Old phone died after 13 months, won't charge and turn on. Luckily got a replacement phone from essential. The new phone will turn on but stuck on logo. Was able to go into recovery mode to do a reset but got stuck too. Now the screen won't even turn on and won't go into recovery mode.
claudiuslu2011 said:
Old phone died after 13 months, won't charge and turn on. Luckily got a replacement phone from essential. The new phone will turn on but stuck on logo. Was able to go into recovery mode to do a reset but got stuck too. Now the screen won't even turn on and won't go into recovery mode.
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looks like a hardware issue too me...send it back a second time i would say
i opened up the phone, is there anything i can do myself? not possible to send it back to essential.
claudiuslu2011 said:
i opened up the phone, is there anything i can do myself? not possible to send it back to essential.
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yes, for dead screen possibly digitiser or screen, try swap with old phones assuming you still have old one
edit: or maybe even just ribbon cable not connected properly or damaged
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My friends Samsung Focus seems to have gotten stuck turning on just showing SAMSUNG... phone did not have a SD card in it all. We had tried a sd card but never worked so removed it. About a week later the phone just rebooted and got stuck on boot.. Did the hard reset a few times and nothing? Also I accidentally got the phone in download mode. Since i have a Captivate, ive seen the download mode before and used it for kernels and such.. Is there any use of it on the Focus somehow? It says download mode and then do not turn off. it takes about 10 minutes..
Anyone have any suggestions or know anything? Phone is unlocked for tmobile, so cannot go to ATT to get replaced..
Thanks
same issue - samsung black screen no sd card at all
My Focus did the same thing today - it was almost as if an auto update was sent out, and the device reset itself. When I tried to enter my passcode, i got errors, and then upon resetting I became stuck on the black samsung screen. I've tried hard and soft resets with and without the SIM card. Nothing.
Any advice, beyond heading into ATT tomorrow?
hard reset is the 3 button combo, right? if so whats the soft reset?
yes. hard reset is the +, power, camera combo. soft reset is just powering down and then starting back up.
That is the issue I am having with my phones and I believe it is heat related. Check battery meter when you do the battery pull and reboot. Also the battery is warm to the touch also the screen if it stays in the samsung boot mode.
mine did the same thing this morning... I have a warranty replacement on the way. Would love to know what/why/ fix etc... though.
trolane said:
mine did the same thing this morning... I have a warranty replacement on the way. Would love to know what/why/ fix etc... though.
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I have gotten a new replacement and battery and still have the same issues if I keep it in my jacket or shirt pocket.
trolane said:
mine did the same thing this morning... I have a warranty replacement on the way. Would love to know what/why/ fix etc... though.
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I hope theres a fix soon. My friend uses the phone for tmobile so cant really do anything. I wonder whats really happening with these phones.
Deadem said:
I have gotten a new replacement and battery and still have the same issues if I keep it in my jacket or shirt pocket.
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That is absolutely weird. This phone really has a big defect then if this happens out of the blue. Not good for Samsung... unless its the software that is screwy
Just had this happen today.
Stuck at samsung boot logo. Unable to get past it for hours. Getting it replaced tomorrow
peterfnet said:
Just had this happen today.
Stuck at samsung boot logo. Unable to get past it for hours. Getting it replaced tomorrow
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Update on my situation: I was able to had reset it, but it still kept me at the Samsung logo. AT&T replaced it. That solved the problem
Same issue here with my Rogers Focus, it has happened on two devices now. Would love to know what the problem is, so when I get my third one I can avoid it.
Happened to my Focus as well. Since I'm using an unlocked device and I'm not in the US, it looks like I'm pretty much screwed unless someone comes up with a fix like a ROM or something that can solve the issue.
From what I can tell its not battery related at all. I tried the battery from a Galaxy S I had and still didn't fix the problem.
The thing is that Samsung of America firmwares are very hard to find. I have find all the Roms on this page http://www.samfirmware.com/ even instrucction on how to flash the phone. The thing is that they only have the Omnia firmwares, we need a i917 Rom. One more thing you can put your phone in Download mode pressing Volume Up and Camera botton simultaneus from there you can flash the Phone. Come on we need a real hacker who can bring us a firmware for this phone.
Going into download mode is pointless until we get a Firmware. Looks like no Dev/Hacker is interested in Samsung Focus right now.
So there is a guy in my town selling a bricked G2, his ad says "was trying to root my LG G2, Now it wont turn on or anything, even when I try and charge it or plug it in. No idea what do to but dont have time to figure it out and needed a phone for work so have already replaced it."
