Hey everyone, I have been going through these forums as well as giving google a full shakedown of what it has to offer and it seems I can only find problems that are "partially" similar to mine. Anyway here is the nitty gritty;
I was running the Super Nexus I777 rom for my AT&T SGS2 (the SGH-I777) when this morning my power button quit working. I could not lock or unlock the screen without either pulling the battery and putting it back in and waiting for it to boot back up, or plugging it into a charger. I found a couple apps on the market that allowed me to circumvent the process by unlocking the phone with the volume keys. After work when I got home I contacted AT&T to check on my warranty (because at this point I had decided I was going to flash back to stock and send in for a new/refurbished but working phone). Warranty was still good so after the call was ended I hopped on the forums here and followed the procedure on how to prepare your phone for returning to the store for warranty. Here is where the problems really began. I downloaded the correct stock files and flashed the phone back to stock with no issues. I boot up the phone and start getting "google services has stopped unexpectedly" and other errors which will not allow me to get past the "touch the android to begin" start up screen. I have tried the tap the four corners method but it is not working for me. I have tried using "adb" and "fastboot" to get into recovery and that has not worked.
The problem lies in the fact that my power button no longer works. So I have spent hours scouring the internet and these forums in the hopes of finding some other way to get into the stock recovery mode.
From what I have read, the processes that are stopping and force closing which are keeping me from moving past the startup screen, are because I need to wipe my Dalvik and regular Cache. I would be very happy to do that and have at least a semi working phone again for the week or so I am going to have to wait before my replacement comes in.
Sorry for the long post (especially considering this is my first post here on XDA), but I don't know where else to turn. I hope I have provided enough information about what I have already tried so that the whole process of elimination can be made shorter for myself and anyone else who feels like helping me out. Thanks for taking the time to read this post and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try using adb to reboot into recovery, but then you won't be able to select anything because you won't have touch CWM.
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Go into Samsung Kies, on the menu go to Tools --> Firmware Upgrade & Initialization and enter the model (SGH-I777) and then enter your serial number from the battery compartment when prompted and follow the instructions to restore phone to factory settings. That's what I did when I got my phone replaced under warranty due to the broken power button.
hamguy said:
Go into Samsung Kies, on the menu go to Tools --> Firmware Upgrade & Initialization and enter the model (SGH-I777) and then enter your serial number from the battery compartment when prompted and follow the instructions to restore phone to factory settings. That's what I did when I got my phone replaced under warranty due to the broken power button.
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U can do that sure. But I dont think that wipes the data or cache, which is really what he needs to do to stop his problems. Then again I don't remember if upgrading in that manner wipes anything or not. I'm pretty sure not. But it's been a few months since I've messed with it.
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U can do that sure. But I dont think that wipes the data or cache, which is really what he needs to do to stop his problems. Then again I don't remember if upgrading in that manner wipes anything or not. I'm pretty sure not. But it's been a few months since I've messed with it.
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Yea, it's been a few months for me as well, but I believe it does a complete reset to factory settings (wipe included). It should download the latest Samsung ROM (ICS) automatically as well. I think the process also kicks you into download mode automatically and starts installing the firmware...a little fuzzy on that part.
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I cannot begin to thank you all enough! Going through Keis and putting in my model and serial info did the trick! So with all the sincerity I can muster, thank you all for being so helpful and quick in your responses. Now I can send it back when I get my replacement and have the piece of mind that the only thing wrong with the phone now is that the power button is broke.
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I cannot begin to thank you all enough! Going through Keis and putting in my model and serial info did the trick! So with all the sincerity I can muster, thank you all for being so helpful and quick in your responses. Now I can send it back when I get my replacement and have the piece of mind that the only thing wrong with the phone now is that the power button is broke.
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Don't forget to click the thanks button to those who helped you
hazythe4saken1 said:
I cannot begin to thank you all enough! Going through Keis and putting in my model and serial info did the trick! So with all the sincerity I can muster, thank you all for being so helpful and quick in your responses. Now I can send it back when I get my replacement and have the piece of mind that the only thing wrong with the phone now is that the power button is broke.
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Paranoid Android in the ported section is a fantastic rom and allows to wake the screen by just swiping it. So unlocking amounts to two swipes left to right.
Rebooting into recovery isn't difficult either. You can add a recovery reboot button to the drop down notification drawer.
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33t said:
Paranoid Android in the ported section is a fantastic rom and allows to wake the screen by just swiping it. So unlocking amounts to two swipes left to right.
