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hiya all
bit of a problem here. i have rooted and installed prime 1.5 on my tf. I tried going into apx mode by switching off, then holding volume + and power but i get no response at all. Any ideas?
thanks
ian
memoryex said:
hiya all
bit of a problem here. i have rooted and installed prime 1.5 on my tf. I tried going into apx mode by switching off, then holding volume + and power but i get no response at all. Any ideas?
thanks
ian
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What kind of response do you expect? On my tablet, screen is completely blank until I load bootloader.
When I rooted, I noticed that the APX window was short. And the only way I could tell it went to APX was to have it hooked up to my PC and monitor the device manager.
Alright, so my Continuum has been bricked for some time now. I was attempting to root and install a custom recovery through ODIN but got messed up somewhere along the way and in effect bricked my Continuum. It wont turn on, wont indicate charging and wont do anything else I try to get it to do. I'm reaching out to you Continuum experts who know something about ODIN or un-bricking so I can potentially bring my Continuum back to life. I loved that phone, but my stupidity ruined the fun. I'm thinking that if there's some way to re-enter download mode that might help. Thanks everyone!
There is a sticky thread about bricking your phone. It says enter the irc and wait. There isn't enough info given to decipher the problem. And if you can't get into download mode, I don't think you really can't do much but take it in to Verizon. But there may be hope.... in the irc.
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Sorry, what's IRC?
Lol
It's in the sticky.
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To get into download mode, try pulling your battery and holding the power button for 20 seconds. Then put the battery back in and try download.
Release your inhibitions, feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you. only you can let it in - Natasha Bedingfield
Txwolf1980 said:
To get into download mode, try pulling your battery and holding the power button for 20 seconds. Then put the battery back in and try download.
Release your inhibitions, feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you. only you can let it in - Natasha Bedingfield
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Sorry, what are the button combinations for download mode? I should also mention that I have absolutely no way of knowing whether or not my battery is even charged anymore because they phone does nothing when I plug it into the charger. In fact, my computer doesn't even recognize when I plug the phone in.
Alright, so I guess the first answer to my question is actually getting into download mode. I'm attempting to charge the battery as we speak.
to enter download mode, hold the volume down button down while hitting the power button to turn the phone on
turboblue385 said:
to enter download mode, hold the volume down button down while hitting the power button to turn the phone on
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Thanks for the quick reply! I tried your method multiple times, but it doesn't work. Any other ideas?
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sportsinger75 said:
Thanks for the quick reply! I tried your method multiple times, but it doesn't work. Any other ideas?
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Can you get into irc?
Webchat.freenode.net
Channel is #samsung-continuum
Either let me fly or give me death. Let my soul rest, or take my breath. - DMX
If the volume down/ power button combo doesn't work to get into download mode, try this: unplug the usb cable, take the battery out, then hold the volume down button and plug the usb cable into the phone. That should bring you into download mode.
rowdyw said:
If the volume down/ power button combo doesn't work to get into download mode, try this: unplug the usb cable, take the battery out, then hold the volume down button and plug the usb cable into the phone. That should bring you into download mode.
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Tried that too...doesn't work. Ugh.
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Not sure if you're still looking to fix this, but try to make a download mode jig, or buy one, like they use on the GSM variants of the SGS phone lineup. It works on the CDMA models, but usually isn't needed. If that doesn't work, you may be able to try the Fascinate un-brickable mod, though I don't know if that will work or not.
It is showing a black screen (with backlighting) and sometimes when I plug it in it shows the Google logo. Tried reseting it, and doing everything I have read, but nothing works. If I unplug it, it shuts off and won't boot. Any help?
Try booting into bootloader to reboot device =D
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nygfan760 said:
It is showing a black screen (with backlighting) and sometimes when I plug it in it shows the Google logo. Tried reseting it, and doing everything I have read, but nothing works. If I unplug it, it shuts off and won't boot. Any help?
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Hi, nygfan760...
If you're getting some sort of response, then that's a good sign.
First, just LONG PRESS the POWER-BUTTON (for around 30 seconds); this will force power-down the device and reset it.
Try powering up from there.
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If that doesn't work...
...try to enter BOOTLOADER/FASTBOOT mode...
Press both Vol+/- buttons... and HOLD... whilst 'Holding'.., now press the POWER-BUTTON.
You should get the BOOTLOADER SCREEN... with UP and DOWN arrows, adjacent to the volume UP and DOWN keys... with the START option adjacent to the POWER-BUTTON.
Press the POWER-BUTTON... Hopefully you device will START...
