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Ok, so heres the deal. The s2 is my sisters phone, and she comes home and told me the phone wont turn on, that its stuck on the boot screen and it just keeps turning off and doing it again. So I started looking into it (Im an iPhone user, so I'm not too familiar with android devices. BUT I do know a bit about computers, cell phones and just technology in general). I ended up finding out that its stuck in a soft brick. So I started youtubing how to fix it. Found a great method using Odin3 and Samsung Kies. AND IT WORKED. I turned the phone back on, got past the lock screen and everything was all good.
After about 30 seconds, THE PHONE BRICKED AGAIN. And it went right back into the boot loop, I cant get it into download mode because it just keeps restarting after a couple of seconds. With that happening, I cant get the computer to recognize it so I can do a recovery fix with Samsung Kies. I legit cannot find any solution to it.
The thing that baffles me and is causing me a huge headache is the fact that THE PHONE IS NOT ROOTED. nothing has been done to it, its completely stock. So if there is no solution to it, can somebody at least tell me what might have been able to cause this?
Thanks to all,
Dariel
Probably bad sticky/stuck/sucky power button. That usually is the case when you can get into download mode but then it restarts.
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same problem
Teo032 said:
Probably bad sticky/stuck/sucky power button. That usually is the case when you can get into download mode but then it restarts.
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having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But if thats the case, then how would I be able to fix it?
mikie86 said:
having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I doubt its a corrupt OS, because like I said in my original post; my sisters phone is completely stock. No custom rom, no root. Nothing. So I'm leaning more towards the bad power button situation.
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I doubt its a corrupt OS, because like I said in my original post; my sisters phone is completely stock. No custom rom, no root. Nothing. So I'm leaning more towards the bad power button situation.
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i agree.... just dropped off the phone to another cell phone repair shop.. hes gonna try to flash it to stock so i can send it in for warranty... should know about an hour... hopefully he can get it done.... i will post back when i know something......
mikie86 said:
i agree.... just dropped off the phone to another cell phone repair shop.. hes gonna try to flash it to stock so i can send it in for warranty... should know about an hour... hopefully he can get it done.... i will post back when i know something......
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Alright. Keep me posted. Im waiting for my dads friend to show up because his cousin or something owns a cell phone repair shop around my city. I'll post back up once I find anything else out. Godspeed. Lol.
darielwho said:
Alright. Keep me posted. Im waiting for my dads friend to show up because his cousin or something owns a cell phone repair shop around my city. I'll post back up once I find anything else out. Godspeed. Lol.
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still waiting to hear back... ask your dads cousin/uncle/friend/nephew if he knows a way to fry the operating sytem if my guy cant fix it.... think that may the only way to get it warrantied LOL..... maybe a tazer or a paper clip in the light socket?????
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still waiting to hear back... ask your dads cousin/uncle/friend/nephew if he knows a way to fry the operating sytem if my guy cant fix it.... think that may the only way to get it warrantied LOL..... maybe a tazer or a paper clip in the light socket?????
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Im still waiting too -_-. Nothing yet. Im gonna keep looking into it and see if theres anything else that might have caused it
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Im still waiting too -_-. Nothing yet. Im gonna keep looking into it and see if theres anything else that might have caused it
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just heard back from my guy and he said he couldnt do anything either.... DAMMITT... he also said 3 other people showed up at his shop,after i left with the exact same issue as you.... stock roms and keeps rebooting... ordered the usb jig today... maybe that might help
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just heard back from my guy and he said he couldnt do anything either.... DAMMITT... he also said 3 other people showed up at his shop,after i left with the exact same issue as you.... stock roms and keeps rebooting... ordered the usb jig today... maybe that might help
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As far as I read, with this problem, Jigs dont help because the phone turns off regardless if they're in download mode or not. goodluck tho.
I'm curious, did you all have the phone for a while, or did you recently get these phones? Sounds like a bad batch
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i had same prob on galaxy note and i found out that it was power key problem, it was moistored and phone was thinking that power button was allwayes pushed. JIG wont help it will go in download mode for 3 seconds.