Rebooting into recovery isn't difficult either. You can add a recovery reboot button to the drop down notification drawer.
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Many roms can do that/all roms really. Siyah kernel enables swipe2wake
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I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
That's exactly what I would do
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if you can get into download mode try reflashing the stock recovery found in the dev section then if you can get that fair try flashing the odin stock rom to see if it will boot
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
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Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
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he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
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If jig won't work, I'm pretty sure hardware button won't work either. It goes without saying that he probably already tried everything he could find.
edpsx said:
Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
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That's not guinea pig. He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
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Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
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Yeah I thought about doing that - worst case scenario they tell me I voided my warranty and give me the phone back and I can still try finding a jtag solution or do i have to face any other consequences including maybe never getting my phone back?
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He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
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That's my guess too. I screwed up badly. I would like to blame it on the late hour I did all that but it was just overexcited stupidity -_-
Try your buttons...
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
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Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
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I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
cilmeron said:
I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
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I know on some phones that download mode can still be activated even if the screen isn't working properly and displaying it. I know many infuse users ran into problems and were still able to use Odin to flash stock and fix their phone. Try doing the hardware method of getting into download mode, and even though your screen doesn't show anything, it may still connect to Odin and you could try to flash back to stock.
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U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
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U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
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Actually, you can brick it to the point of needing JTAG repairs to restore your device. That being said, it's very very very hard to brick it. You have to do something like flash firmware for a completely wrong device and screw up your bootloaders in the process.
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I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
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I've read some so my suggestion is this:
First make sure that you have the drivers installed for your phone. Then pull the battery wait for a few seconds. press the down button and then the power to go in download mode and hold them pressed for 20s. Now plug in the USB and press the volume up button. If Odin detects it you're good to go! If not... Well it's worth a shot
My theory is that even though the screen is blank, the hardware still boots properly. Just make sure your battery is somewhat charged. And also plug in the USB AFTER you "boot" in download mode.
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I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
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Everything here screams 'you should never attempt to modify your device again.'
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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Why don't you find Adam_Outler in the hardware hacking forum? Send your phone to him and he'll hopefully be able to create an unbrickable mod. Not only will you likely have a fixed phone but it will mean volumes for our community.
Note, you will be without a phone for a bit
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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It's not that, we've all made mistakes, but it's like this guy went out of his way to try to brick the phone. This isn't like "oh crap, I flashed the wrong radio"
He tried to flash a ROM from a different SoC and every fail-safe wouldn't let him do it. I'm surprised at how well the different programs tried to save his phone, then he actually went ADB and forced it onto his phone and then he unplugs during a flash.
It's like he drove his car without paying attention and hit a fence that prevents you from flying off a cliff, then he kept ramming his car into the fence, then took some C4, blew up the fence, drove off the cliff, then started yelling "help, I fell off the cliff"
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I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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I'm confused, is there a CDMA Note? What do you mean "they won't know it's GSM"?
I dropped my phone a few days ago and the power button stopped working. Reboot ed into recovery from Rom Manager and realized that I couldn't select anything because I need the power button (tried every other button as well; nothing works). Took the battery out and put it back in (the only way to turn it off now) and it instantly booted into recovery. I can't send it to AT&T because I have at least 10 counts and they'll instantly see that CWM is on there.
Please help me!
kancheek1995 said:
I dropped my phone a few days ago and the power button stopped working. Reboot ed into recovery from Rom Manager and realized that I couldn't select anything because I need the power button (tried every other button as well; nothing works). Took the battery out and put it back in (the only way to turn it off now) and it instantly booted into recovery. I can't send it to AT&T because I have at least 10 counts and they'll instantly see that CWM is on there.
Please help me!
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You dropped your phone. Samsung/AT&T warranty doesn't cover accidents, so there's no sense in worrying about your flash count. You're SOL. But you are free to try of course. Reverting to stock is very easy. What would you even do in recovery mode to revert to stock? Did you bother to look around the forum? There is a guide in the general forum on how to do that.
Out of curiosity, I did a google search to see what the repair options were for a broken power button. Saw that Mobile Tech Videos does it for $35 + shipping. Might be one of the better options at this point. As for the counter, just buy or make a jig to reset it.
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You dropped your phone. Samsung/AT&T warranty doesn't cover accidents, so there's no sense in worrying about your flash count. You're SOL. But you are free to try of course. Reverting to stock is very easy. What would you even do in recovery mode to revert to stock? Did you bother to look around the forum? There is a guide in the general forum on how to do that.
