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Vibrate 5 times & solid green light?

I'm rooted running Leedroid and a very odd occurrence happened tonight. The volume level started decreasing by itself until it hit vibrate and then the phone just became unresponsive. I pulled the battery and now no matter what I do the phone won't power back on again. if I press power or hold volume down and power, it vibrates 5 times and shows a solid green light, still doesn't turn on. Even if I hook up the USB cable same thing, only exception is that it immediately starts vibrating 5 times without pressing any buttons. I also left it on the charger for a while and swapped out batteries and nothing changes. Has anyone experienced this same issue?. I'm thinking maybe it's a hardware error and possibly bricked.
UPDATE ... I took the SD card out and let it sit for about 30 mins and then it powered up fine. This is very odd indeed. I don't know what could have been the problem.

My wife had this happen to hers after she shut down the phone and it would not boot back up properly. Trying to boot would either give five vibrates and green led or three vibrates and a red led iirc depending on if I tried a normal boot or hboot. Was on irc with attn1 trying a number of different things, as I was able to get adb to recognize the phone when booting into recovery even through the screen was blank, with no success, and finally just had at&t send a replacement.
I did try swapping another sd card but didn't try booting with no card installed so I don't know if that would have helped in my case though I am certainly curious now after reading your post. Wish I could get the phone back to test now. lol

Any solution to this? My phone is stuck like this now.

jznomoney said:
Any solution to this? My phone is stuck like this now.
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I had one go this route too. I think its a corrupt boot partition (or some other critical partition in the built-in flash ROM). I could not get it to boot to anything usable at all. I ended up filing a warranty claim and got a new one. Hopefully your's is still covered, or you have insurance, otherwise, your best bet is send it back to HTC for repair. They are actually pretty reasonable from what I hear, but you'll be without a phone for awhile.

I did a rma straight from HTC since I didn't have the insurance from at&t on it. They said it was the motherboard that died and replaced it.

shawn1224 said:
I'm rooted running Leedroid and a very odd occurrence happened tonight. The volume level started decreasing by itself until it hit vibrate and then the phone just became unresponsive. I pulled the battery and now no matter what I do the phone won't power back on again. if I press power or hold volume down and power, it vibrates 5 times and shows a solid green light, still doesn't turn on. Even if I hook up the USB cable same thing, only exception is that it immediately starts vibrating 5 times without pressing any buttons. I also left it on the charger for a while and swapped out batteries and nothing changes. Has anyone experienced this same issue?. I'm thinking maybe it's a hardware error and possibly bricked.
UPDATE ... I took the SD card out and let it sit for about 30 mins and then it powered up fine. This is very odd indeed. I don't know what could have been the problem.
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it sounds like something is going on with you data partition and sd card format. i recomend booting in to clockwork mod recovery and wiping all data and cache partitions as well as dalvik and then re-installing the ROM of your choice. id also recomend backing up your SD card and reformatting that as well, and if none of that works. i think its time to try a new rom

I have this issue!!!! The EXACT same thing happened to me! I can't resolve it .. if i turn it on like normal, it flashes orange and vibrates 3 times. If i hold vol + down and turn it on, solid green and vibrates 5 times/ black screen. Help!

Chronei said:
I have this issue!!!! The EXACT same thing happened to me! I can't resolve it .. if i turn it on like normal, it flashes orange and vibrates 3 times. If i hold vol + down and turn it on, solid green and vibrates 5 times/ black screen. Help!
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Try and take out the SD card for 30 min
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I tried that and it did not work. I tried both the sim and sd card. I still need help. This is the only post on the internet I found that reproduced the issue -- and if this EXACT issue I have is happening to someone else, there has to be a way to fix it.
If my volume+up button worked, I could boot it to recovery. I need a way to do this without the use of the volume+up.

jznomoney said:
I did a rma straight from HTC since I didn't have the insurance from at&t on it. They said it was the motherboard that died and replaced it.
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How much did they charge you?
And if anyone fixes my issue, I will donate $50 if you find me a resolution that works for me.

