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Vibrant in Download Mode - Help!

Hi,
I was reaching to my coat's pocket to pick up my phone and I think I accidentally hold the power button too much or something (honestly, don't know what I did) but my Vibrant now says Downloading....Do not turn off Target!!! with an Android icon on the screen.
I am running Nero 5 w/ voodoo. What did I do wrong? The power button does not seem to respond and I do not want to pull my battery.
Any advice?

IIRC you can just pull the battery to reboot. I'm pretty sure that's what I did last time I hit Download instead of Recovery on the power button menu.

Pull the battery or keep your finger on the power button for like 15 seconds. nothing bad will happen (unless it was really downloading someting) but doesn't sound like it is.

zharptitza said:
IIRC you can just pull the battery to reboot. I'm pretty sure that's what I did last time I hit Download instead of Recovery on the power button menu.
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also holding down the power button for like 10-15 seconds should reboot too, i do that all the time

Thanks guys. Reboot did it.
I feel like a noob (I probably am)

My HTC Wizard cant turn on

omg...i have got really big problem...i cant turn on my htc wizard...let me tell you what happend:
my baterry was very low so the phone shuted down, and then i put it on charging,but when i was back i wanted to turn on my phone but i could not do that...when i hold the turn on button nothing happens...can you please tell me what is the problem if you know...
thanks!

sniffertobi said:
omg...i have got really big problem...i cant turn on my htc wizard...let me tell you what happend:
my baterry was very low so the phone shuted down, and then i put it on charging,but when i was back i wanted to turn on my phone but i could not do that...when i hold the turn on button nothing happens...can you please tell me what is the problem if you know...
thanks!
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remove the battery wait until 10 minutes then plug it in again and press the reset button with the stylus
if no change try to hard reset the device with
-Press and hold the Comm Manager button and Voice Command
button on the device. At the same time, use the stylus to lightly
press the RESET button.
-Keep the Comm Manager button and Voice Command button
pressed, and the following message will appear on the screen:Press Send to restore factory default , other key to quit​-Release the two buttons, and press the Send button to perform a
hard reset.

Nope
no...that does not work...nothing happens ((((((((

i cant even charge my phone

please
oh come on please help me!!! ((( i need f*c*i*g help...hurry i need my phone (((((( xDDDDDD

Dont Feel panic!
Hi dude, That happened to me.. your case its very simple, your battery have to low charge level, so the recharge circuit can't start.
what u have to do? simple:
(you can see many video tutorials of this in youtube, and it worked for me)
1: take a 5VDC charger, cut the connector (then you will have just 2 cables the Positive+ one and the Negative- one)
2: take out the battery from your phone, and put the +cable on the +Pin of the phone, and do the same with the -Cable.
3: Put the battery on your cellphone (the cables can't touch any other pin only the + and - pins)
4: connect the charger, wait 10 Secs then turn on your cell phone, let it charge at least 10 Minutes (no more than 15 Minutes!) then turn of you cell phone, put out the battery, remove the cables, put the battery on the phone again, turn it on and charge it with a normal USB charger!
5: Enjoy
Notes:
-i use this method with my Wizard when my USB connector get broken, its 100% Secure for your device.
-you can know which is the + and - pin looking on the Battery
-if your battery don't take any charge its because its Depleted, you can found a new on Ebay =)
Good Luck!

Is my TAB dead?

hard to believe, but I think I did it......
- I flash back to stock JMK in order to install a clean Overcome 1.4.1, and everything goes fine
- root with SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse
- reboot the phone and apply the patch
- the normal message to reboot pops up on screen
- the Tab doesn't start anymore, it doesn't react even connecting the charger
- (I mention that battery was 80% when I started this operation)
- I did: keep pressing the Power button + vol down + vol up for 15 seconds, keep pressing the Power and touch the screen for 30 seconds
any advice to bring it alive again? thanks in advance !

Send it back to samsung, thats what i did when i briked it and 2th time when i spilled many diffrent luiquids on it. They will fix it in range of 12-18 days.

ovigt71 said:
hard to believe, but I think I did it......
- I flash back to stock JMK in order to install a clean Overcome 1.4.1, and everything goes fine
- root with SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse
- reboot the phone and apply the patch
- the normal message to reboot pops up on screen
- the Tab doesn't start anymore, it doesn't react even connecting the charger
- (I mention that battery was 80% when I started this operation)
- I did: keep pressing the Power button + vol down + vol up for 15 seconds, keep pressing the Power and touch the screen for 30 seconds
any advice to bring it alive again? thanks in advance !
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Please clarify... did you press power + vol-up and power + vol-down or power+vol-up+vol-down?