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They wouldn't know that I dropped it unless I told them that, so as of right now the button stopped working by itself. I reverted to stock a while ago when I thought I bricked it, but I need to get it into download mode which can't be done without the power button.
kancheek1995 said:
They wouldn't know that I dropped it unless I told them that, so as of right now the button stopped working by itself. I reverted to stock a while ago when I thought I bricked it, but I need to get it into download mode which can't be done without the power button.
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Recovery mode requires the power button. Download mode only requires the two volume buttons. With the phone off, while holding down vol- & vol+ plug in USB cable.
Lawrence of a Labia said:
Out of curiosity, I did a google search to see what the repair options were for a broken power button. Saw that Mobile Tech Videos does it for $35 + shipping. Might be one of the better options at this point. As for the counter, just buy or make a jig to reset it.
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Good info if I ever need this
Has anybody used mobile tech videos to get their power button fixed? Mine stopped working out of the blue today, my phone is long out of warranty, and it refuses to connect to my computer at all so I can't revert to stock (I'm running AOKP 6.27.12 Build right now). I don't want to just send my phone off to some place that isn't reputable.
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Has anybody used mobile tech videos to get their power button fixed? Mine stopped working out of the blue today, my phone is long out of warranty, and it refuses to connect to my computer at all so I can't revert to stock (I'm running AOKP 6.27.12 Build right now). I don't want to just send my phone off to some place that isn't reputable.
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It's still got to be in warranty with Samsung. The first units were shipped just under 9 months ago.
Mobile tech videos is considered to be quite reputable. I have only seen good reports about them, and the owner posts actively on the XDA-Developers boards.
You should be able to enter download mode. You don't need the power button for that.
Darn I didn't realize how long Samsung's warranties were. I made the switch back in October from Apple products so I'm used to crappy warranties.
I've already shipped to mobile tech videos because I searched around the forums a bit and found out that he is in fact reputable.
And I know how to get into download mode, I can do that no problem. My computer always pops up saying there is some problem with the device and I'm not sure how to fix it. I have the drivers installed correctly and it has worked in the past, but not recently. I would try to replicate it now but I don't have the phone in my possession, and at the moment it isn't really causing me an issue.
If you can't get Odin to recognize the phone once connected to the computer in download mode, then it is most likely a driver problem, or less likely a problem with the USB cable or ports. Once you get the phone back, if you still have the problem, that is where to look first.
I just wanted to point out that the broken power button would not prevent you from returning the phone to stock, although it can be a bit of a problem that you can't use recovery.
Yeah I was a bit worried that if I tried to go through Odin and something got messed up I wouldn't be able to get back into recovery to restore from a backup.
Thanks for all the help! I feel like a total noob and I appreciate your patience haha
In case you haven't already tried, in some versions of CWM (even non-touch) the search button (softkey) works like enter. Try all of the softkeys, one of them might work for you.
Yes, but if you Odin back to stock with a broken power button, that leaves you with stock 3e recovery. Even if you use adb reboot recovery to get into 3e recovery, you can't select anything without the power button.
Hello!
Long time lurker, first time poster and new registrant TO post. Howdy!
Before we even get there.....yes, I searched first. I have been looking via searches here and via google for almost two hours, and have had exactly zero luck. Thus, I register and ask. Here's the specs.
First, I have a Galaxy S2 (model SCH-I500). It belongs to my old boss, and I need to give it back to him. I'll share the cliffs notes version of the background.
He rooted it about 1.5 years ago. And it was a pain in the ....posterior...from the day I got it. Last fall, I got tired of its issues and came here. I spent about 4 hours reading the forums, then downloaded Odin 3 c 1.8 and some ROMS.
I spent most of one slow workday futzing with it, and eventually got it re-ROM'd back to the factory image. Then, I cleaned up and uninstalled the crap I didn't want, and have been using it happily ever since. Stock ROM, only deleted stuff I ddin't want. I don't do much with the damn thing, its a work phone. I take calls, check email, and really that's about it besides texting.
So, I got a new job, and I need to return this to my old boss. I copied the whole thing to my PC to get all the pics and saved ringtones and such off it via USB. Then I powered it off and popped out my 2GB SD card.
My intention was, at this point, to re-flash it to stock and give it back to him that way, with none of my data on it.
SINCE that time, the phone will NOT boot.
