Phone was in factory mode this morning. Pressed home power volume up and down to exit now battery won't charge and now dead. Anyone come across this before? Any solution? Knox has been tripped so I doubt Samsung will do anything with it.
soulfly24 said:
Phone was in factory mode this morning. Pressed home power volume up and down to exit now battery won't charge and now dead. Anyone come across this before? Any solution? Knox has been tripped so I doubt Samsung will do anything with it.
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Odds are is it tried updating and bricked I'd just go to Sprint and tell him that it tried updating and just explain it and odds are they'll replace it.
got it at sams club. they said i had to talk to samsung
soulfly24 said:
got it at sams club. they said i had to talk to samsung
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Is it officially a Sprint device though?, if it is Sprint should be able to help, I got mine at best buy and sprint fixed it no questions asked
i think i figured it out. my charger dont work anymore so im thinkin it shorted and messed up my port. ordered new port.
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I accidentally flashed an international ROM onto my Sprint Galaxy S3, didn't realize it, rebooted from recovery. Now it doesn't do anything. If I pull the battery and plug directly to USB, I get an amber light and that's it. Currently I don't have a jig and can't afford to get it flashed at a shop until next friday.
My main question is whether this is something that I could fix with a jig, or something that I would need to take to the local shop? I don't know of any other fixes, but I'm no expert on bricked phones either.
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I accidentally flashed an international ROM onto my Sprint Galaxy S3, didn't realize it, rebooted from recovery. Now it doesn't do anything. If I pull the battery and plug directly to USB, I get an amber light and that's it. Currently I don't have a jig and can't afford to get it flashed at a shop until next friday.
My main question is whether this is something that I could fix with a jig, or something that I would need to take to the local shop? I don't know of any other fixes, but I'm no expert on bricked phones either.
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Nope sorry jig wont help you here. you need JTAG. My condolenses :/
Recommended JTAG sevice
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
Thebluefish92 said:
I accidentally flashed an international ROM onto my Sprint Galaxy S3, didn't realize it, rebooted from recovery. Now it doesn't do anything. If I pull the battery and plug directly to USB, I get an amber light and that's it. Currently I don't have a jig and can't afford to get it flashed at a shop until next friday.
My main question is whether this is something that I could fix with a jig, or something that I would need to take to the local shop? I don't know of any other fixes, but I'm no expert on bricked phones either.
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If you cant get into download mode or recovery, you're pretty much screwed.
Yep. What these guys said.
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Thebluefish92 said:
I accidentally flashed an international ROM onto my Sprint Galaxy S3, didn't realize it, rebooted from recovery. Now it doesn't do anything. If I pull the battery and plug directly to USB, I get an amber light and that's it. Currently I don't have a jig and can't afford to get it flashed at a shop until next friday.
My main question is whether this is something that I could fix with a jig, or something that I would need to take to the local shop? I don't know of any other fixes, but I'm no expert on bricked phones either.
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I did the same thing, I took my phone back to the store and just told them that my phone would not turn on and they replaced it.
bygdogg said:
I did the same thing, I took my phone back to the store and just told them that my phone would not turn on and they replaced it.
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Didn't even have insurance, but they simply swapped it out in the store right then and there. Much quicker and cheaper than i thought
Hey guys,
Kind of an interesting question here. I've had my GS3 since summer and it's been running great. I was on a custom ROM with root (done without tripping binary), so it still says Samsung official and 0 flashes on the download screen, but it does say "custom" on the system status. Anyway, I hadn't done anything with flashing in several months. But the other day my phone just shut off and wouldn't turn back on. When I try, it vibrates, goes to the samsung splash screen, then shuts back down. Doesn't matter what I do, it won't get further than this. Can't boot into recovery or download mode with the button combos either. Won't read it on the computer or anything either. So I went out today and made a jig, thinking this would help. Well, it kind of did. It boots it into download for about five seconds, then shuts back off. So it's not enough time for me to get it to the computer and flash the stock ROM through Odin. I was thinking about trying to send it in to Samsung for warranty claim, because I had seen that people had luck with this when this was happening to a lot of GS3s in December. On several forums people said that Samsung was doing it no questions asked, regardless of root because they knew it was a hardware problem. So my question was just whether anyone here had any experience with it/Samsung? Or whether you guys thought I would be smarter to try and do it with AT&T? Anyway, thanks a lot for your time and input.
