I got stuck at the boot screen with no OS installed.
Google is finding me ways to reboot but can't find anything on how to do a hard shutdown from here.
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Okay one suggestion was to plug the phone into charge, then force a reboot (power + both volume buttons held down 10+ seconds).
Then when it shuts off, you disconnect the power cable after seeing a "battery" on the screen and the tab will remain turned off.
That did not work for me with computer data charging cable.
But it did work with the stock charger. :good:
This helped me get into download using the download mode button shortcuts. But I can't figure out how to get into recovery mode from here? The recovery mode buttons don't work (volume up + power + home).
It looks like this thread has the answer on how to get into recovery mode again.
Too bad I didn't find it before I did an ODIN back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/help/to-event-soft-brick-disaster-t2838473
Actually its even easier than that and have done it countless times.
Next time just hold POWER +VOL DOWN + HOME. As soon as the screen goes blank change to VOL UP whilst still holding POWER +HOME.
Works every time to get into recovery.
ashyx said:
Actually its even easier than that and have done it countless times.
Next time just hold POWER +VOL DOWN + HOME. As soon as the screen goes blank change to VOL UP whilst still holding POWER +HOME.
Works every time to get into recovery.
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Confirmed - this worked for me. Thanks!
I'm in the same situation where all of a sudden my tablet went into reboot and got stuck on the logo screen. I tried the combinations suggested such as : Power butto +Volume down then Volume up when screen is black to get to reboot mode but it just brings me back to the logo screen. Is there some other way I can access the safe mode or recovery mode to try and get this thing working again? I wasn't running any apps for it to cause this either, just checking email. Any help would be much appreciated
casual167 said:
I'm in the same situation where all of a sudden my tablet went into reboot and got stuck on the logo screen. I tried the combinations suggested such as : Power butto +Volume down then Volume up when screen is black to get to reboot mode but it just brings me back to the logo screen. Is there some other way I can access the safe mode or recovery mode to try and get this thing working again? I wasn't running any apps for it to cause this either, just checking email. Any help would be much appreciated
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You're not following the instructions properly. Read post 3 again and hold ALL 3 buttons until recovery boots.
Do not let go of any of the buttons until you see the recovery screen.
ashyx said:
You're not following the instructions properly. Read post 3 again and hold ALL 3 buttons until recovery boots.
Do not let go of any of the buttons until you see the recovery screen.
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Nevermind, I actually got it to work. What do I do after it says "downloading" to fix this issue of it not getting past the boot screen? Please help, I'm not too good with this kind of stuff
casual167 said:
Nevermind, I actually got it to work. What do I do after it says "downloading" to fix this issue of it not getting past the boot screen? Please help, I'm not too good with this kind of stuff
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Well, downloading is not the recovery.
In download mode you would use ODIN to re-flash the firmware from a computer.
In recovery, you would do a factory reset to reset back to defaults to see if that helps boot back into the existing firmware. You'll probably lose everything.
CZ Eddie said:
Well, downloading is not the recovery.
In download mode you would use ODIN to re-flash the firmware from a computer.
In recovery, you would do a factory reset to reset back to defaults to see if that helps boot back into the existing firmware. You'll probably lose everything.
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Yeah I just figured out I was in the wrong mode. I couldn't get it to the recovery mode for some reason but eventually it worked. So I have to go into wipe data/factory reset option? There's nothing else I can do on that screen to fix this without losing everything? I see other opions to Wipe Cache, reboot to bootloader, reboot system now etc..
casual167 said:
Yeah I just figured out I was in the wrong mode. I couldn't get it to the recovery mode for some reason but eventually it worked. So I have to go into wipe data/factory reset option? There's nothing else I can do on that screen to fix this without losing everything? I see other opions to Wipe Cache, reboot to bootloader, reboot system now etc..
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Well, you're not really giving enough info for us to properly help you.
If you have stock recovery then you can try clearing cache but it probably won't fix a no-boot situation.
If you have TWRP recovery then you can try clearing cache and dalvik and fix permissions which probably won't help but gives you a better chance.
Also, if you had TWRP then you could simply re-flash your ROM zip and not lose a whole lot.
CZ Eddie said:
Well, you're not really giving enough info for us to properly help you.
If you have stock recovery then you can try clearing cache but it probably won't fix a no-boot situation.
If you have TWRP recovery then you can try clearing cache and dalvik and fix permissions which probably won't help but gives you a better chance.
Also, if you had TWRP then you could simply re-flash your ROM zip and not lose a whole lot.
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Sorry about that. It's like I said, I'm not too inclined on this type of stuff. Here's what I got and hopefully it helps you more. The tab is completely stocked, never rooted because I wouldn't even know how to do that really. I was on it fine last night and all I did was put it down for literally 30 sec to get something to drink and when I came back it was stuck on the Samsung logo screen. Only apps I had open was gmail, chrome and a word document. There was nothing dowloading, system wise or apps. It's already had Lollipop on it for a week or two and I didn't get any update notices or anything. So I'm guessing the problem is it's somehow stuck in a "boot loop" from what I found searching on google and I don't understand why or what could be causing it so that's the issue I'm trying to fix. I can't get past that screen no matter how many times I restart it. Does that help some?
casual167 said:
Does that help some?
