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Here's the situation, My wife has the Epic 4G, this is her 2nd replacement,and cannot get another thru the insurance. She dropped the phone, from couch to the floor, not far at all, but still dropped. The power button doesn't work now - at all. If I plug in to charger, it does light up keypad, home keys, and battery charging icon. Just no response from power button.
My question is, is there any way to turn the phone on thru the PC maybe? As long as I can get it on, then we should be good. I googled all over, but no solution found yet. Hopefully there's some way to kick it on thru the PC. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Have you tried pulling the battery cover off to get better acces to the switch and jiggling it around a little. Maybe the switch button just got jammed in. try pulling the button outward with a sharp object. Basic stuff, i know...but it is just a switch.
Lol... thanks man. I tried everything you can think of, took the phone apart and everything. The power button is just done. I ended up running Odin3, and slid keypad open,held 1 button,and plugged in USB and she jumped into Download mode - Thank god. Ran ACS recovery.tar file,AND it reset! Now, as long as the battery doesn't die, I can wake the phone with Volume keys,and all is good. If the battery does die - then I can just run the Odin3 process again... women...lol!
check eBay for a parts phone. maybe you can frankenstein it back to good.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Cell-Phones-Smartphones-/9355/i.html?rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=7000&_nkw=epic%204g&_catref=1&_dmpt=Cell_Phones&_fln=1&_ssov=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m1539
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Wife did the same to hers, dead power button. She usually tries to keep it charged all time now, to keep it from turning off.
However, if the phone turns off or freezes, we get it turned back on by Plugging in the charger until the softkeys light up, and as soon as the battery icon turns green, unplug the charger. The phone should reboot, and if you timed it right, you'll see the samsung logo.
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Here's the situation, My wife has the Epic 4G, this is her 2nd replacement,and cannot get another thru the insurance. She dropped the phone, from couch to the floor, not far at all, but still dropped. The power button doesn't work now - at all. If I plug in to charger, it does light up keypad, home keys, and battery charging icon. Just no response from power button.
My question is, is there any way to turn the phone on thru the PC maybe? As long as I can get it on, then we should be good. I googled all over, but no solution found yet. Hopefully there's some way to kick it on thru the PC. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance![/QUOTE
i believe you need to buy a new power ribbon inside the phone.. sometimes they go bad. if you have the $8 insurance they should just fix it for free
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SerialKilla said:
Here's the situation, My wife has the Epic 4G, this is her 2nd replacement,and cannot get another thru the insurance. She dropped the phone, from couch to the floor, not far at all, but still dropped. The power button doesn't work now - at all. If I plug in to charger, it does light up keypad, home keys, and battery charging icon. Just no response from power button.
My question is, is there any way to turn the phone on thru the PC maybe? As long as I can get it on, then we should be good. I googled all over, but no solution found yet. Hopefully there's some way to kick it on thru the PC. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance![/QUOTE
i believe you need to buy a new power ribbon inside the phone.. sometimes they go bad. if you have the $8 insurance they should just fix it for free
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+1 to this. My power button stopped working when I replaced my screen myself... it worked for a couple days and then stopped working. Brought it to sprint and they fixed it for free.
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SerialKilla said:
Here's the situation, My wife has the Epic 4G, this is her 2nd replacement,and cannot get another thru the insurance. She dropped the phone, from couch to the floor, not far at all, but still dropped. The power button doesn't work now - at all. If I plug in to charger, it does light up keypad, home keys, and battery charging icon. Just no response from power button.
My question is, is there any way to turn the phone on thru the PC maybe? As long as I can get it on, then we should be good. I googled all over, but no solution found yet. Hopefully there's some way to kick it on thru the PC. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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You need to have a jig to put the phone in download mode, then use odin to flash a stock modem this will cause the phone to reset. As stated before you can wake the phone from sleep mode by sliding it open. Just do not let the battey full drain or you will have to repeat the process. This process can be done with any "jig-able" samsung device that is flashed with odin.
Hope this helps
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You need to have a jig to put the phone in download mode, then use odin to flash a stock modem this will cause the phone to reset. As stated before you can wake the phone from sleep mode by sliding it open. Just do not let the battey full drain or you will have to repeat the process. This process can be done with any "jig-able" samsung device that is flashed with odin.
