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Killed or bricked my Phone

Was using Odin , got stuck forever. The phone won't do anything now, won't reboot normally won't boot into recovery , won't boot into download mode. Totally non reponsive , nothing ever on screen , no charging icon . Battery out then back in , plugged into usb then put in battery.. tried it all.
looking for suggestions, phone is going back to t-mobile if I cant fix this

Try entering download mode again and reflash your phone. Download the tar again in case the previous was corrupt.
Pull out the battery and put it back in. hold vol up and down at the same time and then connect the USB cable. This will get you back into download mode.
Good luck!
Also, I believe this is in the wrong forum. I'm not a mod but I believe it belongs in the general section.
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I have tried for an hour straight to enter DL mode , no soap

ransome7 said:
I have tried for an hour straight to enter DL mode , no soap
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It's a common misconception (I did it myself) that the power button is also used in the sequence to enter download mode, this isn't the case. Just hold down vol up & down and connect the usb cable, do not press the power button.
Just trying to rule everything out
If this doesn't work for you then I'm out of ideas. Are you still able to get into recovery? If you are, try flashing a ROM and see what happens.
Just to clarify, what does your phone do when you turn it on? Does it boot loop or get stuck somewhere?
EDIT:NVM reread original post (selfn00b'd myself). Totally unresponsive? I believe you should still be able to get into d/l mode since I think they set that up as failsafe. If you can't then it probably will have to go back. Bummer

I'v herd that it somtimes helps to take the battery out and let it sit for 30 min
But thankfully I can not confirm!
May also want to try different computer and cable

Try ADB
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quest4fire said:
Try ADB
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Can You ADB if your phone won't power up?

You need your PC to recognize it. Is it seeing your phone or is it completely dead?
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DOWNLOAD MODE
power off phone
pull out battery
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode
make sure u have the proper samsung drivers

movieaddict said:
DOWNLOAD MODE
power off phone
pull out battery
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode
make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
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You did not read the OP , The phone died after using Odin(which DL mode is required) , obviously the phone is easy to get into DL mode. The phone is stone dead and won't power into anything

its funny when people suggest you try something to power on your phone even after youve just told them you have tried it all. kind of annoying actually.
but same thing happen to me man. i finally gave up and sent it to samsung today, that would probably be your best option. either that or tmobile

k2worldwweapon said:
its funny when people suggest you try something to power on your phone even after youve just told them you have tried it all. kind of annoying actually.
but same thing happen to me man. i finally gave up and sent it to samsung today, that would probably be your best option. either that or tmobile
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Thats what I ended up doing , they are sending out a new phone. It is disturbing that you can actually KILL your phone using Odin. I have flashed a ton of phones a million times and never ended up with a door stop.

Im surprised the GS2 is brickable. I came from a Vibrant (Galaxy S) and that phone was impossible to brick. I was always able to bring it back to download mode but sometimes i had to try different combinations of things to get it into DL mode like remove sim or battery etc. What I'm saying is your phone can be fussy.
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I bricked mine flashing a boot.img to the wrong partition in recovery. This phone is very brickable. T-Mobile gave me a new one but the first thing they asked me was if I rooted it. I said what's that mean
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My brother, myself, and my fiancee all got s2's. Day of, I odin'd recovery to both mine and my brother's and rooted with no problem. tried it on my fiance's, dead in the water. did the same exact thing to all 3, didn't change any procedures. If you keep trying to turn it on, sometimes the led flashlight from the camera will flash for a second, other times it actually turns on and continues to work as normal but once you turn it off again, it may not turn on again. i got it to turn on again and actually odin'd back to stock recovery. problem was NOT fixed even after this, and after i turned it off again, it turned on again once, but never again after that. filed for warranty exchange. i used to think as long as you can odin back to stock you're fine, but it clearly wasn't the case. looks like we just got unlucky. if you bought the phone from a corporate tmobile store, bring your receipt and trade it in at the store because they give you a new phone. if you do a warranty exchange, they send you a refurbished phone (although the s2 is new enough that they might send you a new one anyway if you're lucky).

