Database Users

help i9000 after flash, doing loop of at&t logo, can not enter download mode,

help i9000 after flash, doing loop of at&t logo, can not enter download mode,
when plugged in screen goes black.
!! if anyone can help please do not hesitate, mostly appreciated.

Try to hold the Down+Menu+Power combination while INSERTING the battery into the device.

i try that seem to have no response and when unplugged from usb it loop at&t logo
or plugged in usb screen goes black and no response seem from pressing buttons

I had a similar problem as most phones in Canada seem to have Download/Recovery mode disabled, and here is what worked for me.
Grab something like One Click Un Root (all models), and click one click un root (obviously phone has to be on and plugged into the computer).
This should automatically reboot you into Recovery Mode!
All you have to do is "wipe data/factory default" or something like that (should be the third option).
As it states, you will loose all your data, but at least you will have a functionning phone!

did it work?

Hi. I have similar problem. Can anybody give instruction what can I do?

I have this problem too. Please help somebody

Add me to the list. Bell Galaxy S, went to unlock my phone the screen went black. Now it will not boot into the OS, the galaxy S splash screen displays then nothing. The menu and back button light up, thats all. ****[email protected]@
I have not rooted or anything.
Of course my download mode does not work.. Going to try this one click root thing if I can find it.
NOT HAPPY

This is not working. Probably because the phone is not in USB debugging mode as I can't change it... Is there any other way to get the phone into recovery mode?
**** me

i had the same thing happen to me the other day with my bell galaxy s and my phone wont do the 3 button combo trick. i left my phone plugged in to a wall charger for a while until the back of the phone became a little warm. i pulled the battery and then left the power cord plugged in and put the battery back in. i held the volume down and enter button until the battery charging indicator showed up, then i also pressed and held the power button until the boot animation started (this is the blue moving swirl and music, not the galaxy s splash scree) and then i let go of the power button. it took a few attempts at this before it actually worked, but eventually it will go into download mode at which time you can open the odin app, then plug in the usb cable and flash your phone that way. it did seem to make a difference if the back of the phone (around the camera area) was warm. if i let go of the power button while the music was playing and the phone did not enter download mode i would keep all 3 buttons pressed until it shut down again, then i would only let go of the power button while the phone initiated the charging screen, then once the battery logo was displayed i would hold the 3 buttons again and would just keep doing this until it went into download mode. i have flashed it at least 5 times today and i have been able to do this each time.
i also had an issue where odin would not recognize my phone was plugged in and windows would show a message saying the usb device was not recognized. i left the phone plugged in and while in download mode i pressed the volume up, enter button and power button until the phone went blank and when the galaxy s logo showed up i let go of the power button and the phone would go into recovery mode and then the usb drivers would be installed. i would then do the 3 button combo for download mode and odin would work fine. it took several attempts but it does work. i hope this helps you guys

If I hold all three buttons the splash screen does not come on, it just keeps looping the Galaxy S logo until I let go of the power button....

xZeDgEx said:
If I hold all three buttons the splash screen does not come on, it just keeps looping the Galaxy S logo until I let go of the power button....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's what mine did too, several times in a row and then it worked. For some reason it only works after the battery is charging for a bit and the back becomes warm. then it works at will

No luck. I am probably screwed getting it exchanged now too as I am passed the 14 days from Best Buy.

the on click thing doesn't work, if your phone is already bricked.
also it is not the phone's fault for not working, the phone was working properly before you tried the hacks.
whenever you do these kind of things you know you are entering into the "not supported" "not covered by warranty" zone.
in the worse case scenario, if you can no enter download mode to recover your phone, it'll be to take the phone back to bell and claim warranty on it, and prentent you don't know what happened to it.
xZeDgEx said:
Add me to the list. Bell Galaxy S, went to unlock my phone the screen went black. Now it will not boot into the OS, the galaxy S splash screen displays then nothing. The menu and back button light up, thats all. [email protected]@
I have not rooted or anything.
Of course my download mode does not work.. Going to try this one click root thing if I can find it.
NOT HAPPY
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

AllGamer said:
the on click thing doesn't work, if your phone is already bricked.
also it is not the phone's fault for not working, the phone was working properly before you tried the hacks.
whenever you do these kind of things you know you are entering into the "not supported" "not covered by warranty" zone.
in the worse case scenario, if you can no enter download mode to recover your phone, it'll be to take the phone back to bell and claim warranty on it, and prentent you don't know what happened to it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its my fault??
I did not hack my phone. Its not rooted, I did nothing to it.
By "unlock" I meant exactly that, unlock as in swiping the screen to unlock it.
The more I search the net the more posts I find of Galaxy S phones randomly bricking...

