Just received my Nexus 7 today. I tried booting it up right of the box when the google logo came out and then the screen went black. I thought it might only need recharging. so I plugged it in to charge and waited for the battery icon to show that its charging. I tried booting up again after three hours of charging, the google logo came out again and then the brightness of the screen lowers and I can still barely see the logo. The screen blacked out again and the X showed up and I thought it was booting when it disappeared quickly and it blacked out again. I waited for a while and nothing is showing up on the screen. I tried rebooting a million times and the same thing happens every time. I plugged the tablet to my PC and I can open the internal memory when nothing is showing on the screen after boot up. I went into fastboot mode and unlocked the bootloader and rooted the nexus and tried rebooting with the same result. I tried flashing the stock rom twice using the toolkit and again using adb with no luck. I'm trying to flash a custom rom to see if it fixes anything but I can't seem to boot into recovery either. Can someone show me how to flash a custom rom at fastboot by adb without using recovery? I tried searching for a solution but couldn't find anything. Did someone have the same problem?
I'm from Abu Dhabi and unfortunately I won't be able to return it without wasting a fortune on shipping.
Thanks in advance
Blue Reaper said:
Just received my Nexus 7 today. I tried booting it up right of the box when the google logo came out and then the screen went black. I thought it might only need recharging. so I plugged it in to charge and waited for the battery icon to show that its charging. I tried booting up again after three hours of charging, the google logo came out again and then the brightness of the screen lowers and I can still barely see the logo. The screen blacked out again and the X showed up and I thought it was booting when it disappeared quickly and it blacked out again. I waited for a while and nothing is showing up on the screen. I tried rebooting a million times and the same thing happens every time. I plugged the tablet to my PC and I can open the internal memory when nothing is showing on the screen after boot up. I went into fastboot mode and unlocked the bootloader and rooted the nexus and tried rebooting with the same result. I tried flashing the stock rom twice using the toolkit and again using adb with no luck. I'm trying to flash a custom rom to see if it fixes anything but I can't seem to boot into recovery either. Can someone show me how to flash a custom rom at fastboot by adb without using recovery? I tried searching for a solution but couldn't find anything. Did someone have the same problem?
I'm from Abu Dhabi and unfortunately I won't be able to return it without wasting a fortune on shipping.
Thanks in advance
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I Think what you'll have to do is finding a recovery program like Odin. It seems like there might be something wrong at bootup maybe. I think it is the ROM. You have to find out how to flash the ROM again. If that doesn't work flash a custom ROM like CM10 or something.
Ryan35310 said:
I Think what you'll have to do is finding a recovery program like Odin. It seems like there might be something wrong at bootup maybe. I think it is the ROM. You have to find out how to flash the ROM again. If that doesn't work flash a custom ROM like CM10 or something.
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Odin? isn't that for samsung.
Try booting your nexus 7 into the bootloader. Turn off device hold Volume UP and Volume DOWN and hold onto the power button.
You should now be in the bootloader.
If you are in bootloader you should be able to flash the stock rom again. Use this toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195 Option 9
{
"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"
}
Install the correct drivers then install the toolkit as far as I am aware it has a option to restore stock image.
Hope this helps!!!
mulkman said:
Odin? isn't that for samsung.
Try booting your nexus 7 into the bootloader. Turn off device hold Volume UP and Volume DOWN and hold onto the power button.
You should now be in the bootloader.
If you are in bootloader you should be able to flash the stock rom again. Use this toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195 Option 9
Install the correct drivers then install the toolkit as far as I am aware it has a option to restore stock image.
Hope this helps!!!
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Oh Sorry. I have A Galaxy Exhibit so I use Odin. I thought it was throughout Android. Oh well, I hope your solution helps him.
I tried flashing the stock ROM with the toolkit twice and I get the same thing. Anyone knows how to flash a custom ROM without using a recovery image? Thanks!
Blue Reaper said:
I tried flashing the stock ROM with the toolkit twice and I get the same thing. Anyone knows how to flash a custom ROM without using a recovery image? Thanks!
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flash your roms/kernels in your custom recovery. educate yourself before you brick your device.
Blue Reaper said:
I tried flashing the stock ROM with the toolkit twice and I get the same thing. Anyone knows how to flash a custom ROM without using a recovery image? Thanks!
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Use option 8 that will unlock your bootloader, root your device and flash custom recovery. Once done you will be able to flash any custom rom easily via Clockworkmod recovery
Hope that helps
simms22 said:
flash your roms/kernels in your custom recovery. educate yourself before you brick your device.
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If you have read my first post or the title for that matter you would have already known that the device wasn't working OUT OF THE BOX. You would also know that I have already tried flashing a custom recovery without any success. Thanks for your input BTW
mulkman said:
Use option 8 that will unlock your bootloader, root your device and flash custom recovery. Once done you will be able to flash any custom rom easily via Clockworkmod recovery
Hope that helps
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I have already unlocked my bootloader through mskip's toolkit and have rooted my device through wug's root toolkit because mskip's required me to enable debugging which wasn't possible in my situation. I tried flashing a custom recovery or even booting into one but it just loops and nothing happens.
I was wondering if I could use adb command prompt to flash a custom ROM through the bootloader if someone can give me the commands or a link to thread with instructions (I tried searching but couldn't find anything) Thanks!
Blue Reaper said:
If you have read my first post or the title for that matter you would have already known that the device wasn't working OUT OF THE BOX. You would also know that I have already tried flashing a custom recovery without any success. Thanks for your input BTW
I have already unlocked my bootloader through mskip's toolkit and have rooted my device through wug's root toolkit because mskip's required me to enable debugging which wasn't possible in my situation. I tried flashing a custom recovery or even booting into one but it just loops and nothing happens.
I was wondering if I could use adb command prompt to flash a custom ROM through the bootloader if someone can give me the commands or a link to thread with instructions (I tried searching but couldn't find anything) Thanks!
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you really shouldnt use the root toolkits, they are more trouble and more confusing than doing it the right way. in a nutshell, this is the whole process for any nexus device.
1. fastboot oem unlock
2. fastboot flash a custom recovery
3. flash the su binaries or custom rom in your custom recovery
4. reboot and profit.
if you google fastboot recovery, im sure that youll find an answer. the fastboot process of flashing a recovery is the same for all android devices, just the file name is different.
No seriously, dont flash a Custom Recovery/Custom Rom at first !
I will tell you what to do step by step to get the Original Rom (Stock) working.
First ! Download the Stock rom from google https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/nakasi-jro03d-factory-e102ba72.tgz
2. Get Fastboot, it is in the Android SDK or on the web(would be easier I think)
3. Open CMD/Terminal
4. (Linux/Mac Only otherwise skip this): Type sudo -s (It is going to ask for your password, type it.)
