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Hey guys,
I am currently having an issue where my S1 gets stuck on the boot up screen. It seems to freeze on the "Sony" text before it gets to the boot animation and just stays there until I long press the power button to turn off. I tried the reset function first to no avail. Then I let the battery completely drain and recharge before I turned it back on and it still gets stuck in the same place. I have not rooted or done anything to it but download a few apps and a launcher. Two things I would like to avoid is doing a factory reset but more importantly avoid dealing with Sony and their warranty. Any help you all could provide would be appreciated!
Unfortunately you have only this two choices ...
Factory reset or Sony (dealer) warranty ...
andrews1469 said:
Hey guys,
I am currently having an issue where my S1 gets stuck on the boot up screen. It seems to freeze on the "Sony" text before it gets to the boot animation and just stays there until I long press the power button to turn off. I tried the reset function first to no avail. Then I let the battery completely drain and recharge before I turned it back on and it still gets stuck in the same place. I have not rooted or done anything to it but download a few apps and a launcher. Two things I would like to avoid is doing a factory reset but more importantly avoid dealing with Sony and their warranty. Any help you all could provide would be appreciated!
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I was having wifi issues after rooting and did a factory reset solving my problem. If you don’t have that many apps on your tab I'm pretty sure it will fix your problem. Since you haven't rooted your devise then you should be fine calling Sony tech support if the factory reset doesn’t fix the boot loop.
Thanks for your responses. I spent a lot of time setting up my home pages as hubs so this sucks!
Next question, does anyone know how to perform factory reset without booting up the device? I performed one when I first received it but went through the Settings. Since I cant get past the boot screen, I obviously cant do it that way.
factory data reset
with the tablet off you need to press and hold the volume + button and then press and hold the power button. keep holding both buttons and when you see the sony logo release the power button only. once you get the android system recovery mode you release the volume button and use the volume + and - to navigate the menu and quickly press the power button to make a selection. before you do the reset try this: access the recovery mode and select restart and cancel, your tablet might boot normally.
andrews1469 said:
Thanks for your responses. I spent a lot of time setting up my home pages as hubs so this sucks!
Next question, does anyone know how to perform factory reset without booting up the device? I performed one when I first received it but went through the Settings. Since I cant get past the boot screen, I obviously cant do it that way.
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If you are unable to enter stock recovery I would think you will probably have to contact Sony. Even if you have adb I don’t think you would be able to do anything because your devise is not rooted. Someone correct if I am wrong.
I believe you are right.
I was unable to get the tablet into recovery using the method stated above. I get to the Sony screen (as always) but when I release the volume button the tablet turns off. Now I have to deal with Sony. Crap! What are the chances they replace it under warranty when I bought it off ebay?
andrews1469 said:
I believe you are right.
I was unable to get the tablet into recovery using the method stated above. I get to the Sony screen (as always) but when I release the volume button the tablet turns off. Now I have to deal with Sony. Crap! What are the chances they replace it under warranty when I bought it off ebay?
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Call them and play dumb. Tell them that you received it as a gift and you weren’t sure where it was purchased from. It’s worth a shot.
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Call them and play dumb. Tell them that you received it as a gift and you weren’t sure where it was purchased from. It’s worth a shot.
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I am good at that! Thanks for the advice!
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I am good at that! Thanks for the advice!
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lol for sure and good luck.
My Solution
I just had this problem, what I did was..
when on the Sony logo I took out my SD card>unplugged power>did a hard reboot>waited about 30sec>then powered the tablet on and it booted normally.
I hope this was somewhat helpful
My Tablet have the same issues. It goes to Sony Service Center. I think is a shame for Sony, because the tablet is 8 months old. That is not quality.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
Sony Firmware update
Since I had the lockup on the Sony logo, I have received firmware update 4.0.3 Rev1a I haven't had the problem again yet.
what happened with you can you help me
i have the same problem
thank you ....
Have you tried using a paper clip and reset yet? Worth a shot before staying on hold with Sony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj19eadof3I
Hope it helps.
Attempted the JB update, seemed to install (I also did it on my wife's) but on mine it must have failed and failed hard as now I am infinitely stuck on the "Asus Eee Pad" boot screen and if you try to shut it off it just reboots... endless loop. So, there is no way to even shut it down. It just reboots back to this screen! If I try to boot using power+volume down I get (1) wipe data and (2) Android and so I pick #2 and it says cold booting Linux but nothing happens.. ever..
