So, here is the story...
I'm new to using ODIN, and flashing things.. The first time I ever flashed anything was on this device. I had it rooted with Frama, and instantly went to odin. I tried flashing CM onto it (Samsung Galaxy S2, SCH-R760) which failed. Turned out I had downloaded the wrong ROM for it, and just wasn't paying attention to detail. Anyways, It soft bricked it to where it would only stay in download mode. Well, that was no big deal because I knew it could be fixed. NOW, my issue is that it stayed in download mode to long, even on the charger, and died. Since it died, it wont charge like at all. It will only go into download mode for about 20 seconds after I take the battery out, wait a few minutes, and put it back in. Then, when I try to go back into download mode, it says
LOW BATTERY! Cannot go into download mode, or something like that.
Then, when I try it again, it just wont do anything at all. But the device is showing the blue LED light in the top right hand corner, like it is trying to charge. I've used 3 different USB cords with it to try to charge it. The one that came with it, a different one that was older, and my new S6 USB cord.
I've also tried downloading the one-click soft unbrick, but my phone wont stay in download mode long enough. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Maybe try charging the battery another way? Or what?
Thanks, Much appreciated!!!!
ButterLock said:
So, here is the story...
I'm new to using ODIN, and flashing things.. The first time I ever flashed anything was on this device. I had it rooted with Frama, and instantly went to odin. I tried flashing CM onto it (Samsung Galaxy S2, SCH-R760) which failed. Turned out I had downloaded the wrong ROM for it, and just wasn't paying attention to detail. Anyways, It soft bricked it to where it would only stay in download mode. Well, that was no big deal because I knew it could be fixed. NOW, my issue is that it stayed in download mode to long, even on the charger, and died. Since it died, it wont charge like at all. It will only go into download mode for about 20 seconds after I take the battery out, wait a few minutes, and put it back in. Then, when I try to go back into download mode, it says
LOW BATTERY! Cannot go into download mode, or something like that.
Then, when I try it again, it just wont do anything at all. But the device is showing the blue LED light in the top right hand corner, like it is trying to charge. I've used 3 different USB cords with it to try to charge it. The one that came with it, a different one that was older, and my new S6 USB cord.
I've also tried downloading the one-click soft unbrick, but my phone wont stay in download mode long enough. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Maybe try charging the battery another way? Or what?
Thanks, Much appreciated!!!!
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Your samsung s2 is of different version, and cannot run any of the i9100 ROMs on it. So, the only way to get it back is to flash the stock ROM via odin. But, as you have mentioned, I would suggest you to arrange a battery maybe from your friend, and place it in your S2 and restore it.
Regards.
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If your phone was bricked in any way, but still shows something on the screen when powered on or plugged in, try this.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen
IF the phone screen does show the battery charger or something else on the screen after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
When done properly, this will always get you into Download mode. After that you should be able to use Odin to revert to stock, tar and instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
This fixed my 'odd' bricks. Over and over again.
I'd say it's impossible to truly brick this phone.
I have been researching this most of the day, due to some testing I was doing, and the one thing I have come to realize is that this phone recovers well from "brick" it's not a true brick it's just scary. One of the posts I read, here on xda, said that unless the blue progress bar started advancing while using Odin, you can unplug, pull battery fairly safely.
davbran said:
I have been researching this most of the day, due to some testing I was doing, and the one thing I have come to realize is that this phone recovers well from "brick" it's not a true brick it's just scary. One of the posts I read, here on xda, said that unless the blue progress bar started advancing while using Odin, you can unplug, pull battery fairly safely.
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Haha well that's exactly what happened to me. I flashed wrong with Odin and it failed halfway through, and I had no choice but to reboot the phone.
And when I did I got a truly odd screen. All I could see was a picture of a phone connected to an exclamation point connected to a laptop. That's it. Lol.
And I fixed it by doing this.
omg, i love you This totally fixed my problem XD
Everyone kept saying go to download mode, but no one ever said to "7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!"
super life saver... thanks alot
I actually did find someone else say to do that but it was out of luck as it was deeply buried. Don't remember where it was here lol
Its nice to have people who help us newbies
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Haha well that's exactly what happened to me. I flashed wrong with Odin and it failed halfway through, and I had no choice but to reboot the phone.
And when I did I got a truly odd screen. All I could see was a picture of a phone connected to an exclamation point connected to a laptop. That's it. Lol.
