phone not turning on - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I charged my phone over night and used it this morning, I got into work an left it in the office came back a couple of hours later and saw I had a message (led light flashing) tried to unlock it and it wouldnt wake. So i decided to take the battery out and reboot it and after I did that it wouldnt turn on at all. I've left it all day and came home and tried to put it on charge because i thought maybe somehow the battery was drained. Im not sure if its charging because the rom I use (liquid smooth) doesn't use the led light when charging. I don't know if it could be the power button. Is there anything i can do before sending it off to be fixed? I have tried connecting it to the computer aswell but without it being on the computer doesnt recognise anything it connected.

Unfortunately The Samsung Galaxy S3 Have Sudden Death Syndrome... I You Are Going To Have To Call Samsung Or Your Carrier And Tell Them Your Phone Was One Of The Sudden Death GS3
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SxcKieranGrr said:
I charged my phone over night and used it this morning, I got into work an left it in the office came back a couple of hours later and saw I had a message (led light flashing) tried to unlock it and it wouldnt wake. So i decided to take the battery out and reboot it and after I did that it wouldnt turn on at all. I've left it all day and came home and tried to put it on charge because i thought maybe somehow the battery was drained. Im not sure if its charging because the rom I use (liquid smooth) doesn't use the led light when charging. I don't know if it could be the power button. Is there anything i can do before sending it off to be fixed? I have tried connecting it to the computer aswell but without it being on the computer doesnt recognise anything it connected.
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Your phone suffered Sudden Death. I'm sorry...
You need send it back to Samsung to fix it.
Many people on this forum had exactly same problem and thats the way they got it fixed.

Can Your Get Into Recovery Or Download Mode Or No Response At All?
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Jserrano56 said:
Can Your Get Into Recovery Or Download Mode Or No Response At All?
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No response at all.
Will I have to pay because of voiding the warranty via rooting and flashing roms.
Thankyou for the replies aswell! very helpful as always.

SxcKieranGrr said:
No response at all.
Will I have to pay because of voiding the warranty via rooting and flashing roms.
Thankyou for the replies aswell! very helpful as always.
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The sudden death issue is covered by warranty.
The internal SD dies and they have no way to know you flashed / rooted it unless they really wanted too.
You should be okay, just a little unlucky
Make sure to update your device to the latest firmwares that include the SDS patch to avoid further problems.

SxcKieranGrr said:
No response at all.
Will I have to pay because of voiding the warranty via rooting and flashing roms.
Thankyou for the replies aswell! very helpful as always.
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Well if you can`t even go into download mode then it`s unlikely they will even know that you rooted your phone. Just play dumb and do not mention that you rooted your phone. Just say that it died without a reason. Issues like yours do happen even on old Stock Samsung Firmware without Root because of the SD issue.

As Long As They Can Not Access Download Mode They Will Never Know. On My Phone (Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G) When I Go Into Download Mode It Say How Many Times I've Flashed Kernels, Roms Etc So Just Make Sure It's Completely Dead No Recovery No Download Then Call Samsung, Otherwise They'll Find Out You Voided Your Warranty And Then You'll Have To Pay Out Of Pocket, Just Play Dumb When Talking To Customer Support Just Say You Researched This Issue Online And That You Believe You Received One Of The Sudden Death GS3, and They Should Be Able To Help You Just Never Mention Rooting/Custom Rom You Should Be Fine.
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seems weird that it was a firmware issue because I was running jellybean on liquid thats based on cyanogenmod i think. These things happen I guess. Thanks everyone for the replies.

That Is Strange Before I Got the Blaze I Had A LG Optimus T Which I Had CM9 On I Got A Kik Which Is A Messaging App And When I Tried To Open It The Phone Shut Off So I Tried To Reflash CM9 Then 10 Then Back To Stock Neither Worked And KDZ Bricked My Phone No Recovery No Boot Nothing Completely Dead... I Guess Stuff Happens Things Break...
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Jserrano56 said:
As Long As They Can Not Access Download Mode They Will Never Know. On My Phone (Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G) When I Go Into Download Mode It Say How Many Times I've Flashed Kernels, Roms Etc So Just Make Sure It's Completely Dead No Recovery No Download Then Call Samsung, Otherwise They'll Find Out You Voided Your Warranty And Then You'll Have To Pay Out Of Pocket, Just Play Dumb When Talking To Customer Support Just Say You Researched This Issue Online And That You Believe You Received One Of The Sudden Death GS3, and They Should Be Able To Help You Just Never Mention Rooting/Custom Rom You Should Be Fine.
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Do you have a broken KeYbOaRd?

