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Hi guys,
I figured I'll post again here since I think I bricked my phone.... I was trying to install Eugene's Vibrant6.zip and I got stuck on the Vibrant Logo with Samsung at the bottom. I tried to reset with both volume buttons and power button and got to grey battery and nothing else...
What I did prior to this was I formatted system and data on the recovery screen as per some posts here and it would just boot into a loop. Windows won't recognize a device and it just shows grey battery image and it doesn't seem to be charging. Anyone can help me?
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Out and in the battery, plugged in to USB and it just loads the battery image and it's all grey color as if fully discharged and just stuck on it. Device is also not found in my system so I can't do any adb commands. If I just reset it without the cable it would just sit on the Samsung boot loop. Anything I can do?
UPDATE: Ok, some good news! I heard the sound as it connected via USB, I can see the 2 drives, but they read as Removable Disk and I can't access them...
adb reboot recovery or download
error: device not found
What if simply format the drives via Windows right click menu? Will that do any good or bad? What are my options here? Any help will be appreciated!
UPDATE: Well... looks like this is pretty much a dead phone.... I right clicked and selected Format in My Computer and it just says There is no disk in Driver F: Insert a disk and try again.
Can I a mount an image somehow via MagicISO? Or is there something simpler that I just can't figure out?
Again, thanks for your help!
Thanks.
Has anyone experienced this or am I the only one?
M5devil said:
Has anyone experienced this or am I the only one?
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Sorry I have never heard of this or witnessed it while flashing anything to my device. Obviously the battery screen signifies that the phone is off but is in charging mode and hitting the power button will boot the device up. (I'm sure you already know of this). Never heard of it being stuck at that screen after flashing. Hopefully you can get this solved soon. Good luck
M5devil said:
Hi guys,
I figured I'll post again here since I think I bricked my phone.... I was trying to install Eugene's Vibrant6.zip and I got stuck on the Vibrant Logo with Samsung at the bottom. I tried to reset with both volume buttons and power button and got to grey battery and nothing else...
What I did prior to this was I formatted system and data on the recovery screen as per some posts here and it would just boot into a loop. Windows won't recognize a device and it just shows grey battery image and it doesn't seem to be charging. Anyone can help me?
EDIT:
Out and in the battery, plugged in to USB and it just loads the battery image and it's all grey color as if fully discharged and just stuck on it. Device is also not found in my system so I can't do any adb commands. If I just reset it without the cable it would just sit on the Samsung boot loop. Anything I can do?
UPDATE: Ok, some good news! I heard the sound as it connected via USB, I can see the 2 drives, but they read as Removable Disk and I can't access them...
adb reboot recovery or download
error: device not found
What if simply format the drives via Windows right click menu? Will that do any good or bad? What are my options here? Any help will be appreciated!
UPDATE: Well... looks like this is pretty much a dead phone.... I right clicked and selected Format in My Computer and it just says There is no disk in Driver F: Insert a disk and try again.
Can I a mount an image somehow via MagicISO? Or is there something simpler that I just can't figure out?
Again, thanks for your help!
Thanks.
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Slow down for a second. Your phone is definitely not bricked. Ive been over the edge, and been able to bring my phone back to life.
To clarify, you flashed vibrant6.zip through clockwork mod, and then the phone got stuck on the samsung S? How long did you let it sit there?
It sounds like just your ROM is messed up.
Are you able to "get into recovery"? Holding both volume buttons while you power on the phone, without it being plugged into usb.
Do you have Odin? And have you ever used it?
Its totally frustrating when your phone gets messed up and you don't know what to do.
I flashed the stock ROM via Odin and then wanted to install Vibrant6.zip. For that I entered into a recovery mode via Clockwork and as someone in the other thread advised, I formatted system and also data, don't recall exactly. Then it looped to a standard recovery mode and I just rebooted the phone. This is where it got stuck... Vibrant in the center and Samsung at the bottom of the screen. To test it I left it like that from night till this morning. In the morning I woke up it was on the same boot screen.