5. Run these command one by one :
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase recovery
6. Alright so now your device is empty, so any broken file is gone.
7. Extract the firmware you downloaded at first step (Dont extract the archive inside).
8. Type these command :
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-3.34.img
fastboot reboot-booloader
fastboot -w update image-nakasi-jro03d.zip
9. Wait until it is done and the device will boot up !
Blue Reaper said:
Just received my Nexus 7 today. I tried booting it up right of the box when the google logo came out and then the screen went black. I thought it might only need recharging. so I plugged it in to charge and waited for the battery icon to show that its charging. I tried booting up again after three hours of charging, the google logo came out again and then the brightness of the screen lowers and I can still barely see the logo. The screen blacked out again and the X showed up and I thought it was booting when it disappeared quickly and it blacked out again. I waited for a while and nothing is showing up on the screen. I tried rebooting a million times and the same thing happens every time. I plugged the tablet to my PC and I can open the internal memory when nothing is showing on the screen after boot up. I went into fastboot mode and unlocked the bootloader and rooted the nexus and tried rebooting with the same result. I tried flashing the stock rom twice using the toolkit and again using adb with no luck. I'm trying to flash a custom rom to see if it fixes anything but I can't seem to boot into recovery either. Can someone show me how to flash a custom rom at fastboot by adb without using recovery? I tried searching for a solution but couldn't find anything. Did someone have the same problem?
I'm from Abu Dhabi and unfortunately I won't be able to return it without wasting a fortune on shipping.
Thanks in advance
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Sounds to me that your automatic brightness control is off......try this. Power up and after the Nexus X shows up and the screen goes black, give it about two or three minutes to finish booting. Then, with the power still on, take it out in the bright sunlight or shine a flashlight on the screen. If you see the start up options, then it is the brightness control and a simple adjustment in the settings will take care if it.
Good luck!!!
dparrothead1 said:
Sounds to me that your automatic brightness control is off......try this. Power up and after the Nexus X shows up and the screen goes black, give it about two or three minutes to finish booting. Then, with the power still on, take it out in the bright sunlight or shine a flashlight on the screen. If you see the start up options, then it is the brightness control and a simple adjustment in the settings will take care if it.
Good luck!!!
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You beat me to it! I was going to post this right before I read your reply :silly:
"Thanks for all the help guys! So I found out what's wrong and it is one of the most frustrating defects I have ever encountered. When the screen was blacking out after boot up the device was actually working the whole time only the screen was off (as in ZERO brightness). The way I found out was when I tried rebooting into fastboot I heard a screenshot sound when pressing the power and volume down button. So I hooked up the tablet to my PC to take a look at what I captured. To my surprise, it was the welcome screen. I kept taking screenshots until I reached the settings to enable debugging ( Apparently, the rooting wasn't successful using wug's toolkit). After enabling debugging I was going to reboot but I had an idea. I thought if I used my Galaxy Nexus's LED light on the screen I might be able to see something. Stupid idea right? WRONG! The moment I pointed the light at the screen the screen magically brightened up and was working fine! I turned the screen off and on again and the screen was dim again. And once again turned on when I flashed my LED on it. I figured out it was the light sensor after reading a thread on androidforums...
I guess I'll have to deal with it, I don't use automatic brightness anyway
Thanks again! "
Once you get it going, you should be able to put it on auto and it should work just fine. And if it doesn't, at least you will know how to fix it.
Enjoy your N7, I know I do:laugh:
Blue Reaper said:
You beat me to it! I was going to post this right before I read your reply :silly:
"Thanks for all the help guys! So I found out what's wrong and it is one of the most frustrating defects I have ever encountered. When the screen was blacking out after boot up the device was actually working the whole time only the screen was off (as in ZERO brightness). The way I found out was when I tried rebooting into fastboot I heard a screenshot sound when pressing the power and volume down button. So I hooked up the tablet to my PC to take a look at what I captured. To my surprise, it was the welcome screen. I kept taking screenshots until I reached the settings to enable debugging ( Apparently, the rooting wasn't successful using wug's toolkit). After enabling debugging I was going to reboot but I had an idea. I thought if I used my Galaxy Nexus's LED light on the screen I might be able to see something. Stupid idea right? WRONG! The moment I pointed the light at the screen the screen magically brightened up and was working fine! I turned the screen off and on again and the screen was dim again. And once again turned on when I flashed my LED on it. I figured out it was the light sensor after reading a thread on androidforums...
I guess I'll have to deal with it, I don't use automatic brightness anyway
Thanks again! "
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Hmm that sucks :/ If I were you, I would not deal with this, I would ask Google/Shop for a replacement. Why keeping something broken when you can get one fully working ? If you deal with google it is cool because you only send your broken device once you got your new one so that way you can keep using it all the time Also, it would be a pain to keep broken, everytime you flash a new rom, you would have the automatic brightness turned on by default :/
jamesst20 said:
Hmm that sucks :/ If I were you, I would not deal with this, I would ask Google/Shop for a replacement. Why keeping something broken when you can get one fully working ? If you deal with google it is cool because you only send your broken device once you got your new one so that way you can keep using it all the time Also, it would be a pain to keep broken, everytime you flash a new rom, you would have the automatic brightness turned on by default :/
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It's not broken. Just a one time glitch!! :good:
dparrothead1 said:
It's not broken. Just a one time glitch!! :good:
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Unsure about that, I've tried to reproduce the case and I can't seem to success to get a 0% Backlight.
Get an exchanged aka RMA it. The same thing happened to me. Get an exchange.
Knightsofwar210 said:
Get an exchanged aka RMA it. The same thing happened to me. Get an exchange.
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Agreed, not working out of the box is Deff asking for an rma
Sent from my Rooted, LazyPanda, White "Destroy Mode" Evo
Why the heck would you try n flash it when it didnt work out the box there could be all sorts wrong with it..
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
jamesst20 said:
Unsure about that, I've tried to reproduce the case and I can't seem to success to get a 0% Backlight.
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You can't reproduce it because it was a one time glitch!!!
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Hello, i was trying to charge my nexus 4 couse it wouldn't turn on but after an hour it still didn't turn on.
So after trying a liitle wile to turn it on i held all three buttons (power, volume up & down) and now it says "Download Mode".
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"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",
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Never heard of this mode. Try connecting ur phone to pc and see if it gets detected. That would be nice to know.
gt-kingz said:
Never heard of this mode. Try connecting ur phone to pc and see if it gets detected. That would be nice to know.
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srry just restarted (it don't appear on the computer, can check with lsusb on ubuntu but not now)
How to do it!
How to get into Download Mode
Boot into bootloader and hold all three buttons
It's LG's version of Samsung's Odin mode. However, there isn't a leak of the utility yet.
There is a long tutorial on how to use it in the Nexus 4 service manual floating around.
Basically it's worthless for us until that utility leaks.
El Daddy said:
It's LG's version of Samsung's Odin mode. However, there isn't a leak of the utility yet.
There is a long tutorial on how to use it in the Nexus 4 service manual floating around.
Basically it's worthless for us until that utility leaks.