Flokey said:
Please clarify... did you press power + vol-up and power + vol-down or power+vol-up+vol-down?
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ok...sorry....maybe I was to stressed:
1. I pressed the Power button + touch the screen for more than 30 seconds (with charger plug and without) = nothing happened, not even battery indication level...
2. I pressed Power button + Vol down = nothing
3. I pressed Power button + Vol UP = same result, nothing
4. I pressed Power Button + Vol UP + Vol Down = same result
5. I press Power button + Home = nothing
what other combination to try more?
BTW - I also opened the TAB and removed and the reconnected back the battery. I measured the power of the battery and seems to be OK = 3,7vDC

that sounds really bad... you probably have to send it to Samsung...
If no one else has an idea what to try :-/

3.7v seems that the battery is below 20%, try charging the batt to an external power supply, then do the steps that you previously mentioned. Good luck!
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App

You might want to report this to chainfire and rotohammer. Still they sternly warned that playing with bootloaders is only sure way to brick the tab.

unfortunately I can't send any PM to @rotohammer! he does disable this obtion!

lucian777 said:
3.7v seems that the battery is below 20%, try charging the batt to an external power supply, then do the steps that you previously mentioned. Good luck!
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lucian - the voltage of the battery is stock 3.7 vDC. is also written on the label....the voltage and amperes are two different things! capacity of the battery is 4000mAh.
BTW - before this problem I had removed the charger, and the battery level was 80%..... and also after happening this problem my TAB is connected to the charger.....
you mean, do I have to remove the battery and to try to charge with another power supply?

ovigt71 said:
lucian - the voltage of the battery is stock 3.7 vDC. is also written on the label....the voltage and amperes are two different things! capacity of the battery is 4000mAh.
BTW - before this problem I had removed the charger, and the battery level was 80%..... and also after happening this problem my TAB is connected to the charger.....
you mean, do I have to remove the battery and to try to charge with another power supply?
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Yes try to charge the battery till it gets 3.8v...externally i meant, Disconnect the battery from the Tab, then connect the pins from the battery to a 5v power supply. I dont know if this can solve your issue .. but worth a try.

lucian777 said:
Yes try to charge the battery till it gets 3.8v...externally i meant, Disconnect the battery from the Tab, then connect the pins from the battery to a 5v power supply. I dont know if this can solve your issue .. but worth a try.
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@lucian777 - unfortunately, I already done that. I have a adjustable power supply and I charged separately the battery.....but useless.... I'll send it to service until I don't make more damages.... anyway, thanks for replay !

hm....back again! Last night I received my Tab from Samsung service.... everything comes back to normal! strange thing is there is not any service report.... totally unprofessional job: the cover of screw are scratched...the frame of screen scratched too...really disappointed, but, the main thing is the Tab is alive again.....

would report the state back to sammy about this. its not proveable but atleast you get your say and you never know...
might be interesting thread to start.
rgds
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Wont Charge.

My nexus 7 tablet is dead , so I plug it into the chragers and no little battery image shows up, but after about 5 minutes ( I didnt touch the power button ) itll say Google, then it powers up, goes to the home screen, says 0 % Shutting down, then turns of and repeats the process? what can I do? And now the screen is flickering.

Joelkat said:
My nexus 7 tablet is dead , so I plug it into the chragers and no little battery image shows up, but after about 5 minutes ( I didnt touch the power button ) itll say Google, then it powers up, goes to the home screen, says 0 % Shutting down, then turns of and repeats the process? what can I do? And now the screen is flickering.
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EDIT: I got it working after using the phone to charge for a few minutes
not sure if this fixes or helps anyone else but i got bootloader working
Same thing is happening to me. Two days now. I have followed all the instructions i found online saying
Drain off all the juice from your Nexus 7.
Connect your dead Nexus 7 to the charger and press the Volume Down and Power Button simultaneously. By doing this, you’ll head over to the Bootloader menu of the Nexus 7.
Scroll down to the “Power Off Device” option with the help of Volume Down Button.
Select it by tapping the Power button and disconnect the device.
Quickly connect the device to the USB charger again.
You’ll now see the Battery picture on your screen making your device working again.
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However when i get to the bootloader i cannot scroll through the options or select anything. It just says "Start" and none of the hardware buttons respond.
When i do let it boot as above poster said it saw connect to charger and shutting down
weirdest thing is that it says "Connect to charger" and if i jiggle the usb it changes to "Charging 0%" but shuts off
I've tried multiple cords and chargers so the issue seems to be with the nexus
i'm at a loss and i've had the device since launch so returning it isnt an option..
any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated

[Q] Sprint Galaxy S5 Not Powering On

Can someone please give me some advice on what to do. My phone is less than 3 months old and will not power on. It doesn't do anything, not even the vibration it usually does. I've tried plugging it into the charger but it doesn't even have the charging light on. It was working fine and just stopped. I pulled the battery out and put it back in but nothing it working. If If anyone has any suggestions, I would be very grateful! Thanks!!!

what were you doing at the time
What were you doing at the time the phone stopped working? Did you try charging the battery on an external charger?

