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Hi guys,
I figured I'll post again here since I think I bricked my phone.... I was trying to install Eugene's Vibrant6.zip and I got stuck on the Vibrant Logo with Samsung at the bottom. I tried to reset with both volume buttons and power button and got to grey battery and nothing else...
What I did prior to this was I formatted system and data on the recovery screen as per some posts here and it would just boot into a loop. Windows won't recognize a device and it just shows grey battery image and it doesn't seem to be charging. Anyone can help me?
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Out and in the battery, plugged in to USB and it just loads the battery image and it's all grey color as if fully discharged and just stuck on it. Device is also not found in my system so I can't do any adb commands. If I just reset it without the cable it would just sit on the Samsung boot loop. Anything I can do?
UPDATE: Ok, some good news! I heard the sound as it connected via USB, I can see the 2 drives, but they read as Removable Disk and I can't access them...
adb reboot recovery or download
error: device not found
What if simply format the drives via Windows right click menu? Will that do any good or bad? What are my options here? Any help will be appreciated!
UPDATE: Well... looks like this is pretty much a dead phone.... I right clicked and selected Format in My Computer and it just says There is no disk in Driver F: Insert a disk and try again.
Can I a mount an image somehow via MagicISO? Or is there something simpler that I just can't figure out?
Again, thanks for your help!
Thanks.
Has anyone experienced this or am I the only one?
M5devil said:
Has anyone experienced this or am I the only one?
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Sorry I have never heard of this or witnessed it while flashing anything to my device. Obviously the battery screen signifies that the phone is off but is in charging mode and hitting the power button will boot the device up. (I'm sure you already know of this). Never heard of it being stuck at that screen after flashing. Hopefully you can get this solved soon. Good luck
M5devil said:
Hi guys,
I figured I'll post again here since I think I bricked my phone.... I was trying to install Eugene's Vibrant6.zip and I got stuck on the Vibrant Logo with Samsung at the bottom. I tried to reset with both volume buttons and power button and got to grey battery and nothing else...
What I did prior to this was I formatted system and data on the recovery screen as per some posts here and it would just boot into a loop. Windows won't recognize a device and it just shows grey battery image and it doesn't seem to be charging. Anyone can help me?
EDIT:
Out and in the battery, plugged in to USB and it just loads the battery image and it's all grey color as if fully discharged and just stuck on it. Device is also not found in my system so I can't do any adb commands. If I just reset it without the cable it would just sit on the Samsung boot loop. Anything I can do?
UPDATE: Ok, some good news! I heard the sound as it connected via USB, I can see the 2 drives, but they read as Removable Disk and I can't access them...
adb reboot recovery or download
error: device not found
What if simply format the drives via Windows right click menu? Will that do any good or bad? What are my options here? Any help will be appreciated!
UPDATE: Well... looks like this is pretty much a dead phone.... I right clicked and selected Format in My Computer and it just says There is no disk in Driver F: Insert a disk and try again.
Can I a mount an image somehow via MagicISO? Or is there something simpler that I just can't figure out?
Again, thanks for your help!
Thanks.
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Slow down for a second. Your phone is definitely not bricked. Ive been over the edge, and been able to bring my phone back to life.
To clarify, you flashed vibrant6.zip through clockwork mod, and then the phone got stuck on the samsung S? How long did you let it sit there?
It sounds like just your ROM is messed up.
Are you able to "get into recovery"? Holding both volume buttons while you power on the phone, without it being plugged into usb.
Do you have Odin? And have you ever used it?
Its totally frustrating when your phone gets messed up and you don't know what to do.
I flashed the stock ROM via Odin and then wanted to install Vibrant6.zip. For that I entered into a recovery mode via Clockwork and as someone in the other thread advised, I formatted system and also data, don't recall exactly. Then it looped to a standard recovery mode and I just rebooted the phone. This is where it got stuck... Vibrant in the center and Samsung at the bottom of the screen. To test it I left it like that from night till this morning. In the morning I woke up it was on the same boot screen.
Before that at night, after seeing it hand at the boot, I held both volume keys and power, waited for it to reboot, and immediately it showed a circular progress bar, but not moving just highlighted the 12 o'clock bar and second later I see the battery image all in gray and nothing else. It just sits on that grey static image without actually charging it (no green section or flashing dots)
Boot logo only appears if I am trying to reset without the USB cable. On the boot loop I plug in the cable and I hear the USB connecting it, I see the 2 Removable disks, but both inaccessible and adb commands don't recognize the device.
