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Help phone wont turn on

Hello this is my first post by the way and i really need help please i just rooted my lg nitro hd and was flashing the CWM on it and when i turned it off to check if it worked it will not turn back on at all not to cwm or regular boot please someone help me i just got this phone 2 days ago.
thanks in advance

What do you see when you turn the phone on?

does the charging screen come up when it is plugged in?

it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either

mine too,it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either,
anyone help!

I don't know a way to fix this problem but I have seen unbricking threads for this phone that may help. I'm not sure though because I haven't tried them. I did however also brick my nitro two days after I got and I brought it back to at&t and acted like I had no clue what was going on. Mine was stuck in a boot loop and possibly fixable but I needed it for work and didn't have time as I was on my way to work.
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Hey try pulling the battery then reinserting it with USB plugged in to see if you can breathe any life into it if you can get anything to show on the screen that would be the first step then after that there may be a chance of rescue also try to let it charge for a while and come back to it, I brought a phone back because nothing would show up on the screen but when I brought it back to the store the Guy got it to bootloop if you can at least get it to do that you can work on unbricking it further
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it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either

Something like this happened to me when I did a battery pull. My battery wasn't dead at the time either, it had 37%. I ended up sending mine to LG for repair or if you have AT&T, you can get it fixed through them.

I have the same problem, mine just stucks at LG logo and then loops, i don't know what to do, please somebody help us!

warishuku said:
I have the same problem, mine just stucks at LG logo and then loops, i don't know what to do, please somebody help us!
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Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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kernelpan1c said:
Something like this happened to me when I did a battery pull. My battery wasn't dead at the time either, it had 37%. I ended up sending mine to LG for repair or if you have AT&T, you can get it fixed through them.
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Agree with kernelpanic. Sounds like a hardware failure. AT&T also has device support centers in certain locations that can swap out your phone in some cases.

dnorthington said:
Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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Is this all it takes to "flash a rom"?
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA

dnorthington said:
Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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Agree with kernelpanic. Sounds like a hardware failure. AT&T also has device support centers in certain locations that can swap out your phone in some cases.
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Hi! thanks for answering!
Yes, I have CWM installed, when I try to enter with volume down and power, it ask me to click power twice to confirm (as usual), but then when CWM is going to boot, the phone resets, and loops again at the LG logo.
I already tried the unbrick method used here in the forum, but I have a problem with the R&D Test Tool, because when I try to click at "Upgrade Start" in CSE web upgrade test, the program opens LGMobile Support Tool, instead of the screen of "country and language", and finally, when I try to update via LGMobile Support Tool, it doesn't found my device (already put in Download Mode in USB), I don't know what to do, please, any information will be greatly apreciated.
Thanks in advance!

[Q] Samsung t989 Galaxy S II - Bootloop HELP please :(

I downloaded the Jedi Mind Trick JB 2 ROM and installed it via clocwork mod recovery .. That went fine but it took me a few days to realize I didnt have a working video camera anymore on my phone.. so I thought to flash a stock ROOTed rom instead...
Then I found this threat about an updated version of Jedi Mind Trick's ROM labled JB 3.. So I wiped as much as I could in recovery and chose to format all the options it gave me in recover , Format system , data , cache , emms(or something) .. and now when I boot the phone , it shows the first flash screen , and the samsung logo starts to shimmer then it reboots back to the splash screen and repeats this process everal times before just going black and sitting there..
So I've successfully bootlooped my phone doing this..
MY PROBLEM -- I don't know how to charge my phone or connect to it to install anything else..
Is this a serious problem? How can I charge my phone to continue troubleshooting it? It still has some battery to try some things but I don't know how to hook it up to transfer any other roms to it via USB cable and PC in it's current state..
I'm very computer savvy but I'm trying to learn this phone modding stuff and I realy hope I didn't brick my phone in this process.
Can someone please help me out here? I'll be on the forums religiously until I figure this out.
What should I start doing first??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

still working at it
I think I'm at the point of having to use ODIN to flash a new rom since i cannot simply copy this rom to the sdcard to use clockwork to flash it .. Am I correct on this ?
For some reason this rom I found (should be stock rooted tmobile gSII rom) does not want to open from ODIN's PDA button cause its in .zip and not .tar or anything... I'm not sure how to flash this rom with ODIN ( I'm not even 100% sure this is how its supposed to go) Any suggestions ?

phew
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.

