Bought this phone on Craiglist, when i got home, i turn it on and found that it only boot in to Download mode.
If i try to boot into Recovery then it go into "Fastboot", but i can't not navigate at all.
Then i try to reload the factory firmware via Odin then the phone will on but it in "Safe Mode". If i reboot it then it go into "Download" mode again.
I don't know what to do now.
Please help!!!
Go back to fastboot and use tool kit to set it back to factory settings and see if that works. Hope you didn't pay much.
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first thank you for your response,
what toolkit, could you please point me to it.
Thanks
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is this the one ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
You didn't ask them to turn it on before buying it?
Sorry, I'm not here to help, just wondering if you like just took their word on it.
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jimmyco2008 said:
You didn't ask them to turn it on before buying it?
Sorry, I'm not here to help, just wondering if you like just took their word on it.
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It was on, i didn't see the safe mode on the bottom left until got home (like i said in the first post, if flash it with odin, first reboot it will boot to safe mode, but if it turn off) then it will go to download mode.
if it's a Verizon or GSM version you can follow this guide to fastboot flash a stock image
Oh gotcha.
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Hi all, I was trying to uninstall some of the softwares from my S3, I uninstalled some of them, those are some tmobile softwares. But I soon found out when I restarted my phone it just stuck at the "samsung" logo.I tried to install a rom to resolve the problem but odin just kept showing that "FAIL". I reinstall a clockworkmod.tar by using odin( I don't know why I did that...><). But when it finished and restarted again it could no long turn on again. Can anyone help me with this problem? I just bought the phone yesterday and I already went to exchange for a new one couple hours ago, no sure tmobile would let me exchange it again. PLEASE HELP ME!!!
This post I originally posted under Sprint GS 3 forum, but I found I posted in the wrong place
Can u get into download or recovery mode?
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Try pulling the battery and put it back in. Then try to boot download mode.
What rom did you try to flash? Where did you get the cwm.tar file you used?
Plug into the computer and check in device manager. Does it see anything?
If it says QHSUSB_DLOAD then I'm afraid your bricked.
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funziebear said:
Can u get into download or recovery mode?
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No, I can't either get into download mode or recovery mode..><
Does it show anything in device manager?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Try pulling the battery and put it back in. Then try to boot download mode.
What rom did you try to flash? Where did you get the cwm.tar file you used?
Plug into the computer and check in device manager. Does it see anything?
If it says QHSUSB_DLOAD then I'm afraid your bricked.
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I tried the newest offical rom and I got the cwm.tar from Nothing happened when I connet it to my computer..
I can't get you the link where I download the cwm.tar, but I did use that for rooting my phone and it worked. But right now my phone just can't turn on again.
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Does it show anything in device manager?
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No...>< Nothing happened. The screem is just black.
Try recovery again... Volume up + Home + Power button... As soon as you see first samsung logo let go of power button.
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No...>< Nothing happened. The screem is just black.
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DId you get it fixed?
Tried to root the company S3, hard bricked it. I'm guessing I flashed the wrong files.
Phone turns on and shows Samsung for half a second then turns back off.
Can't enter recovery.
I've been looking around for instructions on how to fix this however I cannot find a definite answer. Any help is appreciated!
Can you get into download mode
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Can you get into download mode
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Volume Down + Home + Power?
Funny I tried it countless times before posting here and I try it again and I am able to enter. But I have no idea what to do now?
Things on my Nexus are a lot easier lol
You need to use Odin to flash the stock firmware back on there. I found this post that has the stock ROM files for Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
pmoradi2002 said:
Volume Down + Home + Power?
Funny I tried it countless times before posting here and I try it again and I am able to enter. But I have no idea what to do now?
Things on my Nexus are a lot easier lol
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Download the toolkit from the dev section and use that to flash your phone back to normal
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If you can get it into Download mode you should be able to flash back to stock using Odin I think, I hard bricked my s3 4 days ago, I took it back to at&t and I received a brand new one .
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thatsupnow said:
Download the toolkit from the dev section and use that to flash your phone back to normal
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The problem with this is that when I try to reflash it waits for adb mode and stays stuck there. I think USB debugging is disabled and I have no way of going in and enabling it.