[Q] SII T989 black screen

HI
First time here for me.
I was surfing the net on my t989 and the screen went black. I try to restart but the phone vibrates for one second and nothing happens.
I took out the battery and SIM card and put back the battery, push ON button, phone vibrates but do not start.
I try to charge but it vibrates every 5 seconds, but it doesn't start.
The phone is new - one month - just install 9-10 aplications.
Please help. Thanks

grasote said:
HI
First time here for me.
I was surfing the net on my t989 and the screen went black. I try to restart but the phone vibrates for one second and nothing happens.
I took out the battery and SIM card and put back the battery, push ON button, phone vibrates but do not start.
I try to charge but it vibrates every 5 seconds, but it doesn't start.
The phone is new - one month - just install 9-10 aplications.
Please help. Thanks
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try to get it into download mode, then flash a new rom?
if it isnt rooted it's probably just best to take it to tmo

Well this happened to me as well after doing a backup. I called tmobile and my replacement will be here on tuesaday along with a USB jig that i ordered to see if I can't get her to boot into download mode for me.

can the 2 of you that had the black screen happen let us know what rom/kernel you were using when that happened please? just so we could have a heads up of a warning in case it might be rom/kernel related

I was on stock 2.3.6 deodexed whitehawkx version and faux123 006u kernel.

This happened to me and I fixed it by taking out the battery, plugging the phone to the charger, putting in the battery, pushing On button.

ArcticWolf91 said:
This happened to me and I fixed it by taking out the battery, plugging the phone to the charger, putting in the battery, pushing On button.
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Wish it worked here. No go.

T989 Black Screen
I'm the one that opened this tread and I want to respond to T-Mobile Senior Member.
My phone was the way they sent it to me, with unmodified ROM or anything. I just install some apps. It worked fine for one months but suddenly got black screen. Now it doesn't want to start.
What can I do?

grasote said:
I'm the one that opened this tread and I want to respond to T-Mobile Senior Member.
My phone was the way they sent it to me, with unmodified ROM or anything. I just install some apps. It worked fine for one months but suddenly got black screen. Now it doesn't want to start.
What can I do?
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Idk if you're talking to me it not, but I called T-Mobile and my replacement will be here tomorrow. Give em a call.
I mean I'm sure you can get your phone into download mode and Odin it, but sounds like you're not The familiar with that kind of stuff.
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[Q] help please!!!!

i was running fc07 on my phone for the longest & yesterday decided to odin to fc15. the process got stuck during the modem part of it & took a long time (exceeding a half hour). i unplugged my phone & attempting to reboot it when the screen told me "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." i proceeded to download Kies on my computer; however, when i get to the firmware recovery, it is asking for a code. i dont know what to do. Did i brick my phone? Is there a way to odin to a system recovery? i have tried fc05 & ek02 & i get the smae results.

Remove battery, Press AND Hold VolDown continuing to hold as you replace battery. It may feel awkward to do this.
That should get you back into Odin D/L mode.

I have the same issue. I upgraded to FC15 and after a full charge this am. I made a call, did some email and text, then BAM! nothing. no lights, can't turn on, can't get into DL mode, can't do anything.....
any thoughts?? I think I am outta luck here.

Yes. Just directed by sfhub.
And odin using his one-click odin after you entered to download mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551901
For me, I'm using sfhub's no-data version right now and no issues at all since it's released by him.

thanks, but as I stated, I can't enter DL mode.
I also tried pulling the battery and holding power down...

dsarch21 said:
thanks, but as I stated, I can't enter DL mode.
I also tried pulling the battery and holding power down...
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You held Power+VolDown or just Power (as you replaced the battery)?
If that doesn't work, you should try a usb jig.

dsarch21 said:
I have the same issue. I upgraded to FC15 and after a full charge this am. I made a call, did some email and text, then BAM! nothing. no lights, can't turn on, can't get into DL mode, can't do anything.....
any thoughts?? I think I am outta luck here.
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dsarch21, how did you upgrade your rom to FC15?

ok, what is a usb jig? sounds awesome.
I used odin to get to FC15
wait!!! OK, I got into DL mode, I must not have pushed power dn and power correctly....
thanks guys.....

ok now the phone wont power on. i put it on the charger for awhile & it still will not go into odin....it has a faint led light...any suggestions
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did you ever try vol down/up + power or just power with your usb cable connected to AC outlet?

