Hey Guys need a little help.
Unable to boot to odin mode, unable to boot to recovery, unable to see phone when connected to PC.
Help me unbrick this thing, please and thank you.
WhAT CAN YOU SEE?
obviously not the xda roolz
explain everything.. HOW did you get to this point?
drdrewdown said:
WhAT CAN YOU SEE?
obviously not the xda roolz
explain everything.. HOW did you get to this point?
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Nothing, I can boot in the rom I have but its not connecting to Sprint nor can I connect to my wifi. Any chance I can get it back?
Wrong section
I just have to point out that this should be in the Q&A section, as nothing is developed.....
Is anything lighting up? What happened to it to get this way? Have you done a battery pull yet? Do you have a jig?
Edit: If you can boot into the rom, download a terminal.apk and type "su", the type "reboot recovery" that should boot you into recovery....
If you cant get a signal to use data to download, use wifi
hoopsdavis said:
Nothing, I can boot in the rom I have but its not connecting to Sprint nor can I connect to my wifi. Any chance I can get it back?
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if you want PM me & i'll try to help you via gtalk or something.. its just going to get ugly in here
Yeah bro copy and paste this into Q&A. You will find more passionate people there LOL.
Do you guys smell something burning?
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Dj21o said:
Yeah bro copy and paste this into Q&A. You will find more passionate people there LOL.
Do you guys smell something burning?
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I thought I smelled something....
You guys are right, I've been around long enough to have known better. can anyone move it to Q & A?
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i just wanted to change a new rom and i forgot to make a nandroid. when i flashed the new rom i reboot it again and the screen turned out to be yellow. I dun know what to do cuz i dont have any other rom inside the phone and i cant reboot.
Please help
Yellow? Can you access android still or no
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Remove battery and put it back. Then try to get into recovery.
What i can do is entering recovery mode and odin mode. The screen is totally become yellow when i reboot. Anyways to put roms or reset the whole phone. Sigh
follow this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Is it still functional? Is it yellow as if the color multipliers were all messed up? What ROM is it?
These people are smiling because they did a nandroid and possibly because they are seat belted inside a giant weiner. Just learn from your mistake follow the thread from the post above and you should be fine
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What a smart but lol
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ok heres the problem. I cant even install the driver that the site asked me to install. it said i need to reboot my phone so that computer could recognize me.
ronmo32992 said:
ok heres the problem. I cant even install the driver that the site asked me to install. it said i need to reboot my phone so that computer could recognize me.
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Go into device manager and at the top u should see adb composite device or something like that I'm driving so I don't remember the whole lines
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ronmo32992 said:
ok heres the problem. I cant even install the driver that the site asked me to install. it said i need to reboot my phone so that computer could recognize me.
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What site? everything you need is here on XDA
Simple write up for now...simplicity is the key here....
and let me explain first what I did...flashed a rom using rogue recovery on Caulkins ICS 1.6 I think...
things I tried and did not work...
*zimage script for windows copied went through...but did not work considering system was M.I.A. and SU wasnt present to finish the job...
*hold down button does not bring you into download mode as expected...
HOWEVER...if it seems all you can manage to do is boot into the rogue recovery and the sd cards and backups are all whacky...then you my friend still have a option....use ADB COMMANDS while connected in recovery mode...
adb reboot download
and your phone should now be in download mode...
p.s.-if this has been covered already please disregard and be on your way i suppose...otherwise if this has helped you please hit the thanks button XD
Don't think this will work from a hard brick.
BUT
Even though you can get into download mode, doesn't mean anything you try to Odin will work. It'll stall at data.img or something similar.
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bigpeng said:
Don't think this will work from a hard brick.
BUT
Even though you can get into download mode, doesn't mean anything you try to Odin will work. It'll stall at data.img or something similar.
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You beat me to it.
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Here is an interesting question for you guys.
I can't connect my phone using the usb port for anything in the world. It will charge but usb wont connect the phone to computer at all. Any ideas?
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Here is an interesting question for you guys.
I can't connect my phone using the usb port for anything in the world. It will charge but usb wont connect the phone to computer at all. Any ideas?
