Phone Wont turn on :( - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

So I updated my phone from CM10.1.0 to CM10.1.2 today. I used the updating feature found in settings.
Everything seemed to go well, the rom updated, phone rebooted, and 140 or so apps updated. Got to home screen and everything works fine. About 5 mins later the phone shuts down. I turn my phone on again, 1 app updates, and I get the home screen. I checked my email and such and put my phone in my pocket. About 5 mins later I notice my phone has turned off again, cept this time now it won't come back on :/
I've searched google and some people point to the battery being the culprit.
http://www.sebertech.com/2013/03/sam...-problems.html Issue #16
and
http://forums.androidcentral.com/spr...turn-help.html
Both say to remove battery, plug the phone in, watch for the charging light to come on, then reinsert the battery. This doesnt work either.
If I take my battery out and plug in the charger, the charging light does come on. If I hold the power button down in this state after a few seconds the light will turn off until I release the power button. With the light on and after reinserting the battery the light goes back out after a few seconds. I just went and got a new battery, but thats not working either :/ I havent been able to boot into recovery mode or download mode.
If the update bricked my phone would it turn on and work just fine before dying? I used a data connection just fine after the update.
Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

0.e pages not found, derp.
The rom shouldn't be an issue at all because CMTeam... Why would they do such a thing.
When you updated from 1.0 to 1.2 did you:
Wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache before you updated.
reset permissions via Custom Recovery after update?
I saw a few people with S3's that went through exactly the same problem but it turns out the phone's main-board was fried because of a corrupted NAND right after a flash.
If there's no haptic feedback or led when you try to turn on the phone ( With a battery ), it's a possible brick but its not super-bricked.
If you put a usb / charger on the phone with no battery in it and it indicates a red LED. There is a possible 50/50 you can restore it but
it'll cost around some 40-60 bucks for having it JTAGGED.
If there is no LED when the phone's plugged to a charger wall port / USB via computer with no battery.
It is completely dead and you'd wanna send that in to get a brand new phone.
It just looks like you need it JTAG Repaired.
Hopefully others would have a better and possible way of finding what happened. Because mines would be a last resort
type of thing and its the only thing I know when the SIII Bricks after completely doing a clean flash or if the phone ends up dying
for no reason after a flash.

Spark91 said:
The rom shouldn't be an issue at all because CMTeam... Why would they do such a thing.
When you updated from 1.0 to 1.2 did you:
Wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache before you updated.
reset permissions via Custom Recovery after update?
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I used the method provided by CM found in settings -> phone info, like I have many many many times. I dont remember the full process, but I dont think those options are provided in that method, just download the rom then click update.

red300zx99 said:
I used the method provided by CM found in settings -> phone info, like I have many many many times. I dont remember the full process, but I dont think those options are provided in that method, just download the rom then click update.
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You claim it booted up after the flash and everything worked, so it can't be that you flashed a cm rom for a different device. It doesn't even attempt the boot splash?
Have you tried putting the battery in and plugging the charger for several hours? Could just be a bad usb port and or bad charger cable and your device simply is out of power. Find a different cable or charger all together and try see if anyone has a similar phone that you can try their battery in your phone.
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edfunkycold said:
You claim it booted up after the flash and everything worked, so it can't be that you flashed a cm rom for a different device. It doesn't even attempt the boot splash?
Have you tried putting the battery in and plugging the charger for several hours? Could just be a bad usb port and or bad charger cable and your device simply is out of power. Find a different cable or charger all together and try see if anyone has a similar phone that you can try their battery in your phone.
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Yeh, the fact that it started fine twice is what is baffling me. Though it did turn itself off after a few mins both times.
Yeh, I plugged the charger in overnight last night just in case. I took it to the sprint store where the guy took out my battery and tested it, he said it was bad and that was the issue. As of now I've tried 4 different batteries. My own, a new one I bought and fully charged and 2 borrowed from people at work.

That's really weird.... And none of the led come on at all? Really weird, it's not a brick issue because it would give some symptoms but it's like it's not getting power at all. It could just be a major hardware failure. The power button is defective on the S3 but it usually makes an attempt to turn on.
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edfunkycold said:
That's really weird.... And none of the led come on at all? Really weird, it's not a brick issue because it would give some symptoms but it's like it's not getting power at all. It could just be a major hardware failure. The power button is defective on the S3 but it usually makes an attempt to turn on.
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If I take my battery out and plug in the charger, the charging light does come on. If I hold the power button down in this state after a few seconds the light will turn off until I release the power button. With the light on and after reinserting the battery the light goes back out after a few seconds.

It really sounds like it flashed an International rom from those symptoms. But you said it turned on after the flash.
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edfunkycold said:
It really sounds like it flashed an International rom from those symptoms. But you said it turned on after the flash.
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It flashed whatever rom was downloaded from the phone info screen. But yeh, it booted up, updated apps, and made it to the home screen after the update.

