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Hi everyone,
I have had some trouble with my Vogue. At first it simply would not turn on. I would get a red light when I plugged the phone in to charge it. I have been using my old phone for several months now. Today I went out to the nearest Bell store and it seems like anything new is going to cost in the $500 area because I still have 1 year left on my contract. So I have renewed my interest in getting my Vogue working again
The original thread describing my original problem (with the red light) is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546674
I purchased a new battery and now when I plug it in on the USB I can turn it on (no lights, red, green, or otherwise) but it does turn on. It boots up just passed the blue “Bell” splash screen and then reboots. It does this over and over again.
I am able to get into the boot loader screen by holding down the power and camera buttons and pressing the reset button.
Any ideas on what I can do? Any suggestions are welcome.
Regards,
The Fish
Reflash your rom when you get to the bootloader screen.
If you are unlocked flash nfsfan or whatever, just rename the nbh file to 'VOGUIMG.nbh' and it will flash.
If you were on stock you'll need the nbh from the stock package.
OK, here is an update
I have tried a hard-reset (press Send and End buttons at the same time and press reset button). This worked but the phone still kept rebooting. Tried the original battery, phone booted a little further up before rebooting.
I got the phone into boot loader mode and left it plugged in on the USB cable for a few minutes. This time when I rebooted I became ecstatic. I got all the way to the “align your screen” stage before hearing the “phone is dying” sound and the phone turned off. So here is what I think may have happened:
I have long lost the home charger kit. So I have, for as long as I can remember, been charging it by plugging it into a PC via the USB. This is fine except that Windows will only power the USB for the device if there is a driver installed. The device/phone looks different to Windows when it is in boot loader mode then when it is fully booted up. If the device is so dead as to not even have a flicker of life I don't think Windows sees it.
I have been doing this tonight under Linux. Linux seems to either have the driver, a more generic driver or powers the USB all the time for any device. I noticed this same behavior when charging my Moto Razr the same way. Under Linux it just worked by plugging it in. Under Widows I had to install the driver. So maybe here is what happened.
The battery got SO dead that it was not able to boot the phone up far enough for Windows on the PC to see it, recognize it and begin powering the USB port. Perhaps leaving the phone in bootloader mode and plugged into a Linux box got the battery a little more charged till I got to the point of being able to align the screen.
Anyway, I am more then ever convinced that this is some kind of battery/power issue. The phone is now lying here powered up and charging (already at 20%). The carrier customizations ran, rebooted while I crossed my fingers, and came back up. I even called *BELL and got a message about activating my phone. Tomorrow if the phone is charged up and behaving normally I will get an ESN change done and be back in the world of decent smartphones. Man have I ever missed my Google Maps
The next step is to flash a more up-to-date ROM... if I dare mess with a good thing.
The Fish
If this is asked else were I apologies as I did a search but could not find anything. Short story, my Epic came unplugged before Odin3 finished. Now I cannot get the phone to power on. It will not go into download mode or recovery. I pulled the battery and hit vol. up and power, but nothing happens. I am just about sure there is no hope for the phone, but it is worth a shot. Does anyone know if it is possibly to fix a bricked phone that will not turn on?
Thanks
Will it go into download mode again? do a battery pull and try to go back to download mode. does the samsung logo show when you boot the phone?
I pulled the battery, and still nothing. When I try to power it never comes to life, no logo nothing its like I do not have a battery in it when I hit the power button, but the battery is fully charged.
Art2Fly said:
Will it go into download mode again? do a battery pull and try to go back to download mode. does the samsung logo show when you boot the phone?
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Download mode: Slide out the kbd, hold the 1 key, press and hold the power button on the side until you get the download screen with the yellow caution triangle and the ditch digger guy...
Holding power and 1 also does nothing.
I think pulling the plug while ODIN is running is literally the only way you can brick this phone, other than running it over with a car.
Did you have full batterywhen you started? Does odin recognize the com port when you plug the phone in?
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I did have full batterywhen I did it, but I was using my laptop and went to move causing my phone to fall and become unplugged before it was finished. I just tried plugging in the phone again and nothing came up Odin did not recognize it.
I have had to unplug the phone while odin was running several times because it stopped progressing with the flash. I have been lucky enough to never have a total brick. I would suggest pulling the battery and hitting keys on the keyboard to ensure the power is completely drained, the putting in the battery while holding the 1 key and power.... Always does the trick for me.
