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My vibrant wont power up at all! like there is no battery

Here is what happened
The battery ran out of juice, so it shuts off
I tried to boot it up again, but it got to the unlock screen, and it shows the shut down animation and shuts off
so i charged the battery,
poped it back in, but not it wont turn on at all
i tried plugging the phone in, not even the charging screen comes on
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE BEFORE
WHO CAN HELP

Well it doesn't sound like you're bricked which is good, maybe your battery is toast??
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Try leaving it plugged in for a while before turning it on, sometimes flashing a rom messes with the battery life (it did with me)
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Redfloyd said:
Try leaving it plugged in for a while before turning it on, sometimes flashing a rom messes with the battery life (it did with me)
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i'll try and maybe the current will go through

you may have to run ODIN again.
To get your phone to turn on again do this in this order;
unplug USB cable from phone & computer
remove battery from phone
plug USB cable into phone
plug usb into computer
hold vol up & down at the same time
while vol up/down held, put battery in and wait.
Download mode should come up.
run ODIN

javolin13 said:
you may have to run ODIN again.
To get your phone to turn on again do this in this order;
unplug USB cable from phone & computer
remove battery from phone
plug USB cable into phone
plug usb into computer
hold vol up & down at the same time
while vol up/down held, put battery in and wait.
Download mode should come up.
run ODIN
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it wont power up at all

My Epic came unplugged, now its bricked.

If this is asked else were I apologies as I did a search but could not find anything. Short story, my Epic came unplugged before Odin3 finished. Now I cannot get the phone to power on. It will not go into download mode or recovery. I pulled the battery and hit vol. up and power, but nothing happens. I am just about sure there is no hope for the phone, but it is worth a shot. Does anyone know if it is possibly to fix a bricked phone that will not turn on?
Thanks

Will it go into download mode again? do a battery pull and try to go back to download mode. does the samsung logo show when you boot the phone?

I pulled the battery, and still nothing. When I try to power it never comes to life, no logo nothing its like I do not have a battery in it when I hit the power button, but the battery is fully charged.

Art2Fly said:
Will it go into download mode again? do a battery pull and try to go back to download mode. does the samsung logo show when you boot the phone?
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Download mode: Slide out the kbd, hold the 1 key, press and hold the power button on the side until you get the download screen with the yellow caution triangle and the ditch digger guy...

Holding power and 1 also does nothing.

I think pulling the plug while ODIN is running is literally the only way you can brick this phone, other than running it over with a car.

Did you have full batterywhen you started? Does odin recognize the com port when you plug the phone in?
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I did have full batterywhen I did it, but I was using my laptop and went to move causing my phone to fall and become unplugged before it was finished. I just tried plugging in the phone again and nothing came up Odin did not recognize it.

I have had to unplug the phone while odin was running several times because it stopped progressing with the flash. I have been lucky enough to never have a total brick. I would suggest pulling the battery and hitting keys on the keyboard to ensure the power is completely drained, the putting in the battery while holding the 1 key and power.... Always does the trick for me.
You are making sure the phone its in download mode and odin is running before plugging your phone in, right?
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Oh my; that sucks. I hope you can get it replaced without any issues.
Good luck, with the next one. Tie it to the desk during the Odin process.

You said you pulled the battery then hit Vol. Up and power...
To get into recovery you need to hit Vol. Down + Camera + Power (hope you had a Backup)

Even after pulling the battery it still will not come back to life. I was at the sprint store and told them that I was doing the over the air update and this is what happened. The tech told me that he has seen a few Epics turn into bricks because of the update went wrong. I will have a new one on Monday but it was worth a try to see if there was a fix since the phone they let me use sucks. Now I will be a little scared putting roms on my phone once I get my new one. Thanks for the help anyway.

