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Possible brick

Hi. Running TWRP with a CM10 Nightly (8/14 I think). Well I wasn't doing anything special and the phone decided to reboot and then just started the haptic feedback boot loop, no samsung logo. I took the battery out let it sit for about a minute and put it back in. Started on it own, got to a samsung logo and then rebooted back to the black screen and buzzing.
After everything I have tried I figured out it can boot into anything but only for about 10 seconds with pulling the battery and letting it sit. Download mode shows up then reboots. TWRP can boot up to the splash screen then it reboots.
I'm at work right now so I am unable to try any advanced methods for getting this back up, but download mode reboots worry me. Do I need to warranty it out?

Achmonster said:
Hi. Running TWRP with a CM10 Nightly (8/14 I think). Well I wasn't doing anything special and the phone decided to reboot and then just started the haptic feedback boot loop, no samsung logo. I took the battery out let it sit for about a minute and put it back in. Started on it own, got to a samsung logo and then rebooted back to the black screen and buzzing.
After everything I have tried I figured out it can boot into anything but only for about 10 seconds with pulling the battery and letting it sit. Download mode shows up then reboots. TWRP can boot up to the splash screen then it reboots.
I'm at work right now so I am unable to try any advanced methods for getting this back up, but download mode reboots worry me. Do I need to warranty it out?
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From the looks of it, looks like a bad power button. Its a know problem with SGS2, been many similar threads done. Actually, it kind of worries me!! mobiletech will fix it for cheap, or you can warranty it out.

LoopDoGG79 said:
From the looks of it, looks like a bad power button. Its a know problem with SGS2, been many similar threads done. Actually, it kind of worries me!! mobiletech will fix it for cheap, or you can warranty it out.
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Duh! Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. Appreciate it.
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Achmonster said:
Hi. Running TWRP with a CM10 Nightly (8/14 I think). Well I wasn't doing anything special and the phone decided to reboot and then just started the haptic feedback boot loop, no samsung logo. I took the battery out let it sit for about a minute and put it back in. Started on it own, got to a samsung logo and then rebooted back to the black screen and buzzing.
After everything I have tried I figured out it can boot into anything but only for about 10 seconds with pulling the battery and letting it sit. Download mode shows up then reboots. TWRP can boot up to the splash screen then it reboots.
I'm at work right now so I am unable to try any advanced methods for getting this back up, but download mode reboots worry me. Do I need to warranty it out?
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I got same problem today.I don't know how to deal with it.

You got a soft brick, you can restore via Odin.
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quest4fire said:
You got a soft brick, you can restore via Odin.
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It restarts on its own in DL mode and recovery, how will he be able to Odin?
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LoopDoGG79 said:
It restarts on its own in DL mode and recovery, how will he be able to Odin?
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Lol yeah bad power button
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Teo032 said:
Lol yeah bad power button
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what is bad button problem, can i ship the rooted phone to samsung customer service?

terrywang903 said:
what is bad button problem, can i ship the rooted phone to samsung customer service?
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may be able to find someone locally who can fix it for your you or at the least unstick it long enough so you can odin a stock rom and send it on its way

playya said:
may be able to find someone locally who can fix it for your you or at the least unstick it long enough so you can odin a stock rom and send it on its way
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Mobiletech has a power button service. I've heard its cheaper then JTAG.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Mobiletech has a power button service. I've heard its cheaper then JTAG.
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what is Mobiletech ? where I can find it? Thank You!

terrywang903 said:
what is Mobiletech ? where I can find it? Thank You!
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Here you go, very helpful site.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile/
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This happened to my T989 a couple of days ago as well... I was pretty sure it wasn't a software brick as I hadn't been tinkering with the phone at all since putting CM9 on it a few weeks back. But an issue with the power button makes sense, I was actually able to boot it up and/or get it into recovery just by continually pressing the power button (guessing this interrupts the signal that the broken button is sending)... of course as soon as you stop pressing the button, the phone shuts off again.
I'll have to look into the mobiletech repair.