zarklon said:
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
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Is this true? Through a recommendation (haven't done anything to my phone from rooting/flashing KANGSJUGGERNAUT2 years ago), I tried to flash CM10 and ended up with a bootloop myself. Tried flashing through ODIN but it kept crashing; does anyone know why?
Afterward, I tried to reflash it through CWM and from then on bootloops into a installation process that never completes.
For some reason my CWM turned super slow, freezes/hangs and reboots after a few minutes.
I gave the phone to a friend who does this stuff on the regular but he said my initial flash wasn't complete cause in download mode says I'm still running official? No clue.
I was told this via email/chat: "No luck, it won't even boot anymore, I think I'll just bring it back tmrw morn
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Sorry I'm at a wedding (yea I know random) I left my phone with coat check
OK I've narrowed down the reason but not the solution, you had an AOKP based ROM which fundamentally is based on CyanogenMod, but it wasn't correctly flashed as the phone still thought it has factory ROMs still running
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Clockworkmod(even though it was working before) wasn't accessing the partitions of the phone correctly so it wasn't properly wiping or flashing properly.
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So basically from the first time you flashed cwm it didn't flash properly then the next time you flashed using the new recovery it didn't flash anything it was supposed to do itself properly , so basically it was a chain of events in addition to a bad boot loader, that's why it never went to recovery or download mode correctly
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That's something that had to do with the way the phone was built meaning you may of had a bad bootloader from the very begin and are now feeling the synptoms
Basically, and I would hate to be the reason or partially the reason you have a dead phone, basically it was a matter of coincedencr that it happened as this could of happened at anytime, once you have a bad boot loader its pretty much down hill from there"
Any helpful insight as how I can rectify this? is my phone truly dead? Sorry about the quoted format, it was copied and pasted.

If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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tronmech said:
If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?

JahJahLoO said:
The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
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sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.

sam.balia1012 said:
sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.
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I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!

dont give up
JahJahLoO said:
I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
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you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know

sam.balia1012 said:
you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
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I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.

JahJahLoO said:
I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
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If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.

sam.balia1012 said:
If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.
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Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.

JahJahLoO said:
Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
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fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!

sam.balia1012 said:
fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
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It might as well have... :crying:

[Q] [Possible} Dead battery on New phone

So I got a new ZL from Newegg and I put CM 10.1.3 on it and it was working perfectly for 3 weeks.
Well this morning it started to act weird. Updating Apps prompt came up, random reboots. Then suddenly I wasn't able to boot into CM 10. It boots up to show the Clockworkmod android logo, but as soon as it starts to boot up CM, it shuts off.
I tried Factory Resetting it, wiping dalvik cache, wiping cache, wiping battery stats, everything. I even went back to the stock ROM, and nothing. I'm thinking it's a bad battery problem but.. I really hope that it isn't. It's a new phone.
Any help is very much appreciated!
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I also forgot to mention that I can power it on and it works perfectly fine only when plugged into a power source.

goldbolt said:
So I got a new ZL from Newegg and I put CM 10.1.3 on it and it was working perfectly for 3 weeks.
Well this morning it started to act weird. Updating Apps prompt came up, random reboots. Then suddenly I wasn't able to boot into CM 10. It boots up to show the Clockworkmod android logo, but as soon as it starts to boot up CM, it shuts off.
I tried Factory Resetting it, wiping dalvik cache, wiping cache, wiping battery stats, everything. I even went back to the stock ROM, and nothing. I'm thinking it's a bad battery problem but.. I really hope that it isn't. It's a new phone.
Any help is very much appreciated!
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I also forgot to mention that I can power it on and it works perfectly fine only when plugged into a power source.
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Yes, it is possible and has happened to me in the same way, replace the battery and get perfect again

wanderson_tnt said:
Yes, it is possible and has happened to me in the same way, replace the battery and get perfect again
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So even though it still works perfectly fine in Clockworkmod Recovery, it's totally the battery? If so then I dunno who to send it in to lol

goldbolt said:
So even though it still works perfectly fine in Clockworkmod Recovery, it's totally the battery? If so then I dunno who to send it in to lol
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CWM don't use to many off battery power, that's why it didn't shut down on you...any other app or when it on, it uses battery more...so it will randomly reboot....if you don't know what to do, you can only send it to Sony servise center for repair....if you have warranty, you should relocked your bootloader and unroot your device...
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Hey @goldbolt did you find out what the problem was? Because I have the exact same problem, it stays on when I'm in CWM but doesn't boot into CM but if I plug it in a power source it works fine. I'm really hoping you know what the problem is or if you found a way to solve it. Thanks in advance!

algebraik said:
Hey @goldbolt did you find out what the problem was? Because I have the exact same problem, it stays on when I'm in CWM but doesn't boot into CM but if I plug it in a power source it works fine. I'm really hoping you know what the problem is or if you found a way to solve it. Thanks in advance!
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So I kind of did figure out the problem. I re-locked the bootloader and put the stock un-rooted ROM back on there and I called up a Sony representative (got the number from newegg reps) and we very painfully slowly walked through just trying to upgrade the system software with PC companion but alas, it was all in vain. So I was instead that I was still covered under warrenty and to just send it in and we would go from there. He also said that it's a larger than not chance that I won't have to pay anything for repairs. But basically... just send it in man. I'm very sad and bothered by this but oh well. Nothing much I can do now. I hope I helped you out.

