Hello guys,
I flashed the Android 11 firmware on my Samsung Galaxy A21s (SM-A217F) using odin. The progress didn't finish successful because of an fail.
Now my phone seems to not boot anymore. It shows the "Samsung powered by Android" - Screen and after this nothing more is happening. It's not possible to fully start the device. Also downloadmode doen't work. Connect the phone to PC doesn't work because phone is not turned on.
Is it possible to install OS/ROM/firmware with an SD-card or otherwise?
Do you have any other ideas to safe the phone und make it running again?
Please bear with me if the topic already exists and I didn't find it in the search. I apologize in this case and ask for reference to the forum post.
Thanks a lot!
Knut222 said:
Hello guys,
I flashed the Android 11 firmware on my Samsung Galaxy A21s (SM-A217F) using odin. The progress didn't finish successful because of an fail.
Now my phone seems to not boot anymore. It shows the "Samsung powered by Android" - Screen and after this nothing more is happening. It's not possible to fully start the device. Also downloadmode doen't work. Connect the phone to PC doesn't work because phone is not turned on.
Is it possible to install OS/ROM/firmware with an SD-card or otherwise?
Do you have any other ideas to safe the phone und make it running again?
Please bear with me if the topic already exists and I didn't find it in the search. I apologize in this case and ask for reference to the forum post.
Thanks a lot!
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download mode will work again once device left boot-loop. shutdown can be achieved by draining battery or long press power
aIecxs said:
download mode will work again once device left boot-loop. shutdown can be achieved by draining battery or long press power
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Hello alecxs,
thanks for your answer. The phone is turned off. It shuts off automaticly after showing the first screen. Nothing else happens.
Downloadmode with pushing the buttons and insert the data cabel is not working. It also shows that screen and goes to black screen again.
It can work if phone Is bootloop will go again on download mode open your phone disconnect battery and replace wait for 7 or 10second then connect the battery hold volume up and down connect usb cable will redirect you for download mode thank you
Verspot said:
It can work if phone Is bootloop will go again on download mode open your phone disconnect battery and replace wait for 7 or 10second then connect the battery hold volume up and down connect usb cable will redirect you for download mode thank you
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Hello Verspot,
thanks for your answer!
The battery is permanently installed and not possible to take out.
Knut222 said:
Hello Verspot,
thanks for your answer!
The battery is permanently installed and not possible to take out.
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It's possible sir you can do it also for doing that there's no skill required
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It's possible sir you can do it also for doing that there's no skill required
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well, that's not true. this device requires high skills and hair dryer - I do strongly not recommend this
just wait few weeks for the battery is drained
aIecxs said:
well, that's not true. this device requires high skills and hair dryer - I do strongly not recommend this
just wait few weeks for the battery is drained
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I will give it a try, if there is no other option.
But is my phone really in a bootloop? I don't think so. In the loop the Android-screen shows again and again. In my case, it only shows once including vibration and after this the screen turn off again. No second boot. The phone seems to turn off again.
In this case it will take ages to let the battery be empty.
yes that's boot-loop
if device would have powered off you would see charging animation when plugged..
according to this factory reset will solve?
Fingerprint sensor after update
Just installed UPDATE for A22. Fingerprint sensor not working any suggestions?
eu.community.samsung.com
aIecxs said:
yes that's boot-loop
if device would have powered off you would see charging animation when plugged..
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I've tried it. The is truely no charging animation.
So now I need to let die battery die and once that happend booting into download-mode is possible again?
Why did u try to flash using odin in the first place?
don't nail me but I believe buttons for download mode are read from ABL (aboot.mbn) it's very unlikely that OTA or stock ROM caused corrupted bootloader...
you can see Samsung logo, guess that means aboot is alive
@Verspot pointed out it requires vol dn + vol up + usb cable to enter download mode (imho bit unusual)
https://www.hardreset.info/devices/samsung/samsung-galaxy-a21s/download-mode
aIecxs said:
don't nail me but I believe buttons for download mode are read from ABL (aboot.mbn) it's very unlikely that OTA or stock ROM caused corrupted bootloader...
you can see Samsung logo, guess that means aboot is alive
@Verspot pointed out it requires vol dn + vol up + usb cable to enter download mode (imho bit unusual)
https://www.hardreset.info/devices/samsung/samsung-galaxy-a21s/download-mode
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The mentioned button combination is the one I used to get to download mode before I flashed the firmware.