And I fixed it by doing this.
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Yea, last night I was messing around with the latest lag fix, but it ending up causing a lot of FC's, so I had to revert to stock a few times. I tried to make it work using ext2 and ext3, but it still wasn't stable enough. I didn't enjoy the noticeable speed increase, but it wasn't worth it since launcher pro was one of the programs that was FCing.
Anyways, so after I gave up for the 3rd time, I flashed stock using ODIN and it got stuck. I left it there for awhile with no progress and the phone's screen actually just went completely black. I pulled the battery and got the weird cell phone pointing to computer icon. I almost crapped my pants at that point. Very scary moment since I had not seen that screen before.
A quick google search for "bricked Vibrant" led me to this thread and voila! My Vibrant is alive and well again.
Thanks a bunch.
PS: After reflashing stock that many times, I still find it strange that after a fresh flash, I still get a noticeable speed boost by wiping the phone through the privacy setting. Not sure if it's a placebo effect, but I swear it makes a noticeable difference every time.
Maverick777 said:
Yea, last night I was messing around with the latest lag fix, but it ending up causing a lot of FC's, so I had to revert to stock a few times. I tried to make it work using ext2 and ext3, but it still wasn't stable enough. I didn't enjoy the noticeable speed increase, but it wasn't worth it since launcher pro was one of the programs that was FCing.
Anyways, so after I gave up for the 3rd time, I flashed stock using ODIN and it got stuck. I left it there for awhile with no progress and the phone's screen actually just went completely black. I pulled the battery and got the weird cell phone pointing to computer icon. I almost crapped my pants at that point. Very scary moment since I had not seen that screen before.
A quick google search for "bricked Vibrant" led me to this thread and voila! My Vibrant is alive and well again.
Thanks a bunch.
PS: After reflashing stock that many times, I still find it strange that after a fresh flash, I still get a noticeable speed boost by wiping the phone through the privacy setting. Not sure if it's a placebo effect, but I swear it makes a noticeable difference every time.
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Glad I could help!
And that's intersting. I'll make sure to wipe the privacy settings. I actually haven't ever wiped them yet.
No go for me.
I used the stupid partition tool in rom manager. partitioned the internal memory not the sd card.
Saw a few others did this, and this worked for them, either right away or after flashing eugene's froyo rom then reverting back, but that rom just hangs on cache.fsd or something like that.
Trying to repartition through odin, with no download files selected right now. It does not appear to be doing anything, just set pit file, then do not turn off target in odin.
Will leave it for a bit, maybe try to flash this again, i think the issue might be deeper for me though. need kernel and everything else.
I did that but my phone locked up and now all I get is a picture of a yellow cation sign next to a little phone and pc pic.. anything I can do at this point or??
tried going into recovery and download mode but it wont let me past that screen.
Thank you so much for this, I received a replacement set 2 days ago and was playing around the the phone and I bricked it, it thought it was frozen so I pulled the batter and it bricked.
I followed your instructions and it works like a charm. What I did find though is that i can't seem you use odin on a mac even with a virtual machine. I had to use an actual PC.
tweezit said:
I did that but my phone locked up and now all I get is a picture of a yellow cation sign next to a little phone and pc pic.. anything I can do at this point or??
tried going into recovery and download mode but it wont let me past that screen.
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This is exactly the screen I had. Follow my instructions exactly and you'll get into download mode (at least i did)
This should be made a sticky.
thank you thank you thank you
Sticky this thread.
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Great find for all.
has anyone found a way to unbrick a flashed EU rom then the person flashed to US rom? and then the power wont come on? But the unit does get hot when plugged in?
Im trying to see if i need to jtag this thing. or if anyone had success?
Thanks
ok so my vibrant gave me the cell phone and computer screen i got it back in download mode. started odin to get it back to stock but no matter how long i let odin go nothing happens i got the files that i need for odin out of a thread on these forums and i have followed the directions to the letter and still nothing. any help some one can give would be great. thank you for your time.
How do I know if my phone is being picked up by Odin or being flashed?
did the same thing the clockwork partition wiped my internal memory
F**k!
woop guess im going to tmobile in the a.m. and playin the whole
idk what happened it wont turn on
thank god for the 14 day return policy!
