Unable to turn it on. totally bricked
So... Are you unable to turn it on due to no fingers?
Lol yea what happened?
Well, we need a bit more info.
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1. have you tried "power button" ?
2. have you charged the phone ?
on a bright side, you are the 1st one !
Maybe your battery is loose? Not to mention that bricking a
phone is usually due to screwing up a software flash. So, is brick really the right word?
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kolyan said:
1. have you tried "power button" ?
2. have you charged the phone ?
on a bright side, you are the 1st one !
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LOL!!
Try holding down the volume down button as you turn the phone on...see if that does anything.
Only time I'd allow the "First" comment to be used in a thread.
Im guessing CW Recovery...
Thank you guys
I think it's bricked, and unrecoverable.
After several flashing, It suddenly turned off then never woke up again. Any effort so far is hopeless
bl4ckdr4g00n said:
Thank you guys
I think it's bricked, and unrecoverable.
After several flashing, It suddenly turned off then never woke up again. Any effort so far is hopeless
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What were you flashing? Give more info and maybe ppl would/could help you!
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What were you flashing? Give more info and maybe ppl would/could help you!
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I tried with captivate stock firmware, i9000 international firmware, then I flash back to vibrant stock firmware.
After had things done with Odin, my phone restarted, and it was the last time I saw my baby working as a smart phone.
Did you try to reboot the phone into recovery or download mode?
DAKIDD236 said:
Did you try to reboot the phone into recovery or download mode?
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How can I do that when I can't even turn it on?
bl4ckdr4g00n said:
How can I do that when I can't even turn it on?
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Have you tried plugging it into your charger? does the battery/charging screen come on?
bl4ckdr4g00n said:
How can I do that when I can't even turn it on?
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try this Koush posted this in his thread.. hope it works
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If you are stuck on the phone to PC screen, you are NOT bricked. During development, I ended up getting into this state a couple times myself. You can still get into download mode in the same fashion.
Connect your phone to USB so you get the phone->PC screen. Press and hold both volume up/down. Then press and also hold Home. Then start pressing and holding power for 2 seconds. After 2 seconds, let go of power. Continue holding volume up, volume down, and home, until you get into download mode.
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no, a completely blank screen.
no icon, no GUI, no nothing (
Yeah, weird...I just flashed back to US firmware and now my phone is totally unresponsive to everything. Keep in mind I've flashed back and forth several times...even once thought my phone was bricked because the power button wouldn't even turn the screen on. But after holding the correct buttons it finally booted into download mode. I was even using my phone earlier just fine, and having it run quadrant test of 1700, but as soon as I flashed back to 100% stock US firmware, my phone now no longer boots. Go figure lol.
Though this time I think it has bit the dust for real, lol. So be weary of flashing back to US firmware if you are flashing a lot of different other firmwares. Cuz I think something happens and the key combinations get deleted so it refuses to boot into any mode.
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try this Koush posted this in his thread.. hope it works
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I"m at the phone to pc screen..but the Home button is not a "button" it's a touch sensitive button on my vibrant and it won't go into download mode...
I got here because i flashed the custom kernel to put the market and data on a ext4 partition...and it reversed my volume buttons and reversed the routing of sound..headphone speaker..that stuff....so i couldn't hear anything...so when i went to reflash stock t-mobile firmware it told me not to unplug for like hours..it wasn't doing anything.....i took the battery out and now i'm stuck at phone to pc...i think i might just use the warranty..seeing as u can't do a think with it...atleast i can't that is..i feel like a moron...
the forum said to work on com7 but com4 was showing up in odin...i couldn't get it to go on com7 so i thought it should still work....
fykick said:
even once thought my phone was bricked because the power button wouldn't even turn the screen on. But after holding the correct buttons it finally booted into download mode.
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what was your combination?
I hold volume up and down..then hold home with those..then power for 2 seconds..let go and nothing...it doesn't recognize i'm holding the home because it's a software based button..the home key that is..and with no software...no button...so i'm afraid this screen means bricked...adb reboot download won't work either...i'm gunna get it exchanged in the morning..under buyers remorse..
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So I haven't been on XDA for quite awhile because of time constraints. Working full time and going to college full time leaves you with no time at all to even wipe my *** Anyway, this morning at 4:00 AM Pacific Time I wake to leave to Las Vegas for a wedding. What do I see, a message saying *UPDATE*. So I update it and behold my phone is frozen!!!
