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[q] help! My phone wont do anything!

hey guys,
my phone litteraly wont do anything. i f*ed up some fonts using type fresh, then tried to restore using the odin3 downloader. i accidentally closed it, and now my phone wont boot up/react to any buttons pressed. any help? thanks guys!

had the same problem. i cant figure out how to even get odin working, it says one click but when i hook up it to odin it gives me a message that still doesnt tell me ****. i had to send my phone back for a new one and told them i used easyroot on the market bc i didnt know what it was and it sounded cool but now i know not to ever do that again that it messd up my phone. Praying to god that they dont charge my for anything

You should still be able to enter bootloader mode by turning phone off and holding down up/down vol and pwr simultaneously until boot screen flashes then release power button only

it wont even do that

open odin (use the stock one click version)
with the phone off (remove/reinsert the battery if need be) and not plugged in; hold vol. down and insert the usb cable (keep holding vol. down untill you see the download screen). this should put you into download mode and if you have the right drivers odin should recognize the phone.
I've stuffed my captivate on a few occasions and so far I have been able to use this method to get into download mode and fix it.

it wont do anything at all. it wont power on, show up in adb, anything... and stupid att wont do ANYTHING -_- oh well. any help would be appreciated!

Have any of you offering support to the OP actually had your phone in the described state? I've read a few posts where the phone is seemingly completely dead as the OP describes and no one says they've successfully recovered from that state. All I ever see is the same old button combinations/battery/usb shenanigans and statements of that should work and that the phone is unbrickable. I have personally seen a device that was behaving in such a manner and no combination of battery pulling, usb plugging, button holding, or tongue twisting would generate anything from the phone. The only thing the phone would do was get hot.

same here. Phone showed bright green screen...wasnt done with teh flash and said it was finished...now the nly thing I can get is power and hold the vlume up for some IRQ and hex stuff. I posted a questionthis morning but...serious. Vol up and down and any things else gives nothign but a black screen..battery out...back in anything..its torched.

Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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daveshih said:
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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when i plug it in, windows doesnt make any noises and doesnt recognize it, and when i use the "adb devices" command, nothing shows up.

daveshih said:
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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Did you read the rest of the posts? The OP already stated several times that the phone does nothing. I realize that most people will say it does nothing or is "bricked" if it simply shows the "connect to computer" screen, but the OP has stated more than once that the phone shows nothing. Yes, everyone is trying to help, but simply repeating what has been said numerous times before doesn't help.
Has anyone actually recovered a phone that displays NOTHING? No logos, no recovery, no nothing.

Last night, i turned off the light in my room when i noticed a glowing from my desk. i walked over, and it turns out my captivate's screen was in fact on, it was just a faint black glow, and none of the power buttons would do anything. when i took the battery out, it shut off completely!

As I pointed out here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757293
Im pretty sure it was my fault for not completely following instructions on the ext4 one click install root, settings.db etc so everyone needs to make sure if the dev says flash before..do it.
State of the phone was, it would not completely power on..therefor no usb drivers would load and Odin cannot see the phone and it can no longer flash..the only thing I could get it to do was show a screen with that text. I put in my post. I ordered it via letstalk.com so I sent it back and assuming they get the same result Ill have a new one hopefully by the end of the week. Im just glad I stil had my old iphone3 to slap my sim card in.
The odin one click flash thing..it just flaked right at the start it looked like..but I cant be sure because as soon as I saw a blue progress bar I stepped into the kitchen for abtou 30 sec..I came back and the screen was florescent green and Odin said it was done. I knew something was wrong as it was way too fast so I unplugged, removed the battery and set it back in...from there on out it would do nothing with the power button unless on a semi rare occasion if I hit the volume up button and power I got the IRQ stuff.
Annoying as I had a nandroid backup just before I started messing with it.

i just sent mine into samsung... back to mah ol trusty blackjack. gonna have to get used to supermario bros 3 instead of spyro....
ANYWAYS theyre sending me a new one!

