its thinking or getting ready to charge for 20 minutes.
--Try the 3 button salute and get the vibrant screen boot loop.
----Try just turning it on and it just gets stuck on vibrant screen for 15 minutes.
----I then tried flashing the Zimage from "stock+Voodoo-Froyo-T959-UVJK6" kernal with re-partition checked and unchecked.
--Tried the 3 button salute both times and I still get the Vibrant boot loop.
I also tried with the T959UVJI6, get same results.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO
First, i would recommend you to download the AIO Vibrant Toolbox because it have all the files you need, the latest version of Odin and all the instructions. Did you try unchecking re-partition when using Odin?
About your phone, usually, when you are able to go into download mode, and Odin can see your phone, you are not bricked, except, if there is any hardware issues.
Thanks for the quick reply.
I will try that next and then report.
Thank u.
Oh and yes I did try both checked and un-checked
So downloaded the AIO Vibrant Toolbox and tried using it with no success.
Still gets stuck on vibrant screen while waiting 20 min, even after battery pull the 3button salute will not work and it is still stuck on vibrant screen.
Any other ideas??
power off the phone
open odin
hold volume up and down
plug usb in
or
open odin
pull the phone battery
plug usb in
hold vol up and down
push battery back in (while holding vol buttons)
both of these ways should put you in download mode, if they dont straight away just keep trying and try different ports on your computer
kyle51 said:
power off the phone
open odin
hold volume up and down
plug usb in
or
open odin
pull the phone battery
plug usb in
hold vol up and down
push battery back in (while holding vol buttons)
both of these ways should put you in download mode, if they dont straight away just keep trying and try different ports on your computer
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Thanks, but I am able to get into download mode and complete the ODIN. But when the phone resets, it stays on the Vibrant Samsung screen.
boner2007 said:
Thanks, but I am able to get into download mode and complete the ODIN. But when the phone resets, it stays on the Vibrant Samsung screen.
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So Odin finishes flashing, then it continues to loop?
You're US T-Mobile Vibrant correct?
I personally used this:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Use this: T959UVJFD.tar (worked for me, updated easily)
http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=androidspin/samsung/vibrant/&file=T959UVJFD.tar
P.S.: Use the latest version of Odin. Search in the forums.
Yessir, it continues to loop.
It is the us tmo.
I believe I used odin ODIN 1.87 or somthing like that from the AIO Toolbox. I will try those links and search to sdee if there is a newer ODIN.
I really appreciate the help. I tried my best explaining everything I tried in my OP. Except now I am using the ODIN 1.87.
boner2007 said:
Yessir, it continues to loop.
It is the us tmo.
I believe I used odin ODIN 1.87 or somthing like that from the AIO Toolbox. I will try those links and search to sdee if there is a newer ODIN.
I really appreciate the help. I tried my best explaining everything I tried in my OP. Except now I am using the ODIN 1.87.
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Good luck, with the link I gave it should work and put your Galaxy S back to 2.1.
ODIN3 v1.7 - Thats the one I use. Good luck!
MasterGGM said:
I personally used this:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
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I love to reference that article!! LOL. I like the way that one starts, "So you've messed it up huh,....." rofl. That and it mentions JAC/JAD's thread, oh those were the days.
I got caught in the boot loop about a week ago and this worked for me as nothing else did to get back into recovery screen.
I don't remember if I pulled the battery or restarted the phone, but either way, once the phone was powered down, I held down the power button and both volume buttons, I waited until the VIBRANT logo came back up and BLINKED ONCE, then let go of only the power button, then I immediately hit the home button.
This brought me right back into recovery mode, well, clockwork recovery at which time I reflashed the rom prior that was working fine.
Might be worth giving it a shot.
I encourage you not to give up. I've been in similar situations before, and I always find it helps to exercise precise controls on your resuscitation attempts. Try using the same procedure in different USB ports, try using the same procedure 2 or three times in a row. Try Eugene's Froyo that does not brick and then going to stock JFD and then back to Eugene's again. Maybe try Heimdall.
