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Phone is stuck on a screen maybe bricked during flashing????

Ok I was flashing back to stock 2.1 useind odin when mid process my phone fell battery out usb disconnected and bam thats it. Now my phone is locked on a screen that shows a picture of a phone ! and a computer. I can get it back to download mode and odin will se the phone but gets no further then do not unplug device, my computer beeps when its plugged in but it dose not show the phone in my computer section. Any fixes or am i screwed?
PS phone is only two weeks old if need be could I take it back like this????

Hmm I think I may hove gotten past this problem. Uninstalled odin reinstalled and now it seems to be hopefully working

Here is the fix
I was in this same situation yesterday. Here is how to get it back into download mode.
•Be sure the Samsung USB drivers for the phone are installed on your computer.
•Remove and replace the battery.
•Connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable. The "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture should display on the phone's screen.
•Hold the Volume Up+Volume Down+Power buttons down simultaneously.The screen should go blank, then the picture should appear again. When the screen goes blank a second time, release the Power button while continuing to hold the Volume Up+Volume Down buttons down

If that doesn't work,i had a similar problem where I could get into odin, but it would progress beyond the pit file. Take the battery, sim and memory card out of your phone. Start odin. Put the battery only back in. hold volume up and down. Plug the phone in while holding these buttons. Don't let go until you are in download mode. Now try restoring. It should work.

Thanks for the input i am back up and running!!
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Bricked replacement Captivate - Orange Screen
Just to let you know. I recently received a replacement captivate thru warranty exchange. The phone was apparently a new one with JF6. So I decided to do an update to JH7 using Kies mini. A little over half way to the update procedure, the phone screen turned orange and stayed there for a long time, eventually I had to pull the plug. Of course I had to manually go to download mode and launch Kies mini emergency recovery, the damn thing again got stuck at the orange screen.
If anybody has this experience do no proceed further and throw that damn thing back at At&T's face. Do not attempt to do anything. I made a mistake of then doing an ODIN one-click back to stop and the phone got stuck half way, went to the orange screen.. and then it was over.. The phone was dead, wouldn't turn on, no recovery or download mode with any button combo. When I plugged in to the wall, no battery indicator.
save yourself the trouble and return the damn thing

still there
I am a "noob" to posting here, and a noob to the android due to being an avid iPhone user. I am having the same problem, phone -!- computer and have tried every method i can find in this forum to get passed it. Are there any other thoughts or suggestions? (got hung at do not turn off target in odin) Thanks in advance to any help.

I would look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310

Stephenv1971 said:
I would look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
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went that route, still cant find dl mode. have resistors built and all. any way i try to boot shows me the phone -!- computer, and the computer doesnt attempt to recognise it so there is no communication between the computer and phone. unfortunately, i dont have a v/ohm meter, so i am not sure of the accuracy of the resistors i used to make my jig.

I fixed this many times with phone that had the button download mode and didn't.
Getting into download mode while softbricked like this wont show the normal download screen. IT will still show the error screen....
With download mode working still:
Simply remove the battery and replace,
Open odin
Hold down volume keys and plug it in till you see odin recognize ur phone.
Then continue to use odin.
Dosent work, repeat.
If you know ur button combo dosent work:
Just open odin.
Remove battery & replace.
Use jig (3k 100k ohms twisted)
Then when the phone turns on and your see the pc! screen plug in usb.
See if odin sees it.

Assuming your flash didn't fail on the PBL.bin or SBL.bin you should be fine.
Follow the methods suggested by other users here and you will get back up and running in no time at all.

Don't sweat the 'phone-!-pc' screen. I'm a little surprised that no one has given you the good news....that is just a version of the download screen for later hardware revisions. It looks bad, but if Odin recognizes your phone (if one of the COM fields goes active), just start your flash again.
Now if Odin does not recognize the phone when plugged in via USB, then you have some more work to do.

I had forgotten about posting here, and my problem has been resolved. So here it is... I tried everything that I could find within this forum, almost. I built my own jig with inferior radio shack components that would not activate download mode, though it would turn the phone on. I got wise, spent 8 dollars at ebay and purchased a JIG there. Instant download mode after 3 days (shipping). Reflashed with one click, updated w/ kies, made kernal changes and am now rockin my captivate. Thanks to those who assisted.

