Hi,
i recently bought 2 Galaxy S wifi 5.0 as there was a deal going. first one worked fine but a few days later and i've opened up the second one to find the screen isnt working.
its stuck at the 'select locale' screen from the initial setup with me unable to scroll and select any options. the back and menu keys don't work either although the home button seems to be doing something as the keys light up when pressed and it also works in recovery mode.
The volume key works as i can see the media volume going up and down when its pressed, it also worked when i booted into recovery mode to try a factory reset.
i can see the media scanning running after bootup and when i plug in the usb to a computer it appears with the USB connected (but ofc i cant press the button) so i think the system is running fine?
the power button seems a bit stickier than the one thats working fine and also when i hold the power button in to shut down the device (unable to press power off) it comes straight back on. is there way to force a shutdown rather than reboot?
just wandering if theres anything i can do to hard reset? im a bit reluctant to flash a stock rom / gingerbread as i have on the other one if the screen is just dead but thought id see if anyone had any ideas of anything i can try?
cheers,
Well, I would return it since it is still under 30 days (where did you get it?).
comet was £99.
yeh ill probs take it in tomorrow just wandered if there was anything i could do to double check the screen was definitely goosed
I am sorry for the noob post, I think that this is my first post.
My Transformer prime has a serious issue. I bought it in March and everything was wonderful until suddenly one day it refused to start up completely
It would vibrate, show the splash screen and then "asus" and the litle waiting icon, then the screen would go black and it would start over and do that over and over and over.
I read about the pin hole reset and it didnt change anything no mater how long I held it. I held the power and volume buttons to get to the built in recovery and it would still only work for about 10s before turning it self off and starting over.
After about 3hrs of trying everything I could think of I found a work around:
It will only boot if I hold the power button down the entire time that it is booting.
However, the power button doesnt do anything anymore. If I hit it the tablet wont go to sleep, I cant shut down the tablet with the power button, and it wont wake up with the power button.
In addition, at random intervals, my tablet will interrupt me and ask me if I want to shut it down.
If it does shut down, the only way to get it to turn on again is to plug it in and then hold down the power button until it boots completly.
I am fully stock, I dont know if I am rooted or unlocked. (sorry, Im a noob)
Please help.
I have the keyboard dock which is the only way I am able to resume from and put to sleep.
This problem occured under .21. I have since updated to .28 and no change. Factory reset and full wipe, no change.
xdreamerx said:
I am fully stock, I dont know if I am rooted or unlocked. (sorry, Im a noob)
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when you start up the tablet, does it say unlock on the screen anywhere? *i believe it does....) if it is, you cannot use the asus OTA updates or it will break your device
i think your best bet is to do a RMA...
i got s3, suddenly it started to reboot itself all the time, what i see is only the samsung logo and then black, and samsung again.
the funny thing is that when i put the battery in, it automaticly start with this loop.
during the loop, when i press home+volume up, i can see the cwm screen for two seconds, and then it reboot again.
if i press home+voulume down, i see the warning in the stock recovery, but when i press volume up, nothing changed, and eventually after two seconds it reboots again.
i tried to connect it to my pc, but it dosen't show it in device manager, and have no indication that i connected it.
also, when i connect it the charger, i see circle, and then a battery for a brief second, and then the circle again.
is it simple hardware problem (stuck power button? even though it seem okay, but it may explain the automatic turn on), or half SDS?
anyway, are there any recommondations? i have'nt flashed it recently or anything like it.
kkffiirr said:
i got s3, suddenly it started to reboot itself all the time, what i see is only the samsung logo and then black, and samsung again.
the funny thing is that when i put the battery in, it automaticly start with this loop.
during the loop, when i press home+volume up, i can see the cwm screen for two seconds, and then it reboot again.
if i press home+voulume down, i see the warning in the stock recovery, but when i press volume up, nothing changed, and eventually after two seconds it reboots again.
i tried to connect it to my pc, but it dosen't show it in device manager, and have no indication that i connected it.
also, when i connect it the charger, i see circle, and then a battery for a brief second, and then the circle again.
is it simple hardware problem (stuck power button? even though it seem okay, but it may explain the automatic turn on), or half SDS?
anyway, are there any recommondations? i have'nt flashed it recently or anything like it.
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can you enter recovery mode?(yes= factory reset). can you enter download mode?(what does it say under product name?)
sriram231092 said:
can you enter recovery mode?(yes= factory reset). can you enter download mode?(what does it say under product name?)
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as i wrote before, i can enter to both recovery modes (volume up or volume down) for something like two seconds, i can't do anything in it.
if i try to get to download mode (home and volume down) i see the warning, but either i press volume up or down, it reset itself.
kkffiirr said:
as i wrote before, i can enter to both recovery modes (volume up or volume down) for something like two seconds, i can't do anything in it.
if i try to get to download mode (home and volume down) i see the warning, but either i press volume up or down, it reset itself.
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what is the warning you see?
sriram231092 said:
what is the warning you see?
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the regular, about flashing custom roms, if i want to continue press volume up, restart, volume down.
either way, it restarts.
any way it is the power button stuck in 1 mode?
If phone starts on battery insertion, before you push the button then yes, power button is shorted out.
kkffiirr said:
i got s3, suddenly it started to reboot itself all the time, what i see is only the samsung logo and then black, and samsung again.
the funny thing is that when i put the battery in, it automaticly start with this loop.
during the loop, when i press home+volume up, i can see the cwm screen for two seconds, and then it reboot again.
if i press home+voulume down, i see the warning in the stock recovery, but when i press volume up, nothing changed, and eventually after two seconds it reboots again.
i tried to connect it to my pc, but it dosen't show it in device manager, and have no indication that i connected it.
also, when i connect it the charger, i see circle, and then a battery for a brief second, and then the circle again.
is it simple hardware problem (stuck power button? even though it seem okay, but it may explain the automatic turn on), or half SDS?
anyway, are there any recommondations? i have'nt flashed it recently or anything like it.