Now the button combination is not working.
It will not boot to recovery or the download mode.
Yes but what I meant the usb cable is important (instead pwr button) - obviously you did it right before, just wanted to clarify intentionally/unintentionally.
The error screen "fingerprint protection failed." suggest it can not read fingerprint so I guess your phone stucks somewhere beyond aboot, that's why it does not work
after doing some more research I have bad news for you:
found two other sites with same issue "fingerprint protection failed" (in espanol and nepalese) both suggest bricked bootloader which can only fixed by JTAG or ISP.
If that's true I recommend RMA to Samsung there is a good chance they treat as hardware failure (don't tell anything)
https://www.google.com/search?q=a21s+dead+boot+repair
Woo
aIecxs said:
well, that's not true. this device requires high skills and hair dryer - I do strongly not recommend this
just wait few weeks for the battery is drained
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Woow but it's possible and easy maybe for myself
aIecxs said:
after doing some more research I have bad news for you:
found two other sites (in espanol and nepalese) both suggest bricked bootloader which can only fixed by JTAG.
If that's true I recommend RMA to Samsung there is a good chance they treat as hardware failure (don't tell anything)
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I don't like to hear that but after nothing so far worked, I expacted something like that.
Is my idea to boot the phone from an SD-card (like booting windows from USB-drive) and reinstall Android Firmware nonsense or is it somehow possible?
Related
I have never bricked it before, and I cannot go into download mode... I tried the the Vol up and vol down, didn't work, so I have been using ADB and just ****ed something up....
Now I need to know a way how I can revert back to stock, please and thank you, I will forever owe you one.
EDIT: Okay there is some confusion, to simplify it I will take it step by step:
I replaced an APK file from my system/apps and ever since it has been force closing process.android.acore, so I tried reflashing to stock, it froze while doing so now I have a picture of a caution sign, a phone and a computer coming up on my Vibrant, it will not start up.
It is hardware locked because I have never been able to access download mode via hardware keys(I have always been using ADB).
Is there any way I can reinstall stock? Or is my vibrant now destroyed?
what exactly were you doing when your phone stopped working? "just ****ed something up" makes it hard to pinpoint problems...
I don't know I replaced my phone.apk with another one then ever since then it keeps saying process.android.acore has stopped working. It wouldn't stop showing up so I tried to reflash with Odin to stock but it froze and now it is bricked.
bumping a little bit, I have never bricked it before so I have 0 experience.
What do you mean by froze? On what screen? How far can you get into booting?
bigragu said:
What do you mean by froze? On what screen? How far can you get into booting?
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Alright let me start over with more detail:
I tried to replace the dialer so I replaced the phone.apk and then process.android.acore kept force closing so then I tried reflashing with stock, during that I don't know what happened but I think my phone froze, so then it shut off and turned back on, I only found a screen with a computer on it... I am assuming it is bricked.... I also know it is hardware locked because I tried going into debug mode with vol up and vol down, how can I unbrick it?
Try moving the stock rom into the phones internal memory via adb. And flash it after a wipe.
I am Also having this same problem
I Flashed my Vibrant through Rom Manager to Froyo 2.2 from eugene373 and sombionix.
After flashing to both ROMS for Froyo I wanted to revert back to 2.1.
I tried to put sombionix 1.3 eclair ROM back on to my phone using clockwork mod.
The flash was not successful it stopped in the middle but the phone came on with a Force close error of an android process.
I tried to reboot through adb reboot recovery with usb debugging enabled.
The phone shut down like it would reboot into recovery mode and now it gets stuck on boot at the samsung vibrant screen.