Before that at night, after seeing it hand at the boot, I held both volume keys and power, waited for it to reboot, and immediately it showed a circular progress bar, but not moving just highlighted the 12 o'clock bar and second later I see the battery image all in gray and nothing else. It just sits on that grey static image without actually charging it (no green section or flashing dots)
Boot logo only appears if I am trying to reset without the USB cable. On the boot loop I plug in the cable and I hear the USB connecting it, I see the 2 Removable disks, but both inaccessible and adb commands don't recognize the device.
Very weird, as in turned off mode it's not charging at all.. just shows this grey battery image with a circle progress froze on 12 o'clock bar.
That's pretty much it.... I was never able to enter into recovery nor download via the buttons. It would just always reboot into this grey battery screen....
Completely helpless.... I did order a new battery from TMO, maybe the battery is fried and that's why it's not charging and just sits on this stupid static grey battery screen.
ArbitrageMan said:
It sounds like just your ROM is messed up.
Are you able to "get into recovery"? Holding both volume buttons while you power on the phone, without it being plugged into usb.
Do you have Odin? And have you ever used it?
Its totally frustrating when your phone gets messed up and you don't know what to do.
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Holding both volume keys and releasing power once screen goes blank, only show Vibrant logo again... I have tried this a million times
With USB cable it shows grey battery screen, without the cable just a Vibrant boot loop...
I'm assuming that you have the Samsung drivers installed.
Try the following steps:
Take out the battery and then put it back in but don't turn the phone on.
Plug it via USB.. does anything show up on the screen?
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I'm assuming that you have the Samsung drivers installed.
Try the following steps:
Take out the battery and then put it back in but don't turn the phone on.
Plug it via USB.. does anything show up on the screen?
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Yes, I have the drivers installed as I was able to locate my device and use adb commands to enter into recovery and download. Also Kies worked.
Doing what you asked simply load the grey battery image and nothing else with a progress bar not spinning. Just sort of hangs on this image and that's all.
Booting without the USB cable loads the Vibrant boot loop. Connecting USB at this boot loop state, would play a sound as if it connected to my windows, but I can only see Removable disks that are inaccessible and adb doesn't find the device...
Very strange.... trying to use the button keys to enter into recovery or download is no use, as that just won't ever happen, even when phone was working fine.
Any other suggestions? I would return the phone for replacement... but I am not sure how it would look with all the files still on the internal disk including root if I am not mistaken... I had only few hours of sleep because of this headache
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Yes, I have the drivers installed as I was able to locate my device and use adb commands to enter into recovery and download. Also Kies worked.
Doing what you asked simply load the grey battery image and nothing else with a progress bar not spinning. Just sort of hangs on this image and that's all.
Booting without the USB cable loads the Vibrant boot loop. Connecting USB at this boot loop state, would play a sound as if it connected to my windows, but I can only see Removable disks that are inaccessible and adb doesn't find the device...
Very strange.... trying to use the button keys to enter into recovery or download is no use, as that just won't ever happen, even when phone was working fine.
Any other suggestions? I would return the phone for replacement... but I am not sure how it would look with all the files still on the internal disk including root if I am not mistaken... I had only few hours of sleep because of this headache
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Are you sure that you're doing the right things to get to download? I've been in this situation and I wasn't able to get into recovery but I was able to get back into download mode.
I believe if you return it back and they find out it was rooted, they will charge you for it. If not, it'll appear on your bill.
I'm sure that you're doing the wrong things to get into download mode. If something is appearing on your screen it is a soft-brick and you're not bricked.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen (powers on its own when plugged in)
IF the phone screen does 'turn on' after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
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A tip to get into download mode is to put the phone HORIZONTALLY (sideways) and it will make it a lot easier.