WTF happened and how can I get out of it? Wiping data is not an option I want. Press reset button just reboots but it just reboots anyway.
did you try the reset button? that is the only thing i guess you could do, next to factory resetting... what about usb connections when your in the recovery?
This may not quite be your problem, but do see these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913588
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910405
brandi said:
did you try the reset button? that is the only thing i guess you could do, next to factory resetting... what about usb connections when your in the recovery?
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I press reset button and it just reboots and sticks at the screen. So, loops over and over back to the EeePad Screen. endless. no way to shut it off or get any further.
I cannot boot into recovery. When I do, I get a dead Andy with red exclamation.
I could try to hook it to my PC via USb but... when what IF it even would work?
This might only be solved by hooking it to my PC but have no idea what steps to do, software to load, etc.
You don't have an unlocked bootloader with NVflash, don't you?
If your adb recognizes your prime, you could force it to shut down at first and then restart it completely. but I fear that will not work.
I think you need to reset the device. luckily pictures and videos, music etc. is normally not erased when restoring firmware configuration.
If even that does not work, I think you are one case for RMA.
No unlocked bootloader, no NV flash.
Not sure how to "adb recognizes your prime, you could force it to shut down at first and then restart it completely"
BTW, pictures and videos are less of an issues, dozens and dozens and dozens of hours setting up and loading apps and making their settings just rght is the real loss if I have to wipe it.
So, I want to exhaust all avenues before any wipe is done.
i'm having the same issue. i've read elsewhere that somebody was able to exchange theirs at Best Buy. i've had mine since release, so I'm assuming that won't be an option for me. i've tried running the battery down until it shuts off. when i plug it back in and fire it up, it just gets stuck at the splash screen again.
yeah, it is crazy.. you cannot even shut the f**** thing off.
I want to try to salvage it of course. Did you try the wipe option?
i can't get to a point where i can even try to wipe it. my computer won't recognize that it's there, which makes sense (to me anyway) because it really isn't. it's completely unresponsive aside from the endless loop of boot screen.
The only way to shutdown the tablet is to let the battery die. And then make a RMA for it. :crying:
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The only way to shutdown the tablet is to let the battery die. And then make a RMA for it. :crying:
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so since your RMA anyway, did you try a data wipe first?
I bet there is a way around it, just need some savvier people to chime in on the steps using ADB or something?
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The only way to shutdown the tablet is to let the battery die. And then make a RMA for it. :crying:
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that's what i'm afraid of.
Called Asus.. they said either data wipe or RMA this POS....
anyone with any other ideas?
did they inform you on how you're supposed to wipe the data off of a tablet that won't allow you to do anything but sit at a boot up screen? i don't care if i have to wipe the data, i have nothing on it that is that important.
i'm going to have to have that very conversation with them tonight.
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did they inform you on how you're supposed to wipe the data off of a tablet that won't allow you to do anything but sit at a boot up screen? i don't care if i have to wipe the data, i have nothing on it that is that important.
i'm going to have to have that very conversation with them tonight.
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oh thats easy.. hold power+volume down button and you should see at least 2 icons.. WIPE DATA or ANDROID.. just pick Wipe Data and give it a shot.
I want to hold out and see if someone can reccomend a way to ADB or sideload JB or something as I care about all dozens and dozens and dozens of hours and days and weeks of time I spent setting up apps and configuring that I will loose with a data wipe. If you dont care, go for it and report if it works.
yeah, i've tried that. i can't even get the icons to pop up. i'll try again tonight before calling, but i'm not all that optimistic. although i didn't try it this morning after running the battery dry. perhaps it would work now. we'll see i guess. worst case, i'm in the same boat that i'm in now.
i'd probably care more if i have spent that much time on it too. i've maybe spent a handful of random hours screwing around with it, so i'm not really out much.
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oh thats easy.. hold power+volume down button and you should see at least 2 icons.. WIPE DATA or ANDROID.. just pick Wipe Data and give it a shot.
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It's not working. The Tablet stucks before it's loading the recovery.
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It's not working. The Tablet stucks before it's loading the recovery.
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thats not "recovery".. recovery and this are 2 different things.
My tablet is completely unresponsive. Talked to Asus and according to them the only option is an RMA. If you're able to get the data wipe prompt, you might have other options, but I don't know what they are. So I'm sending mine in.
Have the exact same problem. I can't get to the wipe menu at all. Tried to open an RMA online a week ago and haven't heard anything. Going to call them today.