I tried to use ODIN to flash back to the stock Rom but the phone is recognized in ODIN but will not flash.
ODIN sees the phone but will not get past flash analysis. (Sat for 8 Hours)
I believe this is the definition of bricked. Please Help!!!!!
sheek360 said:
Try moving the stock rom into the phones internal memory via adb. And flash it after a wipe.
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It isn't even being read by my computer... nothing...
sympala said:
I Flashed my Vibrant through Rom Manager to Froyo 2.2 from eugene373 and sombionix.
After flashing to both ROMS for Froyo I wanted to revert back to 2.1.
I tried to put sombionix 1.3 eclair ROM back on to my phone using clockwork mod.
The flash was not successful it stopped in the middle but the phone came on with a Force close error of an android process.
I tried to reboot through adb reboot recovery with usb debugging enabled.
The phone shut down like it would reboot into recovery mode and now it gets stuck on boot at the samsung vibrant screen.
I tried to use ODIN to flash back to the stock Rom but the phone is recognized in ODIN but will not flash.
ODIN sees the phone but will not get past flash analysis. (Sat for 8 Hours)
I believe this is the definition of bricked. Please Help!!!!!
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Excuse me sir, make your own thread, don't jack mine...
Smokexz said:
It isn't even being read by my computer... nothing...
Excuse me sir, make your own thread, don't jack mine...
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lol Sorry Smokexz didn't mean to jack your thread just trying to consolidate phone bricked threads. I will create my own NO PROBLEM.
sympala said:
lol Sorry Smokexz didn't mean to jack your thread just trying to consolidate phone bricked threads. I will create my own NO PROBLEM.
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Thanks, regardless both our situations are bad .
Please? I really need help with this.
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Please? I really need help with this.
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If there is an answer, which I am not sure that there is, it would be here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782739. You may have already seen it, but if not it gives many different processes to try. Good luck!
hourst2 said:
If there is an answer, which I am not sure that there is, it would be here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782739. You may have already seen it, but if not it gives many different processes to try. Good luck!
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Yep, I'm screwed thanks for the help though.
Can you get the phone in download mode?
Did you try this:
Pull battery
hold the volume up and down
reinsert the battery whiles still holding down the volume up n down
plug in usb cord
it should put you back in to DL mode
Open ODIN and unplug phone from PC and plug back in hopefully it will notice it then.
I am not sure if you can get in DL mode and it just wont let you do anything, but if you have already tried this my apologies.
gthmcty1 said:
Can you get the phone in download mode?
Did you try this:
Pull battery
hold the volume up and down
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Did you even read the OP? He is HARDWARE LOCKED ie BUTTONS DON'T WORK geeze people learn how to read!
And on topic, if you can't ADB and you are Hardware Locked, you are SOL. Try to get an exchange from T-Mobile since it appears that they regard being Hardware Locked as a defect.
Alright thanks
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gravis86 said:
Did you even read the OP? He is HARDWARE LOCKED ie BUTTONS DON'T WORK geeze people learn how to read!
And on topic, if you can't ADB and you are Hardware Locked, you are SOL. Try to get an exchange from T-Mobile since it appears that they regard being Hardware Locked as a defect.
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Your a dumb ass, His thing actually does work.. I was "hardware locked" like 5 times That DOES work, you sir are a DUMB ASS < Had to say it again
(Make sure that your USB is plugged into your computer & not your phone)
Remove the back cover & remove the battery along with your sim & micro SD
Hold the VOL Up & VOL Down
(Keep holding those buttons) Now insert the battery
Plug the usb into your phone.
It will put you back in to DL mode
Open ODIN and unplug phone from PC and plug back in hopefully it will notice it then.
^^Do that
gravis86 said:
Did you even read the OP? He is HARDWARE LOCKED ie BUTTONS DON'T WORK geeze people learn how to read!
And on topic, if you can't ADB and you are Hardware Locked, you are SOL. Try to get an exchange from T-Mobile since it appears that they regard being Hardware Locked as a defect.
