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[Q] Can't boot to recovery or download mode

It is a long story, started with wanting Photoshare App. After rooting using Odin got into all sort of process stopped error. Desperate, downloaded and tried to flash CM10 using CWM. All I got was CM logo circling endlessly for 30 minutes. Pulled the plug and now, I seem to have a brick, can't even boot to recovery or download mode. When I try to boot to downlad mode, the warning screen appears for just a second and goes away. When I try recovery mode Samsumg log appears and then blank.
Is there anything I can do at this point? I appreciate any help I can get.

dileepan said:
It is a long story, started with wanting Photoshare App. After rooting using Odin got into all sort of process stopped error. Desperate, downloaded and tried to flash CM10 using CWM. All I got was CM logo circling endlessly for 30 minutes. Pulled the plug and now, I seem to have a brick, can't even boot to recovery or download mode. When I try to boot to downlad mode, the warning screen appears for just a second and goes away. When I try recovery mode Samsumg log appears and then blank.
Is there anything I can do at this point? I appreciate any help I can get.
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Hm. if you boot up your phone are you stuck at the cm bootup? If you are im sorry bro you cant fix it for free by sending it to samsung. JTAG for 60 bucks or samsung for 60 bucks. Reason being that it shows that you have rooted and modded your device. If you were hardbricked and nothing would turn on at all you would be able to send it to samsung and get it fixed for free!

Well if it shows Download mode then it might be working, just not showing, if you see a blue ID:COM number in Odin its working. Try to flash a stock ROM in Odin while in Download mode and make sure its in PDA or you will brick. Check only Auto-Reboot and F. Reset time.
If it works congrats if not search this forum for a service called JTAG which repairs bricks.
\(._.\) To the window, to the wall.
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A little update ...
I was able to get to download mode after many trys and got back to stock -- unrooted. I should have stopped when I was ahead, but I was feeling invincible after this feat of reviving the phone and that was really stupid.
I wanted to root and flash CM10 nightly. I followed the instructions from http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32486-gu...m10-nightlies-without-k-exec-updated-8-18-12/. After unlocking the bootloader step, I wanted to backup the stock ROM I had on the phone -- I don't know why I wanted to do that as I had just flashed the stock and didn't have anything customized. Anyway, when I clicked backup from CWM everything died, kaput, nothing. I have been desperately holding the power button, reovery combination of buttons, download mode combination, anything I can think of, the phone is giving me the total silent treatment, which BTW I am used from a more human source.
Let me know if there is anything I can do, perhaps stand on one leg and try switching it on perhaps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/redface.gif
Sorry for the dumb jokes, I am a little frustrated, but I am sure I will get over it.
Thanks for those who took interest to read my question and those who cared to respond, I appreciate it....
Cheers!

are you getting any signs of life with the phone plugged in with or without the battery in?

jeeper11 said:
are you getting any signs of life with the phone plugged in with or without the battery in?
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Absolutely nothing, not even the light that comes on when plugged in for charging.
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dileepan said:
Absolutely nothing, not even the light that comes on when plugged in for charging.
best ...
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Best advice...take out the battery, leave for 1-2 hours, insert battery, try to access download, flash stock in odin, reboot, don't flash any more Jelly Bean roms. lol

Won't boot or anything

Hey,
My sisters galaxy gio won't boot. whenever i try to turn it on, the only thing that happens is that the screens goes on for half a second and then off and back on again forever. I already tried to flash a stock froyo, eclair & gingerbread but nothing works.
I only can go in to download mode (sometimes whitout the pink screen). I can NOT go into RECOVERY mode in any way. I wasn't able to flash cwm through odin either. Changing USB ports and usb cables didn't help either.
I am using the odin (4.4.2).
Is there any way to force it into recovery mode?
Thanks in advance

fluxerik said:
Hey,
My sisters galaxy gio won't boot. whenever i try to turn it on, the only thing that happens is that the screens goes on for half a second and then off and back on again forever. I already tried to flash a stock froyo, eclair & gingerbread but nothing works.
I only can go in to download mode (sometimes whitout the pink screen). I can NOT go into RECOVERY mode in any way. I wasn't able to flash cwm through odin either. Changing USB ports and usb cables didn't help either.
I am using the odin (4.4.2).
Is there any way to force it into recovery mode?
Thanks in advance
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i had a similar problem about a month ago. i took it to my provider and they said that its power circuit was damaged due to liquids.
Do you get any errors with odin?

