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.
I feel like this is a stupid question, but here we go anyway. I'm on an LS980 with TWRP 2.6.3.4.
I can boot into recovery just fine, as long as I use adb reboot recovery, or any of the methods to do a reboot to recovery from software. For the life of me, I can't get the volume down + power key combination to work. This would be no problem, except I'm stuck in a bootloop (my own fault), and can't get to either the software solution or ADB.
Yes, I've followed the directions in which you hold the two buttons, and when the LG logo appears, release and repress them both. I've done this about a million times now, in every different pattern and length of delay I can think of.
If I hold all 3 during boot, I get the "hardware control" screen, with a barcode and my IMEI at the bottom. Download mode, using volume up + plug in USB, works as well. Both volume keys have been functioning fine for controlling volume in software, so they are mechanically sound.
Is there any reason the keys might not work during boot? Is there any other way to reboot to recovery? My only idea is to push the stock image to the phone in download mode, and re-root, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Start with the phone powered all the way down (if you're bootlooping, hold the power button for maybe ~10s until there's a short buzz from the vibrator and the LG logo pops up, then hold it down for a few more seconds to power off).
Hold power+voldown until the LG logo appears. Release them then immediately push them again, and hold for a few seconds.
You'll get a 'Factory hard reset' screen that tells you to press Power to confirm you want to do a factory reset. Push Power a couple of times to confirm this. If you have a custom recovery installed, it won't erase anything, it'll just boot into recovery.
I just tried this, and it worked the first time.
Antinorm -
I'm familiar with that process, and have been trying it nonstop! Here's a video; maybe you could critique my technique?
You don't have to hold both buttons after the release.
1. Hold VolDn + Power until LG Logo appears.
2. Release both buttons for a few seconds
3. Hold only Power Btn
4. You get into Hard Reset
5. Push Power Btn 2 times (For executing reset)
After that the phone will boot into recovery.
Don't do this with plugged in USB cable I don't know why, but it doesn't work if you have a usb connection.
Nope, no luck using just the power button for the second press. Thank you, though! I'll write some more detail of what I see.
Initial state: the boot animation is looping.
I press and hold the power button.
The screen goes blank. I continue to hold the power button.
The LG logo reappears for a moment. If I were to release the power button before this point, the phone would restart.
I do not release the power button; I continue to hold it. The screen goes blank.
I now release the power button. This is the phone in its "off" state. If I plug it in to a power source, a battery charge icon and a percentage is displayed center-screen. Entering download mode from this state works. The phone is not plugged in.
I hold the power and VD buttons together. I've also tried pushing one first, then the other, in either combination.
The LG splash displays.
I release both buttons.
I wait an amount of time. I have tried various values from "as quick as I can move my fingers" to "a solid three-count".
I hold either both buttons (pressing them simultaneously), or just power, and wait.
Time passes.
GOTO 1
Does any of that sound wrong?
Weird. This method works for me. But getting into recovery was a bit of a hassle for me too at the beginning. Your doing seems to be ok... well seems like your only chance is adb right now.
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Un4s said:
seems like your only chance is adb right now.
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Do you know of any way to ADB without an OS booted or recovery? I don't!
IF your battery is low or almost gone - you can't enter in Recovery with those 2 buttons.
So just charge your battery. I'm using CWM 6.0.4.4 and phone charges battery in this mode. It's slowly, but at the end my battery was 100%.
Now I can go to Recovery with 2 button combo. No download mode for me, but I'll open a new topic for that.
roleohibachi said:
Do you know of any way to ADB without an OS booted or recovery? I don't!
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Whelp, sorry. Would have thought you can adb while in download mode. Turns out you can't.
Well i don't have a better idea than you with going stock and start from the beginning.
Hello guys,
Hope someone is able to help here.
I got Yotaphone 2 YD206 to my hands. It has problem with front screen staying always black. Rear screen says "Turn over the phone to set up". Cannot do it as front screen is always black.
Volume buttons work and power too. Also the phone rings if someone calls me. I can shut down long-pressing power button but device always restarts. I cannot enter download neither recovery mode. Power + VOL down or power + VOL up always reboots the device back to "Turn over the phone set up" -screen (text in rear screen).
I have flasher and Lollipop firmware files. But flasher says <waiting for device>. For me it seems issue with drivers. I have tried several usb drivers (WIN10 laptop) but still no luck. ADB devices command doesn't show any devices connected.
Any ideas? I believe someone might have a trick I have tried yet.
Thanks in advance!
Edit. After fighting hours and hours with flashing I decided to open the phone and found it was just simple hardware issue. LCD flex was disconnected...put it back and phone is alive.
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.
Hello everybody,
Since I tried to flash Lineage OS on my phone, I can't turn it on anymore. The screen is black, and when I press the power button the phone has short vibrations with an interval of approximately one second. When I press volume down + power it is the same, as well as with volume up + power.
When I connect the phone to my computer, again it vibrates at short intervals without being recognized by the computer. Finally, if I plug it in the charger, it also vibrates.
I can't access the fastboot mode or flash on twrp, I can't seem to do anything.
What is happening to my phone ? Did I brick t ?
Cheers and thank you.