Did you relocked it using flashtool? and where did you get the stock unrooted rom? sorry for bothering, but i really don't want to brick my useless phone lol
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Or a better question, how did you do it? ):

algebraik said:
Did you relocked it using flashtool? and where did you get the stock unrooted rom? sorry for bothering, but i really don't want to brick my useless phone lol
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Or a better question, how did you do it? ):
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Yeah, I relocked using flashtool and I put the stock rom back on there via flashtool as well. I got the stock rom from http://www.xperiablog.net/forum/resources/categories/xperia-zl.9/ and just flashed it over when I connected it (by holding down the VOL Down button and plugging it into my computer).

goldbolt said:
Yeah, I relocked using flashtool and I put the stock rom back on there via flashtool as well. I got the stock rom from http://www.xperiablog.net/forum/resources/categories/xperia-zl.9/ and just flashed it over when I connected it (by holding down the VOL Down button and plugging it into my computer).
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But did you change your kernel to stock in order to relock? or you just relocked and flashed the stock rom?

algebraik said:
But did you change your kernel to stock in order to relock? or you just relocked and flashed the stock rom?
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I flashed over the stock rom and then relocked. That file and flash completely reverts to stock with the exception of bootloader lockingness

How do you hard shut down and then get into recovery?

I got stuck at the boot screen with no OS installed.
Google is finding me ways to reboot but can't find anything on how to do a hard shutdown from here.
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Okay one suggestion was to plug the phone into charge, then force a reboot (power + both volume buttons held down 10+ seconds).
Then when it shuts off, you disconnect the power cable after seeing a "battery" on the screen and the tab will remain turned off.
That did not work for me with computer data charging cable.
But it did work with the stock charger. :good:
This helped me get into download using the download mode button shortcuts. But I can't figure out how to get into recovery mode from here? The recovery mode buttons don't work (volume up + power + home).

It looks like this thread has the answer on how to get into recovery mode again.
Too bad I didn't find it before I did an ODIN back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/help/to-event-soft-brick-disaster-t2838473

Actually its even easier than that and have done it countless times.
Next time just hold POWER +VOL DOWN + HOME. As soon as the screen goes blank change to VOL UP whilst still holding POWER +HOME.
Works every time to get into recovery.

ashyx said:
Actually its even easier than that and have done it countless times.
Next time just hold POWER +VOL DOWN + HOME. As soon as the screen goes blank change to VOL UP whilst still holding POWER +HOME.
Works every time to get into recovery.
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Confirmed - this worked for me. Thanks!

I'm in the same situation where all of a sudden my tablet went into reboot and got stuck on the logo screen. I tried the combinations suggested such as : Power butto +Volume down then Volume up when screen is black to get to reboot mode but it just brings me back to the logo screen. Is there some other way I can access the safe mode or recovery mode to try and get this thing working again? I wasn't running any apps for it to cause this either, just checking email. Any help would be much appreciated

casual167 said:
I'm in the same situation where all of a sudden my tablet went into reboot and got stuck on the logo screen. I tried the combinations suggested such as : Power butto +Volume down then Volume up when screen is black to get to reboot mode but it just brings me back to the logo screen. Is there some other way I can access the safe mode or recovery mode to try and get this thing working again? I wasn't running any apps for it to cause this either, just checking email. Any help would be much appreciated
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You're not following the instructions properly. Read post 3 again and hold ALL 3 buttons until recovery boots.
Do not let go of any of the buttons until you see the recovery screen.

ashyx said:
You're not following the instructions properly. Read post 3 again and hold ALL 3 buttons until recovery boots.
Do not let go of any of the buttons until you see the recovery screen.
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Nevermind, I actually got it to work. What do I do after it says "downloading" to fix this issue of it not getting past the boot screen? Please help, I'm not too good with this kind of stuff

casual167 said:
Nevermind, I actually got it to work. What do I do after it says "downloading" to fix this issue of it not getting past the boot screen? Please help, I'm not too good with this kind of stuff
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Well, downloading is not the recovery.
In download mode you would use ODIN to re-flash the firmware from a computer.
In recovery, you would do a factory reset to reset back to defaults to see if that helps boot back into the existing firmware. You'll probably lose everything.

