HELP! Phone not turning on! - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

Ok so i last night i was trying to flash the trinity kernel and my phone kept getting stuck on the trinity boot screen than after a little while that screen stopped showing and everytime i would take the battery out and turn it on it would show me the screen with the battery and the loading cirlce in between of it. anyway to boot my phone back up??

Can you boot in recovery mode?

recovery is vol down + power right?? ive been trying that but that also does not work.

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Can you boot in recovery mode?
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recovery is vol down + power right? ive been trying that but it goes to the trinity screen and shuts off from there.

Volume up + power + home. Release at the second Samsung screen
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Volume up + power + home. Release at the second Samsung screen
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ok i did that and now the screen is showing downloading...do not turn off target

Try watching how they do it in this video. It's about 3 to 4 minutes in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPeIZZVYHbY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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You went into download mode if I'm not mistaken... Power device off. Hold volume up+Home button +Power... When you see samsung logo release power button. Once in recovery, restore your latest backup. You did do a backup right?
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chrisram88 said:
You went into download mode if I'm not mistaken... Power device off. Hold volume up+Home button +Power... When you see samsung logo release power button. Once in recovery, restore your latest backup. You did do a backup right?
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yes i think it is download mode..do i just pull the battery out because it says do not turn off target??

JZ832 said:
yes i think it is download mode..do i just pull the battery out because it says do not turn off target??
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no you download odin now and flash it back to stock or go use your back up if you made one.

Let's not confuse him more than neccessary.
If you are in Download Mode, then you would need an Odin package.
If you are in Recovery, then you would be restoring a backup (provided that you did make one of course).
They are two different paths here, just so that OP knows. Also, OP if you are in Download Mode and are NOT connected to PC or Odin, it is OK to pull the battery. If you are in the middle of an Odin flash, DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY.

Alternatively you can just hold the power button for about 10 seconds to force reboot. Much better than a battery pull btw.
Note thst this restarts the phone so as soon as you feel it vibrate or see the screen turn off release power button and immediately press power + volume up or down + home to get recovery or download mode.
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JZ832 said:
Ok so i last night i was trying to flash the trinity kernel and my phone kept getting stuck on the trinity boot screen than after a little while that screen stopped showing and everytime i would take the battery out and turn it on it would show me the screen with the battery and the loading cirlce in between of it. anyway to boot my phone back up??
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You cant power on the phone while plugged in. Unplug and itll turn on.
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OK so I pulled the battery, got it in to recovery and flashed ktoonez kernel the original one I had from before, and it booted back up. Thanks for everyone's help, never seen another forum where everyone is so helpful gotta love XDA!
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[q] help please!!

Today I went into recovery mode to fix permissions because my phone was running funny. I used the cache wipe script and when i tried rebooting my phone it wouldn't turn on. I decided to take the battery out for a few minutes to see if that would help. It finally turned on but it is stuck on the boot animation. I have tried to get straight into recovery after trying to reboot it but it won't let me. Could someone please help me figure out what's wrong and how I can fix it?
Have you tried holding down both vol down + up and power button same time then releasing power button when the phone vibrates?
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Have you tried holding down both vol down + up and power button same time then releasing power button when the phone vibrates?
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I've tried that and nothing. I can turn it on now but it gets stuck on the boot animation. I cant get into recovery.
Edit: Finally got it into recovery now I'm going to flash a backup i made yesterday. Thanks for the reply.
Hold the vol up and down with power button at the same time. Let it vibrate once and take finger off power button and once Samsung logo comes on take your fingers off the volume rocker.
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suaverc118 said:
Hold the vol up and down with power button at the same time. Let it vibrate once and take finger off power button and once Samsung logo comes on take your fingers off the volume rocker.
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Thanks for the reply but everything is all set now.
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GalaxySII5191 said:
Thanks for the reply but everything is all set now.
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What ended up happening?
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What ended up happening?
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I have no idea. Once I got it up and running again everything was great. Farewell too the S2 just got the S3
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Your going to have to reflash your custom ROM from your recovery menu
He most likely used TDJ's scripts on the newer CWM versions and borked his recovery. I've done the same thing with my device...
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TWRP Hard key combo?!