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Wow you come in and try to offer up help and you get some one that feels the need to police the "suggestions"........ Have a coke and a smile my friend...and relax!
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Wow you come in and try to offer up help and you get some one that feels the need to police the "suggestions"........ Have a coke and a smile my friend...and relax!
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Not to mention that what that guy said actually works...
Some people just make me laugh
(Make sure that your USB is plugged into your computer & not your phone)
Remove the back cover & remove the battery along with your sim & micro SD
Hold the VOL Up & VOL Down
(Keep holding those buttons) Now insert the battery
Plug the usb into your phone.
It will put you back in to DL mode
Open ODIN and unplug phone from PC and plug back in hopefully it will notice it then.
^^Do that
Hello people, thanks for reading and trying to help in advance hehe
ok here it goes ....
i bought a galaxy tab 10.1v "Australian Vodafone Version" a while back, and since me and other users that own this pices of **** didn't get updates and stuff i decided to "unlock+Root+rom". I did that successfully after following guieds:
unlock :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1064793
root+room: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079781
Everything wsa fine and i had the super user and everything, but in the second guide it says it is recomended or something like that to download ROM Manager from the market which i did, and i started the app and and did a backup. My Tab rebooted to a blank screen , i waited for a while but with no luck so i turned off and tried to go to DW mode or recovery mood so i can at least connecte it to odin3 and do something. When press V- + Power theres no DW nor recovery mode all i see is one smmall line on the left top corner that says "Booting Recovery Kernal Image#"
When i plug the usb into my computer nothing happenes no sound , no new device installing no nothin. but since i have been reading alot regarding this issue, i read something about APX mode and NVflash here and many other websites but i followed this guide :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130574
i got my tab connected but i couldn't do NVflash because whenever i do
"--sync" or "nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --go"
i get this :
Nvflash started
rcm version 0X4
Command send failed (usb write failed)
some say that that means the device is locked eventho i pretty sure it not because i had the lock logo. anyway ...
just to answer every possible question in advnce and give more info :
*its a 10.1v "Vodafone Australia Version"
*was working fine after root/rom
*stoped working after using the app "ROM Manager" (i think its not compactible)
* the device on somekinda boot loop, the screen would turn on and off "blank screen with nothing in it no sound also"
* pressing Volum down + Pwer will taking me to a blank screen with one little line that says "Booting Recovery Kernal Image#"
*when i plug the usb to the computer nothing hapenes
* in APX mod is working but i cannot do anytning since the NVflash won't work.
* I followed everything step by step
Does that mean my device is useless ? is there anyway to get it back to life ?
Thank you and sorry for the spilling mistakes as im using a F'ed up keyboard
one more thing i did :
I let the battery drain overnight and pluged charged it again hopeing that will help, the battery logo won't even show up, just a blank screen
thanks
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ops sorry about that, my bad
Hi Barry. Welcome to XDA. One quick suggestion: If you want to get help in an enthusiasts forum, don't call the object of everyone's affections a "pices [sic] of ****."
We all understand the stress of having non-responsive electronics; but you'll catch more flies with honey...
***edit. Wrote some stuff for you only to realize that you're on a 10.1v. Not sure how I missed that in your title (and thus, I suppose I can't comment on whether or not it really is a POS!). Until just now I never realized how different your tab is from the regular 10.1 (guides are much more difficult to follow!) Anyways, I found these threads that might be useful to you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083517
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232664
Good luck!
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Hi Barry. Welcome to XDA. One quick suggestion: If you want to get help in an enthusiasts forum, don't call the object of everyone's affections a "pices [sic] of ****."
We all understand the stress of having non-responsive electronics; but you'll catch more flies with honey...
***edit. Wrote some stuff for you only to realize that you're on a 10.1v. Not sure how I missed that in your title (and thus, I suppose I can't comment on whether or not it really is a POS!). Until just now I never realized how different your tab is from the regular 10.1 (guides are much more difficult to follow!) Anyways, I found these threads that might be useful to you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083517
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232664
Good luck!
