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Hello everyone again!
I've been browsing the web today all day and tried to find a way to bring my phone back, but still nothing.
I have Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant) on T-Mobile USA
Completely stock software.
Bought it around mid-September this year.
I've tried all methods with the vol+- and plugging it to my usb and such and such...
I've tried booting it from linux with AndroidSDK all it says is - device not recognized.
KIES doesn't work too.
ODIN doesn't as well, I've tried all methods with the keys combo and plugging the USB in different ways.
Phone is completely charged, when plugged to the outlet it doesn't show anything, also when pluggged to my laptop nothing comes up.
When trying to connect it with ODIN, nothing happens.
I believe I completely bricked it somehow installing the wrong ROM for it.
I've tried another battery from the same phone, but thats not the case too.
Before I did anything I backed up all my stuff to my SD card with the BACKITUP app on the Market. So I believe I would have everything on it, right?
Any help/ideas is appreciated!!!
If I can't do anything about it tonight, tomorrow I'm going to BestBuy where I bought it from, because I have a protection plan that would cover software and hardware failures. Now my question is, I have VERY personal information like , contacts, pictures and videos on my phone that I don't want anyone to get a hold of. Do you guys know if I exhange my phone tomorrow and when it gets sent out to Samsung will they have a way of getting ahold of that information?
Thank you all!!!
Take your battery out your phone
Plug in your usb to your pc
Plug the other end into your phone
Start up Odin
Hold down both volume buttons
Place your battery back in your phone
Then download mode should pop up, this worked for me when i bricked my Vibrant. I called this the resurrection technique, good luck!
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It sounds like you did everything possible to try and revive it.....personally it sounds like it's toast. (Happened to me not to long ago)
Samsung or tmobile, I believe all they do is a manual data wipe if they cannot turn the device on. Should clear everything in the data portion at least. Not sure about internal SD card though.
I have a 4gb micro SD card and today I had to do a battery pull because my phone decided to have one of it's 'random freeze moments' as I was downloading a song. When I turned my phone back on, my phone didn't recognize my SD card, just acted as if there wasn't one, so I took off the battery cover and pulled out the SD card and it was really hot. It was also very slightly bent out of shape and had a tiny crack across the halfway mark. I'm scared to try and bend it back because I don't wanna break it in half. Later I put it into an adapter (it somehow fit enough to slide in) and plugged it into my computer. The computer did nothing for a few minutes, so I decided to just pull it out. I put my fingers on the adapter (it's a usb cord that I can put my micro SD card in) and it almost burned my fingers off.
I know now not to be an idiot and buy a not-so-great card and to backup everything I have, but is there any way I can get the stuff on the card back or is it gone? And am I safe to put another SD card in my phone or will it turn it into a stove?
Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
Me too
magnoidgoat said:
I have a 4gb micro SD card and today I had to do a battery pull because my phone decided to have one of it's 'random freeze moments' as I was downloading a song. When I turned my phone back on, my phone didn't recognize my SD card, just acted as if there wasn't one, so I took off the battery cover and pulled out the SD card and it was really hot. It was also very slightly bent out of shape and had a tiny crack across the halfway mark. I'm scared to try and bend it back because I don't wanna break it in half. Later I put it into an adapter (it somehow fit enough to slide in) and plugged it into my computer. The computer did nothing for a few minutes, so I decided to just pull it out. I put my fingers on the adapter (it's a usb cord that I can put my micro SD card in) and it almost burned my fingers off.
I know now not to be an idiot and buy a not-so-great card and to backup everything I have, but is there any way I can get the stuff on the card back or is it gone? And am I safe to put another SD card in my phone or will it turn it into a stove?
Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
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Almost exactly the same thing happened with my 16BG Micro SD in my Droid 4. There was no obvious crack or deformity, but my phone battery was draining really quickly so I plugged it into the USB charger. A few minutes later, when I needed to move the phone out of my way it was CRAZY hot. I could not get the phone to "wake up" and tried shutting it down and restarting it, with no success. I plugged it back into the USB cord and the green light on the phone lit up, but the computer did NOT ask if I wanted to view the contents of the attached mass storage device. It generally does that hourly while attached. I called Verizon Tech Support and after being transferred to "Tier 2" I was told a replacement phone would be sent. I got to thinking about why the phone battery was draining so quickly and remembered I had turned on ALL the GPS/Location Service options for some app I ran the night before. I thought MAYBE I could somehow get the phone to turn on just long enough to turn those battery killers off. I left it attached to the PC, twice it started to turn on (Batwing/Droid logos) but changed its mind.