Temporary Fix to get your backup
I had a co-worker have this happen to her T989 that I flashed CM10 to. I was afraid that something had happened and she had unintentionally done something to brick the phone (it had been running fine for about a week prior to this). It is definitely hardware related, as you can just touch the power button and it goes into a screen wake/sleep fit of rage before finally hard resetting (presumably because it thinks the power button has been held down for 10 seconds). I was finally able to get it to stop rebooting long enough to get a TWRP backup and get them downloaded off of the phone so that she can get a replacement; and here is how I did it.
If you are getting boot cycle and it is vibrating every 3 seconds you can get it to "unstick" by putting your fingernail as far behind the power button as possibly and prying out. This will unstick it.
EDIT: I wanted to point out that I was most successful when I pried from the top or the back of the device. Sometimes when you pry it, if your finger slips it will redo the stick and will continue to reboot. So if at first you don't succeed...
Once you have done this, it is VERY sensitive. I literally had it start boot cycling one time after accidentally bumping the desk the phone was sitting on. Prying the button back allowed me to boot back up.
If you get it unstuck, be very careful about setting it down, turning it power button side up and even looking at it cross and you should be able to get it to stop rage quitting long enough to get a backup performed and even copied to your sdcard/computer.
I hope someone finds this useful.
On a side note: co-worker has purchased her phone outright and is planning on sending it back for a replacement. Should I flash it back to stock before that happens or since she owns it outright will they even care?
TIA,

Same thing happened to me awhile back and like said above, I sent it to MobileTechVideos and had my phone back within a week fixed and perfect. I have used MobileTechVideos twice now and both times they have fixed my T989 without problem.

Face_Melter said:
Same thing happened to me awhile back and like said above, I sent it to MobileTechVideos and had my phone back within a week fixed and perfect. I have used MobileTechVideos twice now and both times they have fixed my T989 without problem.
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I sent the rooted phone to samsung. and get free repaired. It is amazing.

Phone keeps rebooting/vibrate pulsing

Okay I flashed stock ICS thru ODIN. did a factory restore in the stock recovery. Still no help. I even downgraded to gingerbread with odin and did a factory restore through stock recovery again. still the phone keeps RESTARTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... I dont know what to do. Whats going on??? any help would be much appreciated

Its a sticky power button.
There has been plenty of threads about this. Search and ull find me and my suggestions on several of them.
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bzlik88 said:
Its a sticky power button.
There has been plenty of threads about this. Search and ull find me and my suggestions on several of them.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
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Cant be because it does not restart in recovery mode or download mode. I actually did a full wipe system and it fixed the issue. But now i realize when i start downloading my banking app, pandora, and other apps it starts crashing again. I dont know what to do. I guess I cant use any apps on my galaxy s2... lol this is sooooo stupid

rayoubi said:
Cant be because it does not restart in recovery mode or download mode. I actually did a full wipe system and it fixed the issue. But now i realize when i start downloading my banking app, pandora, and other apps it starts crashing again. I dont know what to do. I guess I cant use any apps on my galaxy s2... lol this is sooooo stupid
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Hmmm interesting....
Would u mind going to a custom ROM? If not then I suggest u try slimstar 2.2 and see if everything works. I think its whatever ROM u downloaded....keep me posted
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rayoubi said:
Okay I flashed stock ICS thru ODIN. did a factory restore in the stock recovery. Still no help. I even downgraded to gingerbread with odin and did a factory restore through stock recovery again. still the phone keeps RESTARTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... I dont know what to do. Whats going on??? any help would be much appreciated
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i work reparing cellphones and t989 have 2 problems, one of them is power button problems and the other one is board problems.. that poblem come with most of gs2.. i mean isnt the first time i see it...

My t989 is having the same problem
xX_Psycho_PR_Xx said:
i work reparing cellphones and t989 have 2 problems, one of them is power button problems and the other one is board problems.. that poblem come with most of gs2.. i mean isnt the first time i see it...
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I took it to a repair shop, where I was told to send it to Samsung to do a heavy-duty root. The power button does need to be replaced because there is no spring when you push down on it. I have no idea if there's a root glitch. Has anyone sent their phone to Samsung? What happened? Are there alternatives?
Thank you!

chicamama said:
I took it to a repair shop, where I was told to send it to Samsung to do a heavy-duty root. The power button does need to be replaced because there is no spring when you push down on it. I have no idea if there's a root glitch. Has anyone sent their phone to Samsung? What happened? Are there alternatives?
Thank you!
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It was amazing, I had the same problem but all i did was open up the back up undoing all the tiny screws and then took a can on compressed air and sprayed out the power button and its been working for more than a month now with the problem completely gone! try that first before sending to sammy.