I am pretty much positive about it. I know a lot of people can easily enter into recovery or download modes, but I know many can't and I am one of them. It would just load the grey battery image instantly as I let go of the power button.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off) DONE
2. Don't turn it the phone on! DONE
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button! DONE
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen (powers on its own when plugged in) FIRST THING THAT APPEARS IS A CIRCULAR PROGRESS BAR THAT CHANGES TO A GREY BATTERY IMAGE WITH A BAR IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. STATIC IMAGE, NOTHING ELSE.
IF the phone screen does 'turn on' after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons. DONE
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black. DONE
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons! DONE
THE STUPID GREY COLOR BATTERY IMAGE APPEARS AS BEFORE....
I'm thinking maybe battery is fried and that's why the grey color screen appears and not the usual screen where you see the battery charging...
After reading this thread it's clear that my handset is one of the new ones that have recovery/download modes disabled via the volume+power buttons.
So that pretty much covers it... I hope TMO will not ***** about the files that are on the internal sd that I am unable to access and remove... unless anyone else has any fresh ideals how to gain access to the disk
I think I might have a similar problem.
I accidentally deleted the touchwiz framework so I can't do anything ON the phone. It boots up, and gets me to the lock screen. As soon as I unlock, I am greeted with dozens of unending force closes.
I can get into both download and recovery mode, however, I have not been able to get ADB to recognize the device. I am attempting to push the stock ROM to the internal memory to flash over everything.
I'm not sure what to do to get ADB to work but it's driving me nuts!
Stuck at vibrant? I have a fix
Check out android Dev Section... I figured out how to access download mode or stock recovery mode when you are stuck at the vibrant screen!!!! BACK IN BUSINESS VIBRANT OWNERS!!!
i got the same problem and nothing seems to work
Try this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103706
Feels like I'm having same issues..
the previous post requires opening the phone and I don't have tools for that..
Here's my issue.
I can't get into Recovery or Download and computer won't see phone to Odin.
I've got drivers installed and AIO Toolbox as well as ADB(which won't work because of computer not seeing phone.
Using the manual option(vol+ vol- power), nothing works.
I've done all the tricks like unplug it then hold vol keys plug it insert battery..
When I do plug in the phone to to even just get a charge in it goes the the battery, but my is is frozen or something. doesn't turn green or have a charging animation. After about a minute or so it was start up and boot loop. I read something about a bad battery? I've got two of them and they seemed fine before..
Before all this I had to Odin and go to stock. I was attempting to get ics back but I was being lazy and trying to do as little as possible..bad idea. I was following slim ics install and flashed cm9 daily, slimics and commons..and now this..
I'm not sure what to do..I usually search around xda or google..10 hours later.. idk..Anyone able to give help please?
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eduardo_reflex said:
i got the same problem and nothing seems to work
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... do i even have to say it?
droyd666 said:
Try this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103706
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this problem is most likely solved. After 2 years!
mylostlonelysoul said:
Feels like I'm having same issues..
the previous post requires opening the phone and I don't have tools for that..
Here's my issue.
I can't get into Recovery or Download and computer won't see phone to Odin.
I've got drivers installed and AIO Toolbox as well as ADB(which won't work because of computer not seeing phone.
Using the manual option(vol+ vol- power), nothing works.
I've done all the tricks like unplug it then hold vol keys plug it insert battery..
When I do plug in the phone to to even just get a charge in it goes the the battery, but my is is frozen or something. doesn't turn green or have a charging animation. After about a minute or so it was start up and boot loop. I read something about a bad battery? I've got two of them and they seemed fine before..
Before all this I had to Odin and go to stock. I was attempting to get ics back but I was being lazy and trying to do as little as possible..bad idea. I was following slim ics install and flashed cm9 daily, slimics and commons..and now this..
I'm not sure what to do..I usually search around xda or google..10 hours later.. idk..Anyone able to give help please?
