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I have a phone I am fixing for a friend, so I don't have a complete accurate history of what happened, so please bare with me.
Basically, you put the battery in and it boots right to download mode (Factory Mode), no power button required. I can then reboot it using the power, hold down the Vol-Down button and then I am prompted if I want to enter D/L mode, in which you can use Vol-Down to cancel and it boots like normal.
I have tried the following, nothing fixes it!
Factory Wipe
Root using CF-Auto Root
Every Key Combination Possible on Boot
Odin Stock Install
Kies Upgrade (just stalls on that)
It was not rooted when I got it, and now it is. I haven't installed any recovery yet, but am willing too. It has possible water damage, so it ain't going back to the store anytime soon. I can't even get USB Debugging to appear that it is connected, nor will ADB recognize it. But the USB is working and read/writing.
This isn't my first time working with this sort of stuff, I am just at my wits end, plus I'm a Sony/HTC/LG person, so if there is something I am missing with this wonderful(ly crappy) bootloader, let me know.
Thanks in advance!
shroomun said:
I have a phone I am fixing for a friend, so I don't have a complete accurate history of what happened, so please bare with me.
Basically, you put the battery in and it boots right to download mode (Factory Mode), no power button required. I can then reboot it using the power, hold down the Vol-Down button and then I am prompted if I want to enter D/L mode, in which you can use Vol-Down to cancel and it boots like normal.
I have tried the following, nothing fixes it!
Factory Wipe
Root using CF-Auto Root
Every Key Combination Possible on Boot
Odin Stock Install
Kies Upgrade (just stalls on that)
It was not rooted when I got it, and now it is. I haven't installed any recovery yet, but am willing too. It has possible water damage, so it ain't going back to the store anytime soon. I can't even get USB Debugging to appear that it is connected, nor will ADB recognize it. But the USB is working and read/writing.
This isn't my first time working with this sort of stuff, I am just at my wits end, plus I'm a Sony/HTC/LG person, so if there is something I am missing with this wonderful(ly crappy) bootloader, let me know.
Thanks in advance!
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If you can hold the vol-down and home button when you boot it up and get into Odin mode you should be about to flash the stock MD5 for your phone. Stock Canadian Odin files here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269304
Also make sure to use the lastest version of Odin, 3.07 I believe. After you are done flashing with Odin you will have to boot into Recovery (vol-up when booting) and do a factory reset. This has always fixed any boot problems with my phone.
Jdiesel87 said:
If you can hold the vol-down and home button when you boot it up and get into Odin mode you should be about to flash the stock MD5 for your phone. Stock Canadian Odin files here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269304
Also make sure to use the lastest version of Odin, 3.07 I believe. After you are done flashing with Odin you will have to boot into Recovery (vol-up when booting) and do a factory reset. This has always fixed any boot problems with my phone.
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So did you go into settings, more, developer mode to check usb/debug?
USB debugging isn't required to flash the Odin MD5. One thing I did notice is that you should boot into Odin download mode before connecting your USB cable. I was having issues with Odin not detecting my phone and waiting to connect the USB cable solved that.
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sloanster said:
So did you go into settings, more, developer mode to check usb/debug?
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Duh...
I was referring going to adb fastboot
see the thing is that flashing did work fine, it just didn't fix the problem. I guess in Samsung terms I am stuck in Odin download mode when turning the phone on. This is why I wanted to see of I could push some standard reboot command via adb to see of it would "jig" it into place, but no matter what I try it always boots into download mode first.
and yes, I did turn on usb debugging
shroomun said:
see the thing is that flashing did work fine, it just didn't fix the problem. I guess in Samsung terms I am stuck in Odin download mode when turning the phone on. This is why I wanted to see of I could push some standard reboot command via adb to see of it would "jig" it into place, but no matter what I try it always boots into download mode first.
and yes, I did turn on usb debugging
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Could you have bent pins maybe where you plug it in? Its doing exactly what a jig would do..
TheAxman said:
Could you have bent pins maybe where you plug it in? Its doing exactly what a jig would do..
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Nothing is wrong with the pins, USB is working fine and can be used in any other mode. I got ADB finally, I guess it was just not playing nice with me before. However, still anything I try the bloody thing still insists on booting first into download mode.