CZ Eddie said:
Well, downloading is not the recovery.
In download mode you would use ODIN to re-flash the firmware from a computer.
In recovery, you would do a factory reset to reset back to defaults to see if that helps boot back into the existing firmware. You'll probably lose everything.
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Yeah I just figured out I was in the wrong mode. I couldn't get it to the recovery mode for some reason but eventually it worked. So I have to go into wipe data/factory reset option? There's nothing else I can do on that screen to fix this without losing everything? I see other opions to Wipe Cache, reboot to bootloader, reboot system now etc..

casual167 said:
Yeah I just figured out I was in the wrong mode. I couldn't get it to the recovery mode for some reason but eventually it worked. So I have to go into wipe data/factory reset option? There's nothing else I can do on that screen to fix this without losing everything? I see other opions to Wipe Cache, reboot to bootloader, reboot system now etc..
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Well, you're not really giving enough info for us to properly help you.
If you have stock recovery then you can try clearing cache but it probably won't fix a no-boot situation.
If you have TWRP recovery then you can try clearing cache and dalvik and fix permissions which probably won't help but gives you a better chance.
Also, if you had TWRP then you could simply re-flash your ROM zip and not lose a whole lot.

CZ Eddie said:
Well, you're not really giving enough info for us to properly help you.
If you have stock recovery then you can try clearing cache but it probably won't fix a no-boot situation.
If you have TWRP recovery then you can try clearing cache and dalvik and fix permissions which probably won't help but gives you a better chance.
Also, if you had TWRP then you could simply re-flash your ROM zip and not lose a whole lot.
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Sorry about that. It's like I said, I'm not too inclined on this type of stuff. Here's what I got and hopefully it helps you more. The tab is completely stocked, never rooted because I wouldn't even know how to do that really. I was on it fine last night and all I did was put it down for literally 30 sec to get something to drink and when I came back it was stuck on the Samsung logo screen. Only apps I had open was gmail, chrome and a word document. There was nothing dowloading, system wise or apps. It's already had Lollipop on it for a week or two and I didn't get any update notices or anything. So I'm guessing the problem is it's somehow stuck in a "boot loop" from what I found searching on google and I don't understand why or what could be causing it so that's the issue I'm trying to fix. I can't get past that screen no matter how many times I restart it. Does that help some?

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Does that help some?
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Yeah, so unfortunately your options are very limited and you're kinda stuck with losing everything.
Try clearing cache first but I doubt it will help.
Then reset to factory defaults. That should work and you probably lose everything.
If not, then search this forum for "ODIN" and "firmware" or let me know and I'll guide you when I get back to my computer in a couple hours.

CZ Eddie said:
Yeah, so unfortunately your options are very limited and you're kinda stuck with losing everything.
Try clearing cache first but I doubt it will help.
Then reset to factory defaults. That should work and you probably lose everything.
If not, then search this forum for "ODIN" and "firmware" or let me know and I'll guide you when I get back to my computer in a couple hours.
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Ok I'll give that a try, thanks. Should I take out my SD card before I reset everything
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casual167 said:
Ok I'll give that a try, thanks. Should I take out my SD card before I reset everything
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So I did the factory reset, it started up now and it's as if I just took it out of the box. Unfortunately I'm at work though so I can't connect to a wifi to complete the set up process so I'll have to wait until tonight when I get home but thanks again for your help. If you could still help me later though with the Odin and firmware stuff I would appreciate it.

casual167 said:
So I did the factory reset, it started up now and it's as if I just took it out of the box. Unfortunately I'm at work though so I can't connect to a wifi to complete the set up process so I'll have to wait until tonight when I get home but thanks again for your help. If you could still help me later though with the Odin and firmware stuff I would appreciate it.
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The factory reset should not touch the external SD card at all. So no worries about leaving it in during that process.
Yeah, starting over.
As long as you're doing that, this is a great time to flash a rooted ROM so you can install Titanium Backup and do regular backups of your apps in case you ever need to reset to factory again.
What model tab do you have? Like, mine is a T705.
If it's an LTE tab, who is your carrier?
The ODIN process depends on this info.