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Try asking another question. But I suggest using a USB jig. They usually work. Then odin
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Did you ever get it fixed man? I literally did the very same to mine a while back and It works like butter as we speak. It is fixable with a mini-usb jig or dongle. You can make your own with about $3 worth of parts from radio shack but I recommend buying one, it will be easier. I for the record made mine simply twisting together the resistors and though it was tough to touch the right pins it did eventually work and get me back into download mode.
Hopefully you already got it fixed though. If not I can help you out.
I just loaded the Eclipse ROM, and have been running it for about a week now. When the phone dies and I plug in the charger, it lights up to the dual core screen, but when it's charged I can't turn the phone on via the power button, but have to pull the battery. And it takes an act of god to then turn on the phone. Took me a few battery pulls this last time around to be able to fire it up. Any ideas on a fix for this?
sounds like your phone is getting stuck between loading BSR and the charge mode. When you pull the battery, unplug it before you put it back in. phone should boot normally. Maybe try to reinstall System recovery and re-set recovery mode, (or charge mode if that's what you want it to do, not a good choice in my opinion though.)
How would I reinstall System Recovery? It looks to be part of the Eclipse ROM (settings -> Eclipse Parts -> Bootstrap Recovery). There's a "Install Recovery", "Recovery Mode", and "Charge Mode" option. Should I just try the "Install Recovery" or do I need to uninstall something first?
When the phone is fully charged I unplug the phone, then pull the battery.
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yeah "install recovery" and then plug in and recovery mode. phone will reboot and load BSR, if it works reboot. this way if the phone dies on you and you plug it in it should load to BSR and charge, once charged for a few mins you can reboot and let it charge while powered on.
OK I hit "Install Recovery" which it did, then "Recovery Mode", then it rebooted into recovery. I then rebooted the phone and waited til it died, then plugged in the charger. Now it boots into recovery. Still no charging mode, but at least I can reboot the phone. Is there any advantage/disadvantage to charging while the phone is off? This bugs me, but if it's a non-issue then I guess I won't worry about it.
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No benefit really....having it charged while off just means u can't use.it while its charging
But charging while in BSR is just fine also.
BUT if you REALLY want that battery to show up while charging, go into eclipse parts recovery. Press charge mode.
I highly recommend against it cuz if u don't reinstall recovery after charging and u change something bout ur phone u wont be able to get into BSR to restore a nandroid if bootlooping if charge mode was set last
So I just used Bootmanager for the first time. I was having alot of issues so I rebooted and now it sits at the splash screen and it isn't going into the bootloader. Kind of freaked out.
What do I do to fix this?
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are you s-on or s-off?
I'm S-off on 1.49
edit: sorry, I meant 1.40
If u can get to recovery, go to install zip and find the boot manager folder, look in there for a phone Rom folder, their will be an update.zip, flash it and reboot.
I can't get to the recovery. It wont even boot to the spash screen unless it's plugged in.
Pull the battery, put it back in, hold vol down and power, what happens?
Well if it's unplugged it wont do anything. But, if it's plugged in, it goes to the splash screen.
Plugged into what, ac power or USB to comp? Try taking out the sd card and then try vol down and power.
Either the usb to computer or AC. It does it for both.
Took out the sd, no change.
I haven't seen a prob like this, without hboot you'd never see the splash screen, it has to be there. Maybe leave the battery out for a few minutes then try holding vol down+power. If you can get to hboot then you're good but with no hboot your not so good.
Hmm, so my red charging led is blinking now while the phone is off, wasn't doing that before, any idea on what that means?
I know that when I drain my battery all the way till it shuts off, it won't charge and I get the blinking red led. I have to put in a spare battery and let the other sit for a few hours befor it'll charge.
What's it do when u just press power? Just goes to the white HTC screen and stays?
Yeah it does that, I'm wondering if there is something wrong with my vol down.
Does it feel like it "clicks"? Take the case off and try to press vol down+power.
edit..Lol, just tried it without the case and its not as easy as I thought.