Accidently installed a TW based mod (the ink effect one) on an aosp Rom (baked) and now its stuck on the boot animation... Cant for the life of me get it to boot into recovery. help?
Volume up + power
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tondre said:
Volume up + power
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It vibrates and flashes samsung in white, then stays black, doing nothing. Upon releasing the buttons it vibrates again and goes into boot up.
btravis.elm said:
It vibrates and flashes samsung in white, then stays black, doing nothing. Upon releasing the buttons it vibrates again and goes into boot up.
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im pretty sure it was volume down power and home at the same time
evo4gnoob said:
im pretty sure it was volume down power and home at the same time
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it was vol up home and power, vol down goes to download mode
btravis.elm said:
it was vol up home and power, vol down goes to download mode
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Was close enough
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You might be just soft bricked theres a guide to fix that just search how to fix a soft bricked sprint galaxy s3 or just restore to stock and reroot
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Help please!

So earlier today I was using my phone in class when it suddenly shuts off. It shutting off was normal to me so like always, I take the battery out and put it back in. It turns back on gets to one of the loading screens and shuts off. My phone keeps vibrating while it's off so I don't think it could be the battery. Occasionally if I'm lucky, it would fully load to the point where I could use it but then shuts off and the whole process repeats again. I'm using the juggernaut rom if that helps.
Any ideas?
Odin back to stock and root your device and restore to your previous ROM if u have a backup of that ROM on your phone
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Here's a quick video of what happens. I can't even get to download/recovery mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMFG9hk-s7o
aerozero94 said:
Here's a quick video of what happens. I can't even get to download/recovery mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMFG9hk-s7o
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Did you have your USB connected to your computer and your phone while trying to go into download mode I couldn't tell in the video ?
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raymond4 said:
Did you have your USB connected to your computer and your phone while trying to go into download mode I couldn't tell in the video ?
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I didn't have it in in the video and I tried it too, it doesn't do/change anything. I can get into download mode for literally a second and then the same thing just happens, it turns off and the little vibrating continues and remains in that state until I remove the battery and put it back in.
aerozero94 said:
I didn't have it in in the video and I tried it too, it doesn't do/change anything. I can get into download mode for literally a second and then the same thing just happens, it turns off and the little vibrating continues and remains in that state until I remove the battery and put it back in.
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When it vibrates does the screen turn black or does it completely turn off ?
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raymond4 said:
When it vibrates does the screen turn black or does it completely turn off ?
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yeah the screen is completely black, basically shut off
aerozero94 said:
yeah the screen is completely black, basically shut off
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U might be holding the buttons to long try again but dont hold to long once u see the recovery let go
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raymond4 said:
U might be holding the buttons to long try again but dont hold to long once u see the recovery let go
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I know how to put it in recovery mode, I'm saying in general whenever the battery is in, the phone is vibrating and shut off
Wish I could help but I don't know
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try getting into download mode without the battery. hold the buttons down and just plug in the USB.
aerozero94 said:
So earlier today I was using my phone in class when it suddenly shuts off. It shutting off was normal to me so like always, I take the battery out and put it back in. It turns back on gets to one of the loading screens and shuts off. My phone keeps vibrating while it's off so I don't think it could be the battery. Occasionally if I'm lucky, it would fully load to the point where I could use it but then shuts off and the whole process repeats again. I'm using the juggernaut rom if that helps.
Any ideas?
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Sounds like it could be a stuck power button...at least as I've read other descriptions of similar symptoms. Check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1783404
Yup its a sticky power button I had the same issue
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[Q] Can't boot into recovery? Any solutions?