You are making sure the phone its in download mode and odin is running before plugging your phone in, right?
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Oh my; that sucks. I hope you can get it replaced without any issues.
Good luck, with the next one. Tie it to the desk during the Odin process.
You said you pulled the battery then hit Vol. Up and power...
To get into recovery you need to hit Vol. Down + Camera + Power (hope you had a Backup)
Even after pulling the battery it still will not come back to life. I was at the sprint store and told them that I was doing the over the air update and this is what happened. The tech told me that he has seen a few Epics turn into bricks because of the update went wrong. I will have a new one on Monday but it was worth a try to see if there was a fix since the phone they let me use sucks. Now I will be a little scared putting roms on my phone once I get my new one. Thanks for the help anyway.
Jase3040 said:
Now I will be a little scared putting roms on my phone once I get my new one. Thanks for the help anyway.
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Don't be. What happened to you is next to impossible. If you don't chuck your phone around while Odining, it won't happen again.
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Don't be. What happened to you is next to impossible. If you don't chuck your phone around while Odining, it won't happen again.
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Yes... ODIN + ADHD is not a good combination
Your phone is not bricked. I had this scenario happen to me. The way I got the phone working again is to take the battery out and then plug the USB cable in. At that point I was able to have the keyboard open, hold down the 1 key+power and the phone went in to dload mode. It worked for me, I am betting it would work for you.
I forgot to mention, leave the battery out of the phone while doing this.
Socos25 I have to say I had hope for this, but I still have the same problem…… however, still nothing but a blank screen that is darker then the bottom of the ocean.
I feel your pain, buddy.
I hate to admit it, but I did the same thing when my phone was 29 days old. In my case I think I started by using the wrong PID file and the process hung. I got worried and unplugged the phone after about 2 minutes. I tried every combination possible to get the phone to wake up but each time it got worse. There was no way to get it back into download mode.
I ended up taking it to a Sprint service center. The tech was sure he could reflash it, but after 20 minutes he came back and said it was dead. Since it was under 30 days they gave me a new phone. Thank you Sprint.
Anyway, I'm pretty nervous these days when using Odin. It IS possible to brick this phone using Odin (as we both know). When I use Odin now I triple check every step, do it on a laptop with a full battery, put the phone down and step away from it until it's finished.
It's likely that if you take it to a Sprint service center they will replace it for a $35 fee. That may be your only option at this point.
Thinking back.. Pull the battery, hold down the power button for like 10 seconds. Then with the battery out of the phone plug in the USB cable. try the 1+power button.
I am pretty sure tha is how I got mine back after I accidently dropped the phone when odin'ing. Does the LED light up when you plug in the usb cable?
I've pulled my phone over 20 times turing an ODIN process to try and brick it. It just doesn't happen with these Samsung phones. You may get stuck at the Samsung screen, but chances are if that you battery is either dead or you keyboard is broken. Cause through 5 phones with trading I can't seem to brick one.
Hey guys, Im trying to fix this mt4g for a friend.. It wont boot, I cant get into hboot or recovery, all it does is flash the LED. I have read post saying its because I was unsuccessful at loading bootloader, however it doesn't vibrate like the others are saying. I left the battery out for a couple hours along with sd and sim, also tried charging through the night... I cannot figure this one out, also, the computer will not recognize any new hardware or drivers. Is this phone bricked beyond repair?
I put the battery on my battery charger and let the battery charge outside of the phone now when I put the battery in the phone and plug it in to the computer, the red LED comes on and stays on, along with a red glow on the trackpad... Anyone know what to do?
Blinking LED is either the battery is charging to at least one percent, or you didn't press the right button combo to boot into bootloader. Power + Volume Down is bootloader, Volume up will give you three vibrates and a flashing LED, where you will have to pull your battery.
Thanks, I cant get the phone to do anything... I plug it in with the battery in, without pushing any buttons and the LED comes on and the IR trackpad light comes on... It wont respond to anything, no drivers popup.. Is there anyway to recover a bricked mt4g? Im new to it, as I have an Evo and have never had anything like this occur with all the evos i've flashed and rooted... If someone knows anyway to fix this feel free to give input..