It will ONLY go into 'android system recoovery <3e>', and only the home button does anything, and what it does is hide the text and leave you looking at the background image of the green robot guy and the exclamation mark. Not one single other button works to to ANYthing. Including the power button. Even holding it down at this point does nothing. You have to pull the battery to turn it off here.
But wait, it gets better!
Even after putting the SD card back in, this does not change. I cannot get into download mode to reflash it. I cannot boot the phone 'normally'...it simply goes to the same recovery screen and hangs. But I haven't actually DONE anything yet that should cause a boot loop or hang. I'd understand if I had applied a ROM or a patch or somesuch to it, but I haven't yet. Granted, I was ABOUT to, but I didn't do so yet.
I'm stumped. Regardless of the SD card being in, regardless of what buttons I push, hold, or don't touch, it only boots to the blue texted 'system recovery' menu and no buttons work at all... a complete hang. I can't boot into download mode, I can't just boot the thing, and I haven't yet applied any ROMs to it to fail or change anything.
At this point I'd settle for just booting it into the OS it has, and deleting my info...he'll probably either nuke it himself when I give it back to him anyhow, like he had it before. But I can't even do that!
Apparently, my google-fu is weak, and I cannot find an answer that isn't "Well, boot into download mode...". Because I currently cannot do this. Yes, I know, you're already going "Well, you must be using the other volume key". I am not. In the last 90 seconds, while typing this, I tried BOTH vol keys again to be certain....no matter what keys I hold down, it only boots to recovery and hangs.
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I'm stumped and hella frustrated, so I'm gonna go drown in Sam Adams and come back in the morning with fresh eyes. Any indeas?
Thanks gang, I appreciate your reading this far for the n00b
Are you able to do anything in the recovery? Like wipe cache / factory reset?
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Nope. From the recovery screen, all buttons are non-responsive except home, which hides the colored text. The volume, power, other face buttons, do exactly nothing. I have the blue recovery menu and a bunch of "CANNOT READ E;\" text, and that does not change regardless of the mem card status.
SCH-I500 is NOT a Galaxy S2. It's the Samsung Fascinate, a Verizon phone, and part of the Galaxy S line. NOT S2.
This post is currently in the forum for the I9100 variant of the Galaxy S2, a GSM phone that doesn't even work on Verizon.
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SCH-I500 is NOT a Galaxy S2. It's the Samsung Fascinate, a Verizon phone, and part of the Galaxy S line. NOT S2.
This post is currently in the forum for the I9100 variant of the Galaxy S2, a GSM phone that doesn't even work on Verizon.
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Sorry mate. It says S II on the back cover, so I made the leap to assume that meant S2.
If some kind mod would go ahead and move this to the right place, that'd be swell.
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Sorry mate. It says S II on the back cover, so I made the leap to assume that meant S2.
If some kind mod would go ahead and move this to the right place, that'd be swell.
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I reported this thread to mods to be moved.
BTW, no need to apologize... I was just informing you of the model difference for your benefit, before you tried to flash an i9100 firmware. That would have ended badly for you.
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Have you read over Droidstyle's Guide yet? It's the noob bible for for Fascinate users. He'll describe how to get into download mode with the battery out. If that fails, you could try a jig.
From there, just follow the guide until you're where you want to be.
First off, I'd like to say that the video I watched before registering is comical!
I need help! So, being a complete noob to all this - I will allow you to tell me if my phone is the b word!
I just purchased a used Samsung Galaxy Note 1 - Model SHG-i717R (Rogers - Canada)only a few hours ago. The phone was owned by a kid, who advertised it as rooted and unlocked. I only really needed the unlocked part as I'm a Telus customer! Put my SIM in at it worked. Got home, boyfriend looked at it and the counter was already at 5 and the binary read "custom". The model number in the phone info read something like N7005 (if that makes any sense - it didn't match the model # on the back of the phone i717). The boyfriend decided he was going to install the original rom on it which he downloaded from sammobile, specifically for Rogers - Canada. He attempted the update in Odin, and it failed (twice). After it failed the screen stated the following:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SGH-i717R
Custom Binary Download: YES(5 counts)
Current Binary: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN KIES & TRY AGAIN.
Tried Kies, but it wouldn't recognize the phone.
He attempted to get the phone back into download mode with no luck.
When you pull the battery and put it back in and press the power button it does vibrate - but then shows that above mentioned screen. When i connect the phone via USB to the computer - it makes the connected noise and looks for the drivers but can't find them.
