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[GUIDE] Recover your bricked Bell (or other download mode disabled SGS)

I went and bricked my SGS again and thought great.. time to exchange again right? Wrong.
My Bell SGS is one of those cute ones that has no download mode. I thought all hope was lost. It wasn't.
It's simple, adb reboot recovery works fine. But trying to adb is a pain in the ass. Easy solution.
1) Get the one click root/unroot tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742403
2) Use the tool--any setting is fine, all we're using this for is getting into recovery mode. I clicked unroot 2.1.
3) Surprise! The tool can communicate with the phone just fine even though the phone is failing to boot. You're now in recovery mode.
4) Wipe the data and the cache on the device, and you're good as new. No flashing of update.zip required.

I guess that:
adb reboot recovery
would also work then?

Mithent said:
I guess that:
adb reboot recovery
would also work then?
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You know, I have no idea. I'm assuming so since that's what I believe his software calls upon, but I've never actually tried it.

define your "bricked"
did you get this screen of
pc-!-phone ?
because in that screen, the phone is not recognized by windows when you plug in the USB cable
so ADB doesn't work when it's the phone is not listening to the PC

Mithent said:
I guess that:
adb reboot recovery
would also work then?
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AllGamer said:
define your "bricked"
did you get this screen of
pc-!-phone ?
because in that screen, the phone is not recognized by windows when you plug in the USB cable
so ADB doesn't work when it's the phone is not listening to the PC
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No, I did not get that screen. For me, it just blacked out and locked on bootup.

scouzer said:
No, I did not get that screen. For me, it just blacked out and locked on bootup.
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then that is not bricked
that is just a software error
when you are truly bricked the phone will not do anything but show you only that screen

AllGamer said:
then that is not bricked
that is just a software error
when you are truly bricked the phone will not do anything but show you only that screen
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Well I did not know this, and I doubt many people here do either. So I think it's helpful.

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Hope I never see that screen then, so if you see that is it game over....no chance of recovery?

galaxysman said:
Hope I never see that screen then, so if you see that is it game over....no chance of recovery?
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If your phone is 3 button disabled, no chance of recovery. If you have 3 button recovery enabled, it's no big deal.

Cant you just send it into Samsung to recover it if its under warentee??

Cant you just send it into Samsung to recover it if its under warranty??

d3a said:
Cant you just send it into Samsung to recover it if its under warentee??
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yes you can
actually i did that to mine the one that had the 3 buttons disabled
the new one i picked up have the 3 buttons working properly

Can the 3 button be enabled through a potential future software update?
Or is it something thats so hard-coded in, that it cannot he ever fixed

Ziostilon said:
Can the 3 button be enabled through a potential future software update?
Or is it something thats so hard-coded in, that it cannot he ever fixed
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it's called a SPL, it might be possible to be fixed if some developers figures out how to copy a good SPL over the defective SPL, but at the moment there is no fix

When i press "3 button" i go to downloading mod, how to get in recovery ? Except from rom manager...

micri said:
When i press "3 button" i go to downloading mod, how to get in recovery ? Except from rom manager...
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same 3 button, but use volume up instead of down
see the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/Vibrant_GT-I9000M

Someone please help
I was trying to run the DTJG4 with the 512 PITT through ODIN when it failed.
I tried again and it didnt flash, so I tried rebooting the phone.
Now I get nothing... just a black screen.
Plug in the power, nothing, plug in the USB, nothing.
Battery removed several times and tried powering up just with power and battery, and trying 3 button combo that didnt work before, but still nothing.
Any ideas?
Thanks