Thanks everyone!
ya .. mine is doing the samething.
I just try to turn it on and I get one vibrate ... nothing else
I hit down and power and I get one vibrate .. nothing else
I hit up and power I get 3 fast vibrates and a flashing orange led ... I try to plug the USB here and I get 3 fast beeps on the comp
I hit up and down vol and power I get 5 fast vibrates with a solid green led and noting else... usb again beeps 3 times on the comp
neither will recognize the usb and I have reinstalled the drivers .. and of course none will work with adb either.
I think we are screwed really ... but maybe someone knows something i dont on this here. Thanks for any help.
if you fix your phone. let me know
dragon_usa said:
if you fix your phone. let me know
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ya .. no luck so far ..I have tried a lot .. different drivers .. HTC sync .. etc.
I have tried different button pushes .. usb ports .. wont work in adb .. nothing is doing anything.
all I hear thru my speakers when I plug it in is that damn the fast 3 beeps .. ike a "hell no go F yourself you arent connecting it"
and there isnt a lot of info online bout this .. other than some others have the same LED blinking and stuff .. I still dont know what the different LED modes mean.
so IM screwed .. BUT I am getting an LG G2X as an alternate exchange thru T-Mobile warranty though. goodbye mytouch 4G Hello to G2X AND Galaxy S II(bought) .. fun times!
I found a thread somewhere, not sure where but it said that if you cant get anything and the infra-red on the touch sensor is lit the phone is completely bricked!
Its not bricked. Somethign is wacky with the phone, mine has done it and thats why im trying to find out what the hell is going on. My phone acts like its completely dead. This post migt end up being really long.
Ok, i notices this, i used my phone as a wifi hot spot. Turned it off. Left my phone alone, i then put it on charge and went to sleep. Woke up looked at the battery, no color other than the lighting bolt. Unplugged it then went off. Pluged charger back in and orange led flashes. Tried to get into recovery nothing. Tried to power it on, nothing, tried the volume down and power, three vibrations. Ok then i decided to take out the battery in and out, didnt work, tried leaving the battery out for a few minutes, then put it back in, same. Took out memory card, sim card. Then plugged in the charger. Let it sit for awhile then it works. I notice if you dont use the orginal charger that may also be the problem. I dont have my orginal but i used a walmart charger and seems like a super charger and some how charged my battery enough to be booted up, i daily use a charger that i found with the same connection x-( , that could be the problem. I dunno what makes this happen but it happened to me at least three times. I kinda figure the battery or the emmc chip is involved, could be the hotspot, could be anything, but we dont have enough evidence to figure it out, ill try to post what my battery usage on here. I use cm7 and it only happens when i use it. I tried all other roms but no repeats. That was my story.
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Strapt said:
ya .. mine is doing the samething.
I just try to turn it on and I get one vibrate ... nothing else
I hit down and power and I get one vibrate .. nothing else
I hit up and power I get 3 fast vibrates and a flashing orange led ... I try to plug the USB here and I get 3 fast beeps on the comp
I hit up and down vol and power I get 5 fast vibrates with a solid green led and noting else... usb again beeps 3 times on the comp
neither will recognize the usb and I have reinstalled the drivers .. and of course none will work with adb either.
I think we are screwed really ... but maybe someone knows something i dont on this here. Thanks for any help.
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I have done all these as well, and still unable to get past the black screen, or acheive bootloader as well. I have even left the battery out for a couple of hours, and still no different. Going to try recharging the battery once more, and some other things.
As for adb it is of no help as of now. I keep getting an error saying no device found. Has anyone found a way past this yet, to try rebooting through adb?
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After trying to replace files on the sdcard I was not able to get past this issue. Also spoke with tech support, and was not able to get anywhere with their help. After speaking with them, I have come to conclusion the is bricked. I still cannot figure out what caused the phone to do this I broke down and sending it out to be replaced. Thankfully I have the insurance so I don't have to pay anything for the replacement.
Apparently its not bricked cause I'm still using mine. Try a different charger probly a stronger one like walmarts. I think the battery has a fart and is messed up for a little when it doesn't have a good charge
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Apparently its not bricked cause I'm still using mine. Try a different charger probly a stronger one like walmarts. I think the battery has a fart and is messed up for a little when it doesn't have a good charge
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I have done this, fully charged it twice, and no change for me. I am glad it worked out for you.