CZ Eddie said:
The factory reset should not touch the external SD card at all. So no worries about leaving it in during that process.
Yeah, starting over.
As long as you're doing that, this is a great time to flash a rooted ROM so you can install Titanium Backup and do regular backups of your apps in case you ever need to reset to factory again.
What model tab do you have? Like, mine is a T705.
If it's an LTE tab, who is your carrier?
The ODIN process depends on this info.
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So I left for lunch and tablet was functional and in the set up process and when I came back, it's back at that damn Samsung logo screen and haven't been able to get back to the recover page. Any idea or suggestions on what to do now? How could that same problem still be here if I did the factory reset?
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casual167 said:
So I left for lunch and tablet was functional and in the set up process and when I came back, it's back at that damn Samsung logo screen and haven't been able to get back to the recover page. Any idea or suggestions on what to do now? How could that same problem still be here if I did the factory reset?
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Actually, I just got into the recovery page now
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What should I do ?

CZ Eddie said:
What model tab do you have? Like, mine is a T705.
If it's an LTE tab, who is your carrier?
The ODIN process depends on this info.
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casual167 said:
How could that same problem still be here if I did the factory reset?
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Who knows, something is not happy though.
You could try another reset.
Is your battery greater than 50%?
Under a certain percentage, the battery savings feature could possible do weird things.

CZ Eddie said:
Who knows, something is not happy though.
You could try another reset.
Is your battery greater than 50%?
Under a certain percentage, the battery savings feature could possible do weird things.
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Lol yea no kidding. The battery has been plugged in the whole time. I'm actually at 100% now. I was really trying to avoid having to bring it to Geek squad. If I do the reset and it does it again, will going to the download mode and doing the custom OS help at all?

casual167 said:
If I do the reset and it does it again, will going to the download mode and doing the custom OS help at all?
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Unless it's a hardware issue, then re-flashing the firmware via ODIN could definitely help!
You can ODIN the stock, unrooted firmware or you can ODIN a TWRP recovery and flash any ROM you want for your phone.
Would still need to know the model # I asked for a couple times above.

CZ Eddie said:
Unless it's a hardware issue, then re-flashing the firmware via ODIN could definitely help!
You can ODIN the stock, unrooted firmware or you can ODIN a TWRP recovery and flash any ROM you want for your phone.
Would still need to know the model # I asked for a couple times above.
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My bad, its SM-T800
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Leaving now but I'll be back in a couple hrs

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My bad, its SM-T800
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Okay great, so you can ODIN a TWRP recovery and then flash a nice ROM. Same ROM I use on my phone. It's stock Touch Wiz that has been rooted and some small things have been improved. Very stable. IronROM.
Or you can download the stock firmware from sammobile.com and ODIN back to stock.

Hard Bricked Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Sprint sm-n910p

I have a Hard bricked Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Sprint sm-n910p all stock carrying the Qualcomm 805 Snapdragon processor. Like a week after it updated OTA to the Lollipop 5.1.1 it just died in my hands one day after i rebooted it because it kept freezing up. It's a relatively new phone, i had it for about 9 months. I can't get it to boot in download mode nor recovery mode. I tried a USB Jig to get it into download mode but it did not help. Odin does not recognize it, my computer only recognizes it as QHSUSB_BULK 9008. I have another Note 4 same model and carrier as mine running the same Lolipop 5.1.1. I swapped the battery and it still did not boot. I was wondering if anyone on here happens to have a debrick image file for this model that they can assist me with. I have researched on here but so far i have only encountered debrick files and debrick methods for most other models except for the sm-n910p model. I have also tried using my other note 4 to create a debrick file but i was unsuccessful with the create debrick program i tried to run on the second note 4. No one seems to be able to JTAG the note 4 well at least not just yet. The second note 4 i have is not rooted nor do i have any custom roms or custom recovery installed on it, i don't really want to void my warranty or have that second phone bricked as well. Is there anyone on here who may have a debrick image for this model or is there a way i can create a working debrick file from my working note 4 so i can write it to an SDcard to revive my dead note 4? Any assistance given would be greatly appreciated!

I am having the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/help/note-4-boot-t3423362 My device will not boot into any mode and my computer does not recognize the device the only thing it does(my computer) is play the sound notification when a device is plugged in and taken out. Does anyone have suggestions on how to solve this problem?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/help/sprint-note-4-n910p-boot-failure-t3431069 might help.