Sorry wish I could be more insightful, but I think your going to have to take it in to Sprint
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Sorry wish I could be more insightful, but I think your going to have to take it in to Sprint
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NP, thanks for trying to help though.

Could it be that CM might have messed somthing up? I would ask them for help or tell them to look in to things.
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sprkat85 said:
Could it be that CM might have messed somthing up? I would ask them for help or tell them to look in to things.
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I've posted in the CM10.1 thread, I'm not sure if Ive heard anything from anyone on the CM team though. I guess it's possible they messed something up, but I havent seen anyone else with this issue and CM, so I'm guessing the issue is on my end.

I would let the phone sit on the charger and try to boot into recovery and try to flash a tw rom. If you haven't tried that already its worth a shot.
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red300zx99 said:
NP, thanks for trying to help though.
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When you connect phone to a computer what does it recognize he device as?
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when you connect phone to a computer what does it recognize he device as?
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qhsusb_dload

sprkat85 said:
I would let the phone sit on the charger and try to boot into recovery and try to flash a tw rom. If you haven't tried that already its worth a shot.
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It's doesn't power up at all regardless of how long it charges, he tried different batteries and bought a new one also. How would he be able to flash or even get into recovery if it doesn't power on?
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Oh yeah forget it. It's not a power issue it's bricked. That's exactly what they say when they are bricked by flashing international roms. Jtag is your only option.
Try this can't hurt, this guy claims he revived a phone which was hard bricked. The method has not been confirmed but you have nothing to loose http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43305728
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It's doesn't power up at all regardless of how long it charges, he tried different batteries and bought a new one also. How would he be able to flash or even get into recovery if it doesn't power on?
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Oh yeah forget it. It's not a power issue it's bricked. That's exactly what they say when they are bricked by flashing international roms. Jtag is your only option.
Try this can't hurt, this guy claims he revived a phone which was hard bricked. The method has not been confirmed but you have nothing to loose http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43305728
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Sweet, will def try and report back on the results. TY

Have you tried my method of unbricking a hard brick without JTAG? The link is on my signature.
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[Q] Won't Charge or Boot?!?!