uiskibum said:
open odin (use the stock one click version)
with the phone off (remove/reinsert the battery if need be) and not plugged in; hold vol. down and insert the usb cable (keep holding vol. down untill you see the download screen). this should put you into download mode and if you have the right drivers odin should recognize the phone.
I've stuffed my captivate on a few occasions and so far I have been able to use this method to get into download mode and fix it.
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So, yes in same state as op... no nothing... couldn't get jack out of it. at all, none
what this post said worked.... not holding power button... nothign...
removed battery
plugged in battery
hold vol down
(still no response)
plug in usb cable and continue holding vol down.
it went to recovery mode
... no holding of power button, just vol down and plugged in USB... give it a shot man, let me know
EDIT: feel free to PM me if you want me to help walk you through it...

ace518 said:
So, yes in same state as op... no nothing... couldn't get jack out of it. at all, none
what this post said worked.... not holding power button... nothign...
removed battery
plugged in battery
hold vol down
(still no response)
plug in usb cable and continue holding vol down.
it went to recovery mode
... no holding of power button, just vol down and plugged in USB... give it a shot man, let me know
EDIT: feel free to PM me if you want me to help walk you through it...
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Hey thanks, but i already sent it to em... thank you everyone for your help!

Just a note... i said before hold vol down and plug in usb. I had it in a pretty bad state tonight. Played around. Same idea as before, but had to hold vol up and vol down. If i brick a few more times, i'll give a better guide. But this phone can DEFINITELY come back from a state where you can't even get it to power on. Figured any additional info on this would be good.

[Q] Black screen, brick?

I tried flashing the latest Cognition onto my captivate today using ClockworkMod but the phone appears to no longer start up. The phone just sits there acting like it has no power with a black screen. I've tried holding volume up & down while plugging in the USB cable. I've tried holding volume up & down while pressing the power button. I've even tried the 301k resistor usb plug. Are there any other methods I can try that I have missed while searching the forums?
Thanks in advanced!

captivater said:
I tried flashing the latest Cognition onto my captivate today using ClockworkMod but the phone appears to no longer start up. The phone just sits there acting like it has no power with a black screen. I've tried holding volume up & down while plugging in the USB cable. I've tried holding volume up & down while pressing the power button. I've even tried the 301k resistor usb plug. Are there any other methods I can try that I have missed while searching the forums?
Thanks in advanced!
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Does your computer recognize your phone when you plug it in? If it does, try this
Open the one click root from your computer and click one click root if it should take you to clockworkmod recovery.
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Change the usb port ?
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I could never get the PC to recognize the device or even get anything to appear on the screen. Acts like it just doesn't have power. I think I'm going to try sending it to Samsung...

I doubt you are bricked. I had a similar issue where a ODIN flash failed midway through and I was left with a phone and black screen. There's a combination to get the phone directly into download mode which I tried. I THINK this is what it was:
Remove SIM, external SD card, and battery
Wait 10 seconds with battery out
Plug phone into computer (with battery out)
Hold Vol Up/Down + Power button
While holding the 3 buttons, insert battery
Release power button while holding Vol/Up down
Phone should be in Download mode
It took me a few tries to get the timing down, but it worked. The key combination might not be consistent with what others use. I think I've read somewhere that you don't need to hold the power button at all, I dunno. If you search, I know for sure there are more threads explaining the above method.
In regards to the 301k resistor, you might also want to try 300k or 302k. I know if you have problems finding these resistors, I've seen people hook up (3) 100k resistors in series from Radio Shack.
I also have a bunch of female USB plugs and resistors shipping to me on Monday. If you're still having problems by next week, send me a PM and I might be able to send you a jig to try out. If you send your phone into AT&T for warranty replacement, you MIGHT end up getting charged for the replacement. I've read stories of AT&T initially sending out a replacement phone, and then later billing the customer for the replacement since they were able to access system files and figure out the customer voided warranty by flashing a unsupported ROM.

Power button failure?

Im running CM7 on my cappy and today my power button started failing. Volume and such work though.
Im trying to get it to stock so i can trade it in. Would a jig get me in to download? i can normally do the key combo, but when i put in the battery, it just starts up. maybe because of cm7?

