Brand new phone, had it a week. I decided I wanted to root it, first step is to get it into download mode.
With the phone completely powered off, I hold the volume up key, and plug in the USB cord (which is connected to a Windows 7 machine).
Rather than being greeted with a download mode screen as I've seen on youtube / indicated here, I immediatly get the LG screen, and then a battery charge state screen.
I've tried volume up, volume down...no luck. Just goes straight to LG logo and then battery charge state.
Any ideas?
EDIT:
For those that get this issue, I resolved it.
From the battery screen, I held volume up and hit power. I saw another thread with this same issue, but they didn't post how they fixed it.
Thanks!
Thank you, good info to know just in case. Glad you solved it for yourself and it's good users who share their info here for others to find. Never know when/if an issue like that would pop up for us frequent flashers.
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First of all, I'm not sure if my Vibrant is "hardware-locked" or not - the battery has a date of 8/25/10 printed on it, the sticker behind the battery says "10.09." Either way, I cannot get into download mode. The phone was purchased 1 week ago today. I was simply attempting to disable the voodoo lag fix (using bionix 1.3 rom). I have tried every combination of getting the phone into download mode that I can find - is it possible? I sometimes think it's close to working because during the process a window on my computer pops up that says "hardware not installed correctly" which to me means that I was close. Someone please tell me if it's even possible to get my phone into download mode - it will start up, do the samsung galaxy animation, then go to black screen with the bottom buttons lit up. Thank you for any help you can provide - it makes me ill that I spent $500 on this 1 week ago and am now faced with a complete brick.
dsmithok said:
First of all, I'm not sure if my Vibrant is "hardware-locked" or not - the battery has a date of 8/25/10 printed on it, the sticker behind the battery says "10.09." Either way, I cannot get into download mode. The phone was purchased 1 week ago today. I was simply attempting to disable the voodoo lag fix (using bionix 1.3 rom). I have tried every combination of getting the phone into download mode that I can find - is it possible? I sometimes think it's close to working because during the process a window on my computer pops up that says "hardware not installed correctly" which to me means that I was close. Someone please tell me if it's even possible to get my phone into download mode - it will start up, do the samsung galaxy animation, then go to black screen with the bottom buttons lit up. Thank you for any help you can provide - it makes me ill that I spent $500 on this 1 week ago and am now faced with a complete brick.
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Were you using one click root?
nomadrider123 said:
Were you using one click root?
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yes, when i rooted it, i used 1-click
Try this:
Take battery out
Put battery back in
DO NOT TURN ON PHONE!
Plug in USB
Wait for the green battery screen
Hold vol+ and vol- at the same time
Hold power
When the battery screen goes black, let go power ONLY.
I had a HW locked phone and this method allowed me to get into DL mode--still couldn't get into recovery, but at least I could use ODIN. Was a null point as the phone is bricked and a new one is on its way...
When you say a new one is on its way, did T-Mobile exchange it under warranty even though it was rooted?
TheSneakerWhore said:
Try this:
Take battery out
Put battery back in
DO NOT TURN ON PHONE!
Plug in USB
Wait for the green battery screen
Hold vol+ and vol- at the same time
Hold power
When the battery screen goes black, let go power ONLY.
I had a HW locked phone and this method allowed me to get into DL mode--still couldn't get into recovery, but at least I could use ODIN. Was a null point as the phone is bricked and a new one is on its way...
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If the above doesn't work.
Plug in USB to PC only
Insure Phone is off
Hold in Vol + and -
Plug in USB to Phone Holding Vol + and -
Release Vol + and -
Walla you are in Download Mode
Neither of these methods worked. what are the chances of t-mobile performing an exchange for me if all else fails?
you could try this too, it worked for me.
remove battery and put it back in.
plug in usb
hold vol up, vol down and power button.
when you see the vibrant home screen, keep holding the three buttons until the screen turns dark.
let go the power button and vol up but keep vol down pressed, you should be in download mode.
hope this help.
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Since we all seem to have our own variations of this method, I can tell you the one that worked for me 99.99% of the time on the first try when I was stuck at the Phone ! Computer screen.
1) Remove battery
2) Hold Vol - and Power
3) Insert battery while holding these buttons
4) Plug in USB if it works.