Locthe said:
i had a similar problem about a month ago. i took it to my provider and they said that its power circuit was damaged due to liquids.
Do you get any errors with odin?
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Odin goes all well. It gets to the poiunt where it says "waiting for reboot" and that's when the phones screen starts flashing again.
I'm 100% it hasn't has anything to do with liquids, I think it began when changing the sd-card. But it was doing strange things before that.

Try this one
try this

Put your phone into recovery then do a factory reset and reboot your phone, it should work

[Q] Bricked GS3 - Cyanogenmod Kitkat

So, I think my phone just bricked itself or something.
Last night, I installed nova launcher and started tweaking the phone like a mad man.
Any ways, today when I woke up, my phone was off out no where. It had a little trouble booting up I noticed, but eventually it managed. Used the the phone for a few minutes, then it just turned off on me.
Now, whenever I try to turn the phone on, it won't get passed this screen. It just makes it to this screen, and just turns off again.
I also can't boot into recovery mode or anything.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Was running Kitkat cyanogenmod just fine for the most part this last month or so.

Marion Cobretti said:
So, I think my phone just bricked itself or something.
Last night, I installed nova launcher and started tweaking the phone like a mad man.
Any ways, today when I woke up, my phone was off out no where. It had a little trouble booting up I noticed, but eventually it managed. Used the the phone for a few minutes, then it just turned off on me.
Now, whenever I try to turn the phone on, it won't get passed this screen. It just makes it to this screen, and just turns off again.
I also can't boot into recovery mode or anything.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Was running Kitkat cyanogenmod just fine for the most part this last month or so.
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If the phone displays that screen, it's likely not bricked. If you power off the phone or pull the battery, then boot into recovery (holding power, volume-up, and home at the same time), you can do a factory reset and that should be all it takes to get the phone booting again. You could wipe and reflash your ROM from there too if that doesn't work.

Like I said in the OP, I can't get the phone to boot into recovery mode. It doesn't get passed that screen.

Marion Cobretti said:
Like I said in the OP, I can't get the phone to boot into recovery mode. It doesn't get passed that screen.
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Yep,missed that part. My fault. Can you get into download mode instead? When you plug your phone in, does your computer recognize it? You may be able to use Odin to go back to a stock ROM instead of going to recovery, to start from scratch.

Oh, I should also mention that I have a Mac. Is there anything like Odin or Flashboot for a Mac?

Marion Cobretti said:
Oh, I should also mention that I have a Mac. Is there anything like Odin or Flashboot for a Mac?
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I don't think Odin is compatible (don't have a Mac myself, so not sure), but I've heard of people using Heimdall as an alternative to Odin for Mac. Latest version of Heimdall should be available through their website from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265

T999 Won't boot/start

Didn't find anything similar on here so I had to post. My T999 no longer boots except for a vibrate when the battery is removed and re-inserted. Occasionally it will get to the CM boot logo and then the screen goes off. If I time the button presses right, I get to the Download screen but before I can hit the Up button to confirm download mode the screen shuts off. This happened all of a sudden yesterday, the last activity being to shut off the Alarm. Tried charging but it will not get past the initial battery icon before the screen goes off. Tried replacing the battery but that didn't help. I also tried to follow the debrick instructions but it didn't help. I was running Vanir AOSP 4.4.4 with no issues until yesterday. The device does not register when connected to the PC using USB and the charger LED does not light up when plugged into charger/PC. My feeling is that something went wrong with the boot but I am unable to get into any usable screen to do anything. I had managed to brick a Samsung Vibrant before but I didn't have to struggle as much to debrick and ODIN back to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm now without a phone .

