Hi everyone,
I've got a BIG problem
I have a Galaxy Ace. A friend of mine played with it and Since then the phone is kinda dead
When I press the On/Off button, a series of vertical color bars appear on the screen (filling 2/3 of screen) [See attached]
Screen reduces the brightness in 5 secs
Then nothing happens and phone does not respond to any key combination
When I combine volume down with power buttons, the same thing happens although this time the phone camera flashes once!
Using the Volume up button gives me two flashes!
By the way, Odin recognize the phone on a COM port, but I don't know what I can do with that?
I also tried ADB REBOOT RECOVERY command in Android SDK as recommended by someone in here. It says DEVICE NOT FOUND
Does anyone have any idea how can I restore the phone to a normal state?
Appreciate your help
mehran167 said:
Hi everyone,
I've got a BIG problem
I have a Galaxy Ace. A friend of mine played with it and Since then the phone is kinda dead
When I press the On/Off button, a series of vertical color bars appear on the screen (filling 2/3 of screen) [See attached]
Screen reduces the brightness in 5 secs
Then nothing happens and phone does not respond to any key combination
When I combine volume down with power buttons, the same thing happens although this time the phone camera flashes once!
Using the Volume up button gives me two flashes!
By the way, Odin recognize the phone on a COM port, but I don't know what I can do with that?
I also tried ADB REBOOT RECOVERY command in Android SDK as recommended by someone in here. It says DEVICE NOT FOUND
Does anyone have any idea how can I restore the phone to a normal state?
Appreciate your help
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any Ideas? I'm very worried about the phone
Try holding homescreenbutton and on key. Recovery menu should turn up. Then perform a hard reset
I just bricked my ace today and there was no way I was able to fix it, the closest I got was getting the device into a 'connecting' state in the samsung kies software but didn't got any further, no screen no nothing..
Eventually I went back to the store and they replaced it without asking too many questions, I told them it died while doing a factory reset.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using XDA App
Yes looks like the ACE still got problems, my friend's ACE also hangs alot.
My problem is that I can't see anything on the scree (see pic above) I dpn't know what state the handset is in!!!
Any one has a link to a recent firmware for ACE that works?
Weird, don't know if the resistor trick that works on the Galaxy S could also apply on this model ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Bricked...!!!!
Guys,
i was using the ClockWork mod rom manager
i was trying to backup the current gingerbread 2.3.4 rom
n den suddenly the phone switched off
now its not turning on
i tried pressin the
VOL DOWN + HOME+ POWER KEY
inorder to go to download mode n re-flash it but
nothing appears on the screen
the phone is not responding at all
my cell was rooted
plz someone help me.......plzzz
im stuck!!!
racerronny said:
Guys,
i was using the ClockWork mod rom manager
i was trying to backup the current gingerbread 2.3.4 rom
n den suddenly the phone switched off
now its not turning on
i tried pressin the
VOL DOWN + HOME+ POWER KEY
inorder to go to download mode n re-flash it but
nothing appears on the screen
the phone is not responding at all
my cell was rooted
plz someone help me.......plzzz
im stuck!!!
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Rom manager? If so your phone is dead. Do you honestly think selecting software meant for another device will work? Rom manager does not support the galaxy ace, yet. You've now ruined the partitions and so far noone has managed to get a successful unbrick. Make up a bull**** story and hope you get the phone fixed in warranty. Tata.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using XDA App
same prob
racerronny said:
Guys,
i was using the ClockWork mod rom manager
i was trying to backup the current gingerbread 2.3.4 rom
n den suddenly the phone switched off
now its not turning on
i tried pressin the
VOL DOWN + HOME+ POWER KEY
inorder to go to download mode n re-flash it but
nothing appears on the screen
the phone is not responding at all
my cell was rooted
plz someone help me.......plzzz
im stuck!!!
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heyyy the same thing happened to me also...... is ther any other way 2 get my phone working???? some body helppp meee pplzzzzzz
oh,I don't want to meet the same problem,god
???
artemis102 said:
oh,I don't want to meet the same problem,god
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cant i do any thing now with my phone???? aint there any way 2 unbrick my phone nw?????
