Got my phone soft bricked whet I tried to flash another firmware (no root).
Samsung galaxy s7 edge (android 6). Wanted to downgrade it to lower security patch. The phone's bootloader number and another firmware's bootloader number is the same (1).
Before I even plugged the phone to PC I checked OEM unlock and USB debugging. Plugged in the USB and then hit the start button in Odin however not so long after start I got the FAIL message
https://ibb.co/StrkBpb
Volume down + power button + home button (while still connected to PC) gave me this error:
https://ibb.co/b3v0QNC
Now I'm stuck at this thing and have no idea what to do.
The phone doesn't react to power off button. When I try to go back to download mode the phone shuts down for a second and automatically turns on to show me the blue screen.
This is the 1st time happening to me. Please help, I'm in panic :crying:
(I tried following this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfyADP53El0 but I cannot find SS PC button anywhere)
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Hello guys, I'm new here and I hope you can help me out.
Let me make the story short.
My phone's screen broke and I replaced.
In that processes I lost the rubber that stick
to the panel of the volume. I was fine with that since my phone
in vibrate mode and I really don't use ring tone in my daily basis.
I tried to download Android 5.0 lollipop and flash it.
How did I get there? well since I did not have a volume button,
I downloaded an app that restarted my phone and got me into
fastboot mode without the key (I did got me where I wanted).
Then the problem was that in the middle of writing the .img
the freaking cheap bastard micro usb unplugged!!!
BAMM!! phone now is bricked, I cannot get into recovery/fastboot mode
since I cannot press the volume key and my phone is bricked.
I tried going through fastboot mode via my computer again,
but the computer doesn't recognize the device since it still
looping there forever at the google logo. I try installing USB
DRIVERS to see if I could do some "magic" haha. Got
error "This device cannot start ..." And still at the same problem.
I know I can get back to my recovery if order the part for the volume
key, I ordered the part to replace it, but trust me I was 3 weeks without
my phone and now this problem
Is there any way that I can get to fastboot mode to factory reset my phone
without volume key with a bricked forever looping a "google" logo ? :fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed:
I appreciate any help.
vadeld said:
Hello guys, I'm new here and I hope you can help me out.
Let me make the story short.
My phone's screen broke and I replaced.
In that processes I lost the rubber that stick
to the panel of the volume. I was fine with that since my phone
in vibrate mode and I really don't use ring tone in my daily basis.
I tried to download Android 5.0 lollipop and flash it.
How did I get there? well since I did not have a volume button,
I downloaded an app that restarted my phone and got me into
fastboot mode without the key (I did got me where I wanted).
Then the problem was that in the middle of writing the .img
the freaking cheap bastard micro usb unplugged!!!
BAMM!! phone now is bricked, I cannot get into recovery/fastboot mode
since I cannot press the volume key and my phone is bricked.
I tried going through fastboot mode via my computer again,
but the computer doesn't recognize the device since it still
looping there forever at the google logo. I try installing USB
DRIVERS to see if I could do some "magic" haha. Got
error "This device cannot start ..." And still at the same problem.
I know I can get back to my recovery if order the part for the volume
key, I ordered the part to replace it, but trust me I was 3 weeks without
my phone and now this problem
Is there any way that I can get to fastboot mode to factory reset my phone
without volume key with a bricked forever looping a "google" logo ? :fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed:
I appreciate any help.
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Im not sure why your text is like this? But paraphrasing buddy comes a long way
Just hold the power button, until it dies, or just let it die in general since your volume button (You only need Vol down and Power) to power it off completely. Since your Volume keys are gone, the best solution is to wait for the replacement before doing so, unless you can get the contact keys to trigger the Volume button, you're in a loss atm. No OS or Volume keys means you can't trigger ADB commands or boot into fastboot. Just wait it out I guess?
Hello. I was in the boot menu whilst using my Samsung Galaxy S8 (I was just looking around) and entered the bootloader.
I see a blue screen with a down arrow which says "Downloading... Do not turn off target"
The phone will not receive any input and I cannot turn it off.