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Try leaving the battery out overnight/long time, it helped when I got my phone stuck in a bootloop. But that was due to oc/uv...did you try something risky, causing it to bootloop?
no, it was in regular use, nothing risky.
yesterday i dissassembled it and checked with multimeter, it seem that the power button shorting the circuit, so i ordered a new one, going to be a surgical operation...
Hi everybody,
3 months with this pb, i try all things in the internet:
finaly i found the sol;
after installation OMEGA v50.1 all things ok, no restarts!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...77&postcount=4
can you please post the full thread URL? I have the same problem, and I need to send my phone back to T-Mobile, trying to save the pictures/videos!
same problem ! Any soluttion?
darsov said:
same problem ! Any soluttion?
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Problem solved just replace old power button and no problem! cost me less than 10 Euro
alright, so today at school we were gonna practice this thing that required music. the music was on my phone, but it was loud in the room so i installed the sound binaries from pimp my rom. when the option popped up asking if i wanted to wipe cache or...i cant remember...something about devs...or dvk or dv something lol, i didnt really know what the 2nd one meant, so i didnt choose one, i just clicked ok (Im really smart cant you tell) so it flashed the stuff, blah blah blah, then it booted up, and started the "android is upgrading optimizing the apps", etc. then, it said "starting apps." it did this for about 15 minutes. nothing happened, so being the smart person i am i powered it down by holding the power button. now it stays on the X infinitely and when i try to go into recovery mode, it vibrates but stays on the x (i let go of the power+volume up+volume down after it vibrated.) about 15 seconds later it vibrates again, and then 20 seconds later, it boots up to a black screen that says "complete action using Gmail, go sms pro, or drive (google drive.) If i tap on anything, it gives me the message "unfortunately, android system has stopped" if i click report or ok, it immediatly goes to the X screen again. also, whenever i power it down, it starts back up again even though i didnt press anything. the only way to turn it off is to hold power+volume down, and in the few seconds the screen turns off, hold down power+vol up+vol down. i cant get it to go into fastboot either using N-Cry toolkit, but i only waited for it to work for about 1-2 minutes untill i cancelled.
It is a nexus 4, running akop milestone 1, android 4.2.2.
rooted with N-Cry toolkit.
Please help me out guys! it took me forever to save for this phone, and dont reply to me like "you should of been patient" yeah i know! just tell me how to fix it! :crying:
nexus 4 wont boot or go into recovery or do anything (FIXED!)
swagmaster420 said:
alright, so today at school we were gonna practice this thing that required music. the music was on my phone, but it was loud in the room so i installed the sound binaries from pimp my rom. when the option popped up asking if i wanted to wipe cache or...i cant remember...something about devs...or dvk or dv something lol, i didnt really know what the 2nd one meant, so i didnt choose one, i just clicked ok (Im really smart cant you tell) so it flashed the stuff, blah blah blah, then it booted up, and started the "android is upgrading optimizing the apps", etc. then, it said "starting apps." it did this for about 15 minutes. nothing happened, so being the smart person i am i powered it down by holding the power button. now it stays on the X infinitely and when i try to go into recovery mode, it vibrates but stays on the x (i let go of the power+volume up+volume down after it vibrated.) about 15 seconds later it vibrates again, and then 20 seconds later, it boots up to a black screen that says "complete action using Gmail, go sms pro, or drive (google drive.) If i tap on anything, it gives me the message "unfortunately, android system has stopped" if i click report or ok, it immediatly goes to the X screen again. also, whenever i power it down, it starts back up again even though i didnt press anything. the only way to turn it off is to hold power+volume down, and in the few seconds the screen turns off, hold down power+vol up+vol down. i cant get it to go into fastboot either using N-Cry toolkit, but i only waited for it to work for about 1-2 minutes untill i cancelled.
It is a nexus 4, running akop milestone 1, android 4.2.2.
rooted with N-Cry toolkit.
Please help me out guys! it took me forever to save for this phone, and dont reply to me like "you should of been patient" yeah i know! just tell me how to fix it! :crying:
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EDIT:
OH THANK SWEET BLACK BABY JESUS I GOT INTO RECOVERY MODE LOL
i was doing it wrong.
i powered off, and held vol up/down and power at the same time.
it worked when i held vol up/down for a few secs then added power button, got to fastboot mode, then recovery.
now hopefully i can fix it without wiping my phone.
im gonna restore a nandroid i made a few days ago.
sorry if this is considered spam, this is literally the first time i have ever posted on any forum ever.
the swagmaster420 never gives up.
Stock
It stays on a black screen unless i plug the charger in. I can then operate it for a while. But then all the sudden a message permanently stays on the screen saying "to restart your phone, press and hold the power button and volume up button for 10 seconds". also after this message appears the home button reacts by taking a screen shot (weird).
I have tried rebooting it and updating PRL check for software updates. Don't know what i should do.
I can't even boot into stock recovery because it won't power down it will just reboot. So i can't turn the phone completely off.
Anything i can try?
Try pushing your power button rapidly many times. It is probably stuck you may feel it... This has happened to me a couple of times. Maybe try some compressed air around it.
Ahhhh... Max Venom injection! Much better now...