I have a samsung yp-g1 player. I was trying to flash the stock rom and something terrible went wrong. It was hanging there for like 40 minutes. I unplugged it from the usb and now when I push the power button, I see
phone, exclamation point, and computer. I purchased one of those galaxy jigs and all it does is load the same screen after 6 seconds or so. It will not go into download mode for nothing. Is there any help available? I greatly appreciate it.
Wrong section to post dude
Same thing happened to me with my galaxy player 5.0 just connect it to your computer and use heimdall or odin and it should flash back to stock
smoggysasquatch said:
I have a samsung yp-g1 player. I was trying to flash the stock rom and something terrible went wrong. It was hanging there for like 40 minutes. I unplugged it from the usb and now when I push the power button, I see
phone, exclamation point, and computer. I purchased one of those galaxy jigs and all it does is load the same screen after 6 seconds or so. It will not go into download mode for nothing. Is there any help available? I greatly appreciate it.
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Wrong section, also this question has been covered MULTIPLE times, that screen is a sorta FORCED Download Mode, connect it back to the computer and reflash with Odin, i've got it several times myself and every time have fixed it with flashing thru Odin.
daniel644 said:
Wrong section, also this question has been covered MULTIPLE times, that screen is a sorta FORCED Download Mode, connect it back to the computer and reflash with Odin, i've got it several times myself and every time have fixed it with flashing thru Odin.
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Same here. That exclamation mark screen IS a download mode. Connect it to your computer while it's showing that screen and reflash whatever ROM you were trying to.
Sometimes that kinda stuff happens when the flash gets screwed up, but should be easily recoverable.
this is what is on my sceen. I know this is a different device pictured. http://www.traemcneely.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/EXCLAMATION.jpg
Odin does not recognize the device when plugged iin. I did install drivers using heimdall for the samsung device.
smoggysasquatch said:
this is what is on my sceen. I know this is a different device pictured. http://www.traemcneely.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/EXCLAMATION.jpg
Odin does not recognize the device when plugged iin. I did install drivers using heimdall for the samsung device.
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It's weird but once you install heimdall drivers you have to REINSTALL the drivers Odin uses, also it's best to use a different USB then the one setup for heimdall, but yes that is the "forced" download mode.
ok I'm making progress. I now have it out of the "Force download" mode. I flashed the stock "yp-f1cwyxaa" tar (device is a yp-g1cwyxaa) and now it just loops from samsung word to boot animation and repeats. What do I do now?
smoggysasquatch said:
ok I'm making progress. I now have it out of the "Force download" mode. I flashed the stock "yp-f1cwyxaa" tar (device is a yp-g1cwyxaa) and now it just loops from samsung word to boot animation and repeats. What do I do now?
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OK, this can be kinda tricky, hold volume up and power till it shuts OFF, keep holding both buttons till it turns back on, then release just the power button, this should get you into the stock recovery, from there "wipe data/factory reset" and "clear cache" then reboot, it should boot up now. The tricky part is telling the difference between the bootloop starting over and the player powering off and back on.
Perfect... It works now. Thank you all for helping me with this. Damn, I'm glad to be born in this era where help is readily available. Thank You very much
Issue Resolved!
I rooted my phone the other day using super one click 2.3 and left it just rooted due to cwm in my rom manager app not showing my phone model for whatever odd reason. Tonight I did the most stupidest thing and decided to pick nexus 4G in rom manager and downloaded CM10 ICS rom from rom manager itself and as soon it finished downloading I pressed install with dalvik cache wipe checked and now my phone is just stuck on boot screen that say "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile"
I tried to hard reset by pressing home/vol up,down/power button but the screen just goes black for about 3 seconds then the same "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile" screen come on and it just stay there. I also tried to plug in the phone to my laptop but the phone is not recognized anymore and nothing happens.
