[Q] Nexus Issues - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hello XDA,
I just acquired a samsung galaxy nexus i515 on vzw that a friend had given up on. (Not sure if that means its CDMA or not)
Heres the thing... I want to flash this stuff back to stock with ODIN and have the files necessary to do so... but I cannot get it to go into download mode.
In fact... all i recieve when I plug it in is an icon [a cellphone .. a triangle with an exclamation point .. and a computer monitor.] and it constantly connects and reconnects and redisplays this icon vibrates and shuts off in a cycle...
Holding the power button and volume buttons does nothing but go to this screen as well.
Any ideas? How would I go about fixing this... hopefully somebody has an idea!

vanishedxD said:
Hello XDA,
I just acquired a samsung galaxy nexus i515 on vzw that a friend had given up on. (Not sure if that means its CDMA or not)
Heres the thing... I want to flash this stuff back to stock with ODIN and have the files necessary to do so... but I cannot get it to go into download mode.
In fact... all i recieve when I plug it in is an icon [a cellphone .. a triangle with an exclamation point .. and a computer monitor.] and it constantly connects and reconnects and redisplays this icon vibrates and shuts off in a cycle...
Holding the power button and volume buttons does nothing but go to this screen as well.
Any ideas? How would I go about fixing this... hopefully somebody has an idea!
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I think you are in fastboot mode. This is better than odin. Search on the interwebz to be sure.
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mrgnex said:
I think you are in fastboot mode. This is better than odin. Search on the interwebz to be sure.
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A google image search shows a completely different thing. Whereas I'm just getting this.
Have tried flashing
VzW-PDA-ODIN-I515EL03_ICL53F_signed.tar> Used for PDA button
VzW-PHONE-ODIN-SCH-I515.EK02_LTE.tar> Used for PHONE button
But Odin stays stuck at NAND write

vanishedxD said:
A google image search shows a completely different thing. Whereas I'm just getting this.
Have tried flashing
VzW-PDA-ODIN-I515EL03_ICL53F_signed.tar> Used for PDA button
VzW-PHONE-ODIN-SCH-I515.EK02_LTE.tar> Used for PHONE button
But Odin stays stuck at NAND write
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That image you see is the result of a bad odin flash. Have you tried restoring to stock using the factory image?(https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images)