on the original message sounded more like you went to Unlock the phone, as in SIM unlock the phone using any of the tools available out there, and there has been already several people which had the same problem.
if you go back to Bell for an exchange, you better not use the word "unlock" rather use Swipe
as the message on the phone "swipe the screen to unlock"
there are no known issue about this causing the phone to brick.
if that is what happened to you, you should have started a new topic for people to help you, instead of hijacking the topic from the OP, as your issue is different from OP, the OP actually screwed up because he/she flashed the wrong ROM to the i9000
... anyways, Does it work if you reboot the phone?

I have rebooted the phone about 100 times. The phone crashed when I unlocked it to check a text I received. (not hacked). Has not booted up properly since. I have found many others with the same issue who have also not hacked/rooted/unlocked/ their phones.
Waiting on Best Buy to call me back. I am so pissed right now, I have been bragging to my friends and co-workers how awesome this phone is, one has already picked one up, I hope his doesn't brick too. Not recommending it to anyone anymore..

did you load a lot of MP3 to the phone?
can you boot into Recovery Mode?
in the recovery mode you can wipe the Cache and wipe the data
that should make your phone work normal again
it'll be best to open a topic to help you trouble shoot your interesting issue, as it's the first i've hear that you get a black screen after Swiping out of the lock screen

I can't get into recovery mode. I have tried every button combination I have found. I had about 2 GB of music on the phone. I also installed the Android SDK to try ADB, but since the phone is not in USB debugging mode it does not see it.

xZeDgEx said:
I can't get into recovery mode. I have tried every button combination I have found. I had about 2 GB of music on the phone. I also installed the Android SDK to try ADB, but since the phone is not in USB debugging mode it does not see it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
on the other topics relating to the 3 button not working.
have you tried the heating up method?
or the plugging the battery in, when all 3 buttons are pressed? (of course for this one you will need help from a friend, unless you are very skilled at keeping the 3 button on hold meanwhile able to slide in the battery in with out a 3rd hand)

[SOLUTION] Enabled 3-button Recovery mode by just connecting the phone with the PC

Hi to all.
Not even a week passed since I received back my "repaired" Samsung Galaxy S after a failed firmware upgrade through kies. My phone didn't have the 3-button recovery mode so I was forced to sent it for service. The service told me that they had replaced the main board with a new one so I had high hopes that the 3-button recovery mode was now working but, as you have guessed, no matter how many times I've tried... it didn't work.
So, to cut the story sort, today I stumbled across a thread in an australian forum, while surfing with my phone, where someone post that had the same problem like me but he (or she) discovered that he could boot in recovery mode if the phone was connected to the charger. Well, I've tried something similar and it worked. The strange thing is that it is working now even if the phone is not connected at all with a power source
This is the way I've done it:
-First I connected my phone with the PC using my usb cable. Kies was already loaded and I waited until Kies was connected to my phone (in Kies mode).
-I pressed the Home button of my phone, the phone disconnected from Kies and then I shutdown the phone.
- I've waited until I show the battery charging icon (with the green bar inside the battery which indicates the battery level) on my phone's display and then by pressing and holding down the Volume Up and the Home buttons I pressed and hold the Power button until I saw the Samsung black and white logo. I immediately free the power button while still holding down the other two and... after a few seconds I was in recovery mode.
After that I tried it again and again and it works even if the phone is not connected through USB with anything (PC or Power Source). Now also works the Vol Down + Home + Power combination which boots my phone in the Download Mode.
I don't know if this "solution" really enabled the recovery mode on my phone. Maybe I was doing something wrong all this time and now by chance learned to get it right. No matter what I thought it's a good thing to report it here in order to test it by others...

this method does not function for me...
generally i think something is wrong, i have no chance (anymore) connecting my galaxy s to my pc.
tried different usb-options and even the debugging mode.