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Do you have a broken KeYbOaRd?
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Finally someone commented about that, it's kinda annoying and makes your comment extremely hard to read, I personally didn't bother to even read it.

yes you're right things do break and go wrong, just seems weird that I wasn't using it at the time and maybe a text message just set it off. Is there anyway i could possibly salvage anything on my sd card? or will that be alright? I don't want to lose all my pictures and videos.

If you can't get the phone into download or recovery mode then no the internal sd card is fried, the only files you can retrieve will be from the external sd or backups if you have any... sorry.
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nightmare, nevermind these things happen. Again thankyou all for the help.

This seems to have corrupted my external SD card aswell, is this normal? do i just need to reformat it to get it back to working order or is it going to be harder than that?

SxcKieranGrr said:
This seems to have corrupted my external SD card aswell, is this normal? do i just need to reformat it to get it back to working order or is it going to be harder than that?
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Try a format ..
Multiple posts left my phone on charge all night and now it does not boot where the first indications of the Sudden Death problem .
jje

Jserrano56 said:
That Is Strange Before I Got the Blaze I Had A LG Optimus T Which I Had CM9 On I Got A Kik Which Is A Messaging App And When I Tried To Open It The Phone Shut Off So I Tried To Reflash CM9 Then 10 Then Back To Stock Neither Worked And KDZ Bricked My Phone No Recovery No Boot Nothing Completely Dead... I Guess Stuff Happens Things Break...
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Can't Flash to 2.1

At one point in time, about a month ago, I had my phone running exactly how I wanted it to. Successfully flashed to 2.1, had the Elemental theme going, installed xRecovery, even changed the boot screen around. Problems started coming when I dropped my phone. Camera stopped working, fine I can deal with that. But then I got tired of the Elemental theme, so I attempted to switch to the themes. I think I went back and forth between two themes and eventually, one worked. Though I was unhappy that the theme was really buggy. I think I tried another theme after that and eventually all I got on my phone screen after a reboot was a white screen with the android status bar. Couldn't touch it, couldn't move it, all functionality stripped, it was just there.
So I'm pretty much forced to install 2.1 on it again. I went through flashing procedures like normal, though, when I unplug the USB cord and turn on my phone, I am greeted with the "Sony Ericsson" screen and this lovely screen seconds after.
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after a couple of seconds, the screen goes away and it goes back to the SE screen and it sits there... FOREVER. So what am I forced to do at this point? I flash back to 1.6 from gen0n's video that I had downloaded before and pretty much, its the only ROM that works on my phone now.
I attempted to look for other ROMs but almost every single one requires you to have xRecovery and I can't really do that on 1.6 :/
Anyone have any idea what this mystery screen means? I suppose it has something to do with my broken camera... does it mean I can't ever have 2.1 on my phone again?
Hey man you have to take your phone back to your carrier (like At&t) and hopefully you bought insurance so they can send you another phone then you can flash any rom you want or send it to Sony Ericsson especially since you dropped it and you will most likely have to pay for the repair. But it'll be worth it. Nothing's worse than an x10 stuck on 1.6 firmware. Makes me sick just thinking about it. Anyways just call your cell phone provider and ask about it. Maybe u can try using PC companion to flash official firmware but idk.
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Hey thanks for the reply,
Unfortunately, I didn't buy insurance :/ but I suppose i'll contact SE and see how much the repair would be and how long it would take.
Hey, the only thing worse than being stuck on 1.6 is being stuck on 1.6 without a camera Im not undermining your statement though, 1.6 is pretty ****ty, but stable enough for me to text and call.
Just for the General info of everyone,
I just got off the phone with SE, and apparently they have a flat rate of $185 for physical damage to the phone. Its kind of funny because the address the guy gave wasn't even to SE, it was to some "PTS Electronics" place.
Yeah, I'll probably end up sending it in but if they want to charge me that much because there is physical damage then I don't think I'll end up paying it. First off because I dont have the money and second, because I only paid $50 for the phone so I think it dumb paying 3 times the phone to get it fixed.
Alright, so I managed to fix the phone myself.
Got the right tools and took the phone apart, it appears that the camera wasn't broken at all, just the connector was disconnected ever so slightly because of the drop. A simple re-seating of the camera fixed it right up.
Talk about saving yourself money! If I would not have bothered to check if the reason for the camera not working was because it was really broken or not, I would of sent my phone in and payed $185 (plus shipping) for someone to do what I did in 5 mins.
So with that, I highly suggest if you think your phone is physically broken or has hardware problem, open it up and take a look for yourself and make sure things are really out of your hands.
Wow lol. That's amazing. I hope u can flash Roms now. Good luck
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Lion3494 said:
Wow lol. That's amazing. I hope u can flash Roms now. Good luck
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Oh yeah everything's working fine now.
Thanks for your concern :]
Just for your own information, I have seen that screen on every x10 I have flashed 2.1 on. Its generally nothing to do with the camera at all. Its a picture word play. Its flashing your phone... get it?
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compumasta said:
Just for your own information, I have seen that screen on every x10 I have flashed 2.1 on. Its generally nothing to do with the camera at all. Its a picture word play. Its flashing your phone... get it?
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I uhh... never had this happen besides this time. Yeah after it flashed this image for a couple of seconds it just sat there till the battery died, so I'm not sure what flashing it was doing...
darkgoth678 said:
Alright, so I managed to fix the phone myself.
Got the right tools and took the phone apart, it appears that the camera wasn't broken at all, just the connector was disconnected ever so slightly because of the drop. A simple re-seating of the camera fixed it right up.
Talk about saving yourself money! If I would not have bothered to check if the reason for the camera not working was because it was really broken or not, I would of sent my phone in and payed $185 (plus shipping) for someone to do what I did in 5 mins.
So with that, I highly suggest if you think your phone is physically broken or has hardware problem, open it up and take a look for yourself and make sure things are really out of your hands.
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It would be awesome if you could help the community and post a tutorial how you took the phone apart and checked But either way I'm glad you got it working!
misterwaugh said:
It would be awesome if you could help the community and post a tutorial how you took the phone apart and checked But either way I'm glad you got it working!
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lmao check the sig

