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So I just flashed the stock image through Odin (used the USB cable that came with the phone) and it boots past the boot animation(the T-Mobile 4g one) and then just hangs on "SAMSUNG" and it's still glowing and so is the notification LED but it won't boot, it just stays there. Can someone point me in the right direction to get this thing going? Is this a brick? I don't know what is wrong with it.
I believe It is hanging on the kernel (panic.... not you, the phone). Have you tried booting into recovery and wiping cache? (volume up + home button during hard reset)
Edit: Also what are you flashing from (i.e. CM, AOKP, TW custom ROM)?
if you were on a custom rom prior to reverting to stock, you need to do a wipe in recovery
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So I just flashed the stock image through Odin (used the USB cable that came with the phone) and it boots past the boot animation(the T-Mobile 4g one) and then just hangs on "SAMSUNG" and it's still glowing and so is the notification LED but it won't boot, it just stays there. Can someone point me in the right direction to get this thing going? Is this a brick? I don't know what is wrong with it.
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It took mine a very long time to boot after odin stock flash. But i dont think your screwed since it still powers on. Can you still get into download mode? Try to flash it again and see what happens.
Go into stock recovery and do a factory reset. Then reboot, that should do the trick.
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Reboot after ODIN
sswb27 said:
It took mine a very long time to boot after odin stock flash. But i dont think your screwed since it still powers on. Can you still get into download mode? Try to flash it again and see what happens.
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OK, I am sure I am going to get blasted for putting this on the wrong thread but I have search!
Ran the boot program through ODIN on the Sprint version SPH-L710 and phone will not reboot now and cannot power on
toolkit says waiting for device
get the battery, Samsung and download screen briefly then it dies,
Afraid that I bricked it!
Any help would be appreciated!
rvshaw said:
OK, I am sure I am going to get blasted for putting this on the wrong thread but I have search!
Ran the boot program through ODIN on the Sprint version SPH-L710 and phone will not reboot now and cannot power on
toolkit says waiting for device
get the battery, Samsung and download screen briefly then it dies,
Afraid that I bricked it!
Any help would be appreciated!
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Take out battery, unplug from computer, press and hold volume keys, plug in cable and insert battery again.
See if it goes into download mode.
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ThC23 said:
Take out battery, unplug from computer, press and hold volume keys, plug in cable and insert battery again.
See if it goes into download mode.
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red light does come on in the left
then battery symbol flash for a minute and nothing else
I ran into this exact same issue. I tried flashing kernal and everything after I did odin. What I had to do in order for my phone to boot was boot into recovery and do a factory reset. Keep in mind this was stock recovery so everything on your sd card will be gone after the wipe.
crash822 said:
I ran into this exact same issue. I tried flashing kernal and everything after I did odin. What I had to do in order for my phone to boot was boot into recovery and do a factory reset. Keep in mind this was stock recovery so everything on your sd card will be gone after the wipe.
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Yes, wish I could boot into recovery but it will not even boot into recovery. Not sure if is a soft brick cannot load a screen regardless
Volume down + home screen + power button doesn't work for download mode? If you're screen is still powering on and showing the battery charging icon and samsung logo you haven't bricked your phone. I know on previous phones I have had that even though it showed nothing but a black screen odin still picked the phone up and was able to flash it.
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Volume down + home screen + power button doesn't work for download mode? If you're screen is still powering on and showing the battery charging icon and samsung logo you haven't bricked your phone. I know on previous phones I have had that even though it showed nothing but a black screen odin still picked the phone up and was able to flash it.
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No, Volume down+home screen+power button only produces the Samsung or the Battery symbol for about a second, goes away and nothing else after that but a black screen, ODIN does not see the phone as it is not powered on, hope that makes sense
Factory reset worked perfectly. Too bad T-Mobile already shipped the replacement.
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I can't believe you called T-Mo for a replacement before performing a simple factory reset. Talk about a waste of money. As a future business owner this upsets me.
Eh lol oh well. Didn't think it would boot.
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Serious_Beans said:
Eh lol oh well. Didn't think it would boot.
