Today as I got home I noticed that my SGS3 had a blinking red light, tried turning the screen on...but it looked like it was frozen (but a little bit warmer than normal).
Took the battery out, put the battery back on, tried turning it on, and...nothing...
Connected it to the charger (original one) - no reaction.
It now looks completly dead.
I've tried connecting it do different chargers, different USB cables, directly to a PC, but neither the status light nor the screen react in any way.
I didn't flash any ROM for the last few months, and I didn't install anything new.
I think the phone just isn't charging (and I don't have any extra battery to try it out...)
I've recently moved to Zurich, (the phone itself was bought from amazon.de) can anyone tell me what is the warranty procedure here?
My condolences see link for more information
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34141825
im what Willis was talking about
drcursor said:
Today as I got home I noticed that my SGS3 had a blinking red light, tried turning the screen on...but it looked like it was frozen (but a little bit warmer than normal).
Took the battery out, put the battery back on, tried turning it on, and...nothing...
Connected it to the charger (original one) - no reaction.
It now looks completly dead.
I've tried connecting it do different chargers, different USB cables, directly to a PC, but neither the status light nor the screen react in any way.
I didn't flash any ROM for the last few months, and I didn't install anything new.
I think the phone just isn't charging (and I don't have any extra battery to try it out...)
I've recently moved to Zurich, (the phone itself was bought from amazon.de) can anyone tell me what is the warranty procedure here?
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Was your phone overclocked at all by any chance? Or rooted in that matter? How long have you had the phone. If you've tried everything and the phone isn't turning on then we must know if your phone is rooted or not. If it is rooted then you might not be covered by warranty as they will know if you've flashed custom roms due to the binary counts on your phone..
If it is stock simply find the booklet and call the number or go to http://www.samsung.com and click support then click product service request have you imei and your serial number ready. and when you send of your phone off, make sure to send a photo copy of your receipt and your good to go. They will send you instructions to what you should send etc etc... Don't worry mate mines been in warranty once it came back with 2 weeks..
It was rooted but running official ROM... I hope they don't notice it
The instructions you give are the ones for the international samsung site.
From the swiss one I was only able to get a representative's phone number...let's see if I can talk to them in english tomorrow
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Was your phone overclocked at all by any chance? Or rooted in that matter? How long have you had the phone. If you've tried everything and the phone isn't turning on then we must know if your phone is rooted or not. If it is rooted then you might not be covered by warranty as they will know if you've flashed custom roms due to the binary counts on your phone..
If it is stock simply find the booklet and call the number or go to http://www.samsung.com and click support then click product service request have you imei and your serial number ready. and when you send of your phone off, make sure to send a photo copy of your receipt and your good to go. They will send you instructions to what you should send etc etc... Don't worry mate mines been in warranty once it came back with 2 weeks..
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drcursor said:
It was rooted but running official ROM... I hope they don't notice it
The instructions you give are the ones for the international samsung site.
From the swiss one I was only able to get a representative's phone number...let's see if I can talk to them in english tomorrow
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Sorry about that at least you've found the right page good luck..
Try this...
I had the same issue, try charging the battery on a different S3. Even if the the charging animation doesn't come on leave it a few minutes. The battery might be soo drianed that it will take a while to charge. One you see the battery respond on the other phone put it back on your phone, turn it on and charge it turned on. Some how it seems that charging the phone while turned off screws your battery. Always try to charge the phone while its turned on.
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Hi,
I hope I am on the right thread.
This issue started one week ago. I have a 4.1.83 (no root, no G-blur or any specific customization beside the ) just the stock Atrix phone.
When my phone is turned off, if I try to plug it into the wall with the moto charger the red Motorola logo came on, then disappear then came back on and keep doing that (on and off) - infinite rebooting loop. Before, the battery charge status would come on and the phone would charge fine.
Now it just does this unlimited reboot on the red M logo.
If i turn on the phone without the cable, the phone turns on fine and i can charge it with the wall charger after the phone is booted. But not when the phone is turned off.
Do you have any ideas on what is going on and how to fix it?
Thanks for your help.