After work, I plugged into my wall charger figuring it wouldn't hurt, since a new phone is due to arrive Monday. After a few hours I could turn it on while attached to the charger, turn off the location services, and it slowly began to charge. It felt hot when I unplugged it, and the battery still seemed to be draining fast. Furthermore, it said my SD card was using an unrecognized file system, and offered to format it, but failed when I agreed. Next, I tried the MicroSD card in my tablet, which could not read it. It seemed the card was quite hot upon removal 20 minutes later. I put it in an adapter, and tried it on my laptop. I could see it listed as a drive "Removable Media" but could not access it as it was "unformatted". I tried formatting it within Windows but was unsuccessful. I dropped to DOS and tried running chkdsk, but was informed that chkdsk can not run on a RAW format drive. I haven't a CLUE what an RAW formatted drive is, but plan to Google it to find out. I tried formatting,(from the command prompt) and it would get most of the way through, then tell me that then FAT sector was bad. I tried again, before removing the "very VERY hot" card and adapter. Without an SD card, the phone was cool. I put in another card, and the battery is not draining particularly fast, the device seems cool, and I learned something new about SD cards, I had thought the advantage of solid state storage was cool operation, low power consumption, and less risk of data loss or corruption. But when it fails, it seems that all three qualities degrade simultaneously, and it runs hot, eats battery power, and you lose everything on it. Live and learn.
it is better not to insert one coz I think u might go to service center and check the hardware.
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Based on the statements youve made, Ive come to think that it is your phones overheating battery/CPU/GPU. Is your phone under warranty?
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Lisa21222 said:
Almost exactly the same thing happened with my 16BG Micro SD in my Droid 4. There was no obvious crack or deformity, but my phone battery was draining really quickly so I plugged it into the USB charger. A few minutes later, when I needed to move the phone out of my way it was CRAZY hot. I could not get the phone to "wake up" and tried shutting it down and restarting it, with no success. I plugged it back into the USB cord and the green light on the phone lit up, but the computer did NOT ask if I wanted to view the contents of the attached mass storage device. It generally does that hourly while attached. I called Verizon Tech Support and after being transferred to "Tier 2" I was told a replacement phone would be sent. I got to thinking about why the phone battery was draining so quickly and remembered I had turned on ALL the GPS/Location Service options for some app I ran the night before. I thought MAYBE I could somehow get the phone to turn on just long enough to turn those battery killers off. I left it attached to the PC, twice it started to turn on (Batwing/Droid logos) but changed its mind.
After work, I plugged into my wall charger figuring it wouldn't hurt, since a new phone is due to arrive Monday. After a few hours I could turn it on while attached to the charger, turn off the location services, and it slowly began to charge. It felt hot when I unplugged it, and the battery still seemed to be draining fast. Furthermore, it said my SD card was using an unrecognized file system, and offered to format it, but failed when I agreed. Next, I tried the MicroSD card in my tablet, which could not read it. It seemed the card was quite hot upon removal 20 minutes later. I put it in an adapter, and tried it on my laptop. I could see it listed as a drive "Removable Media" but could not access it as it was "unformatted". I tried formatting it within Windows but was unsuccessful. I dropped to DOS and tried running chkdsk, but was informed that chkdsk can not run on a RAW format drive. I haven't a CLUE what an RAW formatted drive is, but plan to Google it to find out. I tried formatting,(from the command prompt) and it would get most of the way through, then tell me that then FAT sector was bad. I tried again, before removing the "very VERY hot" card and adapter. Without an SD card, the phone was cool. I put in another card, and the battery is not draining particularly fast, the device seems cool, and I learned something new about SD cards, I had thought the advantage of solid state storage was cool operation, low power consumption, and less risk of data loss or corruption. But when it fails, it seems that all three qualities degrade simultaneously, and it runs hot, eats battery power, and you lose everything on it. Live and learn.