Hope this helps
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How do you put the phone into download mode without a power button? I thought it was the 1 key and power.
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How do you put the phone into download mode without a power button? I thought it was the 1 key and power.
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The usb cord turns the phone on, no need for a button
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flastnoles11 said:
masterbat6025 said:
+1 to this. My power button stopped working when I replaced my screen myself... it worked for a couple days and then stopped working. Brought it to sprint and they fixed it for free.
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did you have to unroot and return to stock before taking it in to sprint? =\
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Silly work around
I had an Epic that did the same thing, I know there is a keyboard shortcut to power up the device but I'm not sure what it is. I was able to power mine up after about 15 minutes of smashing all of the keys on the keyboard at random at the same time. Perhaps somebody with a bit more time or understanding of the keymap might be able to figure it out.
Talk to your Local Sprint Store
For me it was the button that failed. Since the power button is a part of the keyboard assembly it required replacing the keyboard. I called over to the local Sprint store and, after some begging, they agreed to part with the keyboard from a bricked phone they had in the shop. It took very little time for me to replace it and get the phone up and running again.
Hi, my power button wont work either. It happened when I replace my screen yesterday. I cant take it to sprint because it is rooted with a custom rom. Does anyone know exactly what the problem is or what part I need. I am pretty good with androids so I think I could do it
Sometimes when you take it apart the cable goes bad ( happened to me twice) just replace the ribbon cable and all will be well
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Hi, my power button wont work either. It happened when I replace my screen yesterday. I cant take it to sprint because it is rooted with a custom rom. Does anyone know exactly what the problem is or what part I need. I am pretty good with androids so I think I could do it
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If you want to take it to Sprint, just Odin Stock FC09
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An easier method for ur madness
Had the same issue with my power button not working. I'm not sure why but if I use my lg usb cord to charge it the phone will boot it self. Now if I use my Samsung, or Motorola or even tried a blackberry usb cord they all will just charge the battery. Kind of strange but lot less hectic than booting through ur computer every time. Hopefully this helps
Stumbled across this thread while playing with an EPIC 4G with the same problem. Quite by accident, and before I saw this thread, same thing worked for me. A LG USB cord boots it .
My Epic won't turn on in any way. I can't get into download mode, can't get into recovery, can't boot in a standard way either.
I was in the middle of trying to Odin back to stock, and it wouldn't finish the download mode. I tried to flash one of the EI22 tars on the forums here, and it wouldn't finish. I tried the standard stock EC05, and it wouldn't finish either. I had to pull the battery/cord multiple times. I tried with different ports on my PC, different times using Odin, everything. Nothing worked.
So at some point after all this, it refused to go into download mode. In fact, it refuses to do anything at all.
Anyone got any advice? I'm at wits end.
Take the battery off. Make sure no cords are connected to the phone. Keep the battery off for about 5mins. Press and hold the power button for about 15 seconds. The put the battery back in and try booting into download mode.
Before u do any of these steps. What data cable are u using? The one that came with the phone, or another one?
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What version of odin are u using? Try using a different version of odin.
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Odin 1.85
Stock data cable.
Tried the battery out thing, but it didn't work.
Ok...so that u know, u can't use the stock data cable, its generic...u need a thicker cable , like a blackberry one. Not for to get ur phone back to life. On the back of ur phone with the battery cover off. There is a tiny whole, that's a reset button. With only the battery in the phone, place a paperclip in that hold and press it for 30 seconds. Then pull out the battery, then put battery back in. Try booting into download mode. See what that does
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This is a hard reset.... it should work.