I don't have one of these phones or know anything about the specifics of rooting them or installing ROMs on them, but I have installed them on my own phone (Optimus G) as well as bricked my own phone a number of times and fixed it.
My main question is, if this guy isn't lying and he didn't just drop it in a toilet and dry it out or something like that, is it possible for rooting or installing a ROM or whatever to completely brick it beyond repair? Or if I hop on IRC and get the necessary tools should it be fixable even if its a slight pain in the ass?
I found with my phone no matter how bad I had messed up there was always LGNPST with the stock software to fix it, so I figured it would be similar for this phone but I wanted some more opinions on it, thanks for the help and sorry for my lack of knowledge.
There are a couple of ways of hard bricking g2s so I'd be really careful with this one. If it won't even light up he might be in qhsusb bulkmode or something. Ask him to let you play around with it, if it goes in download mode and pc recognises it you should get it. If he didn't drop it in the toilet of course.
If the phone wont do a Factory Reset, Vol - and power then at the LG logo let go of power then hold again. I would stay away.
My LG G2 was totally dead that I couldnt get it to boot, download mode, factory reset, or even show the battery charging screen when it was off.
Good thing I was under warranty.
daytonasportster said:
If the phone wont do a Factory Reset, Vol - and power then at the LG logo let go of power then hold again. I would stay away.
My LG G2 was totally dead that I couldnt get it to boot, download mode, factory reset, or even show the battery charging screen when it was off.
Good thing I was under warranty.
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how did you go with replacing it? like what did you tell them?
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how did you go with replacing it? like what did you tell them?
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The "truth" I took an OTA and it died. I IM'd with tech support and after me telling her its DEAD she wanted me to go to settings, general.... I said its DEAD. So we tried the 2button method and when that didnt work she promptly arraigned to FedEx me a new one.
daytonasportster said:
The "truth" I took an OTA and it died. I IM'd with tech support and after me telling her its DEAD she wanted me to go to settings, general.... I said its DEAD. So we tried the 2button method and when that didnt work she promptly arraigned to FedEx me a new one.
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how did it die may i ask? did your phone crash during the update?
idonttakedrugs said:
how did it die may i ask? did your phone crash during the update?
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It started to process the update, rebooting and stuck. All I could get it to do was show the LG logo if I power cycled it or plugged it in the usb or charger. 2finger factory reset would show the screen but never start.
daytonasportster said:
It started to process the update, rebooting and stuck. All I could get it to do was show the LG logo if I power cycled it or plugged it in the usb or charger. 2finger factory reset would show the screen but never start.
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alright mate im gonna say that
I decided to start a thread because I noticed there were multiples about this issue. So 3 days ago I was on Facebook when my phone randomly froze. I pushed the power button, and that's when it began bootlooping. I instantly tried booting into recovery with no success. I was hopeful, however, because I could still access the bootloader. I got on my computer and began researching the issue and steps I could take to fix it. I tried every method out there and was unsuccessful. I ended up buying a Pixel today off Craigslist and am loving it so far. So anyway since my Pixel came with the OEM charger, and I had been using a non-oem ever since I had my 6P, I decided to plug in the OEM and see what happens. Within the first hour my 6P began to get very hot, almost to the point where I couldn't even hold it in my hand. Keep in mind the phone was still consistently boot looping the whole time. So I decided to unplug it. Well I left it sitting and went about my business and when I came back to my bed I noticed it was doing the Google boot animation!!!! I started freaking out! After it booted up I finished the tutorial stuff and just let it sit on the home screen for a second. I noticed the battery was low so I figured I would plug the charger back up and let it charge. Well in the time it has taken me to write this post, it just started boot looping again... Lol. So I just unplugged the charger AGAIN, to see if it will boot up again. To me, it seems like there might be a hardware issue with my battery. Anyway, my 6P was rooted and running nitrogen OS (wasn't running the latest build but was 7.1.)
what are the exact symptoms? and does it boot into bootloader and recovery if not what is it physically doing?
dontbeweakvato said:
what are the exact symptoms? and does it boot into bootloader and recovery if not what is it physically doing?
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As of now it is still boot looping and no it doesn't boot into recovery. Only symptoms I've noticed is the phone starts to get extremely hot when I plug in the OEM charger that came with my Pixel. I figured they were the same so that's why I decided to use it since it was OEM.