ME too !!!!!
BrightSoundz said:
I am having the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/help/note-4-boot-t3423362 My device will not boot into any mode and my computer does not recognize the device the only thing it does(my computer) is play the sound notification when a device is plugged in and taken out. Does anyone have suggestions on how to solve this problem?
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ME too bro , exactly like you , i don't know what to do
Will the debrick img work for it ? i downloaded it already.
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i think this thread may help you
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I am having the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/help/note-4-boot-t3423362 My device will not boot into any mode and my computer does not recognize the device the only thing it does(my computer) is play the sound notification when a device is plugged in and taken out. Does anyone have suggestions on how to solve this problem?
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does it show on your pc device manager under disk drives this : (QHUSB 9008 mode) ???
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I am having the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/help/note-4-boot-t3423362 My device will not boot into any mode and my computer does not recognize the device the only thing it does(my computer) is play the sound notification when a device is plugged in and taken out. Does anyone have suggestions on how to solve this problem?
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does it show on your pc device manager under disk drives this : (QHUSB 9008 mode) ???

Try going here

Hey i updated my note 4 spirit version using wi fi and then installed it but after the installation the phone never rebooted. And now aftr removing the battery for sometime and pressing power button for a min i.e soft bricking it. It starts but again goes to the same installation thing and the same thing happens.What should i do can ny1 suggest ? Thank you

vihitshah said:
Hey i updated my note 4 spirit version using wi fi and then installed it but after the installation the phone never rebooted. And now aftr removing the battery for sometime and pressing power button for a min i.e soft bricking it. It starts but again goes to the same installation thing and the same thing happens.What should i do can ny1 suggest ? Thank you
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Not sure what installation screen you're seeing but hopefully it's either booting to system and going through the update prompts or booting to download or recovery modes(?)
Since you're trying to update over the air (OTA), can I properly guess you're not rooted? If you're unsure why it rebooted during the update, ask yourself, did it go back to recovery or did it try to boot as usual?
Without specifics of error, I'm not sure if your phone boots to system OS or not? It's possible the update file was corrupt or rejected for some reason. Reasons that should be included in your request for help.
But there is a simple solution for OTA not cooperating. Rather than trying to remedy that, you could try to update with Smart Switch or KIES or even Odin.
If it's more serious than that, you could include actual screen shots or message(s) you see on phone and PC if using one of the programs above to flash update.
If the phone doesn't boot, you can try this with KIES emergency recovery:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40966346&postcount=1
If that doesn't work, you'll need to learn Odin. But you need to be able to boot to download mode. You can find what you need to get started with here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63868221&postcount=1
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Not sure what installation screen you're seeing but hopefully it's either booting to system and going through the update prompts or booting to download or recovery modes(?)
Since you're trying to update over the air (OTA), can I properly guess you're not rooted? If you're unsure why it rebooted during the update, ask yourself, did it go back to recovery or did it try to boot as usual?
Without specifics of error, I'm not sure if your phone boots to system OS or not? It's possible the update file was corrupt or rejected for some reason. Reasons that should be included in your request for help.
But there is a simple solution for OTA not cooperating. Rather than trying to remedy that, you could try to update with Smart Switch or KIES or even Odin.
If it's more serious than that, you could include actual screen shots or message(s) you see on phone and PC if using one of the programs above to flash update.
If the phone doesn't boot, you can try this with KIES emergency recovery:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40966346&postcount=1
If that doesn't work, you'll need to learn Odin. But you need to be able to boot to download mode. You can find what you need to get started with here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63868221&postcount=1
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No the device isnt rooted. It shows that screen in which its written loading recovery or something in blue on top left corner and then it automatically starts installing he update and then it doesn't start at all. It just acts likr a dead phone. Well the phone doesnt respond to any keys now i guess its just dead.
I have attatched a pic showin the error which was displayed earlier mayb it cn help

