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Recovery from a completely dead phone / captivate with no power

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Do you get no power when you turn on your phone? Nothing shows up on the screen at all. You have the worst brick possible that is recoverable. I wished this post came out before I did a warranty swap.
Here's how to fix: Credit goes to OP
- You need Odin program before starting.
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Insert battery.
5. Connect usb cable.
6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- while plugging in USB
Got download screen and flashed with ODIN..
Let ODin finish.
*** This program recovered my dead phone with no power, nothing shows up on my screen. - Dead and also a stuck boot up screen.
I saw another post that has the similar set of instructions 6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- and then press the power button. Nothing happens.
I am curious how people this post has helped. Can you respond when you these directions gets your phone up. Thank you.

this is cOLD. and has been posted numerous times.
A.K.A. Check [STOCK] Odin 1 click. and this does not recover from a completely dead phone that doesn't have button combo to download mode.

I thought that was what we all did to get into d/l

Some tools developer or reseller said that the phone is bricked,
and need Jtag tool to do recovery.
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Jtag is usefull for empty or totally corrupted ROM recovery.
But if you see this, your phone is FAR from brick !
Just press the keys, bring it back to download mode
Then plug to cable and flash a working firmware again.
No special tools is needed,
No need to waste time and money send for repair,
Don't waste your good phone and don't break it for jtag.

johan8 said:
Some tools developer or reseller said that the phone is bricked,
and need Jtag tool to do recovery.
Jtag is usefull for empty or totally corrupted ROM recovery.
But if you see this, your phone is FAR from brick !
Just press the keys, bring it back to download mode
Then plug to cable and flash a working firmware again.
No special tools is needed,
No need to waste time and money send for repair,
Don't waste your good phone and don't break it for jtag.
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as my case....but i still can't enter download mode or recovery mode
and now... my pc can't detect my phone again...
what should i do now OMG

Are you seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol? I was in a situation where my phone wouldn't accept the the up/down key press to enter download mode. I ended up having to make a jig which basically will force the phone into download mode. You can search the forums on how to make one.

junktzu said:
Are you seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol? I was in a situation where my phone wouldn't accept the the up/down key press to enter download mode. I ended up having to make a jig which basically will force the phone into download mode. You can search the forums on how to make one.
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yea...ur right...im seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol,so...must make a jig?

linggo said:
yea...ur right...im seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol,so...must make a jig?
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No, if you see that symbol, you can recover using the method in first post to get to download mode. That is how I got past it.

loraque said:
No, if you see that symbol, you can recover using the method in first post to get to download mode. That is how I got past it.
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not work so far...

This is what most people always do to enter dl mode.
However, many phones shipped without the button combos needed for it to work. In that case it is possible to make a USB jig to trigger download mode manually. see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

:-(
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

Deca4 said:
This should be a sticky or added to a existing sticky.
Do you get no power when you turn on your phone? Nothing shows up on the screen at all. You have the worst brick possible that is recoverable. I wished this post came out before I did a warranty swap.
Here's how to fix: Credit goes to OP
- You need Odin program before starting.
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Insert battery.
5. Connect usb cable.
6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- while plugging in USB
Got download screen and flashed with ODIN..
Let ODin finish.
*** This program recovered my dead phone with no power, nothing shows up on my screen. - Dead and also a stuck boot up screen.
I saw another post that has the similar set of instructions 6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- and then press the power button. Nothing happens.
I am curious how people this post has helped. Can you respond when you these directions gets your phone up. Thank you.
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I have the same problem but I cannot get it to download mode. My phone is completely dead no power no sign of life. The only thing I notice is when i put the battery into the phone for about 15 minutes the phone is getting hot so I don't know if this is a common problem for bricked phone.

MobileXT said:
I have the same problem but I cannot get it to download mode. My phone is completely dead no power no sign of life. The only thing I notice is when i put the battery into the phone for about 15 minutes the phone is getting hot so I don't know if this is a common problem for bricked phone.
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Try these steps to see if you can get the red text to show up. If you can, you are still recoverable using the steps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9330685&highlight=red+text#post9330685

linggo said:
not work so far...
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I had the exact same "phone - ! - PC" brick screen and vol up + vol down + power only took me to "unknown upload mode". I eventually figured out by myself that holding ONLY vol down + power for 10 sec is what takes you to download mode from that particular screen.
Summary: Anyone who's getting "Phone--!--PC" and the three-button combo takes you to "unknown upload mode", try holding vol down + power for 10 seconds.

dead phone
The guys just turned off my phone and didn’t turn on, didn’t enter into the backup, I can’t flash through ODIN because even after installing the drivers, the computer sees the phone as a ULC1 device and cannot install the drivers needed for the phone, who had such a problem decide? samsung j100fn

Axon 7 bricked and I'm in a very tight situation. Any quick solution?