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I registered to say me too.
This is almost identical to what happened to me.
I lost some work too.
I had to reset my phone.
Shortly afterwards, the phone did an operating system update.
I posted in the off chance that someone knows how to retrieve the data from the SD card in the future
Thanks
Lisa21222 said:
Almost exactly the same thing happened with my 16BG Micro SD in my Droid 4. There was no obvious crack or deformity, but my phone battery was draining really quickly so I plugged it into the USB charger. A few minutes later, when I needed to move the phone out of my way it was CRAZY hot. I could not get the phone to "wake up" and tried shutting it down and restarting it, with no success. I plugged it back into the USB cord and the green light on the phone lit up, but the computer did NOT ask if I wanted to view the contents of the attached mass storage device. It generally does that hourly while attached. I called Verizon Tech Support and after being transferred to "Tier 2" I was told a replacement phone would be sent. I got to thinking about why the phone battery was draining so quickly and remembered I had turned on ALL the GPS/Location Service options for some app I ran the night before. I thought MAYBE I could somehow get the phone to turn on just long enough to turn those battery killers off. I left it attached to the PC, twice it started to turn on (Batwing/Droid logos) but changed its mind.
After work, I plugged into my wall charger figuring it wouldn't hurt, since a new phone is due to arrive Monday. After a few hours I could turn it on while attached to the charger, turn off the location services, and it slowly began to charge. It felt hot when I unplugged it, and the battery still seemed to be draining fast. Furthermore, it said my SD card was using an unrecognized file system, and offered to format it, but failed when I agreed. Next, I tried the MicroSD card in my tablet, which could not read it. It seemed the card was quite hot upon removal 20 minutes later. I put it in an adapter, and tried it on my laptop. I could see it listed as a drive "Removable Media" but could not access it as it was "unformatted". I tried formatting it within Windows but was unsuccessful. I dropped to DOS and tried running chkdsk, but was informed that chkdsk can not run on a RAW format drive. I haven't a CLUE what an RAW formatted drive is, but plan to Google it to find out. I tried formatting,(from the command prompt) and it would get most of the way through, then tell me that then FAT sector was bad. I tried again, before removing the "very VERY hot" card and adapter. Without an SD card, the phone was cool. I put in another card, and the battery is not draining particularly fast, the device seems cool, and I learned something new about SD cards, I had thought the advantage of solid state storage was cool operation, low power consumption, and less risk of data loss or corruption. But when it fails, it seems that all three qualities degrade simultaneously, and it runs hot, eats battery power, and you lose everything on it. Live and learn.
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That almost sounds like the card internally shorted so it was drawing a bunch of current which would lead to heat and battery drain issues. Flash memory is usually more reliable since its solid state but theres always the possibility of hardware failure. Was this card brand new or did it just start acting up one day? If it was relatively new I'd try getting it warrantied, since this sounds like a hardware defect.
yup.. I got a problem aftwr trying to put it on my rasp pi 3b plus.. then when i try to check or insert again on my laptop.. my 128 gb.. got hot so quickly.. i think its hardware.. but damn.. i just bought it few days back
Yesterday, I restarted my S2, and that's the last time I've seen it turned on. It's simply death. It never restarted. It shut down forever. I'm wondering what's happened, it was working well before, but haven't find any answer...
Now, I probably already know the answer of the question I'm writing, but maybe I'm wrong... So, here is the question: is there a way to access the internal memory of a death Galaxy S2? I've tried to connect it to my PC, pressing the turn-on button and checking if something happens, but the device is obviously not recognized by the OS of my computer.
Any idea?
Thanks.
Gabriele
gebazzz said:
Yesterday, I restarted my S2, and that's the last time I've seen it turned on. It's simply death. It never restarted. It shut down forever. I'm wondering what's happened, it was working well before, but haven't find any answer...
