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[Q] Suddenly won't boot, help

I have a Galaxy S as shipped by Bell Canada. It doesn't have the 3 button download mode so I'm staying away from 3rd party roms for now.
It is unlocked and rooted. All has been well until today. I had it off for a while to use the SIM in another phone. When I turned it back on it asked for the SIM unlock code. I Dismissed that and checked the phone, all seemed well other than no SIM activation. I turned it off and removed the SIM and now it won't boot. I get the usual logo, the song, and for a long time the S logo. If I wait long enough it then appears to be off. If I press the back or menu key they will light up but that's it. I can't do anything else other than pull the battery.
I tried the hard reset with holding volume down and tap the power button. That only turns it back on with the same problem. The actual SIM is fine and working in another phone.
Is there anything I can do? If I could hard reset it I'd take it back to the store but I hesitate for now while it still contains my data.

this is a problem i have just posted about a couple of mins ago
but i can get it recovery mode and fatory reset with the vol up, home and power
then it will boot but obviously i have to then reset everything from scratch which is really annoying so anyone got any idea re this

lucky for you that you can get into recovery. Right now I'd be happy with a hard reset, it doesn't take long to rebuild the setup. I'd like to know who decided to remove the recovery mode, that's evil and keeps me from simply resetting the device.

its all the apps re downloading and installing them and resetting up accounts and swype and all that lot need a fix asap
do you know what version of andoid you are running

yes but at least you can get a working phone again, I can't without being able to get into any boot menus. Honestly it only takes 30 minutes to setup again from scratch. I'm on 2.1 and what I find at least on my HTC when it had 2.1 is that I setup the google account, let it sync contacts etc, then from Market Downloads I'll see listed all my apps that were previously installed. As long as I don't leave that screen I can install each app one after the other. Or a proper backup....
Any other magic key combos to reset this thing???

did you try hooking up to kies?

Yes but that does nothing since it never fully boots.

3rdcoast said:
I have a Galaxy S as shipped by Bell Canada. It doesn't have the 3 button download mode so I'm staying away from 3rd party roms for now.
It is unlocked and rooted. All has been well until today. I had it off for a while to use the SIM in another phone. When I turned it back on it asked for the SIM unlock code. I Dismissed that and checked the phone, all seemed well other than no SIM activation. I turned it off and removed the SIM and now it won't boot. I get the usual logo, the song, and for a long time the S logo. If I wait long enough it then appears to be off. If I press the back or menu key they will light up but that's it. I can't do anything else other than pull the battery.
I tried the hard reset with holding volume down and tap the power button. That only turns it back on with the same problem. The actual SIM is fine and working in another phone.
Is there anything I can do? If I could hard reset it I'd take it back to the store but I hesitate for now while it still contains my data.
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Same thing happened to my phone, but a factory reset did nothing. The internal SD card gave out. Phone is now sent away for 3 - 6 weeks awaiting repair.

my phone did this to me today too, I was just about to post about this when I saw this thread.
So its an SD Card problem? theres no hope of getting it fixed without sending it in?

Yes I think it is the internal card meaning there isn't anything good enough to reset to. I walked the phone over to the store and I'll have to wait for new stock next week. Actually I'm lucky they will exchange it since I bought it outright which apparently is "against policy" even though they list a no contract full price. We'll see how it goes next week but overall I despise the telco industry in this country.

3rdcoast said:
Yes I think it is the internal card meaning there isn't anything good enough to reset to. I walked the phone over to the store and I'll have to wait for new stock next week. Actually I'm lucky they will exchange it since I bought it outright which apparently is "against policy" even though they list a no contract full price. We'll see how it goes next week but overall I despise the telco industry in this country.
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i went to best buy today to try and exchange it, and apparently they only have a 14 day exchange policy with phones despite it saying 30 day on the receipt, anyhow i phoned samsung and they said i have to go through bell, even though im using the phone on telus, so that should be interesting.

So all the people that are having this problem have the Bell model?
Today i got mine off eBay, as soon a i turned it on, i get exactly the same thing.
It wont load into Android, i see that galaxy S logo and then black screen.
If i go into recovery i see "cant mount SD Card".
The more is search this forum the more i see that all the people with this problem are owners of the Bell i9000M model.
I seriously think they have some defect with the manufacturing line of the phone.
Have you guys installed any firmware on your phone before this happened?
mine is like that out of the box.

Mine is the same Bell model. There seems to be some issues with them which makes the lack of download mode even more dangerous. Right now it doesn't feel like the warranty is going to cover us for problems not our fault. I hope they replace it next week but if it still lacks download mode I'll remain nervous.