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I had I9000M do this, 3 button mode was not working and had to return it. It happened during a kies update, luckly, 20 minutes after I had bought it. So I went to a different store and got my current phone. This phone is the best one of the three I've owned. Either 3 button mode just works, and the g-sensor calibration is much closer to being dead on. So there are good ones out there.
I've had 3 total. Here's a breakdown.
1. Purchased august 6th. First phone sold in the store. Download and Recovery modes worked 25% of the time. G-sensor calibration was horrible. Also could not be unlocked.
2. August 21st. Could not get the phone into either mode with button presses. Phone unlocked, but bricked via kies update. Never got to test the g-sensor. Last phone in same store as first purchase.
3. August 21st. Near perfect phone. 100% sucess gettung into download or recovery modes. Unlocked easily, and G-sensor is just slightly off. No need for calibration, unless using as leveling device. Purchased at a store that got initial stock on august 8th.
So, there ARE good phones out there. But the majority by the sounds of it are less than good. Which is unforunate.
As a former samsung owner as well, this is dissapointing. The original galaxy i7500L is still officially running android 1.5 in canada. I just hope and pray samsung doesn't drop this device from their dev cycles. And better yet.. Can fix all these problems with an update somehow...
Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA App

So, only that specific screen counts as a brick?
On mine the 3 button combo doesn't work (I can only get to some weird "upload mode"), and the phone is stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000" screen when I boot it up.
Does that mean I should still be able to use ADB with it? The PC seems to recognize the phone (as "SAMSUNG USB Composite Device"), as well as Odin, but ADB doesn't.

[Q] Brick phone maybe? help me out

So I got a htc mytouch 4g And it has that phone icon with a triangle and exclamtion mark. I dont know anything about this phone since I have a att captivate From what I read is that if you have recovery you might be able to do it.
Also when I plug in the usb I go into recover and I Get a fasboot screen and other sorts of menus i have put a pd15img.zip in my external sd card and it loads installs It I guess but still boots into the same Icon.
from what I also read is that you can fix this by loading a stock rom pushing into your sdcard via adb but make sure is name update.zip but when I do that I get Invalid Operation.
when in recovery I have this message E:cant't open /cache/recovery/command also phone boots right into that icon.
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I assume this is a soft brick since I get into recover and the other fasboot menu when I plug in USB any help is appreciated
This is my first time with a phone like this so I'm doing what I would normaly do with a captivate ish

I answered in your other thread here. However, now that you've posted a screenshot, I see that the phone isn't even rooted. I have no idea how you get into a custom recovery without root.

I connect usb while the phoneis off and then press volume up + power and that appears.

chibixzero said:
I connect usb while the phoneis off and then press volume up + power and that appears.
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Yeah, see where it says "S-ON"? That means the phone isn't rooted. You need to perm root and it install CWM recovery, but with those cache errors you're getting, I'm not sure there's any point since those usually indicate a failed eMMC.

Guess my options are
1. call t-mobile and tell them what happen maybe they will replace it but I didnt buy it with contract I'm att and was going to ask my friend to get me unlock code, But idk if its possible I drop it and theres a crack on the phone
2. sell it for parts...
>.< money down the drain I guess fuggin phone

You're booting into stock recovery by default, that's the "triange". That might happen if you have a VolumeDown key/trackpad stuck.
The error in the recovery is natural - stock recovery expects a command when booted into, but finds nothing.
Check that you're indeed installing a correct PD15IMG that contains a complete system image, and if you are and it still doesn't help - try to shake the phone on the side / upside down, to try and release the possibly stuck buttons. If it doesn't help - the phone needs warranty repair. T-Mobile or HTC directly, your choice. To send it to HTC, you pay the shipping. But in any case it's under warranty, unless it has water damage or something.

download this go into fastboot/bootloader then run the ruu and flash, if after this u still get to recovery than its something else.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25823285/RUU_Glacier_Gingerbread_S_Videotron_CA_2.10.1530.1_Radio_12.55.60.25_26.09.04.26_M_release_188466_signed.exe

atifsh said:
download this go into fastboot/bootloader then run the ruu and flash, if after this u still get to recovery than its something else.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25823285/RUU_Glacier_Gingerbread_S_Videotron_CA_2.10.1530.1_Radio_12.55.60.25_26.09.04.26_M_release_188466_signed.exe
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That appears to be the Gingerbread leak from the Canadian HTC Panache, but you might want to describe to the OP what exactly it is. Most people won't blindly flash something to their phone without a little info first. Also, could that be flashed to a non-rooted device?