Mine is also acting like that. It wont boot to any rom even stock ones. But i noticed that if i connect my charger it will boot to the homescreen. Sounds like a battery issue right? I also thought that but when i go to recovery, it did not shutdown after leaving it for a couple of minutes. I'm also baffled why it wont boot. I'll try to borrow other battery to test if it still the same.

maelstromm said:
Didn't find anything similar on here so I had to post. My T999 no longer boots except for a vibrate when the battery is removed and re-inserted. Occasionally it will get to the CM boot logo and then the screen goes off. If I time the button presses right, I get to the Download screen but before I can hit the Up button to confirm download mode the screen shuts off. This happened all of a sudden yesterday, the last activity being to shut off the Alarm. Tried charging but it will not get past the initial battery icon before the screen goes off. Tried replacing the battery but that didn't help. I also tried to follow the debrick instructions but it didn't help. I was running Vanir AOSP 4.4.4 with no issues until yesterday. The device does not register when connected to the PC using USB and the charger LED does not light up when plugged into charger/PC. My feeling is that something went wrong with the boot but I am unable to get into any usable screen to do anything. I had managed to brick a Samsung Vibrant before but I didn't have to struggle as much to debrick and ODIN back to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm now without a phone .
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Remove battery snd put back in. Does the device try to turn on by itself? If so you probably have a bad power button.
LarsonJayz said:
Mine is also acting like that. It wont boot to any rom even stock ones. But i noticed that if i connect my charger it will boot to the homescreen. Sounds like a battery issue right? I also thought that but when i go to recovery, it did not shutdown after leaving it for a couple of minutes. I'm also baffled why it wont boot. I'll try to borrow other battery to test if it still the same.
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Boot download mode and flash stock or root66 firmware with Odin. (You may need to factory reset too)

DocHoliday77 said:
Boot download mode and flash stock or root66 firmware with Odin. (You may need to factory reset too)
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Done this using root66 but still the same. Now my phone went to worse. It wont get past the S3 logo in the boot screen and just shuts down followed by a vibrate. But if i connect my charger, it will continue and run as normal. My suspect might be a bad battery but the thing is it doesn't auto shutdown when is download mode or in recovery mode. Will try to borrow other battery and update if this fixes the problem.

This is pretty strange. Woke up to my phone with the Galaxy s3 boot logo. And it wouldn't go past it. Tried flashing different backups I had but none of them let me go past the boot logo. Flashed CM10 since my version of TWRP recovery is so old that it can't flash anything higher up, and it goes past the boot logo finally after 2 hours then goes to the cyanogen boot logo but doesn't go past that. I'm going to try with ODIN tonight.
Seems very strange that there are others that had this happen to them to. My phone has never done this before, and it happened randomly.

What does it mean if my phone doesn't boot past the logo with an odin to root66 file?
Edit: Nevermind seems to have worked... for now.
Edit 2: Okay so now it's stuck in an infinite loop where it boots past the logo, shows the android mascot then does an android is upgrading app 1 of 169 then goes back all over again. This is fun! Can anyone help?
Edit 3: Okay so I had to do a factory reset. Got it working now. Starting to get sick of the things I have to do to get updated firmware. Samsung needs to get their crap together!

LarsonJayz said:
Done this using root66 but still the same. Now my phone went to worse. It wont get past the S3 logo in the boot screen and just shuts down followed by a vibrate. But if i connect my charger, it will continue and run as normal. My suspect might be a bad battery but the thing is it doesn't auto shutdown when is download mode or in recovery mode. Will try to borrow other battery and update if this fixes the problem.
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Hopefully its just the battery.
Download mode may work because of how the battery reports to the os. If its going bad and reporting incorrectly that its low, it may trigger a shutdown. Whereas in download mode the os isn't running so its not reading the battery info the same way. Just a guess.
crazexr7 said:
What does it mean if my phone doesn't boot past the logo with an odin to root66 file?
Edit: Nevermind seems to have worked... for now.
Edit 2: Okay so now it's stuck in an infinite loop where it boots past the logo, shows the android mascot then does an android is upgrading app 1 of 169 then goes back all over again. This is fun! Can anyone help?
Edit 3: Okay so I had to do a factory reset. Got it working now. Starting to get sick of the things I have to do to get updated firmware. Samsung needs to get their crap together!
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Just for future reference, factory resetting solves about 98% of boot hangs.
Still for both of you, id take this as a sign that you should make sure your backups are up to date. If something is failing you'll be glad you did!

