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Think I bricked my phone...

As soon as I put the battery in my phone, it till vibrate, and vibrate, and vibrate, and vibrate, and keep doing this non stop with a black screen. i haven't even been able to get into download mode, as soon as i put my battery in it just start booting immediately.
what can i do? no idea where this came from ;(

Let it sit for an hour on the charge and don't touch it and them come back tell me what happen bye
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don728871 said:
Let it sit for an hour on the charge and don't touch it and them come back tell me what happen bye
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Samsung logo came up, then for 2 seconds the AOKP boot animation came up, and now it just keeps doing what it was doing in the first place. black screen, vibrate every few seconds.

Can u go to cwm recovery
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Take out the battery and than put it back in hold volume up and down and see if u can go to the cwm
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darkness122 said:
As soon as I put the battery in my phone, it till vibrate, and vibrate, and vibrate, and vibrate, and keep doing this non stop with a black screen. i haven't even been able to get into download mode, as soon as i put my battery in it just start booting immediately.
what can i do? no idea where this came from ;(
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I had this happen to me too. I thought it was a software problem as well but its the power button. What I did was Odin back to stock and unrooted it. Went to T-Mobile since problem was still happening and they ordered me a new s2 and yeah

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Can u go to cwm recovery
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cant man i hold down the vol up down and power button, its like im not even holding them down, it just keeps vibrating, pause, vibrate, pause, vibrate, pause.

Calz- said:
I had this happen to me too. I thought it was a software problem as well but its the power button. What I did was Odin back to stock and unrooted it. Went to T-Mobile since problem was still happening and they ordered me a new s2 and yeah
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i cant even get into download mode tho, the second i put the battery in my phone it just starts trying to boot

darkness122 said:
i cant even get into download mode tho, the second i put the battery in my phone it just starts trying to boot
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Try to beat it, its frustrating. You have to be quick. I was doing that fast. Once you go into cwm recovery use the bottom buttons of our phone to navigate thru it.

Calz- said:
Try to beat it, its frustrating. You have to be quick. I was doing that fast. Once you go into cwm recovery use the bottom buttons of our phone to navigate thru it.
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i made in to the warning screen, but then it restarts and does the vibrate, pause, vibrate pause, with a black sceen
fuuuark even in download mode, i press the vol up key to get into into it fast as hell, but it goes black and restarts and does the vibrate pause vibrate pause..

darkness122 said:
i made in to the warning screen, but then it restarts and does the vibrate, pause, vibrate pause, with a black sceen
fuuuark even in download mode, i press the vol up key to get into into it fast as hell, but it goes black and restarts and does the vibrate pause vibrate pause..
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Dam I would try to push and hold down the power button while doing all that. You know to counter it. Idk I'm just guessing now. Sorry I couldn't help much.
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Calz- said:
Dam I would try to push and hold down the power button while doing all that. You know to counter it. Idk I'm just guessing now. Sorry I couldn't help much.
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its fine man, i think im royally ****ed. not sure what to do at this point. luckily i like literally backed up my apps/texts the night before this stuff happened.
i REALLY hope the boot screen animation doesn't pop up when i bring it into t-Mobile, im afraid they wouldn't replace my phone in that case.

Get a jig stick it in the phone, then insert the battery... Should get you in download mode.
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spagman72 said:
Get a jig stick it in the phone, then insert the battery... Should get you in download mode.
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where do i get a jig from?

try this it will boot your phone into recovery automatically as long as your computer recognizes your phone. just open up the application bat file on computer within 2-3 secs it boots you straight to recovery. good luck.

Dude it sounds like your power button could be stuck the way your making it sound

darkness122 said:
where do i get a jig from?
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Look on eBay you can get them for pocket change there
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casonswag said:
Dude it sounds like your power button could be stuck the way your making it sound
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i think this must be it... cus i managed to get it to boot, and everything loaded fine. but as soon as it got past the boot animation, the toggle that has power off, screenshot, etc (the thing that pops up when you hold the power button on) comes up immediatly.
how can i fix this bs?

Either you have a defective button or you need to clean it because it might be getting stuck for some apparent reason .

ok so i for sure have a stuck power button... im gonna go to t-Mobile tomorrow to try to get this sorted out.
thing is, im on the latest AOKP nightly, are they gonna **** me over on my insurance policy (the like 3-4 bucks you pay a month to tmobile) cus I rooted my phone?

darkness122 said:
ok so i for sure have a stuck power button... im gonna go to t-Mobile tomorrow to try to get this sorted out.
thing is, im on the latest AOKP nightly, are they gonna **** me over on my insurance policy (the like 3-4 bucks you pay a month to tmobile) cus I rooted my phone?
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Mostly likely yes if the tmobile knows its not stock. They could say it was your fault by saying you put a defective rom on your phone that's not factory. They try to get out of s**t all the time. But you could get lucky. But if I were you I would restore it to factory before I took it to the store. Just to be on the safe side.