This is the only phone I have and I am lost. I really need my phone back. What do I need to do?
please HELP:crying:
CyberGmonster said:
I rooted my phone the other day using super one click 2.3 and left it just rooted due to cwm in my rom manager app not showing my phone model for whatever odd reason. Tonight I did the most stupidest thing and decided to pick nexus 4G in rom manager and downloaded CM10 ICS rom from rom manager itself and as soon it finished downloading I pressed install with dalvik cache wipe checked and now my phone is just stuck on boot screen that say "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile"
I tried to hard reset by pressing home/vol up,down/power button but the screen just goes black for about 3 seconds then the same "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile" screen come on and it just stay there. I also tried to plug in the phone to my laptop but the phone is not recognized anymore and nothing happens.
This is the only phone I have and I am lost. I really need my phone back. What do I need to do?
please HELP:crying:
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Okay, okay relax and stay calm first and foremost. I assure you, we've all been there (at least I have been lol). Needless to say, it sounds like you can fix this...which is good! I suggest you first head over to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509 and download the toolbox. Once its downloaded, install the necessary drivers if you have not already. After that, you need to get your phone into download mode. There are a few ways to do this, and people prefer going about it in different ways...I'd suggest taking out your battery, and then popping it back in and holding the power on and volume up button at the same time and hopefully it will boot into download mode (it'll be yellow). If that doesn't work after a few minutes, remove the battery again, pop it in and try holding the power, the volume up and the little "arrow up" soft key at the bottom of the screen and hopefully this time it will go into DL mode. Once you're in DL mode, connect your phone to the computer and use the toolbox to flash to stock. This will bring your phone back to factory conditions and you'll be set to go. Be sure not to remove your phone while its flashing back to stock until you are given the green light. Good luck!
Xenoism said:
Okay, okay relax and stay calm first and foremost. I assure you, we've all been there (at least I have been lol). Needless to say, it sounds like you can fix this...which is good! I suggest you first head over to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509 and download the toolbox. Once its downloaded, install the necessary drivers if you have not already. After that, you need to get your phone into download mode. There are a few ways to do this, and people prefer going about it in different ways...I'd suggest taking out your battery, and then popping it back in and holding the power on and volume up button at the same time, once your screen turns on, remove your finger from the power button and continue holding the volume up button, and hopefully it will boot into download mode (it'll be yellow). If that doesn't work after a few minutes, remove the battery again, pop it in and try holding the power, the volume up and the little "arrow up" soft key at the bottom of the screen, when the screen comes on, let go of the power button and hopefully this time it will go into DL mode. Once you're in DL mode, connect your phone to the computer and use the toolbox to flash to stock. This will bring your phone back to factory conditions and you'll be set to go. Be sure not to remove your phone while its flashing back to stock until you are given the green light. Good luck!
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Thanks for trying to help, but is not working. I tried both options multiple times but it would not go into DL mode. I can't believe I did this to my only phone
CyberGmonster said:
Thanks for trying to help, but is not working. I tried both options multiple times but it would not go into DL mode. I can't believe I did this to my only phone
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Relax, relax...I assure you. Everything will be fine. Your phone isn't dead. Getting into DL mode can be a pain, and honestly it took me a few tries my first time also. You just need to find the correct combo. Try with phone off, holding volume up and down at the same time and then plug in the usb until the phone boots up into DL (hopefully). If this doesn't work, report back. If it does, go through the steps in my last post.
Xenoism said:
Relax, relax...I assure you. Everything will be fine. Your phone isn't dead. Getting into DL mode can be a pain, and honestly it took me a few tries my first time also. You just need to find the correct combo. Try with phone off, holding volume up and down at the same time and then plug in the usb until the phone boots up into DL (hopefully). If this doesn't work, report back. If it does, go through the steps in my last post.
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Another thing to try, pull battery, SIM card and SD Card. Then plug in USB to computer, plug in to phone, pop the battery in holding down volume keys (up and down) -- its a little tricky but you get the hang of it. It was only consistent way my phone would go into DL mode.