I'm having a huge problem with my T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and not it won't even completely boot up. The issue had already been around, but never this bad. Usually, when I would use my phone, it would just randomly reboot on it's own. Now, I can't even get to the main home screen or menu. When the battery is inserted, the phone will automatically try to turn on. I'll get the Samsung screen, then the "Samsung Galaxy SII Android 4G T-Mobile screen", then the phone will glitch for a second, black screen, and it'll almost have a seizure from then on. When I say that, pretty much what happens is that the screen will go black, and it'll pulse with vibrations. It'll vibrate, stop for two seconds, vibrate some more, etc. That's all it'll do from there on. It won't try to turn on when I hold the power button, and the vibrations won't stop until I take the battery out. There is no water damage, and there's just normal wear on the phone. I've had the phone since the drop, and for the most part, it's been great until now.
The phone is not rooted, and I have not installed anything crazy. Come to think about it, I didn't really even have too many apps installed on it to begin with. The phone is under warranty, so I had T-Mobile send me a replacement. My main issue now is that I have content on there that wasn't on my SD card, but on the internal hard drive that I find extremely important, and want to keep. When I connect the phone to my computer, nothing comes up because I didn't "connect" it to the computer as you normally would have to do from the phone, before the extra drives pop up on the computer. Without getting into the main menu and manually connecting the phone to the computer so that the drive will pop up, what can I do?
I've tried taking the battery, sim card and memory card out, letting it sit for a few hours, and plug it back in, but it does the same thing. The battery isn't bad, because it plugs into the replacement phone that was sent to me, and works just fine. I've also plugged into my additional batteries, and it does the same thing. I can't do the "hard reset" where you hold volume up & down, then the power button because what happens is the phone will restart itself before I can get to that point. I tried it when I was on the phone with T-Mobile, and the associate at one of the retail locations tried when I went to get a loaner. I've tried hooking up the phone to the Kies software, but it won't recognize the old phone. It will recognize the new one with no problems though.
I am in no way am I well versed with the process of flashing it or installing different things on the phone. I just used it casually for phone calls, texts, web, and an occasional game or app. I'm just stating this so that if there are any specific tips that anyone could recommend, please if possible, explain in a bit more depth, because after I posted my title, I found the related threads, and most of the steps that were recommended to others that had problems sound a bit foreign to me. I just really want to recover the photos and documents that I had on the phone before I send it back to T-Mobile.
These are the threads that I've somewhat referenced so far:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1948094
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458x
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813866
I can't seem to find anything with the same symptoms as my phone though. If anyone could let me know, that would be great. I just really want to get the content off my old phone, it's just extremely important to me. I'll be waiting on any replies. If you need and more information about what the phone is doing, or what I should try, please mention it. I will try to update this as I get replies, since I am supposed to send the phone back pretty soon. Thank you in advance.
a usb jig to get see if you can get to download mode would be a start.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869203
T-mobile USA? If yes, FYI, you are in the wrong forum for your device.
T-mobile Galaxy SII forum.
Thanks. I'll try posting there.
same problem
vinhisbored said:
Thanks. I'll try posting there.
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You described my phone EXACTLY. I have tried everything you have, as well. I've read for hours on the internet trying to find a way to retrieve my pictures, etc. I have a replacement as well, but I haven't sent the old one back yet. I should have done so already, but I desperately need my stuff out of this phone. I'm going to be charged soon for the new one, and was trying once more before I sent it to the company. Exhausting all the info and tricks I've learned from the web, I ran across your post. Can you PLEASE tell me if you had any luck at all? Thank you....
lbk83 said:
You described my phone EXACTLY. I have tried everything you have, as well. I've read for hours on the internet trying to find a way to retrieve my pictures, etc. I have a replacement as well, but I haven't sent the old one back yet. I should have done so already, but I desperately need my stuff out of this phone. I'm going to be charged soon for the new one, and was trying once more before I sent it to the company. Exhausting all the info and tricks I've learned from the web, I ran across your post. Can you PLEASE tell me if you had any luck at all? Thank you....
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don't tell me you got a T-mobile too............
vinhisbored said:
I'm having a huge problem with my T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and not it won't even completely boot up. The issue had already been around, but never this bad. Usually, when I would use my phone, it would just randomly reboot on it's own. Now, I can't even get to the main home screen or menu. When the battery is inserted, the phone will automatically try to turn on. I'll get the Samsung screen, then the "Samsung Galaxy SII Android 4G T-Mobile screen", then the phone will glitch for a second, black screen, and it'll almost have a seizure from then on. When I say that, pretty much what happens is that the screen will go black, and it'll pulse with vibrations. It'll vibrate, stop for two seconds, vibrate some more, etc. That's all it'll do from there on. It won't try to turn on when I hold the power button, and the vibrations won't stop until I take the battery out. There is no water damage, and there's just normal wear on the phone. I've had the phone since the drop, and for the most part, it's been great until now.