So, question is - am I bricked (soft or hard)? And, if not/so - is there a way to fix this?!
Thanks in advance! It's really going to suck if I just wasted all the money!
Push and hold volume down, and power for 15 seconds.
If DL mode is present, the device will vibrate 3 times at 5 second intervals.
Release both buttons after the third vibration, and you should be in DL mode.
Then push a factory image via Odin.
If no DL mode happened ....JTAG ...g
Edit : if you get an image pushed successfully, you must get the CWM recovery pushed also, Then wipe all data then caches, and factory reset to clear the device of the garbage....g
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Uninstall kies and all drivers.
Reboot.
Reinstall everything.
Reboot.
Swap usb ports on pc.
Always right click odin and run as admin.
You should be able to flash just a custom recovery image with Odin, then flash a custom rom zip in recovery.
N7005 is the version from Singapore with compatible hardware to the I717 variants.
Flash counter doesn't matter until you're returning it for warranty...which being a second-hand owner doesn't apply to you at all.... I would have left well enough alone of it worked.. our tried another custom Rom. Why he wanted you to have the stock rom (eww) is beyond me.
My friend has the problem
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Push and hold volume down, and power for 15 seconds.
If DL mode is present, the device will vibrate 3 times at 5 second intervals.
Release both buttons after the third vibration, and you should be in DL mode.
Then push a factory image via Odin.
If no DL mode happened ....JTAG ...g
Edit : if you get an image pushed successfully, you must get the CWM recovery pushed also, Then wipe all data then caches, and factory reset to clear the device of the garbage....g
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I dont know what JTAG and g mean.... Did I mention I was a noob?!
Jtag is a way of recovering a truly bricked phone.
"....g" is just how he ends every. single. post.
As a signature. G as in greg, his name.
studacris said:
Jtag is a way of recovering a truly bricked phone.
"....g" is just how he ends every single post.
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Haha, ok. So what is the process of JTAG?
I held the volume down button and power button... the custom os warning comes up - i still keep holding. The phone vibrates 3 times.. I let go it then vibrates a 4th time while not being pressed and gives me the same screen!
JTAG is done by a professional, it requires both special tools and the know how. Not to be done by the common user.
I don't think it's too the point of needing jtag, there is still life. A brick is when the phone exhibits all the electronic properties of that red baked clay building material it's named after. Not. A. Damn. Thing.
Hold all three buttons till you feel those vibrates, then let off the power while still holding the volumes. Hopefully you'll get sick recovery where you can try a factory reset.
Or hook up to pc and then manually push a custom recovery image with adb.
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JTAG is done by a professional, it requires both special tools and the know how. Not to be done by the common user.
I don't think it's too the point of needing jtag, there is still life. A brick is when the phone exhibits all the electronic properties of that red baked clay building material it's named after. Not. A. Damn. Thing.
Hold all three buttons till you feel those vibrates, then let off the power while still holding the volumes. Hopefully you'll get sick recovery where you can try a factory reset.
Or hook up to pc and then manually push a custom recovery image with adb.
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It's still doing the exact same thing - no matter which combination of buttons I try. It's also giving a 4 vibration after I have let go. It did show the Samsung logo for a second before giving me that screen again though.
Have you done the first steps I mentioned?
Uninstall everything phone related.
Reboot.
Reinstall.
Reboot, swap usb ports on computer.
Then try kies emergency firmware upgrade from that screen you're getting.
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Haha, ok. So what is the process of JTAG?
I held the volume down button and power button... the custom os warning comes up - i still keep holding. The phone vibrates 3 times.. I let go it then vibrates a 4th time while not being pressed and gives me the same screen!
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You are hard bricked ....download mode is gone ....IMHO .....g
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studacris said:
Have you done the first steps I mentioned?
Uninstall everything phone related.
Reboot.
Reinstall.
Reboot, swap usb ports on computer.
Then try kies emergency firmware upgrade from that screen you're getting.
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Did one better - tried on a computer that has never had anything phone related installed. Kies doesn't recognize the phone.
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You are hard bricked ....download mode is gone ....IMHO .....g
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Lovely. Ok, so how can I find someone who does JTAG? I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia....
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You are hard bricked ....download mode is gone ....IMHO .....g
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This person is in Canada, I dunno anywhere other than mobiletechvideos to send it to.. and that's an international shipment. Trying to save some money... Still a few things to try Mr. Pessimist.