I tried so hard not to freak out because this is my GPS, my TuneIn radio and Pandora when there is no radio stations. I hesitated a quick second then remember I still had Odin and the original ROM files.
Only think keeping me from doing this in a flash was DOWNLOADER MODE. God damn phone just would not do it. I tried everything. Then, as if a miracle, I viewed a video online, and with the first attempt got right into download mode, so here it is...
1. Power off Phone.
2. Pull off back cover.
3. Pull out battery.
4. Plug back in battery.
5. Run ODIN.
6. While phone is still off hold down both volume buttons.
7. While phone is still off and you are still holding down the volume buttons insert the micro usb cord into the phone.
And BAM! Right into download mode.
Let me know if this works out for you.
Jzero88
didn't run ODIN but sure enough, right into download mode!
thanks for the awesome tip
Going to try this right now
If you have a hardware locked phone, check out the sbl thread in the q&a forum. Looks like there may be a fix for those of us with hw locked phones!
that didnt work it just goes to the battery charging screen.
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that didnt work it just goes to the battery charging screen.
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When you see battery, hold vol up and down, then hold power. ONCE battery disappears let go of power and continue to hol vol up and down............this gets me to download mode right away
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If you have a hardware locked phone, check out the sbl thread in the q&a forum. Looks like there may be a fix for those of us with hw locked phones!
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i'm more than sure, i'm one of the lucky ones with it locked
Same here......
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i'm more than sure, i'm one of the lucky ones with it locked
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If you have a hardware locked phone, check out the sbl thread in the q&a forum. Looks like there may be a fix for those of us with hw locked phones!
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Yes its been confirmed and is now in the bible directory .
Me too. That's why I can't update my phone through odin. The ota hasn't come yet.
Hello,
While I was installing a new ROM for Galaxy 9000I s with Odin the USB cable has been disconnected.
And the phone now doesn't start up or even turn on the screen black light.
But the screen shows a phone icon with PC icon with orange the angle between them with ! sign
- Tried to re-connect it to my PC but the Samsung Kies doesn't see it .
So, please tell me what to do to fix this problem..
Thanks for advance
I take it you don't have the 3 button mode, therefore you'll have to make the usb jig to allow you to re flash the phone, search for how to make it.
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yeah, just go back into the download mode
then you can flash the ROM again via Odin
Since no one has mentioned this,
To enter download mode, you hold the Volume Down + Home + Power
I've had the same problem. Couldn't enter recovery and download mode at first. Pull the battery and wait a few minutes before plugging it back in. After that i was able to enter download mode
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yeah, just go back into the download mode
then you can flash the ROM again via Odin
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thank you i try to do this but no response the same problem
jersr said:
I've had the same problem. Couldn't enter recovery and download mode at first. Pull the battery and wait a few minutes before plugging it back in. After that i was able to enter download mode
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thank you i do the same but could`t enter recovery , download mode same problem black screen
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thank you i do the same but could`t enter recovery , download mode same problem black screen
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i had unplugged it for a few hours. I already had my sgs packed to return it to the store.. Just before returning it i tried to enter download mode for the last time and it worked. Maybe you should try to unplug.your battry for a longr period of time
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I take it you don't have the 3 button mode, therefore you'll have to make the usb jig to allow you to re flash the phone, search for how to make it.
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thank you i will try and tell you the results
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i had unplugged it for a few hours. I already had my sgs packed to return it to the store.. Just before returning it i tried to enter download mode for the last time and it worked. Maybe you should try to unplug.your battry for a longr period of time
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thank you i will try
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thank you i will try
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Holding on to VolDn+Menu+Pwr for a very long time solved the issue for me. I had the same problem three times. The longest was maybe slightly more than 30 seconds. Even after the pic comes on keep holding the buttons.
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Holding on to VolDn+Menu+Pwr for a very long time solved the issue for me. I had the same problem three times. The longest was maybe slightly more than 30 seconds. Even after the pic comes on keep holding the buttons.