To sum it up quickly, I put my Axon 7 up for sale on ebay. 5 day listing. It currently has ~24 hours left on it and plenty of bidders. ZTE Gladly offered a replacement but it would take 10 or more days. I had previously rooted the phone, and wanted to send it as though it came from the factory. I went into fastboot, did 'fastboot oem lock' over the fastboot shell, and it said successful. The device "rebooted" into a black screen. The device now appears to be bricked. It will show a ZTE logo for about a second when I hold the power button and then no more. I cannot seem to get it respond to a charge, go into fastboot, recovery, or anything else except what I described. It sounds hopeless to me, but maybe someone here is a miracle worker. Thank you very much.

for starters which model to you have?

You were completely stock, not rooted before locking?

lafester said:
You were completely stock, not rooted before locking?
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I had flashed CM to it previously but when I did a relock I had reflashed stock MiFavor found here on XDA.
Edit: TWRP official a2017u was on the device, and I may have flashed supersu as well during the stock reflash. It was almost a week ago, I can't remember.
DrakenFX said:
for starters which model to you have?
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A2017U

erer1243 said:
I had flashed CM to it previously but when I did a relock I had reflashed stock MiFavor found here on XDA.
A2017U
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If you can boot to recovery you can try using ZTE B20 file, look here https://www.zteusa.com/axon-7#support under SOFTWARE UPDATES
* Move that file to your SDCard ,
* Boot to your recovery and flash that file.

DrakenFX said:
If you can boot to recovery you can try using ZTE B20 file, look here https://www.zteusa.com/axon-7#support under SOFTWARE UPDATES
* Move that file to your SDCard ,
* Boot to your recovery and flash that file.
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I cannot boot into recovery. I cannot do anything except what I described, the quick ZTE logo, and then nothing. The computer does recognize that there is a device plugged in though, but ADB and fastboot will not see it.

erer1243 said:
I cannot boot into recovery. I cannot do anything except what I described, the quick ZTE logo, and then nothing. The computer does recognize that there is a device plugged in though, but ADB and fastboot will not see it.
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not even Manual boot to recovery?
Press & Hold Volume Up + Power till menu kicks in.
you other option booting to EDL and use @tennear or tenfar tool to flash TWRP ONLY and flash that file or my B29.MergeBootstack and StockSystem files

DrakenFX said:
not even Manual boot to recovery?
Press & Hold Volume Up + Power till menu kicks in.
you other option booting to EDL and use @tennear or tenfar tool to flash TWRP ONLY and flash that file or my B29.MergeBootstack and StockSystem files
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Nothing happens. It will not go into fastboot or recovery, no matter what I hold, for how long, anything. I believe it is either trying to display the "Your device cannot be trusted" screen and fails or is trying to do some other thing during pre-boot and is stuck in a loop. I don't know what EDL is but I'd be willing to tear this phone a new asshole if I can fix it within 24 hours. Happy to try anything, it seems like it can't get any worse than this.

erer1243 said:
I believe it is either trying to display the "Your device cannot be trusted"
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this means, you still UNLOCK, when you are there and i mean when that message shows up, press any of the volume key and will give you a menu, from there you can boot to recovery - fastboot - bootloader.
if you see that menu, BOOT to BOOTLOADER and tell me the status.

DrakenFX said:
this means, you still UNLOCK, when you are there and i mean when that message shows up, press any of the volume key and will give you a menu, from there you can boot to recovery - fastboot - bootloader.
if you see that menu, BOOT to BOOTLOADER and tell me the status.
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Well I just successfully locked it before making the thread... So it is not unlocked any longer. That was just speculation. I have no menus, holding down volume buttons and power does not do anything, I cannot get into fastboot, recovery, etc at all.

erer1243 said:
Well I just successfully locked it before making the thread... So it is not unlocked any longer. That was just speculation. I have no menus, holding down volume buttons and power does not do anything, I cannot get into fastboot, recovery, etc at all.
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you know how to manually boot to EDL? so you can use any of the tool to flash TWRP.
manually booting to EDL and to make sure is in EDL mode CONNECT your device to your PC/Laptop and open DEVICE MANAGER now just Hold & Press Vol. Up and Down and make sure you are pressing both , if you are using case take the phone out of the case so you can really do it. Once you are pressing and holding both volume keys, press Power and check Device Manager for Qualcomm Port your device is using.
after that just proceed with the rest.

Just to make it a little clearer, to go to EDL mode. Phone must be off when you connect to PC, you hold both volume up/down and then touch power. It will still remain off BUT should now be recognized by the PC's device Manager.