vihitshah said:
No the device isnt rooted. It shows that screen in which its written loading recovery or something in blue on top left corner and then it automatically starts installing he update and then it doesn't start at all. It just acts likr a dead phone. Well the phone doesnt respond to any keys now i guess its just dead.
I have attatched a pic showin the error which was displayed earlier mayb it cn help
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mmc_read error is troubling but I'm not sure if the problem is corrupt download or failure to read properly, TBH. I haven't seen that issue in person and from what you describe, I've never heard of the phone continually try to load the same update? But I'm not thinking it's dead just yet.
What condition is your battery? Over 12 months old? Fully charged or at least 80%? Your battery could be a contributing factor here.
Can you get to recovery by pulling battery, discharging power circuit by holding power button down for a minute, reinstalling battery and holding power + vol-up + home together until it vibrates? Try deleting the cache partitions first and try to reboot. If not try factory reset next and try to reboot.
You'll have to decide if you want to wipe data or not but if you get that far, you may consider just flashing with one of the programs I mentioned earlier.
If you want to skip that, I think you can boot into download manually without it trying to flash that update. If it boots to download mode (hold power + vol-down + home until it boots) and waits for you to install something with prompt to press volume up if proceeding to flash, then Smart Switch, KIES or Odin are alternatives to try. Since you're not rooted, you could try the first two and save Odin for last if you prefer less interaction. I'm not sure but maybe Odin is the only alternative unless the other 2 can recognize phone in those states (recovery or download).
The troubling part is that it could be your internal memory failing (eMMC). If that's the issue, you may not succeed in recovering it but possibly temporarily restoring function. I think it may too early to say component failure. Best to try the least invasive, least risky things to give a fair chance of recovery before everything at it.
Give that a try, deciding what steps are applicable. Ask if you have additional questions. I'll need to know what works, what didn't, and what you tried so taking notes is best.
Edit: If you do decide to go with Odin, make sure your PC's task manager doesn't show any open sessions of KIES or Smart Switch, install the Samsung driver from Samsung support for Note 4 and unless you have Windows 10, launch Odin as administrator only.
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mmc_read error is troubling but I'm not sure if the problem is corrupt download or failure to read properly, TBH. I haven't seen that issue in person and from what you describe, I've never heard of the phone continually try to load the same update? But I'm not thinking it's dead just yet.
What condition is your battery? Over 12 months old? Fully charged or at least 80%? Your battery could be a contributing factor here.
Can you get to recovery by pulling battery, discharging power circuit by holding power button down for a minute, reinstalling battery and holding power + vol-up + home together until it vibrates? Try deleting the cache partitions first and try to reboot. If not try factory reset next and try to reboot.
You'll have to decide if you want to wipe data or not but if you get that far, you may consider just flashing with one of the programs I mentioned earlier.
If you want to skip that, I think you can boot into download manually without it trying to flash that update. If it boots to download mode (hold power + vol-down + home until it boots) and waits for you to install something with prompt to press volume up if proceeding to flash, then Smart Switch, KIES or Odin are alternatives to try. Since you're not rooted, you could try the first two and save Odin for last if you prefer less interaction. I'm not sure but maybe Odin is the only alternative unless the other 2 can recognize phone in those states (recovery or download).
The troubling part is that it could be your internal memory failing (eMMC). If that's the issue, you may not succeed in recovering it but possibly temporarily restoring function. I think it may too early to say component failure. Best to try the least invasive, least risky things to give a fair chance of recovery before everything at it.
Give that a try, deciding what steps are applicable. Ask if you have additional questions. I'll need to know what works, what didn't, and what you tried so taking notes is best.
Edit: If you do decide to go with Odin, make sure your PC's task manager doesn't show any open sessions of KIES or Smart Switch, install the Samsung driver from Samsung support for Note 4 and unless you have Windows 10, launch Odin as administrator only.
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Yes until yest i was able to get to recovery by draining the starting circuit by removing battery and pushing power button bt idk nw i m nt able to. Battery is like 1.5 yr old mayb. I hd charged it to 100%

vihitshah said:
Yes until yest i was able to get to recovery by draining the starting circuit by removing battery and pushing power button bt idk nw i m nt able to. Battery is like 1.5 yr old mayb. I hd charged it to 100%
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I'd advise replacing that battery before trying to recover the phone.
If you were having to pull battery to get to recovery before, I would not have attempted to update with an old and defective battery. It seems that is a symptom of either bad battery or failing eMMC.
I can't say if your eMMC is defective or even if the battery could have contributed to its potential demise.
Hopefully with a new battery fully charged, it flashes and doesn't exhibit such behavior again. Do you have the original USB cable fully functional? If not, consider original replacement for it as well while you're finding replacement battery. As for battery, I'm not sure of a good replacement but others here recommend original or Anker. I wish you success.
I'm interested to hear of your outcome so hopefully the OP doesn't mind the updates; the original failure posted isn't quite the same as yours.
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The battery wasnt working properly earlier and so while updating it mst hv stopped. Inalready replaced it with new original battery
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hello i have samsung galaxy note 4 version SM-N910P Whenever i turn on the phone it automatically boots into recovery mode and starts installing system update and then after 100 % it switches off and never turns on back. Please Suggest me some remedy. Thank you
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samep said:
I'd advise replacing that battery before trying to recover the phone.
If you were having to pull battery to get to recovery before, I would not have attempted to update with an old and defective battery. It seems that is a symptom of either bad battery or failing eMMC.
I can't say if your eMMC is defective or even if the battery could have contributed to its potential demise.
Hopefully with a new battery fully charged, it flashes and doesn't exhibit such behavior again. Do you have the original USB cable fully functional? If not, consider original replacement for it as well while you're finding replacement battery. As for battery, I'm not sure of a good replacement but others here recommend original or Anker. I wish you success.
I'm interested to hear of your outcome so hopefully the OP doesn't mind the updates; the original failure posted isn't quite the same as yours.
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Hey thank you i replaced my battery and now i am facing an issue of installing system update boot loop. The phone automatically keeps on doing that. Please suggest me some remedy
Thank you

