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My friends Samsung Focus seems to have gotten stuck turning on just showing SAMSUNG... phone did not have a SD card in it all. We had tried a sd card but never worked so removed it. About a week later the phone just rebooted and got stuck on boot.. Did the hard reset a few times and nothing? Also I accidentally got the phone in download mode. Since i have a Captivate, ive seen the download mode before and used it for kernels and such.. Is there any use of it on the Focus somehow? It says download mode and then do not turn off. it takes about 10 minutes..
Anyone have any suggestions or know anything? Phone is unlocked for tmobile, so cannot go to ATT to get replaced..
Thanks
same issue - samsung black screen no sd card at all
My Focus did the same thing today - it was almost as if an auto update was sent out, and the device reset itself. When I tried to enter my passcode, i got errors, and then upon resetting I became stuck on the black samsung screen. I've tried hard and soft resets with and without the SIM card. Nothing.
Any advice, beyond heading into ATT tomorrow?
hard reset is the 3 button combo, right? if so whats the soft reset?
yes. hard reset is the +, power, camera combo. soft reset is just powering down and then starting back up.
That is the issue I am having with my phones and I believe it is heat related. Check battery meter when you do the battery pull and reboot. Also the battery is warm to the touch also the screen if it stays in the samsung boot mode.
mine did the same thing this morning... I have a warranty replacement on the way. Would love to know what/why/ fix etc... though.
trolane said:
mine did the same thing this morning... I have a warranty replacement on the way. Would love to know what/why/ fix etc... though.
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I have gotten a new replacement and battery and still have the same issues if I keep it in my jacket or shirt pocket.
trolane said:
mine did the same thing this morning... I have a warranty replacement on the way. Would love to know what/why/ fix etc... though.
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I hope theres a fix soon. My friend uses the phone for tmobile so cant really do anything. I wonder whats really happening with these phones.
Deadem said:
I have gotten a new replacement and battery and still have the same issues if I keep it in my jacket or shirt pocket.
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That is absolutely weird. This phone really has a big defect then if this happens out of the blue. Not good for Samsung... unless its the software that is screwy
Just had this happen today.
Stuck at samsung boot logo. Unable to get past it for hours. Getting it replaced tomorrow
peterfnet said:
Just had this happen today.
Stuck at samsung boot logo. Unable to get past it for hours. Getting it replaced tomorrow
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Update on my situation: I was able to had reset it, but it still kept me at the Samsung logo. AT&T replaced it. That solved the problem
Same issue here with my Rogers Focus, it has happened on two devices now. Would love to know what the problem is, so when I get my third one I can avoid it.
Happened to my Focus as well. Since I'm using an unlocked device and I'm not in the US, it looks like I'm pretty much screwed unless someone comes up with a fix like a ROM or something that can solve the issue.
From what I can tell its not battery related at all. I tried the battery from a Galaxy S I had and still didn't fix the problem.
The thing is that Samsung of America firmwares are very hard to find. I have find all the Roms on this page http://www.samfirmware.com/ even instrucction on how to flash the phone. The thing is that they only have the Omnia firmwares, we need a i917 Rom. One more thing you can put your phone in Download mode pressing Volume Up and Camera botton simultaneus from there you can flash the Phone. Come on we need a real hacker who can bring us a firmware for this phone.
Going into download mode is pointless until we get a Firmware. Looks like no Dev/Hacker is interested in Samsung Focus right now.
My Nook Color is brand new. It was 1.2 and i used manual rooter 4.6. It was working fine until today. Now it does not responds any touch on the screen. I tried restarting, shut down and power on several times without any luck. Does any one knows this problem...
Had that happen a couple of times after got some greasy fingers or other such stuff on the screen. Power down and give it a real good wipe down. Get right up to the edges and everything. Clean it so you can't see any blemishes at all and try powering up again.
Only suggestion I got...good luck!
Unfortunately i tried that couple of times... but thanks any way... i hope someone has other ideas...
A new dimension on this problem
I opened my nook color. I disconnect touch screens connections. Then assembeled it again. Screen started to work for a while. Now it is dead again. I couldn't get the problem but it is probably a hardware issue. Does anyone nows anything about it.