Very weird, as in turned off mode it's not charging at all.. just shows this grey battery image with a circle progress froze on 12 o'clock bar.
That's pretty much it.... I was never able to enter into recovery nor download via the buttons. It would just always reboot into this grey battery screen....
Completely helpless.... I did order a new battery from TMO, maybe the battery is fried and that's why it's not charging and just sits on this stupid static grey battery screen.
ArbitrageMan said:
It sounds like just your ROM is messed up.
Are you able to "get into recovery"? Holding both volume buttons while you power on the phone, without it being plugged into usb.
Do you have Odin? And have you ever used it?
Its totally frustrating when your phone gets messed up and you don't know what to do.
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Holding both volume keys and releasing power once screen goes blank, only show Vibrant logo again... I have tried this a million times
With USB cable it shows grey battery screen, without the cable just a Vibrant boot loop...
I'm assuming that you have the Samsung drivers installed.
Try the following steps:
Take out the battery and then put it back in but don't turn the phone on.
Plug it via USB.. does anything show up on the screen?
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I'm assuming that you have the Samsung drivers installed.
Try the following steps:
Take out the battery and then put it back in but don't turn the phone on.
Plug it via USB.. does anything show up on the screen?
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Yes, I have the drivers installed as I was able to locate my device and use adb commands to enter into recovery and download. Also Kies worked.
Doing what you asked simply load the grey battery image and nothing else with a progress bar not spinning. Just sort of hangs on this image and that's all.
Booting without the USB cable loads the Vibrant boot loop. Connecting USB at this boot loop state, would play a sound as if it connected to my windows, but I can only see Removable disks that are inaccessible and adb doesn't find the device...
Very strange.... trying to use the button keys to enter into recovery or download is no use, as that just won't ever happen, even when phone was working fine.
Any other suggestions? I would return the phone for replacement... but I am not sure how it would look with all the files still on the internal disk including root if I am not mistaken... I had only few hours of sleep because of this headache
M5devil said:
Yes, I have the drivers installed as I was able to locate my device and use adb commands to enter into recovery and download. Also Kies worked.
Doing what you asked simply load the grey battery image and nothing else with a progress bar not spinning. Just sort of hangs on this image and that's all.
Booting without the USB cable loads the Vibrant boot loop. Connecting USB at this boot loop state, would play a sound as if it connected to my windows, but I can only see Removable disks that are inaccessible and adb doesn't find the device...
Very strange.... trying to use the button keys to enter into recovery or download is no use, as that just won't ever happen, even when phone was working fine.
Any other suggestions? I would return the phone for replacement... but I am not sure how it would look with all the files still on the internal disk including root if I am not mistaken... I had only few hours of sleep because of this headache
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Are you sure that you're doing the right things to get to download? I've been in this situation and I wasn't able to get into recovery but I was able to get back into download mode.
I believe if you return it back and they find out it was rooted, they will charge you for it. If not, it'll appear on your bill.
I'm sure that you're doing the wrong things to get into download mode. If something is appearing on your screen it is a soft-brick and you're not bricked.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen (powers on its own when plugged in)
IF the phone screen does 'turn on' after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
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A tip to get into download mode is to put the phone HORIZONTALLY (sideways) and it will make it a lot easier.
I am pretty much positive about it. I know a lot of people can easily enter into recovery or download modes, but I know many can't and I am one of them. It would just load the grey battery image instantly as I let go of the power button.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off) DONE
2. Don't turn it the phone on! DONE
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button! DONE
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen (powers on its own when plugged in) FIRST THING THAT APPEARS IS A CIRCULAR PROGRESS BAR THAT CHANGES TO A GREY BATTERY IMAGE WITH A BAR IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. STATIC IMAGE, NOTHING ELSE.
IF the phone screen does 'turn on' after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons. DONE
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black. DONE
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons! DONE
THE STUPID GREY COLOR BATTERY IMAGE APPEARS AS BEFORE....
I'm thinking maybe battery is fried and that's why the grey color screen appears and not the usual screen where you see the battery charging...
After reading this thread it's clear that my handset is one of the new ones that have recovery/download modes disabled via the volume+power buttons.
So that pretty much covers it... I hope TMO will not ***** about the files that are on the internal sd that I am unable to access and remove... unless anyone else has any fresh ideals how to gain access to the disk
I think I might have a similar problem.