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Yeah, so unfortunately your options are very limited and you're kinda stuck with losing everything.
Try clearing cache first but I doubt it will help.
Then reset to factory defaults. That should work and you probably lose everything.
If not, then search this forum for "ODIN" and "firmware" or let me know and I'll guide you when I get back to my computer in a couple hours.
CZ Eddie said:
Yeah, so unfortunately your options are very limited and you're kinda stuck with losing everything.
Try clearing cache first but I doubt it will help.
Then reset to factory defaults. That should work and you probably lose everything.
If not, then search this forum for "ODIN" and "firmware" or let me know and I'll guide you when I get back to my computer in a couple hours.
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Ok I'll give that a try, thanks. Should I take out my SD card before I reset everything
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casual167 said:
Ok I'll give that a try, thanks. Should I take out my SD card before I reset everything
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So I did the factory reset, it started up now and it's as if I just took it out of the box. Unfortunately I'm at work though so I can't connect to a wifi to complete the set up process so I'll have to wait until tonight when I get home but thanks again for your help. If you could still help me later though with the Odin and firmware stuff I would appreciate it.
casual167 said:
So I did the factory reset, it started up now and it's as if I just took it out of the box. Unfortunately I'm at work though so I can't connect to a wifi to complete the set up process so I'll have to wait until tonight when I get home but thanks again for your help. If you could still help me later though with the Odin and firmware stuff I would appreciate it.
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The factory reset should not touch the external SD card at all. So no worries about leaving it in during that process.
Yeah, starting over.
As long as you're doing that, this is a great time to flash a rooted ROM so you can install Titanium Backup and do regular backups of your apps in case you ever need to reset to factory again.
What model tab do you have? Like, mine is a T705.
If it's an LTE tab, who is your carrier?
The ODIN process depends on this info.
CZ Eddie said:
The factory reset should not touch the external SD card at all. So no worries about leaving it in during that process.
Yeah, starting over.
As long as you're doing that, this is a great time to flash a rooted ROM so you can install Titanium Backup and do regular backups of your apps in case you ever need to reset to factory again.
What model tab do you have? Like, mine is a T705.
If it's an LTE tab, who is your carrier?
The ODIN process depends on this info.
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So I left for lunch and tablet was functional and in the set up process and when I came back, it's back at that damn Samsung logo screen and haven't been able to get back to the recover page. Any idea or suggestions on what to do now? How could that same problem still be here if I did the factory reset?
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casual167 said:
So I left for lunch and tablet was functional and in the set up process and when I came back, it's back at that damn Samsung logo screen and haven't been able to get back to the recover page. Any idea or suggestions on what to do now? How could that same problem still be here if I did the factory reset?
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Actually, I just got into the recovery page now
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What should I do ?
CZ Eddie said:
What model tab do you have? Like, mine is a T705.
If it's an LTE tab, who is your carrier?
The ODIN process depends on this info.
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casual167 said:
How could that same problem still be here if I did the factory reset?
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Who knows, something is not happy though.
You could try another reset.
Is your battery greater than 50%?
Under a certain percentage, the battery savings feature could possible do weird things.
CZ Eddie said:
Who knows, something is not happy though.
You could try another reset.
Is your battery greater than 50%?
Under a certain percentage, the battery savings feature could possible do weird things.
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Lol yea no kidding. The battery has been plugged in the whole time. I'm actually at 100% now. I was really trying to avoid having to bring it to Geek squad. If I do the reset and it does it again, will going to the download mode and doing the custom OS help at all?
casual167 said:
If I do the reset and it does it again, will going to the download mode and doing the custom OS help at all?
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Unless it's a hardware issue, then re-flashing the firmware via ODIN could definitely help!
You can ODIN the stock, unrooted firmware or you can ODIN a TWRP recovery and flash any ROM you want for your phone.
Would still need to know the model # I asked for a couple times above.
CZ Eddie said:
Unless it's a hardware issue, then re-flashing the firmware via ODIN could definitely help!
You can ODIN the stock, unrooted firmware or you can ODIN a TWRP recovery and flash any ROM you want for your phone.
Would still need to know the model # I asked for a couple times above.
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My bad, its SM-T800
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Leaving now but I'll be back in a couple hrs
casual167 said:
My bad, its SM-T800
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Okay great, so you can ODIN a TWRP recovery and then flash a nice ROM. Same ROM I use on my phone. It's stock Touch Wiz that has been rooted and some small things have been improved. Very stable. IronROM.
Or you can download the stock firmware from sammobile.com and ODIN back to stock.
Related
Anyone with a bricked phone from flashing the gsm boot image, flash this via Odin as a PDA.
It will flash a stock boot image back to your device.
1. Extract Odin files to a folder from the attachment.
How to get into Download Mode (For Odin)
1. Unplug the USB cable.
2. Shut down the phone.
3. Hold down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME DOWN' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 2 seconds until a WARNING! Screen appears. Press the 'VOLUME UP' button to enter Download Mode.