I was in the same situation before. Using tenfar's tool to flash tenfar's TWRP (not official TWRP) the phone will boot TWRP with a locked bootloader. Then, go https://www.zteusa.com/axon-7 there and click the Support tab, then the Software Updates subsection. Download that, it could take a while though.
Once that's done, open the update.zip in something like 7-Zip and navigate to META-INF\com\google\android and extract the file updater-script. Open it with Notepad++ (not Notepad) or, if you're not on Windows, the text editor of your choice.
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On line 2, which is highlighted, delete that line. If you don't do this, it won't flash in TWRP. Don't worry though, it won't mess anything up. After saving, drag the extracted updater-script back into the zip file and confirm that you want to replace it.
Then, once your phone is in TWRP, copy the update.zip to your phone and flash it. For me, it took about 7 or 8 minutes to flash.
This part is the most important, absolutely do not skip this:
Before you reboot go back to the main TWRP menu and open the Mount menu. Uncheck system and then reboot. This is because TWRP installs a survival script in /system if it can, because otherwise TWRP will be changed to stock recovery. In this case though, it's what we want. This way OTA updates will successfully install. Stock recovery checks for any changes to /system and refuses to work if it sees any change at all, like the one TWRP makes unless you unmount system before you reboot.
After rebooting, you should update your phone from B20 to B27 and then from B27 to B29 to be up to date.
Also, this will re-lock your bootloader!
If you have any questions please ask, hopefully that helped you and maybe others too

RainofOranges said:
I was in the same situation before. Using tenfar's tool to flash tenfar's TWRP (not official TWRP) the phone will boot TWRP with a locked bootloader.
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Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough... but I can't find any working instructions on how to flash/boot to a recovery. When I go by his instructions, nothing seems to work. I have, in the same folder as axon7root.exe, a recovery.img that is tenfar's twrp release. I have installed the driver he linked. I run axon7root -p 4 -r (yes, my phone is connected to the COM4 port) and the program just prints his little copyright splash screen and nothing happens. I have left it for ~half an hour, so it's obviously not just taking it's time. When I unplug the phone, it tells me my horse is dead (lmao someone get on translation) so it obviously knows the phone is there, but it just cannot do anything. Also, I cancelled the ebay listing a few minutes before seeing your post, disappointingly. Hopefully I can revive my horse and relist it.

erer1243 said:
Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough....
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Are you sure your phone is in EDL mode? Did you try running it through a command promp as Administrator?

RainofOranges said:
Are you sure your phone is in EDL mode? Did you try running it through a command promp as Administrator?
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I will try running it as admin. I am unsure how to tell if my phone is in EDL mode. I have reason to believe that it is stuck in a silent boot loop and maybe I can't get it into EDL/any other mode but I am just speculating there. I think that because 1, it won't respond to a charge and 2, I have to hold down the power button much longer than usual to make the ZTE logo pop up; It's as though I had to force shut down the phone and then boot it again in the 1 press.

erer1243 said:
Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough... but I can't find any working instructions on how to flash/boot to a recovery. When I go by his instructions, nothing seems to work. I have, in the same folder as axon7root.exe, a recovery.img that is tenfar's twrp release. I have installed the driver he linked. I run axon7root -p 4 -r (yes, my phone is connected to the COM4 port) and the program just prints his little copyright splash screen and nothing happens. I have left it for ~half an hour, so it's obviously not just taking it's time. When I unplug the phone, it tells me my horse is dead (lmao someone get on translation) so it obviously knows the phone is there, but it just cannot do anything. Also, I cancelled the ebay listing a few minutes before seeing your post, disappointingly. Hopefully I can revive my horse and relist it.
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Mine did that - unplug phone, restart computer, hold both volume buttons and plug phone back in.

erer1243 said:
I will try running it as admin. I am unsure how to tell if my phone is in EDL mode. I have reason to believe that it is stuck in a silent boot loop and maybe I can't get it into EDL/any other mode but I am just speculating there. I think that because 1, it won't respond to a charge and 2, I have to hold down the power button much longer than usual to make the ZTE logo pop up; It's as though I had to force shut down the phone and then boot it again in the 1 press.
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You can't tell that the phone is in EDL mode on the phone itself. You can only tell by trying the tool. If I remember right the button combination to get into EDL mode is both volume buttons held down and the power button also held down for 2 seconds or so at the same time.

tabletalker7 said:
Mine did that - unplug phone, restart computer, hold both volume buttons and plug phone back in.
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No dice. As admin, computer restarted, I tried holding both volume buttons while plugging in.

update from my last post: I got tenfar's tool to upload his TWRP to the phone (sent it to the horse o.o) but it still will not boot anywhere. The phone has not changed at all.