The phone is not rooted, and I have not installed anything crazy. Come to think about it, I didn't really even have too many apps installed on it to begin with. The phone is under warranty, so I had T-Mobile send me a replacement. My main issue now is that I have content on there that wasn't on my SD card, but on the internal hard drive that I find extremely important, and want to keep. When I connect the phone to my computer, nothing comes up because I didn't "connect" it to the computer as you normally would have to do from the phone, before the extra drives pop up on the computer. Without getting into the main menu and manually connecting the phone to the computer so that the drive will pop up, what can I do?
I've tried taking the battery, sim card and memory card out, letting it sit for a few hours, and plug it back in, but it does the same thing. The battery isn't bad, because it plugs into the replacement phone that was sent to me, and works just fine. I've also plugged into my additional batteries, and it does the same thing. I can't do the "hard reset" where you hold volume up & down, then the power button because what happens is the phone will restart itself before I can get to that point. I tried it when I was on the phone with T-Mobile, and the associate at one of the retail locations tried when I went to get a loaner. I've tried hooking up the phone to the Kies software, but it won't recognize the old phone. It will recognize the new one with no problems though.
I am in no way am I well versed with the process of flashing it or installing different things on the phone. I just used it casually for phone calls, texts, web, and an occasional game or app. I'm just stating this so that if there are any specific tips that anyone could recommend, please if possible, explain in a bit more depth, because after I posted my title, I found the related threads, and most of the steps that were recommended to others that had problems sound a bit foreign to me. I just really want to recover the photos and documents that I had on the phone before I send it back to T-Mobile.
These are the threads that I've somewhat referenced so far:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1948094
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458x
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813866
I can't seem to find anything with the same symptoms as my phone though. If anyone could let me know, that would be great. I just really want to get the content off my old phone, it's just extremely important to me. I'll be waiting on any replies. If you need and more information about what the phone is doing, or what I should try, please mention it. I will try to update this as I get replies, since I am supposed to send the phone back pretty soon. Thank you in advance.
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Tonight out the blue my S2 galaxy skyrocket got the same exactly problem that you described. except for some dumb apps my phone has not been ever modified. I don't know anything about phones. for a couple hours y tried every combination possible of volume down, power button plug cable to computer in every sequence possible several times. at the enI stared trying with the Volume up I was fearing it will star a OS download or something at some point the Samsung logo stays a little longer and started the normal booting sequence. PHEW I got my Notes back. Hope this works for you. good luck
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lbk83 said:
You described my phone EXACTLY. I have tried everything you have, as well. I've read for hours on the internet trying to find a way to retrieve my pictures, etc. I have a replacement as well, but I haven't sent the old one back yet. I should have done so already, but I desperately need my stuff out of this phone. I'm going to be charged soon for the new one, and was trying once more before I sent it to the company. Exhausting all the info and tricks I've learned from the web, I ran across your post. Can you PLEASE tell me if you had any luck at all? Thank you....
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I have good news for you:
Tonight out the blue my S2 galaxy skyrocket got the same exactly problem that you described. except for some dumb apps my phone has not been ever modified. I don't know anything about phones. for a couple hours y tried every combination possible of volume down, power button plug cable to computer in every sequence possible several times. at the enI stared trying with the Volume up I was fearing it will star a OS download or something at some point the Samsung logo stays a little longer and started the normal booting sequence. PHEW I got my Notes back. Hope this works for you. good luck
That's nice, but this is still in the wrong forum. The people who could benefit from it won't see your 'help'.
Hi People of the world! As you can see im new to here so yeah i just might be in the wrong section...
So, I just got my shiny android a week ago, and know it sits on my desk, lifeless, like a brick. Like literally its dead! I don't know if I can fix it or the BIOS (if theres one in Samsung Galaxies) is fried, or maybe the motherboard is fried, or the battery overcharged, etc. But I just cant do anything! I'm totally out of ideas!