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Well, if you're gonna play the system, might as well use your old phone to help us diagnose the imei lost problem and help the community. If you feel like helping us out, get ahold of lordmorphus or someone closely involved in this situation to have you run a few tests so we can figure this thing out. Ill be your bestest friend if you do
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Well, if you're gonna play the system, might as well use your old phone to help us diagnose the imei lost problem and help the community. If you feel like helping us out, get ahold of lordmorphus or someone closely involved in this situation to have you run a few tests so we can figure this thing out. Ill be your bestest friend if you do
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Sure I'll pm him and see what we can do.
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I pmed him. I'll see what we can do when he responds.
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Eh lol oh well. Didn't think it would boot.
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I can care less about exchanging the phone, but you did get a reply here of what to do.
What was the point of asking if you weren't gonna bother listening??
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Oh, Sh*t, I think I just bricked my phone - same thing happened. It now won't even allow me to boot. I took the battery out, unplugged the USB. Plugged the USB in and then put the battery back in. The LED light comes on for about 30 seconds and then goes off and stays OFF. I've tried POWER+UP/DOWN volume and HOME...still no avail.
The computer does recognize [the phone] when I plug it in by making a thumping sound and then it makes a few thumping sounds and then that's it.
PLEASE HELP!
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Thanks
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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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.
I was running the 08/20 nightly of CM10.2 and I was typing a SMS in the CM 10.2 default app, then the screen went black. I left it there for sometime (~25 min) then tried to turn the screen on before doing a battery pull, didn't work, so I pulled the battery and then rebooted but it goes to the samsung screen then goes black. I can't boot a ROM, I can't go into recovery, and I can't go into download mode. Hard bricked? What are my choices.
EDIT: the battery is charged because I was able to boot my step dad's VZW sIII using my battery.
Sounds like a hard brick. I think a USB jig might work.
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Sounds like a hard brick. I think a USB jig might work.
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Do you mean "USB jig" or JTAG? To my understanding USB jigs only worked on the sII, but that's just my understanding, which could be wrong.
Did you try this method?-click here
@jamcar If your phone turns on and you get Samsung screen it is NOT BRICKED.
A bricked device does not even turn on.
Hook your phone up to a computer and use odin to flash it back to stock. Or if you can boot into recovery just wipe cache, Dalvik and do factory reset and reflash the rom you are on.
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edfunkycold said:
@jamcar If your phone turns on and you get Samsung screen it is NOT BRICKED.
A bricked device does not even turn on.
Hook your phone up to a computer and use odin to flash it back to stock. Or if you can boot into recovery just wipe cache, Dalvik and do factory reset and reflash the rom you are on.
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I can't get past the first screen that says: SAMSUNG. I can't get into recovery, I can't get into download mode (which means I can't flash a new ROM and can't use ODIN), and can't boot my ROM.
jamcar said:
Do you mean "USB jig" or JTAG? To my understanding USB jigs only worked on the sII, but that's just my understanding, which could be wrong.
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I thought I saw some people
using them on the s3 to get into Download mode. I heard some had worked.
edfunkycold said:
@jamcar If your phone turns on and you get Samsung screen it is NOT BRICKED.
A bricked device does not even turn on.
Hook your phone up to a computer and use odin to flash it back to stock. Or if you can boot into recovery just wipe cache, Dalvik and do factory reset and reflash the rom you are on.
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He said he couldn't get into recovery. Sounds like somehow his system and recovery got corrupted.
Edit: ALTHOUGH he did say hook it up to a computer then try booting it up!
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Ed is right, I done this for a friend who recently thought he bricked his phone.
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Did you try this method?-click here
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I have not, I'll start working on that now.
@joeyhdownsouth so far it is a no go.
But I also don't have a class 10 SD card, so I'll try again when I can get one, hopefully tomorrow. Anyone know why this happened?
jamcar said:
I have not, I'll start working on that now.
@joeyhdownsouth so far it is a no go.
But I also don't have a class 10 SD card, so I'll try again when I can get one, hopefully tomorrow. Anyone know why this happened?