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I'm not entirely sure, but I think that "Download mode" interfaces with LGNPST. From my understanding, it's not publicly available, but...
Anyway, this is an interesting thread.
efrant said:
I'm not entirely sure, but I think that "Download mode" interfaces with LGNPST. From my understanding, it's not publicly available, but...
Anyway, this is an interesting thread.
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Interesting indeed. So it looks like I'm wrong. Most of that stuff is way over my head though.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
When I first rooted I flashed a bad recovery that deleted all my stuff and got into DL mode 3 times, I panicked. Somehow I managed to get back into boot loader and after that flashed stock boot.IMG and re-rooted...
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309041291a said:
When I first rooted I flashed a bad recovery that deleted all my stuff and got into DL mode 3 times, I panicked. Somehow I managed to get back into boot loader and after that flashed stock boot.IMG and re-rooted...
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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i'm in the same situation and appropriate anybody's help to get me back into the right track.
So what happened with this? Mine just did the same while doing the rooting of my phone. I've been using MSKIP's tutorial amongst other youtube videos showing his option in depth. No idea what happened but now I'm stuck in this "brick" or "soft brick" mode like you guys were saying earlier. What is the solution? I don't see any other pages in this thread and I'm a total noob with this stuff.
**Edit**
Fixed mine, was waiting for a while like it said but I finally powered it one, did a factory reset, and re-did everything else that comes with the 1 CLICK FOR ALL button on mskip's toolkit. Everything is perfect now and I hacked it, whoo hoo!
easy fix... working..
Jbele said:
Hello, i was trying to charge my nexus 4 couse it wouldn't turn on but after an hour it still didn't turn on.
So after trying a liitle wile to turn it on i held all three buttons (power, volume up & down) and now it says "Download Mode".
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this same problem happened to me today.. don't worry there is a fix...
1.Get into bootloader ( Press all three buttons at same time)
2.flash google factory image from fastboot. get factory images from here... https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images ..
3.If you dont know how to flash use mskip's toolkit for nexus 4 and flash it... (best for new users like me) get mskip's toolkit from here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
ALL THANKS TO MSKIP'S TOOLKIT
if you have queries or want detailed information comment below
NICE FEELING WHEN YOU SEE DOWNLOAD MODE... WORTH EXPERIENCING THE MINI HEART ATTACK..
DON'T WORRY ITS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BRICK NEXUS 4..
:good::good::good: ALL THE BEST:good::good::good:
HOPE THIS WORKS
shengovind said:
this same problem happened to me today.. don't worry there is a fix...
1.Get into bootloader ( Press all three buttons at same time)
2.flash google factory image from fastboot. get factory images from here... https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images ..
3.If you dont know how to flash use mskip's toolkit for nexus 4 and flash it... (best for new users like me) get mskip's toolkit from here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
ALL THANKS TO MSKIP'S TOOLKIT
if you have queries or want detailed information comment below
NICE FEELING WHEN YOU SEE DOWNLOAD MODE... WORTH EXPERIENCING THE MINI HEART ATTACK..
DON'T WORRY ITS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BRICK NEXUS 4..
:good::good::good: ALL THE BEST:good::good::good:
HOPE THIS WORKS
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it happened to me now, when the battery was dead. when i connect the phone to a wall charger i got the download mode massage ,
when i'm pressing all 3 buttons the phone makes a vibe (like a boot vibe) and the the red light is flashing on/off
no bootloader.
what to do?
havlaz said:
it happened to me now, when the battery was dead. when i connect the phone to a wall charger i got the download mode massage ,
when i'm pressing all 3 buttons the phone makes a vibe (like a boot vibe) and the the red light is flashing on/off
no bootloader.
what to do?
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You should try to get into the fastboot mode first, when the phone is off, Hold Power + Volume Download button. If you can get in the fastboot menu, then use instruction above to reflash your device.
If you can't, you might be able to recover your phone using Download Mode: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
havlaz said:
it happened to me now, when the battery was dead. when i connect the phone to a wall charger i got the download mode massage ,
when i'm pressing all 3 buttons the phone makes a vibe (like a boot vibe) and the the red light is flashing on/off
no bootloader.
what to do?
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Red light due to battery low..
All you have to do is charge the phone for about six hours on the wall charger..
Then try booting your phone ..
If there's only bootloader and phone isn't booting flash factory from fastboot..
Plug it to wall charger over night.. Then try to get to download mode..
Try this to get out of red light only if there is absolutely no other way..: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250454
If there is no boot loader whatsoever even after trying for a hell lot of time, only download mode, then do this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
sent from my Prevert nexus
psak said:
i'm in the same situation and appropriate anybody's help to get me back into the right track.
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When you are in download mode, press and hold Vol Down and Power, that should bring up fastboot mode, which you can use to flash another recovery...
[email protected] said:
When you are in download mode, press and hold Vol Down and Power, that should bring up fastboot mode, which you can use to flash another recovery...
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Try Pressing power button alone for 10 sec or so...
Should do the trick
Having the same problem. I was on purity rom(4.4.3), with default purity kernel. I flashed the Ak poseidon kernel, with Ukm. It booted fine , was on phone for about 4 minutes, and then I ran antutu benchmark. Before that I didn’t change anything via synapse app. Then when I ran test on antutu phone went off. Non of the buttons were responding. I plugged the phone into wall charger and pressed all 3 buttons. Then the download mode appeared. Left it like that on the charger , went to sleep. When I woke up the phone was turned off. Today I was flashing factory img ( 4.4.3. occam). Following the instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312 [/URL]. Everything went ok no problem in the cmd , only the thing was , when I had to fastboot the booth loader, then the phone stuck in power on loop . ( reboots, then it says google, and reboots again) I was able to stop this by holding volume down, then it goes into bootloader. Finished flashing factory img, like it says on the tut. And the same thing happens. The phone won’t boot, And it is not responding when it is unplugged. Please help :/
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shengovind said:
Red light due to battery low..
All you have to do is charge the phone for about six hours on the wall charger..
Then try booting your phone ..
If there's only bootloader and phone isn't booting flash factory from fastboot..
Plug it to wall charger over night.. Then try to get to download mode..
