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PLEASE HELP i think i bricked

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741027
according to this i didn't brick it but i can't get it into download mode!

please help! i can't get passed the vibrant screen.

before the "brick", you could enter recovery mode using the volume keys, right? how are you trying to get download mode? i mean, the type of combination you use.
if the phone its hard locked, then you can get a new one.
If not, tell us more what did you do

OK, instead
1. take the battery out
2. Unplug the usb from the phone
3. Open Odin
4. Put the battery back in
5. Hold the volume up and Volume Down
6. Then while holding Volume up and Volume Down
plug the usb wire in
This should get you into dl mode, hopefully... it worked for me
when I got the phone to computer screen.
HOPE IT WORKS if not try again till it does or repeat what the link tells you its the best way I know.

no i had to use the rom manager to get into recovery

Daddy_617 said:
OK, instead
1. take the battery out
2. Unplug the usb from the phone
3. Open Odin
4. Put the battery back in
5. Hold the volume up and Volume Down
6. Then while holding Volume up and Volume Down
plug the usb wire in
This should get you into dl mode, hopefully... it worked for me
when I got the phone to computer screen.
HOPE IT WORKS if not try again till it does or repeat what the link tells you its the best way I know.
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no i just get the battery screen.

gonintendo said:
no i just get the battery screen.
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Were you ever able to get into the stock recovery? without using ROM manager? How did you originally Root?... If you never could get into recovery using your hardware keys you may have a "keylocked" vibrant and maybe SOL...
BUT, if at anytime you've been able to get into recovery using the Vol +/- & power combo then you are fine.
Do the same steps as listed above, but when the battery Icon comes up keep holding down the key combo while that "battery" is displayed. At 2 to 3 seconds the screen will FLASH BLACK... LET GO OF POWER. You should now be in DL mode. GL!

are you trying to get into Recovery mode or the Download mode?
For recovery mode this works for me,
Remove battery
Install battery
Press and hold vol+/vol-
Press and hold power button
Once you see the Vibrant Screen do not release any of the buttons (vol+/vol- and power buttons) it will go black then back to Vibrant screen, then you release the power button only but keep pressing the vol-/vol+ buttons... this should get you into recovery mode..
For Download mode this helps me,
Remove Battery
Plug in USB cable to phone and computer
Put Battery In.. wait a couple of seconde until it shows the battery being charge..
Press and hold the vol+/vol- and the power button..
This will power up you phone.. once you see the Vibrant screen and it turn black, release the power button only.. this should get you into DL mode (it works for me). good luck.

S4 screen went black and will not turn on now

Hi there I just noticed that my phone will not turn it's screen on. Just when I press Home button or Power button them 2 touch buttons on bottom will start flashing and nothing else will happend. Even after taking battery off for few minutes and restarting phone doesn't help. After restarting phone screen will just blink for split second and then stays black! Phone was working on just few hours ago and wasn't touch since then just untill now. This is stock GT-I9505 updated with Kies few days ago. Did anybody heard about something like that before? Can't connect to Kies now as screen needs to be unlocked for this. Please help as I don't know what to do!

You could try download mode to see if you get any display there and it may also be worth checking the user accessible stuff (sim/take out sd card/check sockets for foreign objects etc) but I would start looking at getting it replaced under warranty.
cheers

Removed both sim and sd card with no joy. How to get to download mode? as I've tried all those ways:
FIRST METHOD (easiest/most common)
1) Power phone off
2) Plug USB into computer
3) Hold vol up + vol down
4) Plug USB into phone while still holding the vol up and vol down
5) Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)
Your now in Download mode
SECOND METHOD
1) Power phone off
2) Plug USB into Computer
3) Plug microUSB into phone
4) Hold pwr + vol up + vol down
5) When Batt icon goes away, release pwr, still holding vol up + vol down
6) Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)
You should now be in Download mode.
THIRD METHOD
1) Power phone off
2) Pull battery out
3) Hold vol up + vol down
4) While holding vol up + vol down, plug in USB cable into the phone
5) While still holding vol up + vol down, put battery back in
6) Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)
You should now be in Download mode.
and this one as well:
How to get into Download Mode (eg: for Odin)
Unplug the USB cable.
Shut down the phone.
Hold down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME DOWN' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 2 seconds until a WARNING! Screen appears. Press the 'VOLUME UP' button to enter Download Mode.
To get out of Download Mode, simply press and hold the power button until the phone restarts.
Screen still stays black. I forgot to say that when turning it on it vibrates as normal and after I remove battery for 10-15 sec and put it back again and then turn phone back on screen just flick for split second but not at whole area only part of it - different part every time I try this