vihitshah said:
The battery wasnt working properly earlier and so while updating it mst hv stopped. Inalready replaced it with new original battery
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hello i have samsung galaxy note 4 version SM-N910P Whenever i turn on the phone it automatically boots into recovery mode and starts installing system update and then after 100 % it switches off and never turns on back. Please Suggest me some remedy. Thank you
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Hey thank you i replaced my battery and now i am facing an issue of installing system update boot loop. The phone automatically keeps on doing that. Please suggest me some remedy
Thank you
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If you're not rooted, you may be able to recover it with KIES or Smart Switch on your PC. Google these if you need them. These offer more automation and convenience than Odin but these also may only work on a phone that's not rooted or modified.
Otherwise, close those sessions on PC's task manager and download Odin and stock tar and flash firmware with that. You would also need to install the USB driver for your phone. You can find stock tar and Odin in a thread in this forum's general thread. Samsung USB driver can be found on Samsung support for Note 4.
Have you had failure to boot that booted into download and mentioned abnormal boot with eMMC read or write failure? Hopefully not; you just need to flash with one of those utilities.
eMMC failures are too often inevitable hardware failure but some manage to continue unlocking phone without having to pull battery using a wake lock app from Google Play. Any reboot, forced or not may duplicate the issue so they avoid reboots to avoid the frustration of trying to boot without flashing again. Ultimately, a reboot or flash could possibly end the life of a failing eMMC. Some have come back days or hours after removing battery. With a sufficient charge, phone may boot again after being in the battery removed state for long periods.
As far as I know, there's only theories about why eMMC fails. I've often thought heat and having shutdowns with old defective battery may speed the failure before it's life expectancy. Others believe that flashing a lot will reach an early demise but I've also read posts of phones never rooted to fail eMMC; these phones may not have been flashed so much.
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no its not rooted pr modified . so i should try with kies right ?

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no its not rooted pr modified . so i should try with kies right ?
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I would say yes to KIES unless you're comfortable with Odin. There's an emergency recovery mode in KIES that may just be as close to plug and play you could hope for. You still have to find it in the UI. It's been a while but I thought it was on a middle tab, middle of screen when launching KIES.
KIES may offer a prompt to recover and will download the firmware automatically. Just read and verify the prompt to ensure it properly recognized your phone model and suggested firmware.
Or do it manually and less convenient with Odin.
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thanks man i did it using emergency software recovery using samsung smart switch. kies is for phones before note 3

vihitshah said:
thanks man i did it using emergency software recovery using samsung smart switch. kies is for phones before note 3
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You're welcome. And thanks for clarifying.
It boots now?
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You're welcome. And thanks for clarifying.
It boots now?
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yes fit and fine

samep said:
I would say yes to KIES unless you're comfortable with Odin. There's an emergency recovery mode in KIES that may just be as close to plug and play you could hope for. You still have to find it in the UI. It's been a while but I thought it was on a middle tab, middle of screen when launching KIES.
KIES may offer a prompt to recover and will download the firmware automatically. Just read and verify the prompt to ensure it properly recognized your phone model and suggested firmware.
Or do it manually and less convenient with Odin.
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I am still facing the issue and the issue is even greater as i am not able to go to download mode. The phone i guess goes into deep sleep mode whenever i try to restart it. I want to flash new firmware using odin as i think as per as some thread here .IS there any way i can go to download mode now ? i think it took place due to inturupted software update .
It used to show eMMC failed. But sometimes the phone boots normally

vihitshah said:
I am still facing the issue and the issue is even greater as i am not able to go to download mode. The phone i guess goes into deep sleep mode whenever i try to restart it. I want to flash new firmware using odin as i think as per as some thread here .IS there any way i can go to download mode now ? i think it took place due to inturupted software update .
It used to show eMMC failed. But sometimes the phone boots normally
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The only suggestion I can give is pulling the battery for longer periods may temporarily help to get to download mode or boot. Some suggest also discharging the power circuit with battery pulled (hold power button) may decrease these extended battery pulls but I don't know if that helps.
The eMMC needs replacing. Samsung Support can do this fairly economically but there's about a week turnaround.
Battery pull and wake lock app is just a bandaid. Flashing firmware is likely the same.
Wish there were better solutions but I think replacement or repair is your best option.
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