Some have reported T-Mo swapping the device due to the inability to access download/recovery mode, but it doesn't seem to be something they will regularly do. Others have been successful by using the inaccurate GPS issue to get a replacement. Specifically by insisting it is not just inaccurate, but downright non-functional.
dsmithok said:
When you say a new one is on its way, did T-Mobile exchange it under warranty even though it was rooted?
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Yea...I tried relashing the stock rom using ODIN--for 4 hours over and over. It said "successful" in ODIN, but the phone was toast (would go past S boot screen then nothing. Just walked into TMO, said it "just would not do anything" with a feigned puzzled look and after a amateur cursory inspection the rep. just did his thing on the computer and a new phone is being sent to my house via UPS.
My phone is a Telus t959D
I am stuck at the phone--!--PC screen. 3 button combo does not work, please do not give me other 3 button combos because it will not work. I think i need to fix this battery problem first and the download mode will come itself.
Plugging it in to the usb gives me a screen with an empty grey battery, with the progress circle in the middle frozen.
I cannot go into download mode because when i connect the usb, the grey battery pops up.
If i turn the phone on with no usb, i get the phone--!--pc screen.
Making another thread on the wrong section with the same question should discourage people to help you.
Furthermore, people already gave you answers in the previous thread
sendan said:
So to clarify, you pulled the battery, then with one end of your USB cable plugged into the computer, held down your volume down button, then plugged in the other end of your USB cable to your phone (you should still be holding the volume down button) and after a few seconds you're still not getting into download mode?
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Have you tried the above? Odin messed up a flash for me once and got soft bricked like yours, but I was able to get back to Odin via the above method. If volume down doesn't work, try volume up.
Otherwise, if neither works, just accept your phones fate and either get a USB jig off ebay or send your phone back in. Next time, stick to stock
So my dad decided to finally get into the android scene after losing a debate over Apple vs Android tablets with me.
Managed to get a P7500DXKI2, White Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G and I've flashed around many android phones/mods and firmwares long enough to know the workarounds of Odin, After reading a major share of the stickied threads I decided to give it a go with what I understood.
Used Odin and the firmware from the provided link below in order to get the job done.
[http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217590]
However after flashing the ROM via PDA, It showed signs of "Great Success! " Only to be followed by a never ending bootloop, on other end devices I used to just pop out the battery or hold the power button long enough to get it to a stop. However after doing so the tablet failed to turn on, No light, No icon's and connecting to the computer just resulted in a USB error sound and it can barely get into Recovery Mode let alone :\
I attempted the NVFlash fix [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130574] Only to find out that I had a 0x4 error, and my adventure came to a halt.
Started to look around google and most related threads to find out stuff like this happens alot but very few ever share on how they actually managed to kick themselves out from this "stage", Most have recommended that draining the battery helps, some say touching the screen helps too [I assume this is a girl?], other's say that long presses should do the trick, Well I assure you with 5 sore red finger's none have worked. I feel like I should have flashed CWM before the firmware. But I've never come across problems like this with previous android devices.
In a nutshell, Help? I want to get it to boot more than sending it to the retarded service center's that take forever to get your device back.
Ps- It's just 3 days old.
Bump? :< Anyone?
Try this and post back,
1) Hold the Vol Down button (the left Volume button) and then hold the Power button as well.
2) Keep holding until you see two icons. First you'll see the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 logo and then the icons will show up. Let go.
Does it work?
Thanks for the reply, But as I mentioned before " it can barely get into Recovery Mode" :\
One of the options was to drain the battery completely, But it's been about 2 days now I've been trying to drain it dry by holding the power button when connected via USB, all I hear is the USB connect sound for a second then in device manager it pops up the USB Driver [One that was included in the nvflash thread.
That 0x4 error suggests that you have a locked boot loader, there may be no other way than sending it back.
My wife dropped her Radar into water. Luckily she quickly pulled it out, removed the back, and killed the power. We threw it in some rice and waited. After a fair amount of time (48 hours), I pulled it out and tested it. It powered on. Here's where we got into trouble.