Hmm... Is the charger the one specifically designed for your Atrix and you're sure you haven't done any tweaking to the phone?
Absolutely certain. Am using the original Charger and did not try to do anything special with the phone...I did not touch any system file nor tried to tweak anything.
Phone is 'stock' beside few apps I installed several weeks before the problem starts to occur.
darrycowl said:
Absolutely certain. Am using the original Charger and did not try to do anything special with the phone...I did not touch any system file nor tried to tweak anything.
Phone is 'stock' beside few apps I installed several weeks before the problem starts to occur.
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If you had rooted, etc. I would say flash sbf and start over, but since you are stock, I would return it for a warranty replacement.
Can I do that even if I have owned it for 3 months?
Thanks!
I have the same exact problem but I have my mobile flashed, plus bought mine from eBay. Should it be a software issue?
darrycowl said:
Can I do that even if I have owned it for 3 months?
Thanks!
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You have one year warranty through Motorola. See warranty section in the following:
http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/US-EN/Mobile%20Phones/ATRIX_4G/US-EN/Documents/StaticFiles/ATRIX_LG_68014203002A.pdf
If the phone is defective, you are covered. If it's accidental damage, you would have to use your phone insurance through your carrier.
Can't be accidental...Phone is working perfectly beside the charging issue and so far.
Only issue is it takes 1 full day to charge it from 10% to 100%
Last night I plugged my phone at 9pm (60%). It took 8 hours to have it fully charged...
Thanks for your reply, I guess I 'll check with ATT first :'( and Motorola then....
Did you already try charging with the phone off through USB on your desktop or laptop? Maybe the wall charger is defective.
Do a backup and perform a factory restore to see if it fixes it before shipping it out for warranty.
Goodluck!
darrycowl said:
Can't be accidental...Phone is working perfectly beside the charging issue and so far.
Only issue is it takes 1 full day to charge it from 10% to 100%
Last night I plugged my phone at 9pm (60%). It took 8 hours to have it fully charged...
Thanks for your reply, I guess I 'll check with ATT first :'( and Motorola then....
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your battery and or phone is straight up defective, or something is wrong, needs to be replaced. no way should it take that long to charge. something go out of wack, and it sounds like faulty battery is failing, hence why it wont charge turned off AND takes forever to charge up when turned on.
Hi Everyone,
After doing a deep search i did not find the exact problem I have.
Specs:
Phone: SGS2 i9100
ROM: CM10 Nightly 08.09.2012
Kernal: CM Stock
You can see the symptoms of my problem in the video I found below (it wont allow me to paste link with less than 10 posts so i shortened the URL)
youtube.com/watch?v=BCyp1iCTW2M
This is what happened:
1. I had an Adapter from Car Outlet to USB so i connected my phone using it but it seemed they did not like each other.
The phone was stuck on a black screen so I restarted it and noticed I lost 40% battery in those few minutes, looking at BBS i saw the RIL wakelock so decided its just a coincidence and i'll let the battery drain all the way to calibrate it at night (the phone worked perfectly fine)
2. After the battery was fully drained I connected it to the PC to charge and turned it on and everything was fine, noticed it was at 0% so after a few minutes it turned off, after doing it a couple of times i let the phone charge "turned off" (thought maybe its low voltage of PC charge) through the whole night
3. at morning it did not charge at all, I managed to "almost" turn the device on but now the battery is really drained so i cant even do that
4. when i tried going into download mode (just to see if my phone is OK) i managed, when i am trying now i get "Battey is to low, cannot download"
5. I cant get into recovery mode, but i tried it after all the process above so its probably because of low battery
6. I tried it on 2 diffrent batteries (unfortunately my old one was also drained before)
- Anker 1900
- Original Samsung 1650
I am going to get an AC charged and try using it.
Any Ideas what should i do or what the problem is ?
Thanks in advance!
Ariel.s said:
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I am going to get an AC charged and try using it.
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This is the way to go. First make absolutely sure the battery is charged, if possible by testing it in another device. With a fully charged battery it should be possible to find out if your phones hardware is still fine, especially the charging board.
fxrb said:
This is the way to go. First make absolutely sure the battery is charged, if possible by testing it in another device. With a fully charged battery it should be possible to find out if your phones hardware is still fine, especially the charging board.