It does click, I tried it without the case, it was working earlier today though. The last time I had it on, I was rebooting into recovery and the screen went black and just sat there, so I did a battery bull and that is where I am now, Would something have happened if I did a battery pull in that state?
I wouldn't think so... I've had to pull it in situations like that, generally you just don't want to pull the battery during an ruu update or a pg86img update, when its writing to certain partitions. What recovery are you using and what Rom did you try to flash with boot manager?
I'm using TWRP 2.0 and my phones rom was on mean rom. I put ics playground on slot 1 and was having alot of issues getting the phone to wake up and random freezes and crashes. I attempted to boot back to my phones rom but it wasn't doing it. So I attempted to flash Chads AnthaX ICS playground kernel and bootmanager crashed. so I decided I would just boot into recovery and do flash the update zip for bootmanager.
That is everything I did
brenstar said:
It does click, I tried it without the case, it was working earlier today though. The last time I had it on, I was rebooting into recovery and the screen went black and just sat there, so I did a battery bull and that is where I am now, Would something have happened if I did a battery pull in that state?
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It just sounds like something weird happened to your recovery partition. If you pull out the battery and put it back in, then plug a usb cable into your computer. Do not turn it on. Run the command "adb reboot bootloader" (from your computer). that should turn on the phone and put it into the bootloader. From there, redownload your custom recovery of choice to your computer. Make sure you have a .img file. Type in "fastboot flash recovery [NAMEOFRECOVERYIMAGE].img". Now run your custom recovery and restore the update.zip for your ROM.
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I'd be very surprised if your phone is broken. Sounds like an easy fix and I wish I could help more. You really can't do anything without getting to the hboot screen. No ruu, no turning s-on to re downgrade, no loading a recovery from fastboot.... I'm trying to think, maybe somebody else will jump in here and teach both of us somethin.
I know that a couple of other ppl had prob with a certain release of playground and twistedumbrella fixed them right up. Maybe you could hit him up. He's way more pro than I am.
My Amaze has been off for about a week or two and now it wont even power on.
If I press and hold the power button I get no indication that it is doing anything. However, if I press the buttons on the bottom of the screen I get a slight vibration indication that it is indeed getting power to it. Tried booting into recovery with no luck.
Any thoughts?
What recovery are you using? I know most recoveries don't support charging while off. I suggest 4EXT but you will need to charge the battery externally first in order to flash it. Good luck.
do you have an external battery charger to charge the battery out of the phone?
did you try to charge the battery ?
Here's an interesting update.
Was able to plug it in USB and using ADB restart into recovery. From recovery I hit restart and the phone booted up like normal.
BUT, about 5-10 seconds in Android it reboots again back to the black screen with the vibrating buttons. Had to run back to work so I wasn't able to play around with it anymore than that.
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Here's an interesting update.
Was able to plug it in USB and using ADB restart into recovery. From recovery I hit restart and the phone booted up like normal.
BUT, about 5-10 seconds in Android it reboots again back to the black screen with the vibrating buttons. Had to run back to work so I wasn't able to play around with it anymore than that.
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if your running a custom rom maybe it got corrupted somehow, happens to my phone often due to the fact im trying to find a way around to cloning one rom to another phone, try to reset your phone back to stock by flashing a ruu stock rom or a different rom, flash 4EXT and wipe everything from the phone (including sd card) don't forget to check and realign the partitions and then toggle usb mode and put the rom on the sdcard and flash it , hope that helps
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if your running a custom rom maybe it got corrupted somehow, happens to my phone often due to the fact im trying to find a way around to cloning one rom to another phone, try to reset your phone back to stock by flashing a ruu stock rom or a different rom, flash 4EXT and wipe everything from the phone (including sd card) don't forget to check and realign the partitions and then toggle usb mode and put the rom on the sdcard and flash it , hope that helps
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Thanks for the reply but I can't even get it to recognize via USB anymore
Buttons still vibrate, screen is still black. I can't get anything to work on it
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Thanks for the reply but I can't even get it to recognize via USB anymore
Buttons still vibrate, screen is still black. I can't get anything to work on it
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Battery pull, hold volume down(or is it up? I work on too many android phones..) and power button and it should boot into bootloader. From there reboot into recovery. Flash a custom rom of your choice after doing a full wipe. Problem should be solved unless there is a hardware issue, at which point it must have been dropped, battery issue, etc..