I ran into "brick mode" myself 2 nights ago and could not get my phone into download mode. Any possible combo of volume key up/down and power had no effect. Just that phone exclamation point pc icon slowly blinking in the center of the screen. I did finally get it into download mode but it wasn't using any of the previously mentioned methods, so I'll add one more to the growing list to try. This one worked for me after almost 4 hours of experimenting.
BTW....my phone would never display the battery charging image when powered off and plugged in. Just this same annoying image.
Pull the battery. Put it back in. Hold the just the volume down button. Do not hold the power button. Plug in either a wall charger or USB cable. The cable will power up the phone and voila. I was in the download screen.
I also highly recommend the stock ROM from the thread
"[ROM] OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working)" In Vibrant > Vibrant Android Development
I tried another ROM found out on the internet and ended up with a shell that crashed and restarted every 60 seconds.
For those running into Odin stuck on a message about verifying the file system, I had no luck when the phone used COM3. I suggest moving your USB cable into different ports on your PC. Each new port will "install" a new instance of the phone using different COM ports. COM5 and COM6 both worked as I was reflashing the day away yesterday.
I tried to upgrade to froyo using the odin method from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853950. After everything was successfully done my phone shut off and now it won't turn on. I don't get a battery charge screen or anything. The phone's just blank.....
First, Get the Shipping rom (pit and tar files) so you can ODIN back to stock
Be sure you have the newest version of ODIN
Then remove the battery, plug the USB to the PC.
Now put the battery back.
Press both vol keys (up and down) and hold.
That should get you in Download Mode.
If it does not work, take battery out, unmplug USB.
Put battery back and try again to go into download mode.
Now you put the wrong version of froyo, if your keys maps are changed you may be screwed
If so, good luck! You are gonna need a lot of research to see if you can save it
i think i'm screwed.....nothing is working
If anyone else could help me with this, it would be great. I'm in between a rock and a wall right now with my phone.
you flashed the wrong rom. You didn't know that, did you?
iynfynity said:
you flashed the wrong rom. You didn't know that, did you?
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No I didn't know that sadly. Is there anyway I can save my phone?
Hehehehe...I bricked mine yesterday. I disabled voodoo via Voodoo Toggle and waited for Linda to convert. I loaded up Odin and put in my pit & tar for JFD, which I always use, and hit start. I was on Nero v3 going to flash Nero v4 when it came out. I got a Fail part of the way through. The phone won't power on at all.....A popup says Windows can't recognize the device plugged into usb...
I think people are confusing things here and there...if your phone won't power on at all, you can't get help...you can't get into download mode to odin or recover it.
Like mine, for instance, there is no amount of times taking the battery out or doing this or that is gonna fix it..We need to read the post before we try to offer help...IF IT WON'T POWER ON how can people post ways to ODIN or RECOVER...
I'm just sayin....
jmcghee1973 said:
Hehehehe...I bricked mine yesterday. I disabled voodoo via Voodoo Toggle and waited for Linda to convert. I loaded up Odin and put in my pit & tar for JFD, which I always use, and hit start. I was on Nero v3 going to flash Nero v4 when it came out. I got a Fail part of the way through. The phone won't power on at all.....A popup says Windows can't recognize the device plugged into usb...
I think people are confusing things here and there...if your phone won't power on at all, you can't get help...you can't get into download mode to odin or recover it.
Like mine, for instance, there is no amount of times taking the battery out or doing this or that is gonna fix it..We need to read the post before we try to offer help...IF IT WON'T POWER ON how can people post ways to ODIN or RECOVER...
I'm just sayin....
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Well right now I'm simply trying to get the phone to turn on which it won't, I was not asking for help to odin or recover. I was trying to ask if anyone else had this problem and if my phone is totally killed or if there's a possibility that i can save it. But thanks for your 2 cents.
Me too
I had ordered Samsung Vibrant Unlocked from T-Mobile USA around a month back. I am well past the 30 day replacement now.
I Rooted it updated to Axura 2.2.5.9
After all the procedure got completed, I rebooted the phone and now it just won't start at all.
My piece is Hardware Locked wherein I can't get into the Recovery Mode, but can get into the Download Mode. But I am not even able to get into the Download mode now.
It just won't freaking turn on.
If I send it over for repair, as the phone is a rooted one, will I void the warranty ?
Please reply quickly. I am starting to freak out.
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
jmcghee1973 said:
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
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lol you must be very happy after that, good to great that.