DocHoliday77 said:
Just for future reference, factory resetting solves about 98% of boot hangs.
Still for both of you, id take this as a sign that you should make sure your backups are up to date. If something is failing you'll be glad you did!
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Yeah factory reset unfortunately didn't work for me when I needed it before I had to ODIN to root66. But I was able to do a nandroid after I couldn't get it to boot and extract my sms from Titanium backup. What an awesome app, super thankful to that dev for making it.

DocHoliday77 said:
Hopefully its just the battery.
Download mode may work because of how the battery reports to the os. If its going bad and reporting incorrectly that its low, it may trigger a shutdown. Whereas in download mode the os isn't running so its not reading the battery info the same way. Just a guess.
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Turns out it was the battery sir. I've tested it with another battery from 2 different phones and it worked fine. While the phone i tested with the defective battery didn't event get passed the samsung logo. I've suspected it might be having the low voltage causing the phone to shut down.
Anyways, after that i bought a new battery immediately and everything seems ok. thanks for the reply doc.

DocHoliday77 said:
Remove battery snd put back in. Does the device try to turn on by itself? If so you probably have a bad power button.
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I can confirm that it is likely a bad power button, I have tried everything including dismantling it and seeing if I could dislodge any dirt that may be causing the problem but it didn't work. Looks like I have to find a local repair shop or ebay to get it resolved. Anyone recommend a good place to get this fixed. Funds are limited

Im not sure exactly how difficult the repair is most people seem so do it themselves and have given indications that its pretty easy. You can find the part online for a few bucks.

[Q] Galaxy note II bootloop problem. worst i have faced!

Hey guys....im new on xda i had a problem. recently my phones in a bootloop.i did not drop it or try to flash a custom rom. it was in a bag for 2 hours after which it just starts up to the white logo and not even the animated one and keeps repeating that. i have tried pulling out the battery for long times and letting the charge drain out thing but in vain. worst part is i caannot get into recovery or donwload mode. download mode flashes for a few seconds but just reboots. recovery mode doesnt work at all. i however managed to boot into download mode. once the download mode warning appeared i pulled out the battery with the usb cable in it. but thats as far as i got. i cannot flash a rom on to it either becasue it needs to restart i guess and wihtout a battery thats not possible..........i thought of trying out cwm becasue that had usb debugging turned on as default and then using abd command line to retrieve my data but for that i need to get into download mode. even checked out the power button problem but the button was fine.....im running out of options....my phone is not rooted.....any suggestions guys?....really need help saved up a lot to buy this :crying::crying:

DoomsDrag426 said:
Hey guys....im new on xda i had a problem. recently my phones in a bootloop.i did not drop it or try to flash a custom rom. it was in a bag for 2 hours after which it just starts up to the white logo and not even the animated one and keeps repeating that. i have tried pulling out the battery for long times and letting the charge drain out thing but in vain. worst part is i caannot get into recovery or donwload mode. download mode flashes for a few seconds but just reboots. recovery mode doesnt work at all. i however managed to boot into download mode. once the download mode warning appeared i pulled out the battery with the usb cable in it. but thats as far as i got. i cannot flash a rom on to it either becasue it needs to restart i guess and wihtout a battery thats not possible..........i thought of trying out cwm becasue that had usb debugging turned on as default and then using abd command line to retrieve my data but for that i need to get into download mode. even checked out the power button problem but the button was fine.....im running out of options....my phone is not rooted.....any suggestions guys?....really need help saved up a lot to buy this :crying::crying:
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Your battery is faulty. All those things you mentioned are signs of a dyeing battery. Get it replaced or borrow a battery from your friend to check it out.

mannyvinny said:
Your battery is faulty. All those things you mentioned are signs of a dyeing battery. Get it replaced or borrow a battery from your friend to check it out.
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Are you sure? because the first thing i did was use a battery from a different phone....a grand, just aligned the terminals and held it in place with my hands....phone seemed to go into bootloop again????