Huawei p9 lite stuck at " your device is booting now "

Hello,
Please help me, my p9 lite is stuck on " your device is booting now ". I can't do anything. The recovery and the bootloader doesn't work at all. My bootloader Is unlocked. Please help me please :crying:. I've got this phone for Christmas and... He's already not working :crying:

NewShield_ said:
Hello,
Please help me, my p9 lite is stuck on " your device is booting now ". I can't do anything. The recovery and the bootloader doesn't work at all. My bootloader Is unlocked. Please help me please :crying:. I've got this phone for Christmas and... He's already not working :crying:
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Hello,
Please tell us what exactly were you trying to do?
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Vatsal said:
Hello,
Please tell us what exactly were you trying to do?
Regards
Vatsal,
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Hello,
Thank you for helping me .
I'm sorry if my English is very bad, but I'm French.
My phone is stuck at " your device is booting now ". Then, he made a bootloop... And he don't start. I've made the b328 update for nougat with EMUI 5.0 ( Beta ). And, I wanted to return to marshmallow. Then, I've flashed the rom via the bootloader ( system.img, cust.img, boot.img, ect... ). And, when I restarted my p9 lite, he was stuck on " your device is booting now ". And that's how I'm stuck, because I can't do anything. I can't go to the recovery. And I can't go to the bootloader. I'm very stuck.
And, again, I'm sorry if my English is very bad.
Thank you !

NewShield_ said:
Hello,
Thank you for helping me .
I'm sorry if my English is very bad, but I'm French.
My phone is stuck at " your device is booting now ". Then, he made a bootloop... And he don't start. I've made the b328 update for nougat with EMUI 5.0 ( Beta ). And, I wanted to return to marshmallow. Then, I've flashed the rom via the bootloader ( system.img, cust.img, boot.img, ect... ). And, when I restarted my p9 lite, he was stuck on " your device is booting now ". And that's how I'm stuck, because I can't do anything. I can't go to the recovery. And I can't go to the bootloader. I'm very stuck.
And, again, I'm sorry if my English is very bad.
Thank you !
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Hello,
I will move your thread to correct section, the experts there might be able to assist you.
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NewShield_ said:
Hello,
Thank you for helping me .
I'm sorry if my English is very bad, but I'm French.
My phone is stuck at " your device is booting now ". Then, he made a bootloop... And he don't start. I've made the b328 update for nougat with EMUI 5.0 ( Beta ). And, I wanted to return to marshmallow. Then, I've flashed the rom via the bootloader ( system.img, cust.img, boot.img, ect... ). And, when I restarted my p9 lite, he was stuck on " your device is booting now ". And that's how I'm stuck, because I can't do anything. I can't go to the recovery. And I can't go to the bootloader. I'm very stuck.
And, again, I'm sorry if my English is very bad.
Thank you !
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the method to fix this is to create a folder on the root of the sd card called DLOAD then put the stock huawei uppdate.app in the folder then shut down and hold volume up, down and the power button at the same time and it will flash the stock firmware, then shut down and boot recovery then wipe user data, next cache then davlik cache then, reebot and give it time to boot.

hellpp
i heave same problem but i cant shut down same and same. i hold all vol up vol down with and without power but same. YOU DIVACE HAS BEEN UNLOCKED AND CANT BE TRUSTED
TO LEARN MORE VISIT.......SITE
YOUR DEVICE IS BOOTING NOW

mendja said:
i heave same problem but i cant shut down same and same. i hold all vol up vol down with and without power but same. YOU DIVACE HAS BEEN UNLOCKED AND CANT BE TRUSTED
TO LEARN MORE VISIT.......SITE
YOUR DEVICE IS BOOTING NOW
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Did you try wating till the battery is fully discharged?

xDavi01 said:
Did you try wating till the battery is fully discharged?
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yes am weathing but when a plug eny of cable come on seame
YOU DIVACE HAS BEEN UNLOCKED AND CANT BE TRUSTED
TO LEARN MORE VISIT.......SITE
YOUR DEVICE IS BOOTING NOW
this is end of my phone

Hmmm.. it looks like it's trying to boot into recovery, but, probably it's a corrupted recovery: when you flash a corrupted recovery and it tries to boot into it, it'll be stuck in "Your phone is booting up etc...". I experienced that about a week ago but to get my phone working again, i just copied b161 in my external sdcard in the folder "dload". Then i inserted the ext sd in my phone and i held Power Button for about 10 seconds and my phone shut down. Then i held Power Button + Vol Up + Vol Down and popped up the update screen. That's how i managed my phone to get it work again, hope this helps you