Just an update, it is still booting into download mode, tried a couple different stocks and still no good result. Anyone suggest any of the options in Odin might help work? Like F Reset Time or Phone EFS Clear?
shroomun said:
Just an update, it is still booting into download mode, tried a couple different stocks and still no good result. Anyone suggest any of the options in Odin might help work? Like F Reset Time or Phone EFS Clear?
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I have seen this elsewhere, one guy suggested, using Keis, and it took him 2-3 times to get the stock to stick.
As far as checking those items in odin, could brick the phone. he also said, he got nowhere using odin in this situation.
Have you tried maybe flashing a recovery via odin? could be the recovery is corrupt.
what does this mean: in which you can use Vol-Down to cancel and it boots like normal. <<< Can you boot to the OS?
I can imagine your frustration here...good luck.
I did try Kies and it would keep getting stuck at 10% (I let it sit overnight) so I had no luck with that...
Have you tried maybe flashing a recovery via odin? could be the recovery is corrupt.
what does this mean: in which you can use Vol-Down to cancel and it boots like normal. <<< Can you boot to the OS?
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Yes, I have gone from stock recovery to CMW and back to Stock and still nothing. As for you other question, yes, I can boot into Android. The downside is I can't turn the phone off unless the battery is pulled out. This is why I bought an HTC One and not an S4 lol .. thank god this isn't my phone, but it is frustrating because of all the things I've tried to do to fix it.
Hey Guys,
My Phone is completely stock and i have not installed any firmware but last night my Phone suddenly entered a boot loop which woke me up.
At that moment i just pulled the battery. But this morning my Phone wouldn`t start anymore, it just shows the logo
What i tried:
Boot into recovery: No go, it just displays the blue text booting into recovery
Normaal boot: No go, just shows the samsung logo.
Tried emergengy recovery via samsung kies tool: It ends succesfully with the same result, no boot
What else can i try without voiding warranty?
I want to try anything i can before sending it back to the store because that will take a few weeks before i have a phone again
maddog_rvo said:
Hey Guys,
My Phone is completely stock and i have not installed any firmware but last night my Phone suddenly entered a boot loop which woke me up.
At that moment i just pulled the battery. But this morning my Phone wouldn`t start anymore, it just shows the logo
What i tried:
Boot into recovery: No go, it just displays the blue text booting into recovery
Normaal boot: No go, just shows the samsung logo.
Tried emergengy recovery via samsung kies tool: It ends succesfully with the same result, no boot
What else can i try without voiding warranty?
I want to try anything i can before sending it back to the store because that will take a few weeks before i have a phone again
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It should go to stock recovery
Power off unplug
Press volume up home plus power together till Samsung logo come and u should have recovery
Then wipe cache and reboot
If this firn not wrk try wipe factory reset and wipe cache and see
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123hiten said:
It should go to stock recovery
Power off unplug
Press volume up home plus power together till Samsung logo come and u should have recovery
Then wipe cache and reboot
If this firn not wrk try wipe factory reset and wipe cache and see
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Just tried a couple more times, remove battery, replace it. Then hold power / vol up and home buttons.
It shows the samsung logo with blue text in the top left saying "RECOVERY BOOTING....." after 10minutes it still shows the same screen, it just won`t continue
This time i really waited 10 minutes but still nothing
HI! i have exectly same problem.,,,, anybody help....
Are u able to get it in download mode? same thing beside volume down instead of up
Tunestwo said:
Are u able to get it in download mode? same thing beside volume down instead of up
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yes, and in this mode i can flash phone with recovery and all other stuff but cant enter to recovery mode and also it still in bootloop
mxmone said:
yes, and in this mode i can flash phone with recovery and all other stuff but cant enter to recovery mode and also it still in bootloop
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Well i only wanted to know yes, or no. Though you can flash the stock rom with odin. Maybe u can give that a shot?
Tunestwo said:
Well i only wanted to know yes, or no. Though you can flash the stock rom with odin. Maybe u can give that a shot?
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that exacly what i trying to do...but cannot download stock image..
mxmone said:
that exacly what i trying to do...but cannot download stock image..