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Yes that works also.If you take the battery out,make sure you leave it out for more than half hour.In the meantime press some buttons on the phone to make sure to get rid of all the electricity stored in capacitors in there.When i had this problem i left the phone for 20 minutes and nothing happened.Then i read on a website that it might take more than half hour so i left it about 50 minutes,got recovery after all,factory reset all good.
ragin said:
Holding on to VolDn+Menu+Pwr for a very long time solved the issue for me. I had the same problem three times. The longest was maybe slightly more than 30 seconds. Even after the pic comes on keep holding the buttons.
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i try nothing happened the phone is dead i send it to the service , thanks very much for your help
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Yes that works also.If you take the battery out,make sure you leave it out for more than half hour.In the meantime press some buttons on the phone to make sure to get rid of all the electricity stored in capacitors in there.When i had this problem i left the phone for 20 minutes and nothing happened.Then i read on a website that it might take more than half hour so i left it about 50 minutes,got recovery after all,factory reset all good.
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thanks very much for your help, i try every thing posted in the forum , nothing happened , semis the the phone is dead , i send it to service tomorrow they well tell me if they can fix the problem or no
khziko77 said:
thanks very much for your help, i try every thing posted in the forum , nothing happened , semis the the phone is dead , i send it to service tomorrow they well tell me if they can fix the problem or no
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Sorry for your trouble. This is definitely bad luck. There are the risky heat methods but I wouldn't recommend it.
Just claim that it fell out during Kies update or something, definitely don't tell them you were trying to flash on stuff with Odin
I always used to wonder what would happen if the USB disconnected / computer went into sleep mode or crashed when flashing a ROM. Thanks to the unfortunate OP, now I know! And I hope they fix his problem without making any fuss.
chambo622 said:
Sorry for your trouble. This is definitely bad luck. There are the risky heat methods but I wouldn't recommend it.
Just claim that it fell out during Kies update or something, definitely don't tell them you were trying to flash on stuff with Odin
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thank you , they fixed the phone but they not believe me that the cable disconnected during kies update they tell me that the cable disconnected during odin update any way they fixed it and today they give it to me and payed !!
seltaeb said:
I always used to wonder what would happen if the USB disconnected / computer went into sleep mode or crashed when flashing a ROM. Thanks to the unfortunate OP, now I know! And I hope they fix his problem without making any fuss.
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thank you they fixed the problem and payed for this
I think I accidently had the volume down button pressed when I turned my phone off now it has a screen up with android shoveling in a yellow triangle that says downloading under it and Do not turn off target!!!!
What do I do? Safe to take out battery and try and restart it? I held power button down for about 10 secs and nothing happened.
Lol, yeah. You can take it out XP
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Hit ctrl,alt,delete
just joking yeah take out the battery and it should be fine
Thanks, I ended up calling Verizon hotline to get help with it. I just didnt know if I took battery out if it was actually downloading software if it would screw it all up or not. I know if you turn off a Mac during updating it screws it all up.
Anyone know why that screen comes up or what it means when you hold the Vol down button when turning on phone?
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Thanks, I ended up calling Verizon hotline to get help with it. I just didnt know if I took battery out if it was actually downloading software if it would screw it all up or not. I know if you turn off a Mac during updating it screws it all up.
Anyone know why that screen comes up or what it means when you hold the Vol down button when turning on phone?
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:O
I did the exact same thing when I first got my continuum! XD
That is the "flashing screen" as I like to refer to it. You use it for ODIN flashing. It's the reason Samsung phones are so hard to brick.
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I did the exact same thing when I first got my continuum! XD
That is the "flashing screen" as I like to refer to it. You use it for ODIN flashing. It's the reason Samsung phones are so hard to brick.
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I did the same too the same day i got mine, Except i panicked and swore at it for an hour, then took out the battery.
Went to flash from CM7 back to stock (following advice I found elsewhere on here,) and flashed just the .pit file, forgot to select the .tar file in ODIN.
After doing so, my phone is a complete brick. No power, no recognition in windows (adb or otherwise,) etc.
Is there anything I can do, or is it a total brick?
T-mobile has sent me a new phone as this phone's microphone stopped working a while ago, but I figured I'd make it stock prior to sending it back.
If it is bricked, will T-mobile figure out I had CM7 on it and charge me for the phone?
Thanks for the info!
Ian
ipugh said:
Went to flash from CM7 back to stock (following advice I found elsewhere on here,) and flashed just the .pit file, forgot to select the .tar file in ODIN.