I accidentally deleted the touchwiz framework so I can't do anything ON the phone. It boots up, and gets me to the lock screen. As soon as I unlock, I am greeted with dozens of unending force closes.
I can get into both download and recovery mode, however, I have not been able to get ADB to recognize the device. I am attempting to push the stock ROM to the internal memory to flash over everything.
I'm not sure what to do to get ADB to work but it's driving me nuts!
Stuck at vibrant? I have a fix
Check out android Dev Section... I figured out how to access download mode or stock recovery mode when you are stuck at the vibrant screen!!!! BACK IN BUSINESS VIBRANT OWNERS!!!
i got the same problem and nothing seems to work
Try this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103706
Feels like I'm having same issues..
the previous post requires opening the phone and I don't have tools for that..
Here's my issue.
I can't get into Recovery or Download and computer won't see phone to Odin.
I've got drivers installed and AIO Toolbox as well as ADB(which won't work because of computer not seeing phone.
Using the manual option(vol+ vol- power), nothing works.
I've done all the tricks like unplug it then hold vol keys plug it insert battery..
When I do plug in the phone to to even just get a charge in it goes the the battery, but my is is frozen or something. doesn't turn green or have a charging animation. After about a minute or so it was start up and boot loop. I read something about a bad battery? I've got two of them and they seemed fine before..
Before all this I had to Odin and go to stock. I was attempting to get ics back but I was being lazy and trying to do as little as possible..bad idea. I was following slim ics install and flashed cm9 daily, slimics and commons..and now this..
I'm not sure what to do..I usually search around xda or google..10 hours later.. idk..Anyone able to give help please?
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eduardo_reflex said:
i got the same problem and nothing seems to work
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... do i even have to say it?
droyd666 said:
Try this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103706
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this problem is most likely solved. After 2 years!
mylostlonelysoul said:
Feels like I'm having same issues..
the previous post requires opening the phone and I don't have tools for that..
Here's my issue.
I can't get into Recovery or Download and computer won't see phone to Odin.
I've got drivers installed and AIO Toolbox as well as ADB(which won't work because of computer not seeing phone.
Using the manual option(vol+ vol- power), nothing works.
I've done all the tricks like unplug it then hold vol keys plug it insert battery..
When I do plug in the phone to to even just get a charge in it goes the the battery, but my is is frozen or something. doesn't turn green or have a charging animation. After about a minute or so it was start up and boot loop. I read something about a bad battery? I've got two of them and they seemed fine before..
Before all this I had to Odin and go to stock. I was attempting to get ics back but I was being lazy and trying to do as little as possible..bad idea. I was following slim ics install and flashed cm9 daily, slimics and commons..and now this..
I'm not sure what to do..I usually search around xda or google..10 hours later.. idk..Anyone able to give help please?
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Try asking another question. But I suggest using a USB jig. They usually work. Then odin
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Did you ever get it fixed man? I literally did the very same to mine a while back and It works like butter as we speak. It is fixable with a mini-usb jig or dongle. You can make your own with about $3 worth of parts from radio shack but I recommend buying one, it will be easier. I for the record made mine simply twisting together the resistors and though it was tough to touch the right pins it did eventually work and get me back into download mode.
Hopefully you already got it fixed though. If not I can help you out.
I'm not one to ask many questions i usually just read everything and tinker until i fix it but this has me stumped.
I have a fascinate with MIUI on it currently it runs fine for the most part.
But When the battery runs out or it gets powered off it ends up in a boot loop after i change the battery or plug it in. (the screen flashed the battery icon for a second then goes black then flashes the battery icon)
I can temp fix it by ODIN'ing a recovery (usually CWM-recovery all i have tried a few others one for Cyanogen mtd , etc) and it will boot up fine and run perfect until i need to shut it down. then it loops again
I have done a ext4 format before loading miui.
when it is loaded and up and running if i plugg it in to a pc it connects and disconnects over and over.
any suggestions?
I was wondering if there was a possibility that i screwed up the samsung recovery and it isn't loading up the custom recovery unless i odin it each time?
Thanks in advance!
edit: i odin'd an old eclair stock rom and get the same thing
Dustin1980 said:
I'm not one to ask many questions i usually just read everything and tinker until i fix it but this has me stumped.
I have a fascinate with MIUI on it currently it runs fine for the most part.