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I've had plenty of Samsung phones in some pretty bad states (including several hard bricks). Some very similar to your current situation. This includes the s2, s3, note 2, stellar and that's just naming a few. I've never had a phone that booted in any way shape or form and couldn't reach download mode. So if you're situation is as you describe then I'm pretty sure it's a first. Unless it's some sort of corruption (similar to the emmc brickbug that plauged the s2). Maybe even a less severe case of SDS. Just throwing some ideas out there but I bet this ends in needing a warranty repair from Samsung.
@jamcar How are you trying to boot into recovery the 3 finger method? Again I stand solidly on if the phone powers on and you see Samsung it's not bricked. You have other things going on but going through deBricker method is not the answer.
If your phone is powering on and you see Samsung logo then it goes black like it shut off you could be also experiencing the 'sudden death syndrome' which is a power button failure.
Try blowing some compressed air and paying with the power button. It is a known defect on the S3 and Sprint does replace the phone for this issue.
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@jamcar How are you trying to boot into recovery the 3 finger method? Again I stand solidly on if the phone powers on and you see Samsung it's not bricked. You have other things going on but going through deBricker method is not the answer.
If your phone is powering on and you see Samsung logo then it goes black like it shut off you could be also experiencing the 'sudden death syndrome' which is a power button failure.
Try blowing some compressed air and paying with the power button. It is a known defect on the S3 and Sprint does replace the phone for this issue.
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I'm trying to boot into recovery by holding down power+vol up+home then in the corner I see "RECOVERY BOOTING..." then the screen goes black and nothing else happens. I try to go into download mode by holding power+vol down+home, I then get the custom OS warning sign, then if I push vol up the screen goes black, if I push vol down the screen goes black. This is with and without deBricker's SD card mod. (It has no affect).
EDIT: I have been looking into SDS for the sIII and most, if not all, threads are for the international sIII and most people say they fixed it by going through Samsung.
EDIT: if they [Samsung] some how get it into download mode, are they going to care that it looks modified? Custom download count (around 5), modified system status, etc.
If it works at all its not a hard brick. A hard brick needs a JTAG to recovery. Put it in Odin mode and flash from there
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IDontKnowMang said:
If it works at all its not a hard brick. A hard brick needs a JTAG to recovery. Put it in Odin mode and flash from there
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ODIN mode is really called download mode, and if you read the post above yours and the OP then you'll see I can't get into download mode only the Custom OS Warning screen, which isn't download mode
You can't continue from the custom OS warning screen? That leads you to download mode doesn't it?
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You can't continue from the custom OS warning screen? That leads you to download mode doesn't it?
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Usually but no matter what button I hit (vol up to continue into download mode---vol down to reboot) I just get a black screen. Every once in awhile (it has happened twice and I've tried many many times [~50+]) the Green android comes and it say "downloading..." but then the screen goes black and it is never seen by my computer / ODIN.
EDIT: the android comes up a for a spit second
Correct that's because his device is shutting down. The power button is bad. SDS... I sent you a reply to your PM. Worth a shot.
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Okay I'll try Sprint then Samsung.
That explains why. You should definitely follow edfunkycold's suggestions.
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Correct that's because his device is shutting down. The power button is bad. SDS... I sent you a reply to your PM. Worth a shot.
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You say it is the power button other people say it is the eMMC. Which is it? I'm only trying to understand this SDS problem better.
So, my Galaxy S3 suddenly shut off on me, so I tried to reboot it, and it would just say "Galaxy s3" then nothing would show. So I figured it was a software brick and I can just restore a backup. When I tried to access Recovery Mode, it would show that its trying to boot into Recovery, but nothing would happen. So I figured I can just go into Download Mode and restore it through ODIN to get all the partitions working again. It would go to Download Mode for a few seconds, and then just shut off on me before I can even do anything. Everytime I take out the battery and put it back in, it tries to auto boot, but it never gets passed the Samsung s3 logo. Do you think this is a software or hardware brick? And would any of you know how I should go about fixing this?
