Hello everyone,
I have an SGP 5.0 that I've been using for sometime. Everyday I let it charge overnight and usually in the morning its warm but full. Today it was burning hot and the device keep on boot loading and failing. I've tried going into recovery mode but it fails completely, I just keep going into the boot looping. Download mode works but that's about it. The device was working yesterday with no problems with the rom/kernel listed in my signature.
If I disconnect the power cable and leave it disconnected it will NOT boot. Not even into download mode. Only when I plug in power and leave it for a minute will it try to boot.
I've tried writing the rom and kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1863004) but it dies before it ever finishes (By die I mean the battery runs out). I've pushed only the kernel (Entropy's DailyDriver) and it does work but its still boot looping.
I've stopped the above and the device is getting hot. I presume if left without a kernel/rom that it will recharge and I can continue what I'm doing? (The download logo stays on for about a minute and disappears and appears a minute later repeatedly. )
Just so you know, when you flash CM10 (Paranoid, or just Cyan) that these flashes provide a new kernel, hence that you do not still use the daily driver from Gingerbread. You'll probably notice the different in CWM changes from five to version six.
With that said, it might be best if you tried adjusting your voltage, I've had the same issues with an over heated device with Gingerbread / CM10 modifications which a member of the community did offer some assistance ( Check Page 75 on Cyan Thread)
Wouldn't hurt starting from scratch, flashing the stock, and working your way back up. Only suggesting this because I'm unsure of other factors that could cause this.
I forgot about that since I went from PM 4 to PM 4.1. That's what my goal was by starting with galaxy_player_2.3.6.tar.md5 and working up but I got nothing since the device dies, from no power?, when I try to write a rom. I guess I have no choice but to charge the device and hope that after many boot loops, the battery have enough juice for one run? That being said I've just opened the device and figured out how to remove the battery.
Google isn't helping with batteries and a quick search of ebay shows that everyone is happy with their device. Is there any place you recommend to get a new or semi-new battery for the thing?
By Write your referring to flashing.
Have you been able to get into the download mode? What do you also mean by recovery fails?
Yes. Download mode works fine. As I've stated the device will stay on for just one minute before it dies, not enough time to flash on a new rom. If I pull the plug, regardless of if I'm flashing, it will die. By die I meant that the device shuts off. The screen is black and the backlighting on the buttons is off.
I've held the power + volume up button on boot and it kicks into download mode.
I've left the device plugged it and its generating a lot of heat, with battery inside.
UnsignedZero said:
Yes. Download mode works fine. As I've stated the device will stay on for just one minute before it dies, not enough time to flash on a new rom. If I pull the plug, regardless of if I'm flashing, it will die. By die I meant that the device shuts off. The screen is black and the backlighting on the buttons is off.
I've held the power + volume up button on boot and it kicks into download mode.
I've left the device plugged it and its generating a lot of heat, with battery inside.
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Are you using the stock cable? This device is super picky about cables, I'm actually talking to a samsung product support agent right now asking for a new cable. Mine shows the initial battery/charging screen, then reboot, ad infinitum. Does this happen to you?
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Are you using the stock cable? This device is super picky about cables, I'm actually talking to a samsung product support agent right now asking for a new cable. Mine shows the initial battery/charging screen, then reboot, ad infinitum. Does this happen to you?
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Mine also shows the charging screen then bootloops. If I powerdown my GP5 then plug in the cable, everything works fine. So for me it only performs reboots if I powerdown the device while it is plugged in.
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Are you using the stock cable? This device is super picky about cables, I'm actually talking to a samsung product support agent right now asking for a new cable. Mine shows the initial battery/charging screen, then reboot, ad infinitum. Does this happen to you?
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I haven't had any issues with any cables used. I've switched to stock cable + stock charger yesterday and nothing there but a boot loop. I wish there was a place to buy a new battery just to check.
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I had Infinity Rom on it
It died the other night, and it's not the battery Im sure of it. I cant get it into and Recovery modes or Download mode, well I haven't tried Download mode I don't know how to.
If anyone can help me fix this with all the links necessary to fix it I would be so happy. I am very sad right now .