But When the battery runs out or it gets powered off it ends up in a boot loop after i change the battery or plug it in. (the screen flashed the battery icon for a second then goes black then flashes the battery icon)
I can temp fix it by ODIN'ing a recovery (usually CWM-recovery all i have tried a few others one for Cyanogen mtd , etc) and it will boot up fine and run perfect until i need to shut it down. then it loops again
I have done a ext4 format before loading miui. any suggestions?
I was wondering if there was a possibility that i screwed up the samsung recovery and it isn't loading up the custom recovery unless i odin it each time?
Thanks in advance!
edit: i odin'd an old eclair stock rom and get the same thing
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when you odin back to the stock rom did you put the atlas 2.2 pit file in the pit function of odin and make sure repartition is checkd?
I've had this happen a couple of times. Just hold vol up and power till you see samsung.
good day.
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when you odin back to the stock rom did you put the atlas 2.2 pit file in the pit function of odin and make sure repartition is checkd?
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yes. I used the atlas 2.2 file when i went back to stock. I have tried a few stock roms too.
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I've had this happen a couple of times. Just hold vol up and power till you see samsung.
good day.
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How long should that take?
I pulled the battery and replaced it to start a loop.
Then I held volume up and the power button and nothing happened but the same loop?
Should i pull the battery and put it back that way?
I can't even get volup voldown power to work only vol down and power.
the vol up key does work when a rom is up and running
****now it just flashes the battery logo once and turns off unless you hold down the power***
I should know better than to attempt fixes when i'm not near a pc to undo it...
now i'm phoneless until 5pm...
oh well
odining a recovery got me back running but i still can't shutdown or remove the battery with out having to odin a recovery
Dustin1980 said:
odining a recovery got me back running but i still can't shutdown or remove the battery with out having to odin a recovery
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edit* Thats a wierd one not sure what the issue is. Normally repartitioning will take care of issues like that.
droidstyle said:
edit* Thats a wierd one not sure what the issue is. Normally repartitioning will take care of issues like that.
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Yeah I can wipe everything back to stock use it like normal just if the battey dies, i shut down, or the battery gets pulled i get a loop of the battery screen then black. i can't even do a power off charge on it( power off the phone and plug it in so you get the green battery charging screen)
battery draining strange
I also have noticed that the batteries have been draining in an odd manner. after i take it off the charger it will stay at 100% for a long time then drain very quickly.
Have you by chance tried another battery? Maybe it's starting to crap out on you??
I have a few batteries. One is brand new. I have the OEM that came with it, a replacement oem, and a generic.
None will allow me to power the phone off and boot it back up successfully. All show the battery charge screen for a second then go black.
use a download mode jig (301kohms between USB pins 4 and 5). If that does not work, then just say funk it and install the Fascinate UnBrickable Mod. UBM allows you to upload "Download Mode" to any kind of bricked device when it's powered off.
I can get into download mode holding down volume so it's not as if it is totally fubar it just doesn't like being powered off and back on.
Ed05 froyo official full odin tar
when i'm on a stock rom i can occasionally get into recovery after a shut don and get booted back up with a custom rom i can't with out odining another copy over top
usb issue too
I also have issues with a usb connection connecting and disconnecting repeatedly when i have any rom loaded
Dustin1980 said:
I also have issues with a usb connection connecting and disconnecting repeatedly when i have any rom loaded
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You've got a bad cable.
I have a few cables. they all do that.
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on the brightside my gps seems to be locking much much quicker!
So I just used Bootmanager for the first time. I was having alot of issues so I rebooted and now it sits at the splash screen and it isn't going into the bootloader. Kind of freaked out.
What do I do to fix this?
Thanks.
are you s-on or s-off?
I'm S-off on 1.49
edit: sorry, I meant 1.40
If u can get to recovery, go to install zip and find the boot manager folder, look in there for a phone Rom folder, their will be an update.zip, flash it and reboot.
I can't get to the recovery. It wont even boot to the spash screen unless it's plugged in.
Pull the battery, put it back in, hold vol down and power, what happens?
Well if it's unplugged it wont do anything. But, if it's plugged in, it goes to the splash screen.
Plugged into what, ac power or USB to comp? Try taking out the sd card and then try vol down and power.
Either the usb to computer or AC. It does it for both.
Took out the sd, no change.
I haven't seen a prob like this, without hboot you'd never see the splash screen, it has to be there. Maybe leave the battery out for a few minutes then try holding vol down+power. If you can get to hboot then you're good but with no hboot your not so good.
Hmm, so my red charging led is blinking now while the phone is off, wasn't doing that before, any idea on what that means?