stonefist said:
Removed both sim and sd card with no joy. How to get to download mode? as I've tried all those ways:
FIRST METHOD (easiest/most common)
1) Power phone off
2) Plug USB into computer
3) Hold vol up + vol down
4) Plug USB into phone while still holding the vol up and vol down
5) Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)
Your now in Download mode
SECOND METHOD
1) Power phone off
2) Plug USB into Computer
3) Plug microUSB into phone
4) Hold pwr + vol up + vol down
5) When Batt icon goes away, release pwr, still holding vol up + vol down
6) Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)
You should now be in Download mode.
THIRD METHOD
1) Power phone off
2) Pull battery out
3) Hold vol up + vol down
4) While holding vol up + vol down, plug in USB cable into the phone
5) While still holding vol up + vol down, put battery back in
6) Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)
You should now be in Download mode.
and this one as well:
How to get into Download Mode (eg: for Odin)
Unplug the USB cable.
Shut down the phone.
Hold down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME DOWN' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 2 seconds until a WARNING! Screen appears. Press the 'VOLUME UP' button to enter Download Mode.
To get out of Download Mode, simply press and hold the power button until the phone restarts.
Screen still stays black. I forgot to say that when turning it on it vibrates as normal and after I remove battery for 10-15 sec and put it back again and then turn phone back on screen just flick for split second but not at whole area only part of it - different part every time I try this
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I think you'd rather get it repaired or replaced. It seems the display is dead.

That's what I'm afraid will have to be done. Just hard to stay without it just a week after getting it from store

Haven't you heard? Once you go black you never go back.

runedrune said:
Haven't you heard? Once you go black you never go back.
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:laugh:

I had the same problem, what I did was went to youtube and try to disassembled the phone.
-Checked to make sure everything is in the right place
-Took off all of the components and leave the motherboard by itself
-Heat up the motherboard with blow dryer for sometime until it get hot (not wayy too hot)
-Put the battery back on (don't screw drive anything back yet)
-Try to power up
-To make sure it works properly, lightly flicks on to every places on the side of the phone and screen.
-Put everything back on gently and done

Reflow soldering using home tools of any kind is, at best, a crapshoot. Using an oven, as some people recommend, runs the risk of melting plastic components if you turn the heat up too much. Plus the temperatures these people recommend are too low to melt the solder completely, which is what you want in reflow work. A hair dryer is a better idea than the oven since you can direct the heat. However, a lot of the heat generated by the hair dryer doesn't actually blow onto what you're trying to fix. The hair dryer also suffers from not being able to put out sufficient heat to melt solder completely. The best of the home solutions without spending tons of money on a solder reflow station, is a heat gun. Even the most basic heat gun puts out sufficient heat to melt solder completely, plus the heat is concentrated on a small area, which is what you want. I would know, as the laptop I'm typing this on was repaired twice. The first time using the oven method, and the second time using a heat gun.
Prior to purchasing the heat gun, I had tried baking my laptop's motherboard in the oven at 385 degrees F (196 degrees C) for ten minutes. The fix worked, for about a month. The problem was that the recommended temperature was too low to melt solder. Lead-free solder, which is used in most electronics worldwide, melts around 217 degrees C (422 degrees F). While I could have tried again at the higher setting, there is a risk of the plastic components on the motherboard melting, so I had to try something else.
I considered the hair dryer, but after doing a little research determined that the hair dryer just didn't have what it takes to get the job done. I bought the heat gun instead. To reflow my laptop GPU for example, I had to make sure all components except the GPU were covered in aluminum foil. I then held the gun one inch (2.54cm) above the chip and turned it on, holding it steady. After letting the gun run for a minute I shut it off and waited twenty minutes for the board to cool.
As of now, the heat gun repair has lasted longer than the oven repair. Hopefully I can get another year out of the laptop before getting a replacement. But, regardless of how the reflow work is done, there is no guarantee as to how long the repair will actually last. For some people, it doesn't work at all. Some people may get a month or two, like I did with the oven reflow. Some lucky individuals may actually have the repair last essentially forever. But when you're out of warranty and the repair service wants to charge an arm and a leg, what do you really have to lose?