Try this to get out of red light only if there is absolutely no other way..: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250454
If there is no boot loader whatsoever even after trying for a hell lot of time, only download mode, then do this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
sent from my Prevert nexus
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I will try to reconnect the battery now, maby that will help----
Fixed it !
ripped.animal said:
Having the same problem. I was on purity rom(4.4.3), with default purity kernel. I flashed the Ak poseidon kernel, with Ukm. It booted fine , was on phone for about 4 minutes, and then I ran antutu benchmark. Before that I didn’t change anything via synapse app. Then when I ran test on antutu phone went off. Non of the buttons were responding. I plugged the phone into wall charger and pressed all 3 buttons. Then the download mode appeared. Left it like that on the charger , went to sleep. When I woke up the phone was turned off. Today I was flashing factory img ( 4.4.3. occam). Following the instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312 [/URL]. Everything went ok no problem in the cmd , only the thing was , when I had to fastboot the booth loader, then the phone stuck in power on loop . ( reboots, then it says google, and reboots again) I was able to stop this by holding volume down, then it goes into bootloader. Finished flashing factory img, like it says on the tut. And the same thing happens. The phone won’t boot, And it is not responding when it is unplugged. Please help :/
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I will try to reconnect the battery now, maby that will help----
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After reconnecting the battery, I managed to boot the device. But i got gazzlion errors, non of the apps were responding. I got the msg to delete the partion or my device will not function properly. Since I have already flashed the factory img I booted to stock recovery. And deleted all user data , (factory reset). Then the device booted normally. I have lost my recovery img but what the hell I don’t care now Flashed the CMW touch, and super user. Now everything works fine
Fix - Volume Up + Power
I had the same problem this morning and found an easier fix on Google product forums.
Push Volume Up + Power button until it works. Worked for me
<not able to paste link as I'm still a n00b user and this is among my first ten posts here. Ok, this is my FIRST post here>
I got the same thing too...
Hey,
I need some help with my Nexus 10, it's stuck at the moment.
I ran fastboot oem unlock via the Samsung Google Nexus 10 ToolKit 1.3.0 (updated for 4.2.2) and as soon as it was done it rebooted and was stuck...
Booting normally it gets to the bootlogo and just sits there forever, going round and round and round.
If I try to boot into fastboot it shows that it's unlocked but I can't change change to recovery using the volume rocker it's just a solid static screen, only choice is to start which boots back into the normal boot logo.
I have no way to use adb or fastboot... it's just stuck :/ How do I recover/unbrick this?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Hyflex said:
Hey,
I need some help with my Nexus 10, it's stuck at the moment.
I ran fastboot oem unlock via the Samsung Google Nexus 10 ToolKit 1.3.0 (updated for 4.2.2) and as soon as it was done it rebooted and was stuck...
Booting normally it gets to the bootlogo and just sits there forever, going round and round and round.
If I try to boot into fastboot it shows that it's unlocked but I can't change change to recovery using the volume rocker it's just a solid static screen, only choice is to start which boots back into the normal boot logo.
I have no way to use adb or fastboot... it's just stuck :/ How do I recover/unbrick this?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Reboot holding Power and both volume buttons and you should be able to get to recovery
brees75 said:
Reboot holding Power and both volume buttons and you should be able to get to recovery
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I'm on the xda-devs irc at the moment and we've got so far... but still its messed up.
- Recovery is dead (can't get into it atm, orange triangle guy every time)
- Flashed stock via fastboot and unrooted, but on reboot I get the triangle guy.
- I can boot into unsecure roms (temporary)
- I can boot into temporary recoverys, clearing cache works but davlik cache and factory reset doesn't work both say "failed"
I'm currently awaiting the guy whos been helping me get back from the shops.
From what I remember you need to either install something or run a command after "oem unlock" for security reasons. Android wont let you boot back into the OS until you have wiped all the data after the unlock.
The orange guy means it's working. There's a button combo to hit at that screen to get the recovery to boot. Once there do a factory reset and your done.
That's why toolkits sick, they teach you nothing and when they break your stuck
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Can you flash a factory image to it via fastboot?
Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
altimax98 said:
The orange guy means it's working. There's a button combo to hit at that screen to get the recovery to boot. Once there do a factory reset and your done.
That's why toolkits sick, they teach you nothing and when they break your stuck
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The pressing 3 buttons at once; cycling to recovery... method wasnt working because there was no recovery accessable what so ever and temporary recoveries weren't working.
That's what a few guys in IRC said too about the toolkits haha
Thankfully some guy by the name of YellowGTO spent some time helping me out and we finally got there in the end, he's awesome and extremely patient
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Can you flash a factory image to it via fastboot?
Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
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Okay, updates for everyone just incase someone else gets the problem.
- Factory Images via fastboot flashed fine but never stuck, just kept returning me to triangle dude.
- Fix permissions, did nothing
- Restoring stock recovery did nothing, I still couldn't get to a recovery.
- Temporary recoveries only had limited functionality.
I decided to unlock an already unlocked phone again
I flashed stock, Ran file permissions
Used the temporary recovery to clear the cache/davlik (previously didn't work)
I re-rooted, Installed TWRP 2.4.4.0, this finally stuck.
I double checked that it had stuck by booting the system, rebooting into recovery, powering device of and powering it on to Android. It was all working perfectly.
I then made my backup and put a custom rom and kernel on, it's working lovely now.
It seems that somewhere during the oem unlock it messed up some partitions or something resulting in recoveries and flashing not to work/stick.
Good to hear it's working for you. The issue is that the stock N10 bootloader does not wipe the data partitions correctly as it should. So after an unlock you need to go into the stock recovery and wipe it. Boot once, then go and flash all your flasheys
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altimax98 said:
Good to hear it's working for you. The issue is that the stock N10 bootloader does not wipe the data partitions correctly as it should. So after an unlock you need to go into the stock recovery and wipe it. Boot once, then go and flash all your flasheys
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That's the thing, the recovery wasn't available in any way shape or form and temporary recoveries wouldn't wipe the cache... the oem unlock went wrong somehow even though it had full power, wasn't interrupted or anything.
I'm glad it's all working now, I thought the device was completely dead at one stage.
I think you had the problem almost everyone runs into:
As you can see in the video, you just have to try for a bit to actually get the recovery menu to open - My heart dropped a little before I knew that as well
anazei said:
I think you had the problem almost everyone runs into:
As you can see in the video, you just have to try for a bit to actually get the recovery menu to open - My heart dropped a little before I knew that as well
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I think you are right and that was his problem..... The toolkit actually told him how to handle this ... but who reads all the that text anyway
I have a Verizon LG G2 I tried to flash my backed up stock recovery with Flashify so I could flash the most recent OTA. After accepting the OTA update my phone restarted, tried to install the update, hung at a black screen but was still turned on. If I power it off and back on it shows the LG logo, some white text, then goes to the same black screen. What appears to be happening is that my backup recovery did not restore properly and it's hanging when it tries to go into recovery. It's almost like my recovery partition is blank.
I've tried to follow the instructions to flash back to stock, but I do not believe I'm actually able to get my phone into download mode. When it is plugged into my windows 7 computer with the LG drivers installed it shows up in device manager as QHSUSB_BULK.
Is there any way for me to push a stock recovery, or even a custom recovery to my phone so I can somehow salvage it, or am I permanently bricked?
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I have a Verizon LG G2 I tried to flash my backed up stock recovery with Flashify so I could flash the most recent OTA. After accepting the OTA update my phone restarted, tried to install the update, hung at a black screen but was still turned on. If I power it off and back on it shows the LG logo, some white text, then goes to the same black screen. What appears to be happening is that my backup recovery did not restore properly and it's hanging when it tries to go into recovery. It's almost like my recovery partition is blank.