xDavi01 said:
Hmmm.. it looks like it's trying to boot into recovery, but, probably it's a corrupted recovery: when you flash a corrupted recovery and it tries to boot into it, it'll be stuck in "Your phone is booting up etc...". I experienced that about a week ago but to get my phone working again, i just copied b161 in my external sdcard in the folder "dload". Then i inserted the ext sd in my phone and i held Power Button for about 10 seconds and my phone shut down. Then i held Power Button + Vol Up + Vol Down and popped up the update screen. That's how i managed my phone to get it work again, hope this helps you
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dont help me that.....same and same
your device......
to learn.....
your device is booting now
I can not get no fastboot or anything else. no matter what ... pushing volume up or down with or without. all I tried no works

mendja said:
dont help me that.....same and same
your device......
to learn.....
your device is booting now
I can not get no fastboot or anything else. no matter what ... pushing volume up or down with or without. all I tried no works
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That's really unusual... When you're stuck in that screen, there aren't a lot of ways to power off. The ways i know are hold Power Button or wait till the battery is fully discharged. By the way, you said that you tried discharging, but what happened when you connected the charging cable? Did the phone showed the boot logo (huawei, not the animated one) and then the triple choice menu?

xDavi01 said:
That's really unusual... When you're stuck in that screen, there aren't a lot of ways to power off. The ways i know are hold Power Button or wait till the battery is fully discharged. By the way, you said that you tried discharging, but what happened when you connected the charging cable? Did the phone showed the boot logo (huawei, not the animated one) and then the triple choice menu?
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Now is discharged when i connect pc or charger for a second come huawei logo and come not triple choice but only one.

mendja said:
Now is discharged when i connect pc or charger for a second come huawei logo and come not triple choice but only one.
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Can you send me a photo of your current phone screen?

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/432wwj90djiins2/DSC_0002.JPG?dl=0
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Try to discharge it again, then right when you connect it to the charger, before the huawei's logo, instantly hold Power Button + Vol Up.

Nothing about pressing buttons does not work. whether it is possible to do something without key volume up Volume Down. because it not only does not help returns the same picture I tried 100 times

mendja said:
Nothing about pressing buttons does not work. whether it is possible to do something without key volume up Volume Down. because it not only does not help returns the same picture I tried 100 times
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I think that maybe there's an internal problem with the buttons, because if there is an issue with the motherboard , it wouldn't even show you the screen where you're stuck (i'm not sure at all about it because i'm not an expert in theese things). How old is your phone? Maybe there's just some oxide under the buttons.

same thing happens to me phone is a week old - after i connect the charger after the battery drain i can go to software, but no keyboard present and cannot factory data rest. Discharging now again and will try to power up with the button combination.

mendja said:
Nothing about pressing buttons does not work. whether it is possible to do something without key volume up Volume Down. because it not only does not help returns the same picture I tried 100 times
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Did you ever figure out how to fix this? I have the same problem now.
I tried flashing the latest twrp recovery from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/development/twrp-t3588356
After it finished installing (fastboot didn't give me any Errors) my phone rebooted to the same screen you posted.
My phone keeps rebooting to the same screen no matter what button combinations I press. I also can't turn it off. Keeps rebooting. I'm now waiting for it to fully discharge (it was at 100%) and I will try to get it to boot into the three options menu.
I was trying to update my P9lite (currently VNS-L23C605B120) to Nougat VNS-L23C605B364 (latest found with HuaweiFirmwareFinder).

finnpuschmann said:
Did you ever figure out how to fix this? I have the same problem now.
I tried flashing the latest twrp recovery from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/development/twrp-t3588356
After it finished installing (fastboot didn't give me any Errors) my phone rebooted to the same screen you posted.
My phone keeps rebooting to the same screen no matter what button combinations I press. I also can't turn it off. Keeps rebooting. I'm now waiting for it to fully discharge (it was at 100%) and I will try to get it to boot into the three options menu.
I was trying to update my P9lite (currently VNS-L23C605B120) to Nougat VNS-L23C605B364 (latest found with HuaweiFirmwareFinder).
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You have to take the revolution recovery, because the TWRP Is made for Marshmallow, and if you flash a recovery made for Marshmallow in Nougat, the phone will not load correctly the files and will get stuck on this screen.
So you have to flash the Revolution recovery for the P9 Lite and flash it via Fastboot. You can find it here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...ecovery-twrp-3-0-2-android-nougat-03-t3511937. Once flashed via bootloader, boot into this revolution recovery ( It's like TWRP, just different design ). And then, flash the ROM that you want.