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Hey guys,
Kind of an interesting question here. I've had my GS3 since summer and it's been running great. I was on a custom ROM with root (done without tripping binary), so it still says Samsung official and 0 flashes on the download screen, but it does say "custom" on the system status. Anyway, I hadn't done anything with flashing in several months. But the other day my phone just shut off and wouldn't turn back on. When I try, it vibrates, goes to the samsung splash screen, then shuts back down. Doesn't matter what I do, it won't get further than this. Can't boot into recovery or download mode with the button combos either. Won't read it on the computer or anything either. So I went out today and made a jig, thinking this would help. Well, it kind of did. It boots it into download for about five seconds, then shuts back off. So it's not enough time for me to get it to the computer and flash the stock ROM through Odin. I was thinking about trying to send it in to Samsung for warranty claim, because I had seen that people had luck with this when this was happening to a lot of GS3s in December. On several forums people said that Samsung was doing it no questions asked, regardless of root because they knew it was a hardware problem. So my question was just whether anyone here had any experience with it/Samsung? Or whether you guys thought I would be smarter to try and do it with AT&T? Anyway, thanks a lot for your time and input.
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Did you get a new battery? Worth a try. AT&T might get you one on the spot to try at a corporate store. Otherwise I doubt AT&T will be able to tell if you rooted if you can't boot up.
aybarrap1 said:
Did you get a new battery? Worth a try. AT&T might get you one on the spot to try at a corporate store. Otherwise I doubt AT&T will be able to tell if you rooted if you can't boot up.
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Absolutely true, but if its not the battery the atat rep will point you to an atat service center for assistance and its a safe bet that they have a few more tools at their disposal to troubleshoot the phone. If they somehow see any system modification, you are capital F****d. Do you have the wireless insurance with atat? I just dealt with this except I dropped the phone, shattered the screen and it would only power on for 10 mins at a time and then reboot. I paid my $$$ deductable and sent the broken phone to the insurance provider and yes the system still showed as being "modified" when I sent it to them.
Sent from my Atat S3 that now thinks its a Galaxy Nexus........
I would send your s3 to Samsung if it still under warranty. I sent over my bricked s3 and they fixed it.
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I have a 9 month old S3 (T999/Canadian/Mobilicity Variant)
I had a ROM on there since day 2, but recently *this week* had a lot of hard lock ups. I could manage a reboot if I pulled the battery.
I tried 3 diff roms CM10, AOKP, and a recent 4.1.1 (all without apps) all worked but still caused the hard lock requiring a reboot.
It was annoying as you know what, but I was testing diff options wondering if the lockups were the OS/an app/or hardware.
Last night the phone was working on AOKP 4.2.2 while on the charger. I woke up and noticed it was hard locked, so I batt pulled, rebooted and went to sleep.
Now (this morning) it wont boot at all. I thought maybe it was the charger or the battery. I swapped batteries with a different S3, mine still does not boot.
So. What now?
Time for S4 and lose a $600 phone? Time to go to a Samsung or Carrier shop?
Have you tried Odin? Plug it into a computer see if things register if so go further with Odin.
I'd say that and see if it persist while on a stock then don't install your apps, if problem still persist call Samsung or whom ever and see about that. Or get it up and running and if steady put on Craigslist then get s4....
T-Mobile SGS III
mt3g said:
Have you tried Odin? Plug it into a computer see if things register if so go further with Odin.
I'd say that and see if it persist while on a stock then don't install your apps, if problem still persist call Samsung or whom ever and see about that. Or get it up and running and if steady put on Craigslist then get s4....
T-Mobile SGS III
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It used to be that when connected to PC Device man said: SGH-T999
Now the phone is connected via usb cable, but isnt booted and it says: QHSUSB_DLOAD
AMRivlin said:
It used to be that when connected to PC Device man said: SGH-T999
Now the phone is connected via usb cable, but isnt booted and it says: QHSUSB_DLOAD
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Google search that piece "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and see what it is. I've never seen that. Install Odin (in the dev section) and see what happens (read that thread) I'm at work on mobile or I'd give you links. Just a little reading and no panicking and you might get out of this alive lol.
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mt3g said:
Google search that piece "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and see what it is. I've never seen that. Install Odin (in the dev section) and see what happens (read that thread) I'm at work on mobile or I'd give you links. Just a little reading and no panicking and you might get out of this alive lol.
T-Mobile SGS III
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QHSUSB_DLOAD means your need JTAG. Because it's bricked.
mt3g said:
Google search that piece "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and see what it is. I've never seen that. Install Odin (in the dev section) and see what happens (read that thread) I'm at work on mobile or I'd give you links. Just a little reading and no panicking and you might get out of this alive lol.
T-Mobile SGS III
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That is found on XDA and the interwebs as a bricked device. it applies to captivate/HTC/s3 others.
I downloaded odin, but I can't get into download mode Power+Home+VDown (Nothing happens)
I didn't flash an incorrect ROM, since my phone was working, it bricked itself over night? Power Surge?
Aerowinder, if I am under warranty, can i take it to my carrier/samsung for repair? I can't get into Download mode.
Call them up and find out. It might be failing/tired internals/hardware... Did you have your phone over clocked at all in the 9 months, just curious?