Hello XDA fellas,
Earlier, I was browsing in the S3 section, and someone has ported the S4 camera apk for S3, so without hesitation, I flashed it onto my phone.
Immediately when I reboot, my phone wouldn't go past the boot animation, so I thought... Okay, I will just flash my nandroid backup then.
But what I found out now is giving me a heart attack, my phone doesn't go into recovery, instead, it reboots if I hold down Power + Vol Up + Down for more than 4 secs... so fine... I went to Odins and reflashed CWM with a Stock Rom, but it's still not getting past the boot animation.
If anyone has any solution to this... I would appreciate it if you can share with me what you know.
Thanks.
You need to hold home, power, and volume up at the same time
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Kreateablaze said:
You need to hold home, power, and volume up at the same time
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Whenever the power key is held down for more than 4 seconds, the device reboots...
Hold all three... Power, volume up, and home and I think release when you see it say samsung
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Hold all three... Power, volume up, and home and I think release when you see it say samsung
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Oh... It actually worked... That's so strange... I usually hit Power + Vol Up + Vol Down for recovery...
Arrio said:
Oh... It actually worked... That's so strange... I usually hit Power + Vol Up + Vol Down for recovery...
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Then yore doing it wrong lol
Recovery: home, vol up, and power, doesnt matter what order press at the same time.
Download mode : same as above except you push vol down not up.
Cheers
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Is there secret to holding in ptessing the volume & power button to get into recovery

Is there secret to holding in ptessing the volume & power button to get into recovery
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I swear it tskes me like 5 to 7 sttrmpts befotm I can finally boot into recovery.
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vol up + power = recovery mode
vol down + power = download mode
actually...took me a while to figure out too. i think every phone is different.
i hold power + volume up until i see the blue 'recovery booting' comes on, then i release the power button but still holding the volume up for about another 10sec or hold until i see recovery
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cbbplanet said:
actually...took me a while to figure out too. i think every phone is different.
i hold power + volume up until i see the blue 'recovery booting' comes on, then i release the power button but still holding the volume up for about another 10sec or hold until i see recovery
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If you hold volume up or down as the phone vibrates to restart or boot, you get recovery and download mode respectively. You don't even need to hold power. It's actually much easier than older Android phones. No secret, you're just doing it wrong. jk.
Give it a try though. Restart your phone, and as long as you're holding down the volume up button from the indicating vibration until the blue text shows up in the top left corner, then you can let go. Same goes for down for download mode, but it will immediately go to the warning screen.
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At first, took me 6 tries..
The secret =
Keep holding it down till u see the Samsung Logo, then release.
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If you hold volume up or down as the phone vibrates to restart or boot, you get recovery and download mode respectively. You don't even need to hold power. It's actually much easier than older Android phones. No secret, you're just doing it wrong. jk.
Give it a try though. Restart your phone, and as long as you're holding down the volume up button from the indicating vibration until the blue text shows up in the top left corner, then you can let go. Same goes for down for download mode, but it will immediately go to the warning screen.
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if i let go of the volume when i see the blue logo only.. then it takes me to the stock recovery..or some other recovery so i kept thinking my recovery didn't get flashed. but what i had to do was just hold the volume key longer. ..until my recovery boots up.
this only applies to my recovery mode, i think it has to do with the ota update which had a root locked kernel.
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Isn't it vol up + home + power for recovery and vol down + home + power for download mode?
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ronin4740 said:
Isn't it vol up + home + power for recovery and vol down + home + power for download mode?
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No need for the home button. If you trigger a restart from the os, you don't even need the power button.
If you're on the ota and are having trouble rooting, go into download mode and flash a custom recovery tar. Then when it auto resets, hold down the vol up button until the blue text in the upper left corner appears on the galaxy s4 splash screen. Boom you're in custom recovery
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When booting into recovery sometimes I get that warning screen in green why and what is that warning screen for why don't it automatically just boot into recovery since the phone is rooted.
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rp56 said:
When booting into recovery sometimes I get that warning screen in green why and what is that warning screen for why don't it automatically just boot into recovery since the phone is rooted.
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Sounds like your going into download mode and not recovery. just hold volume up and hit restart on the phone.

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