Hi,
I have a MT3G that my brother likes a lot, so he bought a second-hand MT3G on craigslist and asked me to help him make it work, since it is apparently broken.
On power-up it goes to a screen with an icon of a software box with a yellow arrow coming out of it and pointing down to a phone. Is this the "recovery screen" icon?
I put SAPPIMG.NBH on the root of a FAT formatted 2GB Kingston microSD card (the card works fine in my MT3G) and tried each of these key combos after removing and reinserting the battery:
hold voldown while click power = still the same logo and no progress bar
hold home while click power = same thing
hold back while click power = same thing
I also turned the 2GB card into a "gold card" using instructions on XDA and put on it the sappimg.zip that is supposed to fix perfectSPL. Re-did all key combos above. Same logo.
The only thing that results in something different is when I hold the trackball while powering on, and then I get a blue power light and blank screen.
Plugging the phone into the computer with USB with the power off and battery in shows the orange charging light, but the phone is never recognized as a USB device when it is powered on and connected.
Any help would be appreciated. I thoroughly searched the XDA boards and tried as much as I could. I don't think my brother can get his money back from the guy who sold it to him, and I have already yelled at him for not testing before he walked away with the phone.
Thanks!
the only thing I can think of not sure why right now this is only thing coming to me is while in the screen press home and back for a while or, hold some and power for alot longer even after the screen pops up just keep holding for at least a minute... another thing is hold home and power while inserting the battery.... also tell us what happens when you try to power the phone normally
Thanks so much for your ideas, mt3g
I tried home and back for a couple of minutes and still just stay stuck at the box-arrow-phone icon.
I then pulled the battery and held home and power for 2 minutes, and then released the power button but held the home for another 2 minutes, and then let go of home and waited another 5 minutes, but still stuck at box-arrow-phone icon.
Then I tried holding home and power while inserting the battery and it still stayed at the box-arrow-phone icon.
When I power the phone normally it still just comes up with the box-arrow-phone icon.
Any other ideas?
Thanks again.
Either a paperweight or a BRICK!!
your brother's been scammed... If you can't get into fastboot or recovery the device is considered bricked (well, not "techincally" as HTC could still fix it but you can't ). The guy apparently tried to flash an incompatible SPL (or something went wrong during the process) and then sold the brick...
the only way to fix this is to hold volume down when phone is turned off, then turn on the phone but keep holding volume down! this should boot it into fastboot mode, if it doesnt then its bricked.
Have you tried downloading the Android SDK and running adb devices while the phone is plugged in? You could possibly run a logcat as well and see what the phone is doing.
Thanks for the suggestions, Dixi789! No combination of buttons will get me to fastboot or any other screen than the one with the box-arrow-phone icon, and when I plug the phone into the computer via USB it is never recognized as a USB device, so the Android SDK tools don't see it as being connected.
phil_white99 said:
Thanks for the suggestions, Dixi789! No combination of buttons will get me to fastboot or any other screen than the one with the box-arrow-phone icon, and when I plug the phone into the computer via USB it is never recognized as a USB device, so the Android SDK tools don't see it as being connected.
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then its a brick put it back up on craigslist lol, possibly as hardware or something
My HTC MAGIC A6161 from Vodafone
one day the phone comes up with the Vodafone boot screen only and i have only access to FASTBOOT mode and nothing else
does someone know a way to get the original NBH file as it seems the only way to unbrick it so far and of course none of the FASTBOOT commands work and none of the ADB commands work too
can anyone help pleaaaaassssseee
Same thing here! Cant get into Recovery or Fastboot . it Just stayed on the MT3G Green Boot Screen
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So, I've been trying to restore my phone after some modding gone bad...but now, I've gotten to the point where I can't even get to the green battery screen. My phone won't turn on, and it'll only display this screen with a phone icon connecting to a yellow triangle which is connecting to a computer.
Has anyone gotten this before?
More importantly, is this fixable? Or am I gonna have to file an insurance claim for a "phone that got dropped in a lake" this week?
Use the search option. It will do wonders. This has happened plenty of times before. ODIN can fix the problem.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen
IF the phone screen does show the battery charger or something else on the screen after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
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then.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475&highlight=stock
The best luck i had getting my phone into download mode was pulling the battery, putting it back in. holding vol up+down and plugging it in. instead of going to charging, it goes to download immediately.
All messages related to "3 hardware key combo to get back to download mode so that you can use ODIN to restore", or "use adb to get to download mode so you can use ODIN" only work when the 3 hardware key combo work in the first place, or your PC can recognize the phone for adb to work
I am one of the unlucky one that does not have this 3 hardware key combo working, and am also in this sad state (Phone-!-PC). As a result, PC is not seeing the phone, so adb is out of the question right now
My phone has been like this since last Thursday (a failed attempt to use ODIN to flash JAC's OC/Ext4 kernel). All my reading so far does not give me a fuzzy feeling that I can ever get back to Download mode (ON MY PHONE)
I called my carrier for a replacement, and it should arrive this morning...