yes thats the official RUU of panache which is glacier inside.
yes u can flash as its RUU.exe u dont need root.
u can even comeback to official mytouch RUU.zip using this exe later if wanted.
because its exe it will reflash everything boot, recovery, splash, radio every thing, thus fixing any problem thats not hardware.

atifsh said:
download this go into fastboot/bootloader then run the ruu and flash, if after this u still get to recovery than its something else.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25823285/RUU_Glacier_Gingerbread_S_Videotron_CA_2.10.1530.1_Radio_12.55.60.25_26.09.04.26_M_release_188466_signed.exe
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i used this as noted but I get this error
Customer ID error (131) I read on these forums is has something todo with a goldcard?
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I manage to load a stock rom into a External sd card. it updated it everything pass exept step 8 it skip it and the said finish updateing press power to reboot. Rebooted but the whole (second) mytouch splash was going for a long time. I try to use the RUU.exe and it wont boot into bootloatder just boots and stays on the splash screen.
this is what I get now and is stuck on That screen updating radio

Damn.
That would be the first completely stock Mytouch4G in the forum that has a failed eMMC chip.
Yes, it's bricked, you need to exchange it.
But it's also a good proof that gfree has nothing to do with failed eMMC, extra write cycles of flashing ROMs most probably just speed up the destruction process.

you got one large scratch on screen, how good have you kept your phone? have you droped it badly once or twice?
when you used the RUU.exe when did u get that error, does it go upto where it showed you the rom version?
if u got there than you can try one more time but this time with official mytouch RUU.zip. i'll tell you how to do that, later if u got upto that part.

edit nevermind my post cameback above this

If it shows "Fail-PU" in bootloader - then the eMMC isn't functional anymore. No flashing will help him in this case, only warranty repair.

hmm too bad, feel sorry for him

[Q] Unable to flash modem(s)

Hi all, hoping someone can help with this issue;
After rooting and loading CrashRom I had an issue with the pin lock screen not working, followed CR advice and attempted to flash the matching modem as this was the fix. Here's the problem - each time I flash the modem, either via mobileOdin or Odin on PC (tried 1.85, 3.07 & 3.09) recovery states the area it is trying to flash is locked and flash aborted.
Tried to remedy this by changing roms to Omega, didn't work, still have the same modem and same issues trying to flash the matching one (or any other one at that!)
Anyone know why or how to fix this ?!

When you try to flash the modem via odin, you say recovery states it is locked or something, how does it go from download mode to recovery? I have never heard of this before.

celderic said:
When you try to flash the modem via odin, you say recovery states it is locked or something, how does it go from download mode to recovery? I have never heard of this before.
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Sorry my mistake. Odin flashes and says OK, reboots, does the norm but when you go into settings to check nothing has changed.
Only when using MobileOdin or ZipInstaller - which then goes into recovery to flash - it gives that error

SirRufio said:
Sorry my mistake. Odin flashes and says OK, reboots, does the norm but when you go into settings to check nothing has changed.
Only when using MobileOdin or ZipInstaller - which then goes into recovery to flash - it gives that error
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It is normal for mobile odin to say that when flashing the modem, it only works with odin.
Power off the phone. Even pull the battery for 15+ seconds, do the button combo for download mode. Volume down, power and home at the same time, press volume up or whatever it is to get into it. Then use odin v3.09 and flash the modem in the cp section
Modems never seem to update if you don't follow these steps, happened many times to me before. See if this fixes your problem
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Here is the modem i am using.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95747613655050238

celderic said:
It is normal for mobile odin to say that when flashing the modem, it only works with odin.
Power off the phone. Even pull the battery for 15+ seconds, do the button combo for download mode. Volume down, power and home at the same time, press volume up or whatever it is to get into it. Then use odin v3.09 and flash the modem in the cp section
Modems never seem to update if you don't follow these steps, happened many times to me before. See if this fixes your problem
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Here is the modem i am using.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95747613655050238
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Run through all of this, a few times, with all variants of Odin. Tried different ways of getting to D/L mode as well too see if that would work (button combo, 300k, 4 way reboot option!).
I'll attempt it again, using your modem as well as pulling one from an original firmware source and post results later tonight.