Rrgrds,
Ged.
Hi, I also had similar problems with my Nexus 7. I was able to get in bootloader after multiple tries. Kind of randomly... didn't understand why. Unit would finally boot but turn off randomly again.
I gave a try and removed the back of the unit to take a look... I saw that the battery was nearly unplugged. I simply popped the connector in and voila! no more SOD, turning off, nothing.
So, the Nexus was probably turning itself off because there was randomly no more power comming from the battery. (and also could'nt charge it)
Here's a link on how to remove the back shell : http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+7+Teardown/9623/1
Look at Step 4.
None if it worked. Luckily I was still able to return it to office depot. Thanks for the suggestions!
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I don't remember doing anything to the tablet while I was help my friend with his car. No physical damage from what I can tell or anything. Will not boot and connecting it to my computer results in a HSUSB_DLOAD driver error on my computer.
cabagekiller said:
I don't remember doing anything to the tablet while I was help my friend with his car. No physical damage from what I can tell or anything. Will not boot and connecting it to my computer results in a HSUSB_DLOAD driver error on my computer.
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Verify that it is charged. Can you boot into fastboot mode?
fosser2 said:
Verify that it is charged. Can you boot into fastboot mode?
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I couldn't get mine to work a couple days ago. Would not power on. Hold power button for 20 seconds and it booted back up. Hope that works for you.
Tried everything. Nothing worked at all. Showed that driver required that I showed. It requires a jtag to fix
Try holding down the volume rockers and power button. I did the same thing and that fixed it
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3 days old?
Back to the retailer for a refund or exchange.... Why do anything else that would waste more time or actually cause more damage?
That's what I did. I didn't have a nandroid backup on my comp for it hence why I wanted to save it.
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cabagekiller said:
I don't remember doing anything to the tablet while I was help my friend with his car. No physical damage from what I can tell or anything. Will not boot and connecting it to my computer results in a HSUSB_DLOAD driver error on my computer.
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I actually got to the HSUSB_DLOAD on my computer also. For me that came up if you press vol +/- and power at the same time. The screen will not turn on but windows detects something trying to install. I wonder what that is. Remember to boot into bootloader it is vol - and power. Hope this helps.
Try a different cable. It doesn't brick that easily.
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I'm sure there more to the story. He probably rooted it or something
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cabagekiller said:
Will not boot...
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When you say "Will not boot" do you mean you're able to power it on and it gets stuck at the X screen? Or it can't power on at all?
If you're able to power it on, you should be able to get into fastboot mode and restore it to factory settings or flash the stock images.
If you can't power it on at all, then it's a hardware issue and there's nothing you can do about it. Unless you know how to fix the hardware.
Well, I finally bricked my first phone since starting with the Dream way back when.
I was flashing different boot animations on this D800 and came across one supposedly for T-Mobile. I had unlocked the phone, and changed from AT&T to TMO, so I thought it'd be appropriate. Boy was I wrong.
As soon as TWRP flashed that ZIP and rebooted, the screen went black. No LG logo. No animation, no sound, no nothing. So I looked into the ZIP file I downloaded (from somewhere on XDA, I'll have to find the thread) and it looks like a full TMO ROM. Great!
Now I can't even turn off the phone. I can see the backlight on the (black) screen, and when I press and hold power, it restarts after 10 seconds, but then comes back on. Something else strange is that a drive F: shows up on my PC, with about 70 MB of various files. Then there are about 10 other volumes, G: through T:, but they are empty.
Now what?
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Well, I finally bricked my first phone since starting with the Dream way back when.
I was flashing different boot animations on this D800 and came across one supposedly for T-Mobile. I had unlocked the phone, and changed from AT&T to TMO, so I thought it'd be appropriate. Boy was I wrong.
As soon as TWRP flashed that ZIP and rebooted, the screen went black. No LG logo. No animation, no sound, no nothing. So I looked into the ZIP file I downloaded (from somewhere on XDA, I'll have to find the thread) and it looks like a full TMO ROM. Great!
Now I can't even turn off the phone. I can see the backlight on the (black) screen, and when I press and hold power, it restarts after 10 seconds, but then comes back on. Something else strange is that a drive F: shows up on my PC, with about 70 MB of various files. Then there are about 10 other volumes, G: through T:, but they are empty.
Now what?
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Have you tried to get into recovery using power+down? If so, how about download mode?
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Chance Ill said:
Have you tried to get into recovery using power+down? If so, how about download mode?