I had a 6p that bootlooped eternally couldnt access boot or recovery, I sent it in and they sent a new one. Board was damaged.
I also had a nexus 5 that bootlooped and it turned out to be a bad power botton. the internal connection was broken so it would get power and lose power all in the same second, off and on but too fast to see other than seeing a bootlooping device. that was fixed with a new power button which had to be soldered on.
if not on warranty you could take to a cell phone repair shop maybe they might be able to fix the issue.
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I had a 6p that bootlooped eternally couldnt access boot or recovery, I sent it in and they sent a new one. Board was damaged.
I also had a nexus 5 that bootlooped and it turned out to be a bad power botton. the internal connection was broken so it would get power and lose power all in the same second, off and on but too fast to see other than seeing a bootlooping device. that was fixed with a new power button which had to be soldered on.
if not on warranty you could take to a cell phone repair shop maybe they might be able to fix the issue.
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It is under warranty, but the sad part is that I no longer have the receipt for it. I got the phone off Craigslist and the guy gave me the original box and receipt but I managed to lose it. I haven't been able to get it to fully boot back up again since last night. I'm not that worried about it anymore because I already have a new phone, but I wouldn't mind if it were to some how fix itself lol.
e1ement08 said:
It is under warranty, but the sad part is that I no longer have the receipt for it. I got the phone off Craigslist and the guy gave me the original box and receipt but I managed to lose it. I haven't been able to get it to fully boot back up again since last night. I'm not that worried about it anymore because I already have a new phone, but I wouldn't mind if it were to some how fix itself lol.
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my first bootloop years ago i thought the same.
it wont fix itself. its not a software isssue because youd be able to at least boot into bootloader. it sucks to hear the truth but thats the truth.
its a hardware issue and you could take it to a repair shop because they will inspect and fix. small drops that dont harm the device can ultimately cause small breaks in the solder joints so who knows what is wrong without inspection
So I recently sent in my 6T for repairs with OnePlus support, and told them that it doesn't show anything just black screen. However, the phone shows indications of it working internally by vibrating when a charger is connected. Now I recently (I think) forced it into fastboot mode and it feels like the phone responded. So my actual question is if i can connect the phone to my computer and put it in fastboot, would reinstalling the Rom possibly help?
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So I recently sent in my 6T for repairs with OnePlus support, and told them that it doesn't show anything just black screen. However, the phone shows indications of it working internally by vibrating when a charger is connected. Now I recently (I think) forced it into fastboot mode and it feels like the phone responded. So my actual question is if i can connect the phone to my computer and put it in fastboot, would reinstalling the Rom possibly help?
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I don't understand you sent it to repair or you don't?
If your LCD is out of order changing the ROM won't do anything. OnePlus will change your screen I guess, and yes, having a screen broken doesn't prevent the other parts of the phone to work.
Striatum_bdr said:
I don't understand you sent it to repair or you don't?
If your LCD is out of order changing the ROM won't do anything. OnePlus will change your screen I guess, and yes, having a screen broken doesn't prevent the other parts of the phone to work.
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So i sent it in for repairs but they said they found no damage. However the issue still persists. So im having to ship it back and this time i tried to be more specific about the issue hoping itll be fixed this time around.
So i once took my phone to charge before going to bed and the next morning the screen was just black and the phone was "dead". The screen was black, nothing reacting. Rebooting was possible, but screen still black. I went through a whole night trying to figure out whats wrong and lastly i flashed the stock rom using the recovery tool and accidently ended up locking the bootloader with a non working screen.
Today the replacement screen arrived, i connected the new one, restarted the phone and still its just the screen lighting up a few seconds then turning off as soon as the redmi should appear. It does look like its not the screen but still something in the software. Is there anything i can still do to rescue the phone or is it just dead?
greetings
marcopast said:
So i once took my phone to charge before going to bed and the next morning the screen was just black and the phone was "dead". The screen was black, nothing reacting. Rebooting was possible, but screen still black. I went through a whole night trying to figure out whats wrong and lastly i flashed the stock rom using the recovery tool and accidently ended up locking the bootloader with a non working screen.
Today the replacement screen arrived, i connected the new one, restarted the phone and still its just the screen lighting up a few seconds then turning off as soon as the redmi should appear. It does look like its not the screen but still something in the software. Is there anything i can still do to rescue the phone or is it just dead?
greetings
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Try going into the stock recovery mode through hardware buttons (Hold Vol+ and Power) and try and factory reset.