[Q] no recovery or download mode - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

Like subject says, all i can do is get to download mode with a jig. When i plug it into the pc windows shows a gadget serial device, but heimdall and odin won't work. ADB doesn't show any devices plugged in. What can i do?

You could provide more information if you want someone to help.
What exactly did you do to try to get into recovery mode? And what were the results?
If the jig works, then it is probably a bad port, bad cable, or driver issue.

all i can do is try the 3 button combo which fails. all it does is show the s2 logo and go black. i have a epic 4g touch which loads up fine on the same port, same cable. Do the ATT ones use different drivers?

acme64 said:
all i can do is try the 3 button combo which fails. all it does is show the s2 logo and go black. i have a epic 4g touch which loads up fine on the same port, same cable. Do the ATT ones use different drivers?
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The driver is apparently OK, but it could still be a variety of things, including the cable, or the microusb port on the phone. Sounds like it might be something different though. But how to trouble shoot the issue without knowing anything about the phone?
We need to know everything you can possibly tell us about the phone. How long have you had it? What was installed on it? What did you do to it just before it failed? What were the symptoms when it failed? And probably a thousand other questions. Tell us everything you can think of.

well its not my phone so i don't know much. It crashed about 3 weeks ago so i don't remember all the details. I know it was running cm7.2 when it suddenly rebooted, the launcher kept FCing repeatedly. the 3 button combo for recovery didn't work, so i put it in download mode and used ADB to flash something, i forgot what it was, but that failed, and now the 3 button combo for download mode doesn't work either. The Jig enables download mode, but the device doesn't seem to show up right in windows.

acme64 said:
well its not my phone so i don't know much. It crashed about 3 weeks ago so i don't remember all the details. I know it was running cm7.2 when it suddenly rebooted, the launcher kept FCing repeatedly. the 3 button combo for recovery didn't work, so i put it in download mode and used ADB to flash something, i forgot what it was, but that failed, and now the 3 button combo for download mode doesn't work either. The Jig enables download mode, but the device doesn't seem to show up right in windows.
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Well, then I probably can't help you much. Don't know much about problems with CyanogenMod as I've never used it. You don't even remember what you flashed, but whatever it was it probably included a bootloader for a different phone since your button combination stopped working right after flashing. Maybe someone else can give you some help. Unless you can connect to Odin or Heimdall, you can't use the normal route of flashing back to stock.
I'm not even convinced that you have the SGH-I777 model phone, because our phone doesn't use three buttons to get into download mode.

it's the ATT s2, isn't that the sgh-i777? whats the combo to get into recovery and stuff then? on my e4gt its just volume up + power (iirc)

oh you mean one of the questions covered in the FAQ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288112

Pirateghost said:
oh you mean one of the questions covered in the FAQ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288112
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acme64 said:
it's the ATT s2, isn't that the sgh-i777? whats the combo to get into recovery and stuff then? on my e4gt its just volume up + power (iirc)
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This isn't the epic 4G dude
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Sent from Team Pirate Headquarters. AKA yer moms basement.
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Fail meme
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It sounds like your drivers are incorrect. Try downloading the Android sdk and downloading the driver from there.
If that doesn't work then I recommend using Heimdall since it uses its own drivers.
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acme64 said:
it's the ATT s2, isn't that the sgh-i777? whats the combo to get into recovery and stuff then? on my e4gt its just volume up + power (iirc)
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Unless you have a skyrocket, which is also an AT&T S2 but has very little in common with the 777.

i have the sdk, and i tried heimdall with its own driver, didn't work. I'll try it in linux and see what happens

Like others have pointed out and asked... MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE that you have the sgh-i777 Galaxy S2 and NOT the sgh-i727 Galaxy S2 Skyrocket.
Open up the battery cover, remove the battery, look at the sticker underneath and look at the MODEL #
This may JUST SAVE YOUR phone before you flash something more that will PERMENTLY RUIN IT...
Sent from My SGH-I777 Running Red Reaper Rom