Heres the problem, I first rooted my android successfully, and played around with my android a while. But as you expect I just coudn't wait for the jelly bean update! So, I desided I would give a try to take the Russian firmware instead. That was already a bad idea, but I read on some threads that it would work fine, so I downloaded one from Sammobile.com. The real mistake? I downloaded the wrong phone. I own a Samsung Galaxy S Advance NFC Version;GT-I9070P The one I downloaded was UnNFC version; GT-I9070. Well, I didn't realize that, and proceeded with entering download mode and eventually flashing the PDA file from Sammobile with ODIN. So I pressed start. It started the process, and after 5 min it said in blue: RESET. I saw the phone rebooting. Now, another big mistake: I started touching the power button, which I shouldn't have done. Then, instead of waiting, as soon as seeing the thing wasnt booting, I took out the battery and unplugged the USB cable. Then after a while the PASS appeared in green. So it went successfully? NONONO Now it wont boot! More specifically, it wont TURN ON! like it wont whow any sign of life. As if it had no battery or USB.
Today I discovered, If I hold Vol UP+Power+Home when its connected to my PC, it makes the beep, shows that it failed to install the driver for "U8500 USB ROM" What the (*^&(&%*(&^&* is that??? Also, in 5 seconds, the device disappears, meaning that I must hold the button combo for another 20 seconds.
So, I've got no connectivity to ODIN, nor Kies, and I cant go into download mode, nor recovery mode.
Any Help?
Pleeaase if you can help youre a super god of androids!
ok, so if I understand correctly, You can't even turn on a phone - no samsung logo, no yellow triangle, nothing, right?
MikeSome1 said:
ok, so if I understand correctly, You can't even turn on a phone - no samsung logo, no yellow triangle, nothing, right?
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Exactly. Nothing at all.
The only evidence that its not fried is that the computer detects it as U8500 USB ROM for 5 seconds whenever i hold the power button or any combination. Nothing on the phone though.
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Hey man got the same problem... I have put mine to a service center i will see what the'll do
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Hey man got the same problem... I have put mine to a service center i will see what the'll do
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Yeah i think I should take it to service too, but I want to try at least first:cyclops:
I've just repeated exactly the same steps as the OP on my GT-9070P and have "successfully" bricked my two-week-old phone. If someone happens to find a solution, please share. :crying:
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I've just repeated exactly the same steps as the OP on my GT-9070P and have "successfully" bricked my two-week-old phone. If someone happens to find a solution, please share. :crying:
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Ikr its really bad to break your phone as soon as i get it. Worse, for me its a few of days to my birthday! Worse thing that could happen. I will PM you if i happen to find a good solution. Also, to make it really the worst thing, the GT-I9070 is one of the less popular phones (not like the s3). The NFC version? Even rarer! So not only are there not many developers working for that phone, not many people have really encountered problems with the phone at all.
Surge
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Ikr its really bad to break your phone as soon as i get it. Worse, for me its a few of days to my birthday! Worse thing that could happen. I will PM you if i happen to find a good solution. Also, to make it really the worst thing, the GT-I9070 is one of the less popular phones (not like the s3). The NFC version? Even rarer! So not only are there not many developers working for that phone, not many people have really encountered problems with the phone at all.
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Please help! I also bricked my Samsung S Advance I9070P after downgrading from JB to GB, since JB was updated for India I9070...but the phone bricked after downgrade. Everything was successful and it had auto-rebooted after the downgrade and stuck with Start up screen. When I removed battery and tried again..it bricked! No recovery mode, No download mode, no power on.
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Ikr its really bad to break your phone as soon as i get it. Worse, for me its a few of days to my birthday! Worse thing that could happen. I will PM you if i happen to find a good solution. Also, to make it really the worst thing, the GT-I9070 is one of the less popular phones (not like the s3). The NFC version? Even rarer! So not only are there not many developers working for that phone, not many people have really encountered problems with the phone at all.
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So you find any solution? I have a similar problem right now.
Hi there! Long time reader, first time poster (TL;DR below...but it should be a quick read anyways )
So I've been using this S2 of mine for almost 4 years now, haven't had any trouble (other than a couple of battery swaps). For the past 6 months or so I've been using CM 12.1 nightlies without issue.
The events:
- The other day, my phone froze (I wasn't using it when it froze, it was when I went to use it that I noticed...it was on the wifi selection screen if it matters), so I held the power button to shut it down, and when I powered it back up, it just froze at the Samsung boot screen (with the usual yellow triangle).
- At this point, I was able to reboot into download mode at will, but any attempt to boot to recovery just led to the freeze at the Samsung boot screen. Also, the phone would automatically reboot itself at this point any time I inserted the battery (I was of course putting the battery in and out trying everything I could).