My phone is only a few months old... I did buy it used and the person before me had it rooted so I unrooted it using "SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax". It worked fine since and I never had problem except the other day when my battery showed 100% all day until it just shut off and I had to recharge but then worked fine and since the battery seemed to be accurate. Anyway... Last night I went to use my phone as always and it just shut off and never turned back on?! I tried charging and no luck, took battery out a dozen times, no luck... Tried download mode, no luck... SO, what could be wrong with my phone??!! Is it bricked or is the battery just fried??!! The screen stays black and wont turn on for nothing, and it wont even charge so theres no green battery icon on the screen! Any Ideas??
I do want to add that from searching it seems like it is bricked but I just wanna make sure before I send it back or try anything I can to get it back on that people may suggest that I havent yet... Also, when I did unroot, everything went back to stock except the bullet boot logo screen, so if I do have to send it in will Samsung still fix it if they see that its been messed with some time or another? Or will they just simply wipe or replace it without even looking? Thanks.
ykman1 said:
My phone is only a few months old... I did buy it used and the person before me had it rooted so I unrooted it using "SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax". It worked fine since and I never had problem except the other day when my battery showed 100% all day until it just shut off and I had to recharge but then worked fine and since the battery seemed to be accurate. Anyway... Last night I went to use my phone as always and it just shut off and never turned back on?! I tried charging and no luck, took battery out a dozen times, no luck... Tried download mode, no luck... SO, what could be wrong with my phone??!! Is it bricked or is the battery just fried??!! The screen stays black and wont turn on for nothing, and it wont even charge so theres no green battery icon on the screen! Any Ideas??
I do want to add that from searching it seems like it is bricked but I just wanna make sure before I send it back or try anything I can to get it back on that people may suggest that I havent yet... Also, when I did unroot, everything went back to stock except the bullet boot logo screen, so if I do have to send it in will Samsung still fix it if they see that its been messed with some time or another? Or will they just simply wipe or replace it without even looking? Thanks.
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rooting your device voids all warranties, not sure about your issue but you need wait until some advanced members offer you there knowledge b4 returning a nonstock phone for warranty replacement.
Well I would definitely appreciate the advice on what it possibly is and what I can do as soon as possible. I have no back up so I am completely without a phone till it gets fixed.
ykman1 said:
Well I would definitely appreciate the advice on what it possibly is and what I can do as soon as possible. I have no back up so I am completely without a phone till it gets fixed.
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Drop by a tmobile store and ask to try another battery.
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Another battery wont fix it if the screen won't turn on When connected to power.
.....Clones & Drones.....
Yea... I spoke with samsung and they didnt seem to think it was a battery issue. Also, they asked me what color the strip was on the battery itself (the white strip next to the connection terminals) Im guessing if the batterys go bad it changes color cus according to them, white is what its suppose to be, no idea lol... Most likely if I dont get a response on something to try I havent yet by the end of the day Im gonna try the jig trick to try and get it into download mode so i can odin. If that dont work im hoping sammy will replace it, my only worry is the stupid bullet boot screen still being there but then again, if the phone dont turn on at all then they will most likely just reflash it, but is there still a way they can tell it was rooted some point in time? Anyone have experience with sending them devices like this and if the fixed them or not?
The colored strip is them trying to blame you for dropping it in the toilet LOL. The strips turn pink when wet. Other than that i think Odin is your only chance.
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so the phone doesn't turn on at all? LCD receives n0 power? try pulling the battery and running it without the battery
You tried holding vol. up,down and then plugging in usb with battery out?
I've noticed batteries on these juicing out and dyeing. Try a different battery, go into a local Tmobile Nd ask them to swap out your battery with a galaxy in the exchange bin
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NO..... do not do these..... look for the stock firmware .rar file and do it through ODIN. I bricked my phone too, and panicked, i called t-mobile and they got pissed that i rooted it and couldn't do anything. The .rar file fixed it. DL here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17067366/T989UVKL1_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL799405_REV00.tar.md5
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BTW it will be completely stock and not rooted, you have to flash it through odin..... it may take up to 2 hours, do not interrupt it
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NO..... do not do these..... look for the stock firmware .rar file and do it through ODIN. I bricked my phone too, and panicked, i called t-mobile and they got pissed that i rooted it and couldn't do anything. The .rar file fixed it. DL here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17067366/T989UVKL1_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL799405_REV00.tar.md5
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BTW it will be completely stock and not rooted, you have to flash it through odin..... it may take up to 2 hours, do not interrupt it
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I tried downloading this a couple of times, but I cant open them. Is there something I have to do?
xcrazydx said:
I tried downloading this a couple of times, but I cant open them. Is there something I have to do?
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You put the file in the ODIN folder and put your phone in download mode. My phone wouldn't charge or boot, but it still went into dl mode. Then you flash the .rar file.
By the way... this IS NOT a battery issue
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CyanModICS said:
You put the file in the ODIN folder and put your phone in download mode. My phone wouldn't charge or boot, but it still went into dl mode. Then you flash the .rar file.
By the way... this IS NOT a battery issue
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I think he mentioned he can't even get into dl mode
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Thanks for all the replies, and yea... as I said its completely dead. Also, I did test the battery so it wasn't that, and I tried using the Jig method to get it in download mode and no go... I already sent it back to Samsung so I can get a replacement.
I just wanna add that I have found that this is pretty common when rooting this device so be careful! For some reason this device is known to do this when you mess with it, and it wont necessarily happen as soon as you do, it could be months after and then it just decides to crap out randomly! So be careful!
Months later? That sucks man, is Sammy getting wiser? Well at least its bricked so hard they can't tell what's going on.
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It actually sounds like you've been using a generic charger or a charger that isn't the oem type which leads to the forever stuck 100%... that is your problem... it is because of a faulty charge that messes up your phone. It could even be a faulty oem one. There was a thread that addresses the 100% problem.
But yeah a lot of people don't realizes what ROOTing actually does and blames it for anything bad that happens to their phone. But! it's probably better that way.. less problems and finger pointings.

[Q] Need help with phone not turning on.