I've tried to follow the instructions to flash back to stock, but I do not believe I'm actually able to get my phone into download mode. When it is plugged into my windows 7 computer with the LG drivers installed it shows up in device manager as QHSUSB_BULK.
Is there any way for me to push a stock recovery, or even a custom recovery to my phone so I can somehow salvage it, or am I permanently bricked?
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I have the same exact problem. exactly the same. mine doesnt even show up for download mode. this sucks!
cgillie92 said:
I have the same exact problem. exactly the same. mine doesnt even show up for download mode. this sucks!
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I'm still trying to find a solution I will post here if i have any luck. I've dug through a lot of forum posts and I think what makes us unique is the fact that we have a corrupt or blank recovery partition.
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I'm still trying to find a solution I will post here if i have any luck. I've dug through a lot of forum posts and I think what makes us unique is the fact that we have a corrupt or blank recovery partition.
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Ive looked through a lot too. and its crazy how that would happen i made sure it was rebooting correctly before i took the ota and then when i did the ota bam! only screens i can get to come up are the hardware key control mode and the factory hard reset which both go to white screens after I do them both. every one else probably has not taken the ota.
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Ive looked through a lot too. and its crazy how that would happen i made sure it was rebooting correctly before i took the ota and then when i did the ota bam! only screens i can get to come up are the hardware key control mode and the factory hard reset which both go to white screens after I do them both. every one else probably has not taken the ota.
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One difference in what mine is doing and what your phone is doing. I go to a solid black screen not a white screen. It's very hard to tell my phone is even turned on. I'm having to look if the back-light to verify if it's on or not. I can hold my power button for 10 seconds through one LG logo cycle and then it turns off.
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One difference in what mine is doing and what your phone is doing. I go to a solid black screen not a white screen. It's very hard to tell my phone is even turned on. I'm having to look if the back-light to verify if it's on or not. I can hold my power button for 10 seconds through one LG logo cycle and then it turns off.
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I hope someone helps us out. I really cant afford a new one because the warranty is void. I was going back to stock because of all of the little bugs that need to be ironed out in roms. cause kit kat is around the corner hopefully and my problem virtually is the same i might have had my brightness on auto or something prior to that.
Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
Partager.info said:
Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
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Thanks for the link. I'm tryingto follow the instructions,but when I get to the step where i plug in my phone it just showes up as a bunch of failes partitions, and slows my ubuntu to a crawl. I'm a linux noob, is there a command i can run to stop this from happening? I also created a reply asking this question in the link you sent me.
Thanks for the help.
Partager.info said:
Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
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After following the instructions on the above link i was able to get fastboot status on my phone. It did not fully restore my phone however. I was able to flash twrp via fastboot. I was then able to boot into twrp and run the command at this link via twrp terminal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Thanks to everyone for all your help.
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Thanks for the link. I'm tryingto follow the instructions,but when I get to the step where i plug in my phone it just showes up as a bunch of failes partitions, and slows my ubuntu to a crawl. I'm a linux noob, is there a command i can run to stop this from happening? I also created a reply asking this question in the link you sent me.
Thanks for the help.
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How did you get past the ubuntu slowing down? I cant win for ubuntu freezing due to all of the failed partitions either so close but yet so far =/
cgillie92 said:
How did you get past the ubuntu slowing down? I cant win for ubuntu freezing due to all of the failed partitions either so close but yet so far =/
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Ignore all the message, unplug you phone get ready to type the command, plug it in and immediately press enter to run the command. it took some trial and error, and i had to use this other post to help me out. I actually got fastboot working first, then used this post to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595 to get download mode working, and to flash twrp recovery. After that i used this post to run the command line from with twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696 . I didn't have to flash the factory tot to my phone, but i have that option now because download mode is working. This process will work, there is hope for you getting your phone back. I'm fully recovered. I decided 12B is not worth it in the mean time, but if you want 12B you need to flash the factory tot and then upgrade. There is a way to root 12B, but as of this time you are unable to get Custom Recovery on it.
Hi guys, so I recently have this problem where I try to turn on my phone and he starts to boot and at the part where the boot animation comes it shows only a blue screen for like 10-15 secs and then turns off. That happend after I was trying to disassemble the phone(long story), anyway I didn't completely disassemble it just took out the screws and then gave up and put the screws back. The blue screen happens only when I get the battery out and back, if I try to boot the phone after the blue screen it just gets to bootloop. Guys, please, I need very fast help because the phone isn't mine(Yes I know im stupid). Anyway thanks for reading this.
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xgamer231 said:
Hi guys, so I recently have this problem where I try to turn on my phone and he starts to boot and at the part where the boot animation comes it shows only a blue screen for like 10-15 secs and then turns off. That happend after I was trying to disassemble the phone(long story), anyway I didn't completely disassemble it just took out the screws and then gave up and put the screws back. The blue screen happens only when I get the battery out and back, if I try to boot the phone after the blue screen it just gets to bootloop. Guys, please, I need very fast help because the phone isn't mine(Yes I know im stupid). Anyway thanks for reading this.
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Google un brick Samsung j5
infixremix said:
Google un brick Samsung j5
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I have already flashed a stock firmware and still the blue screen.
xgamer231 said:
I have already flashed a stock firmware and still the blue screen.
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Damn... Try using another ROM. If you can get to the part where the boot logo should be but appears blue screen you migh have a chance...
Get into download mode and flash TWRP trough Odin and one of the custom ROMs around. If it boots into TWRP succesfully and after that it succesfully boots into the ROM you just installed trough TWRP, than it was a software issue. If it doesn't boot and you get the same exact blue screen... It might be either a hardware error or an issue with the bootloader. I'm really saying that because it is one of the more sensitive and important parts of the firmware and the fact that your blue screen color is exactly the same as the download mode (bootloader) might link it to an issue with a bootloader.
@Henkate, I'm summoning you. Maybe you an help this fella as I think you know loads more things about the firmware
BTW: next time don't mess with hardware. Messing with software is easier and safer : )
Also... What were you trying to do by taking the poor guy appart? Replacing the screen maybe? Stuck SIM card?
Amarius1 said:
Damn... Try using another ROM. If you can get to the part where the boot logo should be but appears blue screen you migh have a chance...
Get into download mode and flash TWRP trough Odin and one of the custom ROMs around. If it boots into TWRP succesfully and after that it succesfully boots into the ROM you just installed trough TWRP, than it was a software issue. If it doesn't boot and you get the same exact blue screen... It might be either a hardware error or an issue with the bootloader. I'm really saying that because it is one of the more sensitive and important parts of the firmware and the fact that your blue screen color is exactly the same as the download mode (bootloader) might link it to an issue with a bootloader.
@Henkate, I'm summoning you. Maybe you an help this fella as I think you know loads more things about the firmware
BTW: next time don't mess with hardware. Messing with software is easier and safer : )
Also... What were you trying to do by taking the poor guy appart? Replacing the screen maybe? Stuck SIM card?
