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For some reason my screen has stopped working. I press the power button to wake it up and the only thing that comes on are the shortcut buttons. It happened all the sudden this afternoon, and I have charged it sincethento see if that may be the issue. I've taken out the battery 3 times and turned it back on too no avail. When it boots up it make the intro sound but nothing happens on the screen.
It's only 3 months old so it's still covered under the warranty, BUT it's rooted. I need to know is there ANYWAY to revert it back to the stock rom with out the screen so that I can take it back to Sprint. Any help would be great.

Well, they can't see the screen so let them take a look at it. If they fix the screen and see its rooted, no big deal, the phone works.

That is true, I never really thought of that. Let's say they can't fix it. Do you think they would check to see if it's rooted before they replace it, or would they even be able to?

Best bet is to run ruu before you take it in. If they fix it and see its rooted they can be butts and dbr it because of root. One of my Co techs has done it
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kixcastillo77 said:
Best bet is to run ruu before you take it in. If they fix it and see its rooted they can be butts and dbr it because of root. One of my Co techs has done it
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What exactly is that and how exactly would I go about that without the use of the screen?

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Sup...0.07.28_NV_1.71_003_release_147044_signed.exe
Just download connect phone to pc and you're set just keep in mind it will wipe out your phone
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Ok... The screen does work but it's like the backlight is broken. In the right light and at an angle I can see the screen, and the touch screen works. I have it turned all the way up but nothing. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? The good thing is will be able to revert back now to take it in.

[Q] Possible Brick?

please close this thread, problem solved

Was your battery low during the RUU you did?
Also, by recovery do me you mean hboot? Can you get to hboot?

it probably was low, yes. and by recovery i do mean hboot. i can't get to anything at this point, like i said, it vibrates, but the screen itself won't come on, so i have no idea if its doing anything

jpnew said:
it probably was low, yes. and by recovery i do mean hboot. i can't get to anything at this point, like i said, it vibrates, but the screen itself won't come on, so i have no idea if its doing anything
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Hmm... That's a wierd one I have no idea- Usually the deal is if you can get to Hboot, you can figure something out, but the screen is not turning on... No idea man sorry =(
Hope someone else can help you-

AndrewGL said:
Hmm... That's a wierd one I have no idea- Usually the deal is if you can get to Hboot, you can figure something out, but the screen is not turning on... No idea man sorry =(
Hope someone else can help you-
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well thank you for the interest, i'm really hoping someone can figure it out!

Try the volume down and power button when turning it on. That should get you to hboot. And you can get to recovery from there
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not if its an slcd, I think you mightve forgot to install drivers for slcd before rooting?
I think you need to battery pull after you get the vibrate after trying to turn it on...than after u put the batt back in hold vol dwn and pwr til it gets to hboot then post back and let us know what happened
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People really need to read and pay attention to what they are flashing. Sounds like you went back to 2.1 which the Slcd was never meant for thus your current screen issue. The phone is turning on but the drivers for the display are not there.
http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/208403-just-rooted-having-problems-recovery.html
This kid did the same thing. You can try, like he did, to flash the correct ruu through hboot but without seeing the screen. You'll have to us timing and hope it works out. If you would like to try this....
http://dougpiston.com/files/Ruu/bui...and-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip
Rename to PB31IMG and you know the rest. This is your best chance.

I have this same problem, no screen so I cant see what Im doing. What worked for you?

If you have an slcd screen there are extra steps you need to take to get both clockwork and any rom to work. I believe a kernel flash will allow to boot the roms. Which kernel. Idk but it needs contain the slcd driver to work.
Is your an slcd?
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Yes I have the slcd, I am getting into hboot and i have the pb file but the screen is black so i cant see what Im doing. After I hboot, it sits for about 5 minutes then vibrates, a few minutes later, the buttons light up and the phone is on, I still cant see anything but the volume, 4 bottom buttons are working.

No screen, please help

Screen won't turn on at all. Tried to boot into recovery and normal boot. It started showing signs of failure last week when it looked all red tinted. Occasionally it would go out and I had to restart to get it back. This time it won't come back on.
Any help is appreciated.
Thx.

Is your LED on when you attempt to power up? It sounds pretty damaged, I imagine you tried to pull the battery for a few?