Same Problem
CyberGmonster said:
I rooted my phone the other day using super one click 2.3 and left it just rooted due to cwm in my rom manager app not showing my phone model for whatever odd reason. Tonight I did the most stupidest thing and decided to pick nexus 4G in rom manager and downloaded CM10 ICS rom from rom manager itself and as soon it finished downloading I pressed install with dalvik cache wipe checked and now my phone is just stuck on boot screen that say "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile"
I tried to hard reset by pressing home/vol up,down/power button but the screen just goes black for about 3 seconds then the same "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile" screen come on and it just stay there. I also tried to plug in the phone to my laptop but the phone is not recognized anymore and nothing happens.
This is the only phone I have and I am lost. I really need my phone back. What do I need to do?
please HELP:crying:
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I have almost the same problem.
Did you ever get the phone to go into DL mode?
TIA
Wrong forum. Go to galaxy s 4G forum.
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gknitz said:
I have almost the same problem.
Did you ever get the phone to go into DL mode?
TIA
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What exactly is your problem? Please list your device model and what ROM or stock android version you were using when issue began. Any other info you have would be helpful.
Paranoid, sitting in a deep sweat...
samsgun357 said:
What exactly is your problem? Please list your device model and what ROM or stock android version you were using when issue began. Any other info you have would be helpful.
Paranoid, sitting in a deep sweat...
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i rooted with superoneclick .... it couldnt verify shell but it rooted.... then i put a kernel on called sms-t959v-kj6-v0.1.0unsigned-update. then i tried to flash a rom called SamsungSlim-T959-4.2.1.Beta.1-OFFICIAL and thats where everything failed.... its stuck at the rom boot.... the screen says semaphore..... PLEASE PLEASE HELP.... I FELL LIKE IM DYING LOL MY EMAIL IS carlosts2009 at gmail.com.. or text 856 2 4 4 101 8
Your problem is the kernel is for the t959v galaxy s 4g and the ROM is for t959 vibrant. You can fix it in Odin with the stock firmware but we need to figure out which device you have. Do you have a stock front facing camera?
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samsgun357 said:
What exactly is your problem? Please list your device model and what ROM or stock android version you were using when issue began. Any other info you have would be helpful.
Paranoid, sitting in a deep sweat...
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im using a samsung galaxy s 4g running on gingerbread (the latest version for this phone) I got the instructions for how to root my phone from youtube and everything was good until today when it just got stuck on the boot screen. how can I fix this. I need a professionals assistance for this.
This is the Samsung vibrant t959 (3g). It looks like you have the Samsung galaxy s 4g t959v. These are totally different phones, you need the galaxy s 4g forums, these files for the vibrant will not work on your phone. Find the correct forum on xda website and flash back to stock for the t959v
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Hey everybody
A few days ago i rooted my phone with CF-Root and installed the Super Nexus Rom Stable 1. It run really
fast and worked great :good:
This morning I saw that the second version released. So I downloaded it and also the gapps again. But after installing i recognized
that the screen flashed and the rom didn't run smooth.I decided to roll it back with my backup.
But after starting the backup, the screen got black. I waited 30 minutes, then i took the battery out of my smartphone. As I put it back and started my phone
again, i just saw a purple screen. No samsung logo or somthing else. after 2 minutes i saw the status bar at the top, but the rest of the screen kept purple. I tried to bring it in download mode, but the screen is always purple and odin don't recognize the phone.
Please help me
Did you try entering download mode with a jig? Sometimes even when button combo or cable /volume combos don't work a jig will.
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pull out battery for 20-30 min then put battery then charge ur phone and after 30 min try to enter in download mode
hisee said:
pull out battery for 20-30 min then put battery then charge ur phone and after 30 min try to enter in download mode
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Mmh, It didn't work . I let the battery out of the phone for 2 hours and tried to start it again in Download Mode, but just earned a purple screen.
spagman72 said:
Did you try entering download mode with a jig? Sometimes even when button combo or cable /volume combos don't work a jig will.
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No, i think i should buy one.
I think my problem is that the phone gets into the Download Mode. But at the s3 we have to confirm that we really want to get into this mode.