[Q] Question about USB plug.

Device: European i9100 SGS2 Black.
Symptoms:
*Yellow triangle + battery when booting up with a lot of battery(This means 40% or more, boots normal when low battery)
*USB is plugged in even when it is not. Happing mostly when having 40% battery or more at boottime.
*Phone says it is charging constantly, either by USB or AC. Problem comes at boottime when 40% or more, if less, next time I plug the charger in.
Workaround: Boot CWM, then tap reboot system. Problems are still there.
Screenshot from my current ICS ROM in post below.
Do not take me wrong, I have tried being at stock after problem occured, but the problem is still there at any rom that I have tested, even stock 2.3.3.
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Return to/flash stock firmware (if you're not running full stock at the moment, if you're running a CFRoot kernel over stock, reflash stock). Or if you are running stock & have already tried a factory reset (also try this if you haven't already), return phone to your carrier/Samsung for warranty service/replacement.
MistahBungle said:
Return to/flash stock firmware (if you're not running full stock at the moment, if you're running a CFRoot kernel over stock, reflash stock). Or if you are running stock & have already tried a factory reset (also try this if you haven't already), return phone to your carrier/Samsung for warranty service/replacement.
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Just updated the post.
Samsung will most likely tell me it is not warranty, so I wont.
The shop gave me a new battery, which did not help.
PS: Better setup in post over now, so please read it again before answering to this. Thanks.
You could try cleaning the USB socket with a new/unused toothbrush, you could try cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip/cotton bud.
If these don't work I don't honestly know what fix you expect anyone on here to offer you. Your phone is not working properly/ is stuffed. Regardless of how you get it done/who you have do it, you'll need it repaired.
I've seen it suggested on here to replace the USB circuitry board of the phone yourself (apparently you can get these on eBay), but unless you have experience fixing/soldering small electronics you probably don't want to attempt that.
If 'the shop' is giving you grief, go over their head and contact Samsung in your country directly.
sebastiane said:
Just updated the post.
Samsung will most likely tell me it is not warranty, so I wont.
The shop gave me a new battery, which did not help.
PS: Better setup in post over now, so please read it again before answering to this. Thanks.
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The only way I can go over their head is by sending the phone to the service center they use in Norway. The company I work for use the same center, but then again, I do not want to be without my high end phone for a long time to get it back unfixed, as many posts I have read stated about Samsung service.
I know it can be done yourself, but never read anything about the need to solder it, only that it was fast to do.
Yes, I might try the isopropanol thing you supposed. It might work.
Do you know the reason for such things to happen?
I guess only you can make the decision about sending it in for service.
In that case, maybe fixing it yourself might be the answer given you've said you think no soldering is required.
Cleaning the usb socket might help if it's dirty or not making contact properly, but to be honest, that warning you're getting at boot wouldn't be happening unless there was something very wrong with the phone itself by my estimation.
No. I don't know much about smartphone electronics. I know my way around roms/software, but the innards of a phone, no
sebastiane said:
The only way I can go over their head is by sending the phone to the service center they use in Norway. The company I work for use the same center, but then again, I do not want to be without my high end phone for a long time to get it back unfixed, as many posts I have read stated about Samsung service.
I know it can be done yourself, but never read anything about the need to solder it, only that it was fast to do.
Yes, I might try the isopropanol thing you supposed. It might work.
Do you know the reason for such things to happen?
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I will post some links to a site that explains a little of this, in clear English, so you can see a little about it.