SirRufio said:
Run through all of this, a few times, with all variants of Odin. Tried different ways of getting to D/L mode as well too see if that would work (button combo, 300k, 4 way reboot option!).
I'll attempt it again, using your modem as well as pulling one from an original firmware source and post results later tonight.
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The 4 way reboot option will not work. Modems seem to only flash when the phone is off and is booted to download mode via the button combo, give it a try as this has happened to me many times before when i have gone into download mode from android without powering off the device.
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You have the N9005? The link i provided is for this device.

celderic said:
The 4 way reboot option will not work. Modems seem to only flash when the phone is off and is booted to download mode via the button combo, give it a try as this has happened to me many times before when i have gone into download mode from android without powering off the device.
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You have the N9005? The link i provided is for this device.
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Yeah mate, N9005 FTW

SirRufio said:
Yeah mate, N9005 FTW
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Good choice! Mine came with the BTU CSC. Got work in an hour, let me know if that method/modem works for you.

With the Note you have to flash the modem a few times for it to take.. It's a strange anomaly in Note devices. I've seen threads where people have flashed them 5/6 times before they've even taken properly.
Sent from my Spectrum ZX +2

celderic said:
Good choice! Mine came with the BTU CSC. Got work in an hour, let me know if that method/modem works for you.
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Great info celderic! Seems the power off 3 button combo works, thanks mate

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Great info celderic! Seems the power off 3 button combo works, thanks mate
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Yes it should work in that way.

plz helpe my note 4 stuck on samsung logo screen

my note 4 stuck on samsung logo screen and dose not reboot,
I can enter download mode but can not enter
recovery mode
please help me what should i do ?
my not 4 model : SM-N910C
this is my note 4 photo
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Can you give us more info about why: was it from normal use it were you attempting to root for or flash something?
Sent from my SM-N9100

kobbaya1 said:
my note 4 stuck on samsung logo screen and dose not reboot,
I can enter download mode but can not enter
recovery mode
please help me what should i do ?
my not 4 model : SM-N910C
this is my note 4 photo
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Download the firmware for your phone and then flash it using ODIN in download mode should fix the problem
Sent from my SM-N910U using XDA Free mobile app

kinghu said:
Can you give us more info about why: was it from normal use it were you attempting to root for or flash something?
Sent from bedSM-N9100
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i wan put my Note 4 on my bed & suddenly i had notification on my gear watch telling me its disconnected between Note 4 & my gear watch .... so i go to see what wrong in my Note 4 i found it doing reboot & won't to be continue & stuck on Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Logo screen
thats all i swear

kinghu said:
Can you give us more info about why: was it from normal use it were you attempting to root for or flash something?
Sent from my SM-N9100
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KindaJackedForANerd said:
Download the firmware for your phone and then flash it using ODIN in download mode should fix the problem
Sent from my SM-N910U using XDA Free mobile app
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i did ... i downloaded Official rom & i flash it in download mode by Odin & after i finish & reboot its get bach to same screen samsung logo

Maybe try a different USB port on your computer/laptop or try a different USB cord try a different Odin. Try to download the stock firmware again was your phone charged to 50% at least

Uniquebarbee said:
Maybe try a different USB port on your computer/laptop or try a different USB cord try a different Odin. Try to download the stock firmware again was your phone charged to 50% at least
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i did all u said & same thing :crying:
i wanna cry yyyyyyyyy

Maybe it's time to take it back as it's fair new should still be under warranty try to swap it for a new one at your carrier

kobbaya1 said:
i did all u said & same thing :crying:
i wanna cry yyyyyyyyy
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You need bring to samsung service center. This sound like old old time ago sudden dead issue in S3.
My S3 face before where it sudden reboot and forever cannot enter anymore.