[Q] How to prevent LCD from turning on everytime I charge??

How do I prevent the screen from turning on everytime I plug it into the charger, remove it, or it gets to 100%?
I plug it in all the time and I always have to turn the screen off or suffer the wrath of screen timeout. When I unplug to place it in my pocket, again, I must turn the screen off, WHY? The s3 comes with an LED indicator for a reason, so we don't have to have the screen on. WHO IS THIS FOR EXACTLY?!?!
I know this isn't the end of the world but it's annoying as hell! - I can't be the only one can I?

Plug it in.. press lock... it's one button press man.

Wrath of Screen Timeout? Explain?

psykhotic said:
Plug it in.. press lock... it's one button press man.
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Technically it's several presses a day. This is a legitimate question that I think a lot of people would at least be interested in. I know a lot of people have learned to live with it by now but we should have the option by now. I mean come on, is this Android or isn't it?
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Wrath of Screen Timeout? Explain?
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Just a spicy way of saying wait for the screen to turn off by itself. Any ideas?

lordazoroth said:
Technically it's several presses a day. This is a legitimate question that I think a lot of people would at least be interested in. I know a lot of people have learned to live with it by now but we should have the option by now. I mean come on, is this Android or isn't it?
Just a spicy way of saying wait for the screen to turn off by itself. Any ideas?
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I agree with you. Its really annoying. Ive been able to disable the screen turning on when unplug but havent been able to get it to stay off when plugging in. BTW this is on CM10.

How often do you charge your phone that you're pressing the button several times a day? I plug it in at night, ok good my alarms on, press off. Unplug it in the morning, oh new emails, unlock, etc, press off.
I don't think anyone has coded it out yet because it's not very noticeable. I spent some time searching but couldn't find anything, complaints or otherwise. Maybe try posting in a custom ROM and seeing if any of those guys have ideas? Anyways, free bump..

Screen Blanks off when charging/laid down
Just a spicy way of saying wait for the screen to turn off by itself. Any ideas?
Go to the market and D/L Screebl (Screen Blank)
I set it for min and after 4 secs the screen blanks off. If I have the phone in a using/upright position, It will not go off...
Very Simple and useful app. The portrait and landscape settings are user adjustable. Try it. You'll like it!

Awesome suggestions guys, thank you so much! I'll be in Ohio for a few days but when I get back I'll try some of these out, Thx again.
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lordazoroth said:
Awesome suggestions guys, thank you so much! I'll be in Ohio for a few days but when I get back I'll try some of these out, Thx again.
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I'll be testing some ideas I have. It might be hidden in the services.jar or framework.jar.
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Thanks, I'd appreciate any info you can come up with.
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Thanks, I'd appreciate any info you can come up with.
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It's a lot to check. There are three .jar files I have decompiled. And there are hundreds of files that I have to go through.
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Just a thought, what about using the proximity sensor to keep the screen off? I leave my phone screen down when it's charging and when you unplug it it's most likely going in your pocket right?

psykhotic said:
Just a thought, what about using the proximity sensor to keep the screen off? I leave my phone screen down when it's charging and when you unplug it it's most likely going in your pocket right?
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It still turns on. :\ it's like a wake lock. However it does shut off right away if the sensor is covered
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So my power/unlock button is acting up.. what are my options?

so as the title reads, my unlock/power button is acting up. I tried everything, going back to stock, opening it and clean it, and still nothing.
What happens is that it acts as if i am holding it, and turns off and wont turn on untill i press it alot, or press it really hard.
My phone has a crack, so idk if sprint's protection program will cover it, i still wanna go into the store and have a tech have a look at it..
So besides that, what are my options?

tonyec7 said:
so as the title reads, my unlock/power button is acting up. I tried everything, going back to stock, opening it and clean it, and still nothing.
What happens is that it acts as if i am holding it, and turns off and wont turn on untill i press it alot, or press it really hard.
My phone has a crack, so idk if sprint's protection program will cover it, i still wanna go into the store and have a tech have a look at it..
So besides that, what are my options?
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Start using aokp and use the option for volume rockers to wake your phone. There is a widget to turn off the screen also. It's probably not the best solution but it'll do the trick.

_dan said:
Start using aokp and use the option for volume rockers to wake your phone. There is a widget to turn off the screen also. It's probably not the best solution but it'll do the trick.
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do you think sprint can do anything about it?:/

tonyec7 said:
do you think sprint can do anything about it?:/
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You have warranty? Try bringing it into the store.

caaznkid said:
You have warranty? Try bringing it into the store.
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yeah, i do dude. But the crack on my screen.. idk if theyll want to work on it.

Mine started doing the exact same thing. Thought it was related to using Paranoid, but I guess not.
Fixed it though by randomly pressing it almost all through the night before I went to bed last night. Seemed to have worked. My guess is something tiny got lodged in there, maybe a grain of sand or something that just needed to get mashed out.