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So the phone is still pretty new, not much was installed on it at all except Root/SuperUser. There were a few other apps but they are just games. What happen is I did the RyanZa LagFix mod by Tayutama and at first I couldn't put the phone into recovery mode. Later I found out that I had a newer batch of the Samsung Vibrant where the volume up + volume down + power function has been disable by Tmobile so I had to try another method to get into recovery mode. What I did was I use abd/androidSDK to get my phone to reboot into recovery mode and followed all the instruction for the RyanZa Lag Fix . So the installation of packages works and the phone booted up. Then I went into MRC Script to proceed to the next step. Here is where I had the problem . The phone took a really really long time to create the 1gb file to extract file and then it ran a long list and kept going back to "creating a 1GB storage file" over and over again. So i just thought i'll leave it alone to do its thing. The process took so long and then it froze.... I had no choice but to restart it. When restarting, all i get is the vibrant screen, then I hear the sound to the Galaxy S screen but I don't see the Galaxy S screen . After that the screen is totally blank and dark, the 4 sensitive touch button still lights up though. After all the light went out, if I touch the screen the sensitive touch buttons still lights up again but nothing on the screen or sounds. I guessing that my phone got Bricked! I looked all over for help to recover my phone because I see some users did it using ODIN. However, I can't use ODIN because I cant put my phone into download or recovery mode since Tmobile took out the fuction of "holding volume up +volume down then press power" to get into recovery or download mode. The only way I could got in before was through adb/SDK but now that doesn't work because the phone isn't booting up. Is there anyways I can solve this issue or is my phone totally dead? =( please help if anyone know how or had similar issue. I've done this with my brother's Vibrant later and it works fine for him because his Vibrant is the older batch with the "volume up +volume down +power" function still enable. Much appreciation to all the help I can get from everyone. Thank you!!!
Methods I've tried to get the phone into recovery/download mode:
1. take battery out, plug usb in, put battery back in hold up (also tried down) and then press power.
2. I've tried volume up + volume down + power wait for vibrant logo to flash 1 time (also tried 2 flash and 3 flash).
3. I've tried the same methods above and holding it for a long time as well.
I did all the above methods when the phone is off so the only thing that it did for me was flashing the vibrant screen once, then the battery show up with a spinning waiting sign... It didn't put my phone into any type of special mode at all. I hope some of this information would help most of you get an idea where my phone situation is at. =(
have the same problem
someone please help! very much appreciated
Similar issues... I can only enter the "Vibrant Samsung" screen...
Press Volume up + Volume down + power, the logo just blinks, no recovery mode.
I also tired what others said, like plug the usb, open Kies, still can not enter recovery mode.
This happen to me.... take of ur battery n put it back on n make sure ur usb is connected to ur computer n have ur cmd on to.... ( u must have Samsung usb drive install to have it work.... or if u root ur phone using cmd or what so ever called...)
As soon as ur phone boot up ur computer should make a sound that its connect to ur phone ....than type
cd/
cd /AndroidSDK/tools
same situation!!
zzzzomg i'm stuck in the same exact situation!! please help!!
i was following a step by step instructional video for fixing lag on youtube and i went thru the steps just fine. but then decided to re-do the process because i thought I missed a step....so when i went to MCR to run the lag fix and waited for the 1g thing to be made, my screen locked out (after 30 seconds) then it wouldn't load up the screen. So I took out the battery and rebooted my phone, and it gets stuck at the vibrant S screen. AHHHHH Please help!!
Insert battery, Plug in usb, vol up + power. Took me straight to download mode
I really need help with this two. My phone goes into the S logo than goes black and the 4 lights come up on the bottom. Please Help someone
I had the same problem, solved it by booting into samsung recovery and wiping user data, new it was voodoo and I couldn't get into the phone to disable lagfix, wiped user data and voodoo noticed upon reboot with Linda narrating the redo of the lagfix. Btw I did it to myself by battery pull, the first start takes an amazingly long amount of time.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
If you can not trigger the download mode and have the [ Phone < ! > Computer ] picture on your screen, the phone is bricked!
I tried the resistor trick, that did not trigger the download mode.
illtemperedian said:
Insert battery, Plug in usb, vol up + power. Took me straight to download mode
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illtemperedian you're my hero!!!! thx!!!
I am having the same problem. I am on the phone ! computer screen and i cannot get back to download mode. HELP!!! I tried the button combos but nothing seems to work. I tried Odin anyway and it seem to be downloading in that phone ! computer screen but it stops at the factory part.
stuck on samsung vibrant boot up screen
how do i get out of the samsung vibrant boot up screen?
looks like to me it's time for new one. if you bought it from tmobile you do have factory 1 year warranty.
when I try to flash to recovery it says:
RST_STAT = 0x1
PMIC_IRQ1 = 0Xe8
PMIC_IRQ2 = 0X0
PMIC_IRQ3 = 0X1
PMIC_IRQ4 = 0X0
PMIC_STATUS1= 0Xc0
PMIC_STATUS2= 0x2c
The volume and power keys don't do anything ether.
Please help.
what download mode? the icon in loading status?
sama here i have done alot of vibrant's but today a customer came with a pattern lock vibrant and it wont let me go to download mode.. ugh it suxs
Obviously some of you guys are hardware locked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305 there's a link for the VIBRANT fix!
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This is an excerpt from another poster here on XDA forums which describes perfectly what happened to me. I apologize for his lack of decent grammar or punctuation.
Guys,
i was using the ClockWork mod rom manager
i was trying to backup the current gingerbread 2.3.4 rom
n den suddenly the phone switched off
now its not turning on
i tried pressin the
VOL DOWN + HOME+ POWER KEY
inorder to go to download mode n re-flash it but
nothing appears on the screen
the phone is not responding at all
my cell was rooted
plz someone help me.......plzzz
im stuck!!!