kobbaya1 said:
i wan put my Note 4 on my bed & suddenly i had notification on my gear watch telling me its disconnected between Note 4 & my gear watch .... so i go to see what wrong in my Note 4 i found it doing reboot & won't to be continue & stuck on Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Logo screen
thats all i swear
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You need to wipe data and cache, even if you install a rom in odin the older staff dont delete. you need to install via odin, then go to recovery mode and do all 3 wipes, wipe data, wipe cache and dalvin cache. it will solve your problem garantee

Thanks,
Thanks, your workaround worked for me... Thank you so much. Now I just need to restore my backed up datas
Braulio00 said:
You need to wipe data and cache, even if you install a rom in odin the older staff dont delete. you need to install via odin, then go to recovery mode and do all 3 wipes, wipe data, wipe cache and dalvin cache. it will solve your problem garantee
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My Note 2 with a similar problem came alive by rebooting into safe mode.

got same problem here
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My Note 2 with a similar problem came alive by rebooting into safe mode.
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noticed that my phone went off, so i turned it back on and its stuck on samsung note 4 logo, restarts after 5secs, i downloaded the firmware n910h run it with odin everything went smoothly but phone still does the same thing, install philz recovery maybe i could check whats really going on with the internal storage, but phone wont boot to recovery, wont turn on either please help

Same problem here!
I find myself in a quite similar situation. After a while with a ROM that didn't perform as desired (overheating and randomly turning off) I decided to try to flash the latest stock that worked fine and then maybe try CM or something else... Problem is that now I can't even enter in Recovery mode. The only thing that works is Download mode, otherwise I'm stuck in a bootloop. I've tried everything, even restoring from KIES (which seem to work fine... until the phone gets into the same bootloop).
Please guys I need to fix this! My phone is fairly new and I don't wanna have brick that expensive... And I don't know what else to do!
PS: Download mode says that the binary is Samsung Official, but the status is custom and the KNOX counter is 0x1 (4)...

Kill the Kies processes on your computer before flashing with Odin. If it doesn't work try another USB port and use the original cable.
You should be able to find a tar or md5 version of the recovery that you can flash with Odin.
PS. 0x1 means that a custom recovery or root is or was once installed. This will always remain like this. It can not be reset.

same problen i was trying to flash recovery from flashify app but i flashed it like a boot image now im stucked into samsung logo and i cant enter to the recovery becuase the phone has no recovery mode and no downloading mode i think im ****ed up and the bigest problem is that phone when i plug it in the computer shows me that has no driver so odin cant read my dvice to flash something on it please if you know samthing tell me show me pls

i have the same problem
N910H boot to download mode but cant boot to recovey and stuck on logo
any one solve this ???

deldes29 said:
Thanks, your workaround worked for me... Thank you so much. Now I just need to restore my backed up datas
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how do you get into recovery mode?pls help me i can not get into recovery mode even with volume up+home button+power button

Help recovering Samsung Galaxy Note 3 contents

Hi all, I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and I dropped it on the floor. On the outside, the phone is fine but when I try to restart it, it gets stuck on the splash screen as per this picture
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So, I researched XDA forums and someone suggested pressing the Home+Power+Volume up. When I do it, it just enters a loop vibrating every 10 secs (approximately) with a black screen as per this picture
Continued researching XDA forums and found another post telling me to try pressing Home+Power+Volume down to enter an emergency menu. I did so and got the following screen with 2 options (Continue or cancel). I chose continue
When I pressed the volume button up, it showed me the following screen, and stayed there for at least 10 minutes
This reminded me I tried to install a new ROM about 2 years ago (this was my first Android phone), didn't work, but the phone worked well until I dropped it, 2 years after I tried installing a new ROM!
So, I tried repeating the same steps, but this time cancel it. It was stuck in the splash screen again.
In the meantime, I got myself a new phone and the only thing I want to do is to recover the pictures and videos I had in the Note 3.
When I connect the Galaxy Note 3 to my laptop using the original cable, when it's stuck on the splash screen, the laptop doesn't recognize the device and therefore doesn't read the content. The same applies if I press Home+Power+Volume up or Volume down.
What are my options? Is it possible to recover the phone maintaining the contents? Is there a physical device I can use to recover the data (ie. dismantle the phone and read the "hard drive" directly)?
Any help will be very appreciated. Many thanks in advance!