Thanks a bunch
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So, my Galaxy S3 suddenly shut off on me, so I tried to reboot it, and it would just say "Galaxy s3" then nothing would show. So I figured it was a software brick and I can just restore a backup. When I tried to access Recovery Mode, it would show that its trying to boot into Recovery, but nothing would happen. So I figured I can just go into Download Mode and restore it through ODIN to get all the partitions working again. It would go to Download Mode for a few seconds, and then just shut off on me before I can even do anything. Everytime I take out the battery and put it back in, it tries to auto boot, but it never gets passed the Samsung s3 logo. Do you think this is a software or hardware brick? And would any of you know how I should go about fixing this?
Thanks a bunch
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i think the problem is on power button...
if the power button press contiues will be like that
i meet the same case like u...
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I agree, the only way it should turn on when you replace the battery is if power was held down. It would explain everything else you mentioned as well. Try gently knocking it back out. Or if comfortable with it, open the device to have a closer kook.
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I agree, the only way it should turn on when you replace the battery is if power was held down. It would explain everything else you mentioned as well. Try gently knocking it back out. Or if comfortable with it, open the device to have a closer kook.
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It just turned on, I guess it was the power button.
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i'm experiencing a similar issue. I can only get any result while it's plugged in. it wont boot past the second splash screen, I got it into download mode and flashed the stock package from sammobile.com with no change. the phone keeps trying to boot into recovery after flashing stock but it goes to the android with the open chest screen and reboots and tries again over and over. i've taken the phone apart and seen nothing wrong, no corrosion, no water damage and i've even replaced the battery with no success. i tried flashing clockworkmod recovery, the flash was successful but it still wont even boot to recovery. the power button isnt stuck, i can manipulate it when i have the bare motherboard in my hands and still it's fine. would replacing the power switch have any affect? please any thoughts would be appreciated
edit: since flashing stock, plugging the phone into the computer with oem cable causes it to vibrate intermittently. holding power causes it to try recovery mode. running windows 7 with samsung drivers properly installed and adb recognizes my galaxy s2 and captivate no problems. someone mentioned on a post i read about using a 3 part stock rom, modem, pda and phone to flash instead of the all in one tar file, any thoughts?
another edit. this phone has never to my knowledge been rooted or had any kernel/rom flashed onto it. as far as i know it's stock from Wind mobile, 3 months past warranty
Hello, I am new to these forums. I mostly registered for this one specific problem.
I'm pretty sure the phone isn't hardbricked, but I tried rooting my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 (4G LTE version) with Klingo. After that, it said the root was successful and the phone immediately restarted itself. However, it was then stuck in a bootloop and it just kept restarting itself. The phone turns on, and then the "Samsung Galaxy Note 3" logo appears with "RECOVERY....." in blue in the top left corner, and directly under that it says "Set Warranty Bit: recovery" in yellow. Then after about 3-4 seconds it shuts off, then about 2 seconds later it restarts automatically and just keeps looping like that.
T-Mobile said they would replace the phone, and they'll be sending me a new one as soon as the old one reaches the return center. Obviously I didn't tell them what I actually tried to do. In case they're able to find out what I tried to do and end up sending my old one back, I just wanted to ask this question preemptively so I might have an idea of what to do.
I HAVE TRIED BOOTING INTO RECOVERY MODE AND DOWNLOAD MODE. No button combinations cause anything to happen. The only thing that stopped the auto-restarting and looping was taking the battery out. Upon putting the battery back in, it will stay off until I manually turn the phone on again, where it will then continue to auto-restart and loop itself.
I do not have the phone right now because I sent it to a return center after spending a few hours searching online for answers and talking to T-Mobile on the phone. But if any of you have any ideas it would certainly be a great help if the worst case scenario ends up happening. Thanks for any potential solutions!
JasePK said:
Hello, I am new to these forums. I mostly registered for this one specific problem.
I'm pretty sure the phone isn't hardbricked, but I tried rooting my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 (4G LTE version) with Klingo. After that, it said the root was successful and the phone immediately restarted itself. However, it was then stuck in a bootloop and it just kept restarting itself. The phone turns on, and then the "Samsung Galaxy Note 3" logo appears with "RECOVERY....." in blue in the top left corner, and directly under that it says "Set Warranty Bit: recovery" in yellow. Then after about 3-4 seconds it shuts off, then about 2 seconds later it restarts automatically and just keeps looping like that.