If someone can actually get to download mode WITHOUT the 3 hardware key combo OR adb access, I would love to know how
Had the EXACT same problem. Here is how I fixed it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7640152&postcount=4
Glad that this work for you
But not for me, for some unknown reason
No SIM
No SD Card
Pulled battery out
Make sure screen is off
Put battery in
Hold Volume up/down
plug USB cable to phone
plug USB cable to PC
Bam! Phone-!-PC
Update: Got my replacement phone.
Have SIM in
Have SD Card in
Leave Battery in
Turn off Phone
Hold Volume up/down
plug USB cable to phone
plug USB cable to PC
Instant Download mode!
Just as I read, it's a luck of the draw whether you have a TMobile Vibrant that has the 3 button key combo disabled. My first one doesn't have it. My second one does
I'm holding volume down and power. I hear the jingle but it just stays on the "Vibrant" screen... Ugh. My phone is brokedy broke.
Are you rooted?
I rooted with RyanZa's OCLF but unrooted right before doing the recent OTA update. After doing that, my phone wouldn't boot past the Vibrant screen. So now, I'm trying to get in download mode so I can use Odin to get back to stock. Nothing is working for me right now though.
Ok, I was going to tell you the easiest way to get into download mode, but your phone has to be on. It is still possible if you know how to use ADB and your phone was in debug mode.
Also, how long did you wait on the Vibrant screen before restarting it? It can take awhile. Did you have any lag fixes installed?
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I'm holding volume down and power. I hear the jingle but it just stays on the "Vibrant" screen... Ugh. My phone is brokedy broke.
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the best and easiest way i have found to get in to download mode is this.
1. remove batt.
2.plug usb into computer
3.put batt. in
4.hold volume down+up
5. plug usb into phone.
if you need more help with getting your phone up and running, feel free to PM me cuz i just went through this my self, i know how confusing it can get.
I had done RyanZa's lag fix but I also undid that before doing the OTA update. My phone was in debug mode, but unfortunately I don't know how to use ADB. I waited a while on the Vibrant screen but I'll try it again in case I really didn't wait long enough.
Btw, thanks for the continued assistance.
Yea.
Try this also:
Plug in your phone til you see the big battery charging icon
hold down both volume keys and power.
As soon as the battery goes away, release the power key but continue to hold volumes.. Try that..
You are essentially holding down the wrong buttons...
There after two "modes" your phone can be put into...
1. Download mode:
Done by having your phone off and then quickly turning it on and holding down JUST the up and down volume controls while having the usb already plugged in (easist I've found is stated above regarding taking the battery out, plug in usb, hold both volume buttons, then while holding them put battery back in)
2. Recovery mode:
Done by holding both up and down volume buttons AND the power button. (note: after the vibrant screen comes up, release only the power button while still holding volume buttons or else the vibrant screen will just reboot over and over)
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Thanks all, I realized that I didn't have the right drivers installed. (duh). Thanks goes out to those who pointed me in the right direction.
The new problem I have came after accidentally pulling the USB cord out of my laptop while running ODIN. Now, all I get when trying to get in download mode is a graphic of a phone, a yellow triangle with exclamation mark, and a computer.
Anyone know what do do?
So My friends mom gave me her streak that she has never even used.. so I was thrilled to have a new toy to play with However, I took it home and here is what is happening:
1. I plugged it into the wall charger, The screen comes on and shows a green battery symbol (leads me to beleive that the device is fully charged..)
2. I hold down the power button and the "buttons" on the right/bottom of the phone light up, but the screen remains black... It never seems to boot, or there lcd is off??
I have tried pulling the battery, and then starting over several times with no luck
If you have any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it!! I wanna start tricking this thing out but I can't turn it on
**This Streak was given to her for doing some marathon or something, and I don't have anything from Dell so I don't think I can use any sort of warranty or anything (before people start suggesting that)
Thanks guys!! Cheers
chaseclear said:
So My friends mom gave me her streak that she has never even used.. so I was thrilled to have a new toy to play with However, I took it home and here is what is happening:
1. I plugged it into the wall charger, The screen comes on and shows a green battery symbol (leads me to beleive that the device is fully charged..)
2. I hold down the power button and the "buttons" on the right/bottom of the phone light up, but the screen remains black... It never seems to boot, or there lcd is off??