3-button recovery mode while connected on USB
milro1970 said:
Hi to all.
Not even a week passed since I received back my "repaired" Samsung Galaxy S after a failed firmware upgrade through kies. My phone didn't have the 3-button recovery mode so I was forced to sent it for service. The service told me that they had replaced the main board with a new one so I had high hopes that the 3-button recovery mode was now working but, as you have guessed, no matter how many times I've tried... it didn't work.
So, to cut the story sort, today I stumbled across a thread in an australian forum, while surfing with my phone, where someone post that had the same problem like me but he (or she) discovered that he could boot in recovery mode if the phone was connected to the charger. Well, I've tried something similar and it worked. The strange thing is that it is working now even if the phone is not connected at all with a power source
This is the way I've done it:
-First I connected my phone with the PC using my usb cable. Kies was already loaded and I waited until Kies was connected to my phone (in Kies mode).
-I pressed the Home button of my phone, the phone disconnected from Kies and then I shutdown the phone.
- I've waited until I show the battery charging icon (with the green bar inside the battery which indicates the battery level) on my phone's display and then by pressing and holding down the Volume Up and the Home buttons I pressed and hold the Power button until I saw the Samsung black and white logo. I immediately free the power button while still holding down the other two and... after a few seconds I was in recovery mode.
After that I tried it again and again and it works even if the phone is not connected through USB with anything (PC or Power Source). Now also works the Vol Down + Home + Power combination which boots my phone in the Download Mode.
I don't know if this "solution" really enabled the recovery mode on my phone. Maybe I was doing something wrong all this time and now by chance learned to get it right. No matter what I thought it's a good thing to report it here in order to test it by others...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This worked for me. Did not require Kies to be connected though. Just the USB connection was sufficient.

It doesn't work on mine. What version is your phone? I got mine from VHA/vodafone and running the official VHA froyo rom.

For Savs...
You've said it worked for you. Does now works even without the usb connection?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Incredible, it worked as I wrote but now it doesn't again. Blind me... This phone is the most unpredictable phone owned by me in a long time. It's an awesome beast but needs to feel some serious love from samsung. I have not seen a single official announcement about the problems so many users faced with the phone, and by the way where is my official froyo upgrade. It is still not available for my phone
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I get the 3 button recovery/download mode better when I have my phone connected to charger for some reason, discovered this once I had the phone charging and made a test and the recovery mode come up straight away same with download mode, then I tried without charger I got it some time but not all the times maybe 1/10 tries. when I had in charching I get the 3combo every time...strange but tru..

Some people had success by just warming with a hairdryer the back of the phone. Maybe this is the same reason you had success enabling the combo. You see by charging the phone you warming it up and if you warm it enough... bang, you have the 3 button recovery working. It is not a joke, it's true but still pretty ridiculous. Why is samsung not fixing this? My phone returned from the service (and they had it for service for a whole month) repaired after I bricked it upgrading it with kies. The 3 button combo did not work before the service and does not work now after the service... And they told me they replaced the main board of the phone with a new one. Bravo samsung! Job well done
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

It doesn't work for me, I don't know how to enter in recovery mode. Please help me. I have unbranded phone.

Check this thread....
Hi.
Just go to this thread and read carefully the first post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
You will need to download Odin 1.3 (search in XDA and will find it). The rest are there. Follow the instructions by the letter and you will be ok.

It worked for me as well, i have a phone with the : download mode and recovery mode disabled , and i just plug the charger in to the phone, and now i can enter in to recovery mode and download mode , without the cable pluged in, strange, but now is working.

[Q] Omnia 7 broken - will not boot

hi
my omina 7 of 1 month is broken.
A few weeks ago it wouldnt boot and gave the screen indicating
the phone needs to be plugged into the pc, it then booted ok.
Yesterday it gave the same message but by the time i got it home
the message was gone.
Now it will not boot, it simply cycles through the samsung logo, the three network logo , then back to the samsung logo.
Will be taking it back to the three shop tonight.
is there a way of hard resetting the phone using the buttons?
I have only found info on hard reset from within the OS, which obviously i now cannot get to.
has anyone else had this problem
The only similar problem i found was with a focus
was on the windowsphonesecrets website under the heading restoration error

to hard reset the focus press the power, volume & camera buttons all together. that might do it.

Have you tried taking the battery out of the phone? Heard from someone that that solved the problem...

yes tried taking the battery out
tried it without the sim
let the battery completely drain and tried again
the hard reset button combination didnt work either
just constantly cycling between the samsung and three network logos
three have now sent it off for repair ....

I have a very similar problem. My phone randomly rebooted itself but now it sticks on the Samsung Omnia 7 logo. I've tried removing the battery but nothing.
Is there a Safe Mode I can boot into?

