[Q] My phone don't boot fully - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

when i try turning on my phone it kind of boots but then it shuts off & when i connect it to a charger it shows its at 100% but wont turn on. Then when i go in to recovery mode or download mode it stays on. Do you think its a battery issue or software ?. Please help me fix this

mcflyy_ said:
when i try turning on my phone it kind of boots but then it shuts off & when i connect it to a charger it shows its at 100% but wont turn on. Then when i go in to recovery mode or download mode it stays on. Do you think its a battery issue or software ?. Please help me fix this
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Are you using a custom ROM or stock? The best thing to do is start from scratch. I would use the one-click to get to either GB27 or FL24 and go from that. It definitely sounds like a software issue.

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[Q] Charging Bootloop

When I plug my phone into my a charger and it is charging my phone gets stuck into a bootloop where I can't turn it off nor turn it on. It wont even go to the Samsung logo, it just is black and keeps turning on/off. Only way I have to get around this is by unplugging, pulling battery, reboot recovery, plug back in, then I can reboot to system. Any ideas on a solution to this?
riku-vomoto said:
When I plug my phone into my a charger and it is charging my phone gets stuck into a bootloop where I can't turn it off nor turn it on. It wont even go to the Samsung logo, it just is black and keeps turning on/off. Only way I have to get around this is by unplugging, pulling battery, reboot recovery, plug back in, then I can reboot to system. Any ideas on a solution to this?
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Don't try to power it on while plugged in. Ain't much else to suggest there. I find doing the button combo for download mode then pressing vol-dn at the warning screen works too. This is the normal it's not a bootloop. The way these charge w/ the power off is strange.
billard412 said:
Don't try to power it on while plugged in. Ain't much else to suggest there. I find doing the button combo for download mode then pressing vol-dn at the warning screen works too. This is the normal it's not a bootloop. The way these charge w/ the power off is strange.
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Okay sounds good; thought it was just a problem with my phone but guess not lol. Thanks for the quick reply !
riku-vomoto said:
When I plug my phone into my a charger and it is charging my phone gets stuck into a bootloop where I can't turn it off nor turn it on. It wont even go to the Samsung logo, it just is black and keeps turning on/off. Only way I have to get around this is by unplugging, pulling battery, reboot recovery, plug back in, then I can reboot to system. Any ideas on a solution to this?
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What recovery and rom are you using? This is not a normal behavior. It doesn't happen on my phone using Stock rom/TWRP recovery.
poit said:
What recovery and rom are you using? This is not a normal behavior. It doesn't happen on my phone using Stock rom/TWRP recovery.
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That's weird as I'm on my 5th s3 since 6-21 and this has been normal behavior on every one regardless of rom. The S2 did the same stupid shiit. Its almost impossible to turn these on while plugged in and shut off.
poit said:
What recovery and rom are you using? This is not a normal behavior. It doesn't happen on my phone using Stock rom/TWRP recovery.
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I usually use freeg3 from Clark, but I flash about every ROM when they are updated to try it out; I use TWRP to flash them all. My phone is infected with anthrax, but It was before and after it. I even tried flashing the stock .tar from odin :/
When the screen is black, simply hold the power button in until you see the Samsung logo.
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I just confirmed again that my phone doesn't do that. With the phone on, I plugged into the charger. Power off, wait until the green battery icon appears. Hold power button, phone boots normally.
I'd guess somewhere along the way you acquired a wonky bootloader. You could probably try just replacing the bootloader, I know there is a way to do that but I'm not sure how. Probably someone else could quote the procedure off the top of their head. If not, I would guess a full odin to stock would fix it also.
My phone does this too. Sometimes it shows a charging battery, sometimes it vibrates, and sometimes I even see the Samsung logo, but it always refuses to turn on while it is plugged up.
My phone doesn't do this. It looks to be a hit or miss on if your phone will do it.
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Or it could have to do with a particular flash that has corrupted the boot loader. People need to be clear what roms they are on, and if they have ever tried to go back to FULL stock through Odin to fix this. Until they have reflashed the Stock Bootloader, there is no way to know what's going on.