I have tried to use fastboot reboot to reboot the device, but the device isn't being detected (In the device manager it says "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Failed)").
I'm sure if the device dies it will boot properly, however I would not like to wait that long. Any help would be helpful, thanks.
just long press the power button (for 15 seconds or so). It will restart.
I have tried this already, a restart has not happened. To make sure, I tried it again and timed it for 25 seconds, the device did not power down.
Try holding both power and volume down.
That worked, thanks.
I've never had a device which required that combination. Perhaps I should have tried it first before posting, regardless, you have been a big help.
Hi Guys!
I'm new to XDA developers, but I've been following this forum for many years.
I would like to resurrect my old phone, a Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition (GT-I9515), witch is most likely bricked.
About one year ago, the device started to randomly reboot, until it no longer powered on (It was NOT rooted or modded).
Recovery also did not work, so I decided to flash the stock firmware with Odin. The flash failed, so i decided to follow a (really stupid ) guide that said that to solve it was necessary to flash a PIT file of the Samsung GT-I9505, so I tried it.
Since then, I'm not able to boot the phone anymore.
What can I do with the phone now? What have I tried? I'll try to be as clear as possible:
Recovery mode:
I can boot into recovery only by pressing VOL UP + POWER with phone connected to charger, and then inserting battery keeping pressed the buttons, but when I try to boot into Recovery Mode, 3 different things can happen:
It does not power on
It vibrates, then reboot and freeze in Samsung GT-I9515 logo
It vibrates randomly and then open successfully the stock recovery
Download mode:
I can boot into download only by pressing VOL DOWN + POWER with phone connected to charger, and then inserting battery keeping pressed the buttons, but when I try to boot into Download Mode, it seems that the screen freeze at a certain point while loading the recovery mode warning (this warning loads slowly, like a slide from top to bottom). The device rarely fully load the warning, and when it does, when I press the VOL UP key to confirm entering download mode (sometimes it does not respond to VOL UP click for confirmation and i must reboot) Odin is able to find the device but during a flash the Odin log stop at Setup Connection, so the device is not responding.
Normal boot:
Yesterday, after hundreds of attempts, I was able to start the phone normally (I don't know how) , it asked for the initial configuration and language, but when I turned it off, the problem reappeared and I was not able to boot it normally. In most cases, the device freezes in Samsung GT-I9515 logo, it continues to restart or simply does not vibrate or power on.
When charging, I don't see anything such as the charging battery icon or the LED.
I realize that I was wrong to flash that PIT file, but is there anything I can do to make this device work properly?
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Noone?
Today, I was using my phone, and then it starting running really slow, so I decided to restart it. I powered it off like normal, but then when I went to try to turn it on, nothing happened. So I decided to plug it up, and that's when a screen came up saying the following message in red text on a black background:
Bootloader exception
[ AST_STAT = 0x10000 ]
Exception: do_handler_sync: DABT_EL1(esr: 0x96000010)
pc : 0x8f026210 lr : 0x8f0261cc sp : 0x8f117f60
I've tried looking up other solutions such as holding down power+home+Vol-up, and it does nothing. Holding down power button does nothing either.
Whenever I plug up my phone to my computer, it shows up as "SAMSUNG Mobile USB CDC Composite Device" in the device manager, but it doesn't show up as a drive like it normally would when I plug it into my computer.
My phone was also on android version 7.0 using the stock samsung ROM. I have never tried to root the phone either, so that shouldn't be an issue in this situation.
Does anybody know what I could do to try to fix this issue?
I would use Odin to flash a new bootloader or just a new ROM, but the problem is, I can't find any way to reboot the phone to boot it into download mode.
Haven't tried this since the s3, but maybe it'll work.
Search on here for Galaxy S7 USB jig
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/accessories/usb-jig-t3347793
Hold power + volume down + home for 15 seconds. It's supposed to shut off from there and attempt to boot up, but if it's still getting stuck on that screen there may be a major hardware issue. USG jig wont work on S6 and S7 already tried before.