Thanks
So you can power up and boot into recovery? I assume clockworkmod? If you use just the power button to turn it on what do you get?
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So you can power up and boot into recovery? I assume clockworkmod? If you use just the power button to turn it on what do you get?
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I get nothing. Like the phone is completely dead.
could be hardware failure... You can try this..
Pull the battery out then reinstall (do not try to turn on)
plug in the phone overnight
then in the morning, try to turn on while still plugged in and see if it starts.
If not, you may have to bring it to verizon
That is a good idea, when you plug it in does it appear to take a charge?
yea pull the battery for a t least a minute. pop it back in, and plug it into a known working charger. wait a few minutes, when the battery is VERY dead, the charge light won't even come on. after about one minute, it'll start blinking. after it is done blinking and turns solid orange, you may boot the phone.
if you do not get a blinking or solid orange LED after 5 minutes, you indeed have a dead phone. I would go to verizon and try to pass it off as a bad battery, and ask if they can get a working battery to test. if it still fails to boot, then you will know.
i have yet to find a verizon tech willing to dig deeper on a non booting or boot looping phone to see if it was modded, usually playing dumb makes you seem less suspicious and incapable of modding. going in and saying "it was fine and running fast on a custom rom/kernel" is a dead giveaway for a warranty denial!
This is something odd I haven't experienced with any Android device until now.
Whenever my Rezound battery is depleted to the point where the phone shuts down, I cannot get the device to boot back up again without ADB.
While it's powered off in this state and plugged into charger, it exhibits no charge LED or any other type of activity.
After pressing the power button, it appears to do nothing whatsoever.
If plugged into my laptop USB, the OS detects the device and loads the Debug mode drivers. ADB DEVICES shows the device as being in Recovery, and the device is still completely dark, no video, no backlight, no button lights.
At this point I can ADB SHELL and issue commands, but it can take up to a dozen REBOOT commands (although sometimes on the first or second try) to get the device to do anything other than reboot directly back to dark-screen recovery. I just keep running REBOOT until finally the white/green HTC image appears and the phone boots normally as if nothing was wrong.
Once booted, it behaves perfectly for as long as the battery doesn't die. I can reboot, HBOOT, power off and on, do a Clockwork backup... But, if i let the battery die, I have to ADB REBOOT until it decides to come back to life.
What do you think. Hardware or software issue? Try RUU?
Thanks!
there's definietley a huge problem wtih this phone. i had a guy bring in a phone that died overnight and the same thing happend...he'd plug it into the wall, for 5 seconds it would show orange charging LED, then just shut off..phone wouldn't power on, either. he had it plugged in charging for 3 hours though, and the phone was still dead.
when i switched batteries, teh phone would not go past the white HTC screen. it was just dead. we had to get him a replacement. i'm seriously afraid to shut off my phone now or even let it die. sigh.
Oh yea, mine does the not booting past white HTC screen occasionally between REBOOTs as well. I am disappointed with HTC now, my original AMOLED Incredible was totally rock solid for the 2 years I carried it along 40+ airplane rides to 11 different states. This Rezound craps the bed if you give it a dirty look
Everyone should take a look at this thread in the Vivid forum. People were havin problems with their phone booting into CWM when the battery was dead, me included. Our CWM was updated to support charging and now all is fine. Might be worth looking into.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429250
Weird, just let my battery die before reading this thread, didn't experience this..
but def not going to let it die again!
I was running a 4.2.2 ROM...well, I was switching between two of them.
My phone started doing some massive reboots today, so I decided to reflash.
Now, if my phone is NOT plugged to charge, it boot loops. Gets up to the boot animation, then starts all over again.
If I plug the USB cable in and boot the phone, it boots all the way and the phone is fine.
HOWEVER, as soon as I unplug the cable, phone reboots again. Battery charge is full.
Running TWRP 2.4.4.0, and was flipping between JamieD's 4.2.2 and ManelScout's Vanilla, along with Ace's latest kernal and the UCMB4 modem.