You might still be able to get it into DL mode. Fire up Odin 1-click, and plug your usb cable into your computer. Remove the battery cover, sim, external sd and battery, then replace the battery. Hold down both volume rocker keys and plug your mini usb into the top of the phone. That normally will put you in DL mode.

clemmie said:
You might still be able to get it into DL mode. Fire up Odin 1-click, and plug your usb cable into your computer. Remove the battery cover, sim, external sd and battery, then replace the battery. Hold down both volume rocker keys and plug your mini usb into the top of the phone. That normally will put you in DL mode.
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i tried that, but as soon as the battery gets put in, the phone starts up and download mode wont come up. maybe because of CM7?
- i really dont mind getting a jig. but wouldn't want to waste money. should i?

biggem001 said:
i tried that, but as soon as the battery gets put in, the phone starts up and download mode wont come up. maybe because of CM7?
- i really dont mind getting a jig. but wouldn't want to waste money. should i?
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i had this problem too at first. this worked for me
1. remove battery, sim and microsd card
2. plug micro-usb cable into your computer and the phone
3. hold volume up+down
4. insert battery
for some reason cm7 doesn't like to turn off while plugged in so for me putting the usb in before the battery did the trick

hm, tired that. all it does it stay on the loading screen thing when u plug in ur phone as its charging and off.
then it goes to black and the loading screen comes back..

biggem001 said:
hm, tired that. all it does it stay on the loading screen thing when u plug in ur phone as its charging and off.
then it goes to black and the loading screen comes back..
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If you have one of the captivates that has the 3 Buttons disabled you will get this. I have the same issue with my captivate but I bought a JIG and now it works just fine.
1. Remove battery, SIM
2. Launch ODIN
3. Insert JIG into phone
4. Plugin battery and wait for Download Mode
5. Remove JIG and connect to laptop with regular USB cable

kay, i'll try that!

[Q] have I hard bricked my phone?

I think my phone may be hard bricked.
I was trying to follow the steps in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141550, when I ran into the situation I'm now in.
I followed all of the steps perfectly with the exception of rebooting to recovery, I accidentally rebooted normally. After it had started up and sat for about 5 minutes or so, I rebooted back to recovery. I reflashed the ext4 zip, then Black Ice ROM, and then Bali 3.1. I went to the voodoo menu and disabled both options and told the phone to reboot again.
It sat at the SGS4G screen for 20 minutes and I never heard linda speak during this entire time. I got tired of waiting and pulled the battery. Now the only thing I ever get is the SGS4g screen. I let it sit that way while I slept and when I woke up 3-4 hours later it was still on that screen. I've tried following the advice given in the thread mentioned above to put it back into download or recovery with no luck.
When I connect the phone to the PC instead of recognizing it, it complains about it and immediately makes the USB disconnect sound. If I leave it plugged in every 5-10 minutes or so it'll pop up the warning in the system tray again, and make the USB disconnect sound. If I unplug the phone from USB, the battery charging screen stays on. If I plug back in to USB at this point it'll make the sound like it's connected but never shows in Windows device manager, 'adb devices', or in ODIN. Any ideas before I call it a hardbrick and try to take it back to the store?

chadder said:
I think my phone may be hard bricked.
I was trying to follow the steps in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141550, when I ran into the situation I'm now in.
I followed all of the steps perfectly with the exception of rebooting to recovery, I accidentally rebooted normally. After it had started up and sat for about 5 minutes or so, I rebooted back to recovery. I reflashed the ext4 zip, then Black Ice ROM, and then Bali 3.1. I went to the voodoo menu and disabled both options and told the phone to reboot again.
It sat at the SGS4G screen for 20 minutes and I never heard linda speak during this entire time. I got tired of waiting and pulled the battery. Now the only thing I ever get is the SGS4g screen. I let it sit that way while I slept and when I woke up 3-4 hours later it was still on that screen. I've tried following the advice given in the thread mentioned above to put it back into download or recovery with no luck.
When I connect the phone to the PC instead of recognizing it, it complains about it and immediately makes the USB disconnect sound. If I leave it plugged in every 5-10 minutes or so it'll pop up the warning in the system tray again, and make the USB disconnect sound. If I unplug the phone from USB, the battery charging screen stays on. If I plug back in to USB at this point it'll make the sound like it's connected but never shows in Windows device manager, 'adb devices', or in ODIN. Any ideas before I call it a hardbrick and try to take it back to the store?
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Press and hold vol up and down and insert the usb cord that will get you into download mode..
You are at a softbrick.