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Well I'll try a custom rom when I get come, but now I will tell you the whole story how it went trough. So when I got this phone it was stuck in a bootloop(it boots up, freezes for 5-10 secs and restarts and so on), and I tried hard reset and putting stock firmware and still nothing. I got to a conclusion, because the phone was drowned in water few days ago, maybe the power button had a short circuit so I went disassembling it to try to dry more the motherboard, when I took of the screws I realized I can't get to the mobo because I needed to get first the display off and I didn't had the tools for that. Anyway I put the screws back and boom blue screen.
The blue color isn't exactly the same like in download mode, the camera I took the picture with is very bad. The blue color is a standard blue blue(like in rgb).
I don't believe it couls be a hardware failure, because I didn't touch anything drastic, one thing I did touch was the display cable under the little panel, I just plug it off.
Btw. Just to mention its the J500FN model.
I really apprechiate the help guys :S
xgamer231 said:
Well I'll try a custom rom when I get come, but now I will tell you the whole story how it went trough. So when I got this phone it was stuck in a bootloop(it boots up, freezes for 5-10 secs and restarts and so on), and I tried hard reset and putting stock firmware and still nothing. I got to a conclusion, because the phone was drowned in water few days ago, maybe the power button had a short circuit so I went disassembling it to try to dry more the motherboard, when I took of the screws I realized I can't get to the mobo because I needed to get first the display off and I didn't had the tools for that. Anyway I put the screws back and boom blue screen.
The blue color isn't exactly the same like in download mode, the camera I took the picture with is very bad. The blue color is a standard blue blue(like in rgb).
I don't believe it couls be a hardware failure, because I didn't touch anything drastic, one thing I did touch was the display cable under the little panel, I just plug it off.
Btw. Just to mention its the J500FN model.
I really apprechiate the help guys :S
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This looks like hardware failure. I would check the cable for the display you removed is properly connected.
If it is then it may be you've damaged the delicate connector.
ashyx said:
This looks like hardware failure. I would check the cable for the display you removed is properly connected.
If it is then it may be you've damaged the delicate connector.
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The cable is in place, I don't really believe its the cable because bl and recovery are fine(no graphical disorders).
Just tried to flash TWRP, and I got a auth fail(google says i need to autorize something in dev settings idrk), strange thing I don't get the bootloop anymore when I try to turn on the phone after the blue screen shuts off.
Here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWkqTg77rbg
xgamer231 said:
The cable is in place, I don't really believe its the cable because bl and recovery are fine(no graphical disorders).
Just tried to flash TWRP, and I got a auth fail(google says i need to autorize something in dev settings idrk), strange thing I don't get the bootloop anymore when I try to turn on the phone after the blue screen shuts off.
Here's a video:
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Bro, why don't you go to service somewhere in your city, im sure they wouldn't take much money for that fix since i believe it is minor hardware failure, they have appropriate tools and will get the job done quickly. Don't mess with your phone further more. I know this is not the answer you exoected but this is what i would do since i would rather give up on 20$ and be safe.
xgamer231 said:
The cable is in place, I don't really believe its the cable because bl and recovery are fine(no graphical disorders).
Just tried to flash TWRP, and I got a auth fail(google says i need to autorize something in dev settings idrk), strange thing I don't get the bootloop anymore when I try to turn on the phone after the blue screen shuts off.
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But can you enter Recovery? If yes, you can transfer a rom zip file from your computer to phone as adb is working in TWRP. If after flashing the ROM you still get the blue screen... Than it definetelly isn't a software issue, but a hardware one, persisting no matter what you do to the software.
Amarius1 said:
Damn... Try using another ROM. If you can get to the part where the boot logo should be but appears blue screen you migh have a chance...
Get into download mode and flash TWRP trough Odin and one of the custom ROMs around. If it boots into TWRP succesfully and after that it succesfully boots into the ROM you just installed trough TWRP, than it was a software issue. If it doesn't boot and you get the same exact blue screen... It might be either a hardware error or an issue with the bootloader. I'm really saying that because it is one of the more sensitive and important parts of the firmware and the fact that your blue screen color is exactly the same as the download mode (bootloader) might link it to an issue with a bootloader.
@Henkate, I'm summoning you. Maybe you an help this fella as I think you know loads more things about the firmware
BTW: next time don't mess with hardware. Messing with software is easier and safer : )
Also... What were you trying to do by taking the poor guy appart? Replacing the screen maybe? Stuck SIM card?
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Amarius1 said:
But can you enter Recovery? If yes, you can transfer a rom zip file from your computer to phone as adb is working in TWRP. If after flashing the ROM you still get the blue screen... Than it definetelly isn't a software issue, but a hardware one, persisting no matter what you do to the software.
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Yea, but I don't have TWRP installed because odin gives me some auth fail. I don't really know to give up or continue with this.
xgamer231 said:
Yea, but I don't have TWRP installed because odin gives me some auth fail. I don't really know to give up or continue with this.
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It's possible you have damaged the emmc. The bootloader resides on a different part of memory to the rest of the firmware.
However, can you actually boot to stock recovery?
ashyx said:
It's possible you have damaged the emmc. The bootloader resides on a different part of memory to the rest of the firmware.
However, can you actually boot to stock recovery?
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Yes, everything exept the bot sequence is fine.
Have you tried factory reset in recovery?
It looks for GPU failure, not a software.
Anyway, it happened after disassembly, before as I suppose everything was working so dissamblessing was the most probably cause of this.
As a mate mentioned, go to a service center, they should agree with my opinion. Unfortunately mainboard switch would fix it.
Wysłane z mojego Nexus 5X przy użyciu Tapatalka
xgamer231 said:
Yea, but I don't have TWRP installed because odin gives me some auth fail. I don't really know to give up or continue with this.
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Right what I suggest you do is re install stock from Odin then download NICK VERSES twrp install that and then install a ROM either RR or cm 13 if that doesn't work take it to a store
infixremix said:
Right what I suggest you do is re install stock from Odin then download NICK VERSES twrp install that and then install a ROM either RR or cm 13 if that doesn't work take it to a store
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He cant flash anything custom as he can't enable OEM unlock.
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He cant flash anything custom as he can't enable OEM unlock.
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Ffs take it to a shop then
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xgamer231 said:
I have already flashed a stock firmware and still the blue screen.
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http://www.any-data-recovery.com/an...e-blue-screen-of-death-on-samsung-galaxy.html it seems to be a software issue
Okay looks like we're out of solutions, I'll take the phone back to his owner and explain the situation.