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply!
So far i got an AC charger for the phone (not a battery only cradle charger kind of thing) but getting the same problem.. it just wont charge the battery through the phone..
I'll try to get a fully charged battery to give feedback that the phone is fine and not bricked in any way as i mentioned before.
If everything is fine i'll see that the battery is chargeable when not completely dry and we'll be smarter after that.
in case it really became unchargeable and it is a problem in the charging board as you mentioned
Could you please expand on the functionality of the charging board ? and whats the process for fixing/replacing it ?
Thanks in advance!
Ariel.s said:
Hi,
Thanks for the reply!
So far i got an AC charger for the phone (not a battery only cradle charger kind of thing) but getting the same problem.. it just wont charge the battery through the phone..
I'll try to get a fully charged battery to give feedback that the phone is fine and not bricked in any way as i mentioned before.
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Excellent! If it is not bricked then chances are good that it is 'only' a battery/charging problem.
Ariel.s said:
If everything is fine i'll see that the battery is chargeable when not completely dry and we'll be smarter after that.
in case it really became unchargeable and it is a problem in the charging board as you mentioned
Could you please expand on the functionality of the charging board ? and whats the process for fixing/replacing it ?
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If, in the end, the phone does not charge by the USB connector (no matter if from PC or wall plug) then it could be worth to replace the flex print with the USB connector and parts of the charging electronics. This flex print is quite cheap and you can get it from ebay. With the help of some video from youtube you should be able to replace it yourself
Well,
I have an update on the issue.. unfortunately can't say its a good one..
I've tried turning on the device with a diffrent battery (charged) and it workes perfectely fine.
since I live far i didnt want to wait a month till i get the USB flex from ebay i went to a repair lab and let the test the phone.
Unfortunately it is not the USB Flex but a deeper problem,
apparently the u500,u501,u504 parts got fried on the MB and they don't have them at all.
I am going to try to restore my phone (using a full battery) to the way i bought it and try go to the store and work the warranty (it voids as soon as i changed ROM), going to have to read a lot on how to do it perfectly and erasing traces of changes (go an old nand and need to unroot afterwards)
do u know a good guide for restoring the phone to full stock ?
Also,
is it possible to buy a complete MotherBoard for the GS2 or its not worth it ?
Thanks for the help!
Ariel.s said:
Well,
I have an update on the issue.. unfortunately can't say its a good one..
I've tried turning on the device with a diffrent battery (charged) and it workes perfectely fine.
since I live far i didnt want to wait a month till i get the USB flex from ebay i went to a repair lab and let the test the phone.
Unfortunately it is not the USB Flex but a deeper problem,
apparently the u500,u501,u504 parts got fried on the MB and they don't have them at all.
I am going to try to restore my phone (using a full battery) to the way i bought it and try go to the store and work the warranty (it voids as soon as i changed ROM), going to have to read a lot on how to do it perfectly and erasing traces of changes (go an old nand and need to unroot afterwards)
do u know a good guide for restoring the phone to full stock ?
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There are quite a few guides around here that deal with unrooting and getting the device ready for official service. Personally I just make sure the flash counter is reset (TriangleAway or JIG) and then flash a stock firmware.
Ariel.s said:
Also,
is it possible to buy a complete MotherBoard for the GS2 or its not worth it ?
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You might find one on ebay but I think replacing the MBO is not that easy, even though never did it myself.
Ariel.s said:
Thanks for the help!
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Your welcome
fxrb said:
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You might find one on ebay but I think replacing the MBO is not that easy, even though never did it myself.
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I had the device opened several times. Replacing the MBO should not be too difficult. There are only some screws and connectors.
kloetpatra said:
I had the device opened several times. Replacing the MBO should not be too difficult. There are only some screws and connectors.
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If the warranty wont work than I saw its around 150$ but if that will solve it it might be worth it instead of buying a new phone.
Thanks Again!
They are a lot more than that unless you are in USA/Canada.Theres a firm on eBay that give you $30-$50 for your old board,and they sell theirs for around $180.