After doing so, my phone is a complete brick. No power, no recognition in windows (adb or otherwise,) etc.
Is there anything I can do, or is it a total brick?
T-mobile has sent me a new phone as this phone's microphone stopped working a while ago, but I figured I'd make it stock prior to sending it back.
If it is bricked, will T-mobile figure out I had CM7 on it and charge me for the phone?
Thanks for the info!
Ian
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Do any lights come on at all? like the home key return key? When you charge it?
I have yet to hear of anyone sending their bricked phone back to tmobile and haveing them hear about it.
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Do any lights come on at all? like the home key return key? When you charge it?
I have yet to hear of anyone sending their bricked phone back to tmobile and haveing them hear about it.
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Absolutely nothing -- no lights at all.
Ian
Send it back; there's no way they'll find out if no lights come on.
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Send it back; there's no way they'll find out if no lights come on.
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Ian
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Absolutely nothing -- no lights at all.
Ian
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Yep it's bricked then send it back, your safe. Be careful on the new phone
I bricked five times they yet to say anything ,lol as long as the phone physically good they will send you a new phone and fast to no questions asked.
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Try to get into download mode.
My phone usually doesnt do anything or turn on when soft bricked. Only in download mode
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Try to get into download mode.
My phone usually doesnt do anything or turn on when soft bricked. Only in download mode
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Tried that every way I know how.
I hold down both up and down volume buttons and try to turn it on. Nothing.
This is how I would previously get into download mode.
For what it's worth, I'm very careful with the phone. Was screwing around when I knew it was going back. I honestly was prepared to just buy a new one..
Thanks to everyone!
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Tried that every way I know how.
I hold down both up and down volume buttons and try to turn it on. Nothing.
This is how I would previously get into download mode.
For what it's worth, I'm very careful with the phone. Was screwing around when I knew it was going back. I honestly was prepared to just buy a new one..
Thanks to everyone!
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Try holding both volume keys, plugging into the computer. You should get into download mode that way. Then you could pop the battery back in.
Folks, unless you screwed up flashing a *bootloader* your phone is not bricked.
Remove the battery and sim card. Plug into USB port.
Hold both volume up and down while simultaneously insert the battery. Viola, download mode.
Hi! I was Changing ROM From sensation classic 7.6 to sensation black 3.2. Then after i reset the phone and was about to boot it up again, i managed to hit factory reset. My phone was bootlooping, so i set it in download mode and used LG flash tool.I hit the wrong COM so it crashed in the middle of the update and now it is bricked. I managed to **** up my phone 2 times in a row. I cant seriously believe myself. Is there anybody that has the same problem or hopefully a fix on this one? Please, I am desperate!
I WILL DONATE minimum 10 dollars, possibly 20-30 to whoever finds a fix.
Symptoms :
- LG logo in 2-10 seconds then showing black color ( not actually off but black )
- when i plug it in my pc 15 ish hard drives pops up that " needs to be formatted before use ".
- shows as QSHUSB_BULK in usb manager
- no download or recovery mode
I seriously am amazed that i managed to fail twice on this. Sorry for bad english, not my first language..
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Hi! I was Changing ROM From sensation classic 7.6 to sensation black 3.2. Then after i reset the phone and was about to boot it up again, i managed to hit factory reset. My phone was bootlooping, so i set it in download mode and used LG flash tool.I hit the wrong COM so it crashed in the middle of the update and now it is bricked. I managed to **** up my phone 2 times in a row. I cant seriously believe myself. Is there anybody that has the same problem or hopefully a fix on this one? Please, I am desperate!
I WILL DONATE minimum 10 dollars, possibly 20-30 to whoever finds a fix.
Symptoms :
- LG logo in 2-10 seconds then showing black color ( not actually off but black )
- when i plug it in my pc 15 ish hard drives pops up that " needs to be formatted before use ".
- shows as QSHUSB_BULK in usb manager
- no download or recovery mode
I seriously am amazed that i managed to fail twice on this. Sorry for bad english, not my first language..
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You may be hard bricked. Is your phone detected in ubuntu?
Art Vanderlay said:
You may be hard bricked. Is your phone detected in ubuntu?
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In ubuntu i get "Connection unsuccessful driver error".