And by the way. This started after inserting a SD card.
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Try a new USB power board from ebay maybe about $10.
Is this a brand new fone?
End of the day just send it off to Sammy if your that stuck.
Phone is from September/november. Root might happen to kill this service.
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sebastiane said:
Phone is from September/november. Root might happen to kill this service.
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Flash stock original to device then use USB jig to reset counter send back there is no hidden counter and they will repair/replace.
All sorted
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Where to get a jig?
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eBay. Search for 'Samsung Galaxy S2 jig'. Cost a few dollars.
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Where to get a jig?
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AFAIK, ebay has little security for the deliver + long delivery time to Europe?
Thats what I think at least.
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Try and get one locally there if you're so worried about buying one on eBay for whatever reason. Security for delivery ? Dude, it's a 3 dollar jig. So it doesn't get delivered. Worst case you lose 3 bucks (big deal), and if you pay with PayPal you'll get your 3 bucks back. It took me about 7 working days to get mine delivered & I'd be surprised if it took much more than that to get to you.
Also, there's a thread in the General section here where people are offering to let other people use their jigs. Have a look in that section to see if there might be someone close to you who can lend you theirs/maybe you can meet up with them & use their jig.
Alternatively you can make your own with 3 100K ohm resistors & a USB plug (do a Google search, there are a bunch of tutorials to show you how to do this).
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AFAIK, ebay has little security for the deliver + long delivery time to Europe?
Thats what I think at least.
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It's a problem with your usb charging port. The only way to truly fix it is to have the charging port plus circuit board replaced. Happened to me a week back and I tried virtually everything- stock roms, removed root, replaced batteries etc. None of that worked. Some posts said it was a port problem. Went to a tech guy I knew and he confirmed the issue when he disconnected the port. It was relatively cheap for me to fix but some people have climed that samsung charges a large amount to fix it. You're better off trying to get it fixed on your own. If you're on warranty, try and claim it
demondor said:
It's a problem with your usb charging port. The only way to truly fix it is to have the charging port plus circuit board replaced. Happened to me a week back and I tried virtually everything- stock roms, removed root, replaced batteries etc. None of that worked. Some posts said it was a port problem. Went to a tech guy I knew and he confirmed the issue when he disconnected the port. It was relatively cheap for me to fix but some people have climed that samsung charges a large amount to fix it. You're better off trying to get it fixed on your own. If you're on warranty, try and claim it
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You live in the europe?
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Anyone have a part number or something I can use to search the part up on ebay?
Also, can abyone tell me if it needs to be soldered, or if it is only screwdriver I need to replace it?
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USB jig Samsung galaxy s2 or many of the other search criteria will get you to part mine cost £1 Inc shipping from China to which took at most 1 week.
I would not advise doing any repairs as you have warranty no point messing around.
Sent from the valley of the shadows....
I got a problem with sending it in. 1-4 weeks is too long for me without this great phone.
I got warranty, but Samsung wont pay for the repair, AFAIK it is mostly caused by water and dust.
And when I asked for part no or something like it, I meant the internal usb port, not the jig.
Cheers
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help!

