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dont kno if im posting this in the correct section or not but can some one plz help? i was trying to flash the stock files for my samsung vibrant with odin, but it froze so i unplugged and tried to reboot my phone but the phone to pc screen came up. ive tried holding the volume buttons + power to get back to download mode, but it just reboots and goes back to it, can anybody help?
Did you hold the power button down till it disappears and then release the power button immediately as it disappears?
hadnt tryin releasing the power button right away but i just tried and still no luck
Johnz is right. To make sure, unplug & plug back in the usb cable, then hold down the volume keys & power, wait till the screen flashes to black, then release power.
Unplug and pull the battery.
Install battery.
While holding both volume buttons, plug in usb cable.
Have odin ready to go, it seems to help. The phone should power up directly to download mode, once odin sees it, hit start.
i dont get what im doing wrong because ive tried what u guys said but after the screen flashes black when it comes back on its the phone to pc screen. ive also noticed that if i pull the battery while the usb cord is connected the phone stays on at that screen until i remove the usb cord, is that normal?
i just read that if the normal ways dont work that means ur phone is hardware locked. looks like im gonna have to try to send it back to tmobile and hope for the best
Try the above, but also hold the home key. I did the exact same as you, and this enabled me to get back to download mode, so I could Odin.
1) Remove battery, SIM, and sd card.
2) Plug in USB Cable.
3) Hold down Vol +/- as well as home.
4) Press power button for 2 seconds, then release.
This should get you into download mode. Then you can Odin back to whatever you were intending to do.
thanx for all the help guys but nothing seems to be working for me
Just throwing out an update incase anyone was wondering, I got my replacement phone yesterday and it turned out to be hardware locked as well. Tried to flash the fix for it and it failed and bricked my phone! So after calling tmobile they will be sending me another replacement and hopefully that one wont be locked as well
I had the same problem trying to get into Download Mode, I got into download mode and using ODIN tried to flash update. The process was stick for 10 min.
So I unplugged USB and got this phone to PC icon. All I had to do to fix it was to go into download mode again by holding both vol +/- keys and pressing power button until screen goes black then release the power button as soon as the screen went black. If you hold the button longer it will go into recovery mode. Then open ODIN again and re-connect USB and ODIN will detect COM port. However you have to make sure that all samsung usb drivers are installed. That is it. Then flash the update and you all set. The phone will reboot and you are back up and runing.
ttabbal said:
Unplug and pull the battery.
Install battery.
While holding both volume buttons, plug in usb cable.
Have odin ready to go, it seems to help. The phone should power up directly to download mode, once odin sees it, hit start.
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there is another way to this method, that works on any vibrant i've tried it on and also the captivates, had to help a friend restore his yesterday.
remove battery, sd and sim cards
plug in usb cable to pc and phone
hold down the volume buttons only
pop in the battery
if it comes up to the battery charging icon, pull the battery and put it back in again, should go right into download mode.
again, this works on any vibrant i've tried it on, and the captivate as well, good luck.
Anyone run into this? Did a search on the forum but got nothing...
This is what I am following
Step 1.) Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Step 2.) Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Step 3.) Leave all check boxes the way they are. Do NOT check the repartition box.
Step 4.) Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Step 5.) Click the PDA button and select T959UVJI6.tar and then click Start
This true?
STEPS:
1. Power down phone with no USB cable connected.
2. Once you see “good bye” connect USB cable.
3. Wait till battery indicator is visible, and you can see the current charge in green.
4. Hold vol+ and vol-.
5. Press power until screen goes black, then let go of power only.
6. Should see the yellow digger.
7. Once your in download mode open up Odin v1.3:
8. Uplug your USB Cable and plug it back in until you see a Green COM port show in Odin
9. Check PDA under Files [downloaded]
10. Press PDA button and point this to the .tar file extracted from the firmware update. (T959UVJI5(FUS).tar)
11. Press Start and be patient you will see progress bars on your phone and in Odin if all is working properly.
http://www.molotovbliss.com/android...amsung-galaxy-s-vibrant-gps-fix-without-keis/
Whats the phone usb setting suppose to be? I've tried Media player, mass storage and samsung Kies with no luck.