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i apologize for that, but i was referring to my tab only ... anyways
thanks for your reply and for the links you gave me .. but still the biggest problem is i'm unable to connect my tab to odin, and downloading mode and recovery mode are not even there .. theyre all gone, only APX mode is working and even with that, NVflash won't work and i would give me this error
"Nvflash started
rcm version 0X4
Command send failed (usb write failed)"
if i could connect to odin i could actually do something, or even NVflash i could run bootloader and it would install image files and all.
i'm not sure if i can do anything with APX other than NVflash .. or if i could somehow bypass Nvflash error ..
i just have a feeling that my tab won't make it
Just an idea... did you try to do the work with another pc?
For example a fresh XP 32bit install on another pc.
This "usb write error" seems strange.
Max
gfreeman86 said:
Just an idea... did you try to do the work with another pc?
For example a fresh XP 32bit install on another pc.
This "usb write error" seems strange.
Max
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Thanks for replying. .. Yes i tried with anither pc. . I have read in this forum and others that this error means that the tablet is somehow locked even tho it wasnt before i root/rom it
Its like not writable, ill install a freah xp pro and givr it another try since i tried only win win 7
Did you try to drain completely the battery and then charge?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19519586&postcount=15
seems it worked for someone
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Did you try to drain completely the battery and then charge?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19519586&postcount=15
seems it worked for someone
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Yes i did as i metioned in my post, didnt help
When i charged it after i drained the battery, the screen light will turn on but no battery logo or anything.. The only thing that would show up on the screen is when i try to enter downloading mod/recovery mod by pressing power+volume is a little line on the top right corner which says : " booting recovery image# "
thank you for your reply, what do you guys recommend since i can access APX mod, will i be able to do anthing other than nvflash in APX mod?
Since you are getting a usb write error as well as no charge indicator, is it possible that your USB cable is bad?
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Since you are getting a usb write error as well as no charge indicator, is it possible that your USB cable is bad?
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thanks for your reply
when i charge, the tablet does charge but no Battery logo, i can tell its charging because the screen lights will go on.
what i have tried so far :
* installed APX but when i try to nvflash it says something like writing failed
* tried both windows XP and windows 7
* drained the battery twice for 2 days
* changed USB cable
* tried to connect it to different versions on odin but computer only recognise the device in APX mode
* device still showing ( booting recovery kernel image#) when a try to access DW mod.
it all started when i used a backup program after rooting it, i don't get .. is its a backup it shouldn't delete everything (the system) and brick the tablet...
whats Kernel ? << noob
any new ideas guys ? is there any other programs/methods out there ?
anyone have the same problem ?
thanks
-Bazza
When it says booting recovery kernel image, did you try to just wait for about 15 to 20 minutes to find out if it boots again, or try logcat command?
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When it says booting recovery kernel image, did you try to just wait for about 15 to 20 minutes to find out if it boots again, or try logcat command?
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yes, i left it like that till the next morning
** update **
Today i disassembled my tab after i read somewhere in this forum that i might get it back if i take the battery out or unplug the screen cables. Some claim that the touch screen could cause the tab to go into a boot loop; however that didn't work
i decided anyway to buy a new tab either Asus Transformer or Galaxy 8.9, even tho I'm kinda worried that this thing could happen to my new tab when i try to root it and install roms. I don't want to spend that much money until i figure out the problem, so i'm making this tablet "A testing Device" i'm gonna test every possible way to revive it for me and and others. I'll do my best with your help guys to solve this so we can provide help for others.
There was a Guide here in this forum about JTAGing that tablet along with a software that some company use to unbrick devices but i cold not find it, my cousin owns a hardware store and i could use everything i need .. i just need someone to guide me.
Thanks
Sounds like a cool project, sorry it cost so much.
zBarry, You should try this while you can, It sounds simple as it is but it worked for both my tablets that had the 0x4 aka locked bootloader. Sorry if you had already "Lego" lized your tablet into pieces but this may help. :]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1478361
bumb!
im still looking with no luck ... please help ?
can i do anything with linux ?
zBarry said:
bumb!
im still looking with no luck ... please help ?
can i do anything with linux ?