Jase3040 said:
Now I will be a little scared putting roms on my phone once I get my new one. Thanks for the help anyway.
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Don't be. What happened to you is next to impossible. If you don't chuck your phone around while Odining, it won't happen again.

k0nane said:
Don't be. What happened to you is next to impossible. If you don't chuck your phone around while Odining, it won't happen again.
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Yes... ODIN + ADHD is not a good combination

Your phone is not bricked. I had this scenario happen to me. The way I got the phone working again is to take the battery out and then plug the USB cable in. At that point I was able to have the keyboard open, hold down the 1 key+power and the phone went in to dload mode. It worked for me, I am betting it would work for you.

I forgot to mention, leave the battery out of the phone while doing this.

Socos25 I have to say I had hope for this, but I still have the same problem…… however, still nothing but a blank screen that is darker then the bottom of the ocean.

I feel your pain, buddy.
I hate to admit it, but I did the same thing when my phone was 29 days old. In my case I think I started by using the wrong PID file and the process hung. I got worried and unplugged the phone after about 2 minutes. I tried every combination possible to get the phone to wake up but each time it got worse. There was no way to get it back into download mode.
I ended up taking it to a Sprint service center. The tech was sure he could reflash it, but after 20 minutes he came back and said it was dead. Since it was under 30 days they gave me a new phone. Thank you Sprint.
Anyway, I'm pretty nervous these days when using Odin. It IS possible to brick this phone using Odin (as we both know). When I use Odin now I triple check every step, do it on a laptop with a full battery, put the phone down and step away from it until it's finished.
It's likely that if you take it to a Sprint service center they will replace it for a $35 fee. That may be your only option at this point.

Thinking back.. Pull the battery, hold down the power button for like 10 seconds. Then with the battery out of the phone plug in the USB cable. try the 1+power button.
I am pretty sure tha is how I got mine back after I accidently dropped the phone when odin'ing. Does the LED light up when you plug in the usb cable?

I've pulled my phone over 20 times turing an ODIN process to try and brick it. It just doesn't happen with these Samsung phones. You may get stuck at the Samsung screen, but chances are if that you battery is either dead or you keyboard is broken. Cause through 5 phones with trading I can't seem to brick one.

Can't format my bricked fascinate.

I'm trying with Atlas_v2.2.pit file but it just hangs on Set Partition. I left it overnight just in case, next morning it was still set partition. Using Odin 1.3 and latest SCH i500 drivers from Samsung website.
I also think there is something fundamentally wrong with my phone. I can't get the computer to see the download mode. IE if I connect without battery and press volume down, the phone goes into the download mode but computer and Odin don't see it. I have to:
1) put battery in
2) connect to the computer
3) wait until battery charge status shows up
4) do 3-finger salute
5) when screne goes off just hold volume down, the phone then goes into download mode (but computer still doesn't see it)
6) disconnect the usb cable (that's why battery must be in or otherwise phone would shut off)
7) reconnect usb cable
Then my computer sees it and I can then remove the battery, though I tried with battery in and with battery out, both with the same poor result. Looks like I'm screwed.
Ps. I tried this on four different computers with two different original samsung usb cables. In all cases the computers do not see the downloading mode unless I jump through hoops outlined above.

dandar said:
I'm trying with Atlas_v2.2.pit file but it just hangs on Set Partition. I left it overnight just in case, next morning it was still set partition. Using Odin 1.3 and latest SCH i500 drivers from Samsung website.
I also think there is something fundamentally wrong with my phone. I can't get the computer to see the download mode. IE if I connect without battery and press volume down, the phone goes into the download mode but computer and Odin don't see it. I have to:
1) put battery in
2) connect to the computer
3) wait until battery charge status shows up
4) do 3-finger salute
5) when screne goes off just hold volume down, the phone then goes into download mode (but computer still doesn't see it)
6) disconnect the usb cable (that's why battery must be in or otherwise phone would shut off)
7) reconnect usb cable
Then my computer sees it and I can then remove the battery, though I tried with battery in and with battery out, both with the same poor result. Looks like I'm screwed.
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Try this. Pull the battery so its off. Put the battery back in. Hold volume down and then hold power for about 2 seconds and then release power. Download Mode screen should show up. connect to computer and see if Odin sees it.
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Great news...bad news.
It worked! It actually formatted the phone and loaded a rom (loaded geewiz 1.1 by accident, wanted powerwashed 2.0).
The bad news is after I disconnected the phone it won't restart. It's actually worse than that. Before I'd get the phone icon, triangle, computer icon. Now nothing. Black screen and absolutely nothing. 3-finger salute doesn't work and I can no longer put battery in, hold volume, press power for 2 seconds and let it go while holding volume and getting phone into downloading mode. It's absolutely dead and even when I put it into charger, the green battery icon doesn't come up (battery was full by the way).
One other thing. With battery in, it won't go into download mode when hooked up to pc. Without battery it will go into download mode, but computer won't see it.

