No longer booting into recovery/OS... crap.. - Epic 4G General

been using epic experience for a month or so now no problems... haven't messed with any new updates or anything for awhile... been busy >.<. but randomly today i turned my phone off for a movie and when i turned it back on... the phone is getting stuck at Samsung loading screen and not doing anything... i tried booting into recovery and same thing... just the Samsung screen. i tried plugging it into my computer and tried using adb to see if it could be detected to recover the phone... to no avail =/ anyone ever come across this before? do i have any options? >.<

Have you tried putting it into download mode? Hold "1" on the keyboard while powering on. If you can get into download mode you can use Odin to factory reset. See here for instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032 and here for the DI18 stock (so you won't have to do OTA update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794138

well she went straight to download mode... ive never used odin... somehow i got by with flashing everything on thbis phone without touching Odin ... thanks a ton man, lets see if this works

ive tried like 2 times now... and it gets stuck on "recovery.bin " and stays on it for like 3+hours... is that normal?

FuzzyLumpkins said:
ive tried like 2 times now... and it gets stuck on "recovery.bin " and stays on it for like 3+hours... is that normal?
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No its not normal. Restart you computer and phone. Then try again. Odin should only take 5 minutes at the most
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Make sure that the pit file goes in pit and the recovery file goes in pda.
Also make sure only reboot and debug are checked.

FuzzyLumpkins said:
ive tried like 2 times now... and it gets stuck on "recovery.bin " and stays on it for like 3+hours... is that normal?
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Odin is hit and miss at best. As mystery said restarts help, also try different usb ports and cables. Stick with it, one of these times it will work.

im at the point where my phone will no longer charge at all.. no lights or anything.. and only thing i can think of is charging the battery in another phone and putting in after full? this sucks =/ and still no fix

FuzzyLumpkins said:
im at the point where my phone will no longer charge at all.. no lights or anything.. and only thing i can think of is charging the battery in another phone and putting in after full? this sucks =/ and still no fix
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There is a new Odin in the development section. You might try that.
With the old version I had to uncheck "F. Reset" to make it work. It was doing that same thing, getting stuck.

once i get a charged battery from my gfs epic ill try again... omg i hope its because my battery is dead... this thing isnt turning on or charging anymore

FuzzyLumpkins said:
once i get a charged battery from my gfs epic ill try again... omg i hope its because my battery is dead... this thing isnt turning on or charging anymore
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use odin1.61 and victory.pit

well i would love to try the new odin... but i just got a fully charged battery from my gf and this thing isnt turning on AT ALL =/ no lights, no nothing now. omg

FuzzyLumpkins said:
well i would love to try the new odin... but i just got a fully charged battery from my gf and this thing isnt turning on AT ALL =/ no lights, no nothing now. omg
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Have you tried powering it on straight to download mode?
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FuzzyLumpkins said:
well i would love to try the new odin... but i just got a fully charged battery from my gf and this thing isnt turning on AT ALL =/ no lights, no nothing now. omg
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You held down the power and the '1' key on the KB? If that doesn't get you into download mode you may be toast.

yeah download mode worked before but after a second fail of odin... (i think my battery died in the middle of the flash)... the phone wont do anything now not even download mode. what can i do with the phone now? i dont really need any more paperweights at my house... can i sell the phone for parts still?

FuzzyLumpkins said:
yeah download mode worked before but after a second fail of odin... (i think my battery died in the middle of the flash)... the phone wont do anything now not even download mode. what can i do with the phone now? i dont really need any more paperweights at my house... can i sell the phone for parts still?
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Yeah, if the battery died in Odin that could probably kill it. You might try getting sprint to replace it under warrenty. Although I don't know if they would let you.

Since there was a recent forced voicemail update I would take it to Sprint and say this happened as a result of the update. Might not be ethical, but that's what I would do.

leatherneck6017 said:
Since there was a recent forced voicemail update I would take it to Sprint and say this happened as a result of the update. Might not be ethical, but that's what I would do.
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haha, you certainly wouldn't be the first, or last I'm sure

Probably the first truly bricked epic i've read about....

well this isnt encouraging at all... haha thanks guys >.< i guess im going to try and take it to a sprint store today and see what can be done.