Galaxy A20 - BRICKED NO DOWNLOAD MODE

Hi All,
Apologies if this is not posted in the right forum - ADMINS please move if applicable.
Thank you for all the great MODS and Support received over the years, you have supplied me with great reading material and DIY tips.
I have been flashing and modding since the Galaxy S2 and had my fair share of bricked devices , which I always fixed, but this one baffles me as I did not do anything to it, yet!
Little Background
Bought my wife a new Samsung Galaxy A20 (SM-A205F/DS), she dropped it :silly: and screen got broken.
Order new screen and replaced it, before closing I tested device tested and everything was working 100%
Phone worked like it should, then I closed it and now the phone is not booting up.
What have I tried
- Tried the Recovery Mode (Power + Volume Up) - No Go
- Tried to get Download Mode (Power + Volume Up + Volume Down) - No Go
- Tried battery reset (Power + Volume Down) - Phone Starts but gets Black Screen and turns OFF
- Tried battery removal (Remove and Re-connect Battery on Main Board) - No Go
- Tried Data Cable Start - No Go
- Tried ODIN - No Go - Does not detect Phone
- Tried FlashTool - No Go - Does not detect Phone and also does not have MediaTek Chipset
- Tried ADB and Fastboot - Device not detected
Error Code Received
The below only flashes on for 1 sec and ONLY appears when pressing the Power Button - had to record and take photo
Code:
#Reboot Recovery Cause is [BL:Recovery Mode Set by key]#
Support SINGLE-SKU
#Block-Based OTA
Supported API: 3
#MANUAL MODE v1.0.0#
Rebooting....
Picture of ERROR
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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If the image is not working, herewith link
Code:
"https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iCmEF2bzDbCKu4Y2T928hijqbJKozxCb"
Guys I really need your help on this, need to make the wife happy - can anyone point me in the direction of how to get the software back onto this device again.
Regards
Your Friend in Need

Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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Hi physwizz, did try your suggestion and no go - also tried with different combinations, any other suggestions

X85258X said:
Hi physwizz, did try your suggestion and no go - also tried with different combinations, any other suggestions
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Buy your wife a basketball and throw the phone away

physwizz said:
Buy your wife a basketball and throw the phone away
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Is there nothing else you can do, no jtag or pin shorting, come on guys it can not be that hard

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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How long should you keep the buttons pressed

X85258X said:
How long should you keep the buttons pressed
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Until the phone starts to respond

physwizz said:
Until the phone starts to respond
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It responds after 15 seconds, showing the Samsung A20 Logo Secured by Knox, how long should you keep the Volume Up + Volume Down Buttons

If the screen turns on plug it right into the pc and see if it can be detected by Odin or by "adb devices" and try to recover it

Maybeyou said:
If the screen turns on plug it right into the pc and see if it can be detected by Odin or by "adb devices" and try to recover it
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Hey, I have tried that already, the screen switches on and stays on for +-20 seconds and then turns off before displaying the Samsung Logo and if you press the Power Button again it displays the Error Code as per my original post and switches off, if you press any other button it does nothing

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback

X85258X said:
I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback
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Great work
Yes I plugged it in pretty quick when I did it
Sometimes it doesn't reboot if it's plugged in
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Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589

X85258X said:
I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback
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Downloaded the firmware to the phone, all went 100% no errors.
Phone rebooted, showed the Blue Screen Android Dude (Installing System) for 1 second and switches off.
Tried to post Picture and Video links but I am not allowed Yet
Now we have a new challenge

physwizz said:
Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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Ok cool, will give this a bash a little later and give feedback, will see if I can upload video and images to google drive.
Must OEM Unlocker be enable, if so we might have problems

Picture of Screen after successful flash

physwizz said:
Great work
Yes I plugged it in pretty quick when I did it
Sometimes it doesn't reboot if it's plugged in
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Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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Hey, ok I tried all different stock firmwares - from earliest to latest and all result with same error state as per the original post.
Code:
#Reboot Recovery Cause is [BL:Recovery Mode Set by key]#
Support SINGLE-SKU
#Block-Based OTA
Supported API: 3
#MANUAL MODE v1.0.0#
Rebooting....
Is there anything else we can try or is this now just an expensive paperweight

physwizz said:
Great work
Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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I have tried, but as suspected OEM Lock is still Active and there is currently no way of disabling it, as I do not have access to the main os.

Im sorry, if you used Odin and unchecked auto reboot, you have to hold power and down for 10 seconds, then immediately hold volume down and power for recovery then boot to system. If installing twrp that is. That screen doesn't change after a flash with auto reboot off. I'd reflash and reboot to recovery from what I'm seeing
Or
If your good with wires you can short pins 4 and 5 using 333k resistor and plug into phone, it'll get you to download mode

Same Exact Problem
literally the same exact problem / symptoms.
It happened to me immediately after an automatic system update
it seems to me that the aftermarket screen somehow lost full compatibility.
i used odin and also tried installing all the available updates and they were successful but issue remained
please let me know if you come up with a solution i will do the same if i find one.