edit- nvm
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dandar said:
Great news...bad news.
It worked! It actually formatted the phone and loaded a rom (loaded geewiz 1.1 by accident, wanted powerwashed 2.0).
The bad news is after I disconnected the phone it won't restart. It's actually worse than that. Before I'd get the phone icon, triangle, computer icon. Now nothing. Black screen and absolutely nothing. 3-finger salute doesn't work and I can no longer put battery in, hold volume, press power for 2 seconds and let it go while holding volume and getting phone into downloading mode. It's absolutely dead and even when I put it into charger, the green battery icon doesn't come up (battery was full by the way).
One other thing. With battery in, it won't go into download mode when hooked up to pc. Without battery it will go into download mode, but computer won't see it.
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Sounds to me that the battery shot craps.
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scarfman4 said:
Sounds to me that the battery shot craps.
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Yeah. Sounds like the battery if it would go into download mode with the battery out.
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But when it's in download mode and I put the battery in, I can unplug it from computer and it will stay in download mode on battery alone. Should I run it down and try to recharge it?
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I know you said you tried this on four different computers with two different Samsung cables, but on all of said computers were you using XP, vista, win7? And were all of these PC's using Odin 1.3?
I use vista home basic and Odin v 1.7 and Odin always sees it without the battery...just throwing some stuff out there maybe try different Odin version or PC that has a different os?? mighty be worth trying??
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Just xp and vista. I'll try Odin 1.7 on vista.
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I thought my battery was bad but I got a new one and still can't start the phone or see a battery icon. Could it be damaged power button? Or maybe I screwed up boot loader with Heimdal?
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Is it a Samsung battery or a generic one?...I know some generic batteries have issues with these phones??
Have you tried using Odin to repartition with a pit file since getting your new battery...I don't know much about heimdall but from what I understand you should be able to use Odin if you can get to download mode
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Ok I feel stupid writing this, but turns out I was simply impatient and the new battery was simply discharged. Put it in, let it stay in the phone, battery icon showed up, charged it for a while, then went into download mode, re-partitioned and reloaded a rom and everything is back to normal.
I'd like to thank everyone, for your help.
Special thanks go out to times_infinity whose tip allowed me to connect the phone to the PC and have a reliable download mode operation.

[Q] Phone will not turn on or Charge!!

During an ODIN flash, i tried to put the back cover back on the phone and the ODIN Status turned RED (Fail) and the screen turned to a greenish color and now it does not turn on or charge. The battery works fine on my wife's phone.
Is there anything i can do? I am past my warranty so I walked into a Tmobile Store and they said it looks like water damage on the usb plug which is total BS.
PLEASE HELP!!!!

Take out the battery, SIM, and SD card. Wait 5-10 seconds. Put only the battery back in. Open Odin. While holding Volume up+down, plug in your USB cable. Should go to Download Mode. Reflash in Odin.

jneal9 said:
Take out the battery, SIM, and SD card. Wait 5-10 seconds. Put only the battery back in. Open Odin. While holding Volume up+down, plug in your USB cable. Should go to Download Mode. Reflash in Odin.
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Not working. Still black and no connection made in ODIN.