Seems like everyone is with the Bell model but my questions is:
Have you guys installed another firmware than the factory one which caused this to happen?
Are you running Stock?
We need to try and narrow this down as i am seeing too many posts about this issue, and they are with the Bell model.

clubtech said:
Seems like everyone is with the Bell model but my questions is:
Have you guys installed another firmware than the factory one which caused this to happen?
Are you running Stock?
We need to try and narrow this down as i am seeing too many posts about this issue, and they are with the Bell model.
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i put new firmware on it last week, can't remember what it was but it was upgraded through kies so it's one samsung pushed to me, not a froyo unstable one.

bigc_13 said:
i put new firmware on it last week, can't remember what it was but it was upgraded through kies so it's one samsung pushed to me, not a froyo unstable one.
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Thanks. if it was pushed to you via Kies i assume you were running stock JH2.
So it just stopped booting out of the blue?
To the OP: have you install any firmware on your device before this happened?

clubtech said:
Seems like everyone is with the Bell model but my questions is:
Have you guys installed another firmware than the factory one which caused this to happen?
Are you running Stock?
We need to try and narrow this down as i am seeing too many posts about this issue, and they are with the Bell model.
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I haven't flashed any 3rd party roms. I did do the official update via Keis which even at the store today they reminded me that I should do the update.. That update seemed to go well and has been working for over a week until I turned it off for an hour. It still isn't clear if the disabled 3 button mode is hardware or software related but we all seem to have that in common too. So before they dismiss the whole thing and we get hosed over technicalities such as unlocking it should be clear that there are clear defects in these phones as far as I can tell.
I want to be comfortable that I'm not left out of hundred of dollars just because I choose to buy it outright and not be tied to contracts. Samsung has to play nicely because it is their phone. Bell has to play nicely because they are bringing them in and distributing to retail. What carrier I use should be irrelevant because the problems are not related to usage.
FYI, the clerks went off for conference to decide if I somehow got the phone against policy. Either they trust my story or I got mine moments before they got the memo about not selling outright.

clubtech said:
Thanks. if it was pushed to you via Kies i assume you were running stock JH2.
So it just stopped booting out of the blue?
To the OP: have you install any firmware on your device before this happened?
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Same here, stock JH2 from Kies. Not rooted. Boots to Galaxy S logo, then black screen. Mine is sent in for repair... Almost two weeks now.
Seeing more and more of this being posted. There is obviously some issues with this phone.

clubtech said:
Thanks. if it was pushed to you via Kies i assume you were running stock JH2.
So it just stopped booting out of the blue?
To the OP: have you install any firmware on your device before this happened?
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Our posts crossed..
Yes I believe mine had the JH2, the official keis offered firmware. I was looking forward to the biggie update at the end of the month so wasn't about to risk bricking before then. Irony stepped in anyway.
I'm a bit nervous until I get a new one. At that point if the 3 button mode still doesn't work I'll remain nervous that I'll get another potential brick.
edit-> yes, I simply shut it down for an hour or two to use the SIM in another phone to test that phone. At next boot it died. I knew something was wrong when the logo stayed up for much longer.

I have the 3 buttons enabled so it is not related to the 3buttons being disabled, however when i boot into recovery it clearly displays an error that it can not find the internal SD.
There is definitely something wrong with the Bell Galaxy S corrupting itself.
I bought mine from an eBay seller, he is saying the phone booted fine when he shipped it but when i opened the box today i only got this black screen after logo.
Gladly the seller will take it back.
Maybe this is why there are shortages everywhere in Canada. I hope the caught this up and are fixing it with the new batch.

[Q] Phone problem

So I have a bell vibrant, however because of reasons not important here I got out of my 3 year contract with bell and I still have the phone. So I sign up with rogers, unlock the phone with a samsung app from the market, enter the APN settings and away I go. All is well for a few days. I try to use it and see it is frozen, i remove the battery and reboot. But it won't. Just says samsung and turns off. So I read and read here for several hours. I download what I believe to be the stock rom (labelled true stock) not caring if it is tmobile or bell or whoever as I will just change the settings (I'm more concerned with the phone working, figuring I can locate a better flash etc if required later) I use Odin, now the screen comes on says VIBRANT, samsung... and shuts off. I've tried EVERY button combo possible and cannot get the phone into download mode or ANY mode. Just that screen and off. If this problem is already here I do apologize but I have been reading and reading and I'm stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

i have noticed that the Tmobile vibrant doesn't have the same button layout as the bell vibrant... soooo..... please tell me this phone isnt garbage.

You might want to try the galaxy s forum. I think that has the same buttons as yours. Have you tried pulling the battery and putting it back in then holding volume up + down and inserting the USB cable (while holding the volume buttons) if this doesn't work I honestly don't know if your phone phone can be restored. But the international users would probably be more helpful than I am.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

I've tried every button combo. Best part.. the phone is new but since I'm out of contract with bell they wont service it... and because I didnt get the phone from rogers they wont service it..... I contacted samsung directly and are telling me to go to rogers. Only good news is i'll eventually get samsung to fix it but it gives me an excuse as to why i tried to fix it myself. I haven't posted in the other forum, didn't want to post in both places at once. But I will now... thanks.