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I'm curious, did you all have the phone for a while, or did you recently get these phones? Sounds like a bad batch
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well I just came back from the phone repair spot. they took the phone apart and said that the motherboard is completely fried. Theres nothing that can be done for the phone. I guess its time to just move on a get a new phone. Thanks for the help regardless guys. Good luck to yous that still have this problem, hope the outcome is different. Live and learn.
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i only had th phone for about 2 months.... think you might be right...
it sounds like a bad power button
Like its been posted before, it sounds like you have a bad (or stuck) power button. OK try this (it might or might not work) take off the battery, and with your finger start rubbing the power button from side to side (take in consideration not to do it too hard, you don't want to hulk rub the phone to death). while you rub the button make sure to hear the click click every time you go over it. after that connect the battery and see if it boots. it worked for me. granted sometimes the problem comes back, so in all honesty this AINT a fix, its more of a workaround. but who knows it might work for you as well. Best of luck.
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having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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so i think these issues are different from OP. Though i can say, i did have the same issues you were describing.. im now happily on CM10 nightlies.. much faster and stable than the Darkside ICS rom!
Well I can verify that removing the power button from the mobo works brilliantly. No more boot loop on the t989 and nexus s. Only the middle and left or right side of the contacts need to be jumped to power it on. Remember it takes 10 seconds of holding a jumper there. Now where to find replacement buttons?
Hopes this helps guys.:good:
Alex K.
UbreakIfix technician.....
I think its a power button assembly problem. At first it would happen intermittently and it would go away till, no matter what I did, the phone would behave as if the power button was being pressed and not let go. It would happen more often when the phone would get moist due to rainy or humid conditions. So I opened up the phone, took the motherboard out and used a blow dryer on the power button area for about a minute, let it cool down and then reassemble (also blew some air in there just in case dust was causing the problem as well). The phone did not boot/reloop for a week. Then it started again, and I thought that maybe my case (d30 case) pushing on the power button really tightly all the time wasn't helping so, I cut away the are near the power button on my case and the problem has not come back in two weeks.
To Sum up....
Possible causes
-Tight cases pressing on the power buttons (Get a case that doesnt fit so tight on the phone, dont use one, or cut the power button area away from the case)
-Power button too sensitive to humidity and dust ( (disassemble , clean and heat the area up)
goood luck, my friend had the same problem before he traded it in to get an s3
I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
jojo1419 said:
I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
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Did you flash any custom ROM on your phone by any chance?
What method did you use to root?
When you press the power button does the screen at least display the Samsung logo?
Can you get in to recovery/download mode via button combos?
Next time, please use the thread search bar, as the issue you have is very similar to those mentioned in other threads before. There may be several solutions to your problem.
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I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
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if your phone is becoming hot then its charging, even with a bad flash your screen should show something, perhaps its out of charge
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FineTalent said:
Did you flash any custom ROM on your phone by any chance?
What method did you use to root?
When you press the power button does the screen at least display the Samsung logo?
Can you get in to recovery/download mode via button combos?
Next time, please use the thread search bar, as the issue you have is very similar to those mentioned in other threads before. There may be several solutions to your problem.
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I used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514434
Nothing diplay when I press any boutons
And I can't get into recovery/download vio bouton combos
It's maybe hard brick.... What I exactly did is, root the phone, everything was working fine. Then I tried to install a jb rom from the galaxy s2 forum (not t-mobile galaxy 2 forum). I tried a couple of them but it could not complete the instalation. So then I did a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery and it just went blank and since then, can't do anything!
The battery was also very low, so at first I thought it was because of that, but it's been recharging over night and I still nothing.
Although when plugged into the computer, it tries to connect the driver but fails because the phone's not turned on
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I used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514434
Nothing diplay when I press any boutons
And I can't get into recovery/download vio bouton combos
It's maybe hard brick.... What I exactly did is, root the phone, everything was working fine. Then I tried to install a jb rom from the galaxy s2 forum (not t-mobile galaxy 2 forum). I tried a couple of them but it could not complete the instalation. So then I did a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery and it just went blank and since then, can't do anything!