2. Tick 'Auto Reboot' and 'F. Reset Time' in Odin and nothing else.
3. Download the boot image and load into Odin as a PDA.
4. Click on Start to flash the image.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?crhj889aj2tricz
DO NOT UNZIP THE BOOT TAR FILE, FLASH IT AS IT IS.
Mark.
It worked perfectly on my AT&T Galaxy S3, thanks a lot mskip!!!
mskip, you are a lifesaver!!
thanks man we already had one in root guide but 2 is even better xD
Awesome, this is what I was waiting for before trying root. Thanks!
It worked perfectly on my at&t Galaxy S3!!
Thanks man, you are a lifesaver!!
Haha mskip, see what you started Thanks for getting involved. Sorry it happened in the wrong order... Needed the correct rootkit first
Ok...Looks like I'm having problems. I did the root process, seemed to work fine. Booted up fine. Installed Busybox, etc. After that, I rebooted and it won't go past the "Samsung Galaxy SIII" screen. Not responsive. I have to pull the battery. I wiped data and factor reset via CWM, but still won't boot. Installed this, nothing.
Any ideas?
What if your screen doesnt even turn on after istalling international rom?
all i get is a red led light.
vince24L said:
What if your screen doesnt even turn on after istalling international rom?
all i get is a red led light.
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Have you unplugged the usb cable, pulled the battery, replaced it then tried to boot into download mode?
If you have flashed a gsm rom then you are going to need to flash custom recovery with external sd support then copy a cwm rom across and restore it.
Mark.
CZ Eddie said:
Awesome, this is what I was waiting for before trying root. Thanks!
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Wait, I just noticed the file is only 10MB.
So this is not the factory operating system image then.
Good thing I did a nandroid before wiping everything.
Anyone know if anyone is able to flash TMO ROM's?
My flash-finger is trembling.
I unplugged, removed battery, tried every combination.
I honestly dont have a clue how to do what you just said.. copy it only an external sd card but how would i carry it over and restore from it if it wont boot up?
vince24L said:
I unplugged, removed battery, tried every combination.
I honestly dont have a clue how to do what you just said.. copy it only an external sd card but how would i carry it over and restore from it if it wont boot up?
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Your other option is to take it back to the store and tell them it wouldnt boot up after you charged it. Play dumb and they should exchange it at the shop.
Mark.
mine says fail in 1st box in odin
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my phone is basically bricked, i take out battery and it says i need to open kies and go into recovery mode...?
nay12x said:
mine says fail in 1st box in odin
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my phone is basically bricked, i take out battery and it says i need to open kies and go into recovery mode...?
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The phone says that with the battery out?
What did you do to brick it in the first place? Flash a boot image or Rom?
Try Odin a few times it may go through eventually.
Mark.
mskip said:
Try Odin a few times it may go through eventually.
Mark.
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When all else fails...this has always brought my sgs 2 back to life.
SGS3 awaiting some dev love
Life saver!!!!! Thanks!!!
mskip said:
Your other option is to take it back to the store and tell them it wouldnt boot up after you charged it. Play dumb and they should exchange it at the shop.
Mark.
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Is that XDA's stance on the risks of flashing/modding phone? Play dumb? Isn't that how this thread got started?
Surprised a senior moderator would suggest that.
I think we all know the risks...and when mistakes are made...the person making the mistake should pay. Not the company who plays no fault or the customers who's rates are hiked because of fraudulent claims.
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Well I am a royal idiot. I flashed the omega rom v6 and now my GS3 will not even turn on!!! Is there any hope for me...? Some people haven't even received their phones so I can't get another one soon...
baublitz said:
Well I am a royal idiot. I flashed the omega rom v6 and now my GS3 will not even turn on!!! Is there any hope for me...? Some people haven't even received their phones so I can't get another one soon...
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Can you get into the Download mode or is it just totally dead (no lights, no power when you turn it on)?
Mark.
100% Stock, Stuck at "X" Logo on boot. "Dead Android" w/ Exclamation (!) in Recovery
Can someone please help me, PLEASE!!
I just want to be able to download the data from my phone, I don't care about getting android working again right now, I just want to download my photos and videos from the phone. I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus that's completely stock, including locked bootloader. I tried using the toolkit and I am able to have it see the device while it's in fastboot but I can't do any of the functions because it wants to unlock my bootloader which will erase all my data! I was just swapping the battery on my phone when this happened. I wasn't trying to do anything special, it was just supposed to be a normal boot up but it just got stuck on the "X". I'm running 4.1.1. My stock recovery shows a photo of a dead android and an exclamation point. It looks like this: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG
Can someone please help me? I will seriously send you a paypal for your time, just please help me the data from my phone. I am somewhat savvy, like I said...I am in fastboot, my drivers are installed, and the toolkit can recognize my phone without any issue.
Thank you soooo sooo much in advance!
Why don't you just boot into stock recovery and just wipe cache. Maybe some rogue app is preventing your boot up.
You will not lose any data by only wiping cache.
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mariosraptor said:
Why don't you just boot into stock recovery and just wipe cache. Maybe some rogue app is preventing your boot up.
You will not lose any data by only wiping cache.