Trying to determine if this might be a hardware problem. The OS is showing as battery full charge, but recovery shows battery % @ like 2%.
sounds like you may have a stuck power button
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sounds like you may have a stuck power button
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I read that in someone else's post. Physically, it seem like the power button is fine.
How do I "unstuck" the power button in this case?
I've already ODIN'd to stock GB, and downloading the ICS update. Pains me to be unrooted and on a stock ROM.
I need my phone operational ASAP, so I am struggling right now to get this thing functioning normally?
Do I need to take it apart? Is the power button "stuck" in the sense of software? Or literally physically?
BTW, the power button is responsive in terms of turning the unit on/off. Does that still mean it is stuck?
And what about the fact that the unit will boot up fully with the power plugged in, but boot loop if on battery only?
Try another battery. Yours may be going bad.
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Try another battery. Yours may be going bad.
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You hit it right on Agoattamer.
Just tried a fresh battery and all is good.
thanks!
Walking out of work yesterday, I swapped my dying battery for my freshly charged one, and powered up the phone. I see the Samsung logo pop up, and then the CyanogenMod wheel start spinning, so I slip it in my pocket. I pull it out a couple of minutes later to check something, and the screen is black. I press the power button a few more times, and the Samsung logo shows up again. Apparently my phone was off. So I wait on it to boot up, but it never leaves the Samsung logo. It sits, and sits, and sits...for a good 30-45 seconds, it sits on that screen. And then it goes black. I try again, but nothing happens. I switch back to the dying-but-not-dead battery, still nothing. I leave it to sit on the seat of the car with no battery for the drive home, and try again. Nothing. I leave it to sit on the charger for a couple of hours, both with and without a battery. Nothing. I leave it "charging" overnight. It's warm in the morning, but still nothing. I can pull the battery and put it back in, hit the button, and a little while later it will heat up, as if it's running and something's hitting the CPU...but no vibrations from the phone, no sounds, no anything at all, other than the heat. I tried my jig just now, as it was in my desk at work. More nothing. The phone is cold, the battery is cold, it might as well be a rock.
So...any chance of saving this thing? I'm really hoping to hold out for Black Friday sales to replace it with an S4 or something. If I can get this thing to last me another two months, I'll be happy. If it goes belly up November 30, that's fine. I just hope I can make it last until then. I already had to throw down $50 to get my wife a limp-along phone off Craigslist...am I going to be stuck doing the same for me?
First see if you can boot into recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset. If not, see if you can get into download mode. If you can, flash back to stock and see if that lets it boot. In any event, you should perform a wipe data/factory reset at the earliest possible moment, even if you have to reflash the firmware first. If you can get back to stock, you should be able to reinstall your custom firmware.
So far I can't convince it to acknowledge that it's even on. The only sign it's not 100% dead is that it warms up when plugged in. I have no idea if it's actually doing anything other than sending juice to the battery because there's nothing on the screen and no vibrations or sound to alert me that it's doing anything at all.
:-/
I'll add that my computer doesn't acknowledge the phone's existence. Linux desktop, lsusb shows nothing remotely Android/Samsung related. Granted, a failing microUSB port on the phone isn't helping, so I don't know how valid this particular test is.
So u are in the need to enter the fast boot mode or else try the official firmware installation by the help of SD card.....
Hit thanks if this helped you...
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...could you explain either of those? Fastboot, from what I can tell, is an HTC thing, and has nothing to do with Samsung phones in general nor the i777 in particular. As for firmware installation, is there a way to do this without any screen, PC connection, or feedback from the phone whatsoever?
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...could you explain either of those? Fastboot, from what I can tell, is an HTC thing, and has nothing to do with Samsung phones in general nor the i777 in particular. As for firmware installation, is there a way to do this without any screen, PC connection, or feedback from the phone whatsoever?
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Some Samsung phones have fast boot. I think the S4 does. The I777 does not.
If you can get the phone into download mode, (and if your usb connection is working, which I think from what you said may be in question,) then you can use the Samsung tool, Odin3, to flash firmware. You would have to use a Windows computer since Odin does not work on Linux.
I think your main problem is that you have a failing USB port. You should consider buying a replacement and putting it in yourself. It is supposed to be fairly easy. Once you have that working, you should be able to recover your phone.