The battery was also very low, so at first I thought it was because of that, but it's been recharging over night and I still nothing.
Although when plugged into the computer, it tries to connect the driver but fails because the phone's not turned on
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Unfortunately if you flashed an I9100 ROM to your phone you're hard bricked. Mobo's are expensive on ebay...
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Unfortunately if you flashed an I9100 ROM to your phone you're hard bricked. Mobo's are expensive on ebay...
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That's what I thought, but it didnt install completly thought. But can I unbricked it with JIG usb???? Anyway, do you think I can get a new one (at koodo canada) it's only been 4 days my friends has the phone (Yes I've bicked my friends phone, now im going to pay him a new one) but do they usualy give a brand new one or they send it to the company then they ship it back to you?
Thanks everyone for helping
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That's what I thought, but it didnt install completly thought. But can I unbricked it with JIG usb???? Anyway, do you think I can get a new one (at koodo canada) it's only been 4 days my friends has the phone (Yes I've bicked my friends phone, now im going to pay him a new one) but do they usualy give a brand new one or they send it to the company then they ship it back to you?
Thanks everyone for helping
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I have the same Koodo phone from you. In regards to returning your phone... you would have to check the return policy of the store. In the event you are able to return it, there is a possibility that they may not fix it for you. Reason being is that you have 'flashed' something on to your phone which may have changed the 'flash counter', which in that case if a technician were to see that they would not do anything as it has void your warranty.
Hopefully, you will be able to do an in-store-exchange if everything goes... just make sure to provide a legitimate excuse.
It doesn't hurt to try using a USB Jig, there is a great chance of it working. Doing so you will be able to get in to 'download mode' and this time flash the proper, I recommend stock Koodo ROM to your phone.
For future note, please, be extra-careful when doing anything that involves flashing custom ROMs/files to your phone. By making a mistake (which you have currently done) you are the one at fault here. Especially knowing that it's your first time doing so on with this particular phone.
Good luck!
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I have the same Koodo phone from you. In regards to returning your phone... you would have to check the return policy of the store. In the event you are able to return it, there is a possibility that they may not fix it for you. Reason being is that you have 'flashed' something on to your phone which may have changed the 'flash counter', which in that case if a technician were to see that they would not do anything as it has void your warranty.
Hopefully, you will be able to do an in-store-exchange if everything goes... just make sure to provide a legitimate excuse.
It doesn't hurt to try using a USB Jig, there is a great chance of it working. Doing so you will be able to get in to 'download mode' and this time flash the proper, I recommend stock Koodo ROM to your phone.
For future note, please, be extra-careful when doing anything that involves flashing custom ROMs/files to your phone. By making a mistake (which you have currently done) you are the one at fault here. Especially knowing that it's your first time doing so on with this particular phone.
Good luck!
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Went to koodo, they gave us a new one We got very lucky on that one and I think the phone was hard brick
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Got a new rom yesterday. Was working fine, phone was charging fine. Today After using the phone for about 10 hours it just died. I didn't do anything new such as download any new apks or flash any thing. But it just died. When I hold power it can go to the samsung screen and just die, when I hold power vol down and home it goes to the download screen for like 5 sec and dies, when I go to cwm it dies in a short time as well.
Now I have it wall charging and I'm getting no LED light, so I'm worried!!!
Any recommendations?
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Got a new rom yesterday. Was working fine, phone was charging fine. Today After using the phone for about 10 hours it just died. I didn't do anything new such as download any new apks or flash any thing. But it just died. When I hold power it can go to the samsung screen and just die, when I hold power vol down and home it goes to the download screen for like 5 sec and dies, when I go to cwm it dies in a short time as well.
Now I have it wall charging and I'm getting no LED light, so I'm worried!!!