I think i just hang at this screen, but can't check the right box, cause i just see the purple screen
Get I immediatly into the Download Mode with a jig, or have i also to check the accept button?
charge phone via pc for sumtime then try to enter in downlaod mode
Just because the screen is purple/black doesnt mean that phone is not in download mode.
If you hold the combo buttons to get into download mode but cant see the screen where it says press up to go into download mode just wait a sec and press up anyway.
then plug your phone up to odin.....it may still be able to go into download mode even though you are SEEING the screen.
the2rrell said:
Just because the screen is purple/black doesnt mean that phone is not in download mode.
If you hold the combo buttons to get into download mode but cant see the screen where it says press up to go into download mode just wait a sec and press up anyway.
then plug your phone up to odin.....it may still be able to go into download mode even though you are SEEING the screen.
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I started my phone normal and wait some time. Then I connected it to the pc. The explorer starts and show me a window with the title GWT-I9300.
But instead to see any content the folder is absolutly empty. Bad sign??? Or good sign that i can connect it?
I start it again with the 3 key combo in Debug Mode. I think i'm in cause if i connect it again to the pc nothing happened. Odin also doesn't recognized the phone
develpoer23 said:
I started my phone normal and wait some time. Then I connected it to the pc. The explorer starts and show me a window with the title GWT-I9300.
But instead to see any content the folder is absolutly empty. Bad sign??? Or good sign that i can connect it?
I start it again with the 3 key combo in Debug Mode. I think i'm in cause if i connect it again to the pc nothing happened. Odin also doesn't recognized the phone
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Did you press up before you plugged it up to the pc??
the2rrell said:
Did you press up before you plugged it up to the pc??
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Hey. I forget that it was the up key. i think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognize my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
develpoer23 said:
Hey. I forget that it was the up key. in think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognized my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
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You should return it to stock with a full flash give me a sec I'll grab a link this will restore everything. You then should go into recovery volume up middle button and power and do a full wipe to make sure you get everything out as odin doesn't do that it will only override what is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
Download file from there and just to make sure we are talking international gt-i9300 CORRECT? The file is big like 750 megs it contains stock everything and will restore the entire device to stock. It will not erase the on board store partitioned for the SD heck it doesn't erase anything just overrides.
nullkill said:
You should return it to stock with a full flash give me a sec I'll grab a link this will restore everything. You then should go into recovery volume up middle button and power and do a full wipe to make sure you get everything out as odin doesn't do that it will only override what is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
Download file from there and just to make sure we are talking international gt-i9300 CORRECT? The file is big like 750 megs it contains stock everything and will restore the entire device to stock. It will not erase the on board store partitioned for the SD heck it doesn't erase anything just overrides.
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thank you verry much
that's my last hope. before you have written it, i flashed again the cf-kernel. odin said that the operation was succesfull. but the screen keep purple.
hope that it is not a hardware brick
develpoer23 said:
thank you verry much
that's my last hope. before you have writtent it, i flashed again the cf-kernel. odin say it was succesfull. but the screan keep purple.
hope that it is no hardware brick
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Doesn't sound like a hardware brick. After you flash the stock again if you still have the purple screen let me know and i'll find the button combo so you can wipe the data as there could still be something lingering that could cause that. And don't be to worried you have a colored screen that's not too bad it's when you get nothing no matter what that you should get very scared
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Doesn't sound like a hardware brick. After you flash the stock again if you still have the purple screen let me know and i'll find the button combo so you can wipe the data as there could still be something lingering that could cause that. And don't be to worried you have a colored screen that's not too bad it's when you get nothing no matter what that you should get very scared
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Now Odin finished with all operations succesfull. After restart I can hear the samsung sound but screen keeps purple
It's also a bit strange, if i start my phone normal and connect it to the pc. No explorer window opens, but odin still recognize the phone. I don't started it in Download Mode???
