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Recovery from a completely dead phone / captivate with no power

This should be a sticky or added to a existing sticky.
Do you get no power when you turn on your phone? Nothing shows up on the screen at all. You have the worst brick possible that is recoverable. I wished this post came out before I did a warranty swap.
Here's how to fix: Credit goes to OP
- You need Odin program before starting.
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Insert battery.
5. Connect usb cable.
6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- while plugging in USB
Got download screen and flashed with ODIN..
Let ODin finish.
*** This program recovered my dead phone with no power, nothing shows up on my screen. - Dead and also a stuck boot up screen.
I saw another post that has the similar set of instructions 6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- and then press the power button. Nothing happens.
I am curious how people this post has helped. Can you respond when you these directions gets your phone up. Thank you.

this is cOLD. and has been posted numerous times.
A.K.A. Check [STOCK] Odin 1 click. and this does not recover from a completely dead phone that doesn't have button combo to download mode.

I thought that was what we all did to get into d/l

Some tools developer or reseller said that the phone is bricked,
and need Jtag tool to do recovery.
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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Jtag is usefull for empty or totally corrupted ROM recovery.
But if you see this, your phone is FAR from brick !
Just press the keys, bring it back to download mode
Then plug to cable and flash a working firmware again.
No special tools is needed,
No need to waste time and money send for repair,
Don't waste your good phone and don't break it for jtag.

johan8 said:
Some tools developer or reseller said that the phone is bricked,
and need Jtag tool to do recovery.
Jtag is usefull for empty or totally corrupted ROM recovery.
But if you see this, your phone is FAR from brick !
Just press the keys, bring it back to download mode
Then plug to cable and flash a working firmware again.
No special tools is needed,
No need to waste time and money send for repair,
Don't waste your good phone and don't break it for jtag.
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as my case....but i still can't enter download mode or recovery mode
and now... my pc can't detect my phone again...
what should i do now OMG

Are you seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol? I was in a situation where my phone wouldn't accept the the up/down key press to enter download mode. I ended up having to make a jig which basically will force the phone into download mode. You can search the forums on how to make one.

junktzu said:
Are you seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol? I was in a situation where my phone wouldn't accept the the up/down key press to enter download mode. I ended up having to make a jig which basically will force the phone into download mode. You can search the forums on how to make one.
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yea...ur right...im seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol,so...must make a jig?

linggo said:
yea...ur right...im seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol,so...must make a jig?
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No, if you see that symbol, you can recover using the method in first post to get to download mode. That is how I got past it.

loraque said:
No, if you see that symbol, you can recover using the method in first post to get to download mode. That is how I got past it.
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not work so far...

This is what most people always do to enter dl mode.
However, many phones shipped without the button combos needed for it to work. In that case it is possible to make a USB jig to trigger download mode manually. see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

:-(
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

Deca4 said:
This should be a sticky or added to a existing sticky.
Do you get no power when you turn on your phone? Nothing shows up on the screen at all. You have the worst brick possible that is recoverable. I wished this post came out before I did a warranty swap.
Here's how to fix: Credit goes to OP
- You need Odin program before starting.
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Insert battery.
5. Connect usb cable.
6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- while plugging in USB
Got download screen and flashed with ODIN..
Let ODin finish.
*** This program recovered my dead phone with no power, nothing shows up on my screen. - Dead and also a stuck boot up screen.
I saw another post that has the similar set of instructions 6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- and then press the power button. Nothing happens.
I am curious how people this post has helped. Can you respond when you these directions gets your phone up. Thank you.
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I have the same problem but I cannot get it to download mode. My phone is completely dead no power no sign of life. The only thing I notice is when i put the battery into the phone for about 15 minutes the phone is getting hot so I don't know if this is a common problem for bricked phone.