Samsung would be around $250...
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
So.. After a long time (!!) I have an update.
No lab fixed my phone as everyone said its "unfixable" or need to replace some parts that they don't have... so I did what I planned to do.
I took a full battery from a friend
Restored the phone to full stock (the same official "partner" ROM I got the phone when bought it (even putted Android 2.3 on it LOL)
formatted my SD card , and of course did a "Triangle Away" to reset the flash counter
basically returned the phone to the way i bought it..
Since I still had around 2 month on the warranty I went to the store i bought the phone from and they accepted the phone based on warranty, as i didn't install any ROM's (LOL )
Only TODAY after more than a month and a half of wait, while it was at their official lab, after that was sent abroad to the Vendor itself, after nobody was able to fix it I got a new phone (14 days used phone) so, considering i was ready to throw my phone and by a new one it turned out OK.
since no one was able to fix it, it was probably a major problem.
Of course its better i got a new one, since even if they fixed the issue, who know what else it might effected so its a very good result.
Don't know if this helps anyone a lot, but at least its some closure to the thread.
Thanks for everyone who helped here!
I've got my awesome galaxy s3 for about 4 months now.
I'm still using the stock firmware and I rooted it a few weeks ago.
Today, the phone battery was at about 95%, it suddenly completely stopped working in any way.
No led flashes or turns on when I plug it in to charge. No reaction when I turn it on. No reaction from my pc when I plug it in.
I also tried ODIN/ download mode and whatever there is left. No reaction at all.
Also, the ODIN tool doesnt see the phone and the pc doesnt(device manager).
I hope anyone can help me
ArdentSword
ArdentSword said:
I've got my awesome galaxy s3 for about 4 months now.
I'm still using the stock firmware and I rooted it a few weeks ago.
Today, the phone battery was at about 95%, it suddenly completely stopped working in any way.
No led flashes or turns on when I plug it in to charge. No reaction when I turn it on. No reaction from my pc when I plug it in.
I also tried ODIN/ download mode and whatever there is left. No reaction at all.
I hope anyone can help me
ArdentSword
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I have exactly the same problem, I have ordered a jig to see if i can get into download mode. I am told this could be a motherboard problem though.
I have changed my screen so i do not think samsung will fix it under warranty
May Sound Stupid... but have you taken the battery out and left it for a minute then put it back in?
sure have. Have done everthing, charged overnight, took battery out for an hour, tried different battery.
I took it to a repair shop in a shopping center and they said they think the motherboard is dead
NewAussiefromCanada said:
May Sound Stupid... but have you taken the battery out and left it for a minute then put it back in?
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Jup, tried that too, no change
Same thing happened to me too... Phone suddenly died. Still waiting for the jig. If not then service warranty for us is the best thing we can do.
Here's a update on my phone.
I tried to use a jig, a friend on mine had one, but no change there either. So I send my phone to samsung with the warranty. I was a little scared here because I rooted my phone. A few days back I luckely got a message that my phone was returned. Apparantly, it was broken so badly thay they didnt found out it was rooted. ^^
They replaced my motherboard and I never found out what was wrong, probably something fried...
I have no idea what happened all of a sudden, but my i9300 won't start or charge. I've tried it with a couple of charging cables, plugged in both to a power outlet then to my laptop, but nothing. The charging light won't come on. The screen is off, and I'm pretty sure the phone is off too. No idea what happened.
Everything was working fine until yesterday when I noticed that the phone wouldn't come out of 'sleep' mode when pressing any of the buttons, which was unusual. The screen remained off. So I pulled out the battery and put it back in, and all of a sudden it rebooted ok. Then I go to bed and pull it out of the charger this morning to find it isn't working. The phone is off, it won't turn on, and the charging light won't come on.
I have about a month left in the 1-year warranty, but I flashed a custom ROM onto it (Resurrection Remix) so that voids the warranty. If I can't turn the phone on then I can't 'unflash' the device, which leaves me in a problem. But maybe if I can't turn it on, then neither can the support people, so they won't be able to detect it has been flashed?