As the poster above suggested, what were you doing recently? We are looking for clues as to what happened? Did you yank on the power cord, drop the phone, et cetera?
Make sure that your battery isn't in backwards in the phone and try using a different cable to charge the phone. If it still doesn't charge, then borrow a friends external charger.. or even the (charged) battery out of their S5 for a few seconds to see if your phone will turn on. We're trying to differentiate between a dead battery and all other problems.
If you still have no luck, then remove the battery for ten seconds, then replace (the presumably charged) battery in your phone. Then press and hold the volume down key. Then also press and hold the home key, then the power key. After about five seconds, you should see the phone start to the "download screen". If so, post here for further guidance.
If you phone is non responsive to a borrowed battery and the download mode described above, then you should seek warranty service with your carrier. A three month old phone should still be under warranty.
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goddie392 said:
What were you doing at the time the phone stopped working? Did you try charging the battery on an external charger?
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I was talking on it and hung up. Then, I tried to use it about 5 mins later and it wouldnt turn back on. What do you mean by "external charger"?? Sry, I'm not very tech savy lol! The only charger I have is the one that came with my phone. Thank you for replying! ☺

fffft said:
As the poster above suggested, what were you doing recently? We are looking for clues as to what happened? Did you yank on the power cord, drop the phone, et cetera?
Make sure that your battery isn't in backwards in the phone and try using a different cable to charge the phone. If it still doesn't charge, then borrow a friends external charger.. or even the (charged) battery out of their S5 for a few seconds to see if your phone will turn on. We're trying to differentiate between a dead battery and all other problems.
If you still have no luck, then remove the battery for ten seconds, then replace (the presumably charged) battery in your phone. Then press and hold the volume down key. Then also press and hold the home key, then the power key. After about five seconds, you should see the phone start to the "download screen". If so, post here for further guidance.
If you phone is non responsive to a borrowed battery and the download mode described above, then you should seek warranty service with your carrier. A three month old phone should still be under warranty.
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My battery was charged in the 70% and I also used my husbands battery (we have the same phone) but that didnt work either. I'm going to try your other suggestion. Thanks!

melissadf79 said:
My battery was charged in the 70% and I also used my husbands battery (we have the same phone) but that didnt work either. I'm going to try your other suggestion. Thanks!
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Can you get into recovery ( volume up + menu +power button) or download mode (volume down + menu + power button)?
You may read this article http://www.technobezz.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-not-charging/, hope it helps.

I tried the volume down + home + power and it didn't work. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to make a trip to the store but it's looking like I'm going to have to.

melissadf79 said:
I tried the volume down + home + power and it didn't work. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to make a trip to the store but it's looking like I'm going to have to.
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It may well be an electrical hardware issue, it doesn`t look like a software problem to me. Good luck and i hope its fixed soon

melissadf79 said:
I tried the volume down + home + power and it didn't work. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to make a trip to the store but it's looking like I'm going to have to.
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It is looking like a hardware issue. If you are positive that the battery is charged.. i.e. if the battery turns your husband's phone on, then we ask what is different about your phone? Most software issues would be bypassed by starting a phone in download mode, which is why I asked you to try that.
Have a quick look at the battery "fingers" or pins on your phone. Those are the gold or silver coloured pins that line up with the gold or silver tabs on the end of your battery. Do they all appear to be the same? There isn't one that is bent out of alignment or shorter than the others where it might not be making contact with the battery?
And why not try one more test? See if the phone will start up in "recovery mode" this time.
Pull the battery out of the phone for ten seconds. Then replace it. Now in order.. press and hold the volume up button, then press and hold the home button as well. And last, press and hold the power button. Continue holding all three for ten seconds or until you see the phone screen turn on.
If that still doesn't work, my best guess is that you may have accidentally banged and damaged the power button. If it was me.. I'd try pressing really hard and wiggling the power button for a few seconds to see if you can cajole the phone to power on at least once and confirm the problem.
But that is about all that we can do. If you can't get the phone to power up with a known good battery.. then th store needs to check it with test equipment to narrow down what the hardware fault is.
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