My wife grabbed the phone back, pulled the back off instead of powering down, threw in her sim, and did something... the phone is now in USB Host Mode and won't come out. It reads:
PI06110
SPL-2.4.160015.3(136036)
eMMC SMS 7376MB,FA31
TOUCH A1(F:80,ID:10,V20,B:AA)
Radio-16.23.05.13_2
Serial (will change to USB if plugged in so it's still recognized by a computer)
APPSBL
IMAGE CRC
FACTORY RESET
I can't get it to come out of USB Host Mode. I can get it to restart, but it immediately goes back to this screen. Does anyone know how to get the phone out of this? I'm sure that I'm overlooking some simple button combination. Please help if you can.
The device also won't power off. It always comes back to this screen.
I did several searches and couldn't find anything in this forum or in the WP7 main forum. Lots of talk of making GOLD Cards when semi-bricked. Have I come to this???
Thanks Team XDA!
jelliottz said:
My wife dropped her Radar into water. Luckily she quickly pulled it out, removed the back, and killed the power. We threw it in some rice and waited. After a fair amount of time (48 hours), I pulled it out and tested it. It powered on. Here's where we got into trouble.
My wife grabbed the phone back, pulled the back off instead of powering down, threw in her sim, and did something... the phone is now in USB Host Mode and won't come out. It reads:
PI06110
SPL-2.4.160015.3(136036)
eMMC SMS 7376MB,FA31
TOUCH A1(F:80,ID:10,V20,B:AA)
Radio-16.23.05.13_2
Serial (will change to USB if plugged in so it's still recognized by a computer)
APPSBL
IMAGE CRC
FACTORY RESET
I can't get it to come out of USB Host Mode. I can get it to restart, but it immediately goes back to this screen. Does anyone know how to get the phone out of this? I'm sure that I'm overlooking some simple button combination. Please help if you can.
The device also won't power off. It always comes back to this screen.
I did several searches and couldn't find anything in this forum or in the WP7 main forum. Lots of talk of making GOLD Cards when semi-bricked. Have I come to this???
Thanks Team XDA!
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I got stuck in a constant loop of the USB host mode when I was doing the gold card thing to hack the spl/hspl... The only thing that worked for me was to get a little screw driver, take the phone apart and pop out the battery. Then when I put it all back together and turned it on, it went back into the normal boot mode. The only issue I've seen now is that I can no longer get back into USB host mode (it's just a white screen) when I do that button combo. But, I was able to change the SPL and HSPL so I don't really have a need...
jpkjpk said:
I got stuck in a constant loop of the USB host mode when I was doing the gold card thing to hack the spl/hspl... The only thing that worked for me was to get a little screw driver, take the phone apart and pop out the battery. Then when I put it all back together and turned it on, it went back into the normal boot mode. The only issue I've seen now is that I can no longer get back into USB host mode (it's just a white screen) when I do that button combo. But, I was able to change the SPL and HSPL so I don't really have a need...
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I appreciate the suggestion. I took the phone apart which was actually pretty easy. I pulled the battery and let it sit. I then depressed the powerbutton to release any charge left in it.
Long story short, I'm still stuck in USB Host Mode. Not sure where to go from here, other than shopping... Thanks for the help though. At least I can add another phone to my list of disassembled devices.
jelliottz said:
I appreciate the suggestion. I took the phone apart which was actually pretty easy. I pulled the battery and let it sit. I then depressed the powerbutton to release any charge left in it.
Long story short, I'm still stuck in USB Host Mode. Not sure where to go from here, other than shopping... Thanks for the help though. At least I can add another phone to my list of disassembled devices.
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Hmm, that is really odd.
Another time I got stuck in "USB Host Mode", I held down 'Power' + 'Volume-down' + 'Camera' for a good minute or two. The phone just kept rebooting. When I finally stopped the reboot, it booted normally into the OS.
Another thing you could try is to power it off. Then hold both 'Volume-up' & 'Volume-down' and press the power button. That should take you to a different screen, where you have options to restart/reformat. Can you get to that screen?
jpkjpk said:
Hmm, that is really odd.
Another time I got stuck in "USB Host Mode", I held down 'Power' + 'Volume-down' + 'Camera' for a good minute or two. The phone just kept rebooting. When I finally stopped the reboot, it booted normally into the OS.
Another thing you could try is to power it off. Then hold both 'Volume-up' & 'Volume-down' and press the power button. That should take you to a different screen, where you have options to restart/reformat. Can you get to that screen?