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Now Odin finished with all operations succesfull. After restart I can hear the samsung sound but screen keeps purple
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Yeah that's what I thought so last thing
Pull battery
Hold Volume UP Middle Button and Power Button for ten seconds
wait like another 20 seconds then press volume down twice then press power after a min press power again with any luck this will do a full wipe for you. It is blind but I did confirm on my phone the times it takes.
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After you volume down twice and then press power volume down three times and press power again then wait ten seconds and press power a last time. The third press is to wipe the cache which is the problem I bet.
Was there any info about GPU overclocking/volting on that custom rom you installed? I mean on that version 2.
For me this sounds like that your graphical chip on the phone might have damaged.
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GalaxyS3man said:
Was there any info about GPU overclocking/volting on that custom rom you installed? I mean on that version 2.
For me this sounds like that your graphical chip on the phone might have damaged.
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It could be but lets not scare the dude yet. I have had many phones do blue and purple screens just as he describes it is generally a bad flash or file or forgetting to wipe. I do not think at this point we are looking at a bad GPU. I have also had this phone give me weird colored screen flashed upon starting or going into recovery that had to do with a improper restore.
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It could be but lets not scare the dude yet. I have had many phones do blue and purple screens just as he describes it is generally a bad flash or file or forgetting to wipe. I do not think at this point we are looking at a bad GPU. I have also had this phone give me weird colored screen flashed upon starting or going into recovery that had to do with a improper restore.
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mmh, really sad. i need more runs to get it to work. but then after some the phone do somthing and restart after last pressing power. But screen keeps in this ugly purple.
The rom i installed was the Super Nexus Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817345)
develpoer23 said:
mmh, really sad. i need more runs to get it to work. but then after some the phone do somthing and restart after last pressing power. But screen keeps in this ugly purple.
The rom i installed was the Super Nexus Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817345)
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keep playing with it after you are sure you've gotten the three and two try to odin one more time.
Another option you have is to go into odin and and flash a know stable recovery then see if you can boot into it recovery.
develpoer23 said:
Hey. I forget that it was the up key. i think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognize my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
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Stable Rom....get your phone booting up first, then worry about rooting
You over zelous flasher.....lol
So yesterday morning I went to turn on my phone, but nothing happened. It was on the charger all night so it should have been a full battery.
Here are my symptoms:
1) AC plugged in without battery - Phone's screen turns on for a second, turns off, and then repeats.
2) AC plugged in with battery - Phone will start to charge (has the loading symbol in the battery), but then turns off immediately. It cannot boot into recovery. It CAN boot into download mode, but my computer will not recognize it to restore the phone with odin.
Any ideas?
I don't have an official upgrade until October, but I'm going to call customer service to try and get them to bump the date up so I can get a new phone.
First possibility to suspect is a failed battery. If you know someone else with an s2, ask to borrow their battery temporarily to see if your phone will boot. Or perhaps go to an AT&T store to see if you can borrow a battery.
If it's not the battery, then the next step to try is to boot into download mode with the battery out of the phone to see if Odin will recognize the phone with the battery out. With the battery out of the phone and the USB cable plugged into the computer, hold down the vol down button while plugging the USB cable into the phone. The computer will supply the power. This assumes that you have the proper "Samsung USB driver for mobile phones" installed on your PC.
That's a start.
I am having the same issue with my s2. i had shostock installed on it a few weeks back and it was working fine. then it just stopped working. i tried rebooting but it keeps on going on bootloops. I tried using odin to flash back to stock but no go, just bootloops. kies just dont work for me. i know it isnt the battery cuz i have the charging cradle to charge the battery and the phone goes to odin mode without the battery. Any help is appreciated.
sfb14 said:
I am having the same issue with my s2. i had shostock installed on it a few weeks back and it was working fine. then it just stopped working. i tried rebooting but it keeps on going on bootloops. I tried using odin to flash back to stock but no go, just bootloops. kies just dont work for me. i know it isnt the battery cuz i have the charging cradle to charge the battery and the phone goes to odin mode without the battery. Any help is appreciated.
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It sounds like you got a successful flash of stock. Boot into recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
creepyncrawly said:
It sounds like you got a successful flash of stock. Boot into recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
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I just did. Still no boot.
sfb14 said:
I just did. Still no boot.