I know that when I drain my battery all the way till it shuts off, it won't charge and I get the blinking red led. I have to put in a spare battery and let the other sit for a few hours befor it'll charge.
What's it do when u just press power? Just goes to the white HTC screen and stays?
Yeah it does that, I'm wondering if there is something wrong with my vol down.
Does it feel like it "clicks"? Take the case off and try to press vol down+power.
edit..Lol, just tried it without the case and its not as easy as I thought.
It does click, I tried it without the case, it was working earlier today though. The last time I had it on, I was rebooting into recovery and the screen went black and just sat there, so I did a battery bull and that is where I am now, Would something have happened if I did a battery pull in that state?
I wouldn't think so... I've had to pull it in situations like that, generally you just don't want to pull the battery during an ruu update or a pg86img update, when its writing to certain partitions. What recovery are you using and what Rom did you try to flash with boot manager?
I'm using TWRP 2.0 and my phones rom was on mean rom. I put ics playground on slot 1 and was having alot of issues getting the phone to wake up and random freezes and crashes. I attempted to boot back to my phones rom but it wasn't doing it. So I attempted to flash Chads AnthaX ICS playground kernel and bootmanager crashed. so I decided I would just boot into recovery and do flash the update zip for bootmanager.
That is everything I did
brenstar said:
It does click, I tried it without the case, it was working earlier today though. The last time I had it on, I was rebooting into recovery and the screen went black and just sat there, so I did a battery bull and that is where I am now, Would something have happened if I did a battery pull in that state?
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It just sounds like something weird happened to your recovery partition. If you pull out the battery and put it back in, then plug a usb cable into your computer. Do not turn it on. Run the command "adb reboot bootloader" (from your computer). that should turn on the phone and put it into the bootloader. From there, redownload your custom recovery of choice to your computer. Make sure you have a .img file. Type in "fastboot flash recovery [NAMEOFRECOVERYIMAGE].img". Now run your custom recovery and restore the update.zip for your ROM.
~co~
I'd be very surprised if your phone is broken. Sounds like an easy fix and I wish I could help more. You really can't do anything without getting to the hboot screen. No ruu, no turning s-on to re downgrade, no loading a recovery from fastboot.... I'm trying to think, maybe somebody else will jump in here and teach both of us somethin.
I know that a couple of other ppl had prob with a certain release of playground and twistedumbrella fixed them right up. Maybe you could hit him up. He's way more pro than I am.
My samsung vibrant running 4.0.4 ICS zenwich 1.8.4 randomly shut off today, not even able to turn on, it was the Sleep of Death I have got before, so i pulled battery and reboot, still nothing.
The phone now boots, but their is no display
The phone will literally turn on, have the 4 buttons light up on the bottom, have the screen be responsive to touches, but the physical display is off
I can unlock my phone by swiping, hear the volume up sound, even dial calls by blind touching. It is the same idea as a PC that is plugged in, just so VGA cable to the monitor.
I have tried rebooting to recovery, download mode and tried to heimdall, but it never finds my device, i tried to sdk in and reboot to download mode via cmd prompt but no luck finding device too
I am all out of ideas and nothing is seems to be working
Any advice on resolving this issue would be appreciated
wafflebroski said:
My samsung vibrant running 4.0.4 ICS zenwich 1.8.4 randomly shut off today, not even able to turn on, it was the Sleep of Death I have got before, so i pulled battery and reboot, still nothing.
The phone now boots, but their is no display
The phone will literally turn on, have the 4 buttons light up on the bottom, have the screen be responsive to touches, but the physical display is off
I can unlock my phone by swiping, hear the volume up sound, even dial calls by blind touching. It is the same idea as a PC that is plugged in, just so VGA cable to the monitor.
I have tried rebooting to recovery, download mode and tried to heimdall, but it never finds my device, i tried to sdk in and reboot to download mode via cmd prompt but no luck finding device too
I am all out of ideas and nothing is seems to be working
Any advice on resolving this issue would be appreciated
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Device Manager show anything is plugged in?
FaultException said:
Device Manager show anything is plugged in?
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Yes, It shows up as the linusb winusb t-959 but neither heimdall or android sdk find the device.
wafflebroski said:
Yes, It shows up as the linusb winusb t-959 but neither heimdall or android sdk find the device.
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So were you able to get into Download Mode at all? And if so was the display on then?
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So were you able to get into Download Mode at all? And if so was the display on then?