[Q] cant get into download mode

when i power the phone off and press and hold the volume up button and plugin a usb cord the lg logo comes on and then takes me to a charging screen. i was trying to root my phone. the phone operates fine other than that. any thoughts?

Phone won't turn on after battery died, using ROM

Hello, I have been using the Pixel Experience ROM, but earlier today my battery completely died. It then shut down, and now even though it has been charging for quite a while it won't turn on. First, when plugging it in I saw that charging percentage, but when I tried to turn it on it just went black and won't turn on even when pressing all the buttons for long...
Do you have any idea can this be fixed and how would I do that?
Thank you so much for any help

6T Key Combinations:
Volume Up + Power while turning on will boot to fastboot.
Volume Down + Power while turn on will boot to recovery.
Holding Volume Up + Power should force the phone to turn off.
Volume Up + Volume Down should put your phone in Download mode for the MSM Tool.
Try holding the Volume up and Power for several seconds. Do any of the other key combinations there work? Remember on the MSM Tool one, the screen will remain off / blank, only the MSM Tool will recognize it.

OhioYJ said:
6T Key Combinations:
Volume Up + Power while turning on will boot to fastboot.
Volume Down + Power while turn on will boot to recovery.
Holding Volume Up + Power should force the phone to turn off.
Volume Up + Volume Down should put your phone in Download mode for the MSM Tool.
Try holding the Volume up and Power for several seconds. Do any of the other key combinations there work? Remember on the MSM Tool one, the screen will remain off / blank, only the MSM Tool will recognize it.
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Unfortunately none of these work. I already tried them. It doesn't heat up at all while charging, so it seems like I can't get it to charge at all rather than there would be a problem with the system etc. would even MSM work if the problem is that it doesn't charge and it has no battery at all?
Do you reckon it is due to no power or a fault in the system? I really can't do troubleshooting on this level myself!

Jack826278 said:
would even MSM work if the problem is that it doesn't charge and it has no battery at all?
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I wasn't necessarily recommending using the MSM Tool to flash the phone, just to see if there were any signs of life. You can plug it in, use the tool just to see if the PC recognizes it, without hitting the "go" button.

[Help] one plus 6t not vibrating or turning on after being plugged up

So I have a rooted oneplus 6t that was doing quite well for a little while now but for some reason today it died when it was hooked up to a charger. When I unplugged it and plugged it back in it did its usual vibration to signify it was connected but then it showed a qualcomm crash error (died too quickly to see it fully but it was small so I at least saw some of what it said) now when I try to let it charge it doesnt vibrate and doesnt even turn on when I left it on charge for a good hour now and when i hold vol up +power,vol down + power,both vol +power,or just power for their respective seconds to get the phone to respond. Tried looking for a answer online but none are similar to what i am having atm. Also my computer wont even see it either while it's like this. I've tried other cords as well to see if it was a cord issue and wasnt it's been sitting on the charger since 10:55 am est. Help?

It usually just takes some persistence. Usually the power + volume up will force it off, and then power it back on does the trick, sometimes it seems like it's all three buttons (which shouldn't do anything?) . I've had a couple times I've been just about to give up when it finally boots back up to fastboot.
Volume Up + Power while turning on will boot to fastboot.
Volume Down + Power while turn on will boot to recovery.
Holding Volume Up + Power should force the phone to turn off.
Volume Up + Volume Down should put your phone in Download mode for the MSM Tool.
Make sure you hold the buttons much long than you think you should have too.