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Bricked.

http://androidforums.com/fascinate-all-things-root/179136-bricked-fascinate-beyond-repair.html
This is exactly what happened to a friend of mine as well. He accidentally flashed the captivate Odin3; nothing works now. The weird thing is, is when you plug up the phone now it will do nothing. It won't power on. It won't even give prompt from the computer, anything. The only way it will power up at all is having he battery in only. Can someone explain me how this might happen? Can a software flash just short out a board?
I don't know how to help you...but am wondering why do people try this?????? We know there is no recovery available...I am just speechless.... That's probably why moto locked bootloader cause of crap like this and money loss
tats_06 said:
I don't know how to help you...but am wondering why do people try this?????? We know there is no recovery available...I am just speechless.... That's probably why moto locked bootloader cause of crap like this and money loss
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Ill on honestly he could of been looking for a way to clear the stock/angel rom, so that he could reflash to stock. Even if you reflash/wipe cache/ reformat some settings remain. For instance if you don't have debugging on and you turn the brightness off by mistake you're FUBAR'd!
Can he get to download mode (battery out! Usb connected. Volume down). If he does, there's still hope.
I actually had to flash the US Cellular kernel in order to get to the point where I could re-flash the stock kernel.
namebrandon said:
Can he get to download mode (battery out! Usb connected. Volume down). If he does, there's still hope.
I actually had to flash the US Cellular kernel in order to get to the point where I could re-flash the stock kernel.
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Thanks NameBrandon! I knew I read that somewhere but I couldn't remember where.
josh6780 said:
The weird thing is, is when you plug up the phone now it will do nothing. It won't power on. It won't even give prompt from the computer, anything. The only way it will power up at all is having he battery in only.
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Just to confirm then, because it sounds like you've already tried: are you positive you are unable to get into download mode?
josh6780 said:
http://androidforums.com/fascinate-all-things-root/179136-bricked-fascinate-beyond-repair.html
This is exactly what happened to a friend of mine as well. He accidentally flashed the captivate Odin3; nothing works now. The weird thing is, is when you plug up the phone now it will do nothing. It won't power on. It won't even give prompt from the computer, anything. The only way it will power up at all is having he battery in only. Can someone explain me how this might happen? Can a software flash just short out a board?
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I have flashed the captivate rom and the i9000 rom before from odin, and was still able to get into download mode. At the time i hadnt made the odin restore files so i had no way of fixing it. The files i created in another thread should be able to get him back, as namebrandon can tell you
namebrandon said:
Can he get to download mode (battery out! Usb connected. Volume down). If he does, there's still hope.
I actually had to flash the US Cellular kernel in order to get to the point where I could re-flash the stock kernel.
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That is what is so weird about all this. If he usb is plugged in at all the phone will not power on. It will only power on when it is using the battery.
And yes. He was trying to flash back to stock ROM bc he bricked it with a different ROM. He was under the impression that Odin would auto detect his phone.
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That is what is so weird about all this. If he usb is plugged in at all the phone will not power on. It will only power on when it is using the battery.
And yes. He was trying to flash back to stock ROM bc he bricked it with a different ROM. He was under the impression that Odin would auto detect his phone.
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If he cannot get into download mode (pull out battery, pull out sd card, put battery back in, hold ONLY the volume down key and plug into computer) then he completely bricked his phone. He might have clicked the update boot loader option in Odin, or just flashed something that he didn't know what would happen when he did.
If he takes it back to verizon, they will most likely replace it as long as he doesn't tell them he rooted it / tried flashing it.
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If he cannot get into download mode (pull out battery, pull out sd card, put battery back in, hold ONLY the volume down key and plug into computer) then he completely bricked his phone. He might have clicked the update boot loader option in Odin, or just flashed something that he didn't know what would happen when he did.
If he takes it back to verizon, they will most likely replace it as long as he doesn't tell them he rooted it / tried flashing it.
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And it, you know, doesn't show the AT&T boot logo..
But yeah, if he can't get to download mode, it's done.
namebrandon said:
And it, you know, doesn't show the AT&T boot logo..
But yeah, if he can't get to download mode, it's done.
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Well, that's the problem. He needs it not to show the ATT logo. Lol. Working on that.
josh6780 said:
Well, that's the problem. He needs it not to show the ATT logo. Lol. Working on that.
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Microwave?
Take the battery out first. 4-5 seconds should do it. Too long and the plastic will melt.
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Microwave?
Take the battery out first. 4-5 seconds should do it. Too long and the plastic will melt.
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um. how about that is a horrible idea. i just kicked you on irc for even suggesting that.
If you cant get into download mode, you could always splice a micro usb cable into a surge protected outlet and burn out the board...
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. HOUSE. CAR. DOG. ANYTHING. YOU DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN!
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um. how about that is a horrible idea. i just kicked you on irc for even suggesting that.
If you cant get into download mode, you could always splice a micro usb cable into a surge protected outlet and burn out the board...
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. HOUSE. CAR. DOG. ANYTHING. YOU DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN!
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We're to the point of trying to figure out how to completely destroy a phone so it won't boot. I don't think burning out the board is much more of a risk than a microwave for 4-5 seconds. What if his cable lights on fire, then his carpet, etc..
It's a stupid point to argue.
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um. how about that is a horrible idea. i just kicked you on irc for even suggesting that.
If you cant get into download mode, you could always splice a micro usb cable into a surge protected outlet and burn out the board...
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. HOUSE. CAR. DOG. ANYTHING. YOU DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN!
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Well thanks for trying to help but I just took the phone apart, pulled the AMOLED cable and put it back together.
josh6780 said:
Well thanks for trying to help but I just took the phone apart, pulled the AMOLED cable and put it back together.
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lol.. or you could do that. Nice work.
Love this thread.
That's not how you break a phone, THIS is how you break a phone.
No no no, you're breaking it wrong!
I should take it to AT&T and ask them to activate it. "sir, this is a Verizon phone"
"no it's not"
"yes, it is."
"look you idiot, it as your effing name comes up when you turn it on"
":/"