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My stock recovery shows a big "!" with a dead android. It looks like this.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG
I think this might be my only option once I get the phone working again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
What steps should I take right now though?
Thank you again so much in advance.
Don't fear....
Even if you unlock your boot loader your data is not actually gone. But let's cross that bridge if we get there.
First things first: take your battery out, take your sim card out, put your sim card in and put your battery in. Boot up the phone.
If that doesn't fix you then the next thing to do is try safe mode. Power off the phone. Then, press the power button and BOTH (yes both) the volume up AND the volume down buttons. Hold them until the phone boots up.
If that doesn't work write back. Don't worry though. Your data is safe.
Wartickler said:
Even if you unlock your boot loader your data is not actually gone. But let's cross that bridge if we get there.
First things first: take your battery out, take your sim card out, put your sim card in and put your battery in. Boot up the phone.
If that doesn't fix you then the next thing to do is try safe mode. Power off the phone. Then, press the power button and BOTH (yes both) the volume up AND the volume down buttons. Hold them until the phone boots up.
If that doesn't work write back. Don't worry though. Your data is safe.
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First, thank you so much for replying.
I should have been more clear in my original message, I took my battery out and sim card in and out over 10 times and I even let the phone sit there for 30 minutes while it was at the X animation to no avail.
I have now also attempted a safe mode boot 4 times with no luck. During my safe mode boot attempts, the phone vibrated a few times but the display just remained at the X animation. It even did it after I let go of the volume key. I'm not sure what to make of this but I attempted it twice with holding both volume keys down as soon as the "google" logo appeared and twice with just the volume down key as soon as the "google" logo appeared. Same thing all 4 times, just sits at the X animation.
What would you recommend as a next step to recover the data? I really only care about the DCIM folder, nothing else matters that much.
forumsid987 said:
What would you recommend as a next step to recover the data? I really only care about the DCIM folder, nothing else matters that much.
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So can you get into your boot loader at all?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
forumsid987 said:
My stock recovery shows a big "!" with a dead android. It looks like this.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG
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When you see this, press power+ vol up to get to the stock recovery menu. There is a wipe cache option there. It may take you a few tries to press both buttons at exactly the same time, but keep trying. No need to reboot in between tries.
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Winesnob said:
When you see this, press power+ vol up to get to the stock recovery menu. There is a wipe cache option there. It may take you a few tries to press both buttons at exactly the same time, but keep trying. No need to reboot in between tries.
Sent from my Xoom using xda premium
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Thank you for your reply. I was able to get there and I formatted my cache. After that completed I chose the option to reboot the phone. I didn't do anything special during that reboot like trying to hold the volume down button as well for safe mode, I just let it go. It sat at the "X" animation for about 15 minutes before I gave up and tried it again holding the down volume button, again...no luck. I tried it a third time with holding the down and up volume buttons, no luck.
Any other ideas? Again, I know I've said this a few times but believe me when I say...I really appreciate your guys' help.
forumsid987 said:
Thank you for your reply. I was able to get there and I formatted my cache. After that completed I chose the option to reboot the phone. I didn't do anything special during that reboot like trying to hold the volume down button as well for safe mode, I just let it go. It sat at the "X" animation for about 15 minutes before I gave up and tried it again holding the down volume button, again...no luck. I tried it a third time with holding the down and up volume buttons, no luck.
Any other ideas? Again, I know I've said this a few times but believe me when I say...I really appreciate your guys' help.
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I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on. You'll lose your data when you unlock, but there is a thread in this forum on recovering that information. If you're already unlocked, just flash the boot and system images individually - it may clean up whatever is corrupt.
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Winesnob said:
I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on. You'll lose your data when you unlock, but there is a thread in this forum on recovering that information.
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Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
Wartickler said:
Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
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Thanks guys. I will be attempting this now. Crossing fingers!
Please post questions and issues in Q&A
Thread moved
Thanks
FNM
Wartickler said:
Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
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I tried this, it recovered only 36 files out of a 28 GB data file, and the files it did recover were all just files that have been on the phone since I unlocked the bootloader, flashed a custom recovery and flashed a stock OS so I could boot up and do all this. Frankly it seems like the files recovered were all the ones that were on the phone since I flashed a rom, none of my previous data are there. I followed the instructions to a T. Am I doing something wrong? Is the recovery software limiting me somehow because I am not using the paid version?
You have been so kind and helpful thus far, please assist me in figuring out what else I can do.
Thank you!
How the hell..
You can unlock your bootloader using omap flash, doing so will not cause you to lose tour data..................................
There is a thread on it..
Beamed from my Maguro.
Mach3.2 said:
How the hell..
You can unlock your bootloader using omap flash, doing so will not cause you to lose tour data..................................
There is a thread on it..
Beamed from my Maguro.
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Where were you 24 hours ago??? I am so sad right now, I cannot even begin to describe it. I searched like crazy before I did this, or so I thought.
forumsid987 said:
Where were you 24 hours ago??? I am so sad right now, I cannot even begin to describe it. I searched like crazy before I did this, or so I thought.
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Wasn't around..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016628
It's legit.