RaverX3X said:
Press and hold vol up and down and insert the usb cord that will get you into download mode..
You are at a softbrick.
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I've tried pulling the battery and putting it back in so it's fully shut down before holding the volume keys and connecting USB. It makes the USB connect sound and quickly makes the USB disconnect sound, gets the popup in my system tray saying it's an unrecognized USB device and doesn't go to download or a yellow triangle screen. Doesn't appear in ODIN or 'adb devices'. I've tried it this way repeatedly since last night.
I've also tried waiting until it's on the battery charging screen to pull the USB cable. It stays on the battery charging screen even though it's obviously not charging anymore. I hold the volume buttons anyways and plug the USB cable back in, and it makes the connect sound but it still never goes to download mode. I've tried it this way several times as well.
I've put my phone into download mode many times before so I can't imagine my method is wrong, I'm not doing it any differently than I ever have before. It's just behaving strangely. I've never had it stick on the battery charging screen before when I unplug the USB cable...

chadder said:
I've tried pulling the battery and putting it back in so it's fully shut down before holding the volume keys and connecting USB. It makes the USB connect sound and quickly makes the USB disconnect sound, gets the popup in my system tray saying it's an unrecognized USB device and doesn't go to download or a yellow triangle screen. Doesn't appear in ODIN or 'adb devices'. I've tried it this way repeatedly since last night.
I've also tried waiting until it's on the battery charging screen to pull the USB cable. It stays on the battery charging screen even though it's obviously not charging anymore. I hold the volume buttons anyways and plug the USB cable back in, and it makes the connect sound but it still never goes to download mode. I've tried it this way several times as well.
I've put my phone into download mode many times before so I can't imagine my method is wrong, I'm not doing it any differently than I ever have before. It's just behaving strangely. I've never had it stick on the battery charging screen before when I unplug the USB cable...
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buy the download mode jig or make one.

chadder said:
I've tried pulling the battery and putting it back in so it's fully shut down before holding the volume keys and connecting USB. It makes the USB connect sound and quickly makes the USB disconnect sound, gets the popup in my system tray saying it's an unrecognized USB device and doesn't go to download or a yellow triangle screen. Doesn't appear in ODIN or 'adb devices'. I've tried it this way repeatedly since last night.
I've also tried waiting until it's on the battery charging screen to pull the USB cable. It stays on the battery charging screen even though it's obviously not charging anymore. I hold the volume buttons anyways and plug the USB cable back in, and it makes the connect sound but it still never goes to download mode. I've tried it this way several times as well.
I've put my phone into download mode many times before so I can't imagine my method is wrong, I'm not doing it any differently than I ever have before. It's just behaving strangely. I've never had it stick on the battery charging screen before when I unplug the USB cable...
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check your pm.

Hey. I had the same exact problem. I couldn't get into download mode...and thus no odin. Look in the bible. There is a guide on how to get into download mode multiple ways. I used method 2. After that, follow the guide to flash using odin, also in the bible. hope you get it fixed.
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or u could try to reboot windows and see if you still get the usb error heaven forbid that it doesnt mess up lol

I had this exact same problem one day.... It is a soft brick i promise... I cant remember what i did to get into download but try everything you can. When i first flashed the bali 3.0 it did this too me. I was eventually able to get into download mode and reflash. Keep trying brother you will get it eventually get it.
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farwek said:
I had this exact same problem one day.... It is a soft brick i promise... I cant remember what i did to get into download but try everything you can. When i first flashed the bali 3.0 it did this too me. I was eventually able to get into download mode and reflash. Keep trying brother you will get it eventually get it.
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HAH SUCCESS!! I finally got it into download mode by pressing ONLY vol down and power. Worked like a charm. Pressing both vol buttons is what was killing me. I got into download mode with Vol Down and Power, and then had to uninstall/reinstall my samsung drivers. Odin now sees my phone and I'm pushing KD1 as we speak. Thanks a million everyone. I love this forum. Thanks to all who helped.

