I'm usually good at fixing my phone issues myself but this one has me baffled. I was using my phone and it froze up and now it won't boot up. I the indicator light just stays blue and it won't do anything. The light stays blue until I pull the battery and then comes right on when I hit the power button or plug it to try to charge. I can't get into download mode or recovery. Any suggestions would be appreciated I'm on the official ics ota.
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Sounds like either a dead battery or you're bricked. Have u tried a different battery and are you rooted?
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I was rooted but I went back to stock el29 uprooted and then I went to the official ics update. I don't have another battery to try guess it's off to the warranty store tmw.
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Sounds like the blue light of death which is a brick. Take it to the Sprint store and tell them you updated to ICS and this happened.
Thanks guys the phone was toast. I had to get a new one.
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So I was playing around with different kernels and whatnot but it froze while I was flashing back to stock. I pulled the battery and tried to reboot the phone but only the blue LED came out. Anyone know how to solve this issue or am I screwed?
I tried getting back into download mode but only the blue LED notification light turns on.
wontonforevuh said:
So I was playing around with different kernels and whatnot but it froze while I was flashing back to stock. I pulled the battery and tried to reboot the phone but only the blue LED came out. Anyone know how to solve this issue or am I screwed?
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As a last resort try a USB jig. I wouldn't mod a Samsung without one.
There are several OG Epic tricks you can try. Try removing battery and SD card and plug phone in to PC and see if it powers to download mode.
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There are several OG Epic tricks you can try. Try removing battery and SD card and plug phone in to PC and see if it powers to download mode.
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This didn't work. I think I might be screwed.
wontonforevuh said:
This didn't work. I think I might be screwed.
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I was building something and screwed up my phone. I had to send mine in for firmware repair. I'm no noob so I tried EVERYTHING.
Either take it back to sprint and play dumb or get it fixed from the guys at mobiletechvideos.com
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wontonforevuh said:
This didn't work. I think I might be screwed.
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You can try saying you got some random message that an OTA update showed on your phone and you accepted it and it screwed your phone up. Just a thought coming out of left field
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I had the EXACT some problem last week. I went to the repair center, said the phone was plugged in at work, we had a power surge, and afterwords the phone wouldn't turn on. An hour later...BOOM, new phone
I then went on amazon and purchased a usb jig and kept my phone stock until it came. lol
Every rooted owner should spend the 2 bucks on a USB jig. It's not the holy grail, but it's one more tool in your belt to potentially get out of a frustrating and time consuming situation.
I bought mine from here and got it pretty quickly considering where it came from ...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ccessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2451wt_1163
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Every rooted owner should spend the 2 bucks on a USB jig. It's not the holy grail, but it's one more tool in your belt to potentially get out of a frustrating and time consuming situation.
I bought mine from here and got it pretty quickly considering where it came from ...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ccessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2451wt_1163
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I agree. I spent a little more on mine because I wanted it asap but we should all have one of these just in case.
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What is a USB jig used for?
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daniel4653 said:
What is a USB jig used for?
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It will potentially force your phone into download mode from an "off" state when you otherwise can't so you can connect to Odin and get your phone's system restored.
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It will potentially force your phone into download mode from an "off" state when you otherwise can't so you can connect to Odin and get your phone's system restored.
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...and reset the Odin flash counter if you have to take your phone in for service
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Also try this of epic trick. Sounds funny but worked. Pull the battery and sdcard and let it sit for at least an hour. Put back together and try download mode.
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Also try this of epic trick. Sounds funny but worked. Pull the battery and sdcard and let it sit for at least an hour. Put back together and try download mode.
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I forgot to mention letting it sit when I mentioned this to someone else (or was it here?) about pulling battery and SD card. Also repeatedly press or hold power button with those out to purge any remaining juice in the phone. This stuff sounds crazy but ask any former OG Epic owner.. some of these tricks have brought phones back from the dead. There isn't a pinhole under the battery cover below the camera is there?
That last part was an OG Epic inside joke but the rest is worth trying
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Phone has been updating since last night and it's now morning. Any idea what the update is and if I can just do a battery pull? I need my phone today and I don't know if this update froze my phone or what...
Mine was in download mode this morning too, thought it was odd. Waited a bit and then rebooted since it didn't seem to be doing anything. Phone appears to be alright...?
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I'm guessing it's the mediahub update.
NEVER do battery pull from download mode (not good for any mode tbh).. REGARDLESS OF CONNECTED STATUS...
This is how **** gets corrupted.. simply hold power for approx 10 seconds, phone will abort state and reboot
Oh yeah definitely, like Doug said. Hold power button to reboot. I've never done a battery pull on this phone.
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Shorty after I made the original post I did soft reset, all has been well
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awake00 said:
Shorty after I made the original post I did soft reset, all has been well
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So what was the update
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I manage for Tmo and had 2 customers come in the other day with their sgs2 in DL mode.
Did a batt pull and then soft reset from settings and everything was fine.
Hope this helps
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zmodp said:
I manage for Tmo and had 2 customers come in the other day with their sgs2 in DL mode.
Did a batt pull and then soft reset from settings and everything was fine.
Hope this helps
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Good to hear, but as doug mentioned above, should one really pull their bat in this situation?
If it's in download mode, but stuck I suggest plugging into PC and Odin a stock tar just to be safe. You'd hate to lose download mode due to a bad flash, just in case.
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The download mode of the phone I believe backs up boot to ram before flashing, so holding power and forcing abort I do believe restores this if modified, shouldn't be able to loose odin/DL mode or recovery even from stuck OTA..