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jmcghee1973 said:
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
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I got the same issue and this isn't working for me.
are there any other ideas?
it is completely dead. I am using a new battery and a known good usb cable to the computer.
I have tried holding all three buttons...just the vol up and down...vol up and power...etc... and nothing.
I even created that little JTAG thingy that I found on YouTube...that did nothing also
Different Situation
I have a similar problem with my Vibrant.
I reset my battery stats and also disabled VooDoo lagfix, and after i tried to reboot the phone, it froze on the vibrant screen.
I tried using soome of the methods that you guys posted before me, but then after i turn it on it shows an icon that there is a connection problem between the phone and PC.
I CAN turn on the phone, is there a way to just like reset everything? and if so how?
Thanks!
IClassStriker said:
I have a similar problem with my Vibrant.
I reset my battery stats and also disabled VooDoo lagfix, and after i tried to reboot the phone, it froze on the vibrant screen.
I tried using soome of the methods that you guys posted before me, but then after i turn it on it shows an icon that there is a connection problem between the phone and PC.
I CAN turn on the phone, is there a way to just like reset everything? and if so how?
Thanks!
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If your phone powers on at all, you should be able to get into DL mode. Follow the instructions on how to revert to stock via ODIN.
In reply to the OP, if you tried the download mode method:
connect phone to usb
pull out battery
hold both volume sticks
put in batttery
and the phone still does not turn on even after multiple tries , well you're a bit screwed. But, Samsung cannot detect if the phone has been rooted if it cannot even turn on. Just tell them the Kies Mini update bricked the phone.
omg leave ur phone on charger for 10 min, pull battery out when hooked up to charger put battery back in , let sit for few min pull battery out hook up phone to computer hold vol up vol down pop battery in , helped ? np this has been answered gazilion times in other threads
btw it takes few try this way to get it back up running so dont stop on first , hey .
If you have the phone!pc problem..connect to odin & see if your showing a COM port .... just flash pit & tar if you do. Without download mode
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my phone shut off and now it won't turn on. I don't get a battery charge screen or anything. The phone's just blank.....
If you have the phone!pc problem..connect to odin & see if your showing a COM port .... just flash pit & tar if you do. Without download mode
yes u do that it makes sense lol
gmoney007 said:
I got the same issue and this isn't working for me.
are there any other ideas?
it is completely dead. I am using a new battery and a known good usb cable to the computer.
I have tried holding all three buttons...just the vol up and down...vol up and power...etc... and nothing.
I even created that little JTAG thingy that I found on YouTube...that did nothing also
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You're talking about a DIY Jig. A JTAG is completely different. They cost $150-300. You can pay to have a local repair shop jtag it for around $50 or send it to Samsung to repair/replace. I'm still trying to find out how much Samsung would charge for the repair if it's deemed out of warranty.
If your phone refuses to turn on no matter what you do and it gets warm or hot if you leave the battery in it, read on:
I hope my suggestion is not too late. I was in the situation before. I tried everything everyone said here and somewhere else. None of them works.
The reason that those methods don't work because you cannot get to download or recovery mode or even the pc-phone screen since your phone won't turn on. The reason that your phone doesn't turn on because the bootloader has been messed up. A jig will work only if your phone can be turned on somehow.
Three possible solutions:
1. Repair or replace it with T-mobile, or
2. Get someone to repair it with a riff box or other similar tool, or
3. Get the box and fix it yourself (not recommended if you are not familiar with electronic stuff.)
This is the link for the same problem you have; this guy bought the box and has his phone fixed himself. If you live in US, he may do it for you if you have no place to go. It does hurt to ask.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974862&page=6
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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Hey everybody. I think this thread is somewhere but I looked and couldnt find any solution for this issue. I have a SGH-i777, rooted and unlocked and all that fun stuff. It was working fine until the other day when I believe the battery was drained all the way (wife's phone, doesn't take care of it). I tried charging it but only thing that would pop up was the battery sign for like 3 seconds and then it would go blank, wouldn't charge. I tried going into download mode and it did so I thought it was just the battery. I bought a battery wall charger and charged it. I then tried to boot the phone but same thing would happen. I tried going into download mode and all it shows is Low battery!! Can't download!! in red. When I plug the phone in to PC or wall, the battery sign pops up and shuts down. Any suggestions of what it could be? Bricked? Motherboard? Battery?
replace the battery..?