Steve_O_1971 said:
I had forgotten about posting here, and my problem has been resolved. So here it is... I tried everything that I could find within this forum, almost. I built my own jig with inferior radio shack components that would not activate download mode, though it would turn the phone on. I got wise, spent 8 dollars at ebay and purchased a JIG there. Instant download mode after 3 days (shipping). Reflashed with one click, updated w/ kies, made kernal changes and am now rockin my captivate. Thanks to those who assisted.
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Using the 3-resistor method takes A LOT of patience, at least in my experience. Glad everything worked out.

beast534 said:
Using the 3-resistor method takes A LOT of patience, at least in my experience. Glad everything worked out.
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Patience is a virtue, and my Ex's name. LOL! I can do without patience.
Jokes aside, i actually soldered the resistors to a plug that i had cut up, and made sure it was covered so my skin wouldnt come in contact. The Radio Shack here buys inferior products and sells them at reggular retail. Unfortunately my $300.00 V-Ohm meter is on the fritz, and i have not had the time or money to replace it yet, but I have intentions to check the actual resistance of the jig I made. ^^

[Q] HELP! Think I am totally SOL

I have been having trouble with my Bell Vibrant for the past few days, with a black screen after the 'S' Tried several things out there to resolve this issue, nothing seemed to work.
In desperation I tried the Odin3 one-click, not noticing its for the captivate. I successfully flashed and am now in a reboot loop with the AT&T logo screen. I can't get into recovery mode. or download mode to re flash with different ROM.
Any ideas????
Yes this is a vibrant device running a captivate rom and I have also posted this question in Vibrant general.

[email protected] said:
I have been having trouble with my Bell Vibrant for the past few days, with a black screen after the 'S' Tried several things out there to resolve this issue, nothing seemed to work.
In desperation I tried the Odin3 one-click, not noticing its for the captivate. I successfully flashed and am now in a reboot loop with the AT&T logo screen. I can't get into recovery mode. or download mode to re flash with different ROM.
Any ideas????
Yes this is a vibrant device running a captivate rom and I have also posted this question in Vibrant general.
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Use odin for the vibrant, not familiar with that SGS phone so I don't know if they have a one click odin . If not, you will need the stock .tar or kernel, modem and zimage files.
Open Odin in windows.
Take out your extSD, Sim and battery, wait 10+ secs.
Now plug the usb in.
While holding the vol +- insert the battery and it should go into download mode.
Now you can click start in odin.
I do know that the vibrant is a pain in the ass to get into download mode and that the above is the most consistent way to get there.
This is what I know of the vibrant, correct me if I'm wrong anyone.

For what it's worth, I had a hard time getting my captivate into download mode. This is what I had to do...when you do this, have the ODIN for your phone ready because if you back out from download mode, you'll get the blessed 'phone to computer' screen...which I was still able to get into download mode from...but some people haven't had such luck.
1) Turn off phone...(take battery out or whatever)
2) Holding the two volume buttons down, SLOWLY plug in USB cord HALF-WAY. Push it in just a tad...if the screen doesn't come up with the shoveling android...push in just a little bit more...keep doing this until you get the shoveling android...if the phone turns on...you missed it - start over.
3) Once in download mode, if the ODIN program doesn't see your phone on a COM port yet...push the USB cord in the rest of the way and it should see it then. I think I actually had to unplug the cord and plug it back in slowly till it saw it. Once it does see it, don't touch the cord anymore!
4) Click start on ODIN and let it do it's thing. You should see a progress bar show up on your phone's download screen within a minute or so...if not...turn off the phone and try again. you will get the 'blessed' screen but hopefully you won't have to do it.​
My heart stopped for a bit when I tried the above and it didn't work the first time and I got the 'blessed' screen. But I just tried again and all was fine...so don't fret too much.
Anyways...hope this helps.

iceman198 said:
For what it's worth, I had a hard time getting my captivate into download mode. This is what I had to do...when you do this, have the ODIN for your phone ready because if you back out from download mode, you'll get the blessed 'phone to computer' screen...which I was still able to get into download mode from...but some people haven't had such luck.
1) Turn off phone...(take battery out or whatever)
2) Holding the two volume buttons down, SLOWLY plug in USB cord HALF-WAY. Push it in just a tad...if the screen doesn't come up with the shoveling android...push in just a little bit more...keep doing this until you get the shoveling android...if the phone turns on...you missed it - start over.
3) Once in download mode, if the ODIN program doesn't see your phone on a COM port yet...push the USB cord in the rest of the way and it should see it then. I think I actually had to unplug the cord and plug it back in slowly till it saw it. Once it does see it, don't touch the cord anymore!
4) Click start on ODIN and let it do it's thing. You should see a progress bar show up on your phone's download screen within a minute or so...if not...turn off the phone and try again. you will get the 'blessed' screen but hopefully you won't have to do it.​
My heart stopped for a bit when I tried the above and it didn't work the first time and I got the 'blessed' screen. But I just tried again and all was fine...so don't fret too much.
Anyways...hope this helps.
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He is on a vibrant, not a captivate although it should be close to the same procedure. I've seen the usb half plug method but it never did anything for mine.