Figured out it's easier to download from dropbox as compared to rapidshare.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y0aouzpuppdnivo/OMAPFlash_tuna.zip
No matter how many darn times I try or how many different recovery software suites out there I try, I am getting nothing back. This is so disappointing. Can anyone please recommend something to me? A better data recovery solution? A better way to extract the data from the phone? Anything. I am desperate. I am contemplating going to a legit data recovery center and paying the $500 cause I don't know what to do anymore but I don't even know if they'll be able to do anything.
forumsid987 said:
This is so disappointing. Can anyone please recommend something to me? A better data recovery solution? A better way to extract the data from the phone? Anything. I am desperate.
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Which phone are you using? Make sure you are pulling from the correct partition for the userdata of your phone.
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Winesnob said:
I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on...
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Not sure of the need to flash a new image. May do more harm than good....
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
You could have just transferred files using adb and then a factory reset on your phone with the recovery.
Hello all. Let me first thank you for your time in reading my post. I appreciate it. I'm not a fan of only posting for help but I suppose that the site suggesting to always search first is to thank for that because I am usually able to find answers. So please forgive me if this is posted elsewhere but I really have searched and asked around but haven't seen anything similar to my issue. If there is something like it I do not know what to call it. I at first thought it was a sudden death, but realized I think my device model & the symptoms have disproved this theory.
My story...
I bought my AT&T Galaxy S3 feb 2013. I have had it, spent a month or two stock everything. The past month & a half I have flashed CM 10.1 & most recently PK-2.32 for about 3 weeks. Have ran it and loved it with no issues. Used the kernel that comes with both ROMs.
4 days ago
I was charging my phone at work, picked it up after a while, and it wouldn't turn on. It was stuck in a loop of 2 of the screens in my attachments(the battery screen & the SGS3 logo). The battery screen is not in motion, it is stationary like that so that the circle doesn't move.
I have tested quite a few things in regard to what I thought might be the issue...other batteries, chargers, cables pull sim & SD and still no luck...etc.
While the phone is unplugged I get no indication of life. Only when I plug it in will it show me the battery symbol & the logo.
After some playing with it while it is plugged in I have been able to get it into download mode quite frequently with no issue as seen in the third attachment.
So yes I can get into download mode but I'm still "fairly new" and not sure where to proceed from here. I'm not sure what my options are as this is new to me and I can't find anything related, nor can my much more experience friend who is not so new at it that got me into wanting to load custom ROMs.
And yes, as you can see it has tripped my flash counter up once, from what I've read there's only one way to fix that if I need to send it in.
So...If you are able and willing to help I would greatly appreciate it and any options you might give me. I'm willing to try almost anything as my phone is of no use to me at this moment.
if you can access download mode,one option is to connect the device to your PC and flash the stock firmware via odin. untick the Auto Reboot option. once you get a PASS, pull the battery, replace and immediately hit vol up + home + power button. when the device vibrates, release just the power button. in recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache. reboot.
first, can you boot into recovery at all?
xBeerdroiDx said:
if you can access download mode,one option is to connect the device to your PC and flash the stock firmware via odin. untick the Auto Reboot option. once you get a PASS, pull the battery, replace and immediately hit vol up + home + power button. when the device vibrates, release just the power button. in recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache. reboot.
first, can you boot into recovery at all?
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First of all, thank you for your reply. I will definitely use your suggestion if that turns out to be my best option.
Secondly, it's funny you should ask about recovery. I have tried and tried to get into recovery, I have only been able to boot into it one time while it is on a charger, did not try anything because I thought that if I could get in it once I could get in it again, but since then no I have not...
UNTIL just now when you asked, I tried again and I am in TWRP. It is still in recovery at this moment, again only because I have it plugged in so I am open to your advice.
Well, since you're in recovery, I would consider wiping data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik, flash rom again and gapps. Reboot to see if that got you cleared up. This would mean you have to reset up your phone for the most part.
You could also consider wiping cache and dalvik, and flashing the rom and gapps. maybe this would correct your issue without wiping the device data.
Sou your device just did this? You weren't trying to flash a new kernel or anything?
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First of all, thank you for your reply. I will definitely use your suggestion if that turns out to be my best option.
Secondly, it's funny you should ask about recovery. I have tried and tried to get into recovery, I have only been able to boot into it one time while it is on a charger, did not try anything because I thought that if I could get in it once I could get in it again, but since then no I have not...
UNTIL just now when you asked, I tried again and I am in TWRP. It is still in recovery at this moment, again only because I have it plugged in so I am open to your advice.
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You have a few options at this point. You can access recovery and download mode so this is good. You can try and flash a new ROM through TWRP. You can also go into download mode and install a stock rom to start over. With TWRP choose a ROM of your choice (as long it is intended for your model). You could just restore a nandroid of one that you know worked...if you made any.
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Well, since you're in recovery, I would consider wiping data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik, flash rom again and gapps. Reboot to see if that got you cleared up. This would mean you have to reset up your phone for the most part.
You could also consider wiping cache and dalvik, and flashing the rom and gapps. maybe this would correct your issue without wiping the device data.
Sou your device just did this? You weren't trying to flash a new kernel or anything?
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Thanks again for your reply. I will try this and check back.