Fortunately I have a nandroid backup and the internal SD card backup from about a week ago, but still, it would be a shame to lose a week's worth of data and such an expensive device when I've treated it so carefully and haven't even had it for a year. A week ago I flashed another ROM onto it then restored from my nandroid backup. I'm not sure if I did anything at that point to brick the phone, but I doubt it, because I've done the process several times before with no incident (so I think I know what I'm doing), and the phone worked fine for several days after.
Anything I can try to determine whether the phone is really dead? I was thinking maybe try another battery, but if the phone is plugged in that should get around a problem of a faulty battery anyway right? Has this happened to anyone else? What can I try?
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I have no idea what happened all of a sudden, but my i9300 won't start or charge. I've tried it with a couple of charging cables, plugged in both to a power outlet then to my laptop, but nothing. The charging light won't come on. The screen is off, and I'm pretty sure the phone is off too. No idea what happened.
Everything was working fine until yesterday when I noticed that the phone wouldn't come out of 'sleep' mode when pressing any of the buttons, which was unusual. The screen remained off. So I pulled out the battery and put it back in, and all of a sudden it rebooted ok. Then I go to bed and pull it out of the charger this morning to find it isn't working. The phone is off, it won't turn on, and the charging light won't come on.
I have about a month left in the 1-year warranty, but I flashed a custom ROM onto it (Resurrection Remix) so that voids the warranty. If I can't turn the phone on then I can't 'unflash' the device, which leaves me in a problem. But maybe if I can't turn it on, then neither can the support people, so they won't be able to detect it has been flashed?
Fortunately I have a nandroid backup and the internal SD card backup from about a week ago, but still, it would be a shame to lose a week's worth of data and such an expensive device when I've treated it so carefully and haven't even had it for a year. A week ago I flashed another ROM onto it then restored from my nandroid backup. I'm not sure if I did anything at that point to brick the phone, but I doubt it, because I've done the process several times before with no incident (so I think I know what I'm doing), and the phone worked fine for several days after.
Anything I can try to determine whether the phone is really dead? I was thinking maybe try another battery, but if the phone is plugged in that should get around a problem of a faulty battery anyway right? Has this happened to anyone else? What can I try?
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Also, I can't enter seem to enter Download mode or Recovery mode or anything else. The phone is completely off.
I am now reading about this 'Sudden Death Issue' with this phone, and people who are saying they sent it to Samsung and got a quick repair. I'm in Europe and got the phone through Vodafone, do I just take it in to the Vodafone shop?
Sounds like SDS to me. If you've pulled the battery out and no change, then 98% that's what it is.
Yes if it is carrier supplied, always go there first. Directly to Samsung is a last resort.
rootSU said:
Sounds like SDS to me. If you've pulled the battery out and no change, then 98% that's what it is.
Yes if it is carrier supplied, always go there first. Directly to Samsung is a last resort.
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Should I come clean and tell Vodafone and/or Samsung that I am using a custom ROM? I know I've read the posts here that say Samsung is still replacing phones that have been rooted, no questions asked, but sometimes front-line employees at the carrier's retail stores are trained to do whatever they can to send you away so they don't have to incur any expense.
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Should I come clean and tell Vodafone and/or Samsung that I am using a custom ROM? I know I've read the posts here that say Samsung is still replacing phones that have been rooted, no questions asked, but sometimes front-line employees at the carrier's retail stores are trained to do whatever they can to send you away so they don't have to incur any expense.
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They can't tell if it's rooted or not, unless it boots so there's no way they can know.
I wouldn't mention it unless they ask, but I can't condone lying.
They often reject warranty repairs when rooted.
Warranty is 12 months from the vendor Plus Samsung give a 24 month limited warranty .
jje
Hey Guys, ive scoured google for 2 days now trying to find a way to fix my phone.
two days ago i was doing some work and i left my phone on the table, and later i found out that the battery was low and it had shut off. But when i looked at it, it was just flashing the "samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100" text logo. (and not the animation circle logo.)
I tried turning it off, didnt work so i thought it had frozen which happens, so i took out the battery and put it back in again.