A jig should do the trick. Get a MicroUSB-b plug breakout board from sparkfun.com and two resistors (300k+1k) in serial across pins 4 and 5. Turn your phone off and take the battery, sim, and external sd card out. Pop the jig into the usb slot and put the battery back in. The phone should go into download mode on it's own without you having to hit any buttons.
After that, just follow what everyone else said - use a one-click-stock odin for your particular model.

The jig worked. took a trip to the source and grabbed the resisters and took apart the micro USB adapter included in my BlueAnt handsfree.
followed the directions from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9804077#post9804077
Back in business.
Thanks all.

[email protected] said:
The jig worked. took a trip to the source and grabbed the resisters and took apart the micro USB adapter included in my BlueAnt handsfree.
followed the directions from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9804077#post9804077
Back in business.
Thanks all.
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Glad that worked and thanks for the update info.

[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.

werid white screen keeps flashing when usb plugd in after odin failed

my infuse is flashing a white screen with usb connected after trying to restore with odin. download mode doesnt work white screen comes up

But does Odin see it? If so, just reflash.

Nismorphed said:
my infuse is flashing a white screen with usb connected after trying to restore with odin. download mode doesnt work white screen comes up
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Yank battery. Leave for a day. Try again. I know it sounds good but works for me. Never had that EXACT issue though.. so there.

Hi Guys,
Need urgent help!!!
I wanted to update Samsung Infuse from 2.2.1 to 2.3.5. I used Odin and I997UCKI4-Homebinary.tar.md5 but it got stuck at image.gz something. Later, after waiting for long time, i pulled the usb cable from Infuse and then all screwed up. The phone is flashing white light as soon as i plug it to PC. Even if i plug it to charger, still it flashing white light. In Odin, i am getting removed, added, removed, added, removed......continuosly. It seems like infuse is restarting continuosly. i tried plugin cable in pc, pressing both volume but nothing is working,
I my phone dead??

I'm waiting for a guy name Garen to chime in.
Check the links on my sigs...read...there's a lot of good info there...esp about download modes.
Gl

Can some one plz help.....The phone is flashing white screen then goes blank then again white screen when pluged to laptop or charger. It actully getting restarted and goes off then again restart and goes off continuosly...

S6 verizon wont boot up

hey guys
i just got an s6 verizon off ebay but when i turn it on, it just shows me the verizon logo then shows this blue screen:
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=d3954f68626726729ccdf84dcc14b159&oe=55FC57F7
how do i get out of this or restore back to stock?
it wont turn on after pressing the power button and when i plug it into the computer or charger. it gives me that picture and then reboots into a loop and shows me that blue screen again
somehow i got it into this mode,
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=829db8902411a405afbe7faf6a551d1f&oe=55FC622F
now i used odin and stock oe2 tar and i get this error
any help please
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=e8b6cfc0e02460ea025b3dc494680e65&oe=55FCA578
thanks

Nblufire12 said:
hey guys
i just got an s6 verizon off ebay but when i turn it on, it just shows me the verizon logo then shows this blue screen:
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=d3954f68626726729ccdf84dcc14b159&oe=55FC57F7
how do i get out of this or restore back to stock?
it wont turn on after pressing the power button and when i plug it into the computer or charger. it gives me that picture and then reboots into a loop and shows me that blue screen again
somehow i got it into this mode,
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=829db8902411a405afbe7faf6a551d1f&oe=55FC622F
now i used odin and stock oe2 tar and i get this error
any help please
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=e8b6cfc0e02460ea025b3dc494680e65&oe=55FCA578
thanks
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Could very well be that the phone has already been updated to 5.1.1. That may be the reason that you can't flash OE2. Did you try flashing the 5.1.1 firmware?

how do i check what update it is on if it wont boot up?
thanks!
also which file is the 5.1.1 firmware?
thanks

Nblufire12 said:
how do i check what update it is on if it wont boot up?
thanks!
also which file is the 5.1.1 firmware?
thanks
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how can i charge this phone? i think the battery is dead. it wont turn on unless i plug it into the computer or charger
when i plug it in, it goes to the blue screen https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=d3954f68626726729ccdf84dcc14b159&oe=55FC57F7
then reboots and repeats to the blue screen
is there a way to charge this phone? maybe thats why its failing in odin? plus in maintenance mode i cant do anything since it will reboot into the blue screen loop
keep getting this error http://imgur.com/FodeXEt

Nblufire12 said:
how can i charge this phone? i think the battery is dead. it wont turn on unless i plug it into the computer or charger
when i plug it in, it goes to the blue screen https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=d3954f68626726729ccdf84dcc14b159&oe=55FC57F7
then reboots and repeats to the blue screen
is there a way to charge this phone? maybe thats why its failing in odin? plus in maintenance mode i cant do anything since it will reboot into the blue screen loop
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Are you using the home button as your enter selection button?
And have you tried stock recovery yet?