You are correct, it just did this, no kernel or anything. I will try wiping the device the data doesn't bother me. I won't lose much.
Have you or anyone else heard of this happening or know a cause? I could not find anything.
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You have a few options at this point. You can access recovery and download mode so this is good. You can try and flash a new ROM through TWRP. You can also go into download mode and install a stock rom to start over. With TWRP choose a ROM of your choice (as long it is intended for your model). You could just restore a nandroid of one that you know worked...if you made any.
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Thanks for your reply. I have a few backups. I will try stock first and see where that takes me and go from there.
Sorry about the delay. I was in recovery but I could not get it to recognize my SD card. So I took it out to try to load it in the computer and I'm having the worst time getting either of my computers to recognize either SD card I have even with 2 different readers. Still working on it though...
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Sorry about the delay. I was in recovery but I could not get it to recognize my SD card. So I took it out to try to load it in the computer and I'm having the worst time getting either of my computers to recognize either SD card I have even with 2 different readers. Still working on it though...
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Ouch sounds like your sd card is corrupted, you may not be able to get any info off it. You may have to use Odin to flash a stock ROM. You can still get to Download right?
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Ouch sounds like your sd card is corrupted, you may not be able to get any info off it. You may have to use Odin to flash a stock ROM. You can still get to Download right?
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Thanks for commenting. You were correct, my sd card was corrupted. Had my 4gb card that was working so I was able to determine that was the case.
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I was frustrated at the most recent attempt to load recovery, which I never succeeded in doing. I then decided to load a stock ROM from odin. Started this process, and it was going well until the reboot phase, which is what I was fearing the most.
Once it attempted the reboot, it attempted to reboot, then would just vibrate shortly over and over and over, with nothing on the screen.
Unplugged the device hoping for the best, yet nothing happened upon my attempts to power on.
Plugged back in and would initiate the same sequence in my original post, with the image of the battery, to the image of the SGS3 logo.
So...hoping for any good news someone has to offer, but have come to terms with the worst.
Again, appreciate any comments toward the struggles with my phone.
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Well, since you're in recovery, I would consider wiping data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik, flash rom again and gapps. Reboot to see if that got you cleared up.......
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Forgot to mention in my last post...I did the steps above while in recovery then I tried to reboot with nothing happening still. I did this before doing anything in ODIN.
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Forgot to mention in my last post...I did the steps above while in recovery then I tried to reboot with nothing happening still. I did this before doing anything in ODIN.
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after flashing stock via odin, you generally have to boot into stock recovery to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. reboot.
moose0003 said:
Thanks for commenting. You were correct, my sd card was corrupted. Had my 4gb card that was working so I was able to determine that was the case.
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I was frustrated at the most recent attempt to load recovery, which I never succeeded in doing. I then decided to load a stock ROM from odin. Started this process, and it was going well until the reboot phase, which is what I was fearing the most.
Once it attempted the reboot, it attempted to reboot, then would just vibrate shortly over and over and over, with nothing on the screen.
Unplugged the device hoping for the best, yet nothing happened upon my attempts to power on.
Plugged back in and would initiate the same sequence in my original post, with the image of the battery, to the image of the SGS3 logo.
So...hoping for any good news someone has to offer, but have come to terms with the worst.
Again, appreciate any comments toward the struggles with my phone.
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Well usually after a fresh Stock Install using Odin you need to to go into the recovery and wipe data, cache/dalvic cache, factory reset. That should fix your problem.
Lol...beerdroid bro i didnt hit the next page you said what i just did.
metalsnakebite said:
Lol...beerdroid bro i didnt hit the next page you said what i just did.
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haha. i've done that before. cheers, buddy.
xBeerdroiDx said:
after flashing stock via odin, you generally have to boot into stock recovery to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. reboot.
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Well usually after a fresh Stock Install using Odin you need to to go into the recovery and wipe data, cache/dalvic cache, factory reset. That should fix your problem.
Lol...beerdroid bro i didnt hit the next page you said what i just did.
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Thanks for the input guys. I'm having a difficult time to get it to stay into recovery now again. It acts like it wants to go in but it will just reboot. I will keep trying and if I need anymore help I will come back. Thanks so much again.
Back again. So I kept playing and was finally able to get into recovery as you guys suggested. Once I got in it finished the odin process and actually booted up! First time in a week. So ran through setup and then was able to determine that wifi is not working with stock ROM. Not sure if it's the phone or the ROM.
After it booted up and turned on was able actually do most functions, didn't test a lot wanted to see if it would work without being plugged in...this answer was no.
So after much testing I think what determines what will power it on and off is determined by what it is plugged into. I still think it is having hardware issues though because of the lack of powering on, but I am fairly certain that I can start it every time with a certain cable/charging dock.
I think the next thing I might try since I can get it to turn on is to root it again, load TriangleAway from an SD card, fix flash counter, unroot, load stock & see if they will warranty for hardware issues on the battery connection or whatever it is.
Haven't done this yet but will start tonight & have it finished by tomorrow is the plan. If anyone has any better suggestions I would gladly take them.