Ok I am in the same boat. My device does not boot up, it will get to Samsung logo and restart half the time and the other half just vibrates every 2 seconds. I removed the battery while plugged in and it still vibrates. I took it apart and blew the power button with compressed air and nothing. Here is the funny thing if I bang the hell out of it, it almost boots up. Is there something that I can do less than sending it to Sammy ? If not I will sell it on craigslist for parts.

saldebot said:
Ok I am in the same boat. My device does not boot up, it will get to Samsung logo and restart half the time and the other half just vibrates every 2 seconds. I removed the battery while plugged in and it still vibrates. I took it apart and blew the power button with compressed air and nothing. Here is the funny thing if I bang the hell out of it, it almost boots up. Is there something that I can do less than sending it to Sammy ? If not I will sell it on craigslist for parts.
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Same thing here. Only way to get it to power on is by hitting it, the harder the better it seems. After it turns on, touching the power button will make it go in to the restart loop 90% of the time. This sucks!
For me this started after I dropped my phone...with the case on and on carpet. I have also opened it up and sprayed with compressed air to no avail.

RogueCoyote said:
Same thing here. Only way to get it to power on is by hitting it, the harder the better it seems. After it turns on, touching the power button will make it go in to the restart loop 90% of the time. This sucks!
For me this started after I dropped my phone...with the case on and on carpet. I have also opened it up and sprayed with compressed air to no avail.
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Hi my problem is the same as I opened it and verify that the power button is fine (I think so) but still do not like someone comes up with a solution?????

Solution in my case !
rayoubi said:
Okay I flashed stock ICS thru ODIN. did a factory restore in the stock recovery. Still no help. I even downgraded to gingerbread with odin and did a factory restore through stock recovery again. still the phone keeps RESTARTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... I dont know what to do. Whats going on??? any help would be much appreciated
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Hi Folks,
I had the same problem, the problem started when I dropped my fone on carpeted floor, here are symptoms
Fone restarts on its own, start the boot, inbetween the boot starts again, then, keeps vibrating every two seconds, you have to pull the battery out to stop it,
As soon as you put the battery back in, it restarts, again getting stuck, and then vibrating every two secods,
Here is what i did
- Cursed Samsung for making a sh***y phone - Didnt work
- Smacked my phone with whatever I could fine - Didnt work
- Opened all the screws up, took apart phone, pulled out the power button module (pcb), noticed power button was loose,put some glue into it, dried it, put it back, & ITS BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN ! It was a hardware fault, its not software !
Just my two cents, it worked in my case, I cannot guarantee if it will in your case too, try at your own risk !!

jctusa7 said:
It was amazing, I had the same problem but all i did was open up the back up undoing all the tiny screws and then took a can on compressed air and sprayed out the power button and its been working for more than a month now with the problem completely gone! try that first before sending to sammy.
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Heh, I can't believe this... but it worked for me... powered on my air compressor, took logic board out, and Air Air Air in to the power button area, worked ! Thank you for this tip jctusa7

SAME
rayoubi said:
Okay I flashed stock ICS thru ODIN. did a factory restore in the stock recovery. Still no help. I even downgraded to gingerbread with odin and did a factory restore through stock recovery again. still the phone keeps RESTARTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... I dont know what to do. Whats going on??? any help would be much appreciated
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I need this fixed

Tyler Tigner said:
I need this fixed
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Watch this video, it's how I fixed mine a few months ago: youtube.com/watch?v=pqBgbN8NLjI