MobileXT said:
I have the same problem but I cannot get it to download mode. My phone is completely dead no power no sign of life. The only thing I notice is when i put the battery into the phone for about 15 minutes the phone is getting hot so I don't know if this is a common problem for bricked phone.
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Try these steps to see if you can get the red text to show up. If you can, you are still recoverable using the steps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9330685&highlight=red+text#post9330685

linggo said:
not work so far...
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I had the exact same "phone - ! - PC" brick screen and vol up + vol down + power only took me to "unknown upload mode". I eventually figured out by myself that holding ONLY vol down + power for 10 sec is what takes you to download mode from that particular screen.
Summary: Anyone who's getting "Phone--!--PC" and the three-button combo takes you to "unknown upload mode", try holding vol down + power for 10 seconds.

dead phone
The guys just turned off my phone and didn’t turn on, didn’t enter into the backup, I can’t flash through ODIN because even after installing the drivers, the computer sees the phone as a ULC1 device and cannot install the drivers needed for the phone, who had such a problem decide? samsung j100fn

(?) Help rooting my Galaxy Y

I downloaded the update.zip for my phone using a barcode scanner thing on this website. (This was about 15 minutes ago)
Specifically here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1378660
The update.zip folder was in the download folder but then I moved it to the root of my SD card as instructed. The problem is that when I tried to go to recovery mode to 'root' the phone another thing came out. It was like a warning, something like this:
Warning (!)
Using a custom OS....blah blah blah
press Volume-up to install custom OS
press Volume-down to cancel
So I canceled it and tried to go to recovery again. This warning came out again so I pressed yes because I thought it was part of the rooting process.
Now I'm stuck on this ODIN MODE and don't know what to do.
The screen I'm on say's this:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME : GT-S5360
CUSTOM BIN DOWN : NO(0 counts)
CURRENT BIN : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Downloading...
Do not turn off target !!
I know it say's not to turn it off but I'm itching to do so since I'm not seeing any progress. Is my phone bricked? Can I turn it off? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS???

U entered in download which is used to flash kernels, firmwares etc
For recovery
Volume up+ Home button+ power button
sent using repencis 3.5 wid a2sd
press thnxxx

alkesh95 said:
U entered in download which is used to flash kernels, firmwares etc
For recovery
Volume up+ Home button+ power button
sent using repencis 3.5 wid a2sd
press thnxxx
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Is it safe to turn it off, It say's not to? Should I hold the power button? Rip off the battery?
EDIT: Nevermind, I turned it off and it's ok now. Thank you.
*********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
EDIT #2: I finally got access to recovery mode and selected "search SD card" or something like that....and selected update.zip. A bunch of weird symbols scrolled down the screen and then it said "Installation Aborted". The root was unsuccessful, why?

Try the other update.zip
oO FLowzilla Oo said:
Is it safe to turn it off, It say's not to? Should I hold the power button? Rip off the battery?
EDIT: Nevermind, I turned it off and it's ok now. Thank you.
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EDIT #2: I finally got access to recovery mode and selected "search SD card" or something like that....and selected update.zip. A bunch of weird symbols scrolled down the screen and then it said "Installation Aborted". The root was unsuccessful, why?
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I had the same problem so i tried the other Update.zip provided in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611830 and it worked...
direct link : http://dl.xda-developers.com/attachdl/06cc9448bc1aa95a231e765622876abf/500db41e/1/0/2/0/7/3/7/update.zip
EDIT: it flashed successfully but didnt provide root :/ sorry for my mistake :/

Still got nothing.....

HMm tey the one feon galaxy y gaming ... it worked for me
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda app-developers app

Filip98 said:
HMm tey the one feon galaxy y gaming ... it worked for me
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The download link on their site is messed up. I think my phone is not rootable...
The model number of the phone is GT-S5360L...

Try "Universal Gingerbread root" method.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603273
It's how I rooted my Galaxy Y.
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda premium

Mitko said:
Try "Universal Gingerbread root" method.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603273
It's how I rooted my Galaxy Y.
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda premium
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That one worked. My phone's rooted now. Thank you
Now I plan on removing some pre-installed apps (Uno, Ideas, Social Hub (not sure what that's for), Block Breaker, Voice Search, etc....). Do I need to make a 'Backup' of those apps, in case I mess up in something and I need to get the phone fixed, I can put them back where they were and make the hack un-noticable.

