I just tried to call a friend, and then the screen has gone black. I could hear the voicemail recording, but cant do anything about it.
I've tried plugging it into the computer, charging it normally but nothing is working. I think there's been an issue with the proximity sensor at the top of the screen as there is a little red light on.
Is there anything I can do other than sending it back? Lord knows how long that will take and I havent backed up any of my phones data
dlau77 said:
I just tried to call a friend, and then the screen has gone black. I could hear the voicemail recording, but cant do anything about it.
I've tried plugging it into the computer, charging it normally but nothing is working. I think there's been an issue with the proximity sensor at the top of the screen as there is a little red light on.
Is there anything I can do other than sending it back? Lord knows how long that will take and I havent backed up any of my phones data
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Try restarting it by holding the power button for ~10 secs
Pointlol said:
Try restarting it by holding the power button for ~10 secs
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Or if that doesn't work hold down the power buton and the volume down button for..5-6 seconds or so.
hey thanks for the help guys, managed to fix it in the end
hi
getting replacement phone tomorrow so was just checking forum. anyway i had the same problem but it happened way too many times after making calls. ended up contacting my provider for a new phone.
as im under 28days they will exchange it at my doorstep so i dont have to send it back or not have a phone for a few hours.
btw do not know why this happens but not noticed it on the newer update.
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My phone got some water damage and stopped working, so I opened and cleaned it (alcohol).
Now after reassembling, it won't turn on at all (booted in hboot before).
The led works when connecting to charger, and even shows loading, but when I press power, the charging led just turns off and nothing happens (powering on without charger also fails).
I tried reassemblying again and made sure everythign was connected, but no change.
Any idea what else I could try?
Anyone?
Could've broke your screen connector..
bortak said:
Could've broke your screen connector..
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But wouldn't the phone vibrate and the led flash on boot? (led definitely works when power is connected)
oh so it doesn't even vibrate? hmm. Maybe you disconnected your upper board from your lower board. Go on youtube and find the "Bravo disassembly video" or something like that, take it apart and put it back together again. I'd use latex gloves if I were you too btw.
Thanks, I'll give this a try.
Hi, was wondering if anyone else has/had similar issues?
Got the Galaxy Tab S today and was spending time setting it up. Connected to the PC and charge was at about 57%. Suddenly the window displaying tablet contents on the PC disappeared and the screen went black.
The power button didn't turn the screen back on. I held it down, thinking that it required a hard reset but nothing happened. I disconnected the tablet from my pc and went to use it's dedicated charger. The battery icon came up, stating it was 57% charge, and shortly after the LED light on the back of the tablet started flashing rapidly. I quickly took out the cable.
I've tried holding down the home key, volume down, and power button and nothing happens. I then tried the same and having a finger on the screen. Then I repeated the process again with the cable connected to the charger, and then computer.
No matter what I try, the device won't turn on and the LED keeps flashing repeatedly when connected with usb charging cable. I also tried using another cable.
I'm thinking of phoning up where I got it from tomorrow and asking for a replacement, unless there's something I'm missing here?
Any thoughts would be great, thanks.
My guess would be, you are not pressing the buttons correctly.
stkpxl said:
You try just Power+Vol Down?
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I tried that just now. Nothing happens.
How about pressing power, vol up and down, home huttons at the same time for 1 minute
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
How about pressing power, vol up and down, home huttons at the same time for 1 minute
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That doesn't work either. The only response I get from the tablet is by plugging in the charging cable and then it goes on to display an epileptic inducing light show with the LED constantly flashing on and off
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That doesn't work either. The only response I get from the tablet is by plugging in the charging cable and then it goes on to display an epileptic inducing light show with the LED constantly flashing on and off
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Never seen this problem before. Could be a bad partition making it not boot. Replacement may be your answer as its better to get a new one and be safe.
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Never seen this problem before. Could be a bad partition making it not boot. Replacement may be your answer as its better to get a new one and be safe.
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I've used various tablets before and never encountered any of them not booting at all. The led flashing business is very weird. I'll phone up the store I got it from and ask if I can get a replacement.