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Aerowinder, if I am under warranty, can i take it to my carrier/samsung for repair? I can't get into Download mode.
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I had the exact same problem and was still under the warranty and they exchanged it. I just told them that I plugged my phone before going to bed and when I woke up I wasn't able to turn it back on.
I actually remember this now. This a bug not common but its here for users on all D2 SIII decices... They've publically admitted it
T-Mobile SGS III
No over clocking.
Jan-April 30th Touchwiz 4.1.1 (Frosty ROM) Lockups Started monday (No Changes)
May 1 AOPK 4.2.2 ROM (Hard Lock/Brick today)
Time to find a receipt
AMRivlin said:
No over clocking.
Jan-April 30th Touchwiz 4.1.1 (Frosty ROM) Lockups Started monday (No Changes)
May 1 AOPK 4.2.2 ROM (Hard Lock/Brick today)
Time to find a receipt
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Ya I suggest just avoiding the headache of trying to fix, tell them you plugged it in over night to charge and now its completely dead and that its been acting weird for a while before. You should be good.
T-Mobile SGS III
rener78 said:
I had the exact same problem and was still under the warranty and they exchanged it. I just told them that I plugged my phone before going to bed and when I woke up I wasn't able to turn it back on.
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Not sure how this is going to turn out. The carrier refused to do the warranty, and gave me the # to samsung canada. I went to the Samsung Canada store, where they took the phone and gave me a GNexus (loaner)
So... lets hope they dont see the romming, my triangle should be 0.
If they do figure out my romming and their quote to fix is absurd, I will get HTC1 and repair the S3 on my own time.
I prefer Apple's warranty to be honest.
Does anyone know how much 3rd party Brick repair should cost? In the crap chance Samsung gets me for ROMing
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Does anyone know how much 3rd party Brick repair should cost? In the crap chance Samsung gets me for ROMing
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Mobiletechvideos does it for $60.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
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Update:
7 days after submitting for service, the phone came back from a 3rd party repair shop in Burnaby, BC. PBA replaced due to bad BGA (Ball Grid Array)
So I guess they couldn't boot it to see the root.
Working fine. The new phone came back carrier locked, original unlock # worked again.
Da Kine said:
Mobiletechvideos does it for $60.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
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Some kijiji advertisements are charging $49.99 same day repair.
ysr84 said:
Some kijiji advertisements are charging $49.99 same day repair.
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Managed to get it repaired under warranty.
can u help me out
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Managed to get it repaired under warranty.
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Did you buy the warranty when u bought the phone?
I have the same issue. But not sure where to send the galaxy too?
Please help coz the local stores were not able to help
JBn
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AMRivlin said:
I have a 9 month old S3 (T999/Canadian/Mobilicity Variant)
I had a ROM on there since day 2, but recently *this week* had a lot of hard lock ups. I could manage a reboot if I pulled the battery.
I tried 3 diff roms CM10, AOKP, and a recent 4.1.1 (all without apps) all worked but still caused the hard lock requiring a reboot.
It was annoying as you know what, but I was testing diff options wondering if the lockups were the OS/an app/or hardware.
Last night the phone was working on AOKP 4.2.2 while on the charger. I woke up and noticed it was hard locked, so I batt pulled, rebooted and went to sleep.
Now (this morning) it wont boot at all. I thought maybe it was the charger or the battery. I swapped batteries with a different S3, mine still does not boot.
So. What now?
Time for S4 and lose a $600 phone? Time to go to a Samsung or Carrier shop?
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I Hard Bricked my Samsung Galaxy S3 and if you dont mention anything about rooting they will give you a new one no questions asked. Now if you dont have a warranty or some type of insurance then call samsung and see what you can do about it. i did a warranty exchange and i got a new one. As long as you dont mention brick or root you will be find they will right it down as defective.
i was undervolting my galaxy s3 and it rebooted and then turned off, and now it wont boot into download mode, CWM or anything. but if i take out the battery and push vol up power and home, the red charging light turns out, but thats it. is it soft bricked, hard brick, im going to at&t tomorrow, what do i tell them about my device issues ?
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i was undervolting my galaxy s3 and it rebooted and then turned off, and now it wont boot into download mode, CWM or anything. but if i take out the battery and push vol up power and home, the red charging light turns out, but thats it. is it soft bricked, hard brick, im going to at&t tomorrow, what do i tell them about my device issues ?
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Not even a vibration?
Doesn't undervolting only apply after your device has started up if you set it on "apply on reboot"? It shouldn't affect anything before start up. Did you try charging your battery for a few min?
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i root SGH i777 said:
i was undervolting my galaxy s3 and it rebooted and then turned off, and now it wont boot into download mode, CWM or anything. but if i take out the battery and push vol up power and home, the red charging light turns out, but thats it. is it soft bricked, hard brick, im going to at&t tomorrow, what do i tell them about my device issues ?