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OK. Did the flash to stock succeed? In other words, you got a pass in odin?
Which version of SHOstock was installed, the latest? And which version of stock did you flash?
i flashed SHOstock v3 before all of this happened. i flashed ucle5 stock rooted. battery icon flashes capacitive keys blink over and over again. if i unplug it nothing happens. i may have to try UCKH7 once im done downloading it.
** after flashing KH7, i go to recovery to wipe/factory reset... there is a message saying
Installing Multi-CSC...
"can't access to '/system/csc/ATT/system/'
Successfully applied multi-CSC
sfb14 said:
i flashed SHOstock v3 before all of this happened. i flashed ucle5 stock rooted. battery icon flashes capacitive keys blink over and over again. if i unplug it nothing happens. i may have to try UCKH7 once im done downloading it.
** after flashing KH7, i go to recovery to wipe/factory reset... there is a message saying
Installing Multi-CSC...
"can't access to '/system/csc/ATT/system/'
Successfully applied multi-CSC
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This is sounding a bit like nand read/write corruption, which is fixable. Try this:
1)Go to this post and download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Flash it in PDA without ticking Re-Partitioning.
2) Successful? Nice. Next, flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution from the Download Repository, I777UCKH7 including the bootloaders and everything, in the PDA slot.
3) If that is successful and boots normally you are done. If it is not, then:
4) Download the SBL Bootloader from the Download Repository. Flash it as PDA in ODIN, without ticking Re-Partitioning.
5) Flash the Kernel, as in step 1.
6) Flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution, as in step 2.
Will try that later. Thanks for your help!
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still no luck.. i did everything odin says "PASS" but it just wont boot. i'm going to try and get a different battery and see if that works.
thanks for your help sir. :good:
sfb14 said:
still no luck.. i did everything odin says "PASS" but it just wont boot. i'm going to try and get a different battery and see if that works.
thanks for your help sir. :good:
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Going through the exact same issue with my kids phone with the same results. Tried creepy's 6 steps, but still no luck.
I think it was caused by my kid killing the battery.
update: got it to boot into custom recovery, then reflashed ROM. It stills acts weird though. Very laggy.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-at-t-usb-port-repair/
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda app-developers app
Having a very similar issue here.. Battery icon flashes then black screen. Boot to download mode.. Push up arrow, black screen. Computer does not register device connected.
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jvick920 said:
Having a very similar issue here.. Battery icon flashes then black screen. Boot to download mode.. Push up arrow, black screen. Computer does not register device connected.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app
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It's hard to give any suggestions with this little information. More information would be useful. A lot more information would be more helpful.
creepyncrawly said:
It's hard to give any suggestions with this little information. More information would be useful. A lot more information would be more helpful.
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When I plug then phone in (automatically turns on when plugged in, power button is broken), the battery logo and hardware buttons flash erratically for up to a minute then nothing at all. I've tried different batteries and different cords. The only thing that seems to bring it back to life is letting the phone and battery sit unplugged for 2 weeks up to a month and trying again, but it's very hit or miss. This only seems to happen when the battery completely drains.
jvick920 said:
When I plug then phone in (automatically turns on when plugged in, power button is broken), the battery logo and hardware buttons flash erratically for up to a minute then nothing at all. I've tried different batteries and different cords. The only thing that seems to bring it back to life is letting the phone and battery sit unplugged for 2 weeks up to a month and trying again, but it's very hit or miss. This only seems to happen when the battery completely drains.
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What phone do you have... the AT&T SGH-I777 does not have hardware buttons, but maybe you mean the capacitive buttons which are part of the display? Your previous post was sent from an Infuse? If it's not an I777 then you need a different forum.
If the phone that has the problem is an SGH-I777, then... what firmware is/was it running? Is it rooted? Is USB debugging turned on? Have you been able to boot into download mode since your first post? How long was the power button broken before this problem first manifested?