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You need to use Odin to flash the stock firmware back on there. I found this post that has the stock ROM files for Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
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This is what I'm trying next, currently downloading stock files.
Got it back up with ODIN! Thanks!!
I did a duma$$ move. I flashed a rom on top of a different rom without wiping.
- Phone boots up
- Boot animation displays
- Freezes on 'Android' Screen
- Does not go into Recovery
- Does not go into Download mode
- PC doesn't see it, but pc makes a sound when I plug it in, and drivers attempt to install when I plug in to pc (fail)
- Kies takes a while but I got "This device is not supported by Kies 2.0. Please try again'
Any and all help is appreciated.
Duma!!!!!! You vietnameeeee?!
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dannydv said:
Duma!!!!!! You vietnameeeee?!
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Nope. Americano
vazquezcmp said:
Nope. Americano
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Dumaa even worse!!! Lol!!
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Flash factory image. Its not bricked
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ssCISengineer said:
Flash factory image. Its not bricked
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Yep! Or odin back to stock!
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dannydv said:
Yep! Or odin back to stock!
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I can't get into 'download mode'. Is there another way?
vazquezcmp said:
I can't get into 'download mode'. Is there another way?
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Try using ROM toolbox to get into download mode worked for me once when I couldn't get in...
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Bro just use odin and flash the original t889 stock rom in odin.
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deeznutz1977 said:
Try using ROM toolbox to get into download mode worked for me once when I couldn't get in...
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Doing it as we speak. Thanks Man.
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Doing it as we speak. Thanks Man.
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Actually what I have is the GN2 Toolkit. Is it the same thing? If not where can I find?
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Bro just use odin and flash the original t889 stock rom in odin.
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I thought you need to be able to get into 'download mode' for Odin to see your device?
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Actually what I have is the GN2 Toolkit. Is it the same thing? If not where can I find?
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That's what I meant lol sorry about that... At least you knew what I was talking about. The tool kit got my phone into download when nothing else would. It worked even when adb wouldn't Thankfully I only has that problem one time
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if you got into download mode and odin'ed back to stock and it gets stuck on the "samsung with the blue logo behind it" boot screen than you have to go to stock recovery and wipe data and cache there and reboot, i had the same problem earlier but mine could get into recovery and download mode but it wouldnt wipe the data it would just turn off whenever i tried to
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That's what I meant lol sorry about that... At least you knew what I was talking about. The tool kit got my phone into download when nothing else would. It worked even when adb wouldn't Thankfully I only has that problem one time
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HOLY S-H-I-T SNACKS! I got into download mode. Rather then pressing Volume UP + Home + Power, I did same but Volume Down, and I'm Golden.
Thanks for all the help and Replys. Love this community. I root because this is what we do. I stand behind those that say Samsungs are damn near impossible to brick.
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haldi15 said:
if you got into download mode and odin'ed back to stock and it gets stuck on the "samsung with the blue logo behind it" boot screen than you have to go to stock recovery and wipe data and cache there and reboot, i had the same problem earlier but mine could get into recovery and download mode but it wouldnt wipe the data it would just turn off whenever i tried to
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How'd you do that? I might have the same situation.
to get into the stock recovery you hold volume up and home and the power button at the same time, use the volume keys to move up and down and power button to select than wipe data and cache and reboot
I woke up this morning to my locked up in the middle of the night. I did a battery pull and it gets stuck at the nexus boot screen. I tried rebooting into recovery mode it only goes to a pic of the android laying down with the panel open and an exclamation point above it.
I connected it to my computer and tried to do a recovery with Wug Fresh toolkit. It has a problem with the ADB not being connected. I think it is probably because I didn't put it into developer mode. How can I fix my phone now?
Try diff usb cable. Look in device manager on your comp and make sure the adb drivers are installed. Sounds like a driver issue.
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I woke up this morning to my locked up in the middle of the night. I did a battery pull and it gets stuck at the nexus boot screen. I tried rebooting into recovery mode it only goes to a pic of the android laying down with the panel open and an exclamation point above it.
I connected it to my computer and tried to do a recovery with Wug Fresh toolkit. It has a problem with the ADB not being connected. I think it is probably because I didn't put it into developer mode. How can I fix my phone now?
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1) android on its back is stock recovery.