yeah that didnt work...
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You may want to try to download mode keys either after inserting the battery and/or while inserting the battery. This might just get you back into download mode..
Also, how long did you have the phone plugged into A/C?

yeah...i kept the phone on the charger cuz i thought the battery was drained...it is giving a faint led light
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I hope you are using the original micro usb cable for odin or to change the battery.
If it is, for me, I don't have any more recommendation. Only customer service center would be your only hope. Be prepared how you are going to explain them!
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kobridge said:
I hope you are using the original micro usb cable for odin or to change the battery.
If it is, for me, I don't have any more recommendation. Only customer service center would be your only hope. Be prepared how you are going to explain them!
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Or try to use different cable.

izan24 said:
yeah...i kept the phone on the charger cuz i thought the battery was drained...it is giving a faint led light
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Depending on how long you kept it there - and how well ventilated it was - the phone could have overheated. There have been similar reports where all they got was a blue LED light.
Have you tried pulling the battery out, wait until the capacitors on the board run out (you'll see the LED go out) and then re-inserting the battery?
Hopefully this will help it come back to life - you could try a different battery as well but it may just be easier to take it to Sprint and have them replace at that point.

ok i got my wife's battery & it turned back on. now here is the problem i am running into. when i load the phone it says the firmware is not up to date....so i load it to odin & when i tried to do the odin fc15 restore, it gets stuck at the modem portion of the restore. what steps should i take from here?
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izan24 said:
ok i got my wife's battery & it turned back on. now here is the problem i am running into. when i load the phone it says the firmware is not up to date....so i load it to odin & when i tried to do the odin fc15 restore, it gets stuck at the modem portion of the restore. what steps should i take from here?
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let it be! if it does that with a blue line flowing across the xcreen let it be.
if ur there for a long time 10-20 mins. Well i dont want to tell you but someone else will. leave it til then. did u check md5?
Edit: Im not going to tell u something i am not 100% about so wait it out

i will let it be but definitely tell me if this doesnt work so i can figure out if a new phone is needed....what is md5 & where can i find it
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Well, since it's been a while hopefully you let it sit and finish flashing FC15. I noticed the delay as well and stood there in horror as I waited to see if I now held a $550 paperweight....
...but then came the "Pass!" indication about a minute later. I'll post my thoughts on this update separately.
So if you didn't, let it go all the way through and you should be all set. And glad that it seems it was just a battery - they're certainly easier (and cheaper!) to replace than the entire phone.

well i let the phone sit for hours & i didnt get a pass....without a way to at least nandroid to a backup, i chalked it up as a lost and filed a claim...will be getting the new phone today at work. if anyone is interested in playing w/a phone that i believe is bricked let me know...im sure i can get it off for a cheap price....lol say no to fc15....lol

Bricked?! [UPDATED]

I tried searching, but I couldn't find anyone with the same problem as me and I don't know what to do.. I'm kind of freaking out. The last update I installed was darkside beta02, and I was really liking it minus a few connection and call issues. Anyways, I was in my car earlier today and picked out a song on play music. The phone instantly turned off, and it appeared that it was about to reboot so I didn't think much about it. Nope. When it starts to turn on it rarely makes it past the samsung screens that pops up right when you start the phone, but it has made it as far as the swirling samsung s splash screen thing. It just acts like it is rebooting from that part and it's like a never ending cycle until I remove the battery. I can get the phone into download mode by plugging it into the computer, but it only stays on for a few seconds and then goes back to it's never ending reboot. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, I really can't afford to have bricked this phone
UPDATE: I managed to restore the phone to stock, and I proceeded to root and put darkside beta 7.1 on it. Everything was running fine... For a few hours. It began to do the same rebooting described above, but now instead of looking like it's going to boot normally it goes straight to a screen that says "Firmware encountered an issue. Please sleect recovery mode in Kies and try again." with the phone model, "Custom Binary Download: No" and "Current Binary: Samsung Official" up top. It only stays at this screen for a few seconds before it starts back into it endless half-reboot. Any suggestions? This is frustrating me A LOT.

uh, have you tried charging it? Honestly at first blush it sounds like a dead battery.

blackangst said:
uh, have you tried charging it? Honestly at first blush it sounds like a dead battery.
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Yes I've charged it overnight... And it does the same thing when it's on the charger without the battery in.