It doesn't matter what your phone's USB settings are. You have to make sure you have the Samsung drivers loaded on your PC. And, you have to make sure you're in download mode. Here's the process the I follow (copied from somewhere on here I'm sure, sorry I can't give proper credit), it's worked for me every time:
1. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file from the ROM you want to flash.
2. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file from the ROM you want to flash.
3. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
4. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
5. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.
6. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasn't, unplug and plug your phone back in (I always have to do this).
7. Don't select any options other than what's set at default unless the particular ROM's instructions say otherwise.
8. Hit Start and be patient, it takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.
NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute:
9a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
9b. CLOSE ODIN
9c. Start at step 1 again.
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It doesn't matter what your phone's USB settings are. You have to make sure you have the Samsung drivers loaded on your PC. And, you have to make sure you're in download mode. Here's the process the I follow (copied from somewhere on here I'm sure, sorry I can't give proper credit), it's worked for me every time:
1. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file from the ROM you want to flash.
2. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file from the ROM you want to flash.
3. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
4. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
5. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.
6. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasn't, unplug and plug your phone back in (I always have to do this).
7. Don't select any options other than what's set at default unless the particular ROM's instructions say otherwise.
8. Hit Start and be patient, it takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.
NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute:
9a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
9b. CLOSE ODIN
9c. Start at step 1 again.
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Thanks a lot.
In my case the phone is recognised by Odin 1.3 only in recovery mode. When I get into a Download mode no yellow com message and I can disconnect and reconnect as many times as I want to no avail. And I have USB drivers installed and I can do "adb reboot download" as well. This is when I do all this with the phone off. When I do it with the phone on, it will be recognised by the Odin, but after I choose the pit and the rom and click the "Start" it will go int SetupConnection and then "All threads completed (succeed 0/failed 1)
Seems like I am having trouble even getting into the download mode the phone just boots up as regular, trying to reinstall samsung drivers right now.
now I am getting this
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
grRRRRR
Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.
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Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.
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Try this plug the usb cable into the computer with you phone off hold vol up + down and plug usb into the phone .
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Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.
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I had problems with ODIN my first time too. First of all, are you running windows 7? If so you need to download and install the correct drivers. There is a thread on xda with both the 32 and 64 bit drivers. Another thing, I have readwhat seems like a dozen different methods for getting into download mode, but only ONE has ever worked. Plug your phone up to your computer and wait for the battery charging icon to completely show up... THEN hold down both volume buttons and power on. Let go of ONLY the power button when the screen goes black. A few secs later you should be in download mode. As for ODIN not seeing your phone it really sounds like you just need the drivers installed. Make sure "usb debugging" is turned on in settings> applications> development. One other thing to note, once in download mode with ODIN up and running you MUST unplug your device from the usb then plug it back in. Once you do this ODIN should see your phone. Now you should be good to go! I hope this helps and good luck!
Tried that, tried this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY
No luck, this is really frustrating argh
I can get into download mode and my drivers that I have downloaded from Samsung site allow me to do adb shell stuff. So I assume that the driver is OK.
But no luck being recognised by Odin and only in the Download mode.
Really strange.
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I had problems with ODIN my first time too. First of all, are you running windows 7? If so you need to download and install the correct drivers. There is a thread on xda with both the 32 and 64 bit drivers. Another thing, I have readwhat seems like a dozen different methods for getting into download mode, but only ONE has ever worked. Plug your phone up to your computer and wait for the battery charging icon to completely show up... THEN hold down both volume buttons and power on. Let go of ONLY the power button when the screen goes black. A few secs later you should be in download mode. As for ODIN not seeing your phone it really sounds like you just need the drivers installed. Make sure "usb debugging" is turned on in settings> applications> development. One other thing to note, once in download mode with ODIN up and running you MUST unplug your device from the usb then plug it back in. Once you do this ODIN should see your phone. Now you should be good to go! I hope this helps and good luck!