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You've probably flashed an ROM meant for the international version of your phone. Your only option is JTAG service. Check out this guy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unbrick-Sam...653?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417592da4d
This exact problem happened to me couple of weeks ago. This guy turned my phone around in less than one week. The more reputable one is Mobile Tech Video's JTAG service but they end up being about twice the cost.
Good luck.
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You've probably flashed an ROM meant for the international version of your phone. Your only option is JTAG service. Check out this guy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unbrick-Sam...653?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417592da4d
This exact problem happened to me couple of weeks ago. This guy turned my phone around in less than one week. The more reputable one is Mobile Tech Video's JTAG service but they end up being about twice the cost.
Good luck.
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+1 to this person who does jtag he had my phone turned around in one day and shipped it back!!!!!it is half the cost of mtv
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Hello there XDA.
My phone is a Note 4 SM-N910F
Last night i was drunk. My battery was empty. So i put it on charge. Then somehow no idea how i noticed a screen with "Do not turn off target!! Downloading" (After hours of googling i figured out it's a Download Mode).
Since i was drunk and tired i thought my phone was updating. So i left it on the download mode for 10 hours. When i woke up it still was on the Download Mode. I went behind the PC and started to google this "Download Mode" After a while i figured i have to pull out the battery and put it back in. After i did that i turned the phone on by pressing the Power on button. I saw the "Samsung Note 4 Powered by Android" Logo. And it vibrates twice and it automatically turns off phone and goes back on again and repeats itself indefinite times. After googling i found out it's called a Boot loop. Since i thought it was a Update that got interrupted and somehow messed up the Firmware, i downloaded Odin and my firmware for my phone (found at sammobile.com/firmwares/download/46357/N910FXXU1BOC3_N910FTNL1BOB6_TNL/) I followed the instruction and it gave a error. EXT4 blabla error. Found out that the partition is messed up so i ticked the box "Re-Partition" and added a Pit-file for the SM-N910F 32GB. It then worked. So i finally thought yay phone back. But no it still is in the bootloop. I forgot to mention i cannot enter the Recovery mode to hard-reset since the phone keeps rebooting itself it wont enter it, i can only enter Download Mode. After googling again i found out some people got problems with their Power on button maybe it's jammed somehow and causing it to boot loop. so i unscrewed the screw that is closest to the power button and i slammed my phone (SOFTLY Not really hard) on the power button in hope that whatever is jamming it it goes away. Then screwed the screw back in and turned phone on, yet it was still in a boot loop. So it's no the firmware, it might be the power button. is there any other thing that might be causing the bootloop?
To point a few things out.
I never put a custom rom or flashed or firmware on my SM-N910F. I never rooted it or whatsoever. I got it from my Provider and kept it like it was given to me.
I never had any problems with my Power on Button.
I never dropped my phone or cracked the screen or let liquid get into my phone.
The phone is 3 months old.
Can i please get some how, it's really bothering me..
Edit: I never used a SD-Card.
If it's only 3 months old it should be under warranty. Take it back and let the store mess with it if they can't get it you should get a replacement. What carrier is SM-N910F
cam1pbell said:
If it's only 3 months old it should be under warranty. Take it back and let the store mess with it if they can't get it you should get a replacement. What carrier is SM-N910F
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I contacted them they told me the store warranty is 60 days.
I do still have the Samsung Warranty. Should i bring it to a Samsung Service Center?
I downloaded Samsung Kies. Tried a firmware upgrade. It completed it but still it's in Bootloop.
Dylanaw said:
I contacted them they told me the store warranty is 60 days.
I do still have the Samsung Warranty. Should i bring it to a Samsung Service Center?
I downloaded Samsung Kies. Tried a firmware upgrade. It completed it but still it's in Bootloop.
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I would take to the Samsung center and tell them it happened when it updated. Good luck
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I would take to the Samsung center and tell them it happened when it updated. Good luck
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If for some reason the Power on button is causing the boot loop by being jammed or whatsoever. What are my options? Is it possible to open the phone and check it myself?
Dylanaw said:
If for some reason the Power on button is causing the boot loop by being jammed or whatsoever. What are my options? Is it possible to open the phone and check it myself?
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I would call tmobile and talk to a tech. You should have a year manufacturer warranty. They should send you a new phone. I definitely wouldn't take the phone apart that will void your warranty
cam1pbell said:
I would call tmobile and talk to a tech. You should have a year manufacturer warranty. They should send you a new phone. I definitely wouldn't take the phone apart that will void your warranty
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Ye true.. I'm going tomorrow to Samsung, since t-mobile told me to go to Samsung instead. So i hope a Samsung Service Center will do good.
They also said It will be 100% free if it needs repair.