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As far as I know linux won't help, what % is your tablet charge at? Since you've opened it already why not just de-attach the battery and reattach it back and try to power it directly into fastboot. Normally draining is the same as stopping the flow of current into the tablet. Unlike phones where you can pop out the battery you can't do it to the tab unless you've opened it.
Can you please let me know what steps have you tried so far? Would be nice to know in detailed So I can help you out at best.
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As far as I know linux won't help, what % is your tablet charge at? Since you've opened it already why not just de-attach the battery and reattach it back and try to power it directly into fastboot. Normally draining is the same as stopping the flow of current into the tablet. Unlike phones where you can pop out the battery you can't do it to the tab unless you've opened it.
Can you please let me know what steps have you tried so far? Would be nice to know in detailed So I can help you out at best.
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i think i have third every possible way out there... and the steps that i did to revive the device your way was :
i taped the power button and left it for like 2 days, then i plugged it to the computer in APX mode to check if its drained or not, but i think it was charging off the computer. So i repeated the first step and left it for 3 days, then plugged it into the socket. after couple of mins the screen turned on, but no logo or anything, just black screen (same issue). i decided to disassemble the device to take the battery out which i did and yet same result. i had hope so i re-did the battery drain thing and left it for a week and when i plugged it i pressed pwr+ vlo + and something.
my tab turns on, but just a black screen it won't that up, and power + volume up will show me a kernel message.
thanks so much, i aprreciate your trying to help any other way you think i should try ?
What sort of kernel message do you get? As far as I know maybe perhaps the contact's arent touching properly? Seems to me you did everything right but when it turns on you don't get the charging icon.
The good part is the display works and atleast you can boot up *Somehow* the bad part is you can't get it into Fastboot mode.
As far as I know the tablet is supposed to light up but have you checked if you get the offline charge icon (That green battery that sits in the middle of the screen and charges?) once you get it to drain/disconnect you should leave it to charge via wall socket for about 5-10secs for that icon to pop up. If you get that icon atleast then you know you are getting somewhere
I wish I had the tablet in hand so I could see what's going on. The whole oceans away solution makes it hard to guess what's happening
My phone is stuck in an endless bootloop. It gets to the Samsung logo, and then goes back to it after a few seconds. I am running the Eclipse ROM atm, and I can't boot into recovery either. It just hangs at the boot screen for the recovery, and reboots.
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Problem found.....stuck button issue..(power)......g
gregsarg said:
Prepare the PC for a flash to stock via Odin...
Then push and hold volume down, and power...
Continue to hold until the device vibrates 3 times,(15 seconds) then release...after the third vibration....
You should now be in download mode..
Push the stock image to the device...
Then push CWM recovery again to the device via Odin...
Boot the device into recovery mode, and wipe all caches, dalvik included...and data included...
then you can reflash your backup, or a new rom....g
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How do I flash stock via Odin? Sorry I'm a noob
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How do I flash stock via Odin? Sorry I'm a noob
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Uh oh.....
Okay...first things first..
Have you done a battery pull yet ? to turn off the device ?
If yes, and it boots itself back on, then you have a stuck power button..
If the device stays off, then try booting into recovery from the phone off state...g
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Uh oh.....
Okay...first things first..
Have you done a battery pull yet ? to turn off the device ?
If yes, and it boots itself back on, then you have a stuck power button..
If the device stays off, then try booting into recovery from the phone off state...g
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Yes, I tried a battery pull. It boots itself back up when I put the battery in. The power button doesn't seem to be stuck though, it feels fine.
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Yes, I tried a battery pull. It boots itself back up when I put the battery in.
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power button is stuck in the depressed position...(not good)
The device needs a button repair, unless you are feeling up to taking the device back cover off...
There are several threads on this subject, and searching is the best way to find them...