X85258X said:
Hey, I have tried that already, the screen switches on and stays on for +-20 seconds and then turns off before displaying the Samsung Logo and if you press the Power Button again it displays the Error Code as per my original post and switches off, if you press any other button it does nothing
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I have the same issue right now. Without the error message displayed.
The phone can not boot into download mode. I tried all the things mentioned in this thread.
Same Exact Problem
literally the same exact problem / symptoms.
It happened to me immediately after an automatic system update
it seems to me that the aftermarket screen somehow lost full compatibility.
i used odin and also tried installing all the available updates and they were successful but issue remained
please let me know if you come up with a solution i will do the same if i find one.
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It seems like it could really a problem with the aftermarket screen. My A20 has a new screen and maybe thats the same probem.
Can anyone help us?

{No solution in other threads} The current image has been destroyed and cannot boot. Stuck on this screen. Won't budge

Hi, I recently updated my OnePlus 8 Pro. I ordered it from the USA, so I think it's international version IN25.c.21. The latest one, to keep it simple. After installation, it said to reboot, so I clicked reboot now, and after that, it is stuck here on this screen and won't run or switch off long-press. I have read almost all the threads no solutions are available.
This is what I have tried.
Fastboot and ADB tools - They won't detect the phone
MSM tool on XDA - once by chance, it was detected by PC in EDL mode, but in MSM After clicking enum, it says COM5, and NA rest is blank. Is I click on start, it says waiting for the device. after that, I pressed the power button for a while and it won't go to EDL mode now and even if it went it won't work
I have pressed the power button, just two volume keys, and just the bottom vol and power button for several mins, but the screen won't go away.
It has around 70 percent battery, which was 90 during the update.
What should I do?
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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Hi mate, have you found a solution as of yet? I'm in the same boat for a Oneplus 8
Edit: I've managed to get it booted into fastboot mode by pressing and holding both the power, and the volume up button simultaneously to turn it off, and then pressing and holding power and volume down to put it into fastboot mode, currently trying a fastbootable ROM

jeff17842 said:
Hi mate, have you found a solution as of yet? I'm in the same boat for a Oneplus 8
Edit: I've managed to get it booted into fastboot mode by pressing and holding both the power, and the volume up button simultaneously to turn it off, and then pressing and holding power and volume down to put it into fastboot mode, currently trying a fastbootable ROM
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currently, I am holding the power button for 6 min, and nothing yet.

jeff17842 said:
Hi mate, have you found a solution as of yet? I'm in the same boat for a Oneplus 8
Edit: I've managed to get it booted into fastboot mode by pressing and holding both the power, and the volume up button simultaneously to turn it off, and then pressing and holding power and volume down to put it into fastboot mode, currently trying a fastbootable ROM
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For you, I think u can solve it by flashing the boot image or using the MSM tool

paresh1232tg5rgy said:
For you, I think u can solve it by flashing the boot image or using the MSM tool
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It refuses to boot into anything but fastboot mode, flashing the stock boot image comes up with the same message and since it can't boot into EDL mode, MSM cannot work

paresh1232tg5rgy said:
currently, I am holding the power button for 6 min, and nothing yet.
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Hold it with the volume up button as well, just the power button did nothing for me either

jeff17842 said:
It refuses to boot into anything but fastboot mode, flashing the stock boot image comes up with the same message and since it can't boot into EDL mode, MSM cannot work
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As u are in fastboot mode, there is a way to install payload.bin files using python, and drummer files. I am not sure, but I came across that when I was searching for my issue. try that or In fastboot made press both vol buttons to enter EDL mode. Try that, and thanks for suggesting volume up still nothing.,

Solution How I solved it.
don't perform these steps while charging
Download the MSM tool for your device mine was Here
Download Qualcomm Drivers. I used these
Download Test mode enable and disable from Here
1st (Most IMP) - Charge Your phone overnight as it might get disconnected. Disconnect after sufficient charge.
2nd - I was at that screen, to begin with; then I pressed volume UP and power button together for exactly 10 seconds then the screen went black, don't press any longer, or it will reboot. Suppose you do this while charging; the device will keep rebooting to the same image.
3rd - Now press the Power Button and Volume Down to enter fastboot mode (Here, Try to flash your boot, recovery, etc., If it doesn't work. Repeat 1 and 2 and continue ahead ) - If u can't enter fastboot mode. Try directly entering EDL mode- In Fastboot Mode, wait for 20 seconds, and using the vol keys and power button select Power OFF.
4th - Take an old laptop or PC with USB 2.0 as 3.0 is not supported. Boot into BIOS and disable Secure boot on that laptop. Run the test mode enabling bat file. Restart your laptop.
5th - Open your MSM tool with admin privileges in windows test mode. Select target as O2. Connect your device (At this point, u are not in EDL mode. To be clear phone is turned off). You should see a random COM with status N/A.
6th - After connecting, press Vol UP and Down together till you see connected instead of N/A. then if the status doesn't change for a while but you hear your laptop sound on the device connecting pres ENUM to recheck.
7th - Just press Start, wait for about 400s, and it will reboot by itself.