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I will try this next. I've attempted the "power + vol- + camera" but didn't hold it that long.
I've tried Vol+- + power and that didn't give me a different result.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've already chalked the phone up to a loss and bought another one for her. I feel its probably karma for all the risky hacks and flashes I've attempted and never had problems with. Bound to have a phone malfunction at some point. Its just funny this wasn't of my own doing.
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well the trick is switch off the device and boot up using "power + vol- + camera", the device will boot up with usb host mode.
if you are stuck thn press "vol(both +up and -down) and power" this will reboot.
I'm not tech saavy - I'll try to remember what all I did as best I can.
I rooted my s3 a few months ago based on some detailed instructions found online - no issues. The method used involved clockwork mod or some such.
Fastforward to today - I was following these
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...d-phone-with-rom-manager-full-backup-restore/
instructions to attempt to install liquidsmooth (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2108013) rom. Prior to doing anything, I had backed up everything on titanium backup and using the back up in rom manager. In step 3.1, "flash a recovery image," I didn't think I needed to do this, as I thought it was a part of rom manager.
At any rate, I proceeded onward, and after the phone finished making a back up, immediately after it started to install the new rom, the screen went black (I assume the phone turned off).
I'm currently unable to get it to turn on at all, taking the battery out didn't do anything, and when I plug it into the comp via USB, it doesn't seem to recognize the device.
So I'm quite sure I'm bricked.... But if anyone could provide any advice (or confirm I'm bricked), I'd very much appreciate it. I'm a broke med student on loans, and a new phone is going to hurt the bank account a lot
Thank you in advance
P.S. It's 3:40 am here now.. I need to get to sleep, but I'll check on the thread first thing tomorrow
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I am sorry to say but if your phone does not turn on at all or does not get in to recovery , It is hard bricked and there is nothing you can do about it.. try getting into download mode. If you can then something can be done. if not then......
To get into download mode simultaneously press the volume down key , home key and power button. Tell me if the download mode screen comes..
When the phone is plugged into the computer via USB and I hold the power button (or any other reset combo of buttons), the computer makes the sound like it realizes I detached the device, but then it makes a triple short 'bum bum bum' when the power comes back on (all of this with no apparent changes from the phone)
If it's helpful, a friend realized I downloaded an international ROM on an ATT phone
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When the phone is plugged into the computer via USB and I hold the power button (or any other reset combo of buttons), the computer makes the sound like it realizes I detached the device, but then it makes a triple short 'bum bum bum' when the power comes back on (all of this with no apparent changes from the phone)
If it's helpful, a friend realized I downloaded an international ROM on an ATT phone
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the "bum bum bum" noise is the usb device malfunction error so chances are is that its definately hard bricked. there not really anything else you can do at this point.
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Sending it in for JTAG. Thank you all for the help
njbartel said:
When the phone is plugged into the computer via USB and I hold the power button (or any other reset combo of buttons), the computer makes the sound like it realizes I detached the device, but then it makes a triple short 'bum bum bum' when the power comes back on (all of this with no apparent changes from the phone)
If it's helpful, a friend realized I downloaded an international ROM on an ATT phone
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I think its hard bricked .... Just to make sure without plugging the usb , try to get into download mode... (simultaneously press the volume down key , home key and power button) if you can then your fone can be saved otherwise... try it and inform us if your phone got into download mode or not..
njbartel said:
Sending it in for JTAG. Thank you all for the help
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Try get into download mode before you send it off. Hold volume down +power + home button. Do it without a USB cable inserted.
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Thank you both for the replies, my apologies for just noticing them and responding. My phone was definitely hard bricked (no combination of button pushing with or without the USB in would get the screen to change off black).
I sent the phone here
(I tried to do a URL, but my post count prohibits it. If you google search "brickedmyphone", it's the 1st hit)
for JTAG, and I feel the need to give the guy running it a plug. Very prompt replies prior to placing the order, and updates given throughout. The same day he received the phone, it was fixed and mailed back out. Total turnaround time, including shipping, was 5 days (received it today, phone was packaged securely and in perfect /working/ condition). Just need to reactivate the sim tomorrow (activated an old iphone with another sim on my number).
Thank you all again for the help!