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Can't Boot into Recovery

T-Mobile phone 3 days old.
In the process of rooting my phone everything was going well. Phone went into recovery fine. I tried to do it again and just as recovery starts the Stock bootup takes over. If I continue to hold the volume and power buttons it just keeps vibrating over and over. When I let go the phone boots up normal.
I tried a factory reset to no avail.
The only thing I did was I installed CWM a second time. I thought I deleted them, but it still did this, so then I did the factory reset, wiping everything.
This is realy frustrating because I came from a Nexus One and will NOT own a phone with all of the garbage bloatware and T-Mobile restrictions.
Oh. One more thing when I go into Odin mode, it says I have 4 successful loads of clockworkmod. Even after the reset.
Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
T-Mobile phone 3 days old.
In the process of rooting my phone everything was going well. Phone went into recovery fine. I tried to do it again and just as recovery starts the Stock bootup takes over. If I continue to hold the volume and power buttons it just keeps vibrating over and over. When I let go the phone boots up normal.
I tried a factory reset to no avail.
The only thing I did was I installed CWM a second time. I thought I deleted them, but it still did this, so then I did the factory reset, wiping everything.
This is realy frustrating because I came from a Nexus One and will NOT own a phone with all of the garbage bloatware and T-Mobile restrictions.
Oh. One more thing when I go into Odin mode, it says I have 4 successful loads of clockworkmod. Even after the reset.
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You are going to have to reflash back to stock. Need to download the odin program. Watch this video! It should help you out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzo000J-cmU
Killing Zombies With My Samsung Galaxy S2
darkside79 said:
You are going to have to reflash back to stock. Need to download the odin program. Watch this video! It should help you out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzo000J-cmU
Killing Zombies With My Samsung Galaxy S2
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That link is not for the tmobile version but it should still help you out! For a complete guide on going back to stock.just search the developers forums. Good luck!
Killing Zombies With My Samsung Galaxy S2
I never rooted it!
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Are you letting go of the power button when you see the samsung symbal?
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No. I'm holding down till recovery pops up but it never does.
That video doesn't help. The first thing he does is settings>development. There is no development section in settings. I know there is a debugging toggle in privacy, but it looks completely differenct.
I've tried everything. tried doing everything again and now it doesn't even recognize that there is a recovery on my phone. I really need some help here. If i can't root this phone I don't want it.
Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
That video doesn't help. The first thing he does is settings>development. There is no development section in settings. I know there is a debugging toggle in privacy, but it looks completely differenct.
I've tried everything. tried doing everything again and now it doesn't even recognize that there is a recovery on my phone. I really need some help here. If i can't root this phone I don't want it.
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Sorry was trying to help. You need to get into download mode and use odin to flash stock recovery! Lots of forums about how to do that.
To put your Tmobile Galaxy s2 phone in recovery mode.
1 ) Turn your phone off. Power it off
2 ) At the same time, press and hold volume up and down and power at the same time. Your phone will come on.
3 ) Keep holding even after the vibration.
4 ) When you see the first SAMSUNG white text, let go of the buttons.
Killing Zombies With My Samsung Galaxy S2
These links will help you. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332103
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311229
Killing Zombies With My Samsung Galaxy S2
Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
No. I'm holding down till recovery pops up but it never does.
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Lol there's your problem.
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I know you were trying to help and it's much appreciated. Using the above method does NOT work, it just blinks and vibrates over and over, then after about a minute, I give up and it boots up normal.
jordanishere said:
Lol there's your problem.
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Damn! I feel really stupid!
Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
Damn! I feel really stupid!
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Its ok. Happens to the best of us.
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Try letting go of power when you see the Samsung logo come onto the screen. My phone wont go into recovery untilled I do either. It just Vibrates. So hold all three untilled you see the Samsung logo then only release the power button.
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Or try to boot to reboot to recovery using adb.
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phone is not doing anything