Just create nandroid backup before doing something in ur device.. its will help if something bad happen..
Backup with cwm-madteam in recovery mode..
Just read all bout sgy from ronnie thread or sgy for dummies from carl thread..

Recovery mode:
Volume up + power button + home button
When it show up the srceen say Samsung galaxy y young GT-S5360 then let go the power button
It will go to recovery mode
Download mode:
Volume down + power button + home button
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda premium

when i press volume up, only show galaxy logo and hang. no recovery menu...
same, stuck odin at do not turn off...

FutureOS said:
when i press volume up, only show galaxy logo and hang. no recovery menu...
same, stuck odin at do not turn off...
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What is the problem??
Explain it...
First tell what you did (pressed) then what happened
We can help only if we understand the problem..

FutureOS said:
when i press volume up, only show galaxy logo and hang. no recovery menu...
same, stuck odin at do not turn off...
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Flash back to stock rom...
Cause u see galaxy y logo and it hanged....
Check android development
And find Firmware Packages by Doky in Stickies

FutureOS said:
when i press volume up, only show galaxy logo and hang. no recovery menu...
same, stuck odin at do not turn off...
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if ur able to go to download mode flash fresh stok rom using odin 1.85

NEXUS 4 stuck during booting X screen? now what? (unrooted+stock)

So today i discovered that my month old Nexus 4 did not want to boot again.
Last night the phone was off, so i assumed the battery was dead, after putting it in the charger and asking it to boot i went to sleep.
when i woke up i was still looking at the multicoloured pulsating X.
since then it keeps getting stuck at the X screen, powering it down will make the phone power up again for no reason.
The phone was running a OTA version of 4.2.2
When powering it on with ON & vol - I get the boot menu, though navigating to the recovery mode resulted in a "No command." line with a red triangle on a android.
Currently i have no experience with either rooting/flashing, neither am i aware if this is the only option to fix this semi bricked phone.
How would i best go about fixing this issue?
Thanks.

MissStabby said:
So today i discovered that my month old Nexus 4 did not want to boot again.
Last night the phone was off, so i assumed the battery was dead, after putting it in the charger and asking it to boot i went to sleep.
when i woke up i was still looking at the multicoloured pulsating X.
since then it keeps getting stuck at the X screen, powering it down will make the phone power up again for no reason.
The phone was running a OTA version of 4.2.2
When powering it on with ON & vol - I get the boot menu, though navigating to the recovery mode resulted in a "No command." line with a red triangle on a android.
Currently i have no experience with either rooting/flashing, neither am i aware if this is the only option to fix this semi bricked phone.
How would i best go about fixing this issue?
Thanks.
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Try to get in bootloader mode then go to recovery and wipe cache /do a data factory reset and reboot.

Okay. Get back into recovery by holding Vol-/pow.
Then scroll to recovery.
When in recovery reveal the menu by pressing vol+/pow
Once there wipe data and reset cache.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

gee2012 said:
Try to get in bootloader mode then go to recovery
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When i try to get into recovery mode i am greeted with this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
and a "No command." message.
There is no interface there to work with.

Try vol+/pow to reveal recovery menu once on that screen
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

elliot.newnham said:
Try vol+/pow
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Tried that at the recovery screen but nothing responded.
also tried vol+- and +- and vol- no response from any combinations.

ah i got it to appear, it turns out that pressing the power button first instead of the volume button was an issue...
also if i do the wipedata+reset will i lose all 16 gb's of onboard storage?
and would there be a way to write/backup that data before doing so?