It seems a hardware problem, 'cause it occurs after a shock.
But, before going to panic or to pay a repair, you can try to extract the battery (though maybe it was already got off the phone on the fall).
Wait a minute or so, then re-connect the battery, restart the phone and pray...
Try again the Recovery mode : the home >vol up>power buttons (press Power as the last button). If you enter recovery, make a Factory reset.
If not Recovery, go to download mode, as your 3rd photo. Flash a STOCK firmware, this will not change your Knox.
It is all I can say about. Maybe another more expert member can give you better advice.

Still no joy
aftnoon2 said:
It seems a hardware problem, 'cause it occurs after a shock.
But, before going to panic or to pay a repair, you can try to extract the battery (though maybe it was already got off the phone on the fall).
Wait a minute or so, then re-connect the battery, restart the phone and pray...
Try again the Recovery mode : the home >vol up>power buttons (press Power as the last button). If you enter recovery, make a Factory reset.
If not Recovery, go to download mode, as your 3rd photo. Flash a STOCK firmware, this will not change your Knox.
It is all I can say about. Maybe another more expert member can give you better advice.
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Hi afternoon2 - thank you for your help. I have removed the battery and restarted the phone 1 million times. Unfortunately, it never progressed beyond the splash screen.
When I go into recovery mode (Home+Power+Volume up) it goes into vibrating cycle but never displays anything on the screen as described.
Any other suggestions folks?

even with it doing all that, can you hook it up as a us b device to get your data?

gad42000 said:
even with it doing all that, can you hook it up as a us b device to get your data?
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Hi gad42000 - thank you for the suggestions. Nope, when I plug in the phone via USB I can't see the phone on the laptop and therefore can't access any of the folders.
Is it possible to read the "hard drive" via some other hardware?

If it's a hardware problem (which I also believe it is) what can I do to recover the data?

I would in your shoes .
Install Samsung USB Drivers .
Change USB Port and change USB cable .

JJEgan said:
I would in your shoes .
Install Samsung USB Drivers .
Change USB Port and change USB cable .
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Hi JJEgan - thank you for the suggestion. I have installed the Samsung drivers via Kies and the cable is brand new. How do I change the USB port?

I think he means try different USB ports on the computer.

audit13 said:
I think he means try different USB ports on the computer.
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Hi audit13 - thanks for clarifying. Do you have any other suggestions on how to retrieve data?

Recuva if you can connect .
Or a Data Recovery Service may help but expensive .

dquelhas said:
Hi audit13 - thanks for clarifying. Do you have any other suggestions on how to retrieve data?
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What do you mean by "data". Your media, photos, etc, or the apps data?
My advice is to enter download mode, flash through Odin stock firmware and see what you get. Pick up the know how in the "General" forum of this device.
If success, you will not lose your media data.

If you can get the phone recognized by the computer, you could flash twrp, boot into twrp, mount the data partition, and copy the data to the computer.

JJEgan said:
Recuva if you can connect .
Or a Data Recovery Service may help but expensive .
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Hi JJEgan - thank you for the suggestion. Any chance I can dismantle the phone and read the drive (ie. like the ones you connect hard drives to and mount as a USB)?

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If you can get the phone recognized by the computer, you could flash twrp, boot into twrp, mount the data partition, and copy the data to the computer.
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If the computer read the device, then he can recover not only the media but also the whole device by flashing it's latest firmware via Odin!

Marvino. said:
If the computer read the device, then he can recover not only the media but also the whole device by flashing it's latest firmware via Odin!
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Apart from what flashing the firmware wipes .
<Hi JJEgan - thank you for the suggestion. Any chance I can dismantle the phone and read the drive (ie. like the ones you connect hard drives to and mount as a USB)? >
NO its nand memory .

Marvino. said:
If the computer read the device, then he can recover not only the media but also the whole device by flashing it's latest firmware via Odin!
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A phone maybe recognised by a computer but that does not automatically mean Odin can be flashed.