Nick281051 said:
This isn't the epic 4G dude
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I am having the same issue, cant go to download mode..here is my situation
I was on latest shostock 5.2 with Siyah,copied few songs to my external sd card, phone was 95% charged, after few mins the screen went blank
I tried rebooting but nothing happened, went to recovery and tried to clear dalvik cache but it never completed. Tried reflashing the ROM but it got stuck on the dalvik cache clearing, tried to rebbot again and the boot screen started flickering.
Took out the battery for sometime and tried again..now the phone doesnt poer on at all
Have tried to go to download mode by taking battery out, volume up + down and connecting to USB cable on PC..nothing happenss
Tried my USB jig which I used before to remove the triangle, nothing happens.
Please help

vineet381 said:
I am having the same issue, cant go to download mode..here is my situation
I was on latest shostock 5.2 with Siyah,copied few songs to my external sd card, phone was 95% charged, after few mins the screen went blank
I tried rebooting but nothing happened, went to recovery and tried to clear dalvik cache but it never completed. Tried reflashing the ROM but it got stuck on the dalvik cache clearing, tried to rebbot again and the boot screen started flickering.
Took out the battery for sometime and tried again..now the phone doesnt poer on at all
Have tried to go to download mode by taking battery out, volume up + down and connecting to USB cable on PC..nothing happenss
Tried my USB jig which I used before to remove the triangle, nothing happens.
Please help
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Double posting is not necessary, and is against the rules. Please go back to your original thread.

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Bricked Vibrant, need help...