whats up peeps. ive had my i777 for a while now. i ended up on the skyrocket forums and saw that they had LTE, and i wanted LTE. me being the smart person that i am, i flashed a rom from there dev section. now my phone wont turn on at all. any help?
yupitzfreddy said:
whats up peeps. ive had my i777 for a while now. i ended up on the skyrocket forums and saw that they had LTE, and i wanted LTE. me being the smart person that i am, i flashed a rom from there dev section. now my phone wont turn on at all. any help?
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Bump!
Try pressing power + volume up + volume down together and hold for a couple of seconds... see if you get samsung boot screen... if it does, dont be worried ... ur phone is not bricked yet ...
if you are getting the samsung screen ... try this method :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxSzUYF-IYo
Hope this helps !!
xxr0x0rxx said:
Try pressing power + volume up + volume down together and hold for a couple of seconds... see if you get samsung boot screen... if it does, dont be worried ... ur phone is not bricked yet ...
if you are getting the samsung screen ... try this method :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxSzUYF-IYo
Hope this helps !!
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Epic Fail. Please do NOT send him or anyone to that website or YouTube videos from zedomax. It has caused more problems than solved and all his stuff has been axed from xda. He doesn't care that his methods mess up a lot of peoples phones then they come here asking for help. If there was a thumbs down button I would push it for u. OP please read the stickies in the development section and please stay within xda for any questions you might have
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Try putting your phone in DFU mode and connecting it to Windows Media Player, it worked on my Symbian device so I don't see why it won't work on your model i777 blackberry device.
Cheers man.
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Epic Fail. Please do NOT send him or anyone to that website or YouTube videos from zedomax. It has caused more problems than solved and all his stuff has been axed from xda. He doesn't care that his methods mess up a lot of peoples phones then they come here asking for help. If there was a thumbs down button I would push it for u. OP please read the stickies in the development section and please stay within xda for any questions you might have
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Well .. I never had any kind of issues when following Zedomax's methods.. and I think it'd be better if you just give poor lad some better advices, if you think mine's worse.. then just criticisizing one's methods
xxr0x0rxx said:
Well .. I never had any kind of issues when following Zedomax's methods.. and I think it'd be better if you just give poor lad some better advices, if you think mine's worse.. then just criticisizing one's methods
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You obviously have not read around much
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xxr0x0rxx said:
Well .. I never had any kind of issues when following Zedomax's methods.. and I think it'd be better if you just give poor lad some better advices, if you think mine's worse.. then just criticisizing one's methods
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I've only been here for a little while but a majority of noobs that register here with the specific intent to fix a brick do so because they dl'ed and flashed crap from zedomax and/or galaxys2root.
Did what you flashed have boot loaders? I'd almost say no but who knows. If it did you have to flash a stock Rom with i777 boot loaders. Use Odin. There are plenty of resources here to help, take a look around and have patience. Good . Luck.
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Stick it in the microwave for 10 seconds and then go to AT&T and tell them their LTE radiation was too much for it to handle so they'll give yo a new pone
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Did you seriously just bump your own thread eight minutes after posting it?
@yupitzfreddy,
We can help you out, but you need to post some detailed information. You seemed to be in a hurry at first, but you havn't posted anything in a couple of hours.
You need to get the phone into download mode. With the phone turned off, and your original phone usb cable plugged into your computer, plug the cable into your phone while holding down both vol- and vol+ (but not power). Then press vol+ to enter the download screen. Does that get you into download mode? What does your flash counter, the text at the top of the screen say? You can turn the phone back off by holding the power button for a few minutes.
Let us know how you're doing.
good advice !!!
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@yupitzfreddy,
We can help you out, but you need to post some detailed information. You seemed to be in a hurry at first, but you havn't posted anything in a couple of hours.
You need to get the phone into download mode. With the phone turned off, and your original phone usb cable plugged into your computer, plug the cable into your phone while holding down both vol- and vol+ (but not power). Then press vol+ to enter the download screen. Does that get you into download mode? What does your flash counter, the text at the top of the screen say? You can turn the phone back off by holding the power button for a few minutes.
Let us know how you're doing.
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+1 .. now that some good advice.. not just trolling..
I just want to say wow! I am in awe, at a lack of words for this.
Good luck....
MotoMudder77 said:
I just want to say wow! I am in awe, at a lack of words for this.
Good luck....
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People actually think LTE is a software component ? Good luck buddy....
creepyncrawly said:
@yupitzfreddy,
We can help you out, but you need to post some detailed information. You seemed to be in a hurry at first, but you havn't posted anything in a couple of hours.
You need to get the phone into download mode. With the phone turned off, and your original phone usb cable plugged into your computer, plug the cable into your phone while holding down both vol- and vol+ (but not power). Then press vol+ to enter the download screen. Does that get you into download mode? What does your flash counter, the text at the top of the screen say? You can turn the phone back off by holding the power button for a few minutes.
Let us know how you're doing.
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I'm sure he got a bit disheartened by everyone piling on instead of providing some advice. (Although I understand why people do that)
yupitzfreddy, if you're still out there, follow creepyncrawly's advice and post as much detail as you can.
My guess is he followed that link to GS2Root and is now in a perpetual boot loop or he has hard bricked his phone.
Hoping you make it back to follow creepy's advice,
Clay
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Phone malfunctioned??