soo umm i just flashed CWM touch 6.0.1.0 and restarted my phone and for some reason my phone wont turn on... i plug it in the charger and it does nothing at all. also plugged into USB on my computer and the drivers kept popping up to install but keep failing but the phone wont do anything at all.
also tried going into download mode and fastboot mode and nothing
This should have been asked in Q&A, but I'm going to ask the obligatory questions and hope a mod moves this thread to Q&A.
What version phone do you have (maguro(yakju**/takju**), toro, toroplus?
Did you install the correct ClockworkMod recovery for your phone?
Will it not turn on at all?
If it does turn on, does it hang at the Google screen, or do you not even feel the vibration confirming the phone is on?
Was your battery charged before attempting to install the recovery?
Can you get into fastboot mode by holding both volume buttons and the power button?
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infazzdar said:
What version phone do you have?
Did you install the correct ClockworkMod recovery for your phone?
Will it not turn on at all?
If it does turn on, does it hang at the Google screen?
Can you get into fastboot mode by holding both volume buttons and the power button?
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i have a CDMA verizon Toro and i'm pretty sure i have the right one i downloaded it a couple days ago and have not had time to flash it until today. on the rar file it just says cwm6010TOCUHinstall and i am pretty sure it was for verizon.
it wont turn on at all like no battery symbol or google symbol. screen wont even turn on. i tried plugging it into the computer with battery in and out holding vol down and power and nothing happens but windows keeps beeping to installing a driver over and over again until i unplug the phone. i cant get into any modes also no vibration at all
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i think i know why it bricked i think i flashed a Nexus 7 CWM..... how stupid of me to do i downloaded through my phone so i must of clicked the wrong link to download
icebear8 said:
.... Holding vol down and power and nothing happens....
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Well, did you mean vol up AND vol down AND power?
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KevinAlbrecht said:
Well, did you mean vol up AND vol down AND power?
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did both and also tried each one nothing. i am guessing i hard bricked this sucker as i cant even get into download mode and my computer wont even install the drivers for it (in my task bar it will just say OMAP 4440 drive failed to install drivers or something like that
icebear8 said:
i have a CDMA verizon Toro and i'm pretty sure i have the right one i downloaded it a couple days ago and have not had time to flash it until today. on the rar file it just says cwm6010TOCUHinstall and i am pretty sure it was for verizon.
it wont turn on at all like no battery symbol or google symbol. screen wont even turn on. i tried plugging it into the computer with battery in and out holding vol down and power and nothing happens but windows keeps beeping to installing a driver over and over again until i unplug the phone. i cant get into any modes also no vibration at all
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i think i know why it bricked i think i flashed a Nexus 7 CWM..... how stupid of me to do i downloaded through my phone so i must of clicked the wrong link to download
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I'm no expert, but can you use a toolkit to manually flash to the galaxy nexus version? I had no problem like this, so I'm not sure if this is even find work...
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kyokeun1234 said:
I'm no expert, but can you use a toolkit to manually flash to the galaxy nexus version? I had no problem like this, so I'm not sure if this is even find work...
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well the problem is i cant even boot into download mode or anything at all the phone will not even power on at all (no google sign or screen turn on and no vibe)
i was about to flash a new rom but i wanted to hurry and flash CWM touch but when i downloaded it i guess i clicked the wrong link and picked the nexus 7 CWM touch and flashed that
Yank battery, leave it out for a few minutes...maybe even ten. Plug phone into AC (not USB) wall charger. Let sit like that for two to three minutes. Put battery back in phone while phone is still plugged in. Let sit for an hour or so to get a charge on the battery (in case it dumped). Try powering on.
Just saw you think you flashed N7 recovery....ouch. Time to download Wugs kit and see if you can get it back. I'd still try the steps above for the hell of it.
icebear8 said:
well the problem is i cant even boot into download mode or anything at all the phone will not even power on at all (no google sign or screen turn on and no vibe)
i was about to flash a new rom but i wanted to hurry and flash CWM touch but when i downloaded it i guess i clicked the wrong link and picked the nexus 7 CWM touch and flashed that
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Hm........ I'm really sorry but I got nothing... if you can't even go to Odin, I don't know what you can do...
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got556 said:
Yank battery, leave it out for a few minutes...maybe even ten. Plug phone into AC (not USB) wall charger. Let sit like that for two to three minutes. Put battery back in phone while phone is still plugged in. Let sit for an hour or so to get a charge on the battery (in case it dumped). Try powering on.
Just saw you think you flashed N7 recovery....ouch. Time to download Wugs kit and see if you can get it back. I'd still try the steps above for the hell of it.
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tried what you said already left it charging for 20 mins and even left it with out battery and sim card out of the phone and still nothing i am 100% sure this is a hard bricked but did not know if there was a way to fix a hard brick as i never bricked a phone before (hard brick anyways)
Seriously, stop advertising toolkits already, OP don't need it to fix this problem..
OP, search for omap flash.
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You said when you plug it into your computer it fails to install a driver?
Plug in your phone and go to device manager and see if you see OMAP as a device listed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28486568&postcount=2
I would try following that guide IF your computer still detects your phone as OMAPxxx
biscuitownz said:
You said when you plug it into your computer it fails to install a driver?
Plug in your phone and go to device manager and see if you see OMAP as a device listed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28486568&postcount=2
I would try following that guide IF your computer still detects your phone as OMAPxxx
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yes it does come up in Device manger as OMAP4440
I'm sorry to hear that bro. Hopefully you can fix it if not maybe a warranty exchange. Hopefully everything works out for you
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Thanks everyone that omap thing fixed my phone thank you very much
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icebear8 said:
Thanks everyone that omap thing fixed my phone thank you very much
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Glad you fixed it
Awesome. I was reading through and I was like, "DAAAAAAMN!!! That would ruin my week. =\"
Glad u fixed it.
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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^
icebear8 said:
Thanks everyone that omap thing fixed my phone thank you very much
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I guess you could at least press the thanks button for the guy who gave you the link.

Help me devs! Bricked?