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Yeah I am on 7 64 bit, installed the samsung 64 bit drivers. I will try this 2-3 times I guess. I hear some newer vibrants are locked from using hardware keys to get into download mode.... true?
ludeboye said:
Yeah I am on 7 64 bit, installed the samsung 64 bit drivers. I will try this 2-3 times I guess. I hear some newer vibrants are locked from using hardware keys to get into download mode.... true?
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Honestly I wouldnt mess with a hw locked phone . You should try to get it replaced . There is an adb command to get to download mode if you want to try that .
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When I first used ODIN, it didnt recognize my phone either. After open device manager on my pc (windows vista), I saw that I was missing a Gadget Serial Control driver. I had a lot of trouble finding it, but read in an android forum that Samsung NPS was needed to use ODIN. I dont think that is true, but I installed it and found that I had all my needed drivers. JI6 flashed without a problem at all.
As far as d/l mode. I removed sd and sim cards. Have USB plugged into computer with ODIN opened. hold Vol + and vol - simultaneously while plugging the USB into the phone. D/L mode should come up automagically. If it doesn't, you will need to find the thread on how to go into it via ADB.
Hope this helps...
Another option is remove battery press and hold volume up and down plug in usb put in battery and the phone should go into download mode
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If you're not using Odin3 version 1.3 you should give that a try. Seems more stable to me, others say the same. See forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026 (I can't post a working link since I'm a newbie here).
Odlin recognizes my phone no problem, I think its hardware locked "3 button issue" that prevents me to get into download mode. Now I need to figure outif its possible to get into download mode without pressing buttons.
Ok if you can use abd to get to download mode tar file has been created today that fixes hw locked phones Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=802763&page=2
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So I tried Odin and was going back to stock. Odin was going for over an hour and no progress was being shown. So what I read is to restart the process. So I took out the battery and went to get into Download Mode again. So my guess is the something was actually still writing even after an hour...or Odin wrote something bad at the beginning and then died.
Well now my phone only goes to the Screen showing a Phone --- ! ---- Computer. I have tried many tricks listed on this site. Take out the battery, hookup the USB, hold down up and down volume, and then put the battery back in...nothing. Tried many things like this.
ADB doesn't see the device.
Any thoughts?
Umbricking
If you can get into samsung recovery try wiping user data.
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If you can get into samsung recovery try wiping user data.
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For the Vibrant is that up+down+power? I have tried so many combos.
Thanks.
Take Out The USB Cord
Hold The Volume Up And Down Buttons
Plug In USB While Holding The Buttons
If You See Download Mode Again
Restart ODIN
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Take Out The USB Cord
Hold The Volume Up And Down Buttons
Plug In USB While Holding The Buttons
If You See Download Mode Again
Restart ODIN
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Still have the Phone --!-- PC image only. Comes right up immediately.
Try
1) pull the battery
2) plug in micro usb
3) hold down both vol buttons
4) pop in battery
I am having the exact same problem. When I tried to odin back to stock, it got stuck on cache.rfs. So i took out the battery, and get back into download mode, , but odin didn't see the phone after I plug the USB back in. So i restart odin, and it assign a com port. When I click start after specifying the pit and tar file. It would just get stuck at cache.rfs again.
I am not able to get into recovery, and I just see the <computer ! phone>. or I can get into download mode with the key combinations. but odin wouldn't flash, and i can't boot regularly. Please help.
This is happened to me as well. I was trying for hours to get ODIN to flash the tar file but it would either freeze or fail. Eventually I tried another computer and started from scratch by downloading the USB Drivers, ODIN, the PIT and TAR file again. In my case it turned out to be my computer, using another computer successfully flashed teh stock rom and later the manual ota update.
Is Your Vibrant Hardware Locked?
Sounds Like it, If It Is, Your Screwed..Sorry
nvm, i finally got it to flashed back to stock. it wouldn't work until I finally found the odin v1.52. it flashed as soon as I use that version of odin. btw..I don't think mine is hardware locked, since i am normally able to get into recovery or download mode by using the key combination. Thanks
Currently on 10/15 pacman rom.
