So my my neighbor's S4's screen is dead, but the phone still works. Well he just went and got a new phone so this one won't dial out, but he would like to get the pictures off. Is there a way to get them off. The phone boots ups. It's not rooted. Didn't know if there is a way to get in download mode and use a usb cable to get to them?
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Use the smart switch pc app from samsung
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Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with hemdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
I'm in the same boat and I bought the Jig. However I think Josh just acts as a middle man on this one and shipping is actually from overseas. But you can find it here. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/ I suggest a little extra shipping cost.
However the other suggestion if that is not working (I think I killed my phone) is to have Josh do a Jtag on the phone. You can find that at http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair/
Can you get into download mode? Remove battery, plug usb, press up+down vol buttons and insert battery.
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
Monster809 said:
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
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If you can see the Vibrant Samsung screen just use Odin to flash back to stock
Kabiigon said:
Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with heimdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
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The real solution here i doing a JTAG to your phone or make the Unbrickable MOD (It's very dangerous, a person with Welding and electronic skills must do this).
Another thing you can do is buy a broken Screen phone from Ebay (it more cheaply) and change the motherboard!!
My suggestion would be to continue to try to get into Download mode on the phone. My phone was DEAD no life at all plugged into the wall or PC. I kept trying to get it into download mode and magically after hours of failures, ODIN recognized the device! The phone was still DEAD no life at all on the screen but ODIN had recognized that my device WAS indeed connected. So I continued to flash back to stock and as always with a little patience ODIN was there to save me. The phone automatically rebooted after ODIN was done and BOOM! Good2Go
Goodluck!
^^I'm gonna try that and hopefully with some patience it will work. Otherwise I'm also gonna be ordering a jig, they're not that expensive. My problem is the same as the OP's. My vibrant will just not give any signs of life. I was trying to odin to stock from one cosmics ics RC3.1. Wanted to start on a fresh install for AOKP build 25. But then odin decided to fail on modem.bin. then it just hung and phone turned off, haven't been able to turn it on since. I've spent the last two hours trying to put in different combinations and keys and usb attachments to bring any hints of life, but so far nothing. Bootloader update was not checked on odin so I'm pretty confident that its not due to bootloader mismatch but someone correct me if I'm wrong. Sending it back to samsung or tmobile is very far of an option since I've modified the phone to add FFC. If anyone has any advice or hints it would be greatly appreciated. I'm kind of hating myself and flashing now since I was very happy with the rom that I had and how everything was setup. I just wanted to try something new for fun and this went and blew everything up.
^^I literally held down the buttons > plugged in the cord > put in the battery > and counted in my head the amount of seconds it took the phone to "normally" boot to where I would "normally" let go of the power button to get into Download mode, lol I know it sounds ridiculous but that's how I did it. It helped that I had my sisters working Vibrant right there, I used her phone to get into download mode and timed the process and used that as a baseline for the timing of trying to get the "DEAD" Vibrant into download mode.
If all else fails a JTAG as mentioned should fix your problem fosho!
Goodluck!
Ye I fixed it. One day I did what I had been doing the whole time and it just decided to work. Got into download mode then went back to stock. Our phone is so freaking weird yet I love the damn thing. It really is unbrickable. To anyone in this situation just never give up.
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someone please help me, i did the full GPE conversion in september and all of a sudden for the past few days my phone screen wont turn on after i take it out of my pocket and sometimes restarts on its own. i reset the phone and still nothing. i want to know how can i turn my phone back to stock with s-on and the rest? i think i have to return my phone. as of right now its a gamble whether i can turn my phone on. i have the stock 531.11 downloaded but not sure how to go about it since my phone can shut off on me suddenly. i really don't know what to do. phone was great until it got the 4.4.2 ota, after that it started to act weird and got worse. weird thing is when i do root check it says the phone is not rooted. s-off though and i tried to change "unlocked" and get s-on so i can get it fixed under warranty but only thing i was able to do was to change it to "relocked" since the phone shuts itself down.
when the phone screen is off, i dont hear any phone rings if i call that phone from a different number, but my pc recognizes it when i connect it with the usb cable with the screen off.