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Use the back usb ports. not your front ones
Shoulon said:
Use the back usb ports. not your front ones
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I tried every port on the computer. I even tried a laptop.
11secEVO said:
Here is an interesting question for you guys.
I can't connect my phone using the usb port for anything in the world. It will charge but usb wont connect the phone to computer at all. Any ideas?
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I tried every port on the computer. I even tried a laptop.
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You try enabling USB debugging in developer options?
If that don't work, try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.zatta.USB_switch
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why is this in development? and how is that different than pulling the battery and reinserting it and holding vol down + power?
this is in the stickies and super basic knowedge...
mmk
everyone must have MISTAKEN ME...
I COULD NOT...to save my life get into download mode via holding vol down button...nor would it boot...
nor am I a noob at any of this...
there was nothing on the phone but a borked recovery...
the one from ics roms (rogue I think) ...I did the stupid and flashed a rom while using rogue...
and wiped...my phone completely bricked...
no download no nothing...
took me a hour...but then I realized as long as there is recovery I should still have adb.
and yes it actually took in odin...my phone is been running perfect stock for last couple of days now...
downloaded modem and data.img with no problems...
sorry I wasn't quick on the reply but guys come on...
I know the sticky is there...this was a complete different situation than anything I seen in the sticky...
and also putting anything on SD card and trying to either flash or restore would not work seeming the sd cards in the recovery are backwards...emmc reads sd card...and vice-versa...
so thanks for the know-it-all guys who didn't read saying I COULDNT GET INTO DOWNLOAD MODE and I wouldnt of posted it if it didn't work....
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I tried every port on the computer. I even tried a laptop.
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like stated above go to settings< applications< development< usb debugging check on
if that still doesn't work...then I suggest checking to see if the proper drivers are installed.
rrockstar.kidd said:
everyone must have MISTAKEN ME...
I COULD NOT...to save my life get into download mode via holding vol down button...nor would it boot...
nor am I a noob at any of this...
there was nothing on the phone but a borked recovery...
the one from ics roms (rogue I think) ...I did the stupid and flashed a rom while using rogue...
and wiped...my phone completely bricked...
no download no nothing...
took me a hour...but then I realized as long as there is recovery I should still have adb.
and yes it actually took in odin...my phone is been running perfect stock for last couple of days now...
downloaded modem and data.img with no problems...
sorry I wasn't quick on the reply but guys come on...
I know the sticky is there...this was a complete different situation than anything I seen in the sticky...
and also putting anything on SD card and trying to either flash or restore would not work seeming the sd cards in the recovery are backwards...emmc reads sd card...and vice-versa...
so thanks for the know-it-all guys who didn't read saying I COULDNT GET INTO DOWNLOAD MODE and I wouldnt of posted it if it didn't work....
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this still doesnt make sense.. either your button is broken, or you werent doing it right..
also, if you can adb into recovery there are hundreds of ways to fix that problem, you are nowhere near bricked. you just have a messed up flash. if your sds are swapped and you cant get to them and flash, thats an error with the recovery, but you can still adb in and copy them to a place you can flash from. you can even flash directly from adb.. but nothing you did from add, nor recovery could restore your download mode. if you lose that you need a JTAG.
About 20 minutes ago I started Flashing Android Revolution HD on my device then the screen went black. Nothing's happened since then and now it won't start up or anything. What's going on?
I do believe that rom is for the international gs3.
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Well is there anything I can do at this point, or have I totally bricked my device?
Driice said:
Well is there anything I can do at this point, or have I totally bricked my device?
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Do you know how to get into download mode a.k.a. Odin mode?
theROMinator said:
Do you know how to get into download mode a.k.a. Odin mode?
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Yeah down volume, home, and lock button right?
I tried it and nothing. Same with recovery mode. Kies all can't detect my phone.
I guess I managed to ruin my phone :\
Driice said:
Yeah down volume, home, and lock button right?
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Yes, sir, please get into that mode for me but first make sure your phone is off and then i'll guide you through the rest.
BTW: Are you at a computer? This requires you to download a stock image for your device which is around ~600MB.
theROMinator said:
Yes, sir, please get into that mode for me but first make sure your phone is off and then i'll guide you through the rest.