You can hold the combinations for longer until the phone reboots multiple times and you see the light blue screen prompting for confirmation to boot download (ODIN) mode.
benjamen50 said:
Hold power + volume down + home for 15 seconds. It's supposed to shut off from there and attempt to boot up, but if it's still getting stuck on that screen there may be a major hardware issue. USG jig wont work on S6 and S7 already tried before.
You can hold the combinations for longer until the phone reboots multiple times and you see the light blue screen prompting for confirmation to boot download (ODIN) mode.
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The buttons seem to be unresponsive. No matter what combination I press, or how long I press, none of them do anything. The phone just stays on that screen until the battery dies. And as soon as I try to boot it back up or plug it into the computer after it dies, it just goes back to that screen.
Yours phone mbo is dead,try to rma phone.Emmc chip is dead on mbo,no flashing will bring him back to life.
HAHAH WHO SAYS THE MOB IS DEAD... HEY BUDDY CHECK MY THREAD THERE IS A FIX
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/s7-edge-bootloader-exception-0x-error-t3807183 <LINK
JUST COPY LINK AND IT WILL REDIRECT U TO THE LINK TRY MY FIX... ITS FREE BUT IF IT HELPS U DONATE ME.
Hi!
I have a problem with a galaxy a40 device, I flashed a stock ROM with Odin, everything went fine, green lights, PASS and all, but now the device just won't go pass the SM logo anymore. When I turn on, logo appears 2-3 secs I get a warning of the unlocked BL then logo comes back and after a second the phone restarts itself and the same goes on forever ( well about several hours, and after that it just shuts off somehow ). I cannot enter recovery mode or download mode at all. I keep pressing the combinations Power + Vol Down, Power + Vol Up, All three and every combinations I have just found on the internet so far. Odin doesnt recognize the phone, which is not a surprise since it won't start up. I have tried with adb but waiting for device is all I get.
How is it even possible that I cannot enter download mode at all? There was no problem with the physical keys, and the power still works, I cannot test the Vol buttons tho.
Has anyone ever had a problem like this? How can I come back from this? Is there a way to flash a ROM without download mode or turned off phone?
Thanks for any help!!
The download mode for this model is different from previous Samsung's :
IIRC, with the phone off, you need to hold VolumeUp and VolumeDown, then plug in the USB cable connected to a computer (you may need to press Power to power up the phone, I can't recall properly).
From there, you should be able to restore a stock ROM with Odin.
Let us know if it helped !
gmarko247 said:
Hi!
I have a problem with a galaxy a40 device, I flashed a stock ROM with Odin, everything went fine, green lights, PASS and all, but now the device just won't go pass the SM logo anymore. When I turn on, logo appears 2-3 secs I get a warning of the unlocked BL then logo comes back and after a second the phone restarts itself and the same goes on forever ( well about several hours, and after that it just shuts off somehow ). I cannot enter recovery mode or download mode at all. I keep pressing the combinations Power + Vol Down, Power + Vol Up, All three and every combinations I have just found on the internet so far. Odin doesnt recognize the phone, which is not a surprise since it won't start up. I have tried with adb but waiting for device is all I get.
How is it even possible that I cannot enter download mode at all? There was no problem with the physical keys, and the power still works, I cannot test the Vol buttons tho.
Has anyone ever had a problem like this? How can I come back from this? Is there a way to flash a ROM without download mode or turned off phone?
Thanks for any help!!
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Here the same problem, have a40 in loop and never get rocgnized for computer, tryed many different cables, and installed a booring large amount of drivers software and nothing...
you need to power off device completely. let battery drain if you can't shut down. press and keep holding volume down + plug in usb cable for Odin3 (I doubt both?)
aIecxs said:
you need to power off device completely. let battery drain if you can't shut down. press and keep holding volume down + plug in usb cable for Odin3 (I doubt both?)
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Generic answers, repeated 800 times why really need to waste a post with that? and that not was the problem:
1- For no usb recognition, is this phone bad design, in the back tap where is the battery in the samsung logo more or less if you push with fingers and charge is because the design of baterry is so crap and your usb port goes off when the under tap cable moves or just get little out of conection. If you can get working after push, usb on phone will do too.