Tulsadiver said:
Are you using the home button as your enter selection button?
And have you tried stock recovery yet?
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when i go into maintenance mode, what should i hit?
when i hit factory reset it just reboots and goes back into that blue screen https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=829db8902411a405afbe7faf6a551d1f&oe=55FC622F
how do i get into recovery mode?

Nblufire12 said:
when i go into maintenance mode, what should i hit?
when i hit factory reset it just reboots and goes back into that blue screen https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=829db8902411a405afbe7faf6a551d1f&oe=55FC622F
how do i get into recovery mode?
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Power off phone, hold volume up, home, power buttons. It will go to a blue screen. Wait a bit. It can take a few.

oh ****. so it looks like the battery is at 0 percent. right when i hit factory reset, i unplug the cable and then it shows 0% battery and a picture to plug in my phone. but whenever i plug in my phone it bootloops with the blue screen!!!
can i charge phone in maintenance mode or download mode? i also have a wireless charger but that loops to the blue screen as well

Tulsadiver said:
Power off phone, hold volume up, home, power buttons. It will go to a blue screen. Wait a bit. It can take a few.
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when i held power home and up, it went to the blue screen wit the android logo and then powered off and rebooted back into the same blue screen..... i think the issue is the charging. how do i charge this?!

Nblufire12 said:
when i held power home and up, it went to the blue screen wit the android logo and then powered off and rebooted back into the same blue screen..... i think the issue is the charging. how do i charge this?!
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Might just have to get a new battery.
So, you are saying that the phone will not power down correctly in maintenance mode when you volume down to "power off device" and hit the home button?

Tulsadiver said:
Might just have to get a new battery.
So, you are saying that the phone will not power down correctly in maintenance mode when you volume down to "power off device" and hit the home button?
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i dont think its the physical battery, i think its a software glitch or brick. its stuck in a bootloop so it wont charge
if i could get some juice on it maybe that would let me flash via odin.
im not sure if download or maintenance mode allows the device to charge

Nblufire12 said:
i dont think its the physical battery, i think its a software glitch or brick. its stuck in a bootloop so it wont charge
if i could get some juice on it maybe that would let me flash via odin.
im not sure if download or maintenance mode allows the device to charge
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I Google it and found where it would charge. Leave it hooked up in download mode. If it still doesn't charge (probably take a lot longer) it is problem the physical battery. Just like a car, a bad battery won't accept a charge.

ok im download mode now and I'm letting it sit on the charger! I'll go back to it after letting it sit for an hour.
only reason i didnt think it was the physical battery was because i couldnt get to a mode where I could charge! it was stuck in the bootloop

Tulsadiver said:
I Google it and found where it would charge. Leave it hooked up in download mode. If it still doesn't charge (probably take a lot longer) it is problem the physical battery. Just like a car, a bad battery won't accept a charge.
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hopefully it'll hold a charge in an hour!
just curious, is the blue screen here: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=d3954f68626726729ccdf84dcc14b159&oe=55FC57F7
part of the boot animation at all?

Nblufire12 said:
hopefully it'll hold a charge in an hour!
just curious, is the blue screen here: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=d3954f68626726729ccdf84dcc14b159&oe=55FC57F7
part of the boot animation at all?
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No, that is the screen you goto before you go to stock recovery. Also, as you are downloading via odin, though at that time it will have a progress bar on it as well.

Tulsadiver said:
No, that is the screen you goto before you go to stock recovery. Also, as you are downloading via odin, though at that time it will have a progress bar on it as well.
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left in download mode for 2 hours... still at 0
what if i replace the battery and it does the same thing and doesnt charge!
maybe when the OEM cable comes tomorow, it'll flash OE2 or OF1?
anything to get it working.....

Nblufire12 said:
left in download mode for 2 hours... still at 0
what if i replace the battery and it does the same thing and doesnt charge!
maybe when the OEM cable comes tomorow, it'll flash OE2 or OF1?
anything to get it working.....
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I think I would try a battery. Most people want at least 50% on their battery when they odin.