I recently completed all of the steps for a one click root of my epic and attempted to boot into CWM mode for the first time and now all I get is the samsung screen. No vib, no blue light... it just sits there on the samsung screen. I've tried every button combination I can think of and nothing happens. I think i may have created a paper weight. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance for you time.
NurseNerd435 said:
I recently completed all of the steps for a one click root of my epic and attempted to boot into CWM mode for the first time and now all I get is the samsung screen. No vib, no blue light... it just sits there on the samsung screen. I've tried every button combination I can think of and nothing happens. I think i may have created a paper weight. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance for you time.
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Hold the power button and the volume up button. It'll reset, continue to hold, it'll boot into recovery.
You are not bricked, probably a bad flash or cable. Redo the one click and should all be fine
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NurseNerd435 said:
I recently completed all of the steps for a one click root of my epic and attempted to boot into CWM mode for the first time and now all I get is the samsung screen. No vib, no blue light... it just sits there on the samsung screen. I've tried every button combination I can think of and nothing happens. I think i may have created a paper weight. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance for you time.
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The community would love to help you but you have to let us know if any of the above fixes have helped? Do you know what a jig is just in case?
Just a bad flash, happened to me once. Boot back into Odin (Hold power and volume down) and redo the one click process again. Make sure nothing moves the cord or try a different one.
Hope it helps.
Clarification
playya said:
The community would love to help you but you have to let us know if any of the above fixes have helped? Do you know what a jig is just in case?
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I did try the suggestions above. I apologize, it seems i wasn't clear in the OP; I get the samsung screen no matter what I do, all button combinations. And when plugged in to the PC it is not recognized.
NurseNerd435 said:
I did try the suggestions above. I apologize, it seems i wasn't clear in the OP; I get the samsung screen no matter what I do, all button combinations. And when plugged in to the PC it is not recognized.
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Your phone is not seemingly bricked.
Try the button combinations mentioned above but hold for like 20 seconds.
your NOT bricked.. just soft brick.. like suggested, calm down and hold volume down and power until it reboots into download mode again.. if its stuck at samsung logo get it to turn off by a battery pull or something and start over fresh. hard brick wont have a logo it will just be a blank screen and a solid blue led and wont do anything at all
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Sometimes it can be a pain in the butt to boot into recovery or download mode. Just continue holding the button combination until it enters download mode. It might reboot and go back to the Samsung splash screen. Just hold Volume Down and Power until you are in download mode. Do not release the buttons until you have successfully entered download mode.
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patience?
Mattix724 said:
Sometimes it can be a pain in the butt to boot into recovery or download mode. Just continue holding the button combination until it enters download mode. It might reboot and go back to the Samsung splash screen. Just hold Volume Down and Power until you are in download mode. Do not release the buttons until you have successfully entered download mode.
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I held the buttons for 65 seconds... How long should I expect it to take?
It really shouldn't take any more than 10 - 20 seconds max.
You must be holding it wrong... as Steve Jobs would say.
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Hope
Ok, maybe I missed it mentioned already, but i stumbled upon the "1" button and pwr button combo and got into DL mode. win/Odin see it so I have hope. I'm now just waiting forever to DL the appropriate .tar to return to stock and begin again...
NurseNerd435 said:
Ok, maybe I missed it mentioned already, but i stumbled upon the "1" button and pwr button combo and got into DL mode. win/Odin see it so I have hope. I'm now just waiting forever to DL the appropriate .tar to return to stock and begin again...
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good. You are almost there... Post if you need any help
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Well, i got it back. I was able to load a stock rom via ODIN and ran one-click again. Now I'm good to go. Thanks for all the help.
Good for you!! Now it time to see if you can screw it up again,lol. Where do you want to go now?
NurseNerd435 said:
Ok, maybe I missed it mentioned already, but i stumbled upon the "1" button and pwr button combo and got into DL mode. win/Odin see it so I have hope. I'm now just waiting forever to DL the appropriate .tar to return to stock and begin again...
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What? 1 and power button? The OG epic?
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g_ding84 said:
What? 1 and power button? The OG epic?
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That's what I was thinking. Wrong forum?
Cool
I'm all set. Now I'm testing roms to see if I can screw it up again . There are too many "epic" models... I have the sprint Epic, the one w/ the slide out keyboard? Is that the OG version?
A few posts ago someone mentioned a "jig"...what is that?
NurseNerd435 said:
I'm all set. Now I'm testing roms to see if I can screw it up again . There are too many "epic" models... I have the sprint Epic, the one w/ the slide out keyboard? Is that the OG version?
A few posts ago someone mentioned a "jig"...what is that?
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I asked because that was my last phone. with the slide out keyboard. this forum in the SPH-D710. your is SPH-D700.
Lol
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Please help to unbrick the Galaxy s3 phone