Damn looks like I have the same problem.Was playing a game.Phone rebooted on its own, all I get is the Samsung Omnia 7 screen.
Tried a Hard Reset. I get the options pop up for about 2 seconds asking if I want to format.If I am quick enough to press the Home button nothing happens it just switches off.

Did you try to flash the ROM ?

Me?
No?
Download mode was the only mode that seemed to be recognised by my PC.If it wasn't in warranty I would maybe have tried that, but as it is in warranty I will let T-Mobile deal with it.

my repaired samsung was returned mid january
a few weeks later and the same thing has happened again...
phone froze, switched it off , now will not boot again
it is definitely the same hand set or at least the same outer casing
the bill said it had some parts replaced

I wonder what caused this issue?

I had similar problem and this is how I solved it:
Make sure your Device is switched off (remove and reinsert the battery)
1. Press and hold the Camera, Volume Down, and Power buttons simultaneously.
2. Release Power when the phone vibrates, but continue to hold down Camera and Volume Down.
3. Release Camera and Volume Down when the Format prompt is displayed on screen.
4. Press Windows key twice to confirm the hard reset.
Enjoy your phone now

add 1 to the list, mine is doing thin, formatting doesnt help, reflashing doesnt help.
unless i can find a fix, im without a phone for 15 days while tmob plays with it

any progress?
Since applying the update that Samsung release yesterday I'm having the same problem...
Format didn't work, installing 'older' firmwares (I8700BSEJK1, I8700XENJK1 and I8700DBTJK1) didn't solve any issue
Anybody with more ideas?

I've also had this issue... I think it was caused by forcing the nodo update. Now I've updated it normally using this guide
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_...spx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
I hope now the problem is solved.

Galaxy S black screen

Hi all, I have a galaxy s and was going to install a new rom. I saved the rom to the sd card and pressed the power button to go into recovery mode, the screen went black as usual but never rebooted and the screen stayed black. I connect it to the pc and it tried to load some driver something to do with "test driver" but anyway the screen stays black and the phone does nothing. Any ideas how to fix this without sending back to Samsung. Thanks for any ideas. Wayne.

Does the phone show the samsung logo at the beggining or is it just dead black?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

the same problem with me today blank screen, no vibration, no download/recovery mode, anything. The only sign of life is when I connect it to my PC, it detects a new device named SEC S5PC110 Test B/D , request a driver

You should send it back to Samsung. I'm thinking that its more than a software (ROM) problem when even download/recovery mode isn't working.

Same happened to me, try to get your phone back in restore mode with the three button trick. Amd reinstall the image again... it will work..

mine is just black does nothing except request a driver when i connect it to a pc. SEC S5PC110 TEST B/D. thats all it will do.

It is probably the deep sleep coma bug (I've had it ever since I flashed to 2.3.4).
Hold the power button down for 10 seconds and it should reboot the phone.

Remove the battery, leave the phone disconnected from the PC and get the phone in restore mode. Then when that succeedes, connect the phone to the PC.

I heard this problem in other forums when users flash a wrong rom or firmware. Only samsung can repair your device.

Try to access download mode: vole down button + home button + power button if you can access this let me know
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

[Q] Stock LG G2 suck in bootloop? Soft bricked? Keeps crashing

FIXED after sending to LG.
Problem: Level3(L3) repair, Damaged Board components without replace any housing.
Cost: $77 which included shipping both ways.
Hello, my ATT D800 LG G2 recently went crazy (not rooted or anything other than factory, it shut down while viewing a text, wouldn't start unless a hard reset was attempted, finally turned on but would shut down minutes later and same above had to be repeated.) Phone is not water damaged or physcially damaged, touch screen works perfect and buttons all work. I was told at a local cell phone shop that the motherboard could be failing but they could not repair/replace.
Log of issues:
-Phone randomly shutdown while using it (black screen with LG logo appeared at shutdown).
-Would not turn back on normally. (black screen LG logo -> off then repeating several times before shutting down.
-Bringing up hard reset then cancelling several times finally booted phone.
-Phone crashed again within minutes and above was repeated several times until phone started.
-Recent apps were deleted, then phone shut down again shortly after
-Phone was rebooted and safe mode was entered, phone still shutdown
-Phone was factory reset (everything erased) but is still hit or miss on how long it tries to boot before crashing again
-Battery was fully charged on of the times it stayed running for a while and still shows a full battery.
-Nothing other than stock rom here, the only thing close to "adventurous" was installing/using greenify since a couple months ago
-Download mode doesn't work
-Tried factory resetting and it crashed while doing it. Eventually did restart for about 30 sec before crashing again.
-Random moments while trying to start- white/silver fuzzy screen, occasional red led blink (didn't catch how many), saying no sim card while it was installed.
Can someone point me in the right direction as how how to fix this myself or which kind of repair shop to do it? Most shops do some hardware but none seem to do the motherboard if that's the issue. I did see a thread where the battery was causing all kinds of problems, but the phone was swollen too, not mine.
Thanks in advance!!!
-Devin