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This happened in an exact same fashion to me as well. None of the physical buttons work. Is this telephone BUBAR (bricked beyond all repair)?
upgraded my i5801 with samsungs kies 2.2 upgrade - worked ok
wanted to remove orange and improve performance hoping to burn the latest kyrillos o/s. I have manage to root the phone (superuser there in apps) but could not enter recovery mode to clear the system and my mutiple attempts have now bricked it with the b&w samsung i5801 symbol.
i have tried 'volup, home, start', 'voldown, home, start', 'vol+vol-, home, start'
and the same combinations using menu instead of home. I have searched the forums and all i could find was a mention that orange i5081s are different and can't be done.
Please how can i unbrick it? and is there a way of doing what i planned?
Hold volume up+down+home+power button and let go of the power button when the boot screen shows up and hold on to the other buttons for a little longer.
Cheers
Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by Stable and Smooth CyanogenMod 9!
sutronics said:
upgraded my i5801 with samsungs kies 2.2 upgrade - worked ok
wanted to remove orange and improve performance hoping to burn the latest kyrillos o/s. I have manage to root the phone (superuser there in apps) but could not enter recovery mode to clear the system and my mutiple attempts have now bricked it with the b&w samsung i5801 symbol.
i have tried 'volup, home, start', 'voldown, home, start', 'vol+vol-, home, start'
and the same combinations using menu instead of home. I have searched the forums and all i could find was a mention that orange i5081s are different and can't be done.
Please how can i unbrick it? and is there a way of doing what i planned?
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To flash other ROMs, just follow this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372414
still wont unbrick
thanks bscraze
thought it might cure the problem but have tried five times now holding buttons for 4 minutes on last occasion but it still only boots to
"samsung 15801".
any other ideas please.
sutronics said:
thanks bscraze
thought it might cure the problem but have tried five times now holding buttons for 4 minutes on last occasion but it still only boots to
"samsung 15801".
any other ideas please.
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^ If it's booting till GT-I5801 screen, then it's definitely not a hard brick.
Try removing the sd card and sim, and then see if you can navigate to the download mode or not (vol down + home + power)
dude, follow that guide I gave you! just install/flash other roms! I think the recovery files might be missing.
Before this,my phone got a problem but it was fixed(bootlooping)
But then about 6 months later a new problem happened,I press the power button,it shows this,then vibrates and freezes....just like that.
I'm not sure if the image is loaded because I had to use my tablet for a while.
Any suggestions on how to fix this? And my phone is not rooted btw.
teeneedshelp said:
Before this,my phone got a problem but it was fixed(bootlooping)
But then about 6 months later a new problem happened,I press the power button,it shows this,then vibrates and freezes....just like that.
I'm not sure if the image is loaded because I had to use my tablet for a while.
Any suggestions on how to fix this? And my phone is not rooted btw.
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This is a bootloop issue just like cwm bootloop,your device is soft bricked and you can repair it by flashing the stock firmware of your country using odin,don't worry,see in my signature the way to install your stock firmware(CWM BOOTLOOP FIX)
teeneedshelp said:
Before this,my phone got a problem but it was fixed(bootlooping)
But then about 6 months later a new problem happened,I press the power button,it shows this,then vibrates and freezes....just like that.
I'm not sure if the image is loaded because I had to use my tablet for a while.
Any suggestions on how to fix this? And my phone is not rooted btw.
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from an older post i know from a member here that if the phone keeps looping but vibrating (it vibrates every loop) its because the power button is stuck, maybe this helps you
teeneedshelp said:
Before this,my phone got a problem but it was fixed(bootlooping)
But then about 6 months later a new problem happened,I press the power button,it shows this,then vibrates and freezes....just like that.
I'm not sure if the image is loaded because I had to use my tablet for a while.
Any suggestions on how to fix this? And my phone is not rooted btw.
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Yeah it happened wid me 2.. Have u flashed a new firmware and if u have done so u have to go again to the recovery mode and the "wipe everything"(data,cache). It will surely work..
If I helped u hit thanks...
Hi, i was trying to install stock ROM on galaxy gt5830i (ace) because it was bricked, and i accidentally installed the ROM of galaxy gt5570i, now im stuck i tried to go download mode using adb (since i cant use buttons its a different ROM) and could only go to recovery, now im stuck in recovery since there's no choice to press, volume up works as volume up and home button work as volume down, the volume down button doesn't work at all, and i cant make selection using either or using power button, im stuck in recovery and no option to use Odin, i literally bricked the phone, any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Change to new phone dude, Galaxy ace is already out of the date the internal memory is very small
green37 said:
Change to new phone dude, Galaxy ace is already out of the date the internal memory is very small
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i know that for sure, but i was serving an old man using this phone and i did my mistake, if there's an option to go to download mode, im stuck man this is killing me!