I think you need to get into download mode and flash stock firmware.
You also may need to see if you can do something about the broken power button, since that may be involved in the problem. That would mean either taking the phone apart and trying to mechanically clean the button or move/press/activate it a lot to get the dirt out so that the problem clears itself, or it may mean getting it replaced.
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What phone do you have... the AT&T SGH-I777 does not have hardware buttons, but maybe you mean the capacitive buttons which are part of the display? Your previous post was sent from an Infuse? If it's not an I777 then you need a different forum.
If the phone that has the problem is an SGH-I777, then... what firmware is/was it running? Is it rooted? Is USB debugging turned on? Have you been able to boot into download mode since your first post? How long was the power button broken before this problem first manifested?
I think you need to get into download mode and flash stock firmware.
You also may need to see if you can do something about the broken power button, since that may be involved in the problem. That would mean either taking the phone apart and trying to mechanically clean the button or move/press/activate it a lot to get the dirt out so that the problem clears itself, or it may mean getting it replaced.
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It is the I777, capacitive buttons is what I meant.. I apologize, I'm still fairly new with terminology.. Yes, I have an Infuse also, it's my backup phone because I can't get the s2 to charge. It is rooted and flashed, running 4.2.2 (Avatar ROM)
The problem is, it isn't holding enough of a charge to do anything. Aside from the previously stated issue, it will go into download mode, but the screen will only stay on for maybe 5 seconds max. The power button has been broken about 6 months before this issue arose. This only started happening about a month ago when I let the battery discharge completely. To test my theory that it's a battery/charging issue, I got a backup battery (which allowed the phone to work again) and I allowed that one to discharge completely. Now I'm having the same issue with both batteries. I was able to get the phone to power on once after letting the phone and battery sit disconnected for about 2 weeks.
jvick920 said:
It is the I777, capacitive buttons is what I meant.. I apologize, I'm still fairly new with terminology.. Yes, I have an Infuse also, it's my backup phone because I can't get the s2 to charge. It is rooted and flashed, running 4.2.2 (Avatar ROM)
The problem is, it isn't holding enough of a charge to do anything. Aside from the previously stated issue, it will go into download mode, but the screen will only stay on for maybe 5 seconds max. The power button has been broken about 6 months before this issue arose. This only started happening about a month ago when I let the battery discharge completely. To test my theory that it's a battery/charging issue, I got a backup battery (which allowed the phone to work again) and I allowed that one to discharge completely. Now I'm having the same issue with both batteries. I was able to get the phone to power on once after letting the phone and battery sit disconnected for about 2 weeks.
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What firmware is/was it running?
Is it rooted?
Is USB debugging turned on?
Did it charge the second battery fully more than once?
How long did it operate with the second battery?
creepyncrawly said:
What firmware is/was it running?
Is it rooted?
Is USB debugging turned on?
Did it charge the second battery fully more than once?
How long did it operate with the second battery?
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Firmware is CM 10.1, it is rooted, running AvatarROM. USB debugging and mock locations were turned on. It had no issue charging while it was working, it was after I allowed the batteries to die that I started having issues. Even on the second battery, it would continue operating as long as I kept it charged.
jvick920 said:
Firmware is CM 10.1, it is rooted, running AvatarROM. USB debugging and mock locations were turned on. It had no issue charging while it was working, it was after I allowed the batteries to die that I started having issues. Even on the second battery, it would continue operating as long as I kept it charged.
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I have never used Cyanogen Mod or any of the other AOSP firmware, and I don't know how the firmware would affect this issue, if at all. But I suspect there may be some link.
I think what you need to do is to flash back to stock firmware, or perhaps use one of the stock plus root packages, and then a custom kernel, and then reload CM 10.1. So try this:
Pull the battery and leave it out. Open Odin3 on the desktop and then while holding down the volume buttons, plug in the usb cable. See if the phone will boot into download mode this way, and if Odin will recognize it. If so, then go ahead and flash the stock of your choosing. I think if it were me, I would flash 4.0.4 UCLL6 plus root.