Thanks for the responses
My tablet Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (SM-T805) screen went black. I can’t see the screen.
Touch also does not seem to work. However it’s on. it is receiving calls and other messages. It is connected to WiFi.
Power button, volume button are working but I can’t power off the device cause I can’t see the screen options.
When I plug in to the charging cable it vibrates but does not show anything on screen.
It didn't drop or hit by anything. i have been using it for 3 months now. it just happened by itself or may be by some update that I don’t know.
Please help how to bring it back to life
GUI crashed. Press Power+Vol up+Home (for approx 20 sec).
pibach said:
GUI crashed. Press Power+Vol up+Home (for approx 20 sec).
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I tried several times.. nothing happens... any other suggestion please
Power+voldown+home.
If this does not boot, you could try with usb dongle.
Or full run down to empty battery.
Next chance would require to open it.
sarhn007 said:
My tablet Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (SM-T805) screen went black. I can’t see the screen.
Touch also does not seem to work. However it’s on. it is receiving calls and other messages. It is connected to WiFi.
Power button, volume button are working but I can’t power off the device cause I can’t see the screen options.
When I plug in to the charging cable it vibrates but does not show anything on screen.
It didn't drop or hit by anything. i have been using it for 3 months now. it just happened by itself or may be by some update that I don’t know.
Please help how to bring it back to life
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It's not bricked so calm down. It just had a cyber stroke. It will be fine just let the power run out and recharge the battery so u can turn it on again. Same thing happened within days for getting mine.
yes... I am waiting for the battery to be completely dead. so far its on...taking calls and sms..I don't howmuch % of batter is left cause I can't see it.
I had the exact same problem once....and i had a hunch that the screen was fine, it turned out it was thankfully....but....im aware that on 100 percent battery in standby it can last a good week or so....i was too impatient...so i ran my fingers around the edge of the backing and slowly was able to pull out the back of tge case and unclip the battery...worked straight away when turned on.
But also what i discovered does reset the tablet forcefully is holding power, vol down and the center button at the same time....try it a few times for a minute each time...if successful you might get a message about being in download mode but then just do the same thing again but imidiatly release your fingers once you see the screen go off from download mode or it will just go bavk into it...good luck m8
Have you tried holding down the power button for awhile, like 30 seconds? This should shut your device off....Then take it from there.
Itchiee said:
Have you tried holding down the power button for awhile, like 30 seconds? This should shut your device off....Then take it from there.
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Doesnt work on t805...dunno why.
pdolton2000 said:
Doesnt work on t805...dunno why.
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Correct .. i tired many times... it does not work... may be the device is on...
How to run down the battery its still on .. its third day today...
sarhn007 said:
Correct .. i tired many times... it does not work... may be the device is on...
How to run down the battery its still on .. its third day today...
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Seriously on my tab right now i just held vol down, power and center button whilst on and after 25 seconds screen went black then gave the "are you sure you want to enter download mode." Then i tapped vol up......t805 as well.
Battery completely empty.. tab S turned off, i plugged in the charging cable (1 ) battery meter does not appear (2) Power+vol does not work for me.. if it does.. i can't see because of the dead screen...
i have 2 options now..
(1) send it back in warranty.. this will take a lot of time and they will only fix not replace.. i guess
(2) open it and fix the display.
Thinking,,,,,,,,
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Battery completely empty.. tab S turned off, i plugged in the charging cable (1 ) battery meter does not appear (2) Power+vol does not work for me.. if it does.. i can't see because of the dead screen...
i have 2 options now..
(1) send it back in warranty.. this will take a lot of time and they will only fix not replace.. i guess
(2) open it and fix the display.
Thinking,,,,,,,,
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Well 160 dollars for lcd , digitizer and frame ...
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/2016775924.html?tracelog=storedetail2mobilesitedetail
But if it turned out it was something else causing it nit to display like a board fault im not sure they will help ya only catch m8
Hello,
Did you finally got some result?
I have exactly the same problem with a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5. The screen suddenly went black although the light leds (home, back) were on.