Thank you all guys, I really apprechiate the help
Same problem
Got the same problem with my friends device 3 days ago
What should i do i haven't try anything yet but thinking to re assembly it
Hello, i know this threat is very old, but recently i sufer the same problem (Yes i dissambled the phone). My problem was worst because eventually my phone wasn't booting at all. So heres what i do:
1. I took the battery out.
2. I plug in the charger until the phone gets a bit hot.
3. Then (with the charger still plugged) i put the battery back.
4. After that i get the charging screen, so i press the power on button and the phone booting on normally.
Note: While i was doing that process the phone was without the back part (i mean the part where the speaker is) and i reassembled the phone while it was on.
I Hope this help someone!!!!
Hey guys, long time lurker. I've never needed to post before but this is beyond me. Flashed JK's new hybrid rom, following his post exactly:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3569416
It rebooted into aroma, ran, and on reboot showed the samsung lock screen, flashed a few times and now says "recovery booting". It's been trying to "boot" recovery for a day now. Flashes the blue text on and off. I've tried the button presses as much as I can to get it into download mode. It will stop flashing when I press Home+Down Vol, but upon release it comes back flashing again. Nothing seems to work, and it never connects to the PC to try Odin or any ADB method of rebooting/forcing download mode. Maybe I can try to drain the battery and go from there? Although that may take days at this point..
Just trying to avoid going to big red at this point.
Thanks!
nightwolf0829 said:
Hey guys, long time lurker. I've never needed to post before but this is beyond me. Flashed JK's new hybrid rom, following his post exactly:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3569416
It rebooted into aroma, ran, and on reboot showed the samsung lock screen, flashed a few times and now says "recovery booting". It's been trying to "boot" recovery for a day now. Flashes the blue text on and off. I've tried the button presses as much as I can to get it into download mode. It will stop flashing when I press Home+Down Vol, but upon release it comes back flashing again. Nothing seems to work, and it never connects to the PC to try Odin or any ADB method of rebooting/forcing download mode. Maybe I can try to drain the battery and go from there? Although that may take days at this point..
Just trying to avoid going to big red at this point.
Thanks!
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first of all were you trying this with a non verizon phone and did you use firmware in my OP or were you trying to flash verizon firmware. Hold Volume Key Down PWR Button and Home Key you have to press all three this take you to download mode reflash eng boot.img with odin then start over. If that dont work flash full firmware in Odin
jrkruse said:
first of all were you trying this with a non verizon phone and did you use firmware in my OP or were you trying to flash verizon firmware. Hold Volume Key Down PWR Button and Home Key you have to press all three this take you to download mode reflash eng boot.img with odin then start over. If that dont work flash full firmware in Odin
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Hey jrkruse, I've got the Verizon branded S7 Edge. (bought in store.). I was using everything listed in your OP and made sure I got everything correct (the FlashFire settings and sequence as well). I've been running your roms+tweaks forever now, and was previously running the "Echoe" rom rooted and running well enough. (I think I've been using your stuff since my S3/S5 days a long time ago. Never had any issues following your methods until now. )
This exact setup/rom is what I was coming from:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...t/g935-g930-echoerom-multicarrierusa-t3458535
The problem is the phone doesn't respond any key inputs. I've tried everything I can find for the key presses, and it always goes back to "Starting recovery..." text on a black screen. I let it just go for the entire day, and now that the battery is drained I do get an icon to plug it into the charger (so maybe it's not bricked totally yet?). As soon as I try to plug it in it tries to start the "Recovery" boot again without accepting my button inputs. ADB also still doesn't see the phone at all. I assume that some part of the BL is corrupt and it's stuck trying to start it still.. Is there a key press that I can do WHILE plugging it into the usb of my PC or charger to force download mode no matter what? (Like the HTC and maybe the s3 had?). I get the feeling my issue is just because I can't do a full "battery pull" with the soft keys anymore, so it never actually restarts the actual BL and all.
Would some pictures help explain?
Thanks again for all your work!
Here are a couple of pictures to explain a bit more:
The "Booting Recovery.." text that flashes briefly:
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The "Charge your phone" picture I get once it's too low on battery:
nightwolf0829 said:
Here are a couple of pictures to explain a bit more:
The "Booting Recovery.." text that flashes briefly:

The "Charge your phone" picture I get once it's too low on battery:
The "Charge your phone" picture I get once it's too low on battery:

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Pull your sim and sdcard out. Hold the volume down home and power button while phone is dead then plug in while holding those three
Tried that, still doesn't do anything it seems. The second I let go of home, it tried recovery again. Maybe it's just not fully dead somehow? I make-shifted a zip-tie to make the 'No Power, plug in' flash until it -should- be an otherwise dead phone. Am I right in thinking it should be a brick after this, and plugging in 'should' allow me to use Home,Pwr,and Vol Down to get into Odin mode?
Like suffocating your pc,maybe there is a better way to drain the battery all the way?:
Thanks again!
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Tried that, still doesn't do anything it seems. The second I let go of home, it tried recovery again. Maybe it's just not fully dead somehow? I make-shifted a zip-tie to make the 'No Power, plug in' flash until it -should- be an otherwise dead phone. Am I right in thinking it should be a brick after this, and plugging in 'should' allow me to use Home,Pwr,and Vol Down to get into Odin mode?
Like suffocating your pc,maybe there is a better way to drain the battery all the way?:
Thanks again!
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Have you tried holding Volume UP + HOME +PWR
That just brings the "Booting Recovery..." flashing again... I also noticed it also doesn't vibrate at all, like they normally do on a startup. The "bzz" letting you know you can let go of PWR doesn't seem to happen ever either.
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That just brings the "Booting Recovery..." flashing again... I also noticed it also doesn't vibrate at all, like they normally do on a startup. The "bzz" letting you know you can let go of PWR doesn't seem to happen ever either.
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Give me a run down on what happened during flash. Including firmware you were on etc. Maybe I can at least keep this from happening too someone else
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I'm thinking flashfire must have failed in flashing the bootloaders
Makes sense, so this is actually a brick I suppose?
S7 was running your Echoe Rom Port (the AROMA_Version 1.5, as in the OP of that thread.) No updates or changes other than updates to FlashFire and installed apps. Was previously a MM rooted phone before flashing the Echoe Rom. Ran the engineering boot setup from early 2017 (if there are any differences, I can only find the one root method). Sorry I cant open my FlashFire backup in order to check the versions of my BL/Firmware/Modem/etc. I can post the zip somewhere and send you if if there is a way to extract my software versions?
Followed your exact setup to Flash over to your TMO Hybrid rom as in your OP of this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3569416
I made sure to have the installs in the correct order and check all of the folders (and uncheck injection of SuperSU).
Phone rebooted up to the "Samsung S7" white unlock logo a couple of times, then rebooted into the "Recovery booting..." loop.
Side note, would the 300 Ohm USB dongle trick possibly work in this case? Or is the BL probably gone/corrupt and I'm fully bricked?
Thanks!
nightwolf0829 said:
Makes sense, so this is actually a brick I suppose?