BUT it's going to be more advanced.
You're going to have to install the android sdk, and see if adb sees the phone at any point in the process. If it does, you can then manually push a recovery to the phone and then flash a rom.zip from there.
Like I said, advanced and it'll take potentially all day to research and get set up... but jtag itself is $40 us.. not to mention shipping.
The above mentioned process is completely free...
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This person is in Canada, I dunno anywhere other than mobiletechvideos to send it to.. and that's an international shipment. Trying to save some money... Still a few things to try Mr. Pessimist.
BUT it's going to be more advanced.
You're going to have to install the android sdk, and see if adb sees the phone at any point in the process. If it does, you can then manually push a recovery to the phone and then flash a rom.zip from there.
Like I said, advanced and it'll take potentially all day to research and get set up... but jtag itself is $40 us.. not to mention shipping.
The above mentioned process is completely free...
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Wow. I'm sure we have no idea how to do that! And, which person is in Canada?
You are.
Jtag guy is in Texas...
Mobiletechvideos.com
If you don't want to put on the effort and learn...there you go.
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This person is in Canada, I dunno anywhere other than mobiletechvideos to send it to.. and that's an international shipment. Trying to save some money... Still a few things to try Mr. Pessimist.
BUT it's going to be more advanced.
You're going to have to install the android sdk, and see if adb sees the phone at any point in the process. If it does, you can then manually push a recovery to the phone and then flash a rom.zip from there.
Like I said, advanced and it'll take potentially all day to research and get set up... but jtag itself is $40 us.. not to mention shipping.
The above mentioned process is completely free...
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Where is the best place to find the steps to attempt this? I dont want to just use random google searches. Any reccommendations?
This site is the best place ....
Search here for SDK and related topics.
It's not going to be a 1 hour deal....as the device is jacked up pretty good.
It does not fit the total definition of hard brick, but if manipulated attempts to get into DL mode have failed, and Kies can't see the device, it's basically the same outcome.
Studacris is attempting to get you studied up on the android SDK, which simply means the tools used to access the device at the development level.
The obvious outcome, would be employing the SDK, and pushing files manually to the device via the android debug bridge, or ADB for short.
There is still device activity, thus we feel that it might be receptive to the attempt.
But as mentioned, it will take some steep learning by you, and some serious patients and attention to detail.
If done incorrectly, you'll make it worse.
So there are your options....
Either send it off for JTAG repair, or install a working SDK environment onto your PC and learn the grass roots of android.
The third option ....find the guy that sold you a brick, and beat him with it ...
(Third option not sanctioned here )....g
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That 3rd option would be to break up with the dude who borked it.. hahaha
Whoever sold it...sold it in working condition.
Sorry OP ...
I'm unable to help you further ...
I've been asked to leave ..
But before I go ....I'd like to point out that a device without drivers, and no connection capability, "IS" a brick.
And would require the same repair as a brick.
Mrhaley ....please see my post before this one, and understand that I do have a genuine interest in helping this user.
Many suggestions and options there ...and I would be very interested in hearing your solution for a device exhibiting the problems listed above .....g
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Hi all,
I have picked up a Fascinate to play around with. I have flashed CM10 onto a Nook Color, love it, and would like to do the same to this Samsung.
If there is an RTFM, please point me to it, and I won't bother you all anymore.
Issue is...I go into recovery in order to do a reset/wipe data. The Samsung logo appears, I get the menu, and then the phone just shuts off. Am I dealing with a hardware issue, or did the person I got it from mess up a flash?
How can I tell if this phone can work again? Any help appreciated. I could start the downloads and see if I can just flash away, but I was hoping someone could save me the effort by verifying that this is a hardware issue, rather than a screwed up OS.
Thanks in advance...Eric
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Hi all,
Issue is...I go into recovery in order to do a reset/wipe data. The Samsung logo appears, I get the menu, and then the phone just shuts off.
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Sounds like a messed up phone. Shouldn't you be able to wipe data from Android though?
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Sounds like a messed up phone. Shouldn't you be able to wipe data from Android though?
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The closest I got was scrolling down to that option, selecting it, then getting confirmation, pressing volume up, and then the phone shut off. It seems like every time I pull the battery out and try again, it lasts for a different time. It's never at the same exact time. I'm going to rip it open and clean it up.
Thanks for the reply.
Thought about returning to stock through odin and manually flashing cwm? I'll have the necessary files and programs if you want to go that route.
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