I have tried pulling the battery, and then starting over several times with no luck
If you have any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it!! I wanna start tricking this thing out but I can't turn it on
**This Streak was given to her for doing some marathon or something, and I don't have anything from Dell so I don't think I can use any sort of warranty or anything (before people start suggesting that)
Thanks guys!! Cheers
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You might need to open it up and check if the cables are plugged in, looks like it its starting up, it should go something like, push on, turn the 3 leds on, wait 1 sec then the DELL logo should show up, then a second dell logo appears with some motion graphics on the back (like mistify screen saver on windows) then white dell logo and boom android OS.
P.S. did you try powering on holding vol+ and vol- or try to get to fastboot (turn on with power + camera button) and see if you get anything on the screen.
chaseclear said:
So My friends mom gave me her streak that she has never even used.. so I was thrilled to have a new toy to play with However, I took it home and here is what is happening:
1. I plugged it into the wall charger, The screen comes on and shows a green battery symbol (leads me to beleive that the device is fully charged..)
2. I hold down the power button and the "buttons" on the right/bottom of the phone light up, but the screen remains black... It never seems to boot, or there lcd is off??
I have tried pulling the battery, and then starting over several times with no luck
If you have any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it!! I wanna start tricking this thing out but I can't turn it on
**This Streak was given to her for doing some marathon or something, and I don't have anything from Dell so I don't think I can use any sort of warranty or anything (before people start suggesting that)
Thanks guys!! Cheers
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Have you tried getting it into bootloader
BrokenPixel said:
You might need to open it up and check if the cables are plugged in, looks like it its starting up, it should go something like, push on, turn the 3 leds on, wait 1 sec then the DELL logo should show up, then a second dell logo appears with some motion graphics on the back (like mistify screen saver on windows) then white dell logo and boom android OS.
P.S. did you try powering on holding vol+ and vol- or try to get to fastboot (turn on with power + camera button) and see if you get anything on the screen.
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The only thing is that if it is off (or so I think) and I plug in the power adapter, i will get the battery icon that is green on the lcd.. this would lead me to believe that the screen is hooked up correctly.
I will try to boot into bootloader and see if that will work at all.. I will get back
Thanks for the quick responses, I wanna start doing some dev work on this thing so I need to get it up and running!
chaseclear said:
The only thing is that if it is off (or so I think) and I plug in the power adapter, i will get the battery icon that is green on the lcd.. this would lead me to believe that the screen is hooked up correctly.
I will try to boot into bootloader and see if that will work at all.. I will get back
Thanks for the quick responses, I wanna start doing some dev work on this thing so I need to get it up and running!
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Yup sounds like bootloader issues.
BrokenPixel said:
Yup sounds like bootloader issues.
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I cannot even boot into bootloader.. it just jumps straight into the Dell logo where it just hangs forever.
I cannot power on holding both volume up, and volume down, or with holding camera button and pressing power.
If i power on normally, the device just hangs at the Dell Logo.
Please Help
Try pressin power on button a releasing and when the three led's light up press and hold both volume buttons
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
80slovechild said:
Try pressin power on button a releasing and when the three led's light up press and hold both volume buttons
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
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I still am not able to get the device to boot that way. All I seem to be able to boot is when only using the power button, all three lights come on, the dell logo... and then it just sits.. FOREVER! I think I flashed an incorrect baseband for the beta chipset?? any ideas anyone on maybe doing anything from the command line?
Hi all,
I got a Samsung Galaxy S (i9000) from a friend who wanted to toss it away since he says it is broken.
I want to see if it is or not.
When I try to turn it on, complely nothing happens. When I put the charger in (or the USB cable fot that matter) a battery sign appears with 5 dots under it which move from left to right. When I try to switch the phone on nothing happens
When I wait a while, the screen goes black. When I try to switch on, nothing happens.
When I push the home button, the green charging battery appears again and the back an menu button light up.
A factory reset is not working at all. Can it be that the power button is broken??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Vincent
Fixed it!
Hi,
I was able to fix it.
Thanks to this sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134975
This is what happened:
I tried just about anything, nothing worked. Then I saw a reply in this thread someone mentioning you should plug in the usb cable, push both volume keys and then maybe it could work. But of course, mine didn't.
Then I started experimenting, what did work was this
- take out battery
- connect usb cable to laptop
- push volume down + home simultaniously and then put battery in
Now i got into download mode (yellow robot and triangle + warning not to turn off target) and with Odin I was able to start the phone.
I then found out that the power button was indeed broken!
Phone works like a charm. Only thing is when I have a dead battery that I have to use Odin to start the phone. I will seek for a way to fix the defective power button.
Hopefully it will help other people with this problem!
BTW, thanks all for all the help
Good evening...
I've had this problem for the past 5 days..i tried a new ROM but didn't like it so i went back to my original rom...but the phone after the recover stopped working..so i tried using the RSDlite to install another ICS to be able to start my device.,and after the installation was almost done,,RSD requested the phone to be restarted,,after that it completely died! nothing happens when i start the phone..no light..no screen light..just one thin..when i connect it to the charger or to my pc the white LED is on...but the screen stays black like its OFF..