I have never bricked it before, and I cannot go into download mode... I tried the the Vol up and vol down, didn't work, so I have been using ADB and just ****ed something up....
Now I need to know a way how I can revert back to stock, please and thank you, I will forever owe you one.
EDIT: Okay there is some confusion, to simplify it I will take it step by step:
I replaced an APK file from my system/apps and ever since it has been force closing process.android.acore, so I tried reflashing to stock, it froze while doing so now I have a picture of a caution sign, a phone and a computer coming up on my Vibrant, it will not start up.
It is hardware locked because I have never been able to access download mode via hardware keys(I have always been using ADB).
Is there any way I can reinstall stock? Or is my vibrant now destroyed?
what exactly were you doing when your phone stopped working? "just ****ed something up" makes it hard to pinpoint problems...
I don't know I replaced my phone.apk with another one then ever since then it keeps saying process.android.acore has stopped working. It wouldn't stop showing up so I tried to reflash with Odin to stock but it froze and now it is bricked.
bumping a little bit, I have never bricked it before so I have 0 experience.
What do you mean by froze? On what screen? How far can you get into booting?
bigragu said:
What do you mean by froze? On what screen? How far can you get into booting?
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Alright let me start over with more detail:
I tried to replace the dialer so I replaced the phone.apk and then process.android.acore kept force closing so then I tried reflashing with stock, during that I don't know what happened but I think my phone froze, so then it shut off and turned back on, I only found a screen with a computer on it... I am assuming it is bricked.... I also know it is hardware locked because I tried going into debug mode with vol up and vol down, how can I unbrick it?
Try moving the stock rom into the phones internal memory via adb. And flash it after a wipe.
I am Also having this same problem
I Flashed my Vibrant through Rom Manager to Froyo 2.2 from eugene373 and sombionix.
After flashing to both ROMS for Froyo I wanted to revert back to 2.1.
I tried to put sombionix 1.3 eclair ROM back on to my phone using clockwork mod.
The flash was not successful it stopped in the middle but the phone came on with a Force close error of an android process.
I tried to reboot through adb reboot recovery with usb debugging enabled.
The phone shut down like it would reboot into recovery mode and now it gets stuck on boot at the samsung vibrant screen.
I tried to use ODIN to flash back to the stock Rom but the phone is recognized in ODIN but will not flash.
ODIN sees the phone but will not get past flash analysis. (Sat for 8 Hours)
I believe this is the definition of bricked. Please Help!!!!!
sheek360 said:
Try moving the stock rom into the phones internal memory via adb. And flash it after a wipe.
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It isn't even being read by my computer... nothing...
sympala said:
I Flashed my Vibrant through Rom Manager to Froyo 2.2 from eugene373 and sombionix.
After flashing to both ROMS for Froyo I wanted to revert back to 2.1.
I tried to put sombionix 1.3 eclair ROM back on to my phone using clockwork mod.
The flash was not successful it stopped in the middle but the phone came on with a Force close error of an android process.
I tried to reboot through adb reboot recovery with usb debugging enabled.
The phone shut down like it would reboot into recovery mode and now it gets stuck on boot at the samsung vibrant screen.
I tried to use ODIN to flash back to the stock Rom but the phone is recognized in ODIN but will not flash.
ODIN sees the phone but will not get past flash analysis. (Sat for 8 Hours)
I believe this is the definition of bricked. Please Help!!!!!
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Excuse me sir, make your own thread, don't jack mine...
Smokexz said:
It isn't even being read by my computer... nothing...
Excuse me sir, make your own thread, don't jack mine...
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lol Sorry Smokexz didn't mean to jack your thread just trying to consolidate phone bricked threads. I will create my own NO PROBLEM.
sympala said:
lol Sorry Smokexz didn't mean to jack your thread just trying to consolidate phone bricked threads. I will create my own NO PROBLEM.
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Thanks, regardless both our situations are bad .
Please? I really need help with this.
Smokexz said:
Please? I really need help with this.
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If there is an answer, which I am not sure that there is, it would be here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782739. You may have already seen it, but if not it gives many different processes to try. Good luck!
hourst2 said:
If there is an answer, which I am not sure that there is, it would be here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782739. You may have already seen it, but if not it gives many different processes to try. Good luck!
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Yep, I'm screwed thanks for the help though.
Can you get the phone in download mode?
Did you try this:
Pull battery
hold the volume up and down
reinsert the battery whiles still holding down the volume up n down
plug in usb cord
it should put you back in to DL mode
Open ODIN and unplug phone from PC and plug back in hopefully it will notice it then.
I am not sure if you can get in DL mode and it just wont let you do anything, but if you have already tried this my apologies.
gthmcty1 said:
Can you get the phone in download mode?
Did you try this:
Pull battery
hold the volume up and down
...
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Did you even read the OP? He is HARDWARE LOCKED ie BUTTONS DON'T WORK geeze people learn how to read!
And on topic, if you can't ADB and you are Hardware Locked, you are SOL. Try to get an exchange from T-Mobile since it appears that they regard being Hardware Locked as a defect.
Alright thanks
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gravis86 said:
Did you even read the OP? He is HARDWARE LOCKED ie BUTTONS DON'T WORK geeze people learn how to read!
And on topic, if you can't ADB and you are Hardware Locked, you are SOL. Try to get an exchange from T-Mobile since it appears that they regard being Hardware Locked as a defect.
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Your a dumb ass, His thing actually does work.. I was "hardware locked" like 5 times That DOES work, you sir are a DUMB ASS < Had to say it again
(Make sure that your USB is plugged into your computer & not your phone)
Remove the back cover & remove the battery along with your sim & micro SD
Hold the VOL Up & VOL Down
(Keep holding those buttons) Now insert the battery
Plug the usb into your phone.
It will put you back in to DL mode
Open ODIN and unplug phone from PC and plug back in hopefully it will notice it then.
^^Do that
gravis86 said:
Did you even read the OP? He is HARDWARE LOCKED ie BUTTONS DON'T WORK geeze people learn how to read!
And on topic, if you can't ADB and you are Hardware Locked, you are SOL. Try to get an exchange from T-Mobile since it appears that they regard being Hardware Locked as a defect.
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Wow you come in and try to offer up help and you get some one that feels the need to police the "suggestions"........ Have a coke and a smile my friend...and relax!
gthmcty1 said:
Wow you come in and try to offer up help and you get some one that feels the need to police the "suggestions"........ Have a coke and a smile my friend...and relax!
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Not to mention that what that guy said actually works...
Some people just make me laugh
(Make sure that your USB is plugged into your computer & not your phone)
Remove the back cover & remove the battery along with your sim & micro SD
Hold the VOL Up & VOL Down
(Keep holding those buttons) Now insert the battery
Plug the usb into your phone.
It will put you back in to DL mode
Open ODIN and unplug phone from PC and plug back in hopefully it will notice it then.
^^Do that