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How so?
Tunestwo said:
How so?
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its something about 1.6gb and can be downloaded only from hotfile...
mxmone said:
its something about 1.6gb and can be downloaded only from hotfile...
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Take ur time Can u name the dll maybe i can torrent it to u?
Tunestwo said:
Take ur time Can u name the dll maybe i can torrent it to u?
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its ok, ill download it later
but all firmware placed here ( by country region ) sammobile.com/
mxmone said:
its ok, ill download it later
but all firmware placed here ( by country region ) sammobile.com/
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I know i got stock firmware here dll for you never know
Tunestwo said:
I know i got stock firmware here dll for you never know
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i downloaded stock firmware...and when it starting to flash "system... something" odin status turn to failed
mxmone said:
i downloaded stock firmware...and when it starting to flash "system... something" odin status turn to failed
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Did u flash it as pda?
Tunestwo said:
Did u flash it as pda?
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yes, i think problem more dipper...maybe memory chip or something like this...i cant enter to recovery ..only download odin mode..
ok tried odin flash too, it says succes but the problem remains, bootloop and no recovery. I sent it back to the shop for repairs
maddog_rvo said:
ok tried odin flash too, it says succes but the problem remains, bootloop and no recovery. I sent it back to the shop for repairs
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i bought it without waranty ... ...but as i wrote before i flashed it couple of times with different usb cables and when i lost hope to fix it...i just pull out battery and leave it on my table...on next morning my phone made boot...and now its working ....happy me...
mxmone said:
i bought it without waranty ... ...but as i wrote before i flashed it couple of times with different usb cables and when i lost hope to fix it...i just pull out battery and leave it on my table...on next morning my phone made boot...and now its working ....happy me...
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Turns out that mine had a hardware fault, just got it back and they replaced the main board
i think i have same problem something with main board, after all reflashing phone still make many reboots and other problem, thinking of how to send it to repair
My friend has a GT-I9500 that gets stuck at the Samsung logo when booting and the status led is blue blinking slowly.... We have verified that it is not a fake through Sammy. The problem is that the phone will not go into download mode... We can get into recovery, but not download. Odin will not recognize the phone in either state (boot loop or recovery). I have read the threads about shorting the jumpers, but when we took the phone apart, it does not look like the pics (that sounded really noob...) and we were not able to locate the correct pins to jump... We ordered a jig off of ebay and it will be here soon, but does anybody have any other ideas??
Thanks for the input ahead of time!
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My friend has a GT-I9500 that gets stuck at the Samsung logo when booting and the status led is blue blinking slowly.... We have verified that it is not a fake through Sammy. The problem is that the phone will not go into download mode... We can get into recovery, but not download. Odin will not recognize the phone in either state (boot loop or recovery). I have read the threads about shorting the jumpers, but when we took the phone apart, it does not look like the pics (that sounded really noob...) and we were not able to locate the correct pins to jump... We ordered a jig off of ebay and it will be here soon, but does anybody have any other ideas??
Thanks for the input ahead of time!
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Next time use this help thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2164
and search bricked and u will end up with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
I got my phone once it a bootloop, reflashed Rom and done.Dont know if u flashed a rom
Tunestwo said:
Next time use this help thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2164
and search bricked and u will end up with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
I got my phone once it a bootloop, reflashed Rom and done.Dont know if u flashed a rom
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Yep....read that one before. The problem is I can't do step 1.....download mode. Down + home + pwr won't take the phone into download mode, it simply turns it on.
Try using terminal.
Type :
su
reboot download
I know in twrp recovery there is also an option to boot to download mode.
Best of luck
Sent from my SGH-I337M
I have rooted my note 3 n9005 and installed cwm and it was working great , then i returned back to official samsung stock rom then the phone asked for update and after update it is not working , when i connect to pc it shows qualcom loader device not samsung and it is not openning , the screen is off and no download mode or recovery mode can be reached any one knows how to fix it ?
gointo the download mode and flash cwm again
Iyrah said:
gointo the download mode and flash cwm again
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[VolumeDown]+[Home]+[PowerOn] does nothing?