Worth a shot to take it in and look. My power button stopped working this week and I got a replacement phone.

Stuck in Bootloop. Please help!

I'm on Liquid Smooth v2.1, Android 4.2.2. No custom kernel, just whatever it comes with. Been running fine for months.
This morning I dropped my phone in my car (a few inches drop) and it went into a bootloop. It eventually booted into Android and I backed up all my apps and texts to my SD card. But afterwards it went into another bootloop and now its stuck there. It will start booting, and then restart (most of the time before the boot animation even comes up). I need to get into recovery so I can restore an older Nandroid or maybe try wiping the cache. I have tried using power/volumeup/home, but it bootloops by the time recovery is starting up. ADB on my computer will not pick up the phone. Sometimes for a few seconds it will show up, but it has an "offline" next to it and by the time I enter "adb reboot recovery" it says no device found.
If I take out the battery for 30 seconds, it makes it pretty far into the boot.
What steps should I take next? I know ODIN is last resort, but I'd prefer not to go there. Thanks guys.

I have a similar problem I think the power button may be the issue, when it's boring up tap on the power button with your bail as you would on a table. Also try to put your sideways with power button down that may help.
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aamir123 said:
I have a similar problem I think the power button may be the issue, when it's boring up tap on the power button with your bail as you would on a table. Also try to put your sideways with power button down that may help.
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Wow. That sounds like a possibility. Dropped from my lap to my cupholder, could've landed on the button. I'll try it in a bit.

aamir123 said:
I have a similar problem I think the power button may be the issue, when it's boring up tap on the power button with your bail as you would on a table. Also try to put your sideways with power button down that may help.
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I was able to get it to boot for a few seconds, and the power menu kept on coming up until it died. Does the phone turn off if you hold down the power button for a long time? Seems like I gotta get that fixed. I'll try the sideways suggestion in a bit.

Yeah, if you hold power and never let go, it'll reboot over and over. It's intentionally like that so if you ever have the system lock up you can still do a kind of hard reset. (Better than a battery pull, though that can still be necessary if you want it to just turn off)
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DocHoliday77 said:
Yeah, if you hold power and never let go, it'll reboot over and over. It's intentionally like that so if you ever have the system lock up you can still do a kind of hard reset. (Better than a battery pull, though that can still be necessary if you want it to just turn off)
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That's what I thought. Anyone know the difficulty of repairing this myself? Or a cost estimate? Holding the button at an angle seems to make it work for a bit. Sideways didn't help.

I've heard there's some YouTube vids that may help. I've seen a few people say they were able to do it themselves.
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this seems like a similar job for the s2, I would imagine that the s3 is very much like this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xMMn1DRWs

DocHoliday77 said:
I've heard there's some YouTube vids that may help. I've seen a few people say they were able to do it themselves.
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aamir123 said:
this seems like a similar job for the s2, I would imagine that the s3 is very much like this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xMMn1DRWs
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Anyone know if I were to remove the power button completely, would the phone work without it? I don't really need it, and removing it would make the phone usable. Just wanna make sure the phone doesn't run a check or something. I'll order a new power button in the spare time and install it later.

twolves14 said:
Anyone know if I were to remove the power button completely, would the phone work without it? I don't really need it, and removing it would make the phone usable. Just wanna make sure the phone doesn't run a check or something. I'll order a new power button in the spare time and install it later.
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it'll prolly work but if phone shuts off not sure if you will be able to turn it back on without a power button, what I did for the time being is get the phone of and basically tap on the side of the phone with the power button towards the floor kind of like trying to get gravity to push the power swith inside to be back to the normal position. Then don't touch the power button, there are apps in the play store that can function as your power button.

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it'll prolly work but if phone shuts off not sure if you will be able to turn it back on without a power button, what I did for the time being is get the phone of and basically tap on the side of the phone with the power button towards the floor kind of like trying to get gravity to push the power swith inside to be back to the normal position. Then don't touch the power button, there are apps in the play store that can function as your power button.
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Yeah, I watched a YouTube video and he fixed it like that. So I basically hammered the button as hard as I could with my nail for a minute straight and now it doesn't bother me anymore until you press it. I can live without the power button, but I'm probably going to have to remove/replace it since I can't risk bumping into the button on accident. Thanks for the help though!

Does anyone know of a method to turn the phone on without the power button? I know on my Nexus One you could Insert the battery while it was charging to force a reboot.

Afaik you'll just have to restart every time till it's fixed.
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Afaik you'll just have to restart every time till it's fixed.
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Yes, but how would I go about restarting it without the button?

There's apps in the play store. Button savior might be one. Can't recall names for sure.
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There's apps in the play store. Button savior might be one. Can't recall names for sure.
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My bad, I meant starting the phone from powered off state.

I honestly don't know of any way to do that....sorry.
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[Q] My TMO S3 (T-999) will not turn on.

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

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

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

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

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