Hey there,
recently my GS3 started dying after i turned off the screen and the only way to turn it on was to pull the battery and re-insert it.
anyway, now my device won't turn at all...
I managed to enter download mode by pulling out the battery, pressing Volume down + Home + Power and while pressing inserting the battery (read it somewhere that it can replace the jig and it actually worked!)
and I flushed a stock rom (4.3) which I trust.
after the Odin done flushin it reached the part where it needs to reboot and againg, my device won't turn on.
what can I do??
tanks in advanced!
Rony.
**UPDATE**
after few tries I managed to turn the device on. maybe the trick with the battery didn't actually work...
its just sometimes turns on and most of the times just stays dead....
but it goes directly into recovery mode and there's the Android thingy lying down dead.
can't seem to boot up the system?
should I just try again to go indo download mode and flush again??
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you can't really think I have done it on purpose... right??
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Hey all.
I got a problem. I opened Rom Manager and did the partition SD card thinking it was going to partition my external SD card.......well, I think it did the internal. Now when I boot I get to the GalaxyS screen and then the screen just goes black. Have to remove battery to reboot. I have tried ODIN to restore a factory image but it does the same thing. Anyone have an idea. How can I just format the internal memory to factory and restore to factory. Thanks!!!
There you go
Hey man... You're gonna get flamed for this, it's one of the things "everybody" knows not to do with RomManager, but since I did the same mistake back in time I'll help
First off: can you get into download mode? (turn your phone completly off, plug it into your pc with usb, wait for the "charging" screen, then press both volum keys + the powerbutton to restart, release the powerbutton immediately after restart and keep holding the two volumekeys till you enter download mode)
then flash this.
Then flash back to stock, or any other ROM that includes kernel...
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And please read some instructions this time (couldn't help it, haha)
Novek said:
Hey man... You're gonna get flamed for this, it's one of the things "everybody" knows not to do with RomManager, but since I did the same mistake back in time I'll help
First off: can you get into download mode? (turn your phone completly off, plug it into your pc with usb, wait for the "charging" screen, then press both volum keys + the powerbutton to restart, release the powerbutton immediately after restart and keep holding the two volumekeys till you enter download mode)
then flash this.
Then flash back to stock, or any other ROM that includes kernel...
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And please read some instructions this time (couldn't help it, haha)
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Thanks bro.
I normally read and research tons before I do anything. Just tried to rush through this one. Lesson learned.
I will read up now
Zero problemo ;P
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Thank you
I hope you were able to fix the problem.
I'm trying to load the Unofficial 2.2 ROM onto my phone and I'm using the Odin method. I got into Download mode, got the pit and the ROM and put it all in place, the process starts but it just keeps getting stuck at "Do not turn off the Target." Now if I restart it, it won't even go into my phone.
Any suggestions why it keeps stopping at that point?
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ferhanmm said:
I'm trying to load the Unofficial 2.2 ROM onto my phone and I'm using the Odin method. I got into Download mode, got the pit and the ROM and put it all in place, the process starts but it just keeps getting stuck at "Do not turn off the Target." Now if I restart it, it won't even go into my phone.
Any suggestions why it keeps stopping at that point?
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My advice is to repost this question in the Q and A section and then edit your OP, to indicate you've done as much... Add a link in THIS OP to your Q and A thread. You should get some help after that i'm sure.
does you phone just sit at a black screen? mine did the same thing black screen to where i doesnt look like its on but if you turn the lights off in the room your in you will see the screen is actually lit! no idea on how to fix this myself... on mine if you press and hold the vol up, vol down, and power buttons for a while, (until your fingers hurt) you will eventually see a black screen with red writing with some stuff i was unable to understand! but thats all i could get out of the phone... called t-mobile and they sent a replacement... but i would like to know what i did wrong because i will be flashing froyo alot and i dont want to run into this problem again... btw can get odin to recognize the phone at all!
If your phone is not Hardkey locked.
1) Remove battery from phone and put it back in again
2) Plug your USB into your computer (and make sure it is not in your phone yet)
3) Push and hold down your two volume keys (DO NOT HOLD DOWN THE POWER BUTTON)
4) Plug in the USB cable into your phone
This takes me into Download every time. I did what you did. I had problem with Odin my phone and it just got stuck. I unplugged the phone and rebooted it. Or I should say I tried. It was dead to the world. Black screen. Power button did not start etc. Ran into a note from Kazer and he suggested the above procedure and it worked every time for me. Holding down the power button did not work for me.
Try it out and let me know if it worked.