Might try backing up your data and reflashing.
I tried it already.
it doesn't sound like a screen calibration thing but more of a hardware thing. if i was you i would re-root and reset to factory setting and take it back to B&N and get a new one. good luck
Yes. If i was in States... A friend of mine bought it for me from states and it is going to be a real pain in the ass to send it to another friend to change it...
Hi Guys,
After I "replaced" the screen,it was blank, yet booting and visible to computer,
I decided to recheck - and switched to the old screen. It didn't work either!
So now I have two sceens but non is functional
Any ideas?
Btw, i found this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529791
but there is no solution
ilgeor said:
Hi Guys,
After I "replaced" the screen,it was blank, yet booting and visible to computer,
I decided to recheck - and switched to the old screen. It didn't work either!
So now I have two sceens but non
Any ideas?
Btw, i found this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529791
but there is no solution
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Got the same problem right now, trying to solve it. Was about to post new topic but saw yours. Can you boot your device into bootloader? Mine seems to be able to do that and I see everything but once it shows the Google logo during normal boot or recovery, the screen goes dark and blank.
Very mysterious indeed, never seen this issue before...
Hoping someone can shed some light on this...
deltatux
Can you remind me of how you did it?
Cause vol up+power\vol down+power won't work for me
What screen have you bought?
Cause I was super anxious about getting original Hydis, now chungwa they now sell everywhere
at first, I would think that I somehow messed uo the cable - but if you are saying, that you are able to boot
mystery!
I guess, we need some experienced service man here
ilgeor said:
Can you remind me of how you did it?
Cause vol up+power\vol down+power won't work for me
What screen have you bought?
Cause I was super anxious about getting original Hydis, now chungwa they now sell everywhere
at first, I would think that I somehow messed uo the cable - but if you are saying, that you are able to boot
mystery!
I guess, we need some experienced service man here
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Vol down + power. Though upon further reassembly, it seemed to get worse. Now my screen won't even light up or show anything. Try shining a flashlight on the LCD panel. Do you see anything? If you do, it's likely a bad data cable. In which case, you should find one on eBay.
deltatux
It isn't working at all(
But I can't be 100% sure, cause I've so many change cycles
Buying things on ebay means +1 month of waiting, so I'd prefer to know exactly, will the new cable heal me tablet
Anyway, have you decided, what happened to your screen?
ilgeor said:
It isn't working at all(
But I can't be 100% sure, cause I've so many change cycles
Buying things on ebay means +1 month of waiting, so I'd prefer to know exactly, will the new cable heal me tablet
Anyway, have you decided, what happened to your screen?
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For me since I shone a light and there is something showing underneath and I know that the panel should work since I did see a Google logo and fastboot did properly show up before I reassembled it again 2 times before it completely disappeared, It's likely the data cable, so I repurchased a data cable from eBay.
Have you tried shining a light on to the LCD panel to see if you see anything? If not, it's likely a faulty LCD panel.
deltatux
Hi all,
I have a major problem with my Samsung galaxy tab 4. When I power on the tab sometimes it will hang on the splashscreen.
Then if and when I get through the frozen splashscreen the screen will flicker extremely badly, almost like interference and will freeze.
I done a factory reset, disconnected the battery, still the same issue.
Any ideas what the issues are?
Thanks in advance
skalicioustimes said:
Hi all,
I have a major problem with my Samsung galaxy tab 4. When I power on the tab sometimes it will hang on the splashscreen.
Then if and when I get through the frozen splashscreen the screen will flicker extremely badly, almost like interference and will freeze.
I done a factory reset, disconnected the battery, still the same issue.
Any ideas what the issues are?
Thanks in advance
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I would find the correct firmware for your tab (from the Samsung site) and reflash the full Odin tar. If that doesn't help I'd contact Samsung about the issue.
Is there any point in getting in touch with Samsung after opening the tablet up?
There is horizontal and vertical lines approximately 5mm apart, coloured.
I can see the logo behind these lines but and the whole system has frozen.