This happened to my computer this past weekend Good thing I have some ROMs and backups on my phone
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fireberd350 said:
Screen won't turn on at all. Tried to boot into recovery and normal boot. It started showing signs of failure last week when it looked all red tinted. Occasionally it would go out and I had to restart to get it back. This time it won't come back on.
Any help is appreciated.
Thx.
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Can you boot into download mode by volume down + power? Im sure youve tried, but just asking..hate it when something like this happens to anyone

Tried the volume Up + pwr and down + pwr.
When I boot I can see the status LED, as well as the 4 homescreen buttons light up. just no screen

fireberd350 said:
Tried the volume Up + pwr and down + pwr.
When I boot I can see the status LED, as well as the 4 homescreen buttons light up. just no screen
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I know it sucks but it does seem to me at least that you should be to take that to a sprint service center and get an exchange for that issue..sorry man..that really does suck and i wish i could help more

I'm guessing no sound either?

sound is good actually.

Sounds like the screen died. I agree try and take it to a service center.
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im 7 months into the phone from sprint, hopefully have a year warranty from Samsung (no insurance here).

anyone know if ill have warranty issues w/ the Root done to it?

fireberd350 said:
anyone know if ill have warranty issues w/ the Root done to it?
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from what I've come to understand, sprint doesn't have a problem with rooting and will/should not give you any problems for that. they may fuss about a custom rom if you have one, but if the screen is broken they can't really tell and that is an obvious hardware failure, not something software could have done

You could also take it apart to see if the display cable somehow simply became unattached should sprint for whatever reason refuse to service it...
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[Q] Rooted phone and now wont turn on

I recently Rooted my sealed samsung galaxy s3 without having a clue what i'm doing i downloaded this program called snapdragon to root it along with ODIN. The phone rooted fine everything was working okay, I even downloaded an app to see if the root was successful and indeed it was. I shut the phone down wake up in the morning to turn it back on and I get zero response. Any help/direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Might seem obvious, but have you tried leaving it plugged in for ten-fifteen minutes?

joshnichols189 said:
Might seem obvious, but have you tried leaving it plugged in for ten-fifteen minutes?
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Yes of course I've tried leaving it plugged in for several hours and the night before the phone was at 100% charge so I doubt battery is the issue.
Tks though

Did you try booting into recovery?
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Ummm seems like u can fix it.... go bak to stock using odin as well and go back to stock and i believe cwm is going to be gone so as your root access so re-do it but this time guide yourself through a turorial(a.k.a google) and since you have to clue i think the best choice for you is to find a video tutorial in case your doubting or getting confused with the steps or sometimes to see what you did wrong that caused the phone to misbehave...
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*sigh*
This is why I hate one-click-root kits, you get people doing things to their phones they don't understand, wreck it and come here saying "help, I don't know what do do!" Something like this you really should at least understand the basics. I hope this gets you more involved in researching what's actually happening. It's important to know what's happening to your device as well as why, that way if something goes badly you'll have an idea of how to get out of it.
Sorry, enough lecturing, let's see if we can get something going here. Give a bit more detail about what happens. You're phone is shut down, right? You hit the power button and no response, like the battery is actually out of the phone, or does it turn on and give you a blank screen? If it was a brick, I'd think you'd at least see the boot screen before everything goes wrong.
Ok, I'm going to go ahead and assume you've removed the battery. If you haven't, do so now.
If it still won't turn on, try actually holding the power button down for 30-60 seconds. I had a scary moment with my phone yesterday, rebooted it running Wicked v5 on Trinity and the screen just died. I've been running that rom for a week with just a couple of issues here and there, nothing out of the ordinary. Pulled the battery and tried again, nothing. After holding the power button down for a bit I felt a quick vibrate, then the boot logo came up. No idea why, I'm going to have to look into it.
Beyond that, I'm brand new to this phone and Sammy's Android devices so I'm still learning myself. HTC phones I could help out more with, but I'm still a bit clueless with this thing.

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This is why I hate one-click-root kits, you get people doing things to their phones they don't understand, wreck it and come here saying "help, I don't know what do do!" Something like this you really should at least understand the basics. I hope this gets you more involved in researching what's actually happening. It's important to know what's happening to your device as well as why, that way if something goes badly you'll have an idea of how to get out of it.
Sorry, enough lecturing, let's see if we can get something going here. Give a bit more detail about what happens. You're phone is shut down, right? You hit the power button and no response, like the battery is actually out of the phone, or does it turn on and give you a blank screen? If it was a brick, I'd think you'd at least see the boot screen before everything goes wrong.
Ok, I'm going to go ahead and assume you've removed the battery. If you haven't, do so now.
If it still won't turn on, try actually holding the power button down for 30-60 seconds. I had a scary moment with my phone yesterday, rebooted it running Wicked v5 on Trinity and the screen just died. I've been running that rom for a week with just a couple of issues here and there, nothing out of the ordinary. Pulled the battery and tried again, nothing. After holding the power button down for a bit I felt a quick vibrate, then the boot logo came up. No idea why, I'm going to have to look into it.
Beyond that, I'm brand new to this phone and Sammy's Android devices so I'm still learning myself. HTC phones I could help out more with, but I'm still a bit clueless with this thing.
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Yes I have taken out the battery replaced it several times. I hit the volume home and power button several times. When I do that I get a zero response nothing shows up I hear no sound its as if the phone is just completely dead. One thing I did realise is when I plug it into the computer and press the power button what would happen is it would connect and automatically disconnect

Can you get into Download mode? Volume down + Home + Power button?
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Don't forget to let go of the power button when going into recovery.