Chronei said:
How much did they charge you?
And if anyone fixes my issue, I will donate $50 if you find me a resolution that works for me.
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Try to run the ruu .exe file from your computer
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Chronei said:
How much did they charge you?
And if anyone fixes my issue, I will donate $50 if you find me a resolution that works for me.
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HTC didn't charge me anything since it was a hardware failure. Your inspire will still be under warrenty since it hasn't been a year yet. Just call htc support and they will create the rma. You will just have to pay shipping to them. It took about 10 days round trip.

an update .. i can run droid explorer with it turned off, but plugged in usb and it detects it. I tried rebooting/rebooting to recovery via droid mgr but same thing happens. But it's a good sign pc detects it .. anything I can do?
I really need this fixed. If you can find a resolution, I'll donate $50

Chronei said:
an update .. i can run droid explorer with it turned off, but plugged in usb and it detects it. I tried rebooting/rebooting to recovery via droid mgr but same thing happens. But it's a good sign pc detects it .. anything I can do?
I really need this fixed. If you can find a resolution, I'll donate $50
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Ok thats good news that it can read it. Connect it to the computer and run that file.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b50...60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed.exe

XAviierG said:
Ok thats good news that it can read it. Connect it to the computer and run that file.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b50...60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed.exe
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Hmm, I don't think i can execute files with droidexplorer, can you ? Or run it with windows?

Chronei said:
Hmm, I don't think i can execute files with droidexplorer, can you ? Or run it with windows?
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Run it with windows
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Error 170 - usb not connected. But it shows up in droid explorer and "adb devices" check! Perhaps to use RUU you have to be at least in recovery menu or something .. I feel like this should work, though. Any thoughts?

Chronei said:
Error 170 - usb not connected. But it shows up in droid explorer and "adb devices" check! Perhaps to use RUU you have to be at least in recovery menu or something .. I feel like this should work, though. Any thoughts?
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Hmm its working with adb?
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XAviierG said:
Hmm its working with adb?
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Yes -- works with adb

Chronei said:
Yes -- works with adb
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Did you try and reboot into recovery or bootloader with it?
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Infuse 4G stuck in Infinite Bootloop on MIUI

I've read a few other threads but none of the solutions help.
So yeah its stuck in infinite bootloop, it flashes "Samsung" and then the battery in a never ending cycle.
I've tried holding volume +/- while plugging into my computer with odin without the battery but my phone doesnt even turn on when I do that.
Any help please?

Download mode:
Remove battery.
Plug in usb phone to computer.
Hold vol. +\-
Insert battery.
When screen appears, press vol.+.
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I do not know how to do Download Mode, nor do I know what that means. Thank you though
And I tried your instructions however it doesnt do anything, it just keeps looping the samsung logo and the battery

XDA Pilot said:
I do not know how to do Download Mode, nor do I know what that means. Thank you though
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Then you haven't read enough.

Can you get to recovery ? (pull battery- re- install battery, hold vol +/- and power.)

Pony Express said:
Can you get to recovery ? (pull battery- re- install battery, hold vol +/- and power.)
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No I can not get into recovery mode. It is boot looped with the Samsung Screen

XDA Pilot said:
I've read a few other threads but none of the solutions help.
So yeah its stuck in infinite bootloop, it flashes "Samsung" and then the battery in a never ending cycle.
I've tried holding volume +/- while plugging into my computer with odin without the battery but my phone doesnt even turn on when I do that.
Any help please?
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It's your power button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873129

mine will do that too just randomly shut of f and go into the Samsung loop, just don't give up, eventually u will be able to get into download mode (just like pony express describes above) if you keep at it.
Switch up which buttons you hold, this works for me , sometimes it will take up to 20 attempts. Dont give up.
The last package I installed was called "unbrick with root " for Odin seems to be more stable than all the others. It has 3 files in the zip one for pit, a pda, and a third for phone. Load them all into Odin, once you get into download mode. So far so good on my infuse. On ly time will tell
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XDA Pilot said:
I've read a few other threads but none of the solutions help.
So yeah its stuck in infinite bootloop, it flashes "Samsung" and then the battery in a never ending cycle.
I've tried holding volume +/- while plugging into my computer with odin without the battery but my phone doesnt even turn on when I do that.
Any help please?
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Oh yeah after your holding buttons and plug it in you need to put the battery back in, once you are in download mode you can take it back out if you want but if you dont put it back in you will never get there
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XDA Pilot said:
I do not know how to do Download Mode, nor do I know what that means. Thank you though
And I tried your instructions however it doesnt do anything, it just keeps looping the samsung logo and the battery
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OK... let's pause for a second here...
Once you escape that bowl of boot loops cereal, please.. don't do anything!!
Spend a lot of time reading and brushing up on as much as you can..
Download mode should have been one of the first things you learned about.. its how you get out of real bad binds that you might find your way into..
Tons of helpful people here and lots of information also..

drnecropolis said:
OK... let's pause for a second here...
Once you escape that bowl of boot loops cereal, please.. don't do anything!!
Spend a lot of time reading and brushing up on as much as you can..
Download mode should have been one of the first things you learned about.. its how you get out of real bad binds that you might find your way into..
Tons of helpful people here and lots of information also..
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Alright thanks, I found out what download mode was, and I found that the problem was just that the power button was a little dirty
I opened up my phone and cleaned out the internals near the power button. Works like a charm.