This still happens after a factory reset which makes me think it may be a hardware issue.
Would it be a digitizer issue?
skalicioustimes said:
Is there any point in getting in touch with Samsung after opening the tablet up?
There is horizontal and vertical lines approximately 5mm apart, coloured.
I can see the logo behind these lines but and the whole system has frozen.
This still happens after a factory reset which makes me think it may be a hardware issue.
Would it be a digitizer issue?
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That would be your display, not your digitizer. since you're thinking of opening the tab, check the connector
to the board from the display screen, just be patient, steady handed, and keep a light touch.
use a magnifying glass of you can't see the layout clearly, the connector may be seated wrong/crooked
there should/may be clips on either side that need to be slid out before disconnecting the ribbon.
I would get a replacement if you haven't opened the tab already.
questions belong in q&a. :good:
m
just a thought, check for moisture/corrosion anywhere, at the point you open the device, you're pretty
much S.O.L. but hey.
Yes unfortunately the Tab 4 has been opened.
By disconnecting and reseating the battery sockets i believe the warranty is void. The back has been opened.
I find if i get the device running momentarily then by gently plexing "twisiting" the unit in my hands can cause the screen to switch back to normal.
But soon after the dreaded horizontal and vertical lines appear then the device becomes frozen again, the intermitent lines jump around the screen with whatever is in the background leaving the display frozen.
Only solution is to gently open up the device and disconnect the battery and then reconnect again.
This is only a temporary solution as the problem reappears very soon after.
moonbutt74 said:
That would be your display, not your digitizer. since you're thinking of opening the tab, check the connector
to the board from the display screen, just be patient, steady handed, and keep a light touch.
use a magnifying glass of you can't see the layout clearly, the connector may be seated wrong/crooked
there should/may be clips on either side that need to be slid out before disconnecting the ribbon.
I would get a replacement if you haven't opened the tab already.
questions belong in q&a. :good:
m
just a thought, check for moisture/corrosion anywhere, at the point you open the device, you're pretty
much S.O.L. but hey.
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So you reckon it is not the digitizer that has failed? I was thinking of replacing that.
Hmmm..
skalicioustimes said:
So you reckon it is not the digitizer that has failed? I was thinking of replacing that.
Hmmm..
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I'm not so sure after what you said about twisting the tab, can you get into the system through adb ?
After the tab "freezes" hook up to your comp and get adb shell running, run any/all of the following
logcat -d
mount
ps
dmesg
and do some directory hopping to see what you can access, reason being we narrow it down to display/digitizer/something loose on board.
just to refresh my memory, the same behavior occurs in recovery ?
also tap your power button to screen-off/lock.
and at the end after adb test, force reboot to recovery with button combo.
m
moonbutt74 said:
I'm not so sure after what you said about twisting the tab, can you get into the system through adb ?
After the tab "freezes" hook up to your comp and get adb shell running, run any/all of the following
logcat -d
mount
ps
dmesg
and do some directory hopping to see what you can access, reason being we narrow it down to display/digitizer/something loose on board.
just to refresh my memory, the same behavior occurs in recovery ?
also tap your power button to screen-off/lock.
and at the end after adb test, force reboot to recovery with button combo.
m
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I'm unsure about your suggestions, as i don't know were to locate those commands.
I have done a factory reset, so i am just waiting for the device to charge before attempting to load new firmware through Samsung Kies which i downloaded through this link... http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/#versionInfo
are the commands you suggested within the Samsung Kies software?
ahh, no. You need to run adb on windows [ewww]
or adb on linux [yay!]
can't help you with windows.
but what about in recovery ? did you encounter the same issue or no ?
m
moonbutt74 said:
ahh, no. You need to run adb on windows [ewww]
or adb on linux [yay!]
can't help you with windows.
but what about in recovery ? did you encounter the same issue or no ?
m
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When i was having the problems initially, i could not for the life of me get into recovery mode using the button combo's. Eventually i did get into recovery, so as a last resort i cleared cache, and done a factory reset. Now it is booting up as normal but i was going to use Kies on windows to see if it is a software issue.