gtr4438 said:
Hello, my ATT D800 LG G2 recently went crazy (not rooted or anything other than factory, it shut down while viewing a text, wouldn't start unless a hard reset was attempted, finally turned on but would shut down minutes later and same above had to be repeated.) Phone is not water damaged or physcially damaged, touch screen works perfect and buttons all work. I was told at a local cell phone shop that the motherboard could be failing but they could not repair/replace.
Log of issues:
-Phone randomly shutdown while using it (black screen with LG logo appeared at shutdown).
-Would not turn back on normally. (black screen LG logo -> off then repeating several times before shutting down.
-Bringing up hard reset then cancelling several times finally booted phone.
-Phone crashed again within minutes and above was repeated several times until phone started.
-Recent apps were deleted, then phone shut down again shortly after
-Phone was rebooted and safe mode was entered, phone still shutdown
-Phone was factory reset (everything erased) but is still hit or miss on how long it tries to boot before crashing again
-Battery was fully charged on of the times it stayed running for a while and still shows a full battery.
-Nothing other than stock rom here, the only thing close to "adventurous" was installing/using greenify since a couple months ago
-Download mode doesn't work
-Tried factory resetting and it crashed while doing it. Eventually did restart for about 30 sec before crashing again.
-Random moments while trying to start- white/silver fuzzy screen, occasional red led blink (didn't catch how many), saying no sim card while it was installed.
Can someone point me in the right direction as how how to fix this myself or which kind of repair shop to do it? Most shops do some hardware but none seem to do the motherboard if that's the issue. I did see a thread where the battery was causing all kinds of problems, but the phone was swollen too, not mine.
Thanks in advance!!!
-Devin
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It might be your battery, u can go to a service center and replace the battery. It may can be your motherboard too, in this case only certified LG service center can help you. If your HDD partitions have corrupted somehow. Which means partial hard brick.
A CSE flash can help here. Steps -
1. Download the desired stock rom for ur device from here[Dont download a wrong firmware] - http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G2/Stock/
2. Download the latest LG driver from the attachment below, install it and reboot ur pc.
3. Download the LG Flash tool from the attachment below and extract it on ur desktop.
4. Turn off ur phone and wait for 2min. Make sure its completely turned off.
5. Hold the vol up button on ur device and plug in a usb cable to connect ur device with ur pc. Hold the vol up button until u see download mode on ur device.
6. Now run LGFlashTool2014.exe[Step 3] on ur pc as admin.
7. Now on the window select CDMA from type & click on the 'folder icon' and add the .kdz file[step 1]
8. Next click CSE flash. A new window should open. Click start.
9. Another window will open, click 'clear phone software update registry'. Then click ok at the bottom[Dont change lang or country]
10. Wait till 100% is done and ur phone boots in.
This may solve ur issue if not then go to nearest service center.
If your device doesn't boot in/stuck in bootloop after flashing do a hard reset -
1. Power off the device and ensure it is not connected to any USB cables.
2. At the same time, press and hold the following keys for 8 seconds:
-Power key
-Volume down key
3. When the LG Logo is displayed, release and then immediately re-hold the Power key.
4. When the 'FACTORY HARD RESET' screen displays, release the keys.
5. Press the Power key to reset or one of the Volume keys to cancel.
6. Press the Power key to confirm the reset. The reset will start immediately.

Thanks for the help, I did manage to get download mode to work one time, the firmware warning popped up but then the screen went black and a ton of network connections popped up. I didn't have time to finish so I turned the phone off (still doing the LG logo thing when I tried to power on and turning back off shortly after. Now it's given me the LG logo once but has become unresponsive. I suppose there's a chance the battery could be dead. I emailed LG for support, i'll see what they say. Thanks for the help!