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cm_narimani said:
Hey everybody. I think this thread is somewhere but I looked and couldnt find any solution for this issue. I have a SGH-i777, rooted and unlocked and all that fun stuff. It was working fine until the other day when I believe the battery was drained all the way (wife's phone, doesn't take care of it). I tried charging it but only thing that would pop up was the battery sign for like 3 seconds and then it would go blank, wouldn't charge. I tried going into download mode and it did so I thought it was just the battery. I bought a battery wall charger and charged it. I then tried to boot the phone but same thing would happen. I tried going into download mode and all it shows is Low battery!! Can't download!! in red. When I plug the phone in to PC or wall, the battery sign pops up and shuts down. Any suggestions of what it could be? Bricked? Motherboard? Battery?
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It sounds like a problem that I had which ended up being a USB charging port and I was in a battery boot loop and also was not able to get into download mode.first I bought a USB jig which forces you into download mode and the USB charger port which got my phone out of that horrible battery boot loop. And with no experience at all I ended up changing the USB charger port its very easy just look up video on utube.I hope this helps you and here's so pics of the stuff I bought
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It could be the charging port, but I forgot to mention that I tried with a different battery after having it on a separate battery wall charger and it still gives me the same issue. Well actually now, the previous battery I had doesn't even let me go into download mode or shows any signs of power. The replacement battery that I am trying does show some sign of life by trying to go into download mode, but giving me the "Battery low!!, Can't Download".
cm_narimani said:
It could be the charging port, but I forgot to mention that I tried with a different battery after having it on a separate battery wall charger and it still gives me the same issue. Well actually now, the previous battery I had doesn't even let me go into download mode or shows any signs of power. The replacement battery that I am trying does show some sign of life by trying to go into download mode, but giving me the "Battery low!!, Can't Download".
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Like I said it sounds exactly what I was going through and it took 8 dollars to fix it so its worth it.http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=190757144194&index=1&nav=SEARCH&nid=91640319289
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I have fixed this issue by connecting 3AA batteries together on series and placing the positive from the first AA battery on the positive terminal of the phone battery and the negative of the last AA battery to the negative of the phone battery. You are basically charging your phone battery minus any safety precautions. Leave the AA batteries.connected.for about 5 minutes and you should be good to go. Reset battery statistics when the phone has booted and charged correctly.
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So I had an extra charging port and I switched them out and yet I have the same problem. I am going to try your way jmgelba, but I don't quite understand how you connected 3 AA batteries in a series and connected the positive of the first and negative of last battery to phone batter? Did you use wires? Do you have a image configuration to show me or a photo?
Thanks
I used soldered wires on the batteries which were in series, giving me 4.5v.
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first of all thank you to everyone who has replied.
So I bought a new battery and I believe the batteries that I tried were bad. So I tried flashing it back to stock ics with odin and all works fine, until it tells me "FAIL". I dunno why its not flashing back to stock. I managed to root the phone and it roots and reboots and shows the galaxy logo but then gets stuck. I left it for a while but nothing happened. I tried to flash back to stock once more and it got stuck on odin and I bricked the phone, luckily i had a unbrick usb jig and so I took out battery, plugged it in and it goes directly to download mode and says
"Product name: SGH-I777
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official"
So I don't know if that means the official ICS is installed or what. I try flashing it again but same thing happens and it fails. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You.
P.S I have been looking for Stock Gingerbread, maybe thats why its not flashing, but doubt it. Where can I get it?
Now it also gets stuck on Samsung Galaxy SII logo after reboot
cm_narimani said:
first of all thank you to everyone who has replied.
So I bought a new battery and I believe the batteries that I tried were bad. So I tried flashing it back to stock ics with odin and all works fine, until it tells me "FAIL". I dunno why its not flashing back to stock. I managed to root the phone and it roots and reboots and shows the galaxy logo but then gets stuck. I left it for a while but nothing happened. I tried to flash back to stock once more and it got stuck on odin and I bricked the phone, luckily i had a unbrick usb jig and so I took out battery, plugged it in and it goes directly to download mode and says
"Product name: SGH-I777
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official"
So I don't know if that means the official ICS is installed or what. I try flashing it again but same thing happens and it fails. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You.
P.S I have been looking for Stock Gingerbread, maybe thats why its not flashing, but doubt it. Where can I get it?