[Q] Brick SGS3 SiyahKernel S3 (stable v1.2.6) help ?

hey guys
I have been using Siyah Kernel on my SGS2 for a wile now so I decided to put it on my brothers 1 day old SGS3 and when I try to flash it in CWR I got an errror saying zip could not be flashed and when I rebooted the phone all I got was a Black screen. I've tried everything but the phone wont boot and I cant get in to download mode or CWR.
Any one have any ideas before I go back to the store and play dumb ?
Use Odin and reflash your kernel of choice.
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goul0080 said:
hey guys.....
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Do you download from here: http://www.gokhanmoral.com/
For help: try reboot "bootloader"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684535
Thanks...?
x111 said:
Do you download from here: http://www.gokhanmoral.com/
For help: try reboot "bootloader"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684535
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ApophisXP said:
Use Odin and reflash your kernel of choice.
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goul0080 said:
I've tried everything but the phone wont boot and I cant get in to download mode or CWR.
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Thanks for the help, but as I said. I only get a black screen I cant get in to download mode or CWR.
If you can't go into download mode you won't be able to repair anything...
If you have an USB jig, it should work on S3 to go to download mode
I figured...
9lum9u66ing said:
If you can't go into download mode you won't be able to repair anything...
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Kinda sucks
My brother came home with the phone yesterday. I put CWR on it then rooted it and all was fine. I figure I could throw the siyah kernel on it and install a second rom for him to try out.... I have been doing this stuff on my SGS1 and SGS2 for years and never had this problem. But I guess that's it. I ordered a jig on ebay just in case they wont take the phone back at the store. I guess a mod can close this thread if there is nothing else to try.
Thanks for everyone's time....
Strange, the kernel and download mode are at completly different places.
Breaking the kernel, fine. But breaking downlad mode access?
It worked for others already, so please try:
- power off the phone
- remove usb-cable if attached
- pull battery for 30seconds
-press and hold vol-down and Home button. (the latter in the centre)
- press power until the logo appears
Does it still not go to download mode?
USB jigs are pretty easy to build yourself if you have ever used a soldering iron. So if you're like me, you won't wait for the ebay-seller to deliver =)
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I Have tried everything possible with the 3 button combo and cant get in to download mode. Pull battery for up to 5 minutes, USB in, USB out, everything I can think of. I cant even get to the LOGO. The red light might come on for a few seconds but nothing at all on the screen.
And all I did was:
Flash the CWR in download mode with odin, reboot(everything worked fine)
Flash su-root zip in CWR, rebooted(everything worked fine)
Made a Backup in CWR, rebooted(everything worked fine)
Flash SiyahKernel S3 zip in CWR, then got an error saying zip was not installed, rebooted and could not get boot logo, download or CWR
ask karnel maker just see weather he can help u out. as might be he knwing case of this ..
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Go to eBay and get yourself a USB jig. very cheap and will put your phone into download mode.
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It might be a stupid question but is there any charge in the battery?
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ApophisXP said:
Go to eBay and get yourself a USB jig. very cheap and will put your phone into download mode.
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I had one on the way 2 minutes after Couldn't get in download mode.
corrsea said:
It might be a stupid question but is there any charge in the battery?
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I have a dock charger for extra batteries and it shows full charge on the dock.
This same thing just happened to me.
I dont have internet at my house i only always use my phone. I read about the siyah kernal and decided to flash it this morning hoping that i could get hotspot to work. I did it through CW and now the screen just stays black. I got the same warning msg with a andy on his back and a red triangle. It was fine before and working normally. I had a stock firmware and the only thing that i changed about the phone was rooting it through odin. Now i'm screwed because i never had this issued with any phone and i'm tempted to take it back to best buy and blame them. I had soft bricked it about 4 days ago but i was able to fix it in a few mins after searching xda. When the phone is plugged in to the computer it does make a connection sound but the device name is not my phone. Someone point me in the right direction