Then i tried to plug it into my recharger, and it was showing a grey battery icon and was frozen on that screen always, the screen doesnt turn off, the battery icon isn't showing that its charging. doesnt change, just shows the same empty battery grey icon with the refresh circle-arrow in the middle.
I tried taking the battery out leaving it out for 5 minutes, draining the battery from the phone by holding the power button for 10 seconds, then trying to charge the phone. Same issue, only showing the grey battery icon when trying to charge and it never changes or goes away.
SO i tried to boot up the phone, but it wont go past the samsung text logo.
I tried entering recovery, but it just freezes on the samsung text logo.
I can enter Odin download mode, and ive tried installing several different both stock, original and CMW roms, and nothing changes. (except if i use gingerbread, then the grey battery icon just keeps flashing off and on in 5 second intervals when plugged into the charger.)
Ive tried taking the battery out for 8 hours and try booting it, no change.
Ive tried changing the battery, no change (think it has low bat as well maybe).
Ive tried leaving it plugged in overnight, but that only drained whatever power i had left over in one of the batteries.
Ive tried some of the siyah and doriman kernels, and they add a loading bar which gets full on the samsung text screen,
but then freezes after that.
Im losing my mind here, ive tried almost everything i can think of. And would really appreciate any help on this.
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Ok so to keep this post updated for people experiencing the same issues.
IT seems there is a hardware failure in progress.
BUT i managed to get a temporary fix, it seems that by having the ear plugs connected into the earphone jack in the phone, the phone becomes somewhat usable. I was able to get into recovery, and able to flash a new stock, and its up and running, but as i said this is only a temporary solution as the real issue is that the phone is not conducting the electricity in a proper way that allowed me to recharge my batteries until i had added the earphones...
The phone becomes unusable for me when i remove the earphones again, as i believe its failing to conduct the electricity from the battery properly through the motherboard without something connected into the earphone jack..
SO for people having issues with their phones, it might be a possible way to get your phone temporarily operational again.
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Search for Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread, download the 3 part stock firmware linked in the thread, flash it with Odin (only if you absolutely have an I9100/I9100T though).
Edit - Doesn't sound promising though, cross your fingers doing that works.
yeah i tried hoppers guide, didnt help me.
Still stuck on the samsung screen.
Whats wierd is, if ive got the phone on charging, it wont boot to the samsung screen even, it just turns itself off
and returns to the grey battery icon again.
Hang on....Did you try flashing the 3 part firmware like I mentioned ? If you haven't, do it. If you have, it's a service centre/local mobile repair shop job.
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Hang on....Did you try flashing the 3 part firmware like I mentioned ? If you haven't, do it. If you have, it's a service centre/local mobile repair shop job.
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Yeah, tried 3 part, even another packages with pit files bootloader and repartitioning from another guide.
still no change, still freezes at samsung text screen.
I dont want to take it to a service center, as there is none around here as far as i know. Norway.
If i can just get it into recovery mode i can prob fix it, but i cant fracking enter recovery. Its driving me insane.
Given what you've tried, no chance of fixing it yourself by the usual methods.
Either take it to a local mobile repair shop & ask them to source a 2nd hand motherboard for you & put it in, or you source one (from a 'donor' phone; a phone with a broken screen that is otherwise OK for example, search online) & either replace it yourself or pay the local mobile repair shop to do it if you're not confident enough.
have you ever flashed a rom on that before..... or is this a stock ROM phone we are talking about???
if it was a stock ROM phone....then did it receive updates over carrier network and started to install itself???
if yes then you should have not stopped it...... i have some problem with phone 3 days ago.... i downloaded latest XWMS1 released for nordic region....... phone is fixed and i am back to neatrom 5.3.1
i suggest you download XWMS1 ...and try flashing it via Odin..... might start......
keep fingers crossed
Roshan707 said:
have you ever flashed a rom on that before..... or is this a stock ROM phone we are talking about???
if it was a stock ROM phone....then did it receive updates over carrier network and started to install itself???
if yes then you should have not stopped it...... i have some problem with phone 3 days ago.... i downloaded latest XWMS1 released for nordic region....... phone is fixed and i am back to neatrom 5.3.1
i suggest you download XWMS1 ...and try flashing it via Odin..... might start......
keep fingers crossed
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It wasn't any update or anything, it was related to the battery i think as the batt was low.