Stay in the general QA section for our device when searching, and i'll look around as well for the proper threads as reference...
It's a pretty simple fix, and we have some video assists on youtube as well i believe...
I'll post links here as i find them...g
gregsarg said:
power button is stuck in the depressed position...(not good)
The device needs a button repair, unless you are feeling up to taking the device back cover off...
There are several threads on this subject, and searching is the best way to find them...
Stay in the general QA section for our device when searching, and i'll look around as well for the proper threads as reference...
It's a pretty simple fix, and we have some video assists on youtube as well i believe...
I'll post links here as i find them...g
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Actually it just did it again. I think the button is broken
Pandawg said:
Actually it just did it again. I think the button is broken
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Yep....
Been reading several threads, but no direct "how to" threads...
Also many threads on how to remove the inner cover for repair...
Unless you just want to haul it to a repair shop for a button fix.....but i'll bet it just stuck...(common issue on the note1...g
Edit: is it under any type of warranty ??
gregsarg said:
Yep....
Been reading several threads, but no direct "how to" threads...
Also many threads on how to remove the inner cover for repair...
Unless you just want to haul it to a repair shop for a button fix.....but i'll bet it just stuck...(common issue on the note1...g
Edit: is it under any type of warranty ??
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It is, but it's rooted with a custom ROM :/
Well....
thats a potential problem....if you get caught..
but if you take the phone apart yourself, warranty gone...
So you have two choices....
I would personally take the chance, and fix it myself, by a careful back cover removal. but if the device is broken, and not stuck, then you are worse off than when you started.
best choice, send it in....IMHO....g
Hi guys. I have seen and read through plenty of the same problems regarding the bootloop issue on the forum. I seem to be stuck somewhere different so I post this question. I hope someone can help.
I have a standard S3 I-9305 LTE in South Africa. Not rooted before or any mods. But somehow it started bootlooping a couple of weeks ago. I read and implemented the Recovery Mode- Cleared the cache and then rebooted, and it worked, plenty of times.
But now it has gone into a solid bootloop and i cannot access recovery mode. So read up about Download mode and installed Odin, Kies and the Cf Root file on my PC.
Now when I enter Download mode on the phone, and continue( press Volume Up) after the warning, the device restarts again. This I have done a hundred times and each time removing battery and waiting a couple of minutes. So essentially I cannot get Download mode to function but I do have access to it.
So this I know, this is a software , possible ROM problem, NOT hardware as the device worked perfectly after bootloop issue started.
I did the latest Firmware Upgrade to Android 4.2( i think, i r noob in this) yesterday. This was done on the phone itself under About-check-firmware. The Phone worked fine afterwards but then went into this never ending tormenting bootloop without yielding.
I live far from a proper service centre and I need my phone for work, thus very urgent.
I also have checked if the power button is stuck but it is not.
I am prepared to root the device and install any other ROM, Flash anything that can get me back on.
Any advice please?
Thanks in advance
Report your own post and ask a moderator to move it to the i9305 q&a forum.
Sounds like the emmc chip is corrupt or damaged, you may require a new motherboard.
Try plugging your phone into pc before you access download mode, remove the battery before you press volume up.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
Caution and thanks
boomboomer said:
Report your own post and ask a moderator to move it to the i9305 q&a forum.
Sounds like the emmc chip is corrupt or damaged, you may require a new motherboard.
Try plugging your phone into pc before you access download mode, remove the battery before you press volume up.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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Hi Boom,
I have seen you have diligently answered many queries, please to be cautious saying it is a motherboard or hardware issue, it makes peoples heart sink before trying other avenues first. But don't get me wrong, the fact that you took the time to answer me makes you my hero. :good: And thanks.
I will try the other option you gave as I know the phone is fine the answer is just a few tries away.