Here is googles support page for reset: http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2936226
follow these steps:
If your phone is on, power it off.
Press and hold Volume Down, and then press Power until the device turns on (while still pressing Power). You will see the word Start with an arrow drawn around it.
Press Volume Down twice to designate Recovery mode.
Press Power to restart into Recovery mode. You will see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark.
While holding down Power, press Volume Up.
Use the volume keys to scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" and press Power to select it.
Scroll down to "Yes - erase all user data" and press Power to select it.
Note: If at any point during the above steps your phone becomes unresponsive, you can restart it by holding down the power button for several seconds.

hepatiit i got that to work, though what i am wondering is, will this erase all 16GB's of onboard data?

MissStabby said:
hepatiit i got that to work, though what i am wondering is, will this erase all 16GB's of onboard data?
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Yes.

Would there be a way to backup all data over USB, from the recovery menu?
I have my photos and agenda automatically backed up, but im not sure about my contacts or installed apps.

MissStabby said:
Would there be a way to backup all data over USB, from the recovery menu?
I have my photos and agenda automatically backed up, but im not sure about my contacts or installed apps.
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Contacts are backed up to the google servers. (can check them through GMail). Apps are also backed up to play.google.com... Note, sometimes the data isn't backed up though. Just what you've installed.
I believe a factory reset will NOT erase SDCard though. I could be wrong.
I'd say your out of luck on getting the data off. You can through recovery and ADB I think. I tried searching for the commands but I couldn't find them.

elliot.newnham said:
I believe a factory reset will NOT erase SDCard though. I could be wrong.
I'd say your out of luck on getting the data off. You can through recovery and ADB I think. I tried searching for the commands but I couldn't find them.
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ahw shucks, the Nexus doesnt have any extended storage, it just has 16GB onboard storage, though im not sure if that is somehow a seperate entity or joined in, i looked into ADB but it requires you to have usb debugging set in advance from android.
aaaaaand now i get to also replay all the games since those savegames are gone too.... good times...

And then my phone got bricked....
after it completed the wipe i inserted the SIM card (it was in another phone)
after that the phone turned off, but now it wont respond to the power button....
now what.....

After applying some USB (charger) power and holding the on switch for a long time it finally woke up.
Now i have a blanco phone again.
Thanks for the support anyways

I had the same exact issue with my Nexus 4. When I flashed the stock image it got stuck on the X. I flashed a custom recovery and erased chase and data and it worked just fine.
I'm not sure why this is "necessary" step now when I didn't have to do do this with my Gnex but oh well.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

[REPAIRED!]LG G2 F320K deep&hard brick! REPAIRED now.

10/10 13:19 updated:
REPAIRED!I got my phone repaired...HERE is the method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595
Last night I began to try REPAIRING , but it still can not work...
Firstly Pardon me for my poor English...
The reason it stucked is that when i tried to get it back to stock firmware,the software(LG FLASH tool) warmed me with some unknown errors at the time it almostly finished... and after it restarted, it stucked in the starting LG screen...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Unable to enter download mode,instead,it entered fastboot mode
In fastboot mode,I successfully flashed boot.img, and recovery.img(CWM or TWRP) successfully flashed but could not start,and when I tried flashing system.img it failed
If I boot it directly with USB pluged, the computer will detect the port the same as which appears when you use kdz flashing.. But this port can not use for flashing kdz with LG Support tool, whether it is in diag mode or cs_emergency mode.
What's more,.tot file could not be flashed in by LG Flash Tool,too..
Sometimes,after some special action,it would appear a "qhsusb_bulk" unknown hardware on my computer , and then my computer tells me to format a bunch of "local driver"s
Current ideas:
1 Try to enter recovery from fastboot mode
(2) flash my phone whitout enter download mode
8/10 10:00 update ideas
a. extracted from the official kdz or tot, img could be flashed in in fastboot mode
b. Could You please send me some original DUMPed imgs in LG F320K? (Using Nandroid backup in CWM or TWRP)
Very thankful for your kindness！
10/10 00:30 updated
New discoveries！ boot with holding the volume + and power key for five seconds, it would enter the official Recovery (rescue mode) But if CWM or TWRP flashed it couldn't start..
Hold all the three keys to boot it would enter an unknown New World (look at the picture). . .
But now I have no idea of these two modes...I urgently need F320K dumped partition image! ! Please help me,my friend..Thx very much
Photos was taken with the OLD but faithful, never bricked, NEVER broke after fell down-my Nokia C6, but the quality of images is not good. . .
If this time I can repair it back form brick successfully,I will write down my operation in detail to help the guys who have the same problem as mine..
Very grateful for your help--even just a reply or subscribe!:good:

Have you tried removing the MicroUSB-cable while pressing PWR + Volume down?
That did the trick for me, and I'm pretty much in the same boat.
Remove USB-Cable -> Hold pwr + volume down -> restart -> hold pwr + volume down again when the LG-logo pops up.
Then -> LG Mobile Support Tool and recover from the menu there.
Takes FOREVER to download the software, but still. It works.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
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1) Turn off the phone completely (or be superfast with the buttons)
2) Hold volume +
3) Connect the phone to the PC (MicroUSB)
4) Enjoy download-mode.
I'm pretty much in the same boat, and thats what I did to get mine working again.
Used downloadmode to reflash the original FW from the LG Mobile Support Tool.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.

dmbardal said:
Have you tried removing the MicroUSB-cable while pressing PWR + Volume down?
That did the trick for me, and I'm pretty much in the same boat.
Remove USB-Cable -> Hold pwr + volume down -> restart -> hold pwr + volume down again when the LG-logo pops up.
Then -> LG Mobile Support Tool and recover from the menu there.
Takes FOREVER to download the software, but still. It works.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
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1) Turn off the phone completely (or be superfast with the buttons)
2) Hold volume +
3) Connect the phone to the PC (MicroUSB)
4) Enjoy download-mode.
I'm pretty much in the same boat, and thats what I did to get mine working again.
Used downloadmode to reflash the original FW from the LG Mobile Support Tool.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
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But now the problem, the tool can't detect what my phone is...It knows there's a LG phone but it can't get my phone's version...View attachment 2313927

press the menu on the top there.
The one to the left.
Then you choose "Recovery" or whatnot.
Then you can enter your IMEI-number to identify it.

---------- Post added at 10:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 PM ----------
[/COLOR]1) Turn off the phone completely (or be superfast with the buttons)
2) Hold volume +
3) Connect the phone to the PC (MicroUSB)
4) Enjoy download-mode.
I'm pretty much in the same boat, and thats what I did to get mine working again.
Used downloadmode to reflash the original FW from the LG Mobile Support Tool.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
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Thx for your new method,BUT I CAN'T get into DOWNLOAD MODE,instead,It brings me into FASTBOOT MODE....
What's More,
I HATE THESE WORDS:
"To prevent spam to the forums, new users must wait five minutes between posts. All new user accounts will be verified by moderators before this restriction is removed."
What can I do to remove this restriction?
dmbardal said:
press the menu on the top there.
The one to the left.
Then you choose "Recovery" or whatnot.
Then you can enter your IMEI-number to identify it.
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Because my phone isn‘t in download mode,this occurs every time....View attachment 2313955

Since you flashed recovery in fastboot, cant you just do "fastboot restart recovery" to get into it?

You get into fastbootmode when you have your phone off, then you hold the volume + and connect the phone to the computer aswell? :s

wargreymon89 said:
Since you flashed recovery in fastboot, cant you just do "fastboot restart recovery" to get into it?
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er,no.it seems it doesn't have this command....View attachment 2313987
dmbardal said:
You get into fastbootmode when you have your phone off, then you hold the volume + and connect the phone to the computer aswell? :s
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It seems that my DOWNLOAD MODE have been lost...What ever I do to my phone,this mode does not appear....

AND sometimes this happens when I try to fix my phone by LG Support Tool,,View attachment 2314009
But I'm really sure my battery is full 100%!! Strange things....