2)your drivers are not setup correctly.
Does it matter that when my phone died I didn't have USB debugging mode checked? After I rooted the device, I unchecked it for safety reasons.
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1) android on its back is stock recovery.
2)your drivers are not setup correctly.
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Think hes referring to stuck on androud back but no options avail on that screen
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Can u boot into the bootloader? If so it can be fixed
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[/COLOR]Can u boot into the bootloader? If so it can be fixed
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You mean where it boots up with the Volume up- down and power button? Yes it boots into that. I have fastboot abilities. When I choose reboot bootloader it just restarts the phone and hangs again on the Nexus logo.
Awesome. Its a verizon nexus right? If so search my topics and find my tool. 4.0.4 flash back to stock. This will bring it back to its original state. If ur having fastboot driver issues download them and install them via device manager on ur pc. The program will say not responding. Ignore it and let it do its thing. Can take up to 20 mins but it does work.
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Awesome. Its a verizon nexus right? If so search my topics and find my tool. 4.0.4 flash back to stock. This will bring it back to its original state. If ur having fastboot driver issues download them and install them via device manager on ur pc. The program will say not responding. Ignore it and let it do its thing. Can take up to 20 mins but it does work.
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No, it is not a Verizon Nexus, it is a GSM maguro.
It will still work. Just uncheck the cdma and lte radio boxes. U can also flash the stock image. Theres other toolkits out there that should work for you
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It will still work. Just uncheck the cdma and lte radio boxes. U can also flash the stock image. Theres other toolkits out there that should work for you
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I'm going to try something I read for Odin, if that doesn't work, I will try your tool. Can you provide me with a link to your tool?
Thanks for your help so far. I was panicking even called in today from work so I could focus on this.
ODIN to the rescue.
Thanks everyone for your help and patience with me.
Could the nightly Franco Kernel have done that? I installed the latest nightly kernel last night about 8 or 9, and when I got up my phone was toast.
Okay so i bought a samsung Galaxy note 2 on craigslist(not a good idea) and what the seller told me is that it was unlocked. well i got the phone and put my Tmobile sim card and it worked. i tried to do a system update which i kept getting a reminder for and my phone is now stuck on the opening samsung galaxy note 2 sign. well i took it to the cell phone repair places we have around here and none of them could fix it. apparently the guy rooted the phone to unlock it but the phone doesnt have a custom recovery. it can boot to download mode but thats about it. if anyone knows how to fix this i would greatly appreciate your help.
Not bricked. ..
Boot to recovery using the 3 button combination and factory reset the phone. ..then reboot. .
If the device sticks on the splash screen again. ..you'll need to push a new image via Odin. .
But the phone is far from bricked. ..it's just mad...g
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I want to know how you got the update notification using a tmobile sim!?
It won't let me boot to recovery. It won't work. It can be booted into odin mode
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ivan0323 said:
It won't let me boot to recovery. It won't work. It can be booted into odin mode
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Is the phone stolen? Might have been SIM locked.
I would try flashing a stock ROM onto it via Odin. If that fails you probably bought a HOT phone. Or it has hardware damage.
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It was unlocked when I got it... it had a custom rom on it and when I tried to do the update it made the phone do what's it doing now.. so what option am I left with? I already tried stock rom and nothing :/
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So you have flashed a custom recovery? I can see that you said it did not have a custom recovery on it (but had a custom ROM?). If you haven't flashed the recovery and have not followed the flash to stock instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275844), then do so (be as specific as possible on the steps you've taken since it seems you might be a beginner at this by trying to update OTA a rooted device).
happened to me too. pull the battery. hold vol up and power and home and then insert battery. Keep holding till the 2nd time it reboots and you see the logo then let go of the buttons. This should put you into recovery. Wipe cache and wipe phone then reboot.
This worked for me, hope it works for you.
Trying to get into recovery mode doesn't work... I am a begginer at this. I tried pulling the battery out and doing the up home and power combo but that does not work.
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ivan0323 said:
Trying to get into recovery mode doesn't work... I am a begginer at this. I tried pulling the battery out and doing the up home and power combo but that does not work.
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Did you use the link I posted a couple posts back? If you have not, do so or you will not get anywhere.
I will use the link
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