Any recommendations?
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Depending on what rom. Some don't play well with the led. Also you have to make sure it's checked in the settings.
Have you tried turning it on while it's charging?
Sent from a planet far far away.
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Depending on what rom. Some don't play well with the led. Also you have to make sure it's checked in the settings.
Have you tried turning it on while it's charging?
Sent from a planet far far away.
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Some times it turns on while charging, but will just turn back off.
I'm using This Rom
Edit* the led normally turns on while charging...im not that much of a newb, i'm just thinking I might have bricked my phone.. It's strange that it happened a whole day after I flashed the rom though..
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Some times it turns on while charging, but will just turn back off.
I'm using This Rom
Edit* the led normally turns on while charging...im not that much of a newb, i'm just thinking I might have bricked my phone.. It's strange that it happened a whole day after I flashed the rom though..
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If it's turning on its not bricked at all. It's a charging issue, take the back cover off make sure the battery is making good contact with its connection points. Close it back up and plug it in and let it charge for 30 tp 40 minutes check if it comes on. Sometimes when the battery dies completely it takes some time to get some charge into it. The booting up process uses a ton of power, once on make sure you leave it plugged in and charge fully.
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Ok because the one time it actually came on it said it was at 70%, which I'm assuming is totally incorrect. So I will now plug it into the wall and let it charge for quite a while, I jsut think it's weird that the light never comes on (which it normally does).....
thanks for the tips dudes!
I had the same issue as you, the phone will turn on and then most of the time it will turn off during the boot process. If I turn it on in Download or Recovery mode it'll stay on for a couple seconds and then turn off. At best, it'll turn on, get to the home screen and then after a couple seconds of usage it'll turn right back off. Also, did you notice that before the phone turned off it would lock itself and unlock itself possibly showing the power menu to like reboot or turn off and such? That made me think it might've been the power button but I'm not positive.
I could not get a fix for this at all, I attempted everything I could think of. I ran the phone in safe mode, it still did it. I ran a different rom, still had the issue. Ran stock rooted, same problem. Ran stock non-rooted, problem still there. In fact, I talked to Samsung yesterday and I sent it in for the warranty as I didn't have carrier insurance. One thing happened was that while I was in stock rooted, I decided to underclock the phone to see if anything would occur and I noticed something interesting. The phone still had the problem but it would stay on for longer periods of time. This made me think maybe the phone was overheating or the CPU was shutting itself off for some reason. As far as I know from my testing I can say that the problem was hardware related. I should also note that this thing happened to me once a couple months ago but I flashed the stock tar through Odin and the problem disappeared for a short while but it came back and continually did so.
Oh, I also figured out how to get it on for a short period of time. To get it to work temporarily, first make sure the phone is charged a good amount. Plug it in for a couple hours. Next, take the battery out of the phone for a couple hours and remove the phone from the charger, the longer you keep the battery out the better. Now, put the battery back in, and attempt to turn on the phone, if it doesn't work try again a couple times. The phone should eventually turn on and stay on for a short period of time (anywhere between 1 or 2 min and 30 minutes). From here just back up anything you need to and if you are rooted and want to turn it in for warranty or whatnot you'll need to clear the evidence that the phone was rooted.
First off, if you are rooted you'll want to clear your flash counter. Download the Triangle Away apk and put it in the microSD so you can access it easily when the phone turns on. Follow the instructions on how to turn the phone on from above. After it turns on, quickly Run Triangle away and click on the option that says something along the lines of "reset flash counter". Once that is done, turn off the phone and take out the battery so that you can turn it on for the next step.