Its not bricked.
Download the stock rom, and put that .zip in the root of your SD card. Put it in, press Power + Volume DOWN and wait for the bootloader. Once it boots, it should recognize the .zip and ask if you want to update it, run the update and your phone will be at stock again. Then root again, install Clockwork, and hopefully you backed up your ROM. This won't effect S-OFF, but you will have to run VisionARY again to get root permissions to run clockwork.
Hope this Helps.
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I am too having this problem
just blink orange
can't access bootloader or any else....
I too had this problem not too long ago. My power button wouldn't work though... I just connected via USB to my computer with the battery out, put it back in while connected and it turned on. Maybe I'm just lucky but give it a try
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Had Build 5 of the team hacksung ICS. i went to turn my screen on and nothing, I figure ok, pulll the battery, it will be fine. NOT. I pulled the battery, put it back in, tried to turn the phone on and all I got was the battery charging screen (with a grey battery with the loading symbol in it) and it kept turning off and coming back on over and over. I threw it on the charger for shi*s and giggles and it booted into recovery, nothing I tried made it boot past recovery (while plugged in) or past the half charging screen (when not plugged in)
I managed to go home and odin back to stock (full DL09 w/ atlas 2.2 pit) but if I turn the damn thing off and then try to start it again, same damn thing! idk what the hell to do or even what happened. no amount of odin is helping.
Anyone have any idea what the heck happened here?
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Had Build 5 of the team hacksung ICS. i went to turn my screen on and nothing, I figure ok, pulll the battery, it will be fine. NOT. I pulled the battery, put it back in, tried to turn the phone on and all I got was the battery charging screen (with a grey battery with the loading symbol in it) and it kept turning off and coming back on over and over. I threw it on the charger for shi*s and giggles and it booted into recovery, nothing I tried made it boot past recovery (while plugged in) or past the half charging screen (when not plugged in)
I managed to go home and odin back to stock (full DL09 w/ atlas 2.2 pit) but if I turn the damn thing off and then try to start it again, same damn thing! idk what the hell to do or even what happened. no amount of odin is helping.
Anyone have any idea what the heck happened here?
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Are your volume buttons stuck?
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Nope but I'm thinking I'm going to try some electronics cleaner just in case. My phone is my music when I lift so I change songs often meaning its a distinct possibility that's its gummed up a bit in there lol
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Neuman.Tim said:
Had Build 5 of the team hacksung ICS. i went to turn my screen on and nothing, I figure ok, pulll the battery, it will be fine. NOT. I pulled the battery, put it back in, tried to turn the phone on and all I got was the battery charging screen (with a grey battery with the loading symbol in it) and it kept turning off and coming back on over and over. I threw it on the charger for shi*s and giggles and it booted into recovery, nothing I tried made it boot past recovery (while plugged in) or past the half charging screen (when not plugged in)
I managed to go home and odin back to stock (full DL09 w/ atlas 2.2 pit) but if I turn the damn thing off and then try to start it again, same damn thing! idk what the hell to do or even what happened. no amount of odin is helping.
Anyone have any idea what the heck happened here?
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I kinda have the same issue. When I have the phone unplugged and off, I cannot turn it on. When I push the power button I get a blank battery charging image. However, when I plug the phone in and wait for the battery charging icon to appear , then push the power button the phone will start. Also, when on and not plugged in, the notification area intermittently presents "USB connected". I have chalked this all up to being an issue with my USB port on the phone being damaged and learned to ignore the notification. I have tried several ROMs and have the same issues across the board (GM and ICS ROMs)
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I kinda have the same issue. When I have the phone unplugged and off, I cannot turn it on. When I push the power button I get a blank battery charging image. However, when I plug the phone in and wait for the battery charging icon to appear , then push the power button the phone will start. Also, when on and not plugged in, the notification area intermittently presents "USB connected". I have chalked this all up to being an issue with my USB port on the phone being damaged and learned to ignore the notification. I have tried several ROMs and have the same issues across the board (GM and ICS ROMs)
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Try a different battery
That was my next step once I get home. Half afraid to turn the dang thing off at risk of having to start over..again
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Ok so I finally got around to some testing. If I power off the phone and power it back on its fine, if I reboot, its fine, if I take the battery out (like when I flashed the ec09 radio earlier) then it does the same crap as before. If I plug the charger in and try again its good. I tried my buddys battery and all was well so its my battery.