I'd be really surprised if you couldn't get this unbricked. Did you drop it in water through? Or was that just something completely unrelated?

try to odin back to stock
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
Or try that same method without holding the power button, just the volume rocker (up and down) when plugging into usb that works for some ppl

MadNosf said:
Not working. Still black and no connection made in ODIN.
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Did you happen to have Gingerbread bootloaders?

make a jig....301k resistor across pins 4 and 5....search in youtube how to make one. It worked for me this week. Buddys phone was bricked for past 5 months, even cell fix company couldnt fix it. Puts phone in download mode and able to flash with odin. good luck

MadNosf said:
Not working. Still black and no connection made in ODIN.
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Nevermind. It did work after i tried it 3 more times and used different USB ports.
THANKS A LOT!!! The guy at the store was trying to sell me a $500 phone at cost..

MadNosf said:
Nevermind. It did work after i tried it 3 more times and used different USB ports.
THANKS A LOT!!! The guy at the store was trying to sell me a $500 phone at cost..
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Excellent! Yeah it's actually really tough to brick this phone permanently.

jneal9 said:
Excellent! Yeah it's actually really tough to brick this phone permanently.
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I've bricked it before but always had it able to power up in some fashion so this one was tough on me.
Thank god for XDA
Thanks again.

Your phone is hardbricked I think. Happend to me once.
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HaloMediaz said:
Your phone is hardbricked I think. Happend to me once.
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Nope. He got it working.

My S4(octa) turns off by itself.

HI,
I am using octa core S4.
4.2.2 (rooted)
whenever I insert usb cable or the charger to charge my phone, it turns off by it self. I can see the battery on my display(that one which appears when you charge your phone when it is switched off.). But that is not stable either. it goes and comes again and again.

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Joku1981 said:
1. Delete the KNOX apps in system/app.
2. Reflash the firmware android 4.2.2 and root it again. Remember do the step 1 when u finish the rooting.
3. Change the battery if the 1st and 2nd step doesn't works.
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Well, i already deleted KNOX. and this happened suddenly!
I'll replace my battery tomorrow!

manangadaria said:
Well, i already deleted KNOX. and this happened suddenly!
I'll replace my battery tomorrow!
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You don't need change the battery maybe. This seems a problem of:
1. The USB charger. You can buy other OFFICIAL without problem.
2. The charging port. It can be fixed in the service center or maybe your wanna try for yourself: HERE

Joku1981 said:
You don't need change the battery maybe. This seems a problem of:
1. The USB charger. You can buy other OFFICIAL without problem.
2. The charguing port. It can be fixed in the service center or maybe your wanna try for yourself: HERE
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No. the phone stays connected when i put it in downloading mode. I'm re-flashing it. The firmware should be culprit. Let's see what happens now.! :good:

manangadaria said:
No. the phone stays connected when i put it in downloading mode. I'm re-flashing it. The firmware should be culprit. Let's see what happens now.! :good:
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Good luck! :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Good luck! :highfive:
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I reflashed it. but when i kept it for charging, it wasnt responding well. pressing power button didn't do anything. And then it shut off. and now it refuses to turn back on. it restarts after showing "samsung galaxy s4". and it turns on right away after putting the battery!:crying:

manangadaria said:
I reflashed it. but when i kept it for charging, it wasnt responding well. pressing power button didn't do anything. And then it shut off. and now it refuses to turn back on. it restarts after showing "samsung galaxy s4". and it turns on right away after putting the battery!:crying:
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I'm trying to go in download mode. but it restarts again!!!! NOTE:- no charger is plugged in!

manangadaria said:
HI,
I am using octa core S4.
4.2.2 (rooted)
whenever I insert usb cable or the charger to charge my phone, it turns off by it self. I can see the battery on my display(that one which appears when you charge your phone when it is switched off.). But that is not stable either. it goes and comes again and again.
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Update: it turns off when I plug in the charger and press power button for more than 2 times. I don't know what's wrong! How can this happen! I'm plugging in the charger, pressing the power button for few times and it is gone! It won't even start after that it will keep restarting until I press power button few times again!