Hello new to the orum nort sure if this is posted undwer the right catagory so i just cleaned my grandpas place out he paased away a month ago i found a few older cell phones he had over the years one being a Galaxy A21 my question is the phone says "Phone Locked" this device was lost it has a pincode and airplane mode on the screen cant power it down or put in download mode or recovery mode i wouldnt getting his pics off of it or at the very least resetting it ive taken the back off the phone to disconnect the battery to see if i could get recovery mode that way or download mode i believe its running android 10 as i updated it for hgim. im wondering if there is any program i can download to get the phone to go into download mode or recovery mode to atleast get by the pin ive tried every button combination i can and every passcode i think he moght have use to no avail. is there anything out there that can help me. plz
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Hello new to the orum nort sure if this is posted undwer the right catagory so i just cleaned my grandpas place out he paased away a month ago i found a few older cell phones he had over the years one being a Galaxy A21 my question is the phone says "Phone Locked" this device was lost it has a pincode and airplane mode on the screen cant power it down or put in download mode or recovery mode i wouldnt getting his pics off of it or at the very least resetting it ive taken the back off the phone to disconnect the battery to see if i could get recovery mode that way or download mode i believe its running android 10 as i updated it for hgim. im wondering if there is any program i can download to get the phone to go into download mode or recovery mode to atleast get by the pin ive tried every button combination i can and every passcode i think he moght have use to no avail. is there anything out there that can help me. plz
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daveyboy180 said:
Hello new to the orum nort sure if this is posted undwer the right catagory so i just cleaned my grandpas place out he paased away a month ago i found a few older cell phones he had over the years one being a Galaxy A21 my question is the phone says "Phone Locked" this device was lost it has a pincode and airplane mode on the screen cant power it down or put in download mode or recovery mode i wouldnt getting his pics off of it or at the very least resetting it ive taken the back off the phone to disconnect the battery to see if i could get recovery mode that way or download mode i believe its running android 10 as i updated it for hgim. im wondering if there is any program i can download to get the phone to go into download mode or recovery mode to atleast get by the pin ive tried every button combination i can and every passcode i think he moght have use to no avail. is there anything out there that can help me. plz
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Could you please screenshot of the phone if possible?
daveyboy180 said:
Hello new to the orum nort sure if this is posted undwer the right catagory so i just cleaned my grandpas place out he paased away a month ago i found a few older cell phones he had over the years one being a Galaxy A21 my question is the phone says "Phone Locked" this device was lost it has a pincode and airplane mode on the screen cant power it down or put in download mode or recovery mode i wouldnt getting his pics off of it or at the very least resetting it ive taken the back off the phone to disconnect the battery to see if i could get recovery mode that way or download mode i believe its running android 10 as i updated it for hgim. im wondering if there is any program i can download to get the phone to go into download mode or recovery mode to atleast get by the pin ive tried every button combination i can and every passcode i think he moght have use to no avail. is there anything out there that can help me. plz
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Try extracting the flash with MTKClient (it appears to be a MediaTek device from GSMArena) while the phone is off and connected to your PC. Make sure you have the proper drivers installed. Let me know if you need help. I hope you are able to recover the data
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Try extracting the flash with MTKClient (it appears to be a MediaTek device from GSMArena) while the phone is off and connected to your PC. Make sure you have the proper drivers installed. Let me know if you need help. I hope you are able to recover the data
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i cant even power the phone down unles i disconnect the battery i was hoping there was a button combo i could do to get recovery or download mode i have the proper firware for the phone and everything i need to do an odin reflash but it fails cause no download mode ive tried a few of the paid unlock software but none wprk
mvikrant97 said:
Could you please screenshot of the phone if possible?
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sorry had to use laptop camera for it
$cronos_ said:
Try extracting the flash with MTKClient (it appears to be a MediaTek device from GSMArena) while the phone is off and connected to your PC. Make sure you have the proper drivers installed. Let me know if you need help. I hope you are able to recover the data
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I tried to download and install that mtk but it wanted me to install some other programs as well and couldnt get it working any help wouldnbe greatly appreciated
Any help at all plz anyone??
daveyboy180 said:
Any help at all plz anyone??
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Check your PM please.
If you can send me your Facebook profile please