Hi all,
This morning I was browsing the web when suddenly the screen froze and the phone didn't respond anymore.
I was forced to remove the battery and replace it again in order to restart my phone.
I restarted the phone, it all went good till the bootscreen started the loop.
I restarted my phone, again.
The booting up goes good, first I see the Galaxy S2 screen, then I see the kernel bootlogo screen, but now it freezes whilst showing the kernel boot logo? (Logo: ''Black eye with the Ying-Yang in the middle and some purple smoke surrounding that eye'')
The phone went off, I saw some minor white lines appearing screen and it just died on me, it didn't respond anymore, it refuses to go on even whilst battery is at 82 %, I tried swapping batteries because I thought that my battery had malfuntioned but that wasn't the case and it didn't work.
I tried recharging my phone but no luck.
It just won't start.
However, I do feel my processor in the back (top-left corner) is getting pretty warm.
What could this be?
I'm running the Resurrection Remix ICS Jelly Bean Rom.
Thanks in advance...
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Tried re-flashing your kernel?
Tried re-flashing your rom?
tried a different kernel or rom?
Restored a backup?
TheATHEiST said:
Tried re-flashing your kernel?
Tried re-flashing your rom?
tried a different kernel or rom?
Restored a backup?
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Have you even read what I said?
How can I: Re-flash a kernel or a rom or try a different kernel or rom if my phone won't start?
Impossible to enter download-mode if the phone is unable to start wouldn't you agree?
L A X said:
Have you even read what I said?
How can I: Re-flash a kernel or a rom or try a different kernel or rom if my phone won't start?
Impossible to enter download-mode if the phone is unable to start wouldn't you agree?
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Yes I read what you said but you didnt make it clear that it wouldnt "power" on. What it sounded like from what you wrote is that it wouldn't boot system.
If you want specific/precise replies instead of wasting your own time or that of peoples trying to help you and then been an arse when they dont fully understand because of your lack of clarity then I would suggest been more clear in first place.
In that case...
Have you tried a USB jig?
If you have then its pretty much dead and you have no choice but maybe try and get a JTAG repair or mobo replacement of if its your display getting that replaced. Or if you have warranty ring samsung.
Have you tried re-flashing your kernel?
Have you tried re-flashing your rom?
Have you tried a different kernel or rom?
Have you tried restoring a backup?
Have you tried learning some manners?
Have tried using respect for other people who are trying to help you instead of slagging them off for apparently not reading your OP even though what they posted was valid for what you wrote?
Have you just tried going away?
No wonder people on here get sick of trying to help people who quite frankly don't deserve it.
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Exactly my point.
These n00bs feel they have some sort of entitlement or this is their official devices support forum and we are all paid to help them.
If these people took time to research their devices/flashing etc they wouldnt have 99% of issues in first place. Then they come on here bypass using search, duplicate posts and when somebody attempts to help them they act like this guy and assume we all have magic mind powers instead of relying on posters been clear when they want help/describe issues.
mckeowngoo said:
Have you tried re-flashing your kernel?
Have you tried re-flashing your rom?
Have you tried a different kernel or rom?
Have you tried restoring a backup?
Have you tried learning some manners?
Have tried using respect for other people who are trying to help you instead of slagging them off for apparently not reading your OP even though what they posted was valid for what you wrote?
Have you just tried going away?
No wonder people on here get sick of trying to help people who quite frankly don't deserve it.
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TheATHEiST said:
Yes I read what you said but you didnt make it clear that it wouldnt "power" on. What it sounded like from what you wrote is that it wouldn't boot system.
If you want specific/precise replies instead of wasting your own time or that of peoples trying to help you and then been an arse when they dont fully understand because of your lack of clarity then I would suggest been more clear in first place.
In that case...
Have you tried a USB jig?
If you have then its pretty much dead and you have no choice but maybe try and get a JTAG repair or mobo replacement of if its your display getting that replaced. Or if you have warranty ring samsung.
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I appreciate the help, I really do, I was just surprised by your answer Atheist because I clearly said my phone won't start
And that has nothing to do with manners and such MC, you cannot assume behavior through writing without actually hearing me, it's the tone that makes the song my friend, you clearly assume much.