If you cannot reach either download mode, recovery or boot at all, then something is really wrong.
hallydamaster said:
[VolumeDown]+[Home]+[PowerOn] does nothing?
If you cannot reach either download mode, recovery or boot at all, then something is really wrong.
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Pull the battery out for 1 minute put it back in and put in to download mode
Yes pull battery out and try again. That should work then just update via doing.
i pulled the battery out for few minutes and tried again but failed , no download mode , no recovery mode no normal boot no thing at all
gadomido said:
i pulled the battery out for few minutes and tried again but failed , no download mode , no recovery mode no normal boot no thing at all
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I know it silly but your battery is charged
gadomido said:
i pulled the battery out for few minutes and tried again but failed , no download mode , no recovery mode no normal boot no thing at all
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1st off, stop shouting...
If you can't get to download mode you have a brick, plain and simple.... It either needs J-tagging or needs to be fixed by Samsung, either of which will cost $$$...
Restoration or Brush your phone
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thanks to all of you i will go to samsung service for repairing it . but i am wondering they wil know that it has been rooted if i did not tell them
If you have a good personal insurance, it can probably take the price of your future repair.
There are chances that Samsung knows that you changed your computer .... Samsung will want to know why their device is dead!
gadomido said:
thanks to all of you i will go to samsung service for repairing it . but i am wondering they wil know that it has been rooted if i did not tell them
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Yes they will knox will be tripped
I hope, they'll let you pay for it!
Well this is my first post here.I flashed cm 14.1 on my devices with gapps through twrp.I managed to get to recovery with the adb drivers (as I mentioned I have a broken button so pressing Volume Down+Power+Home won't work).Everything was ok but due to the critical bugs of this rom (was still in development) I decided to downgrade to cm 13 which had less bugs.So I tried getting into recovery but everytime I gave the command in it would reboot to the system (not even in stock recovery).So I decided to flash the stock rom with odin and then try entering recovery mode.After flashing I actually realised that I f*cked up cuz I couldn't wipe the system data/davik cache,due to the fact that my home button is broken and so i cant access my stock recovery.Now my device is in bootloop...I already have a usb jig and it will just make it boot into download mode where i cant really do much.Any help would be appreciated.
RemainCalm said:
Well this is my first post here.I flashed cm 14.1 on my devices with gapps through twrp.I managed to get to recovery with the adb drivers (as I mentioned I have a broken button so pressing Volume Down+Power+Home won't work).Everything was ok but due to the critical bugs of this rom (was still in development) I decided to downgrade to cm 13 which had less bugs.So I tried getting into recovery but everytime I gave the command in it would reboot to the system (not even in stock recovery).So I decided to flash the stock rom with odin and then try entering recovery mode.After flashing I actually realised that I f*cked up cuz I couldn't wipe the system data/davik cache,due to the fact that my home button is broken and so i cant access my stock recovery.Now my device is in bootloop...I already have a usb jig and it will just make it boot into download mode where i cant really do much.Any help would be appreciated.
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And the stock rom doesn't boot ?
McFy said:
And the stock rom doesn't boot ?
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No my phone is in bootloop.Random vibrations occur now and then.
RemainCalm said:
No my phone is in bootloop.Random vibrations occur now and then.
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So flash twrp and then reboot on twrp using adb I thought it work on dl mode
Say if that have work and hit tank please
McFy said:
And the stock rom doesn't boot ?
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McFy said:
So flash twrp and then reboot on twrp using adb I thought it work on dl mode
Say if that have work and hit tank please
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Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Will try though
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Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Have you try ? O hope is still a way to unbrick may be try to repair your botom if you can
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RemainCalm said:
Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Have you try ? O hope is still a way to unbrick may be try to repair your botom if you can
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Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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McFy said:
Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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Yes maybe samsung can repair it depend of your country ...
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McFy said:
Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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RemainCalm said:
Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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Thanks for replying .I gave my a500fu who is a better geek than me to try and fix it.I will either get back my phone and try this or just tell him to do this.Thanks again I hope you are the one that saves my potato :fingers-crossed:
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Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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Didnt work phone boots back to system.
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Didnt work phone boots back to system.
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Then you'll need to fix home button, it's not part of screen. It's got its own circuit underneath