While I was installing a new rom usb cable desconenected

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
khziko77 said:
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
Cyberdyne systems said:
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
jersr said:
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

Stuck at "Phone ! Computer" screen, cant get to recovery/download mode

So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I won this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Read the sticky topic about JIG/JTAG.
GL.
Hum, i was trying to avoid that method, but i guess i will give it a try later. First i will try to get my warranty.
Ricardo_1991 said:
So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I wont this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
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The same thing happened to me a month or so ago, I managed to get it in to download mode by removing the battery, putting it back in and being very quick with my fingers to get it in to download then flashed with odin.
You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
Remove your battery for 10 min. then try again if u hadn't solved 3 button combination before
JJEgan said:
You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
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I don't think so.. :/
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
JJEgan said:
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
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very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
I had a similar problem some time ago (Phone ! PC screen)... I disconnected the battery for half a day came home from uni and put the battery into the phone, while holding ALL (hard) buttons at the same time... then, download mode actually went through
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very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
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That doesn't work.. the same screen appears all the time
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
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Ok guys, thanks for the support. I will keep trying, and if it fails, i will get my warranty and go to samsung.
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
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Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
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rudeboy150 said:
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
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Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
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I did that so many times already, but the result is always the same for me...
azleep said:
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
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I pressed the buttons for 5 minutes, but nothing, the "phone ! computer" icon disappears for 1 second, and appears again, over and over again
@Ricardo_1991
If you remove the battery for some time(10 min.) and you still can't access download-mode then Sbl on your device has been corrupted while kies did flash the ROM, take it to a samsung service center and get it fixed.
You probably have done this but ensure your usb cable is REMOVED until you get the download mode working.
Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
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Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
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I agree, but im from Portugal, and i dont have any nearby store where i can buy all the materials. What i can do is order the micro sim thing from amazon.co.uk, and the 301K resistor from somewhere else..
ps: the sellers of resistors in amazon wont send them to portugal, only the micro sim plug