Now it also gets stuck on Samsung Galaxy SII logo after reboot
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Go to the download repository (link in my sig) and flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries. That's stock Gingerbread full install with all the files. You can use the one-click downloader, or use the tar.md5 file with Odin. Let us know if that gets you going.
@creepyncrawly
Thats funny cuz I just came back to reply that I found a solution at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18859438 which is your post and I just noticed that you had replied.
It did work and it is back to stock. Freaking tried everything and your solution worked.
Thank You
Easy Solution
A very Simple Solution:-
I have been seeing the same issue in my sgh-i777, and found an easy alternative.
you just cover the battery output points with a small piece of paper. and put it back in phone to get charge.
This way it will only charge; NOT start /try to start the phone and go into infinite loop of boot.
wait for 15-20 min, pull the paper pieces out and BINGO, your phone turn on!
The phone was rooted (stock ROM) and it worked fine. Than a factory reset was done. It was stuck downloading something for several hours without any progress than the battery was pulled out in the middle of this process. Now the phone only has two states. If I turn it on after I pull out the battery for some time and put it back in I get this screen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/667756/Forums/20160704_135510.jpg . Even if I turn off the phone via power button it turns back on and goes to the exact same screen. It won't turn off until the battery is pulled out for some time. If the phone is plugged on charger or PC this is the screen that appears and doesn't go away even if the cable is than unplugged: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/667756/Forums/20160704_104210.jpg . It will stay on until the battery is pulled out. If I pull out the battery just for a few seconds and put it back in the exact same screen appears. Oh, yes, and it's frozen, the icon on the battery is not moving, ever, not even when it's first plugged on the charger. I can't get into download or soft reset mode because no button combination works. Nothing happens. Any hope or idea what to do here?
0Artur0 said:
The phone was rooted (stock ROM) and it worked fine. Than a factory reset was done. It was stuck downloading something for several hours without any progress than the battery was pulled out in the middle of this process. Now the phone only has two states. If I turn it on after I pull out the battery for some time and put it back in I get this screen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/667756/Forums/20160704_135510.jpg . Even if I turn off the phone via power button it turns back on and goes to the exact same screen. It won't turn off until the battery is pulled out for some time. If the phone is plugged on charger or PC this is the screen that appears and doesn't go away even if the cable is than unplugged: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/667756/Forums/20160704_104210.jpg . It will stay on until the battery is pulled out. If I pull out the battery just for a few seconds and put it back in the exact same screen appears. Oh, yes, and it's frozen, the icon on the battery is not moving, ever, not even when it's first plugged on the charger. I can't get into download or soft reset mode because no button combination works. Nothing happens. Any hope or idea what to do here?
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First go through the re-partition thread of xda forum. Then try with 1GB pit file and trim supported kernel in odin and flash! Keep your finger crossed! I got success this way...
In order to try your suggestion, the OP has to be able to get into download mode.....and he's already said he can't.
Even if download mode *was* available, flashing any type of pit whether modified or stock, should be treated as an absolute last resort. Any flashing carries a risk, but only a pit flash will totally and permanently kill your device if it goes wrong.
To the OP......
buy a USB JIG from somewhere like ebay.
They cost pocket change and will force your phone into download mode.....no button combination necessary.
Then try flashing a firmware to your device.....Sammobile or Samsung-updates are the best places to try......
But whatever you do, leave the pit flashing alone.......For now.
keithross39 said:
In order to try your suggestion, the OP has to be able to get into download mode.....and he's already said he can't.
Even if download mode *was* available, flashing any type of pit whether modified or stock, should be treated as an absolute last resort. Any flashing carries a risk, but only a pit flash will totally and permanently kill your device if it goes wrong.
To the OP......
buy a USB JIG from somewhere like ebay.
They cost pocket change and will force your phone into download mode.....no button combination necessary.
Then try flashing a firmware to your device.....Sammobile or Samsung-updates are the best places to try......
But whatever you do, leave the pit flashing alone.......For now.
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I just ordered the jig. When it arrives I'll try what you suggested. Thanks!
0Artur0 said:
I just ordered the jig. When it arrives I'll try what you suggested. Thanks!
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Have you tried jig? Does it work?
jobernes said:
Have you tried jig? Does it work?
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Yes, it worked like a charm! Thank you for the suggestion!