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i think it did because it wasnt at a lock screen, and when i touched the soft buttons they would light up, but the phone wasnt in an OS.
the screen was still off though, I can't get anything to make it turn on
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i think it did because it wasnt at a lock screen, and when i touched the soft buttons they would light up, but the phone wasnt in an OS.
the screen was still off though, I can't get anything to make it turn on
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What method did you use to get into Download Mode?
FaultException said:
What method did you use to get into Download Mode?
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take battery out, hold vol + and - and power button, put battery in while usb connected
wafflebroski said:
take battery out, hold vol + and - and power button, put battery in while usb connected
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You may've gotten into recovery, I can't really get into download mode like that. Try this:
Unplug USB & remove battery
Insert battery but do not power on.
Hold VOL-UP + VOL-DOWN
Insert USB and wait a few seconds, while still holding them
FaultException said:
You may've gotten into recovery, I can't really get into download mode like that. Try this:
Unplug USB & remove battery
Insert battery but do not power on.
Hold VOL-UP + VOL-DOWN
Insert USB and wait a few seconds, while still holding them
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Ok that works, I'm defineatly in download mode, the device shows up in ODIN, but not heimdall. I am not familiar with ODIN, how would I go about flashing the ICS zen rom? I found a tutorial to flash back to stock ROM and wipe all data, but I would like to be able to just reflash the ICS rom
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Ok that works, I'm defineatly in download mode, the device shows up in ODIN, but not heimdall. I am not familiar with ODIN, how would I go about flashing the ICS zen rom? I found a tutorial to flash back to stock ROM and wipe all data, but I would like to be able to just reflash the ICS rom
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Ok, so it shows the download mode on the screen of the phone?
If so, that's good news and means your screen is not shot.
Try to get Heimdall to work. Are you in windows? Then you'll need to uninstall the samsung drivers and do this (from CM update guide):
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1. Run the included zadig.exe in the drivers folder of the Heimdall Suite.
2. From the menu, choose Options ยป List All Devices.
3. From the drop down, select Samsung USB Composite Device or Gadget Serial.
4. Click Install Driver.
NOTE: A prompt may appear warning that the installer is unable to verify the publisher of the driver. Ignore it and select "Install this driver anyway."
5. Heimdall can now be used safely on the Windows computer.
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Once heimdall is running, try grabbing the boot.img out of the zen zip and do this:
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heimdall flash --kernel boot.img
See if anything comes of that.
The screen never turned on.. it just went into download mode and i was able to see from ODIN that it was recognized. So i ODIN'd back to stock rom, i heard the phone reboot, but still no display.
Like before the phone's screen is 100% responsive, i can unlock the phone, hear the usb plugging in noise, just no display. It just blows my mind because the screen works but its not on.. I am very confused
wafflebroski said:
The screen never turned on.. it just went into download mode and i was able to see from ODIN that it was recognized. So i ODIN'd back to stock rom, i heard the phone reboot, but still no display.
Like before the phone's screen is 100% responsive, i can unlock the phone, hear the usb plugging in noise, just no display. It just blows my mind because the screen works but its not on.. I am very confused
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That's not good. Your phone might be done for then. I once repartitioned with no partition files and still download mode worked on a fresh battery pull.
Maybe try leaving the battery out for a while and see if it fixes itself, since it seems to be an electronics problem, maybe something needs time to reset or something.
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Yea I've had the battery out for over 30 mins and nothing. I even opened up my phone last night to check all the ribbon wires and connections, everything looked fine and i removed the motherboard & replugged everything in.. still no luck
it's a good thing my contract is up I think I am going to get the samsung galaxy s 3..
RIP vibrant best phone i ever had, I'm surprised it lasted this long with all the mods I had done to it haha
my xt890 lcd screen and digitizer were broken so i changed them and the phone was working fine for a week, i then wanted to update to kitkat through oem update; everytime i tried it would give me error . i then read that since i unlocked bootloader and rooted my phone and installed cwm recovery i couldnt do an oem update and i had to do a factory reset in order to update through oem, so i did just that ; after the phone finished factory reset and booted i proceeded with oem update while the phone was charging, everything was going fine the file was downloading, i went to the bathroom and came back the display was black, but touch screen was working fine...through more searching i read that this could be from the update, and i should do another reset... since i couldnt see anything even recovery menu. i downloaded moborobo so i can see my screen on pc and proceeded to factory reset ... now i cant even see through moborobo and im stuck. i think im stuck in recovery screen, but no way to be sure , hence i cant get usb debug.Please help.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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/
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.