I was rooting the phone and something did no go well. Right now my phone starts when i press power button, shows samsung logo, then notification led stays on. It makes the sprint sound but screen remains black. Please guide me in the right direction. Thank you
wenter said:
I was rooting the phone and something did no go well. Right now my phone starts when i press power button, shows samsung logo, then notification led stays on. It makes the sprint sound but screen remains black. Please guide me in the right direction. Thank you
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Wrong section to ask for help bud. Look at the stickied threads, you'll find your answer there.
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wenter said:
I was rooting the phone and something did no go well. Right now my phone starts when i press power button, shows samsung logo, then notification led stays on. It makes the sprint sound but screen remains black. Please guide me in the right direction. Thank you
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reboot into download mode with the hardware keys volume down and home press and hold them till it pops up in download mode plug in phone and click the flash button in one click!
and post in the right forum next time questions in q and a
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015876
Was this during the rooting process or after you tried to install a custom rom?
You really cant brick it after the odin portion of the rooting because it just flashes CWM temporarily. Unless you had a bad download or something.
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Goto youtube and search qbking77 how to root GS3. He explains it perfectly
Fyi you arent bricked you are stuck in a bootloop, so his rooting method will still work.
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same thing happened to me last night(i rooted a new s3) i just rebooted into recovery and flashed a rom and everything worked.TRy rebooting into recovery you should be able to
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I cant turn my cellphone on
my cellphone turns on but it shows some image of a battery loading and then it turns off again... and keeps doing that infinitly
my cellphone is rooted and it enters normally in the Download and Recovery mode, i already tried to put in it a stock rom, but it doesnt work and when i plug it in the computer, the Odin recognize it normally
Euclydes said:
my cellphone turns on but it shows some image of a battery loading and then it turns off again... and keeps doing that infinitly
my cellphone is rooted and it enters normally in the Download and Recovery mode, i already tried to put in it a stock rom, but it doesnt work and when i plug it in the computer, the Odin recognize it normally
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Keep holding the power button down until the phone vibrates. If you have the phone charging, unplug it and hold the power button down. The battery icon is what appears when the phone is plugged in, but not turned on. In some cases the phone will not turn on (I think if the battery level is too low) even when holding down the power button if it is plugged in.
Fail..
Neil Fruit said:
Keep holding the power button down until the phone vibrates. If you have the phone charging, unplug it and hold the power button down. The battery icon is what appears when the phone is plugged in, but not turned on. In some cases the phone will not turn on (I think if the battery level is too low) even when holding down the power button if it is plugged in.
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Look, the problem it seems to be in the boot, because it is recognized normally in the computer, enters in the download and recovery mode, accept change of roms, but when I turn it on… it shows the pictures of the battery with a loading symbol, just like the youtube videos when are loading….
It seems to be something simple, I would like someone who really understands about this to help me out…
Did you do the proper wipes before flashing a rom? Make sure your battery is charged? I think you need to do some more reading :thumbup:
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Euclydes said:
Look, the problem it seems to be in the boot, because it is recognized normally in the computer, enters in the download and recovery mode, accept change of roms, but when I turn it on… it shows the pictures of the battery with a loading symbol, just like the youtube videos when are loading….
It seems to be something simple, I would like someone who really understands about this to help me out…
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As was stated by Evil... Wipe cache/Dalvik cache (under advanced settings) Try flashing a different rom, Unplug from computer upon reboot. See if you still get the same issues.
Phone wont power up
I loaded a program called Doggstyle and it bricked my phone. I cant get the phone to power up or even go into recovery. Need your Help.
geraldw1 said:
I loaded a program called Doggstyle and it bricked my phone. I cant get the phone to power up or even go into recovery. Need your Help.
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Can you go into download mode?