Flashed mja modem to see if theres a difference
flashed successfully but no improvements, used it for maybe 15 minutes
Decided to go back to mf9 or whatever
Powered down the phone like normal, through the power menu.
Cant turn it back on, cant go into download, no led when plugged into the wall
Computer recognizes device connected/disconnected
Odin does not recognize device
I think its dead....... :/
Ill take suggestions, but morale is low.
EDIT: odin sees it, but I dont think i can enter download mode. If i remove the battary, reinsert it, and plug the usb in ,ODIN sees it right away, but cant flash things. If i hold the power button while connected, after a few seconds the device will reset, dissapear from odin, and reappear
EDIT 2: device manager shows device "QHSUSB_DLOAD"
yeah, i think its dead...
badname said:
Currently on 10/15 pacman rom.
Flashed mja modem to see if theres a difference
flashed successfully but no improvements, used it for maybe 15 minutes
Decided to go back to mf9 or whatever
Powered down the phone like normal, through the power menu.
Cant turn it back on, cant go into download, no led when plugged into the wall
Computer recognizes device connected/disconnected
Odin does not recognize device
I think its dead....... :/
Ill take suggestions, but morale is low.
EDIT: odin sees it, but I dont think i can enter download mode. If i remove the battary, reinsert it, and plug the usb in ,ODIN sees it right away, but cant flash things. If i hold the power button while connected, after a few seconds the device will reset, dissapear from odin, and reappear
EDIT 2: device manager shows device "QHSUSB_DLOAD"
yeah, i think its dead...
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you can only flash an mja modem on top of an mja modem. from what I've read there isn't a way to downgrade mja yet but there should be soon. Try flashing something like TriForce 4.0 and get back to us.
Did you try booting into download mode by holding the power down and home keys at the same time from a powered off setting?
Hi everybody!
I'm having a weird problem with my S4 i9505 device, i left it charging on the sofa for about an hour while i went to pick up my son from nursery and when I came back the phone was unresponsive with the LED stuck on blue with a weird kind of glow about it :/ and very hot - front and back.
The lock/power button did nothing, and neither did the home button so I pulled the battery and left it out for 4/5 minutes before putting it back in. I tried turning the phone back on - nothing. the handset gave a short vibrate then six seconds later vibrated again. Nothing on screen, capacitive buttons or LED notification and while in this state does not get recognized by my computer (Win 7 64bit all drivers fine).
I cannot boot the device into download mode (volume down + home key and power).
I cannot boot into TWRP which was installed way before this crash (volume up + home key and power).
If i plug device into wall charger it goes back to the blank screen with blue LED, HOWEVER in this state my computer will recognise it in Odin!
What I've tried doing.
While in this "blue LED state" and it being recognized in Odin i've tried flashing official firmware, official firmware with PIT file, flashing CWM and TWRP.
Everything I do gives me the message that its failed via Odin
My device was previously running I9505_-_Official_Google_Edition_4.4_by_Jamal2367_v4.0 nice clean install done by the book (davlik wiped cache wiped, basically a new handset totally fresh and clean) if thats any help to anyone.
Been racking my brains for the last few days trying to fix it but no luck
Dan
dan_noble said:
Hi everybody!
I'm having a weird problem with my S4 i9505 device, i left it charging on the sofa for about an hour while i went to pick up my son from nursery and when I came back the phone was unresponsive with the LED stuck on blue with a weird kind of glow about it :/ and very hot - front and back.
The lock/power button did nothing, and neither did the home button so I pulled the battery and left it out for 4/5 minutes before putting it back in. I tried turning the phone back on - nothing. the handset gave a short vibrate then six seconds later vibrated again. Nothing on screen, capacitive buttons or LED notification and while in this state does not get recognized by my computer (Win 7 64bit all drivers fine).
I cannot boot the device into download mode (volume down + home key and power).
I cannot boot into TWRP which was installed way before this crash (volume up + home key and power).
If i plug device into wall charger it goes back to the blank screen with blue LED, HOWEVER in this state my computer will recognise it in Odin!
What I've tried doing.
While in this "blue LED state" and it being recognized in Odin i've tried flashing official firmware, official firmware with PIT file, flashing CWM and TWRP.