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Yeah, I had just made a backup in TWRP, so my first thought was get back into recovery. However, Power+Vol Down doesn't do anything except reboot, just as it does when holding only the power button. Same thing with Power+Vol Up and holding all 3 buttons down.
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Yeah, I had just made a backup in TWRP, so my first thought was get back into recovery. However, Power+Vol Down doesn't do anything except reboot, just as it does when holding only the power button. Same thing with Power+Vol Up and holding all 3 buttons down.
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You need to keep holding until the LG Logo comes back, then release and hold the buttons again :good:
gusly said:
You need to keep holding until the LG Logo comes back, then release and hold the buttons again :good:
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Yeah, I have tried holding them down for multiple reboots but it's all black, every time. I haven't seen the LG logo come back up since I flashed that ROM. I've tried letting up on the Power+Vol Down button at various times to try to trigger it and I can't figure any way to get into recovery.
try this solution. It may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
voxluna said:
Yeah, I have tried holding them down for multiple reboots but it's all black, every time. I haven't seen the LG logo come back up since I flashed that ROM. I've tried letting up on the Power+Vol Down button at various times to try to trigger it and I can't figure any way to get into recovery.
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I assume you've tried shutting down completely first?
The multiple drives is good, you can resolve this. In not near my computer now but try looking for a thread about no recovery no download mode etc, in that thread it is suggested to connect phone with usb while running ubuntu.
I used that thread to revive my phone after a bad flash.
Keep in mind that the files mentioned there are maybe not for your model so you will have to find the correct files.
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When I get a black screen after flashing a boot animation and the phone does not boot (just gives a black screen) I usually remove the boot animation via adb. This will use the generic Android boot animation and boot your phone up
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xxxrichievxxx said:
When I get a black screen after flashing a boot animation and the phone does not boot (just gives a black screen) I usually remove the boot animation via adb. This will use the generic Android boot animation and boot your phone up
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Well, I don't think this was a boot animation, even though it was advertised as such. I wasn't thinking, because I know better than to accept a 798MB file as being just animation, no matter how elaborate. I mean, I've been doing this since 2008, but I flashed it anyway. Only after it blew up in my face did I look inside the ZIP and see all the stuff you'd have for a full-blown ROM. Ugh.
In any event, I don't have any adb shell or devices or anything when it boots, just those weird drives.
The real kicker is. this is my 2nd G2 -- the first one having gone into some kind of CPU thermal runaway. I had to send it to Samsung in TX and they replaced the system board. So I've "used" this phone, which I first bought December 5th, for only about 3 weeks total at this point.
gusly said:
I assume you've tried shutting down completely first?
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I eventually figured out that I can get it to turn it off, by continuing to hold the power button, At first it will reboot, but after a few more seconds it turns it off. Or what looks like off -- nothing is ever drawn on the screen at this point, not even the LG logo. So I basically have to hold the phone up to my eye and watch for the backlight to be on or off.
I also left it "off" overnight, but it didn't help.
voxluna said:
I eventually figured out that I can get it to turn it off, by continuing to hold the power button, At first it will reboot, but after a few more seconds it turns it off. Or what looks like off -- nothing is ever drawn on the screen at this point, not even the LG logo. So I basically have to hold the phone up to my eye and watch for the backlight to be on or off.
I also left it "off" overnight, but it didn't help.
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I just read your post saying that you had flashed an entire ROM. Do you have a ROM backup you can restore?
D803 up in this *****
Have you tried while it's powered off to turn it on and plugging in the usb cable(connected to pc of course) to see if it enters download mode(just incase I myself have never been able to access download mode using the button combination on the g2), if it enters download mode all you would need is the LG flash tool and a tot of the d800 to get back to stock?
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voxluna said:
I eventually figured out that I can get it to turn it off, by continuing to hold the power button, At first it will reboot, but after a few more seconds it turns it off. Or what looks like off -- nothing is ever drawn on the screen at this point, not even the LG logo. So I basically have to hold the phone up to my eye and watch for the backlight to be on or off.
I also left it "off" overnight, but it didn't help.
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Yeah, I was going to mention this. Once you have it completely powered down, hold volume up and plug it into your pc. That should throw you into download mode where you can restore through lg flashtool.
Alternatively, while powered down completely, you can attempt to boot into recovery by pressing and holding volume down and power, hopefully the lg logo will appear again, and you can release and press both again. I've been in situations where it took me a bit, meaning multiple tries and a few dirty pairs of underwear, to get it to work. But it eventually did. Admittedly, none of these instances occurred after flashing a rom for a different device, so your mileage may vary.