[Q] Brick? (Phone won't stay in download mode)

Hey guys, I'm not sure if my phone is dead. It was running fine this morning, Task & Ktoonsez' AOKP with Ktoonsez kernel. However, I tried to unlock it a little while ago and it wouldn't go on. It boots to the splash screen, both normally and going into recovery, but it doesn't last long enough to go into recovery or boot normally. I try to boot into download mode and it boots, but the phone turns off after a few seconds.
I tried to flash back to stock in Odin, but the phone doesn't stay in download mode long enough for the flash to finish.
I'm not sure what to do. Any help would be appreciated.
Pretty sure if it was bricked it wouldn't boot into download mode at all. It sounds like it is losing power or something. The only thing I can think of is maybe your battery is bad. Download mode can run off of USB power if you remove the battery after booting into it. Maybe plug your phone in and boot into download mode, then take your battery out before it shuts off and see if it stays on.
Lumixz said:
Pretty sure if it was bricked it wouldn't boot into download mode at all. It sounds like it is losing power or something. The only thing I can think of is maybe your battery is bad. Download mode can run off of USB power if you remove the battery after booting into it. Maybe plug your phone in and boot into download mode, then take your battery out before it shuts off and see if it stays on.
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No dice. It just did the same thing it's been doing. I went into download, popped the battery, it stayed in download for a few seconds, and then powered off.
Could it be a faulty power button? The phone is constantly vibrating by itself and if the power button was messed up it could be causing the phone to leave download mode.
Sun0fNothing said:
No dice. It just did the same thing it's been doing. I went into download, popped the battery, it stayed in download for a few seconds, and then powered off.
Could it be a faulty power button? The phone is constantly vibrating by itself and if the power button was messed up it could be causing the phone to leave download mode.
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As far as I can tell pressing or holding the power button in download mode will only restart it, but won't shut it off. Also it takes about 10 seconds. I don't think it's your power button.
Lumixz said:
As far as I can tell pressing or holding the power button in download mode will only restart it, but won't shut it off. Also it takes about 10 seconds. I don't think it's your power button.
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Ah, okay.
In that case, though, I have no clue what's causing the problem here. At this point the only thing I can do is enter download mode for a few seconds, but I can't get it to be enough time to flash a ROM in Odin.
Sun0fNothing said:
Hey guys, I'm not sure if my phone is dead. It was running fine this morning, Task & Ktoonsez' AOKP with Ktoonsez kernel. However, I tried to unlock it a little while ago and it wouldn't go on. It boots to the splash screen, both normally and going into recovery, but it doesn't last long enough to go into recovery or boot normally. I try to boot into download mode and it boots, but the phone turns off after a few seconds.
I tried to flash back to stock in Odin, but the phone doesn't stay in download mode long enough for the flash to finish.
I'm not sure what to do. Any help would be appreciated.
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Might be a dumb question... Is your battery charged? I'd plug it in for a while off and see if the battery logo comes up and than try putting it in recovery or download.
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KorGuy123 said:
Might be a dumb question... Is your battery charged? I'd plug it in for a while off and see if the battery logo comes up and than try putting it in recovery or download.
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I tried that too. It's been plugged in for a while and the same thing happens. It just stays in download mode for a few seconds and then turns off. Also, I tried flashing back to stock in Odin but it failed because the phone turned off before the flash could finish. Now the phone says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select Recovery mode in Kies and try again."
So it's basically stuck in download mode cause of a corrupted flash. If I could get the phone to stay in download mode, I could flash it back to stock with Odin, but it's not giving me enough time at this point.
I'm running into the same problem currently, I was wondering if you were able to find a solution. Same ROM same Kernel. I've been using my current version of the ROM since October and haven't flashed anything recently, It just died on me last nigth and now I'm experiencing what you are as well. I was able to turn on the phone somehow last night but it stayed on for couple of mins and turned off again. At the time I had 60% charge.
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Unfortunately not. Sent my phone back to AT&T and they honored the warranty (despite it being very clear that I was rooted and on custom software).
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Sun0fNothing said:
Unfortunately not. Sent my phone back to AT&T and they honored the warranty (despite it being very clear that I was rooted and on custom software).
@fly3rr
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Thanks. I got the phone when it launched so it's been over a year hence I'm well over the one year manufacturer warranty. Doubt they'll honor it for me =/.
Bad news, It's not about software, it's a hardware issue.
I had that issue with a Sprint S3,
The power button switch is stuck pressed all the time, you can try to hit it a little and maybe it pops out but the issue is gonna still there.
If you remove and insert the battery does it vibrates and tries to turn on without pressing the power button?
Damian8a said:
Bad news, It's not about software, it's a hardware issue.
I had that issue with a Sprint S3,
The power button switch is stuck pressed all the time, you can try to hit it a little and maybe it pops out but the issue is gonna still there.
If you remove and insert the battery does it vibrates and tries to turn on without pressing the power button?
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yup I just realized it was the power button issue. I managed to fix the problem[kind of], i kept trying to get into download mode while connected to AC Adapter with official charging cables. And it stayed in download mode long enough for me to go back to stock ROM. I'm just trying to avoid hitting the power button as much as possible because every time I do something goes crazy and phone turns off.
I'm gonna try and go to AT&T store tomorrow to see if they can do anything about this.
Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it.
You're welcome. Good luck dude :thumbup:
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I have the same problem. I've tried to install quickly the twrp. But is not time enough
My problem was the battery. After charge a lot, all thing works fine.