Now, I probably already know the answer of the question I'm writing, but maybe I'm wrong... So, here is the question: is there a way to access the internal memory of a death Galaxy S2? I've tried to connect it to my PC, pressing the turn-on button and checking if something happens, but the device is obviously not recognized by the OS of my computer.
Any idea?
Thanks.
Gabriele
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You could buy/make a USB jig to see if it brings life to your phone. Did you change anything before restarting? How long ago did you restart/shutdown the phone?
Will look at how-to/where-to-buy the USB jig...
No, I haven't changed anything before restarting.
And I installed the CM10.1 nightly on 8/3, so the phone was running for few days. The problem happened on 10/3 evening.
gabby, tried another battery?
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gastonw said:
gabby, tried another battery?
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Yes I do.
I ordered a USB jig... let's see what happens.
A jig won't do....
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Thanks.
I think I'll carry the phone to customer support... if it costs too much, I'm going to change the phone.
However, I'd still like to recover data in phone memory...
Get an assesment.
I honestly think that your battery is the issue.
But that's just me.
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The phone doesn't start with both my Samsung batteries, the original one and the original extended (2000mAh) one. So, I don't think it's the battery. Moreover, I left the phone under charge for an entire night, and I'm quite sure it was charging (touching the battery, it was warm), so even if it wasn't totally empty when I restarted the phone (around 13%), it's now fully charged. And the 2000mAh one was already fully charged.
Does it get warm near the rear camera?
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If I remember correctly, yes, but not so much.
And the battery too (while charging).
gebazzz said:
If I remember correctly, yes, but not so much.
And the battery too (while charging).
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Devices hardly just drop dead.
Take it to the service center and see what the have to say.
Have you found the answer yet?
I have the exact same problem! I cant start my device at all, tried everything (and yes, new battery and such) but i cant get any life in it.
I really really need the stuff on the internal memory. But im not comfortable about sending it to service (i dont trust them to respect my privacy). So all i need is to get some life in it so i can mount it on my laptop and just copy the whole internal memory.
Im in such need of help i dont know what to do. I can pay some money to get a solution!
Thanks!!
Hi, my Moto z ,with lcd broken, after i replace the lcd it's broken again. and i have a lot of problem after the last replacement, infact the phone, not turn on, so i thougth it was the battery, but after change whit a new, the phone still not to turn on.
So i think, Maybe it should be recharge the battery, so i let him on charge for 4 Hours.( whit the original charger) but him still not turn on. And then i choose to let lose.
A few day a go, i decide to plug the phone to my pc (The phone is whitout battery, because the new one i selled it), and magically it turn on, but still a problem, a big problem, the phone not showing on pc, the Pc not recognize the phone, even go to device management (on windws 10) it not show.
I try a lot of things, but still not to recognize the phone to pc. So anyone can help me? my point is to have access to my memory.
P.S: the phone is still conected to wifi, so maybe can i "Hack" the phone? to have access to my memory?
P.P.S: Sorry for my bad english
Hello,
I own a somewhat broken Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, and I desperately need to get the files inside it.
The short story is, a month into using my phone, and the housing bent on me; and around 5 months of using this, the ribbon cable of the LCD ripped since it was exposed all the time. The phone is still working, but obviously you can't control it. Before I have it repaired, I'd like to back up my entire internal storage first. However, since the screen won't detect anything, you can't set it up.
It's non-rooted, but I don't remember whether I unlocked the bootloader. I don't really know how to get it to recovery either, because you can't manually turn it off since it can't detect touches, and you know MIUI's turn off option (press and hold power button won't do the trick). Otherwise, you'll just have to drain the battery. When you charge it again, it'll automatically turn on and do a normal boot. Btw, it's still running the vanilla 7.0 ROM it came with.
I need to have everything backed up because the store I bought it in won't honor the warranty and want to charge me around $95 for parts replacement. Nice scam. Anyway, it'll take me some time to find a repair shop that has spare parts for this (since the housing is bent beyond repair as well). 'Til then, I really gonna need to re-obtain the files stuck in my phone. Thank you very much!
So if you connect it to a PC, you can't see any files? You might have to switch from "Charging this device" to "Transfer files" type of connection, even that is impossible? You don't see anything on the screen at all?