T-Mobile said they would replace the phone, and they'll be sending me a new one as soon as the old one reaches the return center. Obviously I didn't tell them what I actually tried to do. In case they're able to find out what I tried to do and end up sending my old one back, I just wanted to ask this question preemptively so I might have an idea of what to do.
I HAVE TRIED BOOTING INTO RECOVERY MODE AND DOWNLOAD MODE. No button combinations cause anything to happen. The only thing that stopped the auto-restarting and looping was taking the battery out. Upon putting the battery back in, it will stay off until I manually turn the phone on again, where it will then continue to auto-restart and loop itself.
I do not have the phone right now because I sent it to a return center after spending a few hours searching online for answers and talking to T-Mobile on the phone. But if any of you have any ideas it would certainly be a great help if the worst case scenario ends up happening. Thanks for any potential solutions!
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I have no idea what the issue is, but it seems you might not have a recovery installed on the phone. Try this:
Hold power + volume to go into bootloader (I know you said you tried various combinations, but make sure you're doing it correctly.).
Go into fastboot
flash a new recovery image from (TWRP or CWM) (how to: https://sites.google.com/site/tomsgt123//adb-fastboot)
reboot and go into recovery, then use adb sideload to flash a new ROM.
Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/htcone/comments/1rkvy0/help_stuck_in_bootloop_without_access_to_recovery/
I have no idea whether this will work, but it's worth a try. Please don't blame me if your phone gets even more messed up than it already is.
Techngro said:
I have no idea what the issue is, but it seems you might not have a recovery installed on the phone. Try this:
Hold power + volume to go into bootloader (I know you said you tried various combinations, but make sure you're doing it correctly.).
Go into fastboot
flash a new recovery image from -snip-
reboot and go into recovery, then use adb sideload to flash a new ROM.
Source: -snip-
I have no idea whether this will work, but it's worth a try. Please don't blame me if your phone gets even more messed up than it already is.
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Thank you so much. I will definitely try this. I was also getting replies elsewhere that if I can see the logo, I should be able to get into download mode where I could then flash the stock ROM. Honestly, it does seem like I somehow may not have a recovery installed.
If they send me my old phone back I will definitely give this a try. Thanks a bunch! And don't worry, I won't hold you accountable haha.
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Thank you so much. I will definitely try this. I was also getting replies elsewhere that if I can see the logo, I should be able to get into download mode where I could then flash the stock ROM. Honestly, it does seem like I somehow may not have a recovery installed.
If they send me my old phone back I will definitely give this a try. Thanks a bunch! And don't worry, I won't hold you accountable haha.
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If the advice above didn´t work (nothing happened when pressing the usual VOL down - home - power etc; this did not work for me), this is how I managed:
I tried booting around 25 times with the power button released at different times. Did not work.
Tried to insert battery when pressing the 3 buttons. Did not work.
I let the battery run completely empty. Started charging the phone and pressing the 3 buttons. Did not work.
I charged the phone full (with booting the whole time....needed to put it somewhere quiet). After estimating it was full, I pulled out the battery, preparing to send it to mobiletechvideos.com (they saved me before). After a few hours I wanted to see the error message so I could inform them. When I inserted the battery, I got the regular download mode! Nowthen, would I dare to boot it since I am not really sure what to flash to my phone?
I rebooted, and now the phone is back to normal. OTOH, I will not try to flash CWM/TWRP again, so goodbye custom roms (Omega )
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If the advice above didn´t work (nothing happened when pressing the usual VOL down - home - power etc; this did not work for me), this is how I managed:
I tried booting around 25 times with the power button released at different times. Did not work.
Tried to insert battery when pressing the 3 buttons. Did not work.
I let the battery run completely empty. Started charging the phone and pressing the 3 buttons. Did not work.
