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[Q] Can't reset my GN

Can't reset my GN. I clicked reset and it rebooted, now it has been on bootscreen with the Google logo for the good last hour.
What to do?? I have tried earlier to remove battery and tried to reset again but it just won't work.

BobbytheHero said:
Can't reset my GN. I clicked reset and it rebooted, now it has been on bootscreen with the Google logo for the good last hour.
What to do?? I have tried earlier to remove battery and tried to reset again but it just won't work.
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Are you rooted and using a custom recovery?

No root at all. I'm an "normal" user

Ok I don't have a clue then. I know if you have a custom recovery it can cause problems with wiping.
That's a weird one. You could use the adb/fastboot method to reload the stock rom on it which will wipe data.

How do I do that? Can you PLEASE help me with a step-by-step guide?

BobbytheHero said:
How do I do that? Can you PLEASE help me with a step-by-step guide?
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Hold the volume up and down button plus power button til it starts up
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

BobbytheHero said:
How do I do that? Can you PLEASE help me with a step-by-step guide?
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There is a step by step on here dude, do a search it's easy to do and I had to do it twice. Good luck.

DHD (menu, search, home & back) buttons not working

Hii all,
as in the title, need your advice before sending to repair, is it the whole screen or maybe some hardware attached to it??
thanks in advance.

Have you tried to remove the battery and put it back in ?

yes many times,, even changed many roms with the same result.
I'm almost sure its not software issue, its hardware but is it the whole screen, or the digitizer or any other specific part?
thank you for responding back, appreciated.

Does the screen work at all?

djolebih said:
Does the screen work at all?
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yup, the screen is functional except for touch response..

alijs said:
yup, the screen is functional except for touch response..
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Boot into hboot by pressing Power + Vol down and in the menu select hard reset. Make sure you don't have any PD98IMG files on your SD card before that since hboot will automatically try to flash it before you can do anything else. Once you've done that post if the problem is still there.
EDIT: If the screen is still unresponsive even after factory reset then the issue is most likely hardware at which point it would be best to take it in for repair.

digitizer is dead or half dead, change it and everything will work again
(of course, if it is not software related)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507793
Here you see how you can change the digitizer all by you self.

Schamash said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507793
Here you see how you can change the digitizer all by you self.
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it is not easy, but it can be done.

Thank you all for your kind replies..
already tried hard rest,, I'm almost sure its the digitizer..

have u tried wiping and reflashing or going to a different rom

f_E_a_R_e_D said:
have u tried wiping and reflashing or going to a different rom
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Already said he did that, full software reset to factory state too...

[UNRESOLVED / CLOSED] Friend of mine getting a white screen

EDIT - No sollution found!!
Please examine this thread if you have similar problems, but please don't ask how we got it fixed. The phone was just done for, dead, bricked, whatever you want to call it.
Good luck with yours!
Trying to ad a horizontal rule, but this'll do.
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Orriginal post below.
Hey people,
A friend of mine is getting a white screen on his Galaxy Y, can't do anything with it. Even a hard reset (as found on the internet) doesn't work. (Hard reset being holding volume up, center button and power button).
Does anyone have experience with this problem?
Tim
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First state what happen?
Try remove battery and power on again. If its not work try volume down home button then power button. If the download mode appears flash stock rom again using odin..
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda premium

timmiej93 said:
Hey people,
A friend of mine is getting a white screen on his Galaxy Y, can't do anything with it. Even a hard reset (as found on the internet) doesn't work. (Hard reset being holding volume up, center button and power button).
Does anyone have experience with this problem?
Tim
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Thats NOT a hard reset! Pull the battery, and insert it again. Now do your "hard reset". As in, holding volume up+home+power key together until you see the Samsung logo. Do a data wipe and restart. If that doesnt work, search for flashable firmware packages in the Development section. If that doesn't work either, replace your phone.