BTW: Are you at a computer? This requires you to download a stock image for your device which is around ~600MB.
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Can you think of anything else I can do or should I go into At&T and try and get a new phone under warranty?
Driice said:
Can you think of anything else I can do or should I go into At&T and try and get a new phone under warranty?
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Dude, this is very simple. I wouldn't recommended getting a new phone if it can be easily fixed.
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theROMinator said:
Dude, this is very simple. I wouldn't recommended getting a new phone if it can be easily fixed.
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Ok well I can't go into recovery mode or download mode on my phone. My computer recognizes a device is being plugged in, but can't tell its my phone. What should I do?
Driice said:
Ok well I can't go into recovery mode or download mode on my phone. My computer recognizes a device is being plugged in, but can't tell its my phone. What should I do?
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First, try this, and then let me know what happens: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
theROMinator said:
First, try this, and then let me know what happens: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
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I have the tar file in PDA on ODIN, but I can't get my device into download mode because it won't respond. I tried hitting start on Odin anyway but nothing happened.
I was thinking I could tell my computer somehow the device is my phone but I'm not sure if that would help without it being in download mode.
Edit: I'm reading through the post and discovered people in a similar position to me, my charging light does turn on red with no battery in. I'll see if there's some magic fix on that thread somewhere.
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I have the tar file in PDA on ODIN, but I can't get my device into download mode because it won't respond. I tried hitting start on Odin anyway but nothing happened.
I was thinking I could tell my computer somehow the device is my phone but I'm not sure if that would help without it being in download mode.
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Okay so we need to focus on getting your phone into DL mode. Pull the battery for one minute and hold the power button down for ten seconds; re-insert the battery and try to get into DL mode again.
theROMinator said:
Okay so we need to focus on getting your phone into DL mode. Pull the battery for one minute and hold the power button down for ten seconds; re-insert the battery and try to get into DL mode again.
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No luck.
The only thing I can get it to do is turn the red light on when I plug it in with no battery
If you're sure you can't get into download mode then your best bet is to get a USB jig. They're fairly inexpensive, i'll link you one. This jig has good reviews and works for pretty much any Samsung device with DL mode:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0053H73JQ/ref=mp_s_a_1?pi=SL75&qid=1347248180&sr=8-1
Edit: I'll be buying one eventually to test it out. Just ordered one, it will be here Tuesday.
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why would you flash that rom?
theROMinator said:
If you're sure you can't get into download mode then your best bet is to get a USB jig. They're fairly inexpensive, i'll link you one. This jig has good reviews and works for pretty much any Samsung device with DL mode:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0053H73JQ/ref=mp_s_a_1?pi=SL75&qid=1347248180&sr=8-1
Edit: I'll be buying one eventually to test it out. Just ordered one, it will be here Tuesday.
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I'm reading all about how the S Series is almost impossible to really brick, so trying this USB Jig couldn't hurt I guess. I mean it's 4 bucks so I'll try it and update with how it goes
and Wond3r: Because I'm a dumbass
Subscribe to the thread. I will post my results when I get the jig. I read that it works in the thread I linked you to. Don't worry
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lolll............
Dude sorry to say but you are done, this has happened to plenty of people on this forum. Your phone is dead (the jig WILL NOT help you, you will need a jtag/warrantee to fix it at this point. Your phone will probably say qusb_dload or something if you try to plug it into your pc, further confirming that fact.
Driice said:
I'm reading all about how the S Series is almost impossible to really brick, so trying this USB Jig couldn't hurt I guess. I mean it's 4 bucks so I'll try it and update with how it goes
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hahaha, not this one,VERY easy to brick
theROMinator said:
If you're sure you can't get into download mode then your best bet is to get a USB jig. They're fairly inexpensive, i'll link you one. This jig has good reviews and works for pretty much any Samsung device with DL mode:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0053H73JQ/ref=mp_s_a_1?pi=SL75&qid=1347248180&sr=8-1
Edit: I'll be buying one eventually to test it out. Just ordered one, it will be here Tuesday.