Everything I do gives me the message that its failed via Odin
My device was previously running I9505_-_Official_Google_Edition_4.4_by_Jamal2367_v4.0 nice clean install done by the book (davlik wiped cache wiped, basically a new handset totally fresh and clean) if thats any help to anyone.
Been racking my brains for the last few days trying to fix it but no luck
Dan
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Hi there,
When you say its failing in Odin whilst plugged into the charger I assume you are able to put the phone into download mode in order for odin to work correctly?
Have you checked that there is no issue with the battery itself i.e Is it Swollen - HERE
CarlM34 said:
Hi there,
When you say its failing in Odin whilst plugged into the charger I assume you are able to put the phone into download mode in order for odin to work correctly?
Have you checked that there is no issue with the battery itself i.e Is it Swollen -
Thanks for the fast reply!
I don't know if it is in download mode - there's nothing to confirm on screen that it is but in Odin message box it says "<ID:0/003>Added!!"
The batter appears fine, I havent got access to another device to check though.
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dan_noble said:
CarlM34 said:
Hi there,
When you say its failing in Odin whilst plugged into the charger I assume you are able to put the phone into download mode in order for odin to work correctly?
Have you checked that there is no issue with the battery itself i.e Is it Swollen -
Thanks for the fast reply!
I don't know if it is in download mode - there's nothing to confirm on screen that it is but in Odin message box it says "<ID:0/003>Added!!"
The batter appears fine, I havent got access to another device to check though.
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Try pulling the battery again and wait atleast 4 to 5 minutes and put it back , then Hold Power+Volume down in order to reach download mode, if the screen is black while your in Download mode it seems that your phone might be needed to send to repair. but if you can actually see the green android with your screen then reflash the stock rom for your phone.
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dan_noble said:
CarlM34 said:
Hi there,
When you say its failing in Odin whilst plugged into the charger I assume you are able to put the phone into download mode in order for odin to work correctly?
Have you checked that there is no issue with the battery itself i.e Is it Swollen -
Thanks for the fast reply!
I don't know if it is in download mode - there's nothing to confirm on screen that it is but in Odin message box it says "<ID:0/003>Added!!"
The batter appears fine, I havent got access to another device to check though.
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Odin will recognise the fact that a device has been plugged in even if its not in download mode.
Can you completely turn your phone off and leave it for a couple of minutes?
Leave unplugged from PC - Sort Odin out with firmware and let it check md5 etc
Then put in download mode - Volume down + Power (I know you cannot see screen) till you feel it vibrate and keep hold for about a second. Let go and then volume up............
Plug phone intoPC and let Odin see it again and start Odin:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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CarlM34 said:
dan_noble said:
Odin will recognise the fact that a device has been plugged in even if its not in download mode.
Can you completely turn your phone off and leave it for a couple of minutes?
Leave unplugged from PC - Sort Odin out with firmware and let it check md5 etc
Then put in download mode - Volume down + Power (I know you cannot see screen) till you feel it vibrate and keep hold for about a second. Let go and then volume up............
Plug phone intoPC and let Odin see it again and start Odin:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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hi when you take out your battery can it be that the battery is swollen or does it appear to be normal size
in case it seems to be swollen read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570608
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i hope this gets fixed for you soon buddy! sucks to have a broken phone xD
CarlM34 said:
dan_noble said:
Odin will recognise the fact that a device has been plugged in even if its not in download mode.
Can you completely turn your phone off and leave it for a couple of minutes?
Leave unplugged from PC - Sort Odin out with firmware and let it check md5 etc
Then put in download mode - Volume down + Power (I know you cannot see screen) till you feel it vibrate and keep hold for about a second. Let go and then volume up............