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Ok...so that u know, u can't use the stock data cable, its generic...u need a thicker cable , like a blackberry one. Not for to get ur phone back to life. On the back of ur phone with the battery cover off. There is a tiny whole, that's a reset button. With only the battery in the phone, place a paperclip in that hold and press it for 30 seconds. Then pull out the battery, then put battery back in. Try booting into download mode. See what that does
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Lol the mythological hole is back!!!!! Just leave the battery out for a bit and hold the power button with the battery out for about 20 secs to get any left over charge out... with battery and sd card out hold down the power button and 1 key and plug into your computer while holding down and that should get you into download mode.... for future reference I have taken MANY epics (over 30) and there is NO BUTTON under that hole... no spot for a button at all... there is no hard reset and this is a myth... the people that have said they have gotten their phones back working after pressing this non existent button only got it back into download mode because they left their battery out long enough for it to reset itself... the "button" had nothing to do with it... disagree? Take your phone apart and take a pictue of the button... not the hole but the actual button... I guarantee you its not there!
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Interesting... I have never done that form of a hard reset, but a friend of mine has. There is videos on this all over youtube on this. But if u there isn't, than I really can't argue with that. Since I have not done it myself.
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Interesting... I have never done that form of a hard reset, but a friend of mine has. There is videos on this all over youtube on this. But if u there isn't, than I really can't argue with that. Since I have not done it myself.
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Watch those videos and send me 1 where they take the phone apart and actually sow you the button... its not there trust me... that being said though, it is extremely hard to completely brick this phone... not impossible but damn near... almost everything you do to this phone it can be recovered if you follow the sticky in developement entitled how to recover from a soft brick or bring it back from the brink... go there and do everything it suggests... btw please search before posting a new thread as this is in a sticky and tons of other threads... please search first!
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Okay so I left the battery and microsd card out of the phone for like 3 hours, came back and put it all in and it still won't turn on.
Is it really no good?
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Okay so I left the battery and microsd card out of the phone for like 3 hours, came back and put it all in and it still won't turn on.
Is it really no good?
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No what you want to do is leave the battery and sd card out and press and hold the power and 1 button and plug into your computer to get into download mode. The odin the ec05.tar with victory.pit and check repartition and reboot and you are good to go
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No what you want to do is leave the battery and sd card out and press and hold the power and 1 button and plug into your computer to get into download mode. The odin the ec05.tar with victory.pit and check repartition and reboot and you are good to go
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Should have done this from the begining you take the battery and sdcard and plug in the phone to the computer using the computar as the power source and go into download works almost everytime unless you slid brick it. If this doesn't work go online and buy a download mode jig there like 8 bucks or you can find a tutorial to make one..... this will reset the odin counter ( I think) and jump you into download mode.
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Should have done this from the begining you take the battery and sdcard and plug in the phone to the computer using the computar as the power source and go into download works almost everytime unless you slid brick it. If this doesn't work go online and buy a download mode jig there like 8 bucks or you can find a tutorial to make one..... this will reset the odin counter ( I think) and jump you into download mode.
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Yeah I told him that froom the beginning but I think he misunderstood. And the og epic don't have an odin counter... that's the epic touch
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Yeah I told him that froom the beginning but I think he misunderstood. And the og epic don't have an odin counter... that's the epic touch
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I didn't mean the counter but I know jigs will jump you into odin mode...... thus I put the (I think)
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Guess what gentlemen, that method didn't work for me before. I had to literally keep the battery out for awhile and then place it back in. I will tell u why. U don't know how stable the power source is on a usb port. Take a cable and plug it into a camera or something, start wiggling it just a little..it will start to flicker (turn on and off)...reason being...wear and tear on the port. That's why I never state that method.. I say this to u with all respect given.
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And the port can send a micro-static charge through the cable and right to the phone.. (google it) u will see what I'm talking about.
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Thanks for all the replies guys. I tried this to no avail either. I took the battery/sdcard out of the phone and left it for a minute, then held the power button down for 30 seconds or so... then I let that go and pressed and held 1 and power. Then I plugged in the USB cable. Nothing.
Tried plugging it in, then pressing 1 and power. Nothing still.
Phone still refuses to turn on. I'm going to leave it for an hour or two and give it some more time to discharge the capacitors, but I fear it may be bricked (something I thought pretty much impossible for an Epic 4G)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13245831
This should help you.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13245831
This should help you.
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I have read that thread, however it mentions nothing about a phone that will not turn on.
When ur phone doesn't turn on, its bricked. That explains how to unbrick it. If ur phone won't turn on at all no matter what...u may have to take it to sprint for a relacement. That's ur last and final option.