My friend's S2 is having the following issues:
The phone will not turn on (Darkside 3.6 ROM with DarksideX Kernel). The phone will show the Samsung logo, the Darkside X kernel flash and then it would shut off. It will then have a constant vibration ever 2 seconds or so.
I tried going into recovery mode to try and wipe all the caches, but the phone will not let me go into recovery mode at all. It will give me the constant vibration mentioned above.
I'm guessing the issue is being caused by Kernel crash so I tried going into download mode so I could try and flash a new Kernel via Odin, but once I get into the warning screen and I press volume up to go to download mode, the phone go into download mode for a split second before shutting off and go into the constant vibration mode again.
Any idea what's going on? Or did anyone have had these problems in the past?
I flashed her phone a few months ago and it's been working flawlessly until last night. So I know it's not a bad flash. I'm getting frustrated here because I can't keep the phone turned on long enough to re-flash or to ODIN or to do anything.
Any help is appreciated!
Try letting it sit for a couple of minutes, the battery might have drained too much. This happened to me before I hope this helps, every once in a while when it turns off and on try to boot into recovery and just reboot back out to restart the phone to a normal boot.
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Daddy_617 said:
Try letting it sit for a couple of minutes, the battery might have drained too much. This happened to me before I hope this helps, every once in a while when it turns off and on try to boot into recovery and just reboot back out to restart the phone to a normal boot.
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I've tried letting the phone sit for hours.
I've tried unplugging and then plugging back in and not touching it for hours.
I've tried charging the battery to 100% (with my phone) and then putting it in my friend's phone.
Nothing's working
Sounds like the power button may be stuck, or a hardware failure.
xcrazydx said:
Sounds like the power button may be stuck, or a hardware failure.
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Power button is definitely not stuck.
I'm worried that it's hardware failure, but the phone is still under warranty and if that's the case, I'm trying to get this back to stock so I can claim the warranty.
belly1026 said:
Power button is definitely not stuck.
I'm worried that it's hardware failure, but the phone is still under warranty and if that's the case, I'm trying to get this back to stock so I can claim the warranty.
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This happened to a couple people a while ago. One had some lint or corrosion on the battery contacts, they cleaned it, and that fixed it.
skrambled said:
BOOM!!!! I fixed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew it was a battery or battery connection issue. I removed the back plating and noticed that there was some lint on the inside that was bridging the battery connections (I don't know the tech terms, sorry).
Used some air duster and blew it out. Reassembled and it is working like a charm now.
(If Joosty is reading this, I did a factory data reset--including USB storage--immediately so no worries about any personal data you may have had on there.)
EDIT: For anyone trying this fix just thought I'd mention that I used a 1/16 screwdriver to get the screws out and that getting the cover off was a little tricky--I thought I was going to break the plastic when trying to pop it off. Also, the volume rocker button falls right out so make sure to watch for that...
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From this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546174
xcrazydx said:
This happened to a couple people a while ago. One had some lint or corrosion on the battery contacts, they cleaned it, and that fixed it.
From this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546174
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Tried doing that just now, didn't work
Thanks for the link though. I'm wondering if that jtag service could repair this. Nobody on that thread seemed to actually tried that method.
belly1026 said:
Tried doing that just now, didn't work
Thanks for the link though. I'm wondering if that jtag service could repair this. Nobody on that thread seemed to actually tried that method.
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I would bet he can fix it, whether it be a hardware or software issue. Mobiletechvideos does good work from what I hear.
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dongle
bought 3.00 usb dongle on Ebay, that forced mine brick into download mode. Reflashed through Odin
Try to just put the battery in and hold the volume up and down button while it keeps booting up and down with the vibration thingy going on. It usually just boots into recovery might take a few tries just be patient and hold down the volume up and down buttons
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Happened to me when I put a née battery in while the phone rebooted into recovery. I ref lashed recovery and let the battery recharge bam it worked.
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Daddy_617 said:
Try to just put the battery in and hold the volume up and down button while it keeps booting up and down with the vibration thingy going on. It usually just boots into recovery might take a few tries just be patient and hold down the volume up and down buttons
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I've tried this and didn't work. I was pressing the vol up and down button so long for so many times, my fingers started to hurt lol.
Madblaster6 said:
Happened to me when I put a née battery in while the phone rebooted into recovery. I ref lashed recovery and let the battery recharge bam it worked.
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Battery is 100% charged and the phone will not boot into recovery
Damn... I guess you should try a jig, that's the only thing I have in mind. Sometimes you need to take everything out such as the sim card, Sdcard etc... let sit for 5 minutes then try to put the battery in to go into download mode. Last time I was getting so frustrated and noticed the USB cable was still in and that was the reason I couldn't get into recovery I was so heated! Haha anyways I hope this helps.
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Daddy_617 said:
Damn... I guess you should try a jig, that's the only thing I have in mind. Sometimes you need to take everything out such as the sim card, Sdcard etc... let sit for 5 minutes then try to put the battery in to go into download mode. Last time I was getting so frustrated and noticed the USB cable was still in and that was the reason I couldn't get into recovery I was so heated! Haha anyways I hope this helps.
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Yeah, I'm ordering a jig and hoping that it would force my phone to download mode and keep it on long enough for me to flash new kernel or stock rom.
But I did try letting the phone sit overnight before attempting anything to it with no results. If the jig doesn't work, I'm just going to send it in for the JTAG service. I e-mailed them and they said they would be able to fix it.
What??
belly1026 said:
Yeah, I'm ordering a jig and hoping that it would force my phone to download mode and keep it on long enough for me to flash new kernel or stock rom.
But I did try letting the phone sit overnight before attempting anything to it with no results. If the jig doesn't work, I'm just going to send it in for the JTAG service. I e-mailed them and they said they would be able to fix it.
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This does not make sense. First, were you able to go into download mode using Vol up+down and USB cable plugged in to computer? If you can, then press vol up to continue and start ODIN on your desktop, flash the stock ROM (download from the Galaxy S2 Android Dev threads) and see if that works.
To me this does not sound like a hardware but more like a corrupt software issue.
I hope you just don't waste your money for nothing here.
belly1026 said:
once I get into the warning screen and I press volume up to go to download mode, the phone go into download mode for a split second before shutting off and go into the constant vibration mode again.
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razormight said:
This does not make sense. First, were you able to go into download mode using Vol up+down and USB cable plugged in to computer? If you can, then press vol up to continue and start ODIN on your desktop, flash the stock ROM (download from the Galaxy S2 Android Dev threads) and see if that works.
To me this does not sound like a hardware but more like a corrupt software issue.
I hope you just don't waste your money for nothing here.
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As I'd mentioned in my first post, I'm able to go into download mode, but I'm unable to keep the phone turned on for me to do anything with ODIN.
I'm hoping that by using the JIG, it will somehow force my phone to stay in download mode long enough for me to flash.
That happened when my phone's Seidio battery had some liquid spilled on it. It did the same exact thing but I used my stock battery to boot it, let the phone run from the charger and replaced the battery. That fixed it for me. Try using another battery.
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That happened when my phone's Seidio battery had some liquid spilled on it. It did the same exact thing but I used my stock battery to boot it, let the phone run from the charger and replaced the battery. That fixed it for me. Try using another battery.
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I've used three different batteries. No go.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
No problem. If your gonna return it, either brick it or stock it
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did you manage to fix it?
I have the same problem! please help