So this should be my last post unless a question arises for me.
moose0003 said:
.....I think the next thing I might try since I can get it to turn on is to root it again, load TriangleAway from an SD card, fix flash counter, unroot, load stock & see if they will warranty for hardware issues on the battery connection or whatever it is.....
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This is what I said I was going to try to do. Took it to work and found time to do the above. TriangleAway worked a lot better than I ever thought it would. Flash counter reset, loaded unrooted stock and have a replacement on the way. Went very smoothly.
So doubt I will root & rom again until out of warranty. I appreciate everyone's help with my issue.
XDA is a great place.
I can get into recover,download mode, or the rom boot screen but phone turns off right after. It won't stay on long enough to change roms or backup anything. Does anyone have any suggestions of what to do? Thanks in advance
Can't not can...stupid tablet won't let me edit.
Please Specify your Rom and Kernel. If on Stock, do a factory reset.
Perseus71 said:
Please Specify your Rom and Kernel. If on Stock, do a factory reset.
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I'm on Cyanogenmod with stock Kernel from Cyanogenmod, never changed my kernel. It was working fine for months then just rebooted on its own and won't stay on since. Unfortunately I'm stock and I'm not even sure it will stay on long enough to do anything to it.Its also not the battery. This video shows exactly whats happening to mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61jghxz-Vc
If it can stay stable in Download mode, then you can Odin Flash Root66. Once that's done, flash recovery again and the Rom.
Perseus71 said:
If it can stay stable in Download mode, then you can Odin Flash Root66. Once that's done, flash recovery again and the Rom.
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That's the problem I can't. Is there any other options. I'm not worried about backups or anything I just want it fixed.
The video points to Recovery only. Have you tried to boot into Download mode (the kind that has yellow triangle and Downloading message ) ?
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The video points to Recovery only. Have you tried to boot into Download mode (the kind that has yellow triangle and Downloading message ) ?
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Yeh I've tried recovery and download. Neither one stays on for more than 5 seconds and in download mode after clicking up to go into download mode the phone restarts.
Could be hardware, could be softbrick. Can you try the De-Bricking thread's instructions ?
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Could be hardware, could be softbrick. Can you try the De-Bricking thread's instructions ?
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Trying to find it now. Can you point me in the right direction with a link??
Pivo99 said:
Trying to find it now. Can you point me in the right direction with a link??
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Here you go.
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Here you go.
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I'm beginning to think its a hardware problem. I got it to boot into recovery long enough to factory reset, load a new rom, and gapps. I rebooted and it loaded for a few seconds and turns off. It booted again and went to the optimizing apps screen then shut off before it could finish. Does this sound like it could be a software problem?
Pivo99 said:
I'm beginning to think its a hardware problem. I got it to boot into recovery long enough to factory reset, load a new rom, and gapps. I rebooted and it loaded for a few seconds and turns off. It booted again and went to the optimizing apps screen then shut off before it could finish. Does this sound like it could be a software problem?
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I got the phone to boot into cyanogenmod but in the set up screen it failed again. Really getting annoying and I can't figure out how to fix it.
Pull battery. Then put it back. Does it try to turn on by itself? Could be the power button issue many others have had.
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Pull battery. Then put it back. Does it try to turn on by itself? Could be the power button issue many others have had.
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YES thats it I was thinking there might be a problem with the power button...Is there a fix on this or a thread anywhere?
There have been many threads posted with this issue, and some did manage to just buy the part and fix themselves. No instructions though thst I'm aware of.
I'd suggest you google galaxy s3 or t999 teardown.
DocHoliday77 said:
There have been many threads posted with this issue, and some did manage to just buy the part and fix themselves. No instructions though thst I'm aware of.
I'd suggest you google galaxy s3 or t999 teardown.
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Found a few posts and people just thump around the general area of the power button and that seems to be a temporary fix and it worked for me for a little while. It's gonna work long enough to revert everything to stock and send in. Thanks you two for your help
Not sure if its because I'm stupid or faulty hardware or both.
So, HOX is unrooted, s-off with super cid (from e-bay). Got it for my dad.
A few days ago it froze, and when rebooting it just threw endless FCs and would not let the system finish loading up properly.
I did a factory reset from the fastboot, afterwards it worked ok.
But, the day after, it froze again. This time, when rebooting, it just showed a blank black screen after the HTC splash screen and did not go anywhere.
I went again to the fastboot screen, and then for some reason I went on to the stock recovery (I'm stupid). This time I did the "wipe user data/factory reset" from there, after also wiping chache and stuff (I'm used to do this in my rooted HOX with custom recovery).
After that, I did a reboot from the stock reovery. It went to the HTC splash screen, and here I was stupid again. I'm not sure how long he was like that, if for a minute or 5 or 10 (I did some other stuff in between). I thought it was stuck, and instinctively shut it down and the tried to turn it on again. I forgot I did the factory reset and that it might have been in the middle of the installation.
After that, the phone did not respond to anything. It won't charge, won't turn on, won't show any led indication, and in windows it is noted as the infamous APX. I have spent the entire day reading about it and I'm afraid the phone is lost.