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So I was running the rooting process and it started the writing the kernel without error but then it just sat there for a very long time (over an hour) without any action.... I started getting concerned about battery drain so I went ahead and rebooted.
My phone wouldn't boot, just do the "invalid firmware" thing but I was still able to POWER+VOL-UP to bring the rom flashing menu up. At this point I figured I had very little battery left so I wanted to charge it up a bit before trying to flash again.
I didn't realize that the phone won't actually charge without a valid firmware. I came back an hour later and couldn't POWER+VOL-UP again, it would say "LOW BATTERY, CAN'T DOWNLOAD ROM" or something along those lines.
So, I'm pretty sure I could still flash something if I could still get to the menu. I can't get to the menu beacause the battery won't charge and the battery won't charge until I can re-flash.... talk about a catch22!
Any suggestions before I go try to cash in my best buy warranty for new phone? (I figure that I can blame it on an OTA firmware update because no rooted kernel/rom ever got loaded)
Get an external battery charger from ebay and charge the battery then try again?
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Get an external battery charger from ebay and charge the battery then try again?
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Yep good advice. I have two spare batteries plus external charger. Its really a good investment and on eBay its not expensive.
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Ya and when you do try again try a different cable other than the one odin froze with. When I first used odin it kept failing I switched cables and then it worked flawlessly. Also about the battery instead of waiting until you get your external charger or second battery I would try to go down to your local sprint store or bestbuy and ask them if they can charge the battery for you.
Cut off the end ofa USB cable. Foretaste and red and black wires. Look at your battery, the positive and negative terminals are labeled. Put your battery back it, but don't push it in all the way, leave a 1/4" gap. Place the red write on the positive terminal, black on negative triple check this, very important. Push battery in making sure the wires are secure. Plus other end into USB port on computer. Insert your other USB cable into to the phone, the other end into computer. Hold vol down and power. Wait until phone turns on. Press volume up. Flash gaging's rooted stock room with Odin. (download the .exe file and double click, it's really as simple as that).
That should work. It did for me.
Then search XDA for "mobile Odin". Find and download steady Hawkins' kennel and flash that through mobile Odin.
From there download a ROM, I suggest Calkulin's. Reboot into recovery and flash.
Now you are rooted, and have a custom ROM
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Cut off the end ofa USB cable. Foretaste and red and black wires. Look at your battery, the positive and negative terminals are labeled. Put your battery back it, but don't push it in all the way, leave a 1/4" gap. Place the red write on the positive terminal, black on negative triple check this, very important. Push battery in making sure the wires are secure. Plus other end into USB port on computer. Insert your other USB cable into to the phone, the other end into computer. Hold vol down and power. Wait until phone turns on. Press volume up. Flash gaging's rooted stock room with Odin. (download the .exe file and double click, it's really as simple as that).
That should work. It did for me.
Then search XDA for "mobile Odin". Find and download steady Hawkins' kennel and flash that through mobile Odin.
From there download a ROM, I suggest Calkulin's. Reboot into recovery and flash.
Now you are rooted, and have a custom ROM
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That battery idea seems a little risky to me but if you feel comfortable doing it then go right ahead. I would take it to sprint and have them charge the battery personally though. Other than that though ya I would do what this person is saying thats basically the same thing I did when I almost bricked my phone.
The phone won't charge when it's totally off ? It usually will but will not in Odin or recovery mode ...weird thing is it uses more power in recovery than with phone booted
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The phone won't charge when it's totally off ? It usually will but will not in Odin or recovery mode ...weird thing is it uses more power in recovery than with phone booted
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That is what I was wondering myself because I had a problem that I thought was my phone but it was a bad plug in my house. When I would charge it when it was booted up it would just say battery disconnected so I would charge it when it was off and that worked fine. Also ya it does use more power in recovery especially if you are flashing.
What's risky about giving your phone 5volts? The battery is more than 5 volts..
You don't have to use odin to root the Epic 4G Touch anymore. There's updated ways to root it and the latest ways won't give you that yellow triangle. Go on youtube and check out "QBKING77" channel. He has the latest ways to root and all on the E4GT.