Won't start up help needed

Okay about two weeks ago I updated to 4.4.2 from 4.2.2(I think that's the one?) on my s4 and I've hated the update. I decided to root my phone using muniz method and it worked perfectly. I even changed to the nc1.
So, after using my phone without issues for two weeks roughly I noticed last night it started to randomly turn off while texting. It would just auto restart but it happened every 5-10 minutes. After an hour it started happening more often so I plugged my phone in. Now my phone will not even turn on. When I insert the battery the samsung start screen appears for about a second and then goes black. I have to pull out the battery for the phone to do ANYTHING. If the phone is plugged in while trying this and I insert the battery I literately get NOTHING. No samsung screen or anything.
Things I've tried.
Swapped the battery.
boot into odin
boot into safemode
plugged it in while trying to boot
Swapped the usb cord
taken out sim card
Some things to note is that I did not install any new app before this had happened. It was working the same for about two weeks with no issues.
When plugging in my phone to charge or anything I never get an led light at the top of my phone.
I seriously need some help with this. Any suggestions are appreciated!
Conquestfan said:
Okay about two weeks ago I updated to 4.4.2 from 4.2.2(I think that's the one?) on my s4 and I've hated the update. I decided to root my phone using muniz method and it worked perfectly. I even changed to the nc1.
So, after using my phone without issues for two weeks roughly I noticed last night it started to randomly turn off while texting. It would just auto restart but it happened every 5-10 minutes. After an hour it started happening more often so I plugged my phone in. Now my phone will not even turn on. When I insert the battery the samsung start screen appears for about a second and then goes black. I have to pull out the battery for the phone to do ANYTHING. If the phone is plugged in while trying this and I insert the battery I literately get NOTHING. No samsung screen or anything.
Things I've tried.
Swapped the battery.
boot into odin
boot into safemode
plugged it in while trying to boot
Swapped the usb cord
taken out sim card
Some things to note is that I did not install any new app before this had happened. It was working the same for about two weeks with no issues.
When plugging in my phone to charge or anything I never get an led light at the top of my phone.
I seriously need some help with this. Any suggestions are appreciated!
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Are you plugging it in to the stock wall charger? Your best bet is to get it to boot into download mode long enough to reflash NB1.
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DeadlySin9 said:
Are you plugging it in to the stock wall charger? Your best bet is to get it to boot into download mode long enough to reflash NB1.
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Yeah using stock wall charger from a wall, computer, and even a different charger.
Is download mode the one where you hold vol down + power + home?
If so it brings up the screen that asks you to press the volume up but it dies before it can ever make it to the downloading screen...
Conquestfan said:
Yeah using stock wall charger from a wall, computer, and even a different charger.
Is download mode the one where you hold vol down + power + home?
If so it brings up the screen that asks you to press the volume up but it dies before it can ever make it to the downloading screen...
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Experiment and see if you can get it to stay there. If not, you may need to try a best buy if you can.
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Thanks, i'll keep playing with it but so far it just shuts off instantly in about a second or two.
If I bring it to best buy and they take it or anywhere else will I be shunned for rooting my phone?
Conquestfan said:
Thanks, i'll keep playing with it but so far it just shuts off instantly in about a second or two.
If I bring it to best buy and they take it or anywhere else will I be shunned for rooting my phone?
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If it won't start they won't know it's rooted. They'll try to flash the firmware which will remove root if they're successful, so again they won't know
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That would be fantastic! If I purshased it at walmart would it matter if I take it to best buy for example? I'm sure a corporate AT&T store could do the same correct?
Conquestfan said:
That would be fantastic! If I purshased it at walmart would it matter if I take it to best buy for example? I'm sure a corporate AT&T store could do the same correct?
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Go to a best buy that has a Samsung experience. They can re-flash it there
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jd1639 said:
Go to a best buy that has a Samsung experience. They can re-flash it there
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put it in downloadvolume down power and home button use odin to load factory file hope this helps
ron31 said:
put it in downloadvolume down power and home button use odin to load factory file hope this helps
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I've tried this but it instantly shuts off as soon as the volume up screen to continue comes up. It won't boot in any form at all
