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[SOLVED] Bricked? S.O.S! Please help me ):

Hey guys, so I got two Vibrants, mine and my girlfriends. I updated hers via Kies to KA6 today, everything went fine.
I went on to update mine... but now it's stuck into a black screen with
phone <!> PC
in the middle.
I tried volume up + down + power to get into download mode, but it's not working. Any ideas? Can I even fix it?
Please, any help would be appreciated!
EDIT: So yeah... ODIN was able to flash it without being in download mode, somehow. The brick screen just went away and I'm running KA6. thank you!

Volume up + down - power should do it
Meaning dont push power at all

guilhermedsx said:
Hey guys, so I got two Vibrants, mine and my girlfriends. I updated hers via Kies to KA6 today, everything went fine.
I went on to update mine... but now it's stuck into a black screen with
phone <!> PC
in the middle.
I tried volume up + down + power to get into download mode, but it's not working. Any ideas? Can I even fix it?
Please, any help would be appreciated!
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Yep.
1) Remove battery from phone
2) plug USB into Computer
3) plug USB into Phone
4) Hold down volume rocker (both + and -) DO NOT HOLD DOWN POWER BUTTON
5) While holding down Volume rocker plug USB into phone
If your phone is not hardkey locked you should now be in download

It just won't go into download mode. Trying for over and hour, the 3 keys method. It just goes back to same screen.
ODIN does recognize it as ID:0/006 and COM6 but can't flash it.

unplug usb, take out the battery, press and HOLD the 2 volume buttons, put battery back in, then plug in the usb again. You should get into download mode after that and ull probably need to odin back to stock.

What about phone off battery in hold vol up and down then put the usb in also try another usb port and make sure the drivers are working properly

swehes said:
Yep.
1) Remove battery from phone
2) plug USB into Computer
3) plug USB into Phone
4) Hold down volume rocker (both + and -) DO NOT HOLD DOWN POWER BUTTON
5) While holding down Volume rocker plug USB into phone
If your phone is not hardkey locked you should now be in download
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The phone just won't react to this method. Doesn't turn on.
Should I insert the battery after pluggin the USB?

guilhermedsx said:
The phone just won't react to this method. Doesn't turn on.
Should I insert the battery after pluggin the USB?
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Yeah.........

So I tried:
1. Vol. Up + Down + Power
2. Battery off, Vol. Up + Down, plug in USB
3. Battery on, Vol. Up + Down, plug in USB
4. Battery off, vol. up + Down, Battery on, plug in USB
Everything just keeps taking me back to the same screen. I'm officially screwed, right?

guilhermedsx said:
So I tried:
1. Vol. Up + Down + Power
2. Battery off, Vol. Up + Down, plug in USB
3. Battery on, Vol. Up + Down, plug in USB
4. Battery off, vol. up + Down, Battery on, plug in USB
Everything just keeps taking me back to the same screen. I'm officially screwed, right?
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you can try the jig method.

I've always been able to get in by:
-removing the battery. (wait a few seconds)
-put battery back in but DO NOT power it on.
-hold the volume keys
-plug in the cable.
this gets me to download mode 100% of the time.
Hope this helps.

sure fire way into DL mode
check out this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ&feature=related

Plug in different USB
Try to change usb ports on the computer.
After changing make sure phone is off and hold down volume buttons then plug in usb.. Make sure phone is completely off before doing so.

Tried all my USB ports now, in some of them, the PC recognizes it as an "USB Composite Device" and a "Samsung Modem", but I still get the same screen. No download mode at all. I think I just lost US$ 600.