Plug phone intoPC and let Odin see it again and start Odin:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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Tried this and no luck. Odin will only recognize the device is plugged in if its in the "blue LED state"
If i power up normal, recovery mode or download mode the phone behaves the same way each time - short vibrate then 6 seconds later another short vibrate
I don't understand why Odin would pick it up ONLY when its in this state!? And even when the device shows as being connected it won't do anything at all
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CarlM34 said:
Tried this and no luck. Odin will only recognize the device is plugged in if its in the "blue LED state"
If i power up normal, recovery mode or download mode the phone behaves the same way each time - short vibrate then 6 seconds later another short vibrate
I don't understand why Odin would pick it up ONLY when its in this state!? And even when the device shows as being connected it won't do anything at all
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Strange indeed mate......May be worth trying to borrow another battery (if you know someone with one?). As I mentioned and also above it could be battery related.....I really have no other suggestions at the moment mate, Sorry
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CarlM34 said:
dan_noble said:
Odin will recognise the fact that a device has been plugged in even if its not in download mode.
Can you completely turn your phone off and leave it for a couple of minutes?
Leave unplugged from PC - Sort Odin out with firmware and let it check md5 etc
Then put in download mode - Volume down + Power (I know you cannot see screen) till you feel it vibrate and keep hold for about a second. Let go and then volume up............
Plug phone intoPC and let Odin see it again and start Odin:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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Acer4605 said:
CarlM34 said:
hi when you take out your battery can it be that the battery is swollen or does it appear to be normal size
in case it seems to be swollen read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570608
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Battery seems fine - no swelling or bulges - nothing I'd kinda hoped it was that! At least then it would have been problem solved!
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CarlM34 said:
Acer4605 said:
Battery seems fine - no swelling or bulges - nothing I'd kinda hoped it was that! At least then it would have been problem solved!
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Then I am not sure.......You may be able to take it for repair and hope that its a hardware issue and they do not delve into the Status of the phone too much?
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dan_noble said:
CarlM34 said:
Acer4605 said:
Battery seems fine - no swelling or bulges - nothing I'd kinda hoped it was that! At least then it would have been problem solved!
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Sorry but, how do you get blue LED state? Just powering on the device? I get blue led state when finish charging or a notification enters...
Anyway, consider that odin will recognize the phone even if it is working and operative, not only in download mode, so the fact odin recognizes it doesn't mean you are in download mode. If you try to flash in a different mode than download mode, it will fail. So, you are not able to flash anything even if odin is recognizing the device; only if you are sure you are in download mode will.
Do you see in any moment anything in the screen? Every sympthom you are describing seem as screen doesn't work but all the rest of the device is working fine. Consider it is very difficult to enter in download mode with no control messages on the screen such as samsung logo, and so on... and then entering in download mode by pressing vol up.
Two possibles issues on my opinion:
1) any problem in the software doesn't allow you to see the screen. If so, try very carefully entering in download mode and flash a stock 4.3 (because I am not sure if you still have knox bootloader or not, if so, flashing a 4.2.2 will fail) with Odin 3.09 (be sure you have installed on your PC Kies 3 so that yoi are sure you have last drivers). To be sure you enter in download mode: take off your battery, and put it back; pwr+home+vol down (three buttons) during 3 or 4 seconds; then release fingers and push vol up, then connect the usb cable while odin is launched and see if odin see the phone (if so, flash; if don't, you are not in download mode or you are not able to enter in it, try some times if so).
2) Screen or screen PCB broken -> repairing SAT
Tell us back.
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jaswinky said:
dan_noble said:
CarlM34 said:
Sorry but, how do you get blue LED state? Just powering on the device? I get blue led state when finish charging or a notification enters...
Anyway, consider that odin will recognize the phone even if it is working and operative, not only in download mode, so the fact odin recognizes it doesn't mean you are in download mode. If you try to flash in a different mode than download mode, it will fail. So, you are not able to flash anything even if odin is recognizing the device; only if you are sure you are in download mode will.
Do you see in any moment anything in the screen? Every sympthom you are describing seem as screen doesn't work but all the rest of the device is working fine. Consider it is very difficult to enter in download mode with no control messages on the screen such as samsung logo, and so on... and then entering in download mode by pressing vol up.