I tried different combinations of buttons, usb charging and nothing. The only difference is that now the light leds are off.
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I have achieved to boot up the device because I have heard the start up sound and some notifications. However, the display doesn't work at all: the screen is black and there is no response when touching it. In addition, the light leds of the buttons are off now even when I push the home button.
Volume keys are working (I hear the sound then touching them).
Hard reset is VOLUME DOWN(left side on a 10.5) + POWER. Hold until it restarts.
ashyx said:
Hard reset is VOLUME DOWN(left side on a 10.5) + POWER. Hold until it restarts.
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That doesn't work, as sarhn007 said the problem is that screen is dead:
sarhn007 said:
Battery completely empty.. tab S turned off, i plugged in the charging cable (1 ) battery meter does not appear (2) Power+vol does not work for me.. if it does.. i can't see because of the dead screen...
i have 2 options now..
(1) send it back in warranty.. this will take a lot of time and they will only fix not replace.. i guess
(2) open it and fix the display.
Thinking,,,,,,,,
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But I can't figure how could this happen in a new (2 month) high-end product... I think that I will have to use the product warranty with the cost in time it involves.
This has happened to me twice during the last year. The last time was just ten minutes ago. I tried everything mentioned in this thread. VolUp+Home+Pwr for a looong time. Just PWR for a long time. I saw on my Wifi Router that the tablet was connected, but no screen. What helped me was to do a combination of everything mentioned here. What eventually got the screen on was 1. I turned of my router and 2. Home+VolDOWN+PWR for (what I believe was) 10-15 seconds. Then I got the choice to do a normal restart or a device reset. If you come this far, be sure to press VOL DN when asked. Otherwise your data will be lost. Obviously, I can't say if the router pwr off was necessary or not.
What's really weird is that my LG G3 went into a boot loop at about the same time (less than five minutes apart). They are not connected other than using the same router. I've had my LG G3 for exactly one year without ever experiencing a boot loop. The LG G3 is rooted, but my SM-T805 is not.
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That doesn't work, as sarhn007 said the problem is that screen is dead:
But I can't figure how could this happen in a new (2 month) high-end product... I think that I will have to use the product warranty with the cost in time it involves.
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It's easy fix, most of the time due to loose LCD cable. If you can hear anything on the background but blank screen, 99% is loose cable.
Remove the back cover, disconnect and reconnect LCD cable, make sure it's fully inserted, then secure the connector with tapes. Test by plugin to charger, press the HOME button.
If you do correctly, the battery icon should show up on the screen. Then put back the cover, you're done.
pdolton2000 said:
I had the exact same problem once....and i had a hunch that the screen was fine, it turned out it was thankfully....but....im aware that on 100 percent battery in standby it can last a good week or so....i was too impatient...so i ran my fingers around the edge of the backing and slowly was able to pull out the back of tge case and unclip the battery...worked straight away when turned on.
But also what i discovered does reset the tablet forcefully is holding power, vol down and the center button at the same time....try it a few times for a minute each time...if successful you might get a message about being in download mode but then just do the same thing again but imidiatly release your fingers once you see the screen go off from download mode or it will just go bavk into it...good luck m8
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really thanks dude...nice work..
my phone samsung on nxt today stopped working in same manner...your idea worked...really thanx..i tried all...as i am also a tech guy.....but nothing worked..ur idea worked for me...thankx a lot...
hi, my brother gave me a old z5 premium to troubleshoot. It has no lcd (broken screen) and wants to me add one. When i connect to charge, the phone doesnt vibrate or make any noise. my dumb question is, does this phone need an LCD to turn on? i tried button combination but it does nothing. PC doesnt recognized it. it was working fine right before screen broke. I just dont want to buy a replacement and new battery then turns out its completely dead. even tried the button inside the tray to see if it reboots, but nothing..
I'm not completely sure, but mine was still booting up with a broken display and with no display at all. Are you sure the battery isn't completely dead (over-discharged)? That can even prevent the phone from charging while it's off. See what happens when you check it with a multimeter.