What it really seems like is your battery doesn't have enough juice to sustain power, (I get bootloops when my battery goes really low and I try turning it on). Just let it charge a bit and if the battery isn't holding its charge, then time for a new battery
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So basically, a friend of mine handed me a phone that he tried flashing a custom ROM with Stock Recovery... Cant do much at the moment with the phone. Constantly gives off " Force Close " crap and its extremely laggy. I've heard to use ODIN? I'm not too familiar with this kind of problem. Any solution?
P.S. , I cannot get into download mode. I tried factory reset. I tried getting my way through the phone by dodging all the force close pop-ups. No good.
Andrew10567 said:
So basically, a friend of mine handed me a phone that he tried flashing a custom ROM with Stock Recovery... Cant do much at the moment with the phone. Constantly gives off " Force Close " crap and its extremely laggy. I've heard to use ODIN? I'm not too familiar with this kind of problem. Any solution?
P.S. , I cannot get into download mode. I tried factory reset. I tried getting my way through the phone by dodging all the force close pop-ups. No good.
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Can't get into Download Mode? Impossible. Plug your USB cable into your computer, and while plugging it into your phone, press and hold the volume down button until you see the shoveldroid. It is actually impossible to not be able to go into download mode.
And please follow Droidstyle's excellent guide on how to restore back to stock. He has links to all the files you need. Look around for it
Also, before you do anything in Odin, look at the guide, and make sure your cable works. If the Odin reflash of the stock ROM doesn't work, try a different cable, and if that doesn't work, reinstall the Samsung drivers.
Yup. I plugged my cable into my computer(s) and held the volume down button and plugged it in. I've waited half a minute and nothing. I can still go into stock recovery.
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Yup. I plugged my cable into my computer(s) and held the volume down button and plugged it in. I've waited half a minute and nothing. I can still go into stock recovery.
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install the samsung USB drivers first. find em on droidstyle's guide.
Andrew10567 said:
Yup. I plugged my cable into my computer(s) and held the volume down button and plugged it in. I've waited half a minute and nothing. I can still go into stock recovery.
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Are you doing this with the battery out?
It won't go into d/l mode unless it's out.
Battery out indeed. Nothing. Just simply waited another time for 1 whole minute.
Andrew10567 said:
Battery out indeed. Nothing. Just simply waited another time for 1 whole minute.
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so what is the exact recovery version that you are able to boot into
and what is the exact Rom name / version that boots up
lets at least start with the above information 1st
edit::: some other options are
adb reboot download,
or use a terminal to "reboot download"
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you may be looking at the unbrickable mod found here
or a
Jig - This is a tiny Frankensteinian device made of a small chip, a transistor, and the tip of the little micro-USB connector that you plug into your phone to charge it or attach it to your computer. When your phone will not go into download mode through normal means, putting a jig into the phone when the battery is in will make your phone go into download mode. You can make one yourself or buy one online for less than $10.
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This is the recovery i get into. :
Android system recovery <2e>
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
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#MANUAL MODE#
I have a jig. The I turned the phone off, plugged in the jig, and nothing.
And more. The phone doesnt charge the battery. I use a seperate accessory to charge the battery. The phone reads that it has a USB in since it says on the status bar.
So what didnt work for me were :
Jig method
Volume down ( no battery ) plugging into PC
Volume up down ( with battery ) plugging into PC
Volume Down ( plug in battery after pressing Vol. Down ) plugging into PC
so it won't go into download mode, even with a jig? sounds like your friend killed his/her fascinate. but you can make them feel better by advertising it as a coaster.