Switched999 said:
Hi! I was Changing ROM From sensation classic 7.6 to sensation black 3.2. Then after i reset the phone and was about to boot it up again, i managed to hit factory reset. My phone was bootlooping, so i set it in download mode and used LG flash tool.I hit the wrong COM so it crashed in the middle of the update and now it is bricked. I managed to **** up my phone 2 times in a row. I cant seriously believe myself. Is there anybody that has the same problem or hopefully a fix on this one? Please, I am desperate!
I WILL DONATE minimum 10 dollars, possibly 20-30 to whoever finds a fix.
Symptoms :
- LG logo in 2-10 seconds then showing black color ( not actually off but black )
- when i plug it in my pc 15 ish hard drives pops up that " needs to be formatted before use ".
- shows as QSHUSB_BULK in usb manager
- no download or recovery mode
I seriously am amazed that i managed to fail twice on this. Sorry for bad english, not my first language..
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This has just happened to me, I am in need of help also
I am going to try this out - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681089
idonttakedrugs said:
This has just happened to me, I am in need of help also
I am going to try this out - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681089
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Im pretty sure the solution you linked above me is going to brick your device even harder, because it is only for those who bricked it while updating OTA.
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Im pretty sure the solution you linked above me is going to brick your device even harder, because it is only for those who bricked it while updating OTA.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620 what about this? I'm sure its better then nothing its all I can find, im totally flapping it!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=487656
20 what about this? I'm sure its better then nothing its all I can find, im totally flapping it!
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I have heard several cases about people making an actual brick of their device with that fix. Again, its only for the ones who bricked it OTA. If you really want to try it, go on, but dont blame me if it gets TOTALLY ruined.
If you find a fix PLEASE let me know! I really want my phone back
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I have heard several cases about people making an actual brick of their device with that fix. Again, its only for the ones who bricked it OTA. If you really want to try it, go on, but dont blame me if it gets TOTALLY ruined.
If you find a fix PLEASE let me know! I really want my phone back
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****kkkk i might just take it back to where i bought it from and say it ****ed up when updating it ota and see if i can get a replacement?
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****kkkk i might just take it back to where i bought it from and say it ****ed up when updating it ota and see if i can get a replacement?
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If its rooted they will easily find out, at least where i live, but its worth a try.
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If its rooted they will easily find out, at least where i live, but its worth a try.
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not if it doesnt turn on haha! u cnt get onto download mode or anything so #winning haha na ill check
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not if it doesnt turn on haha! u cnt get onto download mode or anything so #winning haha na ill check
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My friend that tried to fix it found out that it was rooted in under 2 minutes.. i have no idea how but he did it without knowing that it actually was rooted.
I was in the same situation. Managed to get back to download mode by using factory reset.
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corrsea said:
I was in the same situation. Managed to get back to download mode by using factory reset.
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How did you factory reset??
Please answer, i need help
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How did you factory reset??
Please answer, i need help
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Make sure the phone is completely powered off. You will need to long press the power button. Best to do this in a darkened room as initially the screen goes black but there is still some backlight. Keep holding the power button until you are sure it's off.
Then use the 2 button combo to get to the factory reset screen.
In my case resetting would bring me back to download mode.
Then connect to flash tool and flash kdz.
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Make sure the phone is completely powered off. You will need to long press the power button. Best to do this in a darkened room as initially the screen goes black but there is still some backlight. Keep holding the power button until you are sure it's off.
Then use the 2 button combo to get to the factory reset screen.
In my case resetting would bring me back to download mode.
Then connect to flash tool and flash kdz.
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im unable to get onto the reset screen
Keep trying. It can be tricky. When you're holding the two buttons wait until you see the screen flicker. Release the buttons and press again.
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Me too. Whatever button combo i use i just get the black screen. Which combo did you use? If i use vol down and power the black screen doesnt come up, it just restarts instead.
Volume plus power down. It's really important that the phone is powered off properly. You can check by plugging to charger, if its powered off you will get the battery icon.
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Volume plus power down. It's really important that the phone is powered off properly. You can check by plugging to charger, if its powered off you will get the battery icon.
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i cant get the battery icon, also my phone wont turn off without it turning back on
You really do have to hold the power button for a long time. It can be quite difficult to see if it truly is off because it's displaying a black screen, that's why I suggested a darkened room.
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