And instead of recharging the battery, it went into bootloop and started draining the battery more when it was plugged into the charger.
ive downloaded xwms1, still stuck in bootloop.
Ive even opened it up to see if it was a hardware issue, i see no flaws, all buttons work and nothing is stuck.
the phone just keeps going to the samsung logo, and wont go into recovery mode.
It can easily go into download mode, but recovery mode is just not happening.
at this point i just ordered the Xperia Z1 instead, but i still want to fix this phone and give it to my dad or something.
desidarko said:
Hey Guys, ive scoured google for 2 days now trying to find a way to fix my phone.
two days ago i was doing some work and i left my phone on the table, and later i found out that the battery was low and it had shut off. But when i looked at it, it was just flashing the "samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100" text logo. (and not the animation circle logo.)
I tried turning it off, didnt work so i thought it had frozen which happens, so i took out the battery and put it back in again.
Then i tried to plug it into my recharger, and it was showing a grey battery icon and was frozen on that screen always, the screen doesnt turn off, the battery icon isn't showing that its charging. doesnt change, just shows the same empty battery grey icon with the refresh circle-arrow in the middle.
I tried taking the battery out leaving it out for 5 minutes, draining the battery from the phone by holding the power button for 10 seconds, then trying to charge the phone. Same issue, only showing the grey battery icon when trying to charge and it never changes or goes away.
SO i tried to boot up the phone, but it wont go past the samsung text logo.
I tried entering recovery, but it just freezes on the samsung text logo.
I can enter Odin download mode, and ive tried installing several different both stock, original and CMW roms, and nothing changes. (except if i use gingerbread, then the grey battery icon just keeps flashing off and on in 5 second intervals when plugged into the charger.)
Ive tried taking the battery out for 8 hours and try booting it, no change.
Ive tried changing the battery, no change (think it has low bat as well maybe).
Ive tried leaving it plugged in overnight, but that only drained whatever power i had left over in one of the batteries.
Ive tried some of the siyah and doriman kernels, and they add a loading bar which gets full on the samsung text screen,
but then freezes after that.
Im losing my mind here, ive tried almost everything i can think of. And would really appreciate any help on this.
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errrrm - just a thought (and it's a real long shot) I had some strange battery drain (bootloop) issues with a brand new i9100 and it turned out that the micro sd card I was using was corrupt, took it out and it worked. Might be worth a try but like I said its a long shot. If that does not work I agree with mistahbungle and looks like you wil need to replace the mb.
Jimsilver73 said:
errrrm - just a thought (and it's a real long shot) I had some strange battery drain (bootloop) issues with a brand new i9100 and it turned out that the micro sd card I was using was corrupt, took it out and it worked. Might be worth a try but like I said its a long shot. If that does not work I agree with mistahbungle and looks like you wil need to replace the mb.
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Yeah ive already taken out the micro sd card and sim card, didnt change anything.
Just so weird the phone is less than 2 years old. Sucks that its already llike this.
desidarko said:
Yeah ive already taken out the micro sd card and sim card, didnt change anything.
Just so weird the phone is less than 2 years old. Sucks that its already llike this.
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I've went through this on my Hercules, T-Mobile S2. I had Android tweaker pro, removed all of the tweaks, and rebooted. It took me quite a while but I was able to get into recovery by the normal button mashing.
DO NOT HAVE THE PHONE PLUGGED INTO THE CHARGER.
PRESS THE VOLUME BUTTONS THEN THE POWER BUTTON WHILE STILL HOLDING THE VOLUME BUTTONS.
AS SOON AS YOU FEEL THE FIRST VIBRATION, LET GO OF ONLY THE POWER BUTTON!
CONTINUE TO HOLD THE VOLUME BUTTONS UNTIL YOUR RECOVERY LOADS.
THAT IS WHAT HAS WORKED FOR ME.
Sent from my Skinny Hercules
Ok so to keep this post updated for people experiencing the same issues.