[Q] rooted galaxy s4 stuck on at&t logo screen.

Hello everyone,
I have a galaxy s4 that I rooted. Not really sure who I went thru. Sorry I know thats not helpful. But it worked fine and I enjoyed it. But it stared to be sluggish and overheat, which killed my battey. So I deleted some apps and that worked alittle but still was acting up. So I figured I back up verything and save my files to my laptop and do a factory reset. well it went right to the downlod screen (odin mode) pulling the battery doesnt work and hard reset doesnt work. so i tryed rooting it again and that didn't work either. (Using odin and a new .tar) but after doing that it now goes to the at&t logo screen and freezes. it cant go into recovery mode but it will go back into odin mode. Im not sure what happened. I know its not bricked since it actually tries to start. Im just hoping someone out there knows anything i can do it get it to work again. Its only month and half old.8^( please help.

Do you know what firmware you're on? Is it mf3?

ziggityzac said:
Hello everyone,
I have a galaxy s4 that I rooted. Not really sure who I went thru. Sorry I know thats not helpful. But it worked fine and I enjoyed it. But it stared to be sluggish and overheat, which killed my battey. So I deleted some apps and that worked alittle but still was acting up. So I figured I back up verything and save my files to my laptop and do a factory reset. well it went right to the downlod screen (odin mode) pulling the battery doesnt work and hard reset doesnt work. so i tryed rooting it again and that didn't work either. (Using odin and a new .tar) but after doing that it now goes to the at&t logo screen and freezes. it cant go into recovery mode but it will go back into odin mode. Im not sure what happened. I know its not bricked since it actually tries to start. Im just hoping someone out there knows anything i can do it get it to work again. Its only month and half old.8^( please help.
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My friend I believe you have the MF3 firmware on your phone. You have pretty much crashed it all together now. My suggestion is take it to a Best Buy Samsung Experience Shop and sweet talk them into restoring it. They can do it, and they can do it for free.

agent929 said:
My friend I believe you have the MF3 firmware on your phone. You have pretty much crashed it all together now. My suggestion is take it to a Best Buy Samsung Experience Shop and sweet talk them into restoring it. They can do it, and they can do it for free.
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hhhmmmmm... im pretty good at sweet talking.. so they really can restore it? that would be awesome. i know where ill be going right after work now. i owe you a huge hug if this works haha ill post again when i get back from best buy. thanks for the advice man

Just remember it has to be a best buy with a Samsung Experience store in it. A regular best buy clerk/rep will have no clue what you're talking about.

xBeerdroiDx said:
Just remember it has to be a best buy with a Samsung Experience store in it. A regular best buy clerk/rep will have no clue what you're talking about.
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yea they sure dont.. I went into best buy and went right to the samsung kiosk but no1 was there and someone came over and told me to go to the best buy mobile and they said they cant do it. I guess ill sit around till someone smart shows up here.. haha

Samsung Note 4 Reactivation Issue!!? Please help me Anyone

Hi guys i just baught my first android device its a note 4 , i had never used a samsung phone before, it was a used one cuz the brand new was a little expensive for me, so i got this phone and used it like a weak or more but then i found his samsung account in settings so i tried to contavt him to remove it and i couldnt remove it myself, soni decided to do a factory reset , i got tutorial on google and when i resetted it everything was going great life was awesome ,
But when i connected it to wifi its just stuck there asking for a samsung account, i tried entering my samsung account and a friend's too so it is bricked , i cried like a little B*tch overnigbt and wokeup and now im posting on xda forums , everything is destroyed in my life except hope, maybe one day a great person who will read my story reply me and give me a solution, this little piece of crap is nothing more then a brick now, please gentle man help me,
Btw will downgrading help me? I think its on lollipop or marshmallow

alihassan1397 said:
Hi guys i just baught my first android device its a note 4 , i had never used a samsung phone before, it was a used one cuz the brand new was a little expensive for me, so i got this phone and used it like a weak or more but then i found his samsung account in settings so i tried to contavt him to remove it and i couldnt remove it myself, soni decided to do a factory reset , i got tutorial on google and when i resetted it everything was going great life was awesome ,
But when i connected it to wifi its just stuck there asking for a samsung account, i tried entering my samsung account and a friend's too so it is bricked , i cried like a little B*tch overnigbt and wokeup and now im posting on xda forums , everything is destroyed in my life except hope, maybe one day a great person who will read my story reply me and give me a solution, this little piece of crap is nothing more then a brick now, please gentle man help me,
Btw will downgrading help me? I think its on lollipop or marshmallow
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I am willing to bet the phone is not bricked.
Try switch it off, (remove battery and put back in if necessary).
Then all at same time press power on, volume down and home button. When it vibrates let the buttons go. this should get to download mode.
If you see that yellow triangle you can be saved.
Then you need to get a Stock rom from Sam Mobile, for your model of phone. SM910F ???
Download program called PC Odin.
The rest you will see on you tube etc. How do I flash stock rom on Galaxy note 4.
If your lucky you will have a perfectly good phone. :laugh:
Either way you have nothing to lose.. If Download mode can be reached, there is a fix for your phone.