The Atheist, don't take it personal, if you think I might sounded rude towards you and find my clarification not accurate then my excuses, I appreciate your response and help and I want to thank you for it.
Yes, I have tried the Jig, no luck unfortunately. I'm forced to buy myself a new phone and I was thinking the Galaxy Note II as that phone is regarded the best out there, at least that's what I've read of course.
Do you have a clue what the problem might be? I was thinking the ROM caused the issue.
Thank you.
L A X said:
I appreciate the help, I really do, I was just surprised by your answer Atheist because I clearly said my phone won't start
And that has nothing to do with manners and such MC, you cannot assume behavior through writing without actually hearing me, it's the tone that makes the song my friend, you clearly assume much.
The Atheist, don't take it personal, if you think I might sounded rude towards you and find my clarification not accurate then my excuses, I appreciate your response and help and I want to thank you for it.
Yes, I have tried the Jig, no luck unfortunately. I'm forced to buy myself a new phone and I was thinking the Galaxy Note II as that phone is regarded the best out there, at least that's what I've read of course.
Do you have a clue what the problem might be? I was thinking the ROM caused the issue.
Thank you.
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Yes but you fail to understand that "phone wont start" could mean one of 2 things (Because most people are never clear)...
1. Cant get Android to boot.
2. Phone wont power on.
You may have meant number 2 but there are plenty others who use same words who simply mean they cant get Android to boot, ie they just get black screen or logo or a boot loop.
It sounds like you have either purchased a faulty device and hardware has failed or you have flashed incorrect rom/kernel/had bad flash and corrupted bootloader.
If you're phone isnt powering on, you have tried different battery, tried jig, left battery out couple of hours and tried again (try that if you havent) then only option is to JTAG (If you have corrupted bootloader etc) or mobo replacement.
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Yes but you fail to understand that "phone wont start" could mean one of 2 things (Because most people are never clear)...
1. Cant get Android to boot.
2. Phone wont power on.
You may have meant number 2 but there are plenty others who use same words who simply mean they cant get Android to boot, ie they just get black screen or logo or a boot loop.
It sounds like you have either purchased a faulty device and hardware has failed or you have flashed incorrect rom/kernel/had bad flash and corrupted bootloader.
If you're phone isnt powering on, you have tried different battery, tried jig, left battery out couple of hours and tried again (try that if you havent) then only option is to JTAG (If you have corrupted bootloader etc) or mobo replacement.
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Thank you for responding, and sorry for the late reply.
I have purchased my phone at T-Mobile and have it for like 1,5 year now. I have always used the Resurrection Remix Rom which I never experienced any difficulties. 2/3 months ago I updated it to the Jelly Bean rom without any problems at all, just after last week when I was checking my phone it froze on me and after 2 reboots it's just died :/ It won't turn on anymore.
I tried the USB jig, I also left the battery out for a couple of hours, I also tried using a different battery, I thought perhaps my battery was dead but unfortunately none of these ideas worked for me.
My phone is definitely dead, no doubt about it.
I might go for the JTAG but I have no time for all that, it's best that I purchase a new device and I was thinking about the Galaxy Note 2.
If recommend a phone other than the Note 2, please tell, I can then compare the devices and make my decision.
Buy an S II.
L A X said:
Thank you for responding, and sorry for the late reply.
I have purchased my phone at T-Mobile and have it for like 1,5 year now. I have always used the Resurrection Remix Rom which I never experienced any difficulties. 2/3 months ago I updated it to the Jelly Bean rom without any problems at all, just after last week when I was checking my phone it froze on me and after 2 reboots it's just died :/ It won't turn on anymore.
I tried the USB jig, I also left the battery out for a couple of hours, I also tried using a different battery, I thought perhaps my battery was dead but unfortunately none of these ideas worked for me.
My phone is definitely dead, no doubt about it.
I might go for the JTAG but I have no time for all that, it's best that I purchase a new device and I was thinking about the Galaxy Note 2.
If recommend a phone other than the Note 2, please tell, I can then compare the devices and make my decision.
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Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 or another S2 would be my choice. Or maybe a LG/Google Nexus 4 however the lack of external storage support is a *****.