Next, you will need to download Odin (I believe it is Windows only, if you don't have Windows I'm not sure what you can do as I haven't had to unroot on anything other than my PC) and the stock tar file so that you can return the phone to complete stock. Once you have done this, run Odin and click on the PDA tab and browse for the stock tar. Let Odin do it's thing and once you see it's ready to flash the file, put the battery back in and turn the phone back on in download mode. Plug the phone in and let it sit there for a couple seconds to make sure it won't turn off during the flashing process. If it does turn off try again. When you can get it to stay on for over 30 seconds click on the Start in Odin and start the flash. If it stays on for a while but turns off while flashing, the boot will be corrupt and you will have to try again til you can get it to stay on long enough. Note that if the boot is corrupt you won't be able to turn the phone on to anything other than Download mode and possibly recovery. Once you complete the flashing process the phone should auto-boot and it SHOULD work. That means that the phone should turn on with no problems but it may or may not turn itself off. If it doesn't turn itself off go ahead and use it for a while, but if your situation is like mine the problem will come back eventually. But at least now you can turn it in to Samsung for warranty or whatnot.
And if worst comes to worst you can completely f up the phone while it's flashing in Odin, have a corrupt boot img and then call in saying it doesn't work.
Of course all of this is only if you're having a similar problem to me. Like I said, I sent it in yesterday so I'll post updates as I get them. Hopefully they'll fix it for me!
Nice write-up :good:
@OP If you can't get the unroot process to work (like the guy above me said) just flash a rom made for the international S3, thats a sure-fire way to brick you phone
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CNexus said:
Nice write-up :good:
@OP If you can't get the unroot process to work (like the guy above me said) just flash a rom made for the international S3, thats a sure-fire way to brick you phone
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It was quite a nice wall of text. And oh yes, bricking your phone is a great idea! Say it was an OTA or something haha
Ok so SG3 should have a warranty even though I don't have carrier insurance?
And did you try replacing the battery?
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Ok so SG3 should have a warranty even though I don't have carrier insurance?
And did you try replacing the battery?
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Correct, there is a 1 year warranty on the phone and 6 months on the battery and charger. And yes I switched with another OEM battery and the issue persisted. However, the S3 I switched the batteries with continued to work so I believe it is the phone itself and not the battery or charger. It might be the connector points but my phone did strange things before turning off. It may be a combination of many things as well.
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Correct, there is a 1 year warranty on the phone and 6 months on the battery and charger. And yes I switched with another OEM battery and the issue persisted. However, the S3 I switched the batteries with continued to work so I believe it is the phone itself and not the battery or charger. It might be the connector points but my phone did strange things before turning off. It may be a combination of many things as well.
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Where exactly did you take your phone to return it? The samsung people are giving me a hard time it seems.
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Where exactly did you take your phone to return it? The samsung people are giving me a hard time it seems.
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I requested a Repair Service. You can contact them at 1-888-987-4357 and request the service there. They'll send you a UPS label and give you an RMA number. I tried to do it through the site but it didn't work so your best bet is to call them there. It's very simple to do it if your phone is already registered. Otherwise you'll have to give them the HEX number I believe. It's under your battery so just have that ready.
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I requested a Repair Service. You can contact them at 1-888-987-4357 and request the service there. They'll send you a UPS label and give you an RMA number. I tried to do it through the site but it didn't work so your best bet is to call them there. It's very simple to do it if your phone is already registered. Otherwise you'll have to give them the HEX number I believe. It's under your battery so just have that ready.
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Ok currently i have my phone running amazingly, re rooted, and installed moar morphology, I'm gonna give this some time and see what happens.. if it dies again i'm bricking it for good and returning it.
I really appreciate your help!
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Ok currently i have my phone running amazingly, re rooted, and installed moar morphology, I'm gonna give this some time and see what happens.. if it dies again i'm bricking it for good and returning it.
I really appreciate your help!