I charged the phone full (with booting the whole time....needed to put it somewhere quiet). After estimating it was full, I pulled out the battery, preparing to send it to mobiletechvideos.com (they saved me before). After a few hours I wanted to see the error message so I could inform them. When I inserted the battery, I got the regular download mode! Nowthen, would I dare to boot it since I am not really sure what to flash to my phone?
I rebooted, and now the phone is back to normal. OTOH, I will not try to flash CWM/TWRP again, so goodbye custom roms (Omega )
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So basically your problem was fixed by keeping the battery out for an extended period of time? Did you get the same problem as I did, with the phone trying to boot into recovery constantly and failing due to having no recovery image?
I never kept the battery out for more than 2-3 minutes, so that's another option for me to try if they send my old phone back and the first guy's suggestion doesn't work.
JasePK said:
So basically your problem was fixed by keeping the battery out for an extended period of time? Did you get the same problem as I did, with the phone trying to boot into recovery constantly and failing due to having no recovery image?
I never kept the battery out for more than 2-3 minutes, so that's another option for me to try if they send my old phone back and the first guy's suggestion doesn't work.
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Yes, I had the exact problem. I tried to have the battery out for 10 minutes, and also ran out of battery during a nightly discharge. Still I could not get it to work. The only way was to leave the battery out for several hours. Beats me, but it worked.
Having bricked a device completely before, I am confident that your phone will be able to get fixed. This isn´t even semi-bricked
Good luck - let me know what happened!
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Yes, I had the exact problem. I tried to have the battery out for 10 minutes, and also ran out of battery during a nightly discharge. Still I could not get it to work. The only way was to leave the battery out for several hours. Beats me, but it worked.
Having bricked a device completely before, I am confident that your phone will be able to get fixed. This isn´t even semi-bricked
Good luck - let me know what happened!
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Thanks so much to both of you. I feel relieved now no matter what happens. Will post the results when I've reached the end of this ordeal!
JasePK said:
Thanks so much to both of you. I feel relieved now no matter what happens. Will post the results when I've reached the end of this ordeal!
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I tried to flash latest cwm again and got the same loop. I could narrow it down to 30 min without battery :laugh:
cdresor said:
I tried to flash latest cwm again and got the same loop. I could narrow it down to 30 min without battery :laugh:
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When that happens and you go back to normal, are you able to access recovery mode afterwards if you want to? Or does trying to cause the same loop? Is it wise to re-flash the stock firmware just to be safe?
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When that happens and you go back to normal, are you able to access recovery mode afterwards if you want to? Or does trying to cause the same loop? Is it wise to re-flash the stock firmware just to be safe?
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I never dared to try. But since I always used Windows under Mac (Parallells) or the fact that I used Windows 7 or 8, I tried to flash CWM on a native Windows XP PC today and it worked. So now I have a custom ROM working which I never thought would happen :laugh:
Sorry I did not try to access recovery before so you would know
Cheers,
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I never dared to try. But since I always used Windows under Mac (Parallells) or the fact that I used Windows 7 or 8, I tried to flash CWM on a native Windows XP PC today and it worked. So now I have a custom ROM working which I never thought would happen :laugh:
Sorry I did not try to access recovery before so you would know
Cheers,
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No that's alright, I just wanted to know if it was something I should avoid. :laugh: I'll use Odin to flash the official firmware back on regardless.
I had this happen to me, what had occurred was that the efs was corrupt. Here's the fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403
Now to implement this fix, you must first be able to get into download mode. To do so:
1. Pull the battery
2. Wait 10-20 secs
3. Reinsert battery WHILE holding power button and (volume down + home???, whatever the key combination is)
5. Phone will boot directly to download mode, no logo
6. Flash twrp via odin
7. Phone will reboot into bootloop again
8. Repeat steps 1-4 except this time use the key combination for recovery
9. You must now use adb and push the file I linked to earlier
10. Then without rebooting you must flash it
11. Reboot and problem solved
Fixed issue with continuous recovery boot
So, this issue was somewhat perplexing, and while the information shared was hopefully valuable to some, it took me about 2 minutes to
fix this and get back into download mode.