So were do i go about getting
adb
logcat -d
mount
ps
dmesg.
And what would you suggest as a step by step guide from were i am at now?
Note: i haven't physically messed with the device to see if the Horizontal and Vertical screen issue is still there.
Thanks
XDA search bar
adb install
moonbutt74 said:
XDA search bar
adb install
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i tried running adb but i'm getting unaturiosed, clicked on the revoke debugging and then adb just ran through all the commands.
then the device screen problem has arisen again and i can't get it to boot.
skalicioustimes said:
i tried running adb but i'm getting unaturiosed, clicked on the revoke debugging and then adb just ran through all the commands.
then the device screen problem has arisen again and i can't get it to boot.
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You're not supposed to revoke adb debugging.
Look, i'm at a loss, the thing is, do you blow more cash on a quess, or cut your losses.
As to learning how to use adb, XDA searxh box, using adb.
m
not a bother.
thanks for your help :good:
skalicioustimes said:
not a bother.
thanks for your help :good:
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Hi,
you're not bothering me, i'm just saying you have to jump in all the way. :good:
m
moonbutt74 said:
Hi,
you're not bothering me, i'm just saying you have to jump in all the way. :good:
m
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ah i understand, it's just it's driving me crazy. a bit like a crossword puzzle that i can't finish and i'm looking for someone to give me the answer without me having ta look up the answer in a dictionary....hahaha.
i suppose i am looking for someone who had a similar problem, a few clicks here and there
skalicioustimes said:
ah i understand, it's just it's driving me crazy. a bit like a crossword puzzle that i can't finish and i'm looking for someone to give me the answer without me having ta look up the answer in a dictionary....hahaha.
i suppose i am looking for someone who had a similar problem, a few clicks here and there
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dude are you on hangouts ? if so pm me.
moonbutt74 said:
dude are you on hangouts ? if so pm me.
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sent you a message on hangouts. thanks
Flashed the stock kernel using Odin, i hope that gets rid of the screen issue :fingers-crossed:
Well 3 hours later and the Tab is going good
My daughter is delighted that it's sorted and she hopes it stays that way
Many thanks to Moonbutt74 for your time and effort, it's very much appreciated.
Would you say that it's good to go? And is there anything else i need to do to the device before handing it over to her?
Cheers
This is my fathers nexus 7 He was telling me that it had "funny lines" on the screen while using it, then it went dark
and will not turn back on. I have tried every troubleshooting tip about batteries I could find. I have several Nexus 7 s myself. My daughters works great and its the older version like dads.
I ordered a new battery for it, same issue. Then I took the known good battery out of my daughters Nexus and tried it in Dads. Still will not turn on.
I would like to see if I can figure out what is the issue and fix it if its feasible cost wise. But all the troubleshooting I find stop at the batter. Any ideas what I can test/try next?
polenslager said:
This is my fathers nexus 7 He was telling me that it had "funny lines" on the screen while using it, then it went dark
and will not turn back on. I have tried every troubleshooting tip about batteries I could find. I have several Nexus 7 s myself. My daughters works great and its the older version like dads.
I ordered a new battery for it, same issue. Then I took the known good battery out of my daughters Nexus and tried it in Dads. Still will not turn on.
I would like to see if I can figure out what is the issue and fix it if its feasible cost wise. But all the troubleshooting I find stop at the batter. Any ideas what I can test/try next?
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After replacing the screen, I can't turn on the device. Thinking it was the battery I tried to enter in fastboot and I was able; so i tried to restore all flashing from fastboot;after few attempt the tablet started but then turn off when some green lines came up.
Have you replaced the screen?
Pi3rluigi said:
After replacing the screen, I can't turn on the device. Thinking it was the battery I tried to enter in fastboot and I was able; so i tried to restore all flashing from fastboot;after few attempt the tablet started but then turn off when some green lines came up.
Have you replaced the screen?
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No I have not replaced the screen. It was my next thought, but I wanted to see if others had ideas of things to try. If I recall correct my dad was talking about white lines.. but I am not sure of that.
Anyone know if there is a way to test the screen?