I left the device on charger for TWO days..
I tried Vol UP + Power to get into the menu...
I took off the battery for ONE day,,,
NOTHING...just black screen with white charging led,,
when i connect it to my pc..there isn't even the notification sound that a new device is connected..
not even RSDlite is able to find the device...
Please help me...i've tried everything i know..some ppl might say recharge the batt,,as i said i left it on the charger for 2 days!
i don't know what to do next !
HELLO !!
wahoby said:
Good evening...
I've had this problem for the past 5 days..i tried a new ROM but didn't like it so i went back to my original rom...but the phone after the recover stopped working..so i tried using the RSDlite to install another ICS to be able to start my device.,and after the installation was almost done,,RSD requested the phone to be restarted,,after that it completely died! nothing happens when i start the phone..no light..no screen light..just one thin..when i connect it to the charger or to my pc the white LED is on...but the screen stays black like its OFF..
I left the device on charger for TWO days..
I tried Vol UP + Power to get into the menu...
I took off the battery for ONE day,,,
NOTHING...just black screen with white charging led,,
when i connect it to my pc..there isn't even the notification sound that a new device is connected..
not even RSDlite is able to find the device...
Please help me...i've tried everything i know..some ppl might say recharge the batt,,as i said i left it on the charger for 2 days!
i don't know what to do next !
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While phone is off do the following:
1. Press volume down button and power off button both together till you see Android Robot with (!) Exclamation mark;
2. Now release both keys and press volume keys (both up and down volume keys together);
3. This will show you Stock Recovery;
4. Now from volume down key select "wipe Data" and execute it with power key;
5. Now select Reboot.
This will probably resolve the issue. However, if the issue still persists then you need to use RSD lite to flash your phone with the some Froyo SBF.
For more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
[Note: To enter bootloader menu so that RSD lite recognize your phone you need to have its USB drivers installed on your system and while booting you need to press Volume Up key and Power key together while phone is off to enter Bootloader menu to flash with SBF.]
Hope this helps!!
ATB!!
wahoby said:
Good evening...
I've had this problem for the past 5 days..i tried a new ROM but didn't like it so i went back to my original rom...but the phone after the recover stopped working..so i tried using the RSDlite to install another ICS to be able to start my device.,and after the installation was almost done,,RSD requested the phone to be restarted,,after that it completely died! nothing happens when i start the phone..no light..no screen light..just one thin..when i connect it to the charger or to my pc the white LED is on...but the screen stays black like its OFF..
I left the device on charger for TWO days..
I tried Vol UP + Power to get into the menu...
I took off the battery for ONE day,,,
NOTHING...just black screen with white charging led,,
when i connect it to my pc..there isn't even the notification sound that a new device is connected..
not even RSDlite is able to find the device...
Please help me...i've tried everything i know..some ppl might say recharge the batt,,as i said i left it on the charger for 2 days!
i don't know what to do next !
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Have you had enough battery when you were flashing the sbf/could it be possible, that the battery died during flashing process?
thanx 4 the reply,,but i have all the drivers installed on my pc,,and the phone won't start..i tried the Vol Down+ powe..nothing..Vol Up+ power nothing..Both Vol+ power also nothing..i left the phone on charger for two days..still nothing..when i try the RSD it doesn't find the device...even when i connect the phone to the pc..there isn't any sound to a new device is connected !! just the white led is on..but screen is always black nothing at all
i have used the RSD before and i know how to install roms using it..also i know how to go to boot menu or recovery menu..but right now i am unable to do anything
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10264115
Why?
Cause a damaged OS, cannot charge your battery. you must pull your battery out of defy and charge the battery externally.
Or you buy a new battery, or let charge your old battery by a cellphone-seller, or asks a friend of yours with a defy to charge your battery for you etc.
Have u checked the voltage of your battery, it must be 4,1 V if the battery is fully charged.
I think esok44 is right your battery is empty, there is not enough power in it to start your defy.
i just tried the usb modification to connect it to the battery directly,,done all the steps as told ... nothing!!!
i'm really getting frustrated cuz its been like this for the past one week,,i've tried everything
don't have any friends with defy phone...
can't think of anything else to do but to brake the phone
well if everything fails, give it to motorola...
if it really is broken and everything fails, then try it.
would be the last option for me, but at least it is one...
But as is said, had the same problem and in may case it worked...
i've read on xda about an usb-manipulation to flash sbf when battery is empty, maybe you could try this...
I'll add a link to it
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1489289
i have encountered this problem previously and the solution was replacing the battery, as RATTAR said the battery is not charged. try to charge your battery or try another charger, once it's charged rsd will recognize it. don't panic or despair.