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Well if it does happen again, don't brick it unless you can't get it to turn on for long enough to flash stock. Hopefully it'll still be under warranty if it does happen again. And no problem! Good luck!:good:
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Well if it does happen again, don't brick it unless you can't get it to turn on for long enough to flash stock. Hopefully it'll still be under warranty if it does happen again. And no problem! Good luck!:good:
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This phone is giving me some epic ****in stress, can't load a rom, can revert to stock, but how boring is that... i've tried flashing at least 3 roms so far, this is taking forever, it just sits at the samsung galaxy screen now or reboots to recovery lol wtf ****ing phone
ihugyou said:
This phone is giving me some epic ****in stress, can't load a rom, can revert to stock, but how boring is that... i've tried flashing at least 3 roms so far, this is taking forever, it just sits at the samsung galaxy screen now or reboots to recovery lol wtf ****ing phone
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If think you need to take a deep breath and relax. Try doing some more reading, it sounds like your missing a step somewhere. There's something which may be insignificant but your missing it.
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Forum Noob here, I was using my Galaxy S3 (Wind) and all of a sudden the screen went black and it turned off. Something similar had happened a couple hours before and the phone wouldn't turn on through the power button so I simply took out the battery and put it back in and it worked. Then when it happened for a second time I tried the same thing but to no avail the phone stayed dead.
So far I've tried:
Using another GS3 Stock Battery
Tried getting into download and recovery mode
Tried charging it (I do know that the battery is charging since I checked it on another phone. The red light is not on but it turns on when I take out the battery and then plug it in. After 20-30 seconds of battery insertion the red light goes away and is completely unresponsive all that time)
Tried Keeping the battery out of the phone for a couple of hours (Suggested by a friend)
Also Tried connecting it to a pc, and it only connects when I keep the battery out. When it finally connects it tries to install drivers for "QHSUSB_DLOAD" but fails.
I have no idea what's happening to my phone and I would like to get it fixed as soon as possible. After some searches I've narrowed down to either a Hard Brick or a Sudden Death Syndrome but it doesn't completely match with all the characteristics of either problem. I greatly appreciate any help and I would like to know what exactly the problem is and what my best viable option.
Thank you.
Don't know why, but it's bricked. But you mentioned it started working at one point when you put the battery in. So if you take it out, then put it back, does the phone automatically try to turn on by itself?
Qhsusb is a definite indicator of a brick, but if your power button is faulty it may have caused the brick by rebooting over and over without ever fully booting up. Basically causing corruption somewhere.
There's a debrick thread stickied in development, but if the button is also faulty it may not help for long.
Sudden death is only describing a problem the international models had after release. Doesn't apply to ours in that way.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Don't know why, but it's bricked. But you mentioned it started working at one point when you put the battery in. So if you take it out, then put it back, does the phone automatically try to turn on by itself?
Qhsusb is a definite indicator of a brick, but if your power button is faulty it may have caused the brick by rebooting over and over without ever fully booting up. Basically causing corruption somewhere.
There's a debrick thread stickied in development, but if the button is also faulty it may not help for long.
Sudden death is only describing a problem the international models had after release. Doesn't apply to ours in that way.
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Yeah, when you put the battery back in it doesn't do anything. Also I don't think the power button is faulty I mean it's been working fine for the last year didn't really give me any problems.
TheSoldierDude said:
Yeah, when you put the battery back in it doesn't do anything. Also I don't think the power button is faulty I mean it's been working fine for the last year didn't really give me any problems.
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Only reason I suspect the power button is you mentioned you couldn't get it to turn on using the button, but removing/replacing the battery worked. And it can work perfectly and then fail out of nowhere. So goes when you have plastic parts! But lots of people have had issues with this button recently.
Wasn't trying to convince you that was the problem, just letting you know it's a potential culprit.
But if you think it's ok, then try to use KAsp3rd's debrick thread and see if that gets you going again.
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If it's completely dead then it's most likely hard bricked. My phone just got hard bricked so you will need to buy a JIG of Ebay. If it's not that then try reflashing your ROM or re rooting it. If none of that works then just take your phone in too wherever you bought it from and have them fix it. Oh a JIG is a small USB that will re write it and force it into download mode.