paresh1232tg5rgy said:
Solution How I solved it.
don't perform these steps while charging
Download the MSM tool for your device mine was Here
Download Qualcomm Drivers. I used these
Download Test mode enable and disable from Here
1st (Most IMP) - Charge Your phone overnight as it might get disconnected. Disconnect after sufficient charge.
2nd - I was at that screen, to begin with; then I pressed volume UP and power button together for exactly 10 seconds then the screen went black, don't press any longer, or it will reboot. Suppose you do this while charging; the device will keep rebooting to the same image.
3rd - Now press the Power Button and Volume Down to enter fastboot mode (Here, Try to flash your boot, recovery, etc., If it doesn't work. Repeat 1 and 2 and continue ahead ) - If u can't enter fastboot mode. Try directly entering EDL mode- In Fastboot Mode, wait for 20 seconds, and using the vol keys and power button select Power OFF.
4th - Take an old laptop or PC with USB 2.0 as 3.0 is not supported. Boot into BIOS and disable Secure boot on that laptop. Run the test mode enabling bat file. Restart your laptop.
5th - Open your MSM tool with admin privileges in windows test mode. Select target as O2. Connect your device (At this point, u are not in EDL mode. To be clear phone is turned off). You should see a random COM with status N/A.
6th - After connecting, press Vol UP and Down together till you see connected instead of N/A. then if the status doesn't change for a while but you hear your laptop sound on the device connecting pres ENUM to recheck.
7th - Just press Start, wait for about 400s, and it will reboot by itself.
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paresh1232tg5rgy said:
Solution How I solved it.
don't perform these steps while charging
Download the MSM tool for your device mine was Here
Download Qualcomm Drivers. I used these
Download Test mode enable and disable from Here
1st (Most IMP) - Charge Your phone overnight as it might get disconnected. Disconnect after sufficient charge.
2nd - I was at that screen, to begin with; then I pressed volume UP and power button together for exactly 10 seconds then the screen went black, don't press any longer, or it will reboot. Suppose you do this while charging; the device will keep rebooting to the same image.
3rd - Now press the Power Button and Volume Down to enter fastboot mode (Here, Try to flash your boot, recovery, etc., If it doesn't work. Repeat 1 and 2 and continue ahead ) - If u can't enter fastboot mode. Try directly entering EDL mode- In Fastboot Mode, wait for 20 seconds, and using the vol keys and power button select Power OFF.
4th - Take an old laptop or PC with USB 2.0 as 3.0 is not supported. Boot into BIOS and disable Secure boot on that laptop. Run the test mode enabling bat file. Restart your laptop.
5th - Open your MSM tool with admin privileges in windows test mode. Select target as O2. Connect your device (At this point, u are not in EDL mode. To be clear phone is turned off). You should see a random COM with status N/A.
6th - After connecting, press Vol UP and Down together till you see connected instead of N/A. then if the status doesn't change for a while but you hear your laptop sound on the device connecting pres ENUM to recheck.
7th - Just press Start, wait for about 400s, and it will reboot by itself.
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works . thanksss

paresh1232tg5rgy said:
Solution How I solved it.
don't perform these steps while charging
Download the MSM tool for your device mine was Here
Download Qualcomm Drivers. I used these
Download Test mode enable and disable from Here
1st (Most IMP) - Charge Your phone overnight as it might get disconnected. Disconnect after sufficient charge.
2nd - I was at that screen, to begin with; then I pressed volume UP and power button together for exactly 10 seconds then the screen went black, don't press any longer, or it will reboot. Suppose you do this while charging; the device will keep rebooting to the same image.
3rd - Now press the Power Button and Volume Down to enter fastboot mode (Here, Try to flash your boot, recovery, etc., If it doesn't work. Repeat 1 and 2 and continue ahead ) - If u can't enter fastboot mode. Try directly entering EDL mode- In Fastboot Mode, wait for 20 seconds, and using the vol keys and power button select Power OFF.
4th - Take an old laptop or PC with USB 2.0 as 3.0 is not supported. Boot into BIOS and disable Secure boot on that laptop. Run the test mode enabling bat file. Restart your laptop.
5th - Open your MSM tool with admin privileges in windows test mode. Select target as O2. Connect your device (At this point, u are not in EDL mode. To be clear phone is turned off). You should see a random COM with status N/A.
6th - After connecting, press Vol UP and Down together till you see connected instead of N/A. then if the status doesn't change for a while but you hear your laptop sound on the device connecting pres ENUM to recheck.
7th - Just press Start, wait for about 400s, and it will reboot by itself.
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Thanks a lot bro...your tricks helped me a lot...