Hey guys,
Thank you both for your replies.
rockerblood said:
First state what happen?
Try remove battery and power on again. If its not work try volume down home button then power button. If the download mode appears flash stock rom again using odin..
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda premium
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Stating what happened: He just suddenly had a white screen, unable to do anything with the phone. Rebooting, pulling the battery etc. didn't do anything.
Your second option didn't work either unfortunatly.
Raol Emostar said:
Thats NOT a hard reset! Pull the battery, and insert it again. Now do your "hard reset". As in, holding volume up+home+power key together until you see the Samsung logo. Do a data wipe and restart. If that doesnt work, search for flashable firmware packages in the Development section. If that doesn't work either, replace your phone.
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Sorry about that, I just read in about this phone, since it's not mine, and I already forgot about the second part.
Unfortunately, neither of this works. Every boot method gets him a white screen. Since he rooted his phone about a week ago, looks like he's going to need a new one.

timmiej93 said:
Hey guys,
Thank you both for your replies.
Stating what happened: He just suddenly had a white screen, unable to do anything with the phone. Rebooting, pulling the battery etc. didn't do anything.
Your second option didn't work either unfortunatly.
Sorry about that, I just read in about this phone, since it's not mine, and I already forgot about the second part.
Unfortunately, neither of this works. Every boot method gets him a white screen. Since he rooted his phone about a week ago, looks like he's going to need a new one.
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try flashing the ROM using Odin from the PC

Might Odin be the same as Samsung Kies in dutch? Or is this an external program?
Assuming it's this program: http://odin-win.sourceforge.net/
Now how does this work? I've been flashing my phone for quite a while now, but I'm not familiar with this program. Can I just download a ROM (stock) from the developers part here?

timmiej93 said:
Might Odin be the same as Samsung Kies in dutch? Or is this an external program?
Assuming it's this program: http://odin-win.sourceforge.net/
Now how does this work? I've been flashing my phone for quite a while now, but I'm not familiar with this program. Can I just download a ROM (stock) from the developers part here?
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its a tool for windows which lets you flash firmwares. You need to connect your phone to your pc is download mode.
Search Google and you will get lots of tutorials explaining the process.
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Okay thanks for all your help guys.
My friend tried everything you people suggested, but nothing worked. He just had an expert look at it and it's just totally bricked. Gotta buy a new one. Thanks for trying anyway!

Sorry for bringing this up again, but I kinda feel sorry when people brick their devices. Yours doesnt have to be a brick. Read this. The instructions are on the first page. There's a link to Odin too. Hope for the best!

Raol Emostar said:
Sorry for bringing this up again, but I kinda feel sorry when people brick their devices. Yours doesnt have to be a brick. Read this. The instructions are on the first page. There's a link to Odin too. Hope for the best!
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Haha don't mind bringing it up . I asked for help, so I should at the very least be gratefull for every try! So first of all, thank you for your suggestion. I'll send this to my friend an have him take a look at it. I'll keep you updated if it works or not.

SGY white screen HELP!
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Haha don't mind bringing it up . I asked for help, so I should at the very least be gratefull for every try! So first of all, thank you for your suggestion. I'll send this to my friend an have him take a look at it. I'll keep you updated if it works or not.
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plss help me my SAMSUNG GALAXY Y GT-s5360 !! only white screen ?? how cant i fix it ?? i go to the recovery mode but WHite screen also ??

Iam faced same problem on my galaxy y
that is hardware problem
you need to change "DISPLAY IC"

[Q] How to restore a Locked Phone

Hey Guys,
READ THE WHOLE TEXT BEVORE POSTING SOMETHING PLS!
my friend gave me his GNexus, cause he has a lot of trouble with it,
first off all, o friend of him, just typed in the wrong code again and again, so his phone got locked, afterwards he tried to login to
his google account which didnt worked, he changed his password, tried again, it isnt working,
on the google side on his computer its working, but on the handy not,
it would be easy to restore the handy if he had an download mode, but thats the second problem,
the volume lower key is broken, so it is not working, any advices how to unlock that phone?
Thanks in advance

You're SOL.

063_XOBX said:
You're SOL.
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what does that mean exactly?

windowslucker said:
what does that mean exactly?
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sh!t out of luck
fix the broken button, wipe data/factory reset from the recovery, then go from there.

simms22 said:
sh!t out of luck
fix the broken button, wipe data/factory reset from the recovery, then go from there.
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he could try a jig to force ODIN mode... but yeah best bet is to fix the volume button.