Malth said:
Watch this video, it's how I fixed mine a few months ago: youtube.com/watch?v=pqBgbN8NLjI
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Same issue with SGH-M919. I was rooted and the rom I tried to use wouldn't work because the kernel caused some issues so I figured I would go back to stock. The device wouldn't go into recovery mode, so I flashed the stock rom via Odin. After the ROM loaded, the phone reset and I saw the Samsung screen then it rebooted and so on each time. It's not the power button as it works, has the spring feel to it and the phone would come one by itself if it was broken. So what can I do or am I in trouble?
Also, the phone will vibrate every 2 seconds

djerick3 said:
Same issue with SGH-M919. I was rooted and the rom I tried to use wouldn't work because the kernel caused some issues so I figured I would go back to stock. The device wouldn't go into recovery mode, so I flashed the stock rom via Odin. After the ROM loaded, the phone reset and I saw the Samsung screen then it rebooted and so on each time. It's not the power button as it works, has the spring feel to it and the phone would come one by itself if it was broken. So what can I do or am I in trouble?
Also, the phone will vibrate every 2 seconds
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Sure, the power button will "work", but if it's constantly vibrating and rebooting, it's probably an issue with the power button. Do what it shows in the video I posted, and if you do it right it'll probably fix it. I gad to attempt it twice as it didn't fix it the first time, but it's been like 4 months and I haven't had an issue since.

Thank you but it was the kernel causing problems. Somehow, the new ROM messed up the partitions and subsequently required a full wipe including all data then I flashed the stock ROM back via Odin and it was fine. I rooted it again and flashed Bliss Pop 1.8 and I love that ROM. No issues at all. Thanks for the help. I'm slowly learning about ROMs and Linux etc.. I appreciate the help. Does anyone have any advice as to how I can learn more??? Where do I post to get past this 10 posts rule???
Eric
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Wow I just realized that post was from a week ago and that was for my girls S4. We got rid of it anyway. My response was regarding my Sprint LG G3 which I am slowly mastering.

Same thing here but here i have a Lenovo …idk what to do

[Q] Turning on without power button

Hi guys,
My Note 2's power button suddenly death. I want to bring that phone to service but before it i want to back-up and wipe all my phone data.
Can i turn on my phone without powerbutton? Is there anyway to do this?
PS: Sorry for my poor English

No, I don't think so. You will need the power button, but maybe there is someway like an expert can do it? IDK.

Have a look at this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128581
It's possible that you need to try different things because this link doesn't deal with Samsung device The purpose is to go into the donwload mode and cancel with Vol down to reboot the phone normally.

Memphis_ said:
Have a look at this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128581
It's possible that you need to try different things because this link doesn't deal with Samsung device The purpose is to go into the donwload mode and cancel with Vol down to reboot the phone normally.
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It will be a good idea to enter download mode to reboot. BUT, the problem will be: How should you enter download mode without the power button.
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The infuse 4G is a Samsung Device so he could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28294887&postcount=5
or this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28445650&postcount=7
A jig could be useful but if I'm not mistaken we don't have any jig on Note 2...
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Here is a video for S II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JceLwwdvJ-g
or here too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeysWll8rf8

Memphis_ said:
The infuse 4G is a Samsung Device so he could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28294887&postcount=5
or this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28445650&postcount=7
A jig could be useful but if I'm not mistaken we don't have any jig on Note 2...
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Here is a video for S II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JceLwwdvJ-g
or here too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeysWll8rf8
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@ermantepe If it still does not work, you really need to go the service center. BTW, how did your power button die?

SethCode'z said:
@ermantepe If it still does not work, you really need to go the service center. BTW, how did your power button die?
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Thanks for your advices guys, i will try them when i go home. My phone is not here with me for now.
Power button's die: I don't know buddy, this happend in only one day... Morning it was working but afternoon, it died... I didn't understand anything... It is happend with pressing only. Not falling down or etc...
Will my next phone be Samsung? I don't know. I'm gonna think it twice...

I can turn my phone on with the homebutton. Or do you mean on while completely off (shutdown)?

jabberwock said:
I can turn my phone on with the homebutton. Or do you mean on while completely off (shutdown)?
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The second one. This is not lock screen question.

Memphis_ said:
The infuse 4G is a Samsung Device so he could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28294887&postcount=5
or this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28445650&postcount=7
A jig could be useful but if I'm not mistaken we don't have any jig on Note 2...
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Here is a video for S II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JceLwwdvJ-g
or here too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeysWll8rf8
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This is not worked for my phone.
When i plug in usb cable to my phone(when pressing up and down volume buttons), i see battery charging screen.