IT seems there is a hardware failure in progress.
BUT i managed to get a temporary fix, it seems that by having the ear plugs connected into the earphone jack in the phone, the phone becomes somewhat usable. I was able to get into recovery, and able to flash a new stock, and its up and running, but as i said this is only a temporary solution as the real issue is that the phone is not conducting the electricity in a proper way that allowed me to recharge my batteries until i had added the earphones...
The phone becomes unusable for me when i remove the earphones again, as i believe its failing to conduct the electricity from the battery properly through the motherboard without something connected into the earphone jack..
SO for people having issues with their phones, it might be a possible way to get your phone temporarily operational again.
Please Help !!
i kinda cloned my ROM , it happened by mistake while trying to flash my kernel , now that my phone is stuck in samsung start up logo , . tried to reboot still the same result. . . :crying:
No recovery ? If that's the case, stock rom from Samfirmware, flash with Odin to get a 'clean slate' (How ? Thread stickied near top of Q&A has instructions) & re-try whatever it was you wanted to do. If you do have recovery, try a factory reset in the first instance, if that doesn't work or if you have recovery but can't do one for whatever reason, proceed with the stock flash via Odin.
Thanks
thanks a lot mate , my fone back in action. successfully flashed, now running on JB 4.3.1 on Paranoidandroid 3.99-RC2 , so far so good .:victory:
being a newbei in this field hoping for all the support
EDIT : any suggestion how to remove warning symbol (yellow triangle) while booting .
Possibly triangle away.Search to get the free version.
desidarko said:
Ok so to keep this post updated for people experiencing the same issues.
IT seems there is a hardware failure in progress.
BUT i managed to get a temporary fix, it seems that by having the ear plugs connected into the earphone jack in the phone, the phone becomes somewhat usable. I was able to get into recovery, and able to flash a new stock, and its up and running, but as i said this is only a temporary solution as the real issue is that the phone is not conducting the electricity in a proper way that allowed me to recharge my batteries until i had added the earphones...
The phone becomes unusable for me when i remove the earphones again, as i believe its failing to conduct the electricity from the battery properly through the motherboard without something connected into the earphone jack..
SO for people having issues with their phones, it might be a possible way to get your phone temporarily operational again.
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Okay so I have managed to get it to this point after day's of grief, now please tell me I don't have to walk around with the earplugs in for ever !
RustyNail99 said:
Okay so I have managed to get it to this point after day's of grief, now please tell me I don't have to walk around with the earplugs in for ever !
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A friend of mine had am Android phone that had a similar problem. It always showed the headphones on the status bar and Could not be heard. If you will take your phone apart then you can look for bridges in the solder points. These happen from poor construction and over heating. Fix the bridges and you should be good to go.
Sent from my Skinny Hercules
fathertomany said:
A friend of mine had am Android phone that had a similar problem. It always showed the headphones on the status bar and Could not be heard. If you will take your phone apart then you can look for bridges in the solder points. These happen from poor construction and over heating. Fix the bridges and you should be good to go.
Sent from my Skinny Hercules
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I did take it apart and had a quick look, all seems ok. However I was not ready to junk the phone so I improvised a little, its not pretty but it works.
I had an old headphone jack which I cut down so as it would just fit into the jack point, installed Soundabout Pro app which forces the calls to come out the earpiece and not headphones voila it works. In the end it cost me a lot of time surfing countless forums, anger management control and some joy at getting it to work. Still without the help people give on this and other forums it would be a useless phone :fingers-crossed:
sweetben747 said:
thanks a lot mate , my fone back in action. successfully flashed, now running on JB 4.3.1 on Paranoidandroid 3.99-RC2 , so far so good .:victory:
being a newbei in this field hoping for all the support
EDIT : any suggestion how to remove warning symbol (yellow triangle) while booting .
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i was also searching for the same...... since triangle did not hurt but i wanted to know if i could get rid of it......
thanks to our wonderful Dev name Phliz i could do it... i had to reflash to stock for it ofcourse but then whole effort was worthwhile .....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270
this is the link.... please go through... and best of luck to remove the triangle.....