Can you get into recovery? My wife's phone did something similar out of no where. I had to restore a nandroid.
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bobby3306 said:
Can you get into recovery? My wife's phone did something similar out of no where. I had to restore a nandroid.
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No luck with recovery Forgot to include that in the original post.

The K-Zoo Kid said:
No luck with recovery Forgot to include that in the original post.
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So did you take the battery out put it in and then flash into recovery using touch method?
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suaverc118 said:
So did you take the battery out put it in and then flash into recovery using touch method?
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What exactly is the touch method?

Go to recovery and clear cache and restore factory settings
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pcamlin said:
Go to recovery and clear cache and restore factory settings
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He said he can't get into recovery.
Do you have insurance? Might want to take it to a store.
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Oops sorry about that. I would reset your flash counts and try and take it back to the store if possible... seems like your only option if you can't get into recovery. Or reflash stock. Then root again then clear cache and then factory defaults
If you can get it to stay on long enough-- in Odin
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blackangst said:
He said he can't get into recovery.
Do you have insurance? Might want to take it to a store.
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Wouldn't they just tell me I'm out of luck because my phone is clearly rooted and whatnot?

pcamlin said:
Oops sorry about that. I would reset your flash counts and try and take it back to the store if possible... seems like your only option if you can't get into recovery. Or reflash stock. Then root again then clear cache and then factory defaults
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The problem is that I can't do anything but watch the phone start up for about 10 seconds, or be in download mode for about 10 seconds. Not much time to do anything.

That is why you reset flash counts before you go in... Google is your friend and try to unroot somehow--
You are quick! Lol I edited my post just after you replied to it
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The K-Zoo Kid said:
I tried searching, but I couldn't find anyone with the same problem as me and I don't know what to do.. I'm kind of freaking out. The last update I installed was darkside beta02, and I was really liking it minus a few connection and call issues. Anyways, I was in my car earlier today and picked out a song on play music. The phone instantly turned off, and it appeared that it was about to reboot so I didn't think much about it. Nope. When it starts to turn on it rarely makes it past the samsung screens that pops up right when you start the phone, but it has made it as far as the swirling samsung s splash screen thing. It just acts like it is rebooting from that part and it's like a never ending cycle until I remove the battery. I can get the phone into download mode by plugging it into the computer, but it only stays on for a few seconds and then goes back to it's never ending reboot. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, I really can't afford to have bricked this phone
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I had this exact thing happen to me today!! For the last week or so, I would get a random reboot up to four times a day. This started happening after I flashed Whitehawkx UVLDE zip. What I did was left the battery in the phone let the constant reboot run until the battery died. Then I would try to get into download mode, but then it would reboot before Odin recognized it. I left the usb plug in the phone and took the battery out, the phone would still do the rebooting vibration. I just stayed with trying to get the phone to stay on long enough to get recognized by Odin. Leave the drained battery out of the phone for a while (your choice of how long, I left it for about forty minutes) and replace it, hopefully it stays on long enough to get recognized. Finally it stayed on long enough and I re-flashed ULKL1. Now I'm back to running TDJ's DARKSIDE. EVOLUTION.2 [BETA 3] and I haven't had any reboots where as before it would reboot within fifteen minutes.

thedarkness37 said:
I had this exact thing happen to me today!! For the last week or so, I would get a random reboot up to four times a day. This started happening after I flashed Whitehawkx UVLDE zip. What I did was left the battery in the phone let the constant reboot run until the battery died. Then I would try to get into download mode, but then it would reboot before Odin recognized it. I left the usb plug in the phone and took the battery out, the phone would still do the rebooting vibration. I just stayed with trying to get the phone to stay on long enough to get recognized by Odin. Leave the drained battery out of the phone for a while (your choice of how long, I left it for about forty minutes) and replace it, hopefully it stays on long enough to get recognized. Finally it stayed on long enough and I re-flashed ULKL1. Now I'm back to running TDJ's DARKSIDE. EVOLUTION.2 [BETA 3] and I haven't had any reboots where as before it would reboot within fifteen minutes.
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Thank you! And when you say replace the battery, do you mean get a whole new one or put in the dead one?