Have you done what the other post said?
Hold power for about 10-30 seconds. Does it do anything? Do you feel a verrrry slight vibration?
When you plug it in without doing anything else does the computer see it in device manager? How about if you press power once? Or holding power down?
Does it register that its charging?
This may sound dumb but did you try powering up without the phone plugged into anything?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Have you done what the other post said?
Hold power for about 10-30 seconds. Does it do anything? Do you feel a verrrry slight vibration?
When you plug it in without doing anything else does the computer see it in device manager? How about if you press power once? Or holding power down?
Does it register that its charging?
This may sound dumb but did you try powering up without the phone plugged into anything?
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Come on guys I respect the fact that everyone here is out here to help but read my post I have done every way common sense possible I actually need some real advice maybe how to reset factory setting with a device or maybe download a program.
Any help would be useful.

cyklosporine said:
I recently Rooted my sealed samsung galaxy s3 without having a clue what i'm doing i downloaded this program called snapdragon to root it along with ODIN. The phone rooted fine everything was working okay, I even downloaded an app to see if the root was successful and indeed it was. I shut the phone down wake up in the morning to turn it back on and I get zero response. Any help/direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Come on guys I respect the fact that everyone here is out here to help but read my post I have done every way common sense possible I actually need some real advice maybe how to reset factory setting with a device or maybe download a program.
Any help would be useful.
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Ummm. Sorry but maybe im missing something? Your first sentence in your op says you didnt have a clue what you were doing....
And where is it supposed to infer that you've done everything already?
Imo you have been getting 'real' advice but from what I see you haven't 'really' answered anyones suggestions.
No one can help you if you dont tell us what exactly you have tried and what what happened when you did.
For example in your only response you mentioned hitting the volume and home keys a bunch of times....what exactly do you mean by this? Did you hold them while trying to power up? Volume up or down? Did you release any of them during that process, and if so which and when?
Its kinda hard to help someone who doesn't have a clue what they are doing and only responds that hes done everything common sense dictates.
I seriously mean no offence but to me common sense would dictate that you not try rooting or anything if you know you dont know what you're doing.
It would also dictate that if you want further help with this you should go back and respond to what everyone suggested.
Like I said, im not trying to offend, just help.
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I am having the same issue
I just tried flashing Android Revolution to my phone. I went through the whole set up process. Went to reboot then it went blank. Nothing. I get nothing when I plug it in. The computer doesn't recognize any device attached to it. I've tried all the ideas listed here and I get nothing. It's as if the phone is completely dead. When I flashed the rom my battery was at 90%. I've used various roms on different phones and this was the first time I did it to my Galaxy s3 and this is the first time it's ever happened. Talk about frustrating.

Jtag
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lokitsar said:
I just tried flashing Android Revolution to my phone. I went through the whole set up process. Went to reboot then it went blank. Nothing. I get nothing when I plug it in. The computer doesn't recognize any device attached to it. I've tried all the ideas listed here and I get nothing. It's as if the phone is completely dead. When I flashed the rom my battery was at 90%. I've used various roms on different phones and this was the first time I did it to my Galaxy s3 and this is the first time it's ever happened. Talk about frustrating.
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If you can get to download mode by holding vol up home power. You then you can use this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
To get our phone back. I had the same problem after a bad flash. My phone wouldn't do anything. After I left it plugs in for an hour I was able to get into download mode ..hope you get urs back. If its what happened to me then u might find that you have no 4g anymore... If that's the case let me know and I'll tell u what I did to get it back.
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cyklosporine said:
Come on guys I respect the fact that everyone here is out here to help but read my post I have done every way common sense possible I actually need some real advice maybe how to reset factory setting with a device or maybe download a program.
Any help would be useful.
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Yeah, good luck getting ANY further help with that attitude bro!!!
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I got same problem with my friend's phone
He rooted it by some oneclick root pc program (I rooted this way too, and no problem will come) and flashes Rom with some android apk. ... After questioning him, I found out he DO NOT unlock bootloader.. .. I never seen phone in this status before... another strange thing is that when is phone in charger, battery and phone isn't heating up.. It's cold like ice... This is strange for me..I try 5 android devices and every is heating when it charging up.. (sorry for my bad English) Thank you and maybe someone comming with answers Phone doesn't react, no display brightness show up, no vibrating, no response

I have rooted my phone samsung galaxy grand 2 via odin after that flash the rom cm 11 and reboot my phone it got stuck into boot loop. Then i have done 1 stupidity again i push twrp file in that now m not able to go in recovery mode what should l i do now.