Was trying to flash new rom from boot recovery and keep getting stuck in a boot loop that takes me from samsung vibrant screen to boot recovery, no matter what i do i cant get out of boot recovery. Im new to the game so there might be a way to fix it and get the rom on it or get the stock flashed again but all i really need is anyway to get the phone working again ASAP
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help, im phoneless and my vibrant is stuck in recovery mode.... someone with experience please help me!!!
you need to odin. sounds like you didnt disable a lag fix or something but its no problem if you just odin back to stock, preferrably jfd and just do-over.
theres some tricks in the link to my sig and the odin thread is on the first page of this board. so it wont be hard to find. if any i am up for another hour. pm me!
We will need more info. What exactly did you do?
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Yeah go ahead and use the following Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
Download Odin and Official T-Mo Vibrant JFD firmware. Once done open up Odin on your PC. I would do a battery pull first then when your done plug the phone into your PC and iniciate the 3 button combo to get into download mode. Then just put your 512 pit file and your JFD rom into pda. Then flash away.
What recovery are you in 2e,3e,voodoo ? If you had a backup you can restore. First you have to locate the backup or the original rom zip. Look through sdcard and find them. If you had rom manager, look in cwm backups, you might find nandroid backups there. You'll have to install original zip or backup. Original if on sacard should'nt be hard to find. Be patient and don't do anything drastic !
Nero+DoW *vibrant*
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
thank me later
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http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
thank me later
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soo im gonna try and do that, but when im trying to use the power and volume keys to get to the digging android i cant do it...... am i doing something wrong....
i just want my phone back....
k, when it is plugged in the only thing it shows or that i can get is the battery, but an empty battery not anything with green in it, and its like frozen on that screen...?
only time i can get it to do anything else is unplugged it will go into recovery mode and i can do anything there but nothing changes anything soooo im super confused now.... am i going to need a new phone.....that could be a problem seeing as i am broke as a joke.......
thanks in advance for the help
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i rooted the phone, downloded titanium back up and rom manager, tried to flash the sonofskywalker rom that is on rom manager, after multiple tries where the phone would just reboot to the way it was "stock" then i tried to flash it by going through the sd card i beleive and now it stuck in recovery mode and will only boot thru to the samsung vibrant screen then goes back to recovery, or when it is plugged in it just shows the battery sign but the battery sign doesnt say charging it is just frozen on that screen.
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soo im gonna try and do that, but when im trying to use the power and volume keys to get to the digging android i cant do it...... am i doing something wrong....
i just want my phone back....
k, when it is plugged in the only thing it shows or that i can get is the battery, but an empty battery not anything with green in it, and its like frozen on that screen...?
only time i can get it to do anything else is unplugged it will go into recovery mode and i can do anything there but nothing changes anything soooo im super confused now.... am i going to need a new phone.....that could be a problem seeing as i am broke as a joke.......
thanks in advance for the help
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1st you need to calm down. You may not understand the steps if you panic.
The instruction in the link is good. If not, watch this video also...it's the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
If did it correctly and cannot get into download mode, that's a different story. I had the same problem as you and ODIN it back with JFD fixes it. I got mine fixed from the thread below and watching youtube.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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kobesabi said:
1st you need to calm down. You may not understand the steps if you panic.
The instruction in the link is good. If not, watch this video also...it's the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
If did it correctly and cannot get into download mode, that's a different story. I had the same problem as you and ODIN it back with JFD fixes it. I got mine fixed from the thread below and watching youtube.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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ok, calming down now, haha.
I have odinn downladed and the the other files it says i need, the only problem is i can not get it into download mode.........
Iv done it the same way he is doing it in the video and it will either take me to the recovery page or just recycle the battery screen back to me.....
try this:
Take everything out of the phone
Plug the USB into your pc
Hold ONLY the volume keys down (keep them held)
Plug the USB into your phone
Put the battery back in should be download mode
Let go of the volume keys
jmcghee1973 said:
try this:
Take everything out of the phone
Plug the USB into your pc
Hold ONLY the volume keys down (keep them held)
Plug the USB into your phone
Put the battery back in should be download mode
Let go of the volume keys
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so when i do that it just brings up the big charging battery and it has the little sun dial in the middle that usually indicates loading, but it just stays stuck on that screen. Thats why im so confused it wont go past that screen.
EDIT- and i am leaving the sd card and the sim card out when im doing that correct? although i have tried it both waysss.
And it does the same thing if you hold all three buttons down and let the charging indicator flash 2 times and when it goes out on the third time let go of the power button only?
If it doesn't work with that method you may actually have a hardware locked phone that you need a jig for..
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And it does the same thing if you hold all three buttons down and let the charging indicator flash 2 times and when it goes out on the third time let go of the power button only?
If it doesn't work with that method you may actually have a hardware locked phone that you need a jig for..
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yea it does the same thing, when its plugged in so far nothing will come up but the frozen battery screen......... im not exactly sure what a jig is or how to use it haha but when its plugged in thats what happens, and if it isnt pluggged in it takes me to recovery screen.......
thats really odd because it shouldnt go to the charging screen in the amount of time it takes to bring up download mode.