Why did my Galaxy Nexus brick itself?

I have been using my fine since release from Verizon. Most of the time on 4.0.4 deodexed stock w/ FrancoKernel Milestone 4 and Radio I515.09 V.FA02 / I515.FA02.
Phone is in great condition. It was not overheating at the time of shut down.
Randomly the screen went dark with a bunch of lines (acting like it was dying).
It stayed on that frozen line screen until I pulled the battery.
It restarted with the Google logo and just sat there.
Pulled again. Now phone does not charge or turn on trying 3 different batteries.
Took battery and sim out for 10 minutes and still nothing.
I didn't mess with voltage or overclock or anything like that.
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Should I send it in for warranty claim? I'm afraid they will get it working and see my rooted phone with private information and a ROM that allows tethering.
Did you attempt to restore to stock and see if it persists?
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happymouse said:
Did you attempt to restore to stock and see if it persists?
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How do I return a phone to stock that I can't turn on?
jamor414 said:
How do I return a phone to stock that I can't turn on?
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Can't boot into fast boot mode? Holding the power button and the both volume keys. Until the big android pops up?
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Can't boot into fast boot mode? Holding the power button and the both volume keys. Until the big android pops up?
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That doesn't work either. It has no signs of life whatsoever.
Android suicide :'(
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jamor414 said:
That doesn't work either. It has no signs of life whatsoever.
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Yeah gunna have to call for a replacement.
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happymouse said:
Did you attempt to restore to stock and see if it persists?
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Derrrrrrrrp
jamor414 said:
That doesn't work either. It has no signs of life whatsoever.
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Yeah if it doesn't turn on no matter what you've tried, it's most likely an unrecoverable brick. I've had it happen to me on an HTC phone randomly and it sucked. Aside from what you've already tried, I'd say maybe leave the battery in, plug the phone into the charger and wait for a bit and see if anything happens. Other than that you're SOL.
I also highly doubt that Verizon will be able to coax the phone back to life if it's a hardware fault.
damn. thanks.
I had a Bionic do that, it seemed like it just shorted out one night. I went to a Verizon store and tried different batteries and such in it with no luck. Probably just a hardware defect of some sort.
Mine did the same just the other day. Same exact way you described it for me. I tried to revive it using ODIN and OMAP Flash but it gets stuck at writing to the NAND then fails. I actually searched the forum and it seems to have happened quite a lot. I'm guessing its a hardware defect that some of the Nexus have just like how it was on the first batch of Galaxy S i9000M phones. (I know because mine corrupted twice and Samsung refused to fix it the second time.) Some threads and even Chainfire's Nexus killed itself it seems:
https://twitter.com/ChainfireXDA/status/221919265408823297
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671044
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701347
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696246
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621430
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592931
With that said, there might be one last thing you can do which is the OMAP flash JTAG via USB if you haven't tried it yet:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f63...-i9100g-via-usb-cable-freeeeeeeeeeee-1465412/
This will try to flash a bootloader for you where in you can access fastboot, etc. If you can access Download Mode, you can try to use ODIN to bring it back as well.
If ODIN or OMAP Flash fails to write to the NAND then its hardware issue and needs to be replaced. Hope you have warranty still.
Thanks Dawg. Nothing worked.
VZW tech support didn't even ask one question and sent me a new phone which arrives today. It must be common.
Loved my phone setup too.
I have to start backing everything up to my PC. I had a feeling not having an SD card would burn me.

Need help!!! Is my galaxy nexus dead???