Two possibles issues on my opinion:
1) any problem in the software doesn't allow you to see the screen. If so, try very carefully entering in download mode and flash a stock 4.3 (because I am not sure if you still have knox bootloader or not, if so, flashing a 4.2.2 will fail) with Odin 3.09 (be sure you have installed on your PC Kies 3 so that yoi are sure you have last drivers). To be sure you enter in download mode: take off your battery, and put it back; pwr+home+vol down (three buttons) during 3 or 4 seconds; then release fingers and push vol up, then connect the usb cable while odin is launched and see if odin see the phone (if so, flash; if don't, you are not in download mode or you are not able to enter in it, try some times if so).
2) Screen or screen PCB broken -> repairing SAT
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If I power up the device without charging cable plugged in i get blank screen single vibrate about 5 seconds after holding power button and no LED.
If i insert usb cable into computer while device is OFF i get blank screen, single vibrate no LED and "my computer" device manager and Odin shows nothing connected
If i insert wall charger while device is OFF i get vibrate then after 6 seconds vibrate again then after 30 seconds or so the blue LED comes on. Now if i remove the phone from the wall charger in this state - still with the blue LED on it shows up in Device manager as Portable Devices - Samsung Mobile MTP device and shows up in Odin.
I haven't got the locked Knox bootloader, I was running 4.4 google play edition at the time of the crash with TWRP custom recovery
Ive tried using Odin 1.85 and Odin 3.04 and nothing works, I will try with 3.09 and report back but I'm not holding my breath.
On a side note I had a similar problem with the Galaxy note n7000 and I fixed that by rewriting the file partitions in CMD, could this work here do you think?
If the device can be found in device manager then I should be able to get into ADB right?
*UPDATE* I followed your instructions above and Odin 3.09 actually got me further than before
This time after checking the MD5 it flashed a stock rom 4.3. the device reset itself and made the tingly loadup noise but still with a blank screen. When I flashed the ROM I also flashed the PIT just in case (opinion on that?)
Now when I charge the device i get a red LED and not long after it turns green. Is that safe to assume that my battery is now fully charged?
Now I'm leaning more towards a hardware failure and my screen has gone I've never had a problem with the screen at all so I find this very strange that the screen could have died? Also I've taken the phone apart checked all ribbon connectors were in place and everything is fine, I didnt notice anything untoward with the screen (don't know what i was meant to be looking for mind! fire damage?! black soot?! blown out cables?! Not a clue?!)
But at least I'm running stock which should make trouble shooting a bit easier.
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dan_noble said:
jaswinky said:
dan_noble said:
If I power up the device without charging cable plugged in i get blank screen single vibrate about 5 seconds after holding power button and no LED.
If i insert usb cable into computer while device is OFF i get blank screen, single vibrate no LED and "my computer" device manager and Odin shows nothing connected
If i insert wall charger while device is OFF i get vibrate then after 6 seconds vibrate again then after 30 seconds or so the blue LED comes on. Now if i remove the phone from the wall charger in this state - still with the blue LED on it shows up in Device manager as Portable Devices - Samsung Mobile MTP device and shows up in Odin.
I haven't got the locked Knox bootloader, I was running 4.4 google play edition at the time of the crash with TWRP custom recovery
Ive tried using Odin 1.85 and Odin 3.04 and nothing works, I will try with 3.09 and report back but I'm not holding my breath.
On a side note I had a similar problem with the Galaxy note n7000 and I fixed that by rewriting the file partitions in CMD, could this work here do you think?
If the device can be found in device manager then I should be able to get into ADB right?
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Blue led could be because you have the battery full charged.
Adb only if you have USB debugging mode checked.
Odin 3.09 was created for i9505 specifically, you must obligatory use this version to flash roms, otherwise you can get impredecible results.
As i said before, even Odin recognizes your phone, if you are not in download mode, it will fail, so it is critical to be sure you are in download mode, you must forget blue led state and so on and concentrate to be sure you are entering in download mode: unplug all charging and data cables, be sure you have the phone off (you can only be sure of this by taking off the battery and putting it back again), three keys combination for 3-4 seconds, volume up key, plug in the data cable and check on pc if Odin 3.09 recognizes it, if so, flash the stock official ROM you consider.
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