Yeah, i fixed my phone's power button guys. That question is not important for me now.

You should let us know how and what exactly was the problem so someone else can be directed here in the future.
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@ermantepe
Post your solution please...
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Here is a French solution
http://www.phonandroid.com/forum/activer-le-download-sans-la-combinaison-de-touches-t811.html

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@ermantepe
Post your solution please...
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I opened up my phone and I fixed my power button. The phone's broken part is that:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-II-N7100-i317-i605-L900-Power-Button-Connector-Flex-Cable-/00/s/MTYwMFgxNjAw/z/7w4AAMXQySpRSpbL/$T2eC16hHJGoE9nuQhoiDBRSpbKofjQ~~60_35.JPG
There was a very small piece on that part, but it was not the right place. I put it right place and my power button came back to life.
But i think it is a temporary solution, i should buy that part from somewhere.
And still we don't have answer that question: How can we turn on phone without press power button.

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And still we don't have answer that question: How can we turn on phone without press power button.
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See my previous edit

This happened to me Today.After a lot of browsing, I was unable to find any working solution. (I have an USB Jig but it was not with me).
By mistake, I did the following and it seems to work: plugged the phone and while it started to display the battery (before it shows the %age of green battery thinghy) I quickly pulled the cable out.
This jump-started it and it turned on
good luck.

power button stuck in

cant do much with phone because the power button is stuck inside and it keep turning off by itself.
went into recovery and it rebooted itself few second later
what should i do?

Google search your issue and look what others have done and recommendations that have already been given. What'd you do to it for this to happen? Take it apart if insurance and warranty replacement isn't an option.
T-Mobile SGS III

mt3g said:
Google search your issue and look what others have done and recommendations that have already been given. What'd you do to it for this to happen? Take it apart if insurance and warranty replacement isn't an option.
T-Mobile SGS III
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i already google search and no one given instruction for galaxy s3.
i didnt do anything. Looking at facebook and it randomly reboot. thought it was cymod10.1 thing so i let it reboot. But it never came back on. Once i enter recovery mode, it just reboot phone because that the 1st option on the list. So i cant do anything
I toke it apart to see if anything wasnt function properly but everything seem fine
No warranty

I thought you said the power button was stuck inside....
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it's stuck inside constantly pressing the button

cyberianrazr54 said:
it's stuck inside constantly pressing the button
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But it looks fine when you took it apart?

Phone wont stop shutting off randomly. HELP ASAP PLEASE

Ok so im on the most current moar rom, and on ktoonsez 5-31 version, and out of no where, my phone shuts down, and when i try to start it, i get the samsung screen, and then the ktoonsez boot screen, and then it shuts off again. My phone was at 80% when this happened. After that i tried plugging it in and it still says 80% but after around 10 seconds, it shuts down again. It also did it in recovery. The second time i tried i was able to delete dalvik and cache just for hells sake and then i was able to full boot, for 1 minute and then it went off again. I tried to reflash my kernel but the recovery will only seem to highlight the zips i press on. Im trying again now. PLEASE HELP

Ok so, weirdest thing is, if i keep pressing the power button over and over my phone will boot but then die 5 seconds after i stop

Someone else will need to confirm this but it sounds like sds. (Sudden Death Syndrom) it has something to do with a bad power button. You may have to flash back to stock then have Sprint fix it.

Chad The Pathfinder said:
Someone else will need to confirm this but it sounds like sds. (Sudden Death Syndrom) it has something to do with a bad power button. You may have to flash back to stock then have Sprint fix it.
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If i open up my phone and play with my power button a little think it will fix it?
Edit: Sudden death syndrome on the s3 is when it dies and wont even start to boot.

ReapersDeath said:
If i open up my phone and play with my power button a little think it will fix it?
Edit: Sudden death syndrome on the s3 is when it dies and wont even start to boot.
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Sudden death syndrome is when the phone continuously powers itself off due to a sunken power button. This sounds a lot like that too me, maybe a partially sunken or otherwise faulty power button.