S7 was running your Echoe Rom Port (the AROMA_Version 1.5, as in the OP of that thread.) No updates or changes other than updates to FlashFire and installed apps. Was previously a MM rooted phone before flashing the Echoe Rom. Ran the engineering boot setup from early 2017 (if there are any differences, I can only find the one root method). Sorry I cant open my FlashFire backup in order to check the versions of my BL/Firmware/Modem/etc. I can post the zip somewhere and send you if if there is a way to extract my software versions?
Followed your exact setup to Flash over to your TMO Hybrid rom as in your OP of this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3569416
I made sure to have the installs in the correct order and check all of the folders (and uncheck injection of SuperSU).
Phone rebooted up to the "Samsung S7" white unlock logo a couple of times, then rebooted into the "Recovery booting..." loop.
Side note, would the 300 Ohm USB dongle trick possibly work in this case? Or is the BL probably gone/corrupt and I'm fully bricked?
Thanks!
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In settings in Flashfire did you check allow flashing bootloader then when you added the zip did you check to mount system
Not that this helps, but my galaxy tab 4 did something similar.
Installed the update firmware in Odin, rebooted, and it didn't get past the Samsung splash screen. Next reboot, exactly what you said... recovery rebooting after that.
The recovery was gone, but I could boot into download mode that gave me an error stating to use kies to install the firmware. Kies wouldn't recognize the device. Any flash attempt of os systems in Odin resulted in fails.
My issue was that the system partition got completely erased and set to 0. Therefore, it had no space to install anything.
Next, I flashed a stock recovery, but had the error on writing system due to the partition corruption. I had to flash twrp and change the system partition from 0 to whatever it should have been. After that, I could Odin firmware and was back in business.
Long story short, this probably doesn't help because we can't flash recoveries, but I wonder if your system partition got corrupted?
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jrkruse said:
In settings in Flashfire did you check allow flashing bootloader then when you added the zip did you check to mount system
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Pretty sure I did, but I'm honestly unsure at this point. I tried following your post exactly, as always, but it is possible I skipped that step. I really don't think so as I checked it all multiple times.
Sorry I can't recall better.
Does this change any options I may of had for recovery? I'm sure it's super unlikely to repair at this point as Odin, and Windoze never sees the device at any point of any restart. I also opened it up and manually disconnected the battery just-in-case, as I figured it wasn't actually turning off. Still the same, wont boot into Download mode, Recovery just displays the blue booting text.
Let me know if anything I can get from the phone would help before I try to get it replaced one way or another.
lvpre said:
Not that this helps, but my galaxy tab 4 did something similar.
Installed the update firmware in Odin, rebooted, and it didn't get past the Samsung splash screen. Next reboot, exactly what you said... recovery rebooting after that.
The recovery was gone, but I could boot into download mode that gave me an error stating to use kies to install the firmware. Kies wouldn't recognize the device. Any flash attempt of os systems in Odin resulted in fails.
My issue was that the system partition got completely erased and set to 0. Therefore, it had no space to install anything.
Next, I flashed a stock recovery, but had the error on writing system due to the partition corruption. I had to flash twrp and change the system partition from 0 to whatever it should have been. After that, I could Odin firmware and was back in business.
Long story short, this probably doesn't help because we can't flash recoveries, but I wonder if your system partition got corrupted?
Sent from my SM-G930P using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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I totally think something low-level is corrupt/gone. I bet it's the BL just based on the fact it shows only a black screen when I do the key press. I'm betting it's a brick, but I'm waiting to make sure jrkruse has anything he needs to stop this happening to anyone else before I try to replace it.
nightwolf0829 said:
I totally think something low-level is corrupt/gone. I bet it's the BL just based on the fact it shows only a black screen when I do the key press. I'm betting it's a brick, but I'm waiting to make sure jrkruse has anything he needs to stop this happening to anyone else before I try to replace it.
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I put a warning and a work around in my thread
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nightwolf0829 said:
Pretty sure I did, but I'm honestly unsure at this point. I tried following your post exactly, as always, but it is possible I skipped that step. I really don't think so as I checked it all multiple times.
Sorry I can't recall better.
Does this change any options I may of had for recovery? I'm sure it's super unlikely to repair at this point as Odin, and Windoze never sees the device at any point of any restart. I also opened it up and manually disconnected the battery just-in-case, as I figured it wasn't actually turning off. Still the same, wont boot into Download mode, Recovery just displays the blue booting text.
Let me know if anything I can get from the phone would help before I try to get it replaced one way or another.
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Tell big red that the nougat update fried your phone. Hopefully they will replace. Keep me updated
jrkruse said:
I put a warning and a work around in my thread
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Tell big red that the nougat update fried your phone. Hopefully they will replace. Keep me updated
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Will do! Thanks again! Hope my phone was just a fluke thing.
nightwolf0829 said:
Makes sense, so this is actually a brick I suppose?
S7 was running your Echoe Rom Port (the AROMA_Version 1.5, as in the OP of that thread.) No updates or changes other than updates to FlashFire and installed apps. Was previously a MM rooted phone before flashing the Echoe Rom. Ran the engineering boot setup from early 2017 (if there are any differences, I can only find the one root method). Sorry I cant open my FlashFire backup in order to check the versions of my BL/Firmware/Modem/etc. I can post the zip somewhere and send you if if there is a way to extract my software versions?
Followed your exact setup to Flash over to your TMO Hybrid rom as in your OP of this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3569416
I made sure to have the installs in the correct order and check all of the folders (and uncheck injection of SuperSU).
Phone rebooted up to the "Samsung S7" white unlock logo a couple of times, then rebooted into the "Recovery booting..." loop.
Side note, would the 300 Ohm USB dongle trick possibly work in this case? Or is the BL probably gone/corrupt and I'm fully bricked?
Thanks!
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Which version of his Hybrid ROM did you install?
I don't recall if the USB dongle is compatible with the S7, but I have one laying around and will see if it works on the S7.
You are using an S7 Edge, not a flat, right?
I can confirm that the USB jig does not work on my S7 flat.
Try holding down power, BOTH volume and and down and the home key. all at the same time.. dont release any buttons... just wait about 8-10 seconds... that brings up a different boot option screen. (reboot normal, safe boot. wipe
... I was under the impression I could flash the Hybrid mode running any rom if I was rooted and had flashfire.. I tried flashing Hybrid rom running Stang rom.. and also encountered boot loop.. and above it how I stopped the bootloop. Good luck and hope this works for you also.
ronschuck said:
Try holding down power, BOTH volume and and down and the home key. all at the same time.. dont release any buttons... just wait about 8-10 seconds... that brings up a different boot option screen. (reboot normal, safe boot. wipe
... I was under the impression I could flash the Hybrid mode running any rom if I was rooted and had flashfire.. I tried flashing Hybrid rom running Stang rom.. and also encountered boot loop.. and above it how I stopped the bootloop. Good luck and hope this works for you also.
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Hey thanks for trying but I tried everything on that phone. Had to go to big red and get a replacement. Luckily they got me one without having to go through Assurion.