Have you tried taking the battery completely out, plugging in the charger and try getting into Odin mode? I bricked mine a few Weeks ago and used Odin with out my battery even in and put my phone back to stock then re rooted. I had the battery out because the min I put it in I had a black screen and nothing worked.
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You don't have to use odin to root the Epic 4G Touch anymore. There's updated ways to root it and the latest ways won't give you that yellow triangle. Go on youtube and check out "QBKING77" channel. He has the latest ways to root and all on the E4GT.
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In his latest video you actually are using odin its just a one click odin that is all set up for you.
I am confused and sorry for that but what's wrong with sfhubs method for rooting. Also if you brick your phone its bricked and done. To me there is no bricking and fixing, if it still comes on or you have a light its not bricked. I would suggest if you get your phone at least up and running use sfhubs method its pretty damn fool proof. Hope you get your phone fixed....
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In his latest video you actually are using odin its just a one click odin that is all set up for you.
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Oh yeah that's for EL29 latest update. I was referring to the method before that. Where people can be on all types of set ups EK02, EG31, ect. My experience with EL29 sucks. I hate it. Why did Samsung mess up the wallpaper background movement it had before. Only good thing about EL29 for me is removing that CIQ.
Thanks everyone, for all the help and info - it's all greatly appreciated!!!
Quick answers:
- I did try removing the battery and using just the charger without the battery but the phone won't turn on. I don't believe my EVO or Hero ever did either (but maybe the old TouchPro's ?)... anyway...
@CBowely - I like your idea and yeah, 5v should be OK as long as I dont get my +/- mixed up but I think, assuming I have time tomorrow, I might try the store first. I'm in no major rush, my EVO is still up and running.
I got the 4GT at BestBuy Mobile and their warranty seems a little more flexible than Sprint's so I'll go in and say that the battery died during the EL29 firmware OTA update (which I actually selected CANCEL to, so I could root it pre-EL29). Best case scenario, they fix the battery and put it back to stock or give me a new phone, I go home and try again. Worst case scenario, I at least get the battery charged.
Final update to the thread: Took the phone back, they gave me a new one but it was an EK02 so I've had no problems rooting it!
My T-989 has never been able to stay shut down if the charger is plugged in. I shut it off and don't plug in the charger it stays off. I shut it down and plug in, or plug in and shut down, either way, and it immediately it turns itself on. I knew the that this would be a problem somehow when I noticed it but, no one (no one as in thread replies to similar problem) seemed to think it was a problem. Well, I was using my phone as a hot spot for my laptop as I do pretty often and this time I ran the battery down to about 7% before I realized just how low it was. I had to finish what I was doing on the laptop before disconnecting the phone. As I finished and started to go into settings to turn off the hotspot option the phone shut itself off. I then plugged in the charger and the phone did it's little trick and turned itself on instantly. Being that it has no charge left in the battery, it shut itself down. And because it doesn't stay turned off when plugged in, it turns itself back on. So the cycle begins. It won't charge up because it keeps cycling. And it keeps cycling because it doesn't allow itself to sleep while plugged in. I need to somehow charge the battery outside of the phone I guess. But what about a fix for the never sleep bug? Do other Roms allow sleep while charging? How can I charge the battery other than the obvious of using another SII or wiring the battery contacts directly to a charger with the mini usb cut off? Will a charged battery solve the problem ? Or is it a soft brick and I need to Odin and flash a new Rom? How come nobody could foresee this "dog chasing its tail" scenario when the phones don't sleep when plugged in? I need to resolve this asap. And as I always do say, Thanks in advance for your help everyone on XDA.
Maybe hotpot app issue or bug. Do you think you could reflash without the app. Personally I've never have heard of anything like this but thats why this site is for. To help one another get the most out of our device.
I'm no dev not computer genius, and pls understand that what I'm giving is "my" opinion. I could be wrong or even maybe a chance to be right.
With that said, why not try to get the phone on cmw and do a darkside
Cache wipe and maybe that could help ur permissions. And maybe even fix ur prob, another idea was to wipe ur battery stats. Also on advance mode in cmw. It could be endless factors that have caused this issue. I know its not a lot of help but hopefully I'm pointing at he right road for u to fix your device
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Thanks datrapstar. I first have to get the battery charged somehow. And even then the only thing I can do is USB jig into download. It stays in download when I remove the jig, but as soon as I connect a cable to it from the laptop or charger it starts the on off loop. So,????