Your absolutely sure your holding both the volume keys down and putting the battery in with your other hand with it plugged into the phone and pc... because it should skip the charging animation all together.
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thats really odd because it shouldnt go to the charging screen in the amount of time it takes to bring up download mode.
Your absolutely sure your holding both the volume keys down and putting the battery in with your other hand with it plugged into the phone and pc... because it should skip the charging animation all together.
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yep just tried it again, it boots automatically into that battery view..... i tried holding power with it to right after that and the screen will go black and then the little sundial appears and then it goes right back into the frozen battery screen.....
http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209
You may have to sign up but I think this is gonna be you option unless you can get someone more adept to help out because it shouldn't go to the battery screen.
Let me run thru this on more time lol
everything out of the phone.....
phone plugged into the Computer and plugged into the Phone...(no way possible to be on the charging screen without a battery....just sayin)
holding down both of the volume keys at the same time with your thumb...(not letting go of them for anything)
using your other hand to put the battery back in...(still holding on to those volume keys for dear life...)
and walla...it should be in download mode...
if not I think you may need the link above...
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http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209
You may have to sign up but I think this is gonna be you option unless you can get someone more adept to help out because it shouldn't go to the battery screen.
Let me run thru this on more time lol
everything out of the phone.....
phone plugged into the Computer and plugged into the Phone...(no way possible to be on the charging screen without a battery....just sayin)
holding down both of the volume keys at the same time with your thumb...(not letting go of them for anything)
using your other hand to put the battery back in...(still holding on to those volume keys for dear life...)
and walla...it should be in download mode...
if not I think you may need the link above...
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im gonna try the link above, i just tried it one last time and no go,
the second i put the battery back in it flashes up the battery sign..
at what point do i need to start talking to tmobile....... maybe i can gt them to say this one is defective and send me a new one???
yea I would say ...
Hi guys, stupid question (hopefully)...
I accidentally went into Download mode instead of Recovery (forgot what USB jig actually did ) and now don't know how to exit out of Download mode....
Anyone help?
Yes, "stupid" is the right word...
Had to hold power button longer than usual - almost twice as long.
Sorry all, will crawl back into corner now.
Hi
Sometimes it happens with me too , but remove the battery to get away with the download mode . This has happened alot with me and I usually do this.
my s2 is still working and there are no issues .
There's no need to take off your battery. Long pressing more than 10 sec the power button, does the job everytime.
Actually the power off tick leads my SGS2 out of download mode. But it hangs on charge screen... Weird, no?
Take a look at "it"
we were all once the same
"Had to hold power button longer than usual - almost twice as long."
Worked for me ty, went into to download mode after using s2root though i didnt had cwm to put in odin.;-)
doing this just bricked my phone...
Hello,
New to the forum and all of this, so please go easy on me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ (SM-G960F).
On Thursday evening, I went to the device and it was completely dead. It wouldn't turn on and I attempted to do power key/volume down and various other button combinations I found online that would normally boot the device. Obviously, I attempted to charge the phone, but the charging light did not come on yet the phone did warm up slightly as if it was charging. After leaving it plugged in for so long, a 'Downloading... Do Not Turn Target Off' screen appeared. It also states I can restart the phone by holding volume down/power button for seven seconds. However, when I do this the phone just goes dead and doesn't boot up. After plugging in the charger again trying various buttons, I eventually end up back at the same download screen.
I've read about recovery mode, safe mode etc but I am unable to access them using the instructions I've read.
Any help would be appreciated. Ideally I'd like to be able to access my photos/videos/messages on the device and be able to use it again.
Jamfocus said:
Hello,
New to the forum and all of this, so please go easy on me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ (SM-G960F).
On Thursday evening, I went to the device and it was completely dead. It wouldn't turn on and I attempted to do power key/volume down and various other button combinations I found online that would normally boot the device. Obviously, I attempted to charge the phone, but the charging light did not come on yet the phone did warm up slightly as if it was charging. After leaving it plugged in for so long, a 'Downloading... Do Not Turn Target Off' screen appeared. It also states I can restart the phone by holding volume down/power button for seven seconds. However, when I do this the phone just goes dead and doesn't boot up. After plugging in the charger again trying various buttons, I eventually end up back at the same download screen.
I've read about recovery mode, safe mode etc but I am unable to access them using the instructions I've read.
Any help would be appreciated. Ideally I'd like to be able to access my photos/videos/messages on the device and be able to use it again.
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-Download odin
-Download firmware for your phone
-unrar firmware file
-open odin
-flash AP , BL , CP , HOME_CSC (HOME_CSC goes on USERDATA) if you haven t formated your phone by mistake your files will be there and your phone working.