Wrong forum, look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-grand-2
I don't know anything about the phone but you could try looking for the current ROM on the phone at sammobile.com and then re-flash it via Odin.

i unluged the device before dhe odin finished his job ( by mistakeee ) and now it doesnt turn on , charge , go to recovery/odin , hold down power button for 30-60-120 sec nth hapend, it has baterri 90-100 % . plss guys help me :'( i have an samsung galaxy s advance .

[Q] My TMO S3 (T-999) will not turn on.

I didn't have luck finding an answer to this on the forums so I figured I'd make a new post. I have been running a version (not sure which) of Liquid Smooth for a few months. Yesterday, I noticed my phone was on a boot loop. It would vibrate, show the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen and then turn off. I pulled the battery and memory card and tried again. It still wouldn't come on. I pulled the battery and then rebooted to recovery mode. I went there to wipe and reboot. When I tried to do that it said something like, "what you are looking for can't be found". I pulled the battery again but this time when I tried to turn it back on it did nothing. I have no vibrations, I have nothing on my screen. I'm not sure what could have happened because I haven't made a change to my phone for quite some time. Any ideas?

bralaheh said:
I didn't have luck finding an answer to this on the forums so I figured I'd make a new post. I have been running a version (not sure which) of Liquid Smooth for a few months. Yesterday, I noticed my phone was on a boot loop. It would vibrate, show the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen and then turn off. I pulled the battery and memory card and tried again. It still wouldn't come on. I pulled the battery and then rebooted to recovery mode. I went there to wipe and reboot. When I tried to do that it said something like, "what you are looking for can't be found". I pulled the battery again but this time when I tried to turn it back on it did nothing. I have no vibrations, I have nothing on my screen. I'm not sure what could have happened because I haven't made a change to my phone for quite some time. Any ideas?
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Battery is going bad or the hardware is going bad.
What recovery and version?

Have you tried booting into recovery or download mode?
Take battery out and put back in:
Recovery: volume up, home button, power
Download mode: volume down, home button and power
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Aerowinder said:
Battery is going bad or the hardware is going bad.
What recovery and version?
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I'm not able to get the phone to come on so I don't know the versions of anything I've used. All I know is my phone is the T-999. Sorry, I know that's probably no help at all.

You don't have a spare battery do you? If not, you should see if you can find someone you know that has one. It could be that you battery just went bad.
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Da Kine said:
Have you tried booting into recovery or download mode?
Take battery out and put back in:
Recovery: volume up, home button, power
Download mode: volume down, home button and power
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I tried all of this but did not have any luck. The phone doesn't do anything. It doesn't make any sense how it can just stop working out of nowhere like this. Wouldn't it mess up immediately after I rooted/added a custom ROM if I did something wrong rather than a few months later? I'm afraid that the phone may be done for. : (

bralaheh said:
I tried all of this but did not have any luck. The phone doesn't do anything. It doesn't make any sense how it can just stop working out of nowhere like this. Wouldn't it mess up immediately after I rooted/added a custom ROM if I did something wrong rather than a few months later? I'm afraid that the phone may be done for. : (
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I hate to say it, but usually when something like this happens it's most likely to be hardware related. If you don't have access to a spare, go to a T-Mobile store and ask to borrow a battery to see if it'll power up with a known good one. Batteries usually don't just die like that, but it can happen.
So you don't get a short vibe or anything out of it? What about when you hold the power button for about 10seconds? If you remove the battery and plug it in, do you get an led lit up? How about with the battery in?
If the battery turns out to be good, you could attempt the debrick method by KAsp3rd stickies in development. I don't see why it would be a brick, but at this point I'd try anything available just to be positive.
If you have insurance on it, it may be time to consider using it.
Sorry to hear this is happening to you man. These S3's are starting to get a little old though, and no matter how careful we are, they do suffer more abuse than any other electronics we may use. I'm seeing more and more posts like yours recently, I'm sorry to say.
Keep us updated on it, and good luck with it!
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