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Have fun testin a jig that dont help here. YOUR PHONE IS A DOORSTOP. The link wont help because he didnt flash an international boot image, he flash a whole international rom. look at the script in an international rom vs one of your scripts. The partitioning is ****ked now.
unleashed12 said:
Dude sorry to say but you are done, this has happened to plenty of people on this forum. Your phone is dead (the jig WILL NOT help you, you will need a jtag/warrantee to fix it at this point. Your phone will probably say qusb_dload or something if you try to plug it into your pc, further confirming that fact.
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Please listen to this guy, only comment here containing any actual sense. QHSUSB_DLOAD=kiss of death
So I was messing around/not reading directions and trying to root with Chainfire's and also the Toolkit. I am not sure what happened. Long story short, I am now stuck at the galaxy note 2 startup screen. Is there a file I can Odin to get everything back to normal? I was trying to root the phone.
Are you able boot into download mode?
simplelife said:
Are you able boot into download mode?
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Yes I can. Odin connects too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932327
Is this a possible solution?
I will get details later but off the top of my head Odin fails at pit mapping or something like that
gk325 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932327
Is this a possible solution?
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Chainfire try to said that solution for Mobile Odin & Triangle Away APP. You can try this solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957209
I tried the recovery fix and this is what I get.
gk325 said:
I tried the recovery fix and this is what I get.
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if you can turn it on all is not lost just be patient >Try to flash one of these kernels. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1960935
Dont use the factory usb cable
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Dont use the factory usb cable
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Reason being what? What exactly is he supposed to use?
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Thanks for the help, ended up just taking it back to the store, making up some excuse and they swapped it out no questions asked. Got the new one rooted already and running Frosty's ROM
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Reason being what? What exactly is he supposed to use?
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Because when I tried to root galaxys2 with samsung factory cable odin was fail and appear the symbol of soft brick. And I tried with other pc in my house with the same result. I decided change the usb cable to a generic and try for last time and finally I pass the odin flash. Maybe a damage cable maybe not. he dont have nothing loose in this position. Sorry for my bad english and I happy for you for your new device
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can someone help me out i think i soft brick my note. the phone just stays in the same screen with the galaxy note 2 logo or whatever. i could get into recovery and get into odin mode. i have a rom in my external sd but its not letting my install it from there and when i try to mount in recovery it doesnt let me. please if anyone could help.
Hello I need help... I think Ive bricked my S3 I was running Synergy rom and installed google talk by extracting it from intergalactic rom and running the apk from the system folder. shortly after i hit reboot to recovery and now my phone just shows the TWRP logo screen and never boots or does anything. I am able to get it into download mode but my pc won't recognize the device in order to flash back to stock in ODIN... does anyone know how i can get my device to turn back on again... I've flashed several roms to the S3 never had a problem before any help is appreciated... BTW I've trolled the forums and I cant find any threads that address bricked devices.
HeadCracc said:
Hello I need help... I think Ive bricked my S3 I was running Synergy rom and installed google talk by extracting it from intergalactic rom and running the apk from the system folder. shortly after i hit reboot to recovery and now my phone just shows the TWRP logo screen and never boots or does anything. I am able to get it into download mode but my pc won't recognize the device in order to flash back to stock in ODIN... does anyone know how i can get my device to turn back on again... I've flashed several roms to the S3 never had a problem before any help is appreciated... BTW I've trolled the forums and I cant find any threads that address bricked devices.
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I know this thread has been made for the captivate but most of the connection issues applies here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
BWolf56 said:
I know this thread has been made for the captivate but most of the connection issues applies here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
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Oh I remember reading thread like that back in my cappy days... I hate trying to get that dumb thing into download mode. Good find
You might need to try another microUSB cord as well...Samsung phones are sure picky and not all Samsung cords have data capability. I use a mediabridge one
hednik said:
Oh I remember reading thread like that back in my cappy days... I hate trying to get that dumb thing into download mode. Good find
You might need to try another microUSB cord as well...Samsung phones are sure picky and not all Samsung cords have data capability. I use a mediabridge one
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Thanks guys it was the cord but that guide helped out too got it back to stock.... now to root and mod some more!!!!!
Awesome. Glad it worked
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