CNexus said:
Sudden death syndrome is when the phone continuously powers itself off due to a sunken power button. This sounds a lot like that too me, maybe a partially sunken or otherwise faulty power button.
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Blah.. its not even slightly sunked in but ill open it up and check.. hopfully you guys can stay online >_<

yup looks like the defect.. does ANYONE have a suggestion of how to get all my data? i have so many vacation photos etc on my phone. the idiot phone refuses to save half my pictures on my external.. so now im dead in the water D=

Jiggle the power button, tap it and try blowing some compressed air into the power button area. Some people have had luck with that and have been able to get it running until they got it fixed.
Have a great day!

edfunkycold said:
Jiggle the power button, tap it and try blowing some compressed air into the power button area. Some people have had luck with that and have been able to get it running until they got it fixed.
Have a great day!
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Nothing.. how do i get this returned for a new one if im rooted and on moar? =/ its a triple lose..

ReapersDeath said:
Nothing.. how do i get this returned for a new one if im rooted and on moar? =/ its a triple lose..
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Only thing I can say is keep messing with it until maybe you can get it to stay in DL mode and odin stock.
Have a great day!

edfunkycold said:
Only thing I can say is keep messing with it until maybe you can get it to stay in DL mode and odin stock.
Have a great day!
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well i got it up and going for now.. had to open it up and play with it but the power button is the source and its edgy

Unroot and revert to stock if you can't manage to fix it yourself. I'm pretty sure Sprint won't cover it and replace your phone so you'll have to send it to Samsung. I just had a problem with my GS3 where it lost service and could not pass hands free activation regardless of everything I tried, so I brought it in and since it wasn't a hardware issue or manufacturer defect, they were able to replace it.

ReapersDeath said:
well i got it up and going for now.. had to open it up and play with it but the power button is the source and its edgy
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@ReapersDeath hey yes you have the power button issue and it is a recall on the s3 cuz samsung that it is a issue and has issued recall on the newest s3's if my memory serves me correct I habe read a news article on this but like everyone esle said flash back to stock unrooted MF9 and return to the sprint they should order you a new one
The #1 misfit
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@ReapersDeath hey yes you have the power button issue and it is a recall on the s3 cuz samsung that it is a issue and has issued recall on the newest s3's if my memory serves me correct I habe read a news article on this but like everyone esle said flash back to stock unrooted MF9 and return to the sprint they should order you a new one
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MD4**
You're not in the S4 forums bro

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MD4**
You're not in the S4 forums bro
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Oops I did put that lmfao like cnexus MD4 sorry about that guys
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ReapersDeath said:
Ok so im on the most current moar rom, and on ktoonsez 5-31 version, and out of no where, my phone shuts down, and when i try to start it, i get the samsung screen, and then the ktoonsez boot screen, and then it shuts off again.
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I am having this EXACT same problem. I am on the same rom and kernal, and this all of a sudden happened yesterday. Can that really be a coincidence?

thatonegirlt said:
I am having this EXACT same problem. I am on the same rom and kernal, and this all of a sudden happened yesterday. Can that really be a coincidence?
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Yes absolutely. It has nothing to do with rom or kernel. This is a manufacturer defect with all S3 phones world wide. It's a defective power button. Commonly known as SDS (SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME)
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edfunkycold said:
Yes absolutely. It has nothing to do with rom or kernel. This is a manufacturer defect with all S3 phones world wide. It's a defective power button. Commonly known as SDS (SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME)
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I took apart my phone and the power button didn't appear to be pushed in or anything else. Also, I can get to download mode and it stays on however as long as I leave it. But recovery won't boot and the phone will just bootloop until I take out the battery if I try to turn it on. Is that common with SDS?

thatonegirlt said:
I took apart my phone and the power button didn't appear to be pushed in or anything else. Also, I can get to download mode and it stays on how as long as I leave it. But recovery won't boot and the phone will just bootloop until I take out the battery if I try to turn it on. Is that common with SDS?
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Yes, the power button failure is at the board itself not on the moving button itself. It gets to the boot image and then shuts off and starts again correct?
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edfunkycold said:
Yes, the power button failure is at the board itself not on the moving button itself. It gets to the boot image and then shuts off and starts again correct?
Have a great day!
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Yes. I was going to do my usual revert to stock with odin and reflash but then I saw this thread and how it might be a hardware issue.