hi everyone
last night i was just using my gnexus as usual, then all of a sudden the device just freezes and then proceed to emit a loud noise, like a "buuuzzz" nonstop..i coundt turn it off through the pwer button so i decided to remove the battery..reinsert it, and then can't turn it on again..
tried to conect to pc, the device is not recognized..
cant power on with the charger plugged in..tried another charger, no success
meanwhile i'm trying to put the battery on an external charger to see if its an issue with the battery itself..
i'm starting to think that my nexus is dead..
please if someone cound help me, it would be much appreciated. thx in advance!!!
sorry for my broken english, i'm from brazil
So it doesn't vibrate or anything? You can't get into bootloader? No Odin?
If no, then try OMAP flashing. I never did it, so I don't quite know about it, but apparently this saved some good amount of people with the hard bricking.
Do you have the ability to give it a try with another battery?
Manatee Burger said:
Do you have the ability to give it a try with another battery?
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Not in the moment, but the battery just runs fine with an external charger. But i'll try to find another one available..
The thing that really bothers me is the no response when plugged to the pc. Am i mistaken, or it should beep when connected through usb(without the battery)?
have the device for TWO months..wow...
kyokeun1234 said:
So it doesn't vibrate or anything? You can't get into bootloader? No Odin?
If no, then try OMAP flashing. I never did it, so I don't quite know about it, but apparently this saved some good amount of people with the hard bricking.
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no vibration at all
tried to get into bootloader, again no success
I had Similar issue with another phone. It was hardware related. Were you overclocked? Running custom Rom?
Are you under warranty?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760787
This is relevant to your interests...
Yeah I recently had something similar happen. Taking the battery out and plugging it into the computer did the trick and it booted back up. Something to try anyway.
gagb1967 said:
I had Similar issue with another phone. It was hardware related. Were you overclocked? Running custom Rom?
Are you under warranty?
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Never messed with the clockspeed, however yes i'm using a custom Rom. Actually i've been using this for 3 days, no problems whatsoever. until now..do u think that's the cause? The phone is literally dead by now. Thats REALLY depressing. and the loud noise when it froze before it completely stopped working.. unbelievable
Jubakuba said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760787
This is relevant to your interests...
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thanks for the link, although nothing happens when i plug the phone to the computer.
If it's dead go ahead and exchange of in warranty. The buzzing sound is a chip frying.
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thx for the reply everyone!
So the strangest thing happened. i left the battery in the external charger for a full day..when a took it off and put it in the phone, pressed the pwr button with no sucess...nothing again...tried a couple of times..and yet nothing
five minutes later ,on a last ditch effort, pushed the pwer button once more and..FINALLY ! the thing wakes up..booted normaly, like nothing happened.
today when the battery runs out again(on about 2 %) i turned it off and connected the usb cable to charge in my work's pc..now again the same thing happens, phone is dead again. tried with 2 different cables..battery is already in the external charger, gonna try again tomorrow..
starting to think the problem is in the usb connector or the battery itself..but at least my biggest fear(fried phone) seems less likely
This link might (or might not) have relevance to your situation. Thought I'd post it on the chance that it does, and because the information seems unique and unavailable elsewhere.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756097
Real Cause of The Galaxy Nexus turning itself off at random
strumcat said:
This link might (or might not) have relevance to your situation. Thought I'd post it on the chance that it does, and because the information seems unique and unavailable elsewhere.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756097
Real Cause of The Galaxy Nexus turning itself off at random
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thx for the link mate
Yeah, this really apears to be the most logical source of the issue..such a shame, i was really having a great time with this phone.
Re-inserted the battery fully charged and it's not turning on, tried 50x times alrealdy.
gonna call samsung later and see what will unfold..i'´ll post an update as soon as this situation is sorted out.

SOLVED: HELP NEEDED!!! Note 2 wont turn on. BadgeProvider and Samsung has stopped!!!!