Please Help Soft Bricked? Galaxy S III

went to bed last night and woke up and my phone when plugged in the charger just vibrates every 3 seconds and does nothing. i can get it to download mode but not into recovery even after a reflash via ODIN i tried the LK3 and LG1 original firmware's
any help or insight to this problem would be greatly appreciated
chrisj22 said:
went to bed last night and woke up and my phone when plugged in the charger just vibrates every 3 seconds and does nothing. i can get it to download mode but not into recovery even after a reflash via ODIN i tried the LK3 and LG1 original firmware's
any help or insight to this problem would be greatly appreciated
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i would flash again in odin but make sure auto reboot is NOT checked. you may have tried that already. have the back of the phone off. after a successful flash, pull the battery immediately. after you insert the battery back in, vol up/home/power combo for recovery. release that power button as soon as you get a vibrate. just trying to start from the beginning again with you, bro
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trying that now. did take it to at&t real quick got it to boot as soon as i got to the start screen to setup google and what not immediate shut off.
chrisj22 said:
trying that now. did take it to at&t real quick got it to boot as soon as i got to the start screen to setup google and what not immediate shut off.
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even doing it that way still unresponsive when booting unplugged, plugged in it will vibe every 2 seconds still and holing the home,vol up and power boots to samsung screen with blue letters sating recovery mode and shuts back off
chrisj22 said:
even doing it that way still unresponsive when booting unplugged, plugged in it will vibe every 2 seconds still and holing the home,vol up and power boots to samsung screen with blue letters sating recovery mode and shuts back off
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try flash either cwm or twrp recovery.img and see(assuming you can still get back in download mode)
just flashed CWM Via ODIN and still a no go same problems still.
one other thing is i know the battery is charged but if i just leave it plugged in i get the battery symbol with the circle in the center and it wont power on with out being plugged in
chrisj22 said:
just flashed CWM Via ODIN and still a no go same problems still.
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when you flash, did you uncheck auto reboot and reset time?
pcshano said:
when you flash, did you uncheck auto reboot and reset time?
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the reset time was checked still ill re-flach the factory image without both checked and see what happends
chrisj22 said:
the reset time was checked still ill re-flach the factory image without both checked and see what happends
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still seems to be doing it. idk what the guy at at&t did but i atleast got the start screen but immediate shutdown after that
chrisj22 said:
still seems to be doing it. idk what the guy at at&t did but i atleast got the start screen but immediate shutdown after that
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if flash stock rom with odin (with both reset time and auto reboot unchecked) or take out battery(~1 min) or flash recovery.img doesnt work,
then my suggestion is you bring it back to him lol...
pcshano said:
if flash stock rom with odin (with both reset time and auto reboot unchecked) or take out battery(~1 min) or flash recovery.img doesnt work,
then my suggestion is you bring it back to him lol...
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flashed that method, will only do anything plugged in and it shows the battery charging and when i do any botton methods it boots and goes to samsung screen then galaxy s III screen and shuts down and back to battery charging screen
chrisj22 said:
flashed that method, will only do anything plugged in and it shows the battery charging and when i do any botton methods it boots and goes to samsung screen then galaxy s III screen and shuts down and back to battery charging screen
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you can't get in download mode while plugged in
unplug your phone, vol down + home + power
and then replug your phone and odin back to stock
pcshano said:
you can't get in download mode while plugged in
unplug your phone, vol down + home + power
and then replug your phone and odin back to stock
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with it unplugged its totally dead. plugged in i can go into download mode and attempt recovery although it never actually goes in
chrisj22 said:
with it unplugged its totally dead. plugged in i can go into download mode and attempt recovery although it never actually goes in
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try fully charge it first, it might be auto shutdown due to insufficient battery
pcshano said:
try fully charge it first, it might be auto shutdown due to insufficient battery
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it shows about 90% when the battery charging icon is up
I had a similar problem once. Battery was dead. Popped in a fresh one and it worked. Just saying.
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tried with 2 brand new fully charged batteries. think im going to take it to at&t and see what they will do, or send it to JTAG

phone does not stay on or boot completely!