ayk07 said:
someone please help me, i did the full GPE conversion in september and all of a sudden for the past few days my phone screen wont turn on after i take it out of my pocket and sometimes restarts on its own. i reset the phone and still nothing. i want to know how can i turn my phone back to stock with s-on and the rest? i think i have to return my phone. as of right now its a gamble whether i can turn my phone on. i have the stock 531.11 downloaded but not sure how to go about it since my phone can shut off on me suddenly. i really don't know what to do. phone was great until it got the 4.4.2 ota, after that it started to act weird and got worse. weird thing is when i do root check it says the phone is not rooted. s-off though and i tried to change "unlocked" and get s-on so i can get it fixed under warranty but only thing i was able to do was to change it to "relocked" since the phone shuts itself down.
when the phone screen is off, i dont hear any phone rings if i call that phone from a different number, but my pc recognizes it when i connect it with the usb cable with the screen off.
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so last night i got the phone to work again and i woke up everything was good until i was transferring files to the phone from my pc and one file did not transfer and a message popped up on my pc to try again or cancel, i hit cancel and my phone screen turned off and would not power on until i had a flash light on it and pressed the power button. i really dont know what to do. in the off screen state, if i disconnected it from the usb it and connect it back my pc recognizes it and the folder opens up like it would normally.
Today while getting lunch my GS4 shut off and wouldn't turn back on. I am running Hyperdrive RLS18.1, and it has been working fine up until today. I have tried everything to get it to boot past the samsung custom logo. The steps I take to get it to the logo are- 1) Take out the battery 2) Put battery back in 3) Screen boots up with samsung logo(if it is plugged into the charger it shows the charging battery then goes to black) 4)the screen turns off. I have tried putting it into download mode by holding the home-power button-volume button combo, but it won't boot into download mode. I tried plugging it into the computer and it doesnt recognize it because it is off. I have two different batteries that I tried to put in the back, but they both do the same thing. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about fixing this? And if I go into the verizon store and my phone gives the samsung logo with custom underneath it will they uphold the warranty? I doubt since rooting voids it....Thanks for any help in advance!
After trying some more options to fix the phone, I was able to get it into download mode, but then the screen turned off again. I realize that the problem is the screen won't stay on for more than a second or two. No matter what comes up, the screen turns off. But when plugged into the computer, it also just shuts down.
can you get into safestrap?
bamige1 said:
can you get into safestrap?
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I actually had this phone before the bootloader was locked, I think. I never had to use it to root.
I have no idea why this worked, but after letting my phone sit all night, I tried this video -https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1286109531&feature=iv&src_vid=SSLZFmhmBlc&v=uc0afHKahR4 . I have no idea why it worked, but it did. So if anyone comes upon this thread and has this problem, feel free to contact me and I will try to help you fix the problem.
My Galaxy Alpha was completely stock and I only had a few 3rd party Play store apps installed. I had not done anything to the phone, no rooting (was unlocked from factory), no odin, no recovery mode, nothing.
I charged my phone overnight and used it when I got up. I left it on top of my bed and left the room.
I came back to get my phone and my wife said she found it under the blanket and that is was warm.
I looked at my phone and I saw the blue notification light was on. I hit the power button to turn the screen on but the screen did not respond. I reseated the battery but my phone is a brick.
Wifi was on and the phone was set to only update firmware on wifi but my phone was also setup to kill wifi if the screen was locked.
I will get a new phone but I would like to get my stuff off of my old phone.
Thanks!
svtfast said:
My Galaxy Alpha was completely stock and I only had a few 3rd party Play store apps installed. I had not done anything to the phone, no rooting (was unlocked from factory), no odin, no recovery mode, nothing.
I charged my phone overnight and used it when I got up. I left it on top of my bed and left the room.
I came back to get my phone and my wife said she found it under the blanket and that is was warm.
I looked at my phone and I saw the blue notification light was on. I hit the power button to turn the screen on but the screen did not respond. I reseated the battery but my phone is a brick.
Wifi was on and the phone was set to only update firmware on wifi but my phone was also setup to kill wifi if the screen was locked.
I will get a new phone but I would like to get my stuff off of my old phone.
Thanks!
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Looks Like A Hardware Damage :/ Probably problem in display (Completely Turned Off) Due to short circuit or may be another reason but i am sure it is not a software side problem
Hi,
an old lady from my village asked me to get pictures from her dead ace 4.
If i turn the phone on , it seems to work, i hear some sounds.
When connecting it to a pc i think the phone asks me if i want to charge or usb. but i cant do that because the display is dead.
is there a chance to get to the data?