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And your doing the 3button combo? It should automatic start booting into download mode. I don't know exactly how to do the jig. You may wanna pm "all gamer" being that he's the one I seen posting about it, and ask him if he can give u a lil guidance.
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Also, are u capable of going into a retail tmo?, maybe they can let u charge up there on one of their display devices. Its at no cost to them. And sometimes u find one of the cool sales reps that is willing to go above and beyond. Its the best I good bro, sorry
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efforts that aren't in vain.
I'll start by letting you (datrapstar) know I appreciate your input. It is certainly welcomed . The jig I'm talking about is a plug - in (mini USB) device that jumps, or crosses two of the circuits of the female USB plug on your phone. It instantly puts your phone into download mode. Rather than the two or three button method, which in some instances won't work, the jig always ,99% of the time,works even if you have a unresponsive, almost bricked device. All that power for $10 plus shipping from MobileTechVideo,the guys who can modify your phone with the famous Unbrickable Modification. Okay, back to the issues at hand, my hand, to be exact.
I do have access to a TMo store, being that I live in " Lower Beverly Hills " we even have a valet parking lot across the way. I'm just fu##ing with ya Bro. But yeah, I may do just that to charge the battery. And I have a girl that works at one of the TMo retails that I use who has already gone above and beyond the call of duty for me that I may have to pay a visit to. I didn't have time to do anything today about my SGII, and fortunately I have my Captivate that I use as my business phone to keep me connected to everyone during this time of phone aggravation. I will keep posting with my progress toward a resolution, and I will gladly accept anymore input sent my way that might steer me towards a final solution. Oh, and sorry for the long, and wordy posts. (Not really) I like to write, and don't practice "textphonics" abbreviations or acronyms. Later Bro.
No doubt then ,hope it all works out for the best for u. I'll keep checking in on the tread and see how ur making out. And I'll also try doing a lil more research in any resolutions of the matter. Good luck:thumbup:
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Cool. Talk again later.
Got it working
I got it working Thursday. The phone finally decided that it was gonna stay shut down and the battery recharged. I knew I could get it running after that. I probably did a few things that didn't need to be done but, I'm still new to this. I wiped everything (almost), Dalvick, Data, Battery, Cache, Factory Wipe and Reset. I probably forgot some. I Odin the .tar/md5 file and then rebooted. I just want to know how to fix the phone from not shutting off and staying off if the charger is plugged in, and which custom ROM I should try now ? I'm back to rooted, stock, Gingerbread 2.3.6 UVKL1, Baseband version UVLE1. Any ideas?
I'm on infamous 2.8 right now and I can't complain about it at all. 27+hrs battle life and thats with light use. As for the other issues the only thing I can think off it was just a bad download.
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Alright guys so normally i'm pretty skilled in getting things to operate perfectly and have always been good at flashing roms but I have a massive issue with my Galaxy Note 2. The phone has NOT been flashed yet. I bought it new and for whatever reason the other night i plugged my phone in before i went to bed as usual. I woke up the next morning and the phone was not charging nor did it show it was plugged in/charged to 100%. It had about 87% battery life so it obviously did charge through the night to some degree. I pulled out the battery, put it back in and the phone booted up all by itself without me even touching the power button! It stays on the battery icon charging screen for about 5 seconds then reboots itself constantly. If you try to hold down the power button it will not boot up. I can get it into Download Mode as well as Recovery mode but none of which have helped it boot up. I am running on the most recent 4.1.2 firmware as well FYI. If you have any ideas please feel free to throw them my way. I don't really understand how this could have happened.. Thanks in advance
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Alright guys so normally i'm pretty skilled in getting things to operate perfectly and have always been good at flashing roms but I have a massive issue with my Galaxy Note 2. The phone has NOT been flashed yet. I bought it new and for whatever reason the other night i plugged my phone in before i went to bed as usual. I woke up the next morning and the phone was not charging nor did it show it was plugged in/charged to 100%. It had about 87% battery life so it obviously did charge through the night to some degree. I pulled out the battery, put it back in and the phone booted up all by itself without me even touching the power button! It stays on the battery icon charging screen for about 5 seconds then reboots itself constantly. If you try to hold down the power button it will not boot up. I can get it into Download Mode as well as Recovery mode but none of which have helped it boot up. I am running on the most recent 4.1.2 firmware as well FYI. If you have any ideas please feel free to throw them my way. I don't really understand how this could have happened.. Thanks in advance
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You mentioned that you accessed the recovery mode and download mode but did you try flashing the rom again?