Hey homie, I had that same problem Coue weeks a go. I brought it to two different repair guys, one said it was the board that's fried, and the other said it was a software issue. I brought it back home and it turned out to be the power button. I had to take my phone apart,bought an air spray can and clean out the power button area. Now its working like brand new.
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jazenf said:
Hey homie, I had that same problem Coue weeks a go. I brought it to two different repair guys, one said it was the board that's fried, and the other said it was a software issue. I brought it back home and it turned out to be the power button. I had to take my phone apart,bought an air spray can and clean out the power button area. Now its working like brand new.
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I also got the same news from the repair guy. I used air spray on the inside and finally got into my phone. It's still touchy, but i just give it a good smack against the coffee table :/ So i'm downloading an app so I can shut off the screen with out using the power button.

THANK YOU!!!
I was having this same issue with my infuse, and I saw this while doing some research and it worked like a charm! I'm unbricked and up and running again. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Infuse
I can go into that download mode but waht should I do next and do I need driver?
Pony Express said:
Download mode:
Remove battery.
Plug in usb phone to computer.
Hold vol. +\-
Insert battery.
When screen appears, press vol.+.
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[Q] Sidekick 4g Bootloop Please Help!!!

I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help

Use heimdall n hold the volume buttons n enable flash bootlaoders
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@karose465 How old is the phone? If less than a year (doubtful), it should still be under warranty. Or you may be eligible for upgrade pricing: Fore example, "Customers with a Classic plan (two-year contract) are eligible for our lowest upgrade price on a new phone when at least 22 months have passed since their last phone upgrade. A new two-year contract is required to take advantage of best upgrade pricing. Of course, you can always upgrade a phone at any time, regardless of how many months have passed since your contract began."
For more info on Heimdall, just Google Heimdall Android.

Anyone with a sidekick contract ends earliest next march..

karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Try Odin...choose repartition and you're golden. This is someone that has bricked his phone many, many times. Odin will give you the original stock Froyo.

RicAndroid said:
Try Odin...choose repartition and you're golden. This is someone that has bricked his phone many, many times. Odin will give you the original stock Froyo.
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I think for him and myself, the biggest problem is being unable to get the phone to stay in download mode. For some reason, the battery won't charge and the phone itself continously turns off and on when plugged in. So the charge isn't holding, therefore nothing will stay on/open.

Im having the same problem. I have searched everywere and cannot find an answer that will fix it. If anyone can please help us fix this issue.
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gamingwiz said:
Im having the same problem. I have searched everywere and cannot find an answer that will fix it. If anyone can please help us fix this issue.
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I did some forum searching and found this. Hope it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477838

Thanks ill check into that
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karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Hmm here is a link with for the ODIN and also provides some pretty cool roms that you might like to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538576
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karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Hmm here is a link with for the ODIN and also provides some pretty cool roms that you might like to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538576

Took the phone apart, put everything back. Still no luck
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EpicLordPhone said:
Took the phone apart, put everything back. Still no luck
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Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.

Power Button Repair relating to Boot Loop
MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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my Sidekick 4G is very old and just now went into bootloop... i googled the word and came across this forum.
As quoted above by previous poster that a power button repair was needed... I figured that I had nothing to lose, it being so old, I smashed the crap out of the Sidekick 4G on its power button. Lo and Behold, it booted into the system successfully.
SO... if no one has any qualms about smashing the crap out of their power button... give it a shot. It worked for me.

MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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Thanks for the info, but is there anyway I could turn it on without the power button?
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EpicLordPhone said:
Thanks for the info, but is there anyway I could turn it on without the power button?
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I don't believe so ?
You can switch the power button to like the track pad or something but you need to edit the phones ettings somehow
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immorality said:
I don't believe so ?
You can switch the power button to like the track pad or something but you need to edit the phones ettings somehow
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Hmmm thanks, I might just try that!
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Mines stuck in a boot loop too.
I don't know if my Sidekicks problem is related to this or not. I rooted it and flashed it over to Glorious Overdose v5 on May 22nd this year and