Conquestfan said:
I've tried this but it instantly shuts off as soon as the volume up screen to continue comes up. It won't boot in any form at all
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did you try factory reset
ron31 said:
did you try factory reset
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I couldn't do factory reset because the phone wouldn't stay on long enough to do ANYTHING.
So as an update to this...
I was on my way to the closest store with samsung experience which is about an hour away from me and when I almost get there my phone RANDOMLY turns on...
I couldn't be more pissed and happy at the same time. So, obviously I try messing with it a bit and it shuts off again. This time I can get it to turn on after about 15 tries. Long enough for me to do a factory reset!
It lasted a good 30 minutes to an hour and it shut off again.
Hardware issue or is anyone else having this issue with 4.4.2 nc1?
No I haven't on mine you all have to bring it in for repair
ron31 said:
No I haven't on mine you all have to bring it in for repair
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Okay so I brought it by best buy and the guys couldn't flash it or do anything to it because it wouldn't turn on at all. They tried several batteries etc.
So, I decided to try the phone doctors and the guy thought it could be a malfunction in the power button because the phone tries to boot up any time you put the battery in. You don't have to hit any buttons and you can't insert the battery without it trying to power on.
I'll cross my fingers that's the problem and they phone doctor guy told me he has never seen this issue with an s4 but it was really common in s3's.
I go back in two hours to see if they have fixed it!
Conquestfan said:
Okay so I brought it by best buy and the guys couldn't flash it or do anything to it because it wouldn't turn on at all. They tried several batteries etc.
So, I decided to try the phone doctors and the guy thought it could be a malfunction in the power button because the phone tries to boot up any time you put the battery in. You don't have to hit any buttons and you can't insert the battery without it trying to power on.
I'll cross my fingers that's the problem and they phone doctor guy told me he has never seen this issue with an s4 but it was really common in s3's.
I go back in two hours to see if they have fixed it!
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The s2 had this problem too and one way to confirm it was to pull the battery and put it back in. If it booted right away it was the power button. So it sounds like you're on to something.
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jd1639 said:
The s2 had this problem too and one way to confirm it was to pull the battery and put it back in. If it booted right away it was the power button. So it sounds like you're on to something.
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Well, I was really hoping for the best and I thought they really had my problem figured out. When I got back to the store they told me they basically checked and rewired everything they could and it was still doing this. They told me they can't fix it and didn't charge me anything.
It looks like I have a lemon...
Conquestfan said:
Well, I was really hoping for the best and I thought they really had my problem figured out. When I got back to the store they told me they basically checked and rewired everything they could and it was still doing this. They told me they can't fix it and didn't charge me anything.
It looks like I have a lemon...
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send it back to samsung
ron31 said:
send it back to samsung
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I would but they don't accept anything past a year. If it ever boots up again I'm going to install a different rom and just cross fingers
I've been informed my phone might still be under factory warranty. Just out of speculation, if you root your phone and it ends up malfunctioning what would they do if you send it in for warranty? I'm not sure if my issue is hardware or software related at all.

Dead phone revival?

Don't know if anyone can help?
My PH-1 has died
Had some issues with UI stuttering and tried reflashing original rom, but kept getting failed to write errors.
After many attempts I was worried the battery was low. So I powered down. Then when I plugged the phone in to charge, no charging indicator or led showed.
I left it over night to see if it would charge anyway.
Next morning I tried to reboot, but only got a micro second green LED flash and nothing.
Maybe someone will have an idea?
Thanks
Leave it charging overnight.
In the morning connect it to a windows PC while you keep the Vol-
Check Device Manager in windows and see if you can see the device as QHSUSB...
If you can see that there is hope. Let us know
Ok, will give it a try.
Thanks
johnny8910 said:
Ok, will give it a try.
Thanks
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Tried the suggested, no go I'm afraid.
johnny8910 said:
Tried the suggested, no go I'm afraid.
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did it every work for you again? i think I did the same thing this morning.
theandrewgordon said:
did it every work for you again? i think I did the same thing this morning.
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Nope.
Had to get a replacement from Essential.

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