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I dont have internet at my house i only always use my phone. I read about the siyah kernal and decided to flash it this morning hoping that i could get hotspot to work. I did it through CW and now the screen just stays black. I got the same warning msg with a andy on his back and a red triangle. It was fine before and working normally. I had a stock firmware and the only thing that i changed about the phone was rooting it through odin. Now i'm screwed because i never had this issued with any phone and i'm tempted to take it back to best buy and blame them. I had soft bricked it about 4 days ago but i was able to fix it in a few mins after searching xda. When the phone is plugged in to the computer it does make a connection sound but the device name is not my phone. Someone point me in the right direction
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as above. Jig to download mode. Then flash your kernel of choice via Odin.
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Maybe this will work out???
This is the one I'm looking at on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Aftermarket-D...cement/dp/B005UUCT0Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
I'm not new to flashing and root but i am new to samsung devices. I dont know what would be a good kernel nor how to use a usb jig.
I dont know what would be a good kernel
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That would actually be Siyah. But you don't seem to like it anymore after having it brick your phone *g*
nor how to use a usb jig.
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Pull the battery for 30 seconds, plug it back in. Then plug in to USB jig and within 5 seconds your phone has automatically turned on an gone to Download mode.
NOTE: Some suppliers sell ****ty Jigs with a too high tolerance value of the resistance. These DO NOT work on the S3 even if they worked on the S1/S2.
I had one on the way 2 minutes after Couldn't get in download mode.
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@goul0080: Please if possible measure the resistance between pin3 and pin5 of the Jig. It should be 301kOhm +- 1% tolerance. Anything between 1 and 5% may n or may not work.
If the phone still doesn't work you should check for a repair shop around you. They can use JTAG (direct access to the flash storage and other system compontents) to flash the ROM and you should be good to go again. Usually costs around 20$ afaik.
ajd2416 said:
This is the one I'm looking at on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Aftermarket-D...cement/dp/B005UUCT0Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
I'm not new to flashing and root but i am new to samsung devices. I dont know what would be a good kernel nor how to use a usb jig.
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looks like mine didn't read it fully but yeah. Basically pull battery to make sure phone is off. Give it a few secs then stick battery back in. Then stick in the jig. Phone autoboots into download mode.
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goul0080 said:
hey guys
I have been using Siyah Kernel on my SGS2 for a wile now so I decided to put it on my brothers 1 day old SGS3 and when I try to flash it in CWR I got an errror saying zip could not be flashed and when I rebooted the phone all I got was a Black screen. I've tried everything but the phone wont boot and I cant get in to download mode or CWR.
Any one have any ideas before I go back to the store and play dumb ?
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Did u use the same Siyah Kernel SGS2 on SGS3 or u downloaded SGS3 Siyah Kernel
When I get the jig
iraqi4ever80 said:
Did u use the same Siyah Kernel SGS2 on SGS3 or u downloaded SGS3 Siyah Kernel
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Read the subject of the post...
"Brick SGS3 SiyahKernel S3 (stable v1.2.6) help ?"
d4fseeker said:
@goul0080: Please if possible measure the resistance between pin3 and pin5 of the Jig. It should be 301kOhm +- 1% tolerance. Anything between 1 and 5% may n or may not work.
If the phone still doesn't work you should check for a repair shop around you. They can use JTAG (direct access to the flash storage and other system compontents) to flash the ROM and you should be good to go again. Usually costs around 20$ afaik.
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I don't have anything to measure the Ohm, sorry. Also the closest Phone repair shop is about 9 hours drive, no joke. I am on a island in Canada and I have to drive about an our just to get to a small crappy walmart haha.