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bushako said:
You mentioned that you accessed the recovery mode and download mode but did you try flashing the rom again?
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I actually downloaded the newest odin and flashed the stock official 4.1.2 firmware release i got online. I flashed it in download mode and it said success. However, after it auto rebooted it again went back to the rebooting battery icon screen immediately.
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You mentioned that you accessed the recovery mode and download mode but did you try flashing the rom again?
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Also, As-salam alaykum! I have been to UAE twice now and i absolutely love it. I have a friend who lives there and we are frequent visitors to Dubai Mall, Ferrari World, and Moreeb Dune..
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I actually downloaded the newest odin and flashed the stock official 4.1.2 firmware release i got online. I flashed it in download mode and it said success. However, after it auto rebooted it again went back to the rebooting battery icon screen immediately.
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I think theres a way to fully format the internal memory before flashing the rom through odin. I dont know much about odin except the flashing bit and rooting. You should check on that.
My guess is that without formatting the phone youre only upgrading the os leaving corrupt files present in the phone that causeing the start up issue.
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Also, As-salam alaykum! I have been to UAE twice now and i absolutely love it. I have a friend who lives there and we are frequent visitors to Dubai Mall, Ferrari World, and Moreeb Dune..
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Hey Salam to you too. Im not really from here although ive lived here for sometime now. And I honestly dont like to go to those places mentioned as I find it too gimiky. But yea there are other places worth visiting aswell here in Dubai.
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I think theres a way to fully format the internal memory before flashing the rom through odin. I dont know much about odin except the flashing bit and rooting. You should check on that.
My guess is that without formatting the phone youre only upgrading the os leaving corrupt files present in the phone that causeing the start up issue.
Hey Salam to you too. Im not really from here although ive lived here for sometime now. And I honestly dont like to go to those places mentioned as I find it too gimiky. But yea there are other places worth visiting aswell here in Dubai.
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I'll look into the reformatting.. The weird thing is that last night after letting it sit for like 8+ hours i somehow got it to boot up after putting the battery back in and powering it on really fast the first try. However, now when i plug in the charger it wont recognize the charger being plugged in! This phone is like possessed. When it wont boot up at all and stays on that charging icon screen and then i plug it in, it says it charging and the icon turns green. This makes less than zero sense..
Turn it off. Hold volume up plus home button plus power. Now you're in recovery mode. Select wipe and restore. It should work after, I had the same issue one.
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This really looks like short circuit case.
Have you got your phone wet?
It looks like some water or humidity got in and power button is making a shirt circuit.
Maybe it is better to take it to certified service center just to make sure.
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Is your phone N7100 or LTE N7105. Which rom did you flash.
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Turn it off. Hold volume up plus home button plus power. Now you're in recovery mode. Select wipe and restore. It should work after, I had the same issue one.
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I already had tried that.
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This really looks like short circuit case.
Have you got your phone wet?
It looks like some water or humidity got in and power button is making a shirt circuit.
Maybe it is better to take it to certified service center just to make sure.
I was able to fix it!
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Is your phone N7100 or LTE N7105. Which rom did you flash.
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It is an N7100 no LTE..
Basically i was able to fix the problem by fiddling with the charging port on the phone. I took a tac and cleaned out the inside what seemed like was junk/loose stuff inside of it behind the gold connectors and further in towards the inside of the phones port. I put the battery in and it only booted up when i turned the phone on and it recognizes the phone being plugged in every time i've tried to make it crap out. Everytime i restart the phone it boots up like it should no problem. Seems as though that was the problem! Thanks again for the help