Zepius said:
he could try a jig to force ODIN mode... but yeah best bet is to fix the volume button.
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yea, i thought of that too, but am very unfamiliar with it. fixing the volume key should be fairly inexpensive thankfully.

amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004XJCWW8/asamf-21
would this work?
// repairing the volume button is not possible, the sendet it already to a few handy repair guys, all sayed its to expensive to repair it, >200€

Do it yourself. If you can't figure out how to repair a volume rocker you don't have any place trying to use a jig.

[Q] S3 won't stay booted.

I can get into recover,download mode, or the rom boot screen but phone turns off right after. It won't stay on long enough to change roms or backup anything. Does anyone have any suggestions of what to do? Thanks in advance

Can't not can...stupid tablet won't let me edit.

Please Specify your Rom and Kernel. If on Stock, do a factory reset.

Perseus71 said:
Please Specify your Rom and Kernel. If on Stock, do a factory reset.
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I'm on Cyanogenmod with stock Kernel from Cyanogenmod, never changed my kernel. It was working fine for months then just rebooted on its own and won't stay on since. Unfortunately I'm stock and I'm not even sure it will stay on long enough to do anything to it.Its also not the battery. This video shows exactly whats happening to mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61jghxz-Vc

If it can stay stable in Download mode, then you can Odin Flash Root66. Once that's done, flash recovery again and the Rom.

Perseus71 said:
If it can stay stable in Download mode, then you can Odin Flash Root66. Once that's done, flash recovery again and the Rom.
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That's the problem I can't. Is there any other options. I'm not worried about backups or anything I just want it fixed.

The video points to Recovery only. Have you tried to boot into Download mode (the kind that has yellow triangle and Downloading message ) ?

Perseus71 said:
The video points to Recovery only. Have you tried to boot into Download mode (the kind that has yellow triangle and Downloading message ) ?
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Yeh I've tried recovery and download. Neither one stays on for more than 5 seconds and in download mode after clicking up to go into download mode the phone restarts.

Could be hardware, could be softbrick. Can you try the De-Bricking thread's instructions ?

Perseus71 said:
Could be hardware, could be softbrick. Can you try the De-Bricking thread's instructions ?
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Trying to find it now. Can you point me in the right direction with a link??

Pivo99 said:
Trying to find it now. Can you point me in the right direction with a link??
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Here you go.

Perseus71 said:
Here you go.
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I'm beginning to think its a hardware problem. I got it to boot into recovery long enough to factory reset, load a new rom, and gapps. I rebooted and it loaded for a few seconds and turns off. It booted again and went to the optimizing apps screen then shut off before it could finish. Does this sound like it could be a software problem?

Pivo99 said:
I'm beginning to think its a hardware problem. I got it to boot into recovery long enough to factory reset, load a new rom, and gapps. I rebooted and it loaded for a few seconds and turns off. It booted again and went to the optimizing apps screen then shut off before it could finish. Does this sound like it could be a software problem?
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I got the phone to boot into cyanogenmod but in the set up screen it failed again. Really getting annoying and I can't figure out how to fix it.

Pull battery. Then put it back. Does it try to turn on by itself? Could be the power button issue many others have had.

DocHoliday77 said:
Pull battery. Then put it back. Does it try to turn on by itself? Could be the power button issue many others have had.
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YES thats it I was thinking there might be a problem with the power button...Is there a fix on this or a thread anywhere?

There have been many threads posted with this issue, and some did manage to just buy the part and fix themselves. No instructions though thst I'm aware of.
I'd suggest you google galaxy s3 or t999 teardown.

DocHoliday77 said:
There have been many threads posted with this issue, and some did manage to just buy the part and fix themselves. No instructions though thst I'm aware of.
I'd suggest you google galaxy s3 or t999 teardown.
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Found a few posts and people just thump around the general area of the power button and that seems to be a temporary fix and it worked for me for a little while. It's gonna work long enough to revert everything to stock and send in. Thanks you two for your help