As the title reads my Note 2 will not turn on. It will not go into recovery mode. I have 5 batteries and none of them are working. Yesterday I got 2 weird messages that "BadgeProvider" and "Samsung" has stopped. The phone started acting weird by not letting me use anything but the notification bar. I couldn't even turn it off using the power button. I removed the battery and reinserted the battery a couple of times and still it didn't work only letting me use the notification bar. Finally it started working for some random reason and I restarted the phone and all was well.
I'm so use to having 5 batteries that I did not have the phone on the charger last night and it died. Now the phone will not turn on at all. Not into recovery mode. Not normal mode. It is totally unresponsive. Tried rapidly touching the contacts with the battery contact and nothing. What can I do to get my phone working????????????
Also to add to this, yesterday when I was taking the phone's battery out and in the phone would start booting by itself. Could this be a power button issue? I've only had the phone for about 10 months and never dropped it without the otterbox defender series on it.
1shotsniper said:
Could this be a power button issue? I've only had the phone for about 10 months and never dropped it without the otterbox defender series on it.
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From that statement above, having the otter box doesn't mean you'll be protected against drops. Yes it'll protect the phone but still suffered inside the device! I had a friend crack his screen on the corner, with an otter box on with one drop!
Now back to the phone:
Since you can get into recovery have you tried a factory data reset to see if that fixes your problem..
Just my 2¢®
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Bajanman said:
From that statement above, having the otter box doesn't mean you'll be protected against drops. Yes it'll protect the phone but still suffered inside the device! I had a friend crack his screen on the corner, with an otter box on with one drop!
Now back to the phone:
Since you can get into recovery have you tried a factory data reset to see if that fixes your problem..
Just my 2¢®
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He said that he can't get into recovery mode. He said it won't turn on at all.
mrtopdog2000 said:
He said that he can't get into recovery mode. He said it won't turn on at all.
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It was turning on if you read the whole post!!
Hey I try to help here, but most of the time the people never come back to check to see if they got a response.
Me 2¢®
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Bajanman said:
It was turning on if you read the whole post!!
Hey I try to help here, but most of the time the people never come back to check to see if they got a response.
Me 2¢®
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I plan to read all responses as soon as I can because I'm in dire need of help. The phone WILL NOT turn back on. The first day I had the problem it gave me the "BadgeProvider" has stopped working and also the "Samsung" has stopped working error messages. The only thing that was responsive was responsive was my notification bar. I could slide it down turn wifi on and off etc from there but when I hit the setting button on the notification bar it would not open up the settings immediately and there was maybe a 2 minute delay (I walked away from the phone and came back to it) and it would finally open it up but giving me the 2 error messages "BadgeProvider" and "Samsung" has stopped working. Read online that clearing the BadgeProvider data under "Application Manager->All->BadgeProvider" would fix this issue so thats what I did. Wallah it worked fine.....fell asleep without my phone on the charger and it died but I have 5 batteries so who cares. Woke up noticed the phone was dead then I swapped batteries (OEM Samsung battery). Tried to turn it on and it will not turn on. Tried putting it on the charger (even though it should be a freshly charged battery) and the red charging light will not even come on. Tried to boot into recovery mode and still unresponsive.
As of now I CANNOT boot into revovery mode, turn on the phone in any way, get the charging light to come on when plugged in (I have 5 other batteries plus an external battery charger so its definitely not truely dead battery wise), I cannot get the phone to do anything what so ever. Tried removing external storage from it, tried removing sim, tried 5 different fully charged batteries and nothing.
Anyone that can give me some insight on what the problem may be and a possible solution I would greatly appreciate it.
Bajanman said:
It was turning on if you read the whole post!!
Hey I try to help here, but most of the time the people never come back to check to see if they got a response.
Me 2¢®
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True, true.....Or, they post the same question in five forums....lol.
What do you guys think about using Odin? Can he get into the phone if it won't go to recovery? Can you install TWRP or CWM, they may automatically set the phone to restart in recovery mode? Just some thoughts....I am not a dev., just an avid user.
Something here might help as well. :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052779
Keep us posted on what you try, and your status. Good luck.
Also if it helps any, I have had my phone restart by itself randomly way before rooting it. After rooting I still had the restarts just as I have always had (maybe once every 3 weeks). Rooting it gave me no errors at all and it has been working fine for months being rooted. Not sure if letting you guys know of the restarting issue is going to help anything but I'm telling you all I know to try to debug this issue.
1shotsniper said:
As of now I CANNOT boot into revovery mode, turn on the phone in any way, get the charging light to come on when plugged in (I have 5 other batteries plus an external battery charger so its definitely not truely dead battery wise), I cannot get the phone to do anything what so ever. Tried removing external storage from it, tried removing sim, tried 5 different fully charged batteries and nothing.
Anyone that can give me some insight on what the problem may be and a possible solution I would greatly appreciate it.
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So there is no power at all, not even a loop. I had a similar problem with a LePan tab, but when I plugged it into my laptop via USB, it would start.....Sorry. Sounds hardware....
Good luck
1shotsniper said:
As the title reads my Note 2 will not turn on. It will not go into recovery mode. I have 5 batteries and none of them are working. Yesterday I got 2 weird messages that "BadgeProvider" and "Samsung" has stopped. The phone started acting weird by not letting me use anything but the notification bar. I couldn't even turn it off using the power button. I removed the battery and reinserted the battery a couple of times and still it didn't work only letting me use the notification bar. Finally it started working for some random reason and I restarted the phone and all was well.
I'm so use to having 5 batteries that I did not have the phone on the charger last night and it died. Now the phone will not turn on at all. Not into recovery mode. Not normal mode. It is totally unresponsive. Tried rapidly touching the contacts with the battery contact and nothing. What can I do to get my phone working????????????
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Bajanman said:
It was turning on if you read the whole post!!
Hey I try to help here, but most of the time the people never come back to check to see if they got a response.
Me 2¢®
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I did read the whole post, hence my reply. Towards the end of his post, he says that the phone won't turn on at all. Maybe you should read the whole post.
dmxinc said:
So there is no power at all, not even a loop. I had a similar problem with a LePan tab, but when I plugged it into my laptop via USB, it would start.....Sorry. Sounds hardware....
Good luck
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Thanks man. I'm thinking it's hardware too. Herd of motherboard problems early on with this phone that would cause it to randomly shut off and not come back on.
Has ANYONE had any experience with samsung repair centers???? Do they care if the device is rooted even if its a known hardware issue?
Thanks for any help
mrtopdog2000 said:
I did read the whole post, hence my reply. Towards the end of his post, he says that the phone won't turn on at all. Maybe you should read the whole post.
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Yes I understand that. And let me tell ya I did read the whole thing lol.
You don't read the OP you miss everything...
1shotsniper said:
Thanks man. I'm thinking it's hardware too. Herd of motherboard problems early on with this phone that would cause it to randomly shut off and not come back on.
Has ANYONE had any experience with samsung repair centers???? Do they care if the device is rooted even if its a known hardware issue?
Thanks for any help
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I've read a few people having that problem with the phone randomly turning off.
[Q] did you get the phone New or used? If its used you have a lot of people out there selling devices with problems that they couldn't fix! FYI
#2
Does it get recognized by the PC?
When you plug it in? If so then you should be able to try the Kies recovery!
If not then kies won't help..
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Bajanman said:
I've read a few people having that problem with the phone randomly turning off.
[Q] did you get the phone New or used? If its used you have a lot of people out there selling devices with problems that they couldn't fix! FYI
#2
Does it get recognized by the PC?
When you plug it in? If so then you should be able to try the Kies recovery!
If not then kies won't help..
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I brought it directly from AT&T new. And nope. Tried pluggin it into the PC and not recognized. Tried Kies and Odin and neither had any affect. The phone is just completely unresponsive now.
Thinking about trying to take it to Samsung before AT&T so I can try to miss the deductible.
Remove the battery ...then plug the device in to USB connection with your PC...
Then attempt to boot the phone into download mode..
If successful ....then immediately push the rooted stock rom from Mr. Robinsons thread in the development section...
If no download mode exists while attempting boot with the battery removed ...then the likelihood of device damage is high...
This of course does not rule out the possibility of a stuck power button ...but that hardware failure generally presents a repeated and uncontrolled loop which in this case we are not seeing...
Odin mode failure generally means a defective or damaged Chipset...g
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gregsarg said:
Remove the battery ...then plug the device in to USB connection with your PC...
Then attempt to boot the phone into download mode..
If successful ....then immediately push the rooted stock rom from Mr. Robinsons thread in the development section...
If no download mode exists while attempting boot with the battery removed ...then the likelihood of device damage is high...
This of course does not rule out the possibility of a stuck power button ...but that hardware failure generally presents a repeated and uncontrolled loop which in this case we are not seeing...
Odin mode failure generally means a defective or damaged Chipset...g
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Thanks. Just tried it but still doesn't work. I'm going to try to bring it to Samsung repair center today. Hopefully they can fix/replace it very very soon....TODAY :crying: . Will update the thread of any useful info that I receive.
1shotsniper said:
Thanks. Just tried it but still doesn't work. I'm going to try to bring it to Samsung repair center today. Hopefully they can fix/replace it very very soon....TODAY :crying: . Will update the thread of any useful info that I receive.
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Ok since you want to take it in to Sammy. And you did state you got it New from the AT&T store. Then you can take it into one of the DSC. (Device support center)
Check HERE:
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB91429&cv=820#fbid=CS_QLPeF54-
Hopefully there's one in your area. I have one like 10 mins away from me
Hopefully they can help you get back up and running. No charge either. It's a warranty center. Member no Rom talk in there.. LOL:sly:
But if they can't get it to turn on you'll be getting another the same day. Takes about a total of 15 minutes and you'll be on your way with your new toy!! Yay and good luck to you. Lety us know what you're outcome is!
Just my 3¢® <_>
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Bajanman said:
Ok since you want to take it in to Sammy. And you did state you got it New from the AT&T store. Then you can take it into one of the DSC. (Device support center)
Check HERE:
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB91429&cv=820#fbid=CS_QLPeF54-
Hopefully there's one in your area. I have one like 10 mins away from me
Hopefully they can help you get back up and running. No charge either. It's a warranty center. Member no Rom talk in there.. LOL:sly:
But if they can't get it to turn on you'll be getting another the same day. Takes about a total of 15 minutes and you'll be on your way with your new toy!! Yay and good luck to you. Lety us know what you're outcome is!
Just my 3¢® <_>
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Thanks. There are a few in my area. Hopefully I don't get lost since I won't have a gps
1shotsniper said:
Thanks. There are a few in my area. Hopefully I don't get lost since I won't have a gps
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You're welcome bruh... lol
on the GPS...
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Got a new phone. It was a painless process. Just walk in play dumb and talk as least as possible. They never asked a question about rooting. I'm guessing because I seemed like an idiot . Going to let it do all the updates it can then going to root it tomorrow using CFroot.
Thanks all for the info.
Anyone reading this in the future let me know if I can help in anyway.
Glad you got a new device ..and for the record ...I personally believe you had a bad device from day 1...
Normally I would frown on anyone taking back a device that has been modded ...but I can see no evidence in your case that indicates your doing anything that would break your chipset ...
And I know that others feel the same way ...
You tried your guts out ...and the device just didn't act properly from day 1...
Please place a "Solved" in the thread title if you don't mind ...
That way ...everyone knows the issue has been corrected ..
Many thanks ...and....
Happy flashing ....g
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