Hey sorry for late reply,i just went to the "experts" who had somekind of "box" callef device and he fixed it for me , octopus box or something. So i sold the phone and got a moto x plau xt1562. I didnt like the touchwiz vibe anyway. Love the stock android experience.

note 4 died. good battery.rooted.service did nothing since it was rooted

so, this phone died for me in 2017, and have been in a drawer since then. then i thought why not ask. so long story short if i remember correctly: bought it new. i rooted it since all the cool kids do that. then i did some update i think. and then in the winter of 2017 in beginning it just started behaving weirdly for me and then it turned off and all kinds of shenanigans. cant restart using different methods, sometimes it blinks, sometimes that bios menu comes up. blabla. so i tried to send it to the local repairshop that the seller used. but since i had it rooted they refused to fix it. so now i have a phone that costed 600 euro + 70 euro in service cost and it doesnt work. and then its been in a drawer since then.
i took it out, had it and the battery in a freezer for a while like some has said on internet didnt work.
anyway. does anyone here know any tips? if i want to flash the room can that be possible? or is this a lost cause? was this a common problem with note 4? i loved it and it crushed my heart when it stopped working. i still have a few months of pics etc on it from back then that ive never been able to get out. i attached it to the computer now and the computer makes a sound but nothing more.
any tips?

darknessviking said:
so, this phone died for me in 2017, and have been in a drawer since then. then i thought why not ask. so long story short if i remember correctly: bought it new. i rooted it since all the cool kids do that. then i did some update i think. and then in the winter of 2017 in beginning it just started behaving weirdly for me and then it turned off and all kinds of shenanigans. cant restart using different methods, sometimes it blinks, sometimes that bios menu comes up. blabla. so i tried to send it to the local repairshop that the seller used. but since i had it rooted they refused to fix it. so now i have a phone that costed 600 euro + 70 euro in service cost and it doesnt work. and then its been in a drawer since then.
i took it out, had it and the battery in a freezer for a while like some has said on internet didnt work.
anyway. does anyone here know any tips? if i want to flash the room can that be possible? or is this a lost cause? was this a common problem with note 4? i loved it and it crushed my heart when it stopped working. i still have a few months of pics etc on it from back then that ive never been able to get out. i attached it to the computer now and the computer makes a sound but nothing more.
any tips?
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Sounds to me like either dead emmc or misconnection.
If it's just? misconnection there are tips (increasing the pressure by cardboard).
Can you access download mode?
Sometimes it shows there "dead emmc".
I somewhere read about a testing app.
Gotta search.
Where in Europe are you?
In the German Android-hilfe forum there is a member who fixes that.
Either exchanging the emmc or resoldering it.
If the chip is dead probably the data are lost.
afaik flashing the stock ROM deletes data.
It's a known problem, yes.

bmwdroid said:
Sounds to me like either dead emmc or misconnection.
If it's just? misconnection there are tips (increasing the pressure by cardboard).
Can you access download mode?
Sometimes it shows there "dead emmc".
I somewhere read about a testing app.
Gotta search.
Where in Europe are you?
In the German Android-hilfe forum there is a member who fixes that.
Either exchanging the emmc or resoldering it.
If the chip is dead probably the data are lost.
afaik flashing the stock ROM deletes data.
It's a known problem, yes.
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Excellent feedback and assessment @bmwdroid . Thank you for sharing.
I only wish to add that there is a way to flash Samsung firmware while keeping user data. Of course, this method wouldn't be effective when it comes to emmc hardware failure so Im posting it for general information purposes only.
If you have downloaded the firmware for your Samsung Galaxy device you’ll find 2 CSC binaries with *.tar.md5*extension (namely CSC and Home_CSC ) inside along with BL, AP, and CP.*CSC*and*HOME_CSC*are necessary for different purposes, and you have to choose one or the other depending on your goal.
CSC –*If you flash the CSC file, it’ll perform a*factory reset*of your Galaxy device and wipe all data while installing a new firmware to bring your device to the same*state as it was when you purchased it. Go with CSC if you want a*clean installation.
HOME_CSC*–* On the other hand, if you want to*keep your Samsung phone’s data and settings*even flashing the stock firmware, you can select the HOME_CSC file.