Just put the dead one in.

My advice is similar to his, but without killing the battery. Open odin on your computer, and input what your going to input into pda and have everything ready to go, so all you have to do is press start and its off. Now, start with the phone turned off, hold both volume buttons and plug in the usb cable from the computer quickly! Have your hand ready on the mouse and ready to click start. Soon as odin recognizes click that start button! Hopefully everything happened so quick, that the phone will take the flash. However, if it doesn't, then I'm afraid the only answer you would have left is to use a jig to reset the counter and take it in to be replaced.

OGWisdom said:
My advice is similar to his, but without killing the battery. Open odin on your computer, and input what your going to input into pda and have everything ready to go, so all you have to do is press start and its off. Now, start with the phone turned off, hold both volume buttons and plug in the usb cable from the computer quickly! Have your hand ready on the mouse and ready to click start. Soon as odin recognizes click that start button! Hopefully everything happened so quick, that the phone will take the flash. However, if it doesn't, then I'm afraid the only answer you would have left is to use a jig to reset the counter and take it in to be replaced.
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I've tried this, but I didn't even have time to get it started. It's beginning to look like I'm out of luck

The K-Zoo Kid said:
I've tried this, but I didn't even have time to get it started. It's beginning to look like I'm out of luck
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If you cant get it to Odin, and if you cant get it to download mode, and if you cant get it to turn on, neither can TMo. Take it in.

blackangst said:
If you cant get it to Odin, and if you cant get it to download mode, and if you cant get it to turn on, neither can TMo. Take it in.
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The thing is, it starts to start up, and you can clearly see that it's rooted. I feel like they won't honor my warranty.

[Q] I know everyone hates a Brick thread.. but..

I literally transferred some files via usb.. disconnected.. reset the phone.. and now it just pulses.. i cant get into download mode..
If i put the battery in (charged) i get NO response..
If i put the cord in and try any combination of buttons all i get is a pulse of the vibrating mech.. no other response.
Any ideas?

m0bmentality said:
I literally transferred some files via usb.. disconnected.. reset the phone.. and now it just pulses.. i cant get into download mode..
If i put the battery in (charged) i get NO response..
If i put the cord in and try any combination of buttons all i get is a pulse of the vibrating mech.. no other response.
Any ideas?
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Q&A section:
Headache free method would be just to call tmobile, spend the 5 dollars shipping fee and get another one under warranty overnight

m0bmentality said:
I literally transferred some files via usb.. disconnected.. reset the phone.. and now it just pulses.. i cant get into download mode..
If i put the battery in (charged) i get NO response..
If i put the cord in and try any combination of buttons all i get is a pulse of the vibrating mech.. no other response.
Any ideas?
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Why did you reset the device after transferring files. I copy files all the time and never reset the device after the transfer is complete. Did you flash after transferring the files, what kind of files did you copy, are you running a custom rom?
Brick threads aren't bad if you give us more information so we can maybe help you, or maybe prevent someone else from doing the same thing.
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im having the exact same issue... just got the phone for repair tho, it's not mine

I reset it because i was going into clockwork but i wasnt paying attention and reset instead of turned off.. so the phone shutdown and was restarting... but never lit back up.
Im going to just send it back to tmo.. was just hoping this had happened before and someone hoping i was missing something obvious.
Definitely not my first phone or my first flash i used to be part of a dev crew on here.. but this is the first time i have had a ghost brick... im thinking now maybe its a hardware issue? Hopefully tmo will agree with me

I have had a similar experience kinda. My battery was really low and died on me but when I plugged the phone it doesnt act like it is charging and just pulsates when I tried to turn it on.
I dont know if this will work for you but I left my phone plugged in for an hour unplugged it from the charger and it turned on.

Are you doing the right combo to get into download mode? Hold vol up and vol down while the phone is off, then plug in the USB while still holding the buttons.
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Yea i was def trying the right combo.. i even tried other variations of it just to see.. in the end i think maybe it was a power button short/failure. not sure.. sent it back to Tmo , getting a new one today and diving right back in!
Sorry i never found an answer.