HI I have the same problem!! But My phone entering fastboot everytimes. No recovery, no download mode.

yarik88 said:
HI I have the same problem!! But My phone entering fastboot everytimes. No recovery, no download mode.
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What's your phone's version? F320L/S/K or D802?

cms88168 said:
What's your phone's version? F320L/S/K or D802?
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I have a F320K version korea. (((

same problem ... i have D802
only download mode and fastboot working
dont know what to do man ... this sux

I have a VS980. What part of TWRP b/u u need?
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 4

yarik88 said:
I have a F320K version korea. (((
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j_h3000 said:
same problem ... i have D802
only download mode and fastboot working
dont know what to do man ... this sux
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trxrider31 said:
I have a VS980. What part of TWRP b/u u need?
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 4
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Goooooood NEWS Guys,I got my Brick repaired!!!!
I'll post my method later...because the ****ing 5 minute restriction...
Or you can go http://bbs.gfan.com/android-6735246-1-1.html,I posted there..(in Chinese)...

hey @ all
does this work with D80210A?

49% stucked
if you stucked like i was for 5 days, you can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48266517&postcount=1046

cms88168 said:
Goooooood NEWS Guys,I got my Brick repaired!!!!
I'll post my method later...because the ****ing 5 minute restriction...
Or you can go http://bbs.gfan.com/android-6735246-1-1.html,I posted there..(in Chinese)...
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Hey can you post your method in English? I have the exact same problem with my phone right now. Missing IMEI, phone restarts every 20 seconds, and I've tried reverting back to stock but now CWM is gone, as well as everything in the internal memory. Can you please share in your wisdom how to fix??
Thanks in advance.

My G2 can not go into download mode and recover mode, and my computer can not recognise it so I can not put anything into it.
when I hold Volume up and plug usb cable, its screen has a green robot with red exclamation! and I can go into recovery mode.
How can I do to wake up my phone?

I Bricked My LG G2 VS980 and have no idea what to do
So a couple days ago, I rooted my phone, and everything worked perfectly. Today I tried to install cyanogenmod 11 onto my LG G2 VS980 with Kitkat 4.2.2. I wiped everything on my phone except for the Internal sd card, and installed it. However, when I rebooted my phone, cyanogenmod didn't boot, and my phone is unable to get past the LG logo. It is in a bootloop, and keeps powering on and off unless I turn it off with the power button.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Galaxy A20 - BRICKED NO DOWNLOAD MODE

Hi All,
Apologies if this is not posted in the right forum - ADMINS please move if applicable.
Thank you for all the great MODS and Support received over the years, you have supplied me with great reading material and DIY tips.
I have been flashing and modding since the Galaxy S2 and had my fair share of bricked devices , which I always fixed, but this one baffles me as I did not do anything to it, yet!
Little Background
Bought my wife a new Samsung Galaxy A20 (SM-A205F/DS), she dropped it :silly: and screen got broken.
Order new screen and replaced it, before closing I tested device tested and everything was working 100%
Phone worked like it should, then I closed it and now the phone is not booting up.
What have I tried
- Tried the Recovery Mode (Power + Volume Up) - No Go
- Tried to get Download Mode (Power + Volume Up + Volume Down) - No Go
- Tried battery reset (Power + Volume Down) - Phone Starts but gets Black Screen and turns OFF
- Tried battery removal (Remove and Re-connect Battery on Main Board) - No Go
- Tried Data Cable Start - No Go
- Tried ODIN - No Go - Does not detect Phone
- Tried FlashTool - No Go - Does not detect Phone and also does not have MediaTek Chipset
- Tried ADB and Fastboot - Device not detected
Error Code Received
The below only flashes on for 1 sec and ONLY appears when pressing the Power Button - had to record and take photo
Code:
#Reboot Recovery Cause is [BL:Recovery Mode Set by key]#
Support SINGLE-SKU
#Block-Based OTA
Supported API: 3
#MANUAL MODE v1.0.0#
Rebooting....
Picture of ERROR
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If the image is not working, herewith link
Code:
"https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iCmEF2bzDbCKu4Y2T928hijqbJKozxCb"
Guys I really need your help on this, need to make the wife happy - can anyone point me in the direction of how to get the software back onto this device again.
Regards
Your Friend in Need

Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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Hi physwizz, did try your suggestion and no go - also tried with different combinations, any other suggestions

X85258X said:
Hi physwizz, did try your suggestion and no go - also tried with different combinations, any other suggestions
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Buy your wife a basketball and throw the phone away

physwizz said:
Buy your wife a basketball and throw the phone away
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Is there nothing else you can do, no jtag or pin shorting, come on guys it can not be that hard

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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How long should you keep the buttons pressed

X85258X said:
How long should you keep the buttons pressed
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Until the phone starts to respond

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Until the phone starts to respond
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It responds after 15 seconds, showing the Samsung A20 Logo Secured by Knox, how long should you keep the Volume Up + Volume Down Buttons

If the screen turns on plug it right into the pc and see if it can be detected by Odin or by "adb devices" and try to recover it

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If the screen turns on plug it right into the pc and see if it can be detected by Odin or by "adb devices" and try to recover it
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Hey, I have tried that already, the screen switches on and stays on for +-20 seconds and then turns off before displaying the Samsung Logo and if you press the Power Button again it displays the Error Code as per my original post and switches off, if you press any other button it does nothing

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback

X85258X said:
I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback
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Great work
Yes I plugged it in pretty quick when I did it
Sometimes it doesn't reboot if it's plugged in
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Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589

X85258X said:
I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback
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Downloaded the firmware to the phone, all went 100% no errors.
Phone rebooted, showed the Blue Screen Android Dude (Installing System) for 1 second and switches off.
Tried to post Picture and Video links but I am not allowed Yet
Now we have a new challenge

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Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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Ok cool, will give this a bash a little later and give feedback, will see if I can upload video and images to google drive.
Must OEM Unlocker be enable, if so we might have problems

Picture of Screen after successful flash

physwizz said:
Great work
Yes I plugged it in pretty quick when I did it
Sometimes it doesn't reboot if it's plugged in
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Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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Hey, ok I tried all different stock firmwares - from earliest to latest and all result with same error state as per the original post.
Code:
#Reboot Recovery Cause is [BL:Recovery Mode Set by key]#
Support SINGLE-SKU
#Block-Based OTA
Supported API: 3
#MANUAL MODE v1.0.0#
Rebooting....
Is there anything else we can try or is this now just an expensive paperweight

physwizz said:
Great work
Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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I have tried, but as suspected OEM Lock is still Active and there is currently no way of disabling it, as I do not have access to the main os.

Im sorry, if you used Odin and unchecked auto reboot, you have to hold power and down for 10 seconds, then immediately hold volume down and power for recovery then boot to system. If installing twrp that is. That screen doesn't change after a flash with auto reboot off. I'd reflash and reboot to recovery from what I'm seeing
Or
If your good with wires you can short pins 4 and 5 using 333k resistor and plug into phone, it'll get you to download mode

Same Exact Problem
literally the same exact problem / symptoms.
It happened to me immediately after an automatic system update
it seems to me that the aftermarket screen somehow lost full compatibility.
i used odin and also tried installing all the available updates and they were successful but issue remained
please let me know if you come up with a solution i will do the same if i find one.

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Hey, I have tried that already, the screen switches on and stays on for +-20 seconds and then turns off before displaying the Samsung Logo and if you press the Power Button again it displays the Error Code as per my original post and switches off, if you press any other button it does nothing
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I have the same issue right now. Without the error message displayed.
The phone can not boot into download mode. I tried all the things mentioned in this thread.
Same Exact Problem
literally the same exact problem / symptoms.
It happened to me immediately after an automatic system update
it seems to me that the aftermarket screen somehow lost full compatibility.
i used odin and also tried installing all the available updates and they were successful but issue remained
please let me know if you come up with a solution i will do the same if i find one.
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It seems like it could really a problem with the aftermarket screen. My A20 has a new screen and maybe thats the same probem.
Can anyone help us?