Unless your a n00b and battery pull, ehich in this case you deserve a paperweight anyways
What was the update? Media hub or something else?
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So i was messing around on rom tool box and tried to install some fonts and bricked my phone! Now it wont power on! Im so mad at myself... i tried everything, battery pull, battery out for 2 hours, left it charging all night and nothing. Any body got any ideas as to what happened? And also i only had it for 5 months so its still under warranty, do you think tmobile will know it was rooted? There was no custom rom installed just a kernal. Any thoughts?
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Are you able to get it into download mode?
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Hi there u should try some reset methods simply search on google
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Download Odin 1.85. Pull the battery out then plug the USB cable in to the phone and computer. While holding both volume keys put the battery back in. Should get you to download mode. But before that try to get to recovery and restore a nand. Anymore questions feel free to pm me
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The phone does nothing, no download mode, no recovery, does not power on, does not even charge. I have tried all methods to get the darn thing to boot. Thanks guys for the input. I called tmobile and they can replace/exchange for me. Just hoping they dont find that i rooted it.
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The phone does nothing, no download mode, no recovery, does not power on, does not even charge. I have tried all methods to get the darn thing to boot. Thanks guys for the input. I called tmobile and they can replace/exchange for me. Just hoping they dont find that i rooted it.
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If you tried all those methods and couldn't get it to turn on then chances are that won't be able to get it to turn on either..
Sent and most importantly they won't be able to see that it was rooted
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Lol i hope so. I miss my phone already. Im using my galaxy tab 2 in the mean time. Im in utah and i wont home for atleast a week! I live in PA! Im a truck driver btw. This week will surely suck....
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would they take the old phone back ? if they dont would you be of help to send the defective piece ?
Sorry tmobile wants it back
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same thing happened to me when i tried to install a font, no custom room, just a kernel but i can boot into recovery and hboot and phone wont boot past the at&t screen
So I was using my phone yesterday and all of a sudden it shut off. Now it won't boot. Every time I try to go into recovery or do a hard reset I just reboots.
I am running the latest update from sprint non rooted
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Vladabeast said:
So I was using my phone yesterday and all of a sudden it shut off. Now it won't boot. Every time I try to go into recovery or do a hard reset I just reboots.
I am running the latest update from sprint non rooted
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If it has any power at all its not bricked, if it's just bootlooping and you can't get into the os, recovery, or download mode you'll have to bring it to Sprint
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Vladabeast said:
So I was using my phone yesterday and all of a sudden it shut off. Now it won't boot. Every time I try to go into recovery or do a hard reset I just reboots.
I am running the latest update from sprint non rooted
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If it comes on, u are Ok. Just go into download mode and Odin back to stock or if u can get into recovery, just refresh what ever rom u are running if u are rooted
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The battery might be dead....do you have another battery to try?
Does it go to the Samsung logo then stops?
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You already have some good people asking and giving you suggestions. Just one more, questions go in Q&A not general.
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This happing to me, the phone stays for few secs and the shuts of. I can boot into recovery and download mode but it will still reset before I can do anything. I thinks its a hard ware issue
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Thanks to all for the advice. I have tried going into Odin mode to do that download thing but it just ends up rebooting. 99% of the time it just turns off says Samsung and then shuts off. I cannot get into Odin mode or recovery and I am running stock non rooted
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And yes I have 2 batteries and have tried both with no succes
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Check your power button, I have read about this in the past. It turned out to be a faulty power button that stays pressed in causing it to Reboot. Play with the power button make sure it's not sticking if you have a case on it take it off.
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This happened to me Friday same exact thing. Took it to sprint they couldn't even get it to boot so I ended up with a replacement.
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I took out the power button and now it works. I downloaded an app that uses the proximity sensor to turn the screen off. Will sprint replace the power button?
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I took out the power button and now it works. I downloaded an app that uses the proximity sensor to turn the screen off. Will sprint replace the power button?
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Can't you put it back in just making sure it doesn't stick anymore? If not then yes take it in, it's definitely a hardware failure.
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Well I think it's the actual button inside the phone cause when I put it back in, the button sticks and it goes into a bootloop
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this issue is called the "sudden death"
it just happened to me and i shipped my phone to samsung to get fixed.
I rooted my s3 some time back and flashed cyanogenmod 10.1 and was working fine...then a nightly stable update came around so i tried an its update just for ****s n giggles then my s3 started doing funky crap...so thinking i had a bad update i reverted back to what i had and after a second reboot the dam thing just died......i mean roadkill dead...wont even turn on in recovery..nothing...no matter how long i press buttons......... Can someone shed light on this topic please!
Samething with my s2..only difference with that one is that it was not rooted....please help.....thanks
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Remove battery (and leave it out) and plug into computer - anything turn on?
Could be the cable your using.... maybe it isn't charging therefore dead battery in both cases. Could be the battery just died on the s3 before it finished booting.... the fact the the s2 is in the same boat is suspect.
I will try that and get back to you when i get the chance......thanks
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The battery was fully charged...so i don't see it being that....but what do i know...lol
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Nope....tried plugging into computer without battery and nothing......at all...no little faint red light in the sensor area..no vibration..no screen, nothing.....?????
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Can you 3 finger boot into download mode? If so Odin flash the stock firmware.
Seems extremely odd, do you have access to another cable? what happens if you plug the stock s2 into the cable same thing? Still sounds like there is no power being supplied, if you have a car charger maybe try that if you can't borrow another cable. The reason I suspect this is you have your stock s2 that is in the same trouble which is weird.....