- I would have reflashed from Odin at this point, but since I was away for a few days I just kept trying to reboot into recovery, to no avail. On one of these attempts (power+vol up+ home) it showed the Samsung boot screen, and then immediately shut down and I haven't been able to get anything onto the screen since
I'm now home, and I can't seem to fix it. If I plug the phone into a charger, the top half or so of the phone gets warm, and it also seems to get warm if it isn't plugged in and I try to power it up. I was thinking maybe the phone was maybe doing the same thing as before and just not showing anything on screen, but I blindly do the steps to get it into download mode, and Odin doesn't recognize anything (drivers are definitely installed). I have also tried other batteries, no luck.
Any ideas of what I might try? I'm willing to do anything. For the record nothing happened to the phone at all when this all happened (no dropping or water damage or anything, just my attempts at booting into recovery). Maybe I should try a jig? I'm also open to opening the phone if there's something I can do, though I don't have experience with this.
Thanks so much for any suggestions!
TL;DR: phone froze (running CM 12.1 nightly), held power to shut it down, and then consistently froze at the boot screen on any attempts to power it on. After a few attempts at booting into recovery (the phone would only freeze or enter download mode) the screen suddenly shut off and I haven't seen anything on it since no matter what I try. I can't think of anything that happened to the phone I'm open to any and all suggestions! Thanks
One sentence amongst your description stands out like a 'sore thumb'.....
That the device heats up towards the top when you attempt to charge it.......
Until you try a jig I can't be certain, but that heating coupled with a dead/unresponsive screen along with a lack of recovery and/or download modes (download mode is 'hardwired' into the device, and NOTHING should be able to corrupt it) are the primary symptoms of a failed motherboard.......
That is my opinion based on my experience in these forums and personal experience with a (now dead) S2 (one of two that I own).........
Get the jig just to be sure, but I'd be surprised if it had any effect.....sorry to be typing something you don't want to read, but you said it yourself, the device is 4 years old....it's been in service roughly twice as long as most smartphones, and they don't last forever....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
Thanks dude! It's nice to have some idea of what happened. I am indeed very happy my phone has lasted me this long, and my friend is gonna give me an extra S2 she has anyways it seems so it's all good!
I'll try the jig and update here with the result (I ordered one online...will arrive in January sometime)...just in case anyone is curious.
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Thanks dude! It's nice to have some idea of what happened. I am indeed very happy my phone has lasted me this long, and my friend is gonna give me an extra S2 she has anyways it seems so it's all good!
I'll try the jig and update here with the result (I ordered one online...will arrive in January sometime)...just in case anyone is curious.
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Yeah....be good to know the results.....If only to confirm or refute what I've suggested.....
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keithross39 said:
Yeah....be good to know the results.....If only to confirm or refute what I've suggested.....
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Sorry it took me a while...the jig was in the post haha. It didn't do anything at all (no response when I plugged it in) so I think it's safe to say you were bang-on and the motherboard failed! Happily using a new S2 (with CM13.0 now ) on behalf of my friend though.
Thanks again.
Sounds familiar. Happened to me also due to failed cyanogenmod update (CM13). Only thing that works is download mode, so i'm not given up hope yet.
I can't post a link but google ''Apply Update Failure samsung galaxy s II'' there's a thread about this on the cyanogenmod forum.
Elaias said:
Sounds familiar. Happened to me also due to failed cyanogenmod update (CM13). Only thing that works is download mode, so i'm not given up hope yet.
I can't post a link but google ''Apply Update Failure samsung galaxy s II'' there's a thread about this on the cyanogenmod forum.
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oh mine was just straight up dead...no download mode or anything visible on the screen (and nothing to do with CM13 either)
hope you get yours sorted out! have you tried reflashing anything via Odin while in download mode?
Its hard to tell you and hard to accept. You can almost give up the hope, your NAND Chip is just what we call " wear-out ". In the most cases no write is possible anymore, the funny part is -> sometimes read is still fine. If that is the case: The system is booting and working, but saving just nothing. The NAND is frozen to its state before it broke.
At our local store, customers come to us with issues like " Factory Reset impossible ", "Can't delete my Files" "Can't create files". All these Devices have inaccessible NAND's and inaccessible Recovery. Only Bootloader is working, but as the NAND is broken, flashing doesn't change anything.
smacsmac said:
oh mine was just straight up dead...no download mode or anything visible on the screen (and nothing to do with CM13 either)
hope you get yours sorted out! have you tried reflashing anything via Odin while in download mode?
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yeah, flashing with odin did the trick. now running cm13 and everything works fine. sorry to hear that your phone turned to brick.