Could it be possible that whatever it was trying to run drained the battery and now it's just refusing to charge? I had almost an exact same situation happen to me. I ended up having to buy a cheapo external battery charger from amazon to charge the battery and finally get it to boot.
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Some Samsung phones have fast boot. I think the S4 does. The I777 does not.
If you can get the phone into download mode, (and if your usb connection is working, which I think from what you said may be in question,) then you can use the Samsung tool, Odin3, to flash firmware. You would have to use a Windows computer since Odin does not work on Linux.
I think your main problem is that you have a failing USB port. You should consider buying a replacement and putting it in yourself. It is supposed to be fairly easy. Once you have that working, you should be able to recover your phone.
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Sadly, download mode doesn't seem likely. The phone is basically functionally a rock, with the limitation that it's probably easier to break than a rock. I may venture down the replacement USB road, although I'm a bit leery of spending money on the device, given that it won't even power on.
cicatriz63 said:
Could it be possible that whatever it was trying to run drained the battery and now it's just refusing to charge? I had almost an exact same situation happen to me. I ended up having to buy a cheapo external battery charger from amazon to charge the battery and finally get it to boot.
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That's what I initially suspected, but I actually have a Samsung charger I bought off Amazon that came with a spare battery, and I've charged both batteries with it to full capacity. What does appear to be happening is that when it's generating heat, it's actually discharging the battery rather than charging, as a battery pulled from the phone takes much longer to charge on the external charger than one that has been charged from the charger, pulled, let sit, and put back in the charger. It's possible the phone refuses to power on until it can charge, though, because I too have had that issue in the past, and the only solution was to let it sit on the charger for a few hours. The first half-hour or so, nothing happened, but then eventually I'd get the battery charge animation. Sadly, letting the phone sit overnight did nothing this time around.
nd_geek said:
Sadly, download mode doesn't seem likely. The phone is basically functionally a rock, with the limitation that it's probably easier to break than a rock. I may venture down the replacement USB road, although I'm a bit leery of spending money on the device, given that it won't even power on.
That's what I initially suspected, but I actually have a Samsung charger I bought off Amazon that came with a spare battery, and I've charged both batteries with it to full capacity. What does appear to be happening is that when it's generating heat, it's actually discharging the battery rather than charging, as a battery pulled from the phone takes much longer to charge on the external charger than one that has been charged from the charger, pulled, let sit, and put back in the charger. It's possible the phone refuses to power on until it can charge, though, because I too have had that issue in the past, and the only solution was to let it sit on the charger for a few hours. The first half-hour or so, nothing happened, but then eventually I'd get the battery charge animation. Sadly, letting the phone sit overnight did nothing this time around.
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So not even recovery mode works?
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So not even recovery mode works?
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The phone doesn't power on. If I plug it in, it gets warm, but other than that, it shows no signs of life.
You've tried plugging it into the computer without battery in case power button went dead?
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The title says it all. My brothers Note 2 will only boot past the Galaxy Note 2 boot screen if it is connected to the charger. It doesn't matter if it is a USB or wall charge. If the phone is connected to a power source it boots into the system fine, however, once you remove it from the power source it turns off. I was wondering if it could be a bad battery but the charge is showing it at almost 80%. Has anyone ran into something like this before? If I try to boot the phone without it being connected, it sits at the Note 2 screen for about 15 seconds and then shuts itself off.
I'm not really sure but it sounds like the internals of the battery are closing up (shorting). Are you able to get another battery to test and see if it is the battery?
Note 2 - Boots , Loops, No SDS Detected as per eMMC checker on play store
chrisjm00 said:
The title says it all. My brothers Note 2 will only boot past the Galaxy Note 2 boot screen if it is connected to the charger. It doesn't matter if it is a USB or wall charge. If the phone is connected to a power source it boots into the system fine, however, once you remove it from the power source it turns off. I was wondering if it could be a bad battery but the charge is showing it at almost 80%. Has anyone ran into something like this before? If I try to boot the phone without it being connected, it sits at the Note 2 screen for about 15 seconds and then shuts itself off.