Your phone in stock rom ? If stock rom that is suddenly dead mean bad emmc on the logic board with my experience.
ssingh0247 said:
If it's completely dead then it's most likely hard bricked. My phone just got hard bricked so you will need to buy a JIG of Ebay. If it's not that then try reflashing your ROM or re rooting it. If none of that works then just take your phone in too wherever you bought it from and have them fix it. Oh a JIG is a small USB that will re write it and force it into download mode.
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Since they are seeing the QHUSB_DLOAD (which is technically a hard brick) a simple USB jig wouldn't work, however they can attempt to use my recovery method. It's at no cost and just takes some time and reading.
When you attempt to restart your phone, does anything come up at all? I've been having issues over the past week, culminating in a device that won't charge, and won't complete a boot sequence. I get as far as the Samsung splash screen (and occasionally the first snippet of the ROM's splash screen) and then....a black screen and a quick buzz. Then the whole process repeats. In my case, I believe it's the power button.
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When you attempt to restart your phone, does anything come up at all? I've been having issues over the past week, culminating in a device that won't charge, and won't complete a boot sequence. I get as far as the Samsung splash screen (and occasionally the first snippet of the ROM's splash screen) and then....a black screen and a quick buzz. Then the whole process repeats. In my case, I believe it's the power button.
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Remove and reinsert battery. If it turns on by itself, you are probably right about the button.
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tomy1986.nt said:
Your phone in stock rom ? If stock rom that is suddenly dead mean bad emmc on the logic board with my experience.
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I went to a Samsung service center and they told me the motherboard had to be replaced.. I did some searching and found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2178484
I've come to the conclusion that it was indeed a bad emmc (Yes, I was using stock ROM).. Any thoughts?
Nope
P06o said:
When you attempt to restart your phone, does anything come up at all? I've been having issues over the past week, culminating in a device that won't charge, and won't complete a boot sequence. I get as far as the Samsung splash screen (and occasionally the first snippet of the ROM's splash screen) and then....a black screen and a quick buzz. Then the whole process repeats. In my case, I believe it's the power button.
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Nothing happens at all.. its completely dead, simply a paper weight.. a very bad one of sorts
TheSoldierDude said:
I went to a Samsung service center and they told me the motherboard had to be replaced.. I did some searching and found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2178484
I've come to the conclusion that it was indeed a bad emmc (Yes, I was using stock ROM).. Any thoughts?
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If it indeed is a Bad EMC then it should be In Warranty Repair as Samsung does offer that. If you didn't have Insurance that is.
Thank you
Perseus71 said:
If it indeed is a Bad EMC then it should be In Warranty Repair as Samsung does offer that. If you didn't have Insurance that is.
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Nope.. xD 3 months off warranty, and yes I got it repaired from Samsung.. Motherboard was replaced, $300.. :|
Thanks to everyone helping out though
I can't believe I didn't know about these forums before :good:
Samsung Galaxy S3 died-black screen
my s3 gone black,its not getting turned on.there was red light(indicator) for some time before i tried to restart but when i tried to switch on. it's completly died,i am not getting any display.i have purchased in UK, unlocked using it now in India.some guys told me it would because of motherboard issue (if i replace motherboard it in India will it work normal,is there any possibility?)how to fix it?please give me some solutions.
screen not working
Hi all. In my s3 the red light is flashing fast. Also the screen is black but it works. Also the phone works and I can receive phone calls. Every few minutes the screen turns on for a sec and goes off again. I can feel the vibration when I touch the screen. Pkease help me.
Thanks
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same issue, totally dead, short red light when connecting usb be, tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but nothing happens when holding power button, any possible help?
syben7 said:
same issue, totally dead, short red light when connecting usb be, tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but nothing happens when holding power button, any possible help?
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Answered in the other thread. Just fyi, its best to only ask your question once, in one thread. It gets messy and confusing when different things are mentioned/attempted in different threads for the same issue.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Answered in the other thread. Just fyi, its best to only ask your question once, in one thread. It gets messy and confusing when different things are mentioned/attempted in different threads for the same issue.
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yea, sry about that, was actually trying to get 10 posts in so that i could go post in the dev thread concerning this, gonna check out the method you sent, thanks a ton man!