chadder said:
HAH SUCCESS!! I finally got it into download mode by pressing ONLY vol down and power. Worked like a charm. Pressing both vol buttons is what was killing me. I got into download mode with Vol Down and Power, and then had to uninstall/reinstall my samsung drivers. Odin now sees my phone and I'm pushing KD1 as we speak. Thanks a million everyone. I love this forum. Thanks to all who helped.
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You should probably flash KC1

Beefvvl said:
You should probably flash KC1
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god people are still using that ginger release sigh wish it was gone.....

rootzrobot said:
vol. down and power means u were on gb bootloaders....and you most likely still are.
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RaverX3X said:
god people are still using that ginger release sigh wish it was gone.....
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+1 on that. I wish penguin0609 would at least update the op of the issues with it or at least have mr clown close the thread and take the link out.

[Q] Help! True infuse brick and loop

Hey Gang! I have a not so common issue, from what I have searched and read.
I'm trying to fix a friends Infuse 4G from looping at the Samsung screen. Also the phone would power loop when battery is inserted and charge loop when plugged into the USB Cable. Nothing I have tried has worked.
Tried:
1. 3 button to CWM Recovery. FAIL
2. Volume up/dn held then plug USB in for download mode. FAIL
3. Plug in the USB with no battery, hold volume up/dn, insert battery for download mode. FAIL
Ok... now being really familiar with electronics, I made a JIG from a tutorial and here is the fun part for those that want to help out....
I plugged the JIG in, inserted the battery and behold... I got the download mode screen... but it too is LOOPING!!!!
So I tried a quick switch. Inserted JIG, Inserted battery, got the download mode screen and before it looped, I replaced the JIG with the USB Cable. FAIL! It started looping with the Samsung screen.
I am stumped! Can anyone help out or know how I can get past this issue so I can Odin or flash back to stock without backtracking to what I have already done?
Thanks in Advance,
Scott

zeroplace said:
Hey Gang! I have a not so common issue, from what I have searched and read.
I'm trying to fix a friends Infuse 4G from looping at the Samsung screen. Also the phone would power loop when battery is inserted and charge loop when plugged into the USB Cable. Nothing I have tried has worked.
Tried:
1. 3 button to CWM Recovery. FAIL
2. Volume up/dn held then plug USB in for download mode. FAIL
3. Plug in the USB with no battery, hold volume up/dn, insert battery for download mode. FAIL
Ok... now being really familiar with electronics, I made a JIG from a tutorial and here is the fun part for those that want to help out....
I plugged the JIG in, inserted the battery and behold... I got the download mode screen... but it too is LOOPING!!!!
So I tried a quick switch. Inserted JIG, Inserted battery, got the download mode screen and before it looped, I replaced the JIG with the USB Cable. FAIL! It started looping with the Samsung screen.
I am stumped! Can anyone help out or know how I can get past this issue so I can Odin or flash back to stock without backtracking to what I have already done?
Thanks in Advance,
Scott
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look in this q/a and the general section about power button failure...there are some solutions offered

qkster said:
look in this q/a and the general section about power button failure...there are some solutions offered
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Will check it out and will report back. Thanks again

That's definitely a messed up power button. My power button is messed up also. About every 3 months, I have to just slam the power button on a hard surface and it goes back to normal. Just a quick fix if nothing else works or if you can't fix it.
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omar71693 said:
That's definitely a messed up power button. My power button is messed up also. About every 3 months, I have to just slam the power button on a hard surface and it goes back to normal. Just a quick fix if nothing else works or if you can't fix it.
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I may suggest tapping it or taking it out for a cleaning.
Or replacing it or even remapping it..there are 2 threads in the general section that is relevant.
I don't recommend slamming it though...what is good or omar's phone may not be good for zero's phone.

Lol valid point. Hope everything works out for you tho. Some people have gotten their power button fixed for cheap..don't know exact prices.
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USB jig not working
Galaxy s2-i9200g charges when i plug it in charger,but not able to start and not able to go any mode(download or recovery) so used USB jig,- Fail not able to go to download mode
When i insert the USB jig it goes to infinite loop with showing a symbol of battery upload with blank battery
When i swith on the phone i get the logo and stuck there
what is the solution for this when usb jig is not working