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Having same issues
Seems it hardware plus software issue.
Running 4.1.1 Jelly Bean
Happened after installing few games .
Goes in constant boot loop
Can start by attaching power cord only to socket.
With USB attached to Laptop .. still goes in loop
Powerbank is workaround.
Seems to reboot when saving to sd card ..
Will keep posted
technoracy said:
Having same issues
Seems it hardware plus software issue.
Running 4.1.1 Jelly Bean
Happened after installing few games .
Goes in constant boot loop
Can start by attaching power cord only to socket.
With USB attached to Laptop .. still goes in loop
Powerbank is workaround.
Seems to reboot when saving to sd card ..
Will keep posted
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The problem, after getting a stock image back on the phone, ended up being a bad battery. The phone wouldn't hold a charge even though the charging image showed otherwise. Once you get a working image on there, try replacing the battery. I ordered an eight dollar cheapo battery from Amazon and it worked like a charm.
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The problem, after getting a stock image back on the phone, ended up being a bad battery. The phone wouldn't hold a charge even though the charging image showed otherwise. Once you get a working image on there, try replacing the battery. I ordered an eight dollar cheapo battery from Amazon and it worked like a charm.
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I second this. My phone went down Saturday. Thought it was something with CyanogenMod 11, but flashing back to stock did nothing. Replaced the battery, haven't had any problems since.
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The problem, after getting a stock image back on the phone, ended up being a bad battery. The phone wouldn't hold a charge even though the charging image showed otherwise. Once you get a working image on there, try replacing the battery. I ordered an eight dollar cheapo battery from Amazon and it worked like a charm.
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Thats first thing i did .. checked different battery ..
Battery is fine .. its not battery issue .. atleast in my case ..
i checked for SDS .. my phone has no SDS insane bug either .. though symptoms were same .
I have backup phone, using it.
I showed for mobile repair.
Said he will solve it .
So plan to take tomorrow.
I can root and all..
But after this booting dont want to brick it ..
So plan to do it via the mobile repair shop
Had same issue. Solved after replace the battery.
I have the same issue right now as well. I was on stock for awhile and used casual one click method, switched between a few roms. Than it started happening after that. So I flashed back to stock on odin and still have that issue. Havent figured it out yet.
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Boot cycle loop
DX.Deception said:
I'm not really sure but it sounds like the internals of the battery are closing up (shorting). Are you able to get another battery to test and see if it is the battery?
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I have had this issue and replacing the battery did the trick. I was having issues with the battery beforehand. once the battery showed as being at 17% the phone would start the reboot cycle and not fully boot until it was plugged in.
Have same problem here.....All these started when I replaced my bulge battery. New battery doesn't hold power below 20%. Phone goes off in boot cycle until plugged in a charger
Try to boot on USB/PC data connection
When connected t PC-system will boot to a point. PC indicates new connection then looses it and Note 2 returns to flash screen. Problem start when using corporate email and encrypted data. Works w/o error connected to wall charger. Disconnect crashes system. Flashes screen forever. No diagnostics. Did all SW reboots. Doubt battery, but will try.
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When connected t PC-system will boot to a point. PC indicates new connection then looses it and Note 2 returns to flash screen. Problem start when using corporate email and encrypted data. Works w/o error connected to wall charger. Disconnect crashes system. Flashes screen forever. No diagnostics. Did all SW reboots. Doubt battery, but will try.
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Did you ever test a new battery/figure it out?
Mine is doing the same thing I think. I only boots if connected to a wall charger. If connected to PC with USB it will boot to the [T-Mobile in my case] boot screen, connect to PC for a split second (long enough to make the connection sound in windows, then I can't find it) and it stays on that screen. Without being connected to either, or after pulling plug, it turns off.
Same problem here with mine
can't be just the battery because it will stay on w/o charger when in download/recovery mode or if it gets stuck on the Verizon screen.
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Verizon Galaxy Note II
model SCH-I605
android 4.4.2
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build KOT49H.I605VRUFND7
hardware version I605.06
I'm having the same issue but i can boot into recovery without the charger.