Give it one last try.
Hey there, give it one last try, follow the instructions exactly.
1) Restart your computer.
2) Take your Sim card, microsd, and battery out of your phone, and leave all 3 out
3) Once computer restarts, open odin.
4) Attach one end of your usb cable ONLY to your computetr, NOT your phone yet.
5) Take your vibrant, with your sim card, microsd and battery still out.
6) take the vibrant, and hold down both volume up and volume down at the same time. DO NOT TOUCH POWER. (MAKE SURE YOU are holding down the edges of the volume rocker, if you try pressing both by holding the middle of the rocker down, it wont work).
7) Now, while still holding down vol up and vol down, don't ever let go, and take the other end of your usb cable and plug it into the phone. Still don't let go of both vol buttons, and do not touch power. Keep on holding.
8) Next, get your battery only, and while still holding down the vol up/vol down, take your battery and slide it in. (sim card and micro sd are still left out)
If all goes ok then you should get into download, if not then sounds like your bootloader got messed up and I don't think the USB jig will help either.

You guys will probably think I'm crazy... but ODIN flashed KA6 just fine without being in download mode. it was on the brick screen and it just... worked.
I'm speechless. Thank you for all your help!

keep usb plugged in.
onwhen you get that screen,
hold down vol up, vol down, and power,
screen will flash black, keep holding,
you'll see the screen again,
keep holding
when screen flashes black the 2nd time, let go of power.

tab bricked need help

Hello all,
My mother got an a500 about seven months ago and the other day she put it to charge and the next day it wouldn't turn on at all, just a black screen. When the charger is plugged in, the power button glows white. Take it off charge and the light goes out and that's all it will do.
I have tried searching through multiple forums and I have tried all the solutions I have found. I tried pressing the reset button near the usb plug, I tried a hard reset by holding the power and volume + buttons multiple ways, i.e. I held them both for thirty seconds, held the vol button and pressed power for three seconds and about every other iteration I could find. Nothing happened not even a vibration like from what I've read it is supposed to do. I downloaded the update.acer.zip file and put it on an sd card and tried flashing it by holding the power and vol - buttons, still nothing.
The tab has not been moded in any way, however, God only knows what apps my mother way have downloaded to it...
I am at my wits end and I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am a noob so it wouldn't surprise me if I am not doing the flashing right or if I have the wrong files, all the links I found on the forums were non functional and I had to download it from filecorp.com.
Thanks in advance!

Core645 said:
Hello all,
My mother got an a500 about seven months ago and the other day she put it to charge and the next day it wouldn't turn on at all, just a black screen. When the charger is plugged in, the power button glows white. Take it off charge and the light goes out and that's all it will do.
I have tried searching through multiple forums and I have tried all the solutions I have found. I tried pressing the reset button near the usb plug, I tried a hard reset by holding the power and volume + buttons multiple ways, i.e. I held them both for thirty seconds, held the vol button and pressed power for three seconds and about every other iteration I could find. Nothing happened not even a vibration like from what I've read it is supposed to do. I downloaded the update.acer.zip file and put it on an sd card and tried flashing it by holding the power and vol - buttons, still nothing.
The tab has not been moded in any way, however, God only knows what apps my mother way have downloaded to it...
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The white light when plugged to the charger just indicates it's fully charged.
Test 1. Press and hold the PWR button for 7 seconds, release, wait a couple seconds to see if it responds, then press and hold for another 7 seconds. See if it responds.This is to check if the tab is in Sleep of Death (SOD)
Test 2. Using a paper clip, press and hold the pinhole reset (near USB) and then press and hold PWR. After 4 seconds release PWR, 1 second later release pinhole. See if is vibrates and goes into APX mode, (tab should vibrate once with a black screen and white PWR button) if it does, press and hold PWR only for a few seconds. Wait a couple seconds, then PWR on tab by holding PWR about 6 or 7 seconds.
Test 2 is just to see if the tab responds to anything,
If you can't get any response from the above, then it's best to turn it in for repair.
MD

@Moscow Desire: he pressed the reset button already so it is probably not SoD. Unless SoD makes reset button unresponsive too.
My tab does not vibrate when entering APX mode at all. Only the white power button LED turns on and the screen stays off.
@Core645: try this at first
- disconnect charger so the LED turns off
- hold power button for about 5 seconds
If the power button LED turns white and nothing else is happening then your tab is stuck in APX mode. You can confirm this by connecting micro USB cable from your PC. If you have windows it'll ask for drivers for Nvidia Download Mode or something like that.
Then check what Moscow Desire suggests with the reset button. I only ask you do my check at first because by holding reset you would achieve the same result and you wouldn't know if it is stuck in APX or you just forced it to APX by holding reset button.