I think I got the proper APX driver (it is seen as NVidia USB Bootrecovery driver for mobile devices). I tried some versions of nvflash. One shows "unknown device", other shows some info on the device when trying "nvflash --creat" but gets stuck at "starting nvflash" when trying "nvflash --sync".
So, my first question is, are the stock recovery "factory reset" and the fastboot reset the same?
When I do a factory reset in fastboot it resets and makes a "fresh install", while in the stock recovery it does some stuff but does not reboot automatically. I am afraid that I "wiped" the entire system partition when I did the reset after the stock recovery factory reset.
Have there been any advances in the APX field in the last year? Is there any hope?
If not, will anyone be willing to buy an APX S-OFF HOX in mid 2014? Or should I just throw it into the blender?
Thanks in advance,
Gabriel
this should help
gavrushka said:
Not sure if its because I'm stupid or faulty hardware or both.
So, HOX is unrooted, s-off with super cid (from e-bay). Got it for my dad.
A few days ago it froze, and when rebooting it just threw endless FCs and would not let the system finish loading up properly.
I did a factory reset from the fastboot, afterwards it worked ok.
But, the day after, it froze again. This time, when rebooting, it just showed a blank black screen after the HTC splash screen and did not go anywhere.
I went again to the fastboot screen, and then for some reason I went on to the stock recovery (I'm stupid). This time I did the "wipe user data/factory reset" from there, after also wiping chache and stuff (I'm used to do this in my rooted HOX with custom recovery).
After that, I did a reboot from the stock reovery. It went to the HTC splash screen, and here I was stupid again. I'm not sure how long he was like that, if for a minute or 5 or 10 (I did some other stuff in between). I thought it was stuck, and instinctively shut it down and the tried to turn it on again. I forgot I did the factory reset and that it might have been in the middle of the installation.
After that, the phone did not respond to anything. It won't charge, won't turn on, won't show any led indication, and in windows it is noted as the infamous APX. I have spent the entire day reading about it and I'm afraid the phone is lost.
I think I got the proper APX driver (it is seen as NVidia USB Bootrecovery driver for mobile devices). I tried some versions of nvflash. One shows "unknown device", other shows some info on the device when trying "nvflash --creat" but gets stuck at "starting nvflash" when trying "nvflash --sync".
So, my first question is, are the stock recovery "factory reset" and the fastboot reset the same?
When I do a factory reset in fastboot it resets and makes a "fresh install", while in the stock recovery it does some stuff but does not reboot automatically. I am afraid that I "wiped" the entire system partition when I did the reset after the stock recovery factory reset.
Have there been any advances in the APX field in the last year? Is there any hope?
If not, will anyone be willing to buy an APX S-OFF HOX in mid 2014? Or should I just throw it into the blender?
Thanks in advance,
Gabriel
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http://www.hackmyandroid.com/comprehensive-guide-on-unbricking-the-htc-one-x/4216
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
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And yes they are the same. (factory reset)
This is a very simple fix, takes some time and a bit of common sense and patience, but if you follow the links i posted you should be fine. I have done almost everything possible to my HOX including what you did and they helped
Watch out....APX is in most cases a very dead hox. A new mainboard is the solution to a 100% fix !
The rest of the fixes that are available are mainly temp fixes.
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http://www.hackmyandroid.com/comprehensive-guide-on-unbricking-the-htc-one-x/4216
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
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And yes they are the same. (factory reset)
This is a very simple fix, takes some time and a bit of common sense and patience, but if you follow the links i posted you should be fine. I have done almost everything possible to my HOX including what you did and they helped
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I'm sorry, but I have said that my phone won't even turn on - the links are all about a "turnable" phone that can go to bootloader, so I can't use them...
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gavrushka said:
I'm sorry, but I have said that my phone won't even turn on - the links are all about a "turnable" phone that can go to bootloader, so I can't use them...
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I had the same issue and I think this is what i did to get it to come on. try it, not like you have anything to lose.
your gonna need masking tap, your phone, the charger and a wall outlet
Now what your gonna do is tightly and i do mean as tight as possible tape the phone power button down
Cut a length of tape a little longer then the length of the phone
Line up the middle of the tape with the power button
Pressing down the power button, stretch out the tape over it and secure the rest of the tape to the back and front of the phone in such a way as to ensure that the power button stays down
Do the same for the volume up and down buttons
Once you feel certain that the above is done properly plug it into the wall to charge and leave it.
I think i left mine over night but i think its best you just leave it in a dark area with the screen facing up to charge so you will know when it turns on.
I advise even if it doesn't turn on in a time you see appropriate message me here and I will see if i come up with anything else
Dead boot repair available for this model nv flash with sbk if you want files just pm me and try to run it.
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Coolmfarshard said:
Dead boot repair available for this model nv flash with sbk if you want files just pm me and try to run it.
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the solution not working something wrong with this maybe you talk for THIS are you tested or just give some advice?
This is latest files with sbk
Send your email I'd I'll share with you
Just give a try
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This is latest files with sbk
Send your email I'd I'll share with you
Just give a try
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hi would you share with me please??? let me know greets. Javier.
javigc said:
hi would you share with me please??? let me know greets. Javier.
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he shared HERE but you must to find the corect drivers try THIS DRIVERS and report if you have succsess