[Q] Stuck on Samsung Galaxy S3 Screen

Any thoughts here, so far have come up with nothing. I was running odin trying to update and got interupted partially through the process. I'm able to boot the phone on, however it quickly flashes the Samsung screen then proceeds to the "Samsung Galaxy S3" screen where it hangs. I can't boot into recovery, I can't boot into download mode. All I can do is power the phone on and get stuck on this screen. It hangs there until I pull the battery. I've tried every combination possible to boot into recovery & download mode to no avail. If I plug the phone into my computer I can't get it to be recognized since its stuck on this screen. I don't think it's bricked since i'm able to power on, just stuck.
Any thoughts?
If you can still turn it on you can definitely get to download mode. Make sure you're doing the combo right..
billard412 said:
If you can still turn it on you can definitely get to download mode. Make sure you're doing the combo right..
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Thanks for the quick reply, I like your confidence although I'm still skeptical. I do think I've tried all of the combos to get into download mode but I'm still not getting past the Samsung GS3 screen. Can you tell me which is the "right" combo?
Thanks
camcdonald1 said:
Thanks for the quick reply, I like your confidence although I'm still skeptical. I do think I've tried all of the combos to get into download mode but I'm still not getting past the Samsung GS3 screen. Can you tell me which is the "right" combo?
Thanks
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I've seen a borked recovery but never seen a borked download mode unless the phone was bricked which isn't the case here since it still powers on. The combo is vol-down+home+power then volume up at the warning screen
billard412 said:
I've seen a borked recovery but never seen a borked download mode unless the phone was bricked which isn't the case here since it still powers on. The combo is vol-down+home+power then volume up at the warning screen
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That combo is not working. No matter how long/short I hold it or how long/short I wait after the battery pull it still goes straight to the GS3 Logo and hangs forever. I think its bricked. Maybe I need to try a usb jig...
camcdonald1 said:
That combo is not working. No matter how long/short I hold it or how long/short I wait after the battery pull it still goes straight to the GS3 Logo and hangs forever. I think its bricked. Maybe I need to try a usb jig...
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Well I'm sure it's not bricked but this is the first time I've heard a jig mentioned and I don't wanna pull my hair out cuz of a stupid comment. A jig would definitely do the trick here. I assume you don't have one so a word of advice : use Ebay. And buy from someone in the states. Its more than worth the few extra bucks.
I agree that your phone is more than likely not bricked like you may think. You need to hold down the 3 key combo until the screen actually powers on and then let them go. It takes a good 5-7 seconds after the phone vibrates before the screen powers on and then let them go. It should go into download mode and if you still can't get it then sometimes having someone else try it is all it takes.... but most definetly your phone is not hard bricked if it powers on.
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z143456 said:
I agree that your phone is more than likely not bricked like you may think. You need to hold down the 3 key combo until the screen actually powers on and then let them go. It takes a good 5-7 seconds after the phone vibrates before the screen powers on and then let them go. It should go into download mode and if you still can't get it then sometimes having someone else try it is all it takes.... but most definetly your phone is not hard bricked if it powers on.
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. At this point I'm going to have to send it in to mobiltech to have them hopefully revive it using their JTAG services.
I had this problem today.....
After much gnashing of teeth and swearing and being unable to use the generic android recovery due to removing my power button (don't ask) I flashed CWM with odin then used Android Toolkit to restart into recovery, wiped the cache, rebooted and Bob's your Mother's brother everything is rosy in the garden again................:laugh:
marsamgod said:
I had this problem today.....
After much gnashing of teeth and swearing and being unable to use the generic android recovery due to removing my power button (don't ask) I flashed CWM with odin then used Android Toolkit to restart into recovery, wiped the cache, rebooted and Bob's your Mother's brother everything is rosy in the garden again................:laugh:
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what toolkit
NotAgain!!!!!! said:
what toolkit
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It's the Skipsoft Android Toolkit

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