Hope this helps anyone who runs into this problem!
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Hi everybody
I have a problem with my Galaxy S5 (no custom rom, official)
I normally used my phone, I locked it. But, after about 10 mins I tried to unlock my phone, but nothing happens
I tried to reboot, nothing happens. I tried take out and put the battery - nothing happens. So I searched on Google and tried some keys combinations, but nothing happens. My phone has about 80% battery. I tried to charge it in the charger, but nothing is happening (black screen, no notiffication light). Also I tried to put off my SIM and SD Card, but nothing happens
Do you have some skills in it? Can you help me?
Few days ago, I faced the same problem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2853472
Then I'd to take it to the Samsumg store.. And they return it back in 2 days and said me it was a software problem..
I wanted to do a recovery reset, but i can't boot my phone anymore, also the Kies doesn't see anything, so. Did you really think that is a software problem? Because my phone won't vibrate at boot. So maybe it can be a hardware prob :/
EDIT: Phone started blinking red light... (nottiffication), I tried to charge it, but nothing...
Mate as mentioned early, same problem I faced..
It'll be better, if you return it to Samsung customer care..
You seem to be saying that the problem occurred unexpectedly. So presumably this isn't subsequent to a flash error, newly installed app or a trauma (dropping the phone, etc).
First ensure that your battery is charged, plug in the phone to a charger as well and try turning it on. If at all possible, borrow a battery from a friend's S5 or go to a store and borrow a battery for 30 seconds to confirm that the battery isn't the issue.
If the problem persists, then remove the cable and battery. Then put the battery back into the phone and press and continue to hold in this order, the volume down key, then menu key, then power key. Hold all three until the screen powers up (about 5 seconds). If this doesn't work.. the most likely problem is a damaged power key - try pressing hard or "wiggling" it to see if that makes a difference.
If you still can't start the phone, then see if a local cellular repair shop has a "jtag jig" that you can borrow. Or you can buy one on Ebay for a few dollars. When this jig is plugged into the USB socket, the phone should automatically restart.
If all of the above fails (which is unlikely), you would seem to have a hardware problem or unknown origin. Which would be very unusual. If your phone is under warranty, make a claim. Otherwise get an estimate to repair it.
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If I hold all 4 buttons at the same time and connect the phone to PC, PC recognises the phone for a few seconds. Well, maybe not recognises, I cant see it, but it plays the same sound as if connected flash drive to pc. However, everytime it disconnects within a few seconds...
I´m in the same case, but I was flashing the Galaxy S5 with the four files ROM and the pit file using Odin3.09. All the process ended well, but after rebooting there apeared one Screen sayin something like "Some files at this phone are encripted and there can´t be modified......." so I did a manual reboot and take off USB cable and from this moment the phone don´t do anything but giving a sound when I plug USB to computer cable and I can see new COM --> Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008, and there repeat a loop.
I´m still looking for a solution, but it gives me that there is time to change phone.
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This thread is old but idk if this was ever solved, so in case anyone else ever has an issue like this. My Gf is still rocking this phone so i've had a little experience with it. The phone wont turn on or charge. I got it to work by sticking a flat head screw driver and prying it fairly hard against the bottom of the battery (the side closest to the charge port) and forcing the battery harder against the metal contacts. While pushing the battery I turn on the phone and it starts right up and continues to run even after letting the pressure off. I've noticed this happens every few times i take the battery out, but this method has never failed for me turning the phone back on. Hope someone finds this helpful.
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This thread is old but idk if this was ever solved, so in case anyone else ever has an issue like this. My Gf is still rocking this phone so i've had a little experience with it. The phone wont turn on or charge. I got it to work by sticking a flat head screw driver and prying it fairly hard against the bottom of the battery (the side closest to the charge port) and forcing the battery harder against the metal contacts. While pushing the battery I turn on the phone and it starts right up and continues to run even after letting the pressure off. I've noticed this happens every few times i take the battery out, but this method has never failed for me turning the phone back on. Hope someone finds this helpful.
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weird, youd think that bending the tabs out to force contact with the battery better would do the same trick fwif