[Q] Power Button Completely Dead - Cannot Turn on Phone

My power button gradually died over a week after having the phone since release. I took it all apart and let the power button and the little thing attached to it soak in pure alcohol and alcoholed the parts near the power button, it still doesn't work.
Everything else works however, screen starts charging when I plug it in,etc. Is there any way to turn on the Nexus 4 without the power button so I can use it again?
Thank you

just short the 2 golden contacts in the mobo(its what power button does '-') till it turns on

Is it possible to boot phone with a broken power button?

After replacing the battery in my X11575, the power button seems to be broken now. After taking it to a local repair shop, I was told that some of the components were damaged while the battery was being installed. Though the power button is broken both volume buttons still seem to be functional. With the volume buttons still working, is there any way to turn on the phone while in recovery mode without a power button? Thanks

If you have a computer with fastboot set up this might get it. I'm not certain if this will work, but it is worth a try (works on some Snapdragon devices). Start with the computer booted up and a USB cable plugged into it. Hold vol down on the phone and plug in the USB cable. That might boot it into fastboot. If it works enter this command on the computer and it should reboot normally:
Code:
fastboot reboot

Yoshibrothers said:
After replacing the battery in my X11575, the power button seems to be broken now. After taking it to a local repair shop, I was told that some of the components were damaged while the battery was being installed. Though the power button is broken both volume buttons still seem to be functional. With the volume buttons still working, is there any way to turn on the phone while in recovery mode without a power button? Thanks
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Yes. This happened to me with a Moto X 2nd Gen, with a broken power flex.
First you need to remove the back cover. Use the iFixit guide because it'll tell you where flex cables are located under the cover so you don't snag or break them.
Then you'll see a ZIF connector just under the flash. If you short the 1st and 4th pin, it will turn on. You can use a paperclip, staple, etc. If you can't get it to cut on, just keep trying. Those pins go to switches on the board, so you won't short out anything electrical by messing with it with the power off.
(Only short them for as long as you would push the power button down to turn the phone on. If you hold it for too long it'll boot into the bootloader, which actually would be fine now that I'm thinking about it, since you can reboot to system from there.)
Just make sure it's not plugged in when you are jumping the lines.
I included some pics I just took with a X Pure/Style I just replaced the display on and confirmed it's the same as the X 2nd Gen.
If you have issues, just hit me back.

[Help] one plus 6t not vibrating or turning on after being plugged up

So I have a rooted oneplus 6t that was doing quite well for a little while now but for some reason today it died when it was hooked up to a charger. When I unplugged it and plugged it back in it did its usual vibration to signify it was connected but then it showed a qualcomm crash error (died too quickly to see it fully but it was small so I at least saw some of what it said) now when I try to let it charge it doesnt vibrate and doesnt even turn on when I left it on charge for a good hour now and when i hold vol up +power,vol down + power,both vol +power,or just power for their respective seconds to get the phone to respond. Tried looking for a answer online but none are similar to what i am having atm. Also my computer wont even see it either while it's like this. I've tried other cords as well to see if it was a cord issue and wasnt it's been sitting on the charger since 10:55 am est. Help?

It usually just takes some persistence. Usually the power + volume up will force it off, and then power it back on does the trick, sometimes it seems like it's all three buttons (which shouldn't do anything?) . I've had a couple times I've been just about to give up when it finally boots back up to fastboot.
Volume Up + Power while turning on will boot to fastboot.
Volume Down + Power while turn on will boot to recovery.
Holding Volume Up + Power should force the phone to turn off.
Volume Up + Volume Down should put your phone in Download mode for the MSM Tool.
Make sure you hold the buttons much long than you think you should have too.