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Well my s3 (us cellular r530u), has no boot but has a red led without the battery. Is there a debricking procedure? And if so..where can i find a debrick file.
There is for us. But you need to be in Sprints forums. Theres nothing for your device here, and I dont know what they have over there. Good luck though!
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on saturday my phone suddenly shut off and shows no signs of life except the lg logo and then a blue screen sometimes. can anyone confirm the whole "putting the mainboard in the oven" thing to actually work? and if yes, how exactly should i do it?
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on saturday my phone suddenly shut off and shows no signs of life except the lg logo and then a blue screen sometimes. can anyone confirm the whole "putting the mainboard in the oven" thing to actually work? and if yes, how exactly should i do it?
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That sounds a little extreme TBH with you. I've only heard of people doing the oven trick for the flickering LCD fix, but I haven't paid too much attention lately so I could be wrong.
Please provide more info:
d850 rt? still on fulmics? can you manually boot into recovery(doubt it if you're blue screened but had to ask)? have you tried flashing a TOT or KDZ and going back to stock yet?
startswithPendswithOOH said:
That sounds a little extreme TBH with you. I've only heard of people doing the oven trick for the flickering LCD fix, but I haven't paid too much attention lately so I could be wrong.
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d850 rt? still on fulmics? can you manually boot into recovery(doubt it if you're blue screened but had to ask)? have you tried flashing a TOT or KDZ and going back to stock yet?
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yes d850 and yes i am still on fulmics but according to numerous other threads on different forums, this isn't a software issue. I can't get into download mode at all as the phone shows no signs of life when the power button is pressed or when its plugged in
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Quote100 said:
yes d850 and yes i am still on fulmics but according to numerous other threads on different forums, this isn't a software issue. I can't get into download mode at all as the phone shows no signs of life when the power button is pressed or when its plugged in
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It's time to move on.same happened to me a week ago.and I found the reason that my charger was at fault .the charger damaged one of the ics.it causes the board to draw a lot of current and causing severe heating issue within seconds.
So,better buy a new phone.
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yes d850 and yes i am still on fulmics but according to numerous other threads on different forums, this isn't a software issue. I can't get into download mode at all as the phone shows no signs of life when the power button is pressed or when its plugged in
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Welp...that doesn't sound good. One last question(i think you already answered, but double checking)- so with power off, plugging the usb cable into a pc & holding vol up does nothing at all?
I guess if you're in "last resort mode" the oven may be the way to go, but I have not done it myself so I can't help much there. Here's a post from someone who had success using the oven... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68235296&postcount=7
I'd be nervous and would do it as the absolute last resort, but you could be at the "what do I have to lose, so why not?" point by now. You may want to PM the poster(or anyone else who has had success) for more info if you need it & to see if it is a lasting fix or not.
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:
startswithPendswithOOH said:
Welp...that doesn't sound good. One last question(i think you already answered, but double checking)- so with power off, plugging the usb cable into a pc & holding vol up does nothing at all?
I guess if you're in "last resort mode" the oven may be the way to go, but I have not done it myself so I can't help much there. Here's a post from someone who had success using the oven... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68235296&postcount=7
I'd be nervous and would do it as the absolute last resort, but you could be at the "what do I have to lose, so why not?" point by now. You may want to PM the poster(or anyone else who has had success) for more info if you need it & to see if it is a lasting fix or not.
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:
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I also ventured for the oven.and within 2 seconds.my board was gone...oven trick is just a sarcasm.don't go for it.
You can extra life of 30 minutes by giving it a Sunbath for some time.
My bad - misquoted a poster.
I kind of forgot about this thread whoops
Well I have news for you guys, I got a used g3 from eBay and wanted my apps from my old phone back and you know what I did?
I stuck it into the oven. I **** you not, after 375 for 5 minutes it started working again and I was able to get my apps and data to an SD card. Its still working but I took the battery out of it to use with the replacement. Can't believe it worked tbh