MIUI Failure

I have TWRP installed on my LGOG e970, with bootloader unlocked.
I [very recklessly] tried to install MIUI on my phone. TWRP didn't say "Failed" or anything of the sort when it was applied. It said everything went smoothly. I rebooted the system and now the phone won't even boot back into bootloader. If I try to hold the volume up + power button for more than 10 seconds, it starts flashing the power button consistently, but it stops when I let go of the buttons. Computer won't recognize it and I can't get it into Download Mode.
Any help?
Knowing what MIUI ROM you tried to install could possible help. Not that I will be able to though.
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If you plug phone into charger, does power button flash rapidly. If so you need to disconnect battery.
3.1.25 off the miui.us website.
no. the phone literally does nothing until i hold the power button [i've found that it's just the power button; volume buttons dont really matter] for more than 10 seconds.
pluginxbabyy said:
3.1.25 off the miui.us website.
no. the phone literally does nothing until i hold the power button [i've found that it's just the power button; volume buttons dont really matter] for more than 10 seconds.
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For what phone though?
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LG G2X
Version: 2.7.27
MD5: 0fae5683b57ac2ce923cd6bf87ca31eb
i basically just wanted to see if it would even let me. as if by some miracle, everything would just magically work for me. i figured a build off another LG phone would be the closest, so that's the one i tried.
pluginxbabyy said:
LG G2X
Version: 2.7.27
MD5: 0fae5683b57ac2ce923cd6bf87ca31eb
i basically just wanted to see if it would even let me. as if by some miracle, everything would just magically work for me. i figured a build off another LG phone would be the closest, so that's the one i tried.
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Yeah it wouldn't have even come close to working. Unfortunately, it must have done some serious re-mapping to your partitions. Since you can't get into download mode, there is no chance of LGNPST to stock. Maybe someone in IRC knows a trick but it looks like your phone is toast. Try to get LG to do a warranty replacement. Just say it stopped working.
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Can flashing something in recovery actually remap the partitions?
Op, try THIS, sounds like it may help.
Why would you flash a ROM for a two year old phone on here and expect to not brick?
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nygfan760 said:
Why would you flash a ROM for a two year old phone on here and expect to not brick?
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Yeah. That's not one you hear every day...
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You can't fix stupid. Sorry, but there's no other way to put it. Phones are pretty hard to completly brick from what I've been told, but I still use caution every time I tinker with the underlying software. Then there's this guy. :laugh:
The guy is freaking retarded. I don't care how much flak I catch for this statement, but fu**nuggets like this guy are the biggest reason carriers and manufacturers try to keep us from rooting and flashing ROMs (right behind free tethering anyway lol).
DeathmonkeyGTX said:
The guy is freaking retarded. I don't care how much flak I catch for this statement, but fu**nuggets like this guy are the biggest reason carriers and manufacturers try to keep us from rooting and flashing ROMs (right behind free tethering anyway lol).
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I really don't get how he openly admits to flashing a completely wrong ROM. Like how do you manage to unlock, root, install TWRP, find MIUI, and flash it, but have no idea it's bad. The rom he flashed is over 6 months old too, and he just though everything "would magically work." He even works for AT&T you've got to be kidding me.
DeathmonkeyGTX said:
The guy is freaking retarded. I don't care how much flak I catch for this statement, but fu**nuggets like this guy are the biggest reason carriers and manufacturers try to keep us from rooting and flashing ROMs (right behind free tethering anyway lol).
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I wanted to say it so bad, but didn't want to catch a crap ton of flak for it.
nygfan760 said:
I really don't get how he openly admits to flashing a completely wrong ROM. Like how do you manage to unlock, root, install TWRP, find MIUI, and flash it, but have no idea it's bad. The rom he flashed is over 6 months old too, and he just though everything "would magically work." He even works for AT&T you've got to be kidding me.
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That explains everything. :silly:
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why would you flash a rom for a two year old phone on here and expect to not brick?
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for science!!!
lol you guys are funny. i've been rooting, jailbreaking, unlocking and developing for 6 years; it's not like i dont know what i'm doing. i figured it'd brick it, but not this bad. you can almost ALWAYS fix a brick. i was just seeing if anyone knows of a solution, since it's a fairly new phone and even newer to me. if you dont push your limits, you dont know how far the phone can go. simple as that. working for at&t has no relevance; there are some technology-stupid reps out there.
if you're gonna make a mess, make sure you can clean it up. no worries, i have a new LG now with zero expense. notice the lack of worry in this thread. moral of the story: don't push your phone when you're drunk!
thanks for the positive reinforcement though, guys. you've all been so sweet.
pluginxbabyy said:
lol you guys are funny. i've been rooting, jailbreaking, unlocking and developing for 6 years; it's not like i dont know what i'm doing. i figured it'd brick it, but not this bad. you can almost ALWAYS fix a brick. i was just seeing if anyone knows of a solution, since it's a fairly new phone and even newer to me. if you dont push your limits, you dont know how far the phone can go. simple as that. working for at&t has no relevance; there are some technology-stupid reps out there.
if you're gonna make a mess, make sure you can clean it up. no worries, i have a new LG now with zero expense. notice the lack of worry in this thread. moral of the story: don't push your phone when you're drunk!
thanks for the positive reinforcement though, guys. you've all been so sweet.
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Glad to hear you were able to get a replacement. :3
pluginxbabyy said:
moral of the story: don't do anything with your phone when you're drunk!
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FTFY.

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