Take the battery out of the device, then plug the device into USB (If you're having same issue I was device will not show charging or turn on when plugged in.) Then with the device plugged in to usb and the battery out, hold down the Download mode combination Vulume +, Home and Power, then simultaneously slide in the batter, the phone will boot into download mode and you can get back to stock.
Hope this helped! If it did, leave a thanks.
twill1987 said:
So, this issue was somewhat perplexing, and while the information shared was hopefully valuable to some, it took me about 2 minutes to
fix this and get back into download mode.
Take the battery out of the device, then plug the device into USB (If you're having same issue I was device will not show charging or turn on when plugged in.) Then with the device plugged in to usb and the battery out, hold down the Download mode combination Vulume +, Home and Power, then simultaneously slide in the batter, the phone will boot into download mode and you can get back to stock.
Hope this helped! If it did, leave a thanks.
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This is exactly what I posted above lol
LOL Sorry. When I flash the TWRP file it just rebooted the phone back into the Hyper Drive Rom I'm using, did it do the same for you?
Thanks to everyone who has provided information and tried to help me! Thankfully, T-Mobile simply sent me a new phone. However, I'm definitely going to keep this topic bookmarked for future reference. This seems to be a rather uncommon problem, considering I had to make a topic to find a solution since all of my searches didn't give me any results.
Thanks again to everyone!
twill1987 said:
So, this issue was somewhat perplexing, and while the information shared was hopefully valuable to some, it took me about 2 minutes to
fix this and get back into download mode.
Take the battery out of the device, then plug the device into USB (If you're having same issue I was device will not show charging or turn on when plugged in.) Then with the device plugged in to usb and the battery out, hold down the Download mode combination Vulume +, Home and Power, then simultaneously slide in the batter, the phone will boot into download mode and you can get back to stock.
Hope this helped! If it did, leave a thanks.
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U r My neww Mirical worker I messed up a Mobile Odin Flash At work today trying to get the newish NE6
couldnt get it to boot into download after the screw up but read this this morning nd after trying everything else it worked perfect
thank you thank you
I'm having the same problem with my TMobile Note3 after using Kingo after upgrading via Kies to the latest Firmware. The only difference is my phone immediately starts rebooting as soon as I put the battery back in. It doesn't appear that any keys stop this and the USB isn't recognized by my computer in time before the reboot cycle starts.
Is there anything else to try other than sending the phone back for warranty replacement?
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Yeah Kingo has given me nothing but trouble, I'd steer clear of that software. I'm assuming you have no access to recovery mode? I have had that issue before on an S3 and was able to finally get it into download mode, but the battery being inserted immediately boots the phone up. So what you have to do is 1. Take battery out and unplug usb cable. 2. Plug USB cable in and Hold download mode buttons with BATTERY OUT (vol+, home and power) 3. insert battery simultaneously while holding buttons down, phone will boot up.. After holding down for about 10 seconds phone will manually reboot, 4. When screen shuts off (potentially vibrates) release download mode buttons, then IMMEDIATELY press and hold download mode buttons again (must perform this step FAST, the key is to do it right before the screen turns on if you can.) 5. The manual boot you've performed should allow you to trigger download mode. I was eventually able to get this to work (about 3 tries. ) I believe your download mode is still intact, you just have to use this method to access it. Remember that because your phone atuo boots with battery inserted download mode will only be available by manual reboot not battery insert.
Give thanks if I assisted you.. Your phone isn't a hard brick so Jtag service should be unnecessary at this juncture.
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Awesome!! Glad I could be of such assistance
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R187J said:
U r My neww Mirical worker I messed up a Mobile Odin Flash At work today trying to get the newish NE6
couldnt get it to boot into download after the screw up but read this this morning nd after trying everything else it worked perfect
thank you thank you
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Awesome man!! Glad I could be of assistance!!
Give thanks/thumbs up!
I read on many posts and comments that everyone is able to boot in download mode. My Note 3 just stuck on recovery boot and I can't get it to boot in download mode. I tried all of the suggestions about pressing three buttons, removing battery etc.
Does anyone know solution for when you can't get into download mode?
Thanks