i was using the carbon rom with no problems, it was working great, but just a half hour ago i was listening to music and texting (i always do this), and then phone just turned off. I tried to reboot it but it wont! it always shuts off while booting. i made it to CWM, but it turns off while in CWM. i also made it to download mode, which led me to assume that the phone is not bricked, but it doesnt stay on download mode, it just turns off randomly. i figured maybe it was battery, so i tried another, and no change! does anyone know what the issue is? i cant figure out how to keep the phone ON, or why its not staying on.
btw, i got it to boot completely just once, and it was acting up still. any ideas? i dont mind losing all my info on phone, theres not much on there, so ill use odin, but how can i do this when the phone doesnt even keep itself ON download mode? please help
Thanks in advance
ohaai said:
i was using the carbon rom with no problems, it was working great, but just a half hour ago i was listening to music and texting (i always do this), and then phone just turned off. I tried to reboot it but it wont! it always shuts off while booting. i made it to CWM, but it turns off while in CWM. i also made it to download mode, which led me to assume that the phone is not bricked, but it doesnt stay on download mode, it just turns off randomly. i figured maybe it was battery, so i tried another, and no change! does anyone know what the issue is? i cant figure out how to keep the phone ON, or why its not staying on.
btw, i got it to boot completely just once, and it was acting up still. any ideas? i dont mind losing all my info on phone, theres not much on there, so ill use odin, but how can i do this when the phone doesnt even keep itself ON download mode? please help
Thanks in advance
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bumpppp
come on...no one?
Try this way
Remove the Battery, SIM Card, and any External SDCards.
With the Battery removed plug the USB into your phone.
While holding both the Up+Down Volume button and the USB is plugged into your phone - put the battery back into the back of the phone. You should see the Download mode screen pop up.
If you see the Powered Off Charging screen - attempt the above steps again.
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asifcheer said:
Try this way
Remove the Battery, SIM Card, and any External SDCards.
With the Battery removed plug the USB into your phone.
While holding both the Up+Down Volume button and the USB is plugged into your phone - put the battery back into the back of the phone. You should see the Download mode screen pop up.
If you see the Powered Off Charging screen - attempt the above steps again.
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nothing came up, it just remains off... =[
Yeah I'm in the same boat. Power button is stuck.
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Try googling methods to put a phone in download mode.... as I cant paste a link here
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Try googling methods to put a phone in download mode.... as I cant paste a link here
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i can get the phone into download mode without a problem, i could even get it into CWM; the real issue is the phone just wont stay on. it just shuts off randomly. so basically when i put it in download mode and let it sit, itll shut off again. im afraid to connect to odin to flash back to stock because what if it shuts off while odin is running (which it probably will)? itll brick for sure imo.
i figured it was a faulty battery, but a different battery resulted in the same thing.
i know its not bricked, its booted right now finally, but i know if i restart it, itll act up again....
ohaai said:
i can get the phone into download mode without a problem, i could even get it into CWM; the real issue is the phone just wont stay on. it just shuts off randomly. so basically when i put it in download mode and let it sit, itll shut off again. im afraid to connect to odin to flash back to stock because what if it shuts off while odin is running (which it probably will)? itll brick for sure imo.
i figured it was a faulty battery, but a different battery resulted in the same thing.
i know its not bricked, its booted right now finally, but i know if i restart it, itll act up again....
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If you can stay in cwm ... then try finding a cwm flashable stock rom for your phone and flash it ....
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Samsung galaxy j2 prime turned off while in download mode

Ok i was on odin trying to root the phone , i had some issues so i had to flash the stock all over again ,anyways it was in download mode and i forgot to put on the cover of the phone so the battery was exposed and it fell out while the phone screen clearly said, "DONT NOT TURN OFF TARGET", no when the battery fell out , i tried to restart the in recovery and even in normal mode and it wont even turn on, the phone is just a blank screen, nothings happens when i try to turn it on , can someone help me please, in the mean time i will be looking around the web for some answers as well...
Govana said:
Ok i was on odin trying to root the phone , i had some issues so i had to flash the stock all over again ,anyways it was in download mode and i forgot to put on the cover of the phone so the battery was exposed and it fell out while the phone screen clearly said, "DONT NOT TURN OFF TARGET", no when the battery fell out , i tried to restart the in recovery and even in normal mode and it wont even turn on, the phone is just a blank screen, nothings happens when i try to turn it on , can someone help me please, in the mean time i will be looking around the web for some answers as well...
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i am having the same issue power failure occured while firmware upgrade could you find any solution?
Well i have found some information on the net about using a JIG and plug it inside the usb port of the phone to force it to boot into download mode and then having to flash the firmware of the phone. I haven't tested this theory as yet so i can't leave an answer
Probably JTAG is your only solution or maybe Mediatek have some low tools you can use.
I need help too. Stuck in Odin mode and cant go any where. Tries to bypass the pattern I forgot and dint knw what to do now

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