AT&T Galaxy S II Black Screened

Agh!
I recently rooted my SGH-I777, flashed it using Clockword Mod Recovery, and then rebooted into recovery using CWM. But instead of rebooting into the recovery menu, everything went black. Now my phone won't reboot into recovery mode at all (not even with the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power combo). Instead, it gives me the Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 startup screen with the yellow triangle and then the screen goes all black, with quick flashes of dark gray.
When I removed the battery (to get it out of the black screen loop), returned the battery to the device, and plugged it in (without powering up the phone), the "charging" screen with the charging battery indicator flashed on the screen for a moment, and then back to all black flashes.
I removed the battery, SD card, and SIM card for about 20 minutes because I've read that can sometimes help. No dice.
I'm running ICS 4.0.3 with a Siyah 3.4.2 kernel.
This is probably either really bad or no big deal and I'm lame for not figuring it out, but... HELP! (Please? :fingers-crossed: ) I know this has been asked, but the other threads I've found have been able to get to recovery mode, whereas I can't seem to get to that point.
If you need any other info, let me know!
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Agh!
I recently rooted my SGH-I777, flashed it using Clockword Mod Recovery, and then rebooted into recovery using CWM. But instead of rebooting into the recovery menu, everything went black. Now my phone won't reboot into recovery mode at all (not even with the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power combo). Instead, it gives me the Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 startup screen with the yellow triangle and then the screen goes all black, with quick flashes of dark gray.
When I removed the battery (to get it out of the black screen loop), returned the battery to the device, and plugged it in (without powering up the phone), the "charging" screen with the charging battery indicator flashed on the screen for a moment, and then back to all black flashes.
I removed the battery, SD card, and SIM card for about 20 minutes because I've read that can sometimes help. No dice.
I'm running ICS 4.0.3 with a Siyah 3.4.2 kernel.
This is probably either really bad or no big deal and I'm lame for not figuring it out, but... HELP! (Please? :fingers-crossed: ) I know this has been asked, but the other threads I've found have been able to get to recovery mode, whereas I can't seem to get to that point.
If you need any other info, let me know!
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download mode and flash another kernel, or the same one.
sounds like broken recovery.
MotoMudder77 said:
download mode and flash another kernel, or the same one.
sounds like broken recovery.
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The phone is not even entertaining the idea of giving me a menu of any sort at this point. Just all black screens. Super frustrating.
olllive said:
The phone is not even entertaining the idea of giving me a menu of any sort at this point. Just all black screens. Super frustrating.
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No d/l mode, no CWM. = brick.
no offense but im pretty sure your just not holding the buttons right.
CWM= hold both vol, then hold power, let the first screen blink once, come back, then let off power is my trick.
download, you can just hold vol buttons and insert USB belive.
Somebody used rom manager!
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MotoMudder77 said:
No d/l mode, no CWM. = brick.
no offense but im pretty sure your just not holding the buttons right.
CWM= hold both vol, then hold power, let the first screen blink once, come back, then let off power is my trick.
download, you can just hold vol buttons and insert USB belive.
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A-ha! Ok, so definitely no on the CWM combo, but I do get a menu using DL mode. Thank you. Seeing at least a menu made me feel much better.
I re-flashed the initial kernel, but no change. Still stuck in perpetual black screen boot loop.
I'm not opposed to doing a full-fledged wipe using Odin, if that's an option, but I've never looked into it before, and I'm currently feeling pretty gun shy when it comes to getting creative with any new tricks.
Pirateghost said:
Somebody used rom manager!
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Ugh. Yes. That somebody would be this idiot right here.
But you've seemed to have dealt with fools like me in the past, so your knowledge would be greatly appreciated! Pleeeeaasssse! haha
olllive said:
Ugh. Yes. That somebody would be this idiot right here.
But you've seemed to have dealt with fools like me in the past, so your knowledge would be greatly appreciated! Pleeeeaasssse! haha
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If you want stock, flash a stock ROM, or stock with root, with Odin.
If you want custom, after you flashed that custom kernel, you CAN get into CWM and flash a custom ROM.
and NEVER use ROM manager, hell it was a joke when it came out, sorry koush
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and if you do go custom, dont forget to wipe data/factory reset in CWM before flashing.
olllive said:
Ugh. Yes. That somebody would be this idiot right here.
But you've seemed to have dealt with fools like me in the past, so your knowledge would be greatly appreciated! Pleeeeaasssse! haha
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Pirateghost said:
Somebody used rom manager!
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Nice prediction sir! ALSO: WHY! Why would you ever use rom manager.People say it all the dang time that it doesn't work for our device
122ninjas said:
Nice prediction sir! ALSO: WHY! Why would you ever use rom manager.People say it all the dang time that it doesn't work for our device
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Because it doesn't work for the Samsung galaxy s devices. It never has.
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MotoMudder77 said:
If you want stock, flash a stock ROM, or stock with root, with Odin.
If you want custom, after you flashed that custom kernel, you CAN get into CWM and flash a custom ROM.
and NEVER use ROM manager, hell it was a joke when it came out, sorry koush
EDIT:
and if you do go custom, dont forget to wipe data/factory reset in CWM before flashing.
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You rock. Thank you a ton for being so patient!!
To any other fool who gets into the same mess, I went into DL mode (volume up + volume dwn + usb attached) and opted to let this do the rest of the work because it was the only option that didn't give me a heart attack: androidarea51.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii/samsung-galaxy-sii-(sgh-i777)-att-only/
From there, I had the option of rebooting, initializing a factory reset... all of the menu options I wasn't seeing when I couldn't figure out how to get into CWM mode. Good luck!!
Pirateghost said:
Because it doesn't work for the Samsung galaxy s devices. It never has.
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I know, I know (and this is a dumb excuse, much like using rom manager in the first place), but the tutorial I was reading made it seem like it was a good option. I hadn't used it in forever and logic coupled with faith in a perpetually broken system paves the road to hell, but I figured, "There's no way it still sucks as badly as I remember!"
Don't think that. Ever. My mistake.
Charge the baterry externally thats what I did when my old infuse was bricked
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Samsung Galaxy s2 i-777 does not turn on
okay so I read through this thread and I still don't know how to fix my issue. I rooted my phone using Odin v 1.85 and used siyah 3.4.2. I did it successfully and everything was good. I then gave the phone to my cousin and he said he performed a factory reset to get rid of everything on the phone ( contacts ,etc). Now when I turn on the phone it shows the samsung galaxy display with the triangle and then the screen goes black and just blinks. It still goes back into download mode I just dont know what to do to fix the problem. I know I'm a noob but please HELP!!!
mmoncay11 said:
okay so I read through this thread and I still don't know how to fix my issue. I rooted my phone using Odin v 1.85 and used siyah 3.4.2. I did it successfully and everything was good. I then gave the phone to my cousin and he said he performed a factory reset to get rid of everything on the phone ( contacts ,etc). Now when I turn on the phone it shows the samsung galaxy display with the triangle and then the screen goes black and just blinks. It still goes back into download mode I just dont know what to do to fix the problem. I know I'm a noob but please HELP!!!
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Have you tried flashing back to stock using odin? BTW it is not good etiquette to necro a thread that has been dormant for almost 9 months.

Samsung Exhibit 4G No Recovery and Downloading mode

Hello
I was trying to update my Samsung Exhibit 4G (tmobile) last night and my computer got a blue-screen error so restarted it self.
Right now I have a Exhibit that can not do anything.
On the screen it saw
"Firmware upgrade fail !"
" Try using recovery mode"
I can not go into Downlaoding mode,
I can not go into Recovery mode
ODIN does not recognize my phone at all
Kies tries to connect to my phone but the circle turns infinite number of times and gives error.
Kies connection troubleshoot doesnt work either.
I do not have any backup thingy in my kies too, even i do i cant connect the phone.
So what should I do?
Im not that great with android phones yet, so please give some details so i can fix it.
Thank you!
Anyone please? :/
K2adir said:
Anyone please? :/
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Firstly take a deep breath..... Nothing ever got solved by panicking lol did you try posting in the exhibit 4g forums? But regardless ill help bud what do you see on the screen now..... Samsungs are the worst to flash I have a galaxy s 4g and it was a pain to flash I almost bricked it a few times lol
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rawdaddymagraden said:
Firstly take a deep breath..... Nothing ever got solved by panicking lol did you try posting in the exhibit 4g forums? But regardless ill help bud what do you see on the screen now..... Samsungs are the worst to flash I have a galaxy s 4g and it was a pain to flash I almost bricked it a few times lol
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I see something really close to this
imm.io/GvwR
(since I'm a new user i can not put links, so please add http if you need to
Anyone wants to help?
try this:
2. Boot into stock recovery:
Starting recovery: Press & hold Vol-Up, then press & hold Power. Shortly after the plain white Samsung logo appears, release both buttons.
Or a different method some find easier:
* Pull the battery from your phone.
* Connect phone to your pc via usb.
* Press & hold Volume-up
* Insert battery
Recovery should start after the Galaxy Exhibit/T-Mobile logo.
That is from the CWM install guide.. I can't post links yet, but will try anyway
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26860509&postcount=4
try jig usb i think its the only way for u
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try jig usb i think its the only way for u
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Jig doesnt work either, oh well..

my at&t not just died?

i wiped everything including a factory reset then installed liquid rc8 i used correct one for my phone it rebooted but never booted up to the samsung logo doesnt seem to vibrate or anything when i press power wtf?
now when i plug it into pc it shows my external drive then it vanishes then re-appaears and tells me to format it but that doesnt work either
Put in download mode and Odin back to stock.
How full was your battery when you started? May have drained it
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leo5111 said:
i wiped everything including a factory reset then installed liquid rc8 i used correct one for my phone it rebooted but never booted up to the samsung logo doesnt seem to vibrate or anything when i press power wtf?
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If you can get back into recovery mode, try reflashing the rom or flashing another rom. I've had cases where a rom just wouldn't work for me (I too, have the AT&T Note). Never had the patience to try to figure out why. I usually try to flash several times (making sure I do a factory wipe) but if it still didn't work, I would just flash another rom.
If you can't get into recovery mode, then you may need to flash a stock rom via ODIN (in download mode) and then start all over from scratch (root the phone, install CMW or TWRP,flash custom rom, etc.). Please search the forums for a stock rom and all the files / instructions on flashing via ODIN if you aren't already familiar with it.
Since your PC recognizes the phone to some degree (it at least recognizes that the phone was connected and interacts with the sd card), it sounds like you have a soft brick which is fixable via one of the methods above. If your phone was hard bricked, then the PC more than likely wouldn't recognize it at all, it would do absolutely nothing and you would basically have a paper weight. It doesn't sound like you have a hard brick.
If anyone else has more insight, please chime in. I'm definitely no expert here.
it wont even light up to samsung logo or even vibrate also the sd is recognised but it randomly connects and disconnects odin does not see phone
leo5111 said:
it wont even light up to samsung logo or even vibrate also the sd is recognised but it randomly connects and disconnects odin does not see phone
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Perhaps your cable is defective. All of my cables eventually get to the point where I have to twist them and hold them a certain way to work. When that happens I know it's time to replace the cable. You may just need to use another cable.
no i tried with 2 differnt cables also battery was at like 99% when this happened also windows keeps finding my sd for a moment and then vanishes could this be stuck power button? if so i dont see how i didnt touch power button when it rebooted
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leo5111 said:
no i tried with 2 differnt cables also battery was at like 99% when this happened also windows keeps finding my sd for a moment and then vanishes could this be stuck power button? if so i dont see how i didnt touch power button when it rebooted
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having the exact same issue, did you get this resolved?
Dark_lupus said:
having the exact same issue, did you get this resolved?
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in star trek speak, she,s dead jim :crying:
leo5111 said:
in star trek speak, she,s dead jim :crying:
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I'm sorry man hopefully I can fix mine I've been told I performed my whole process of flashing roms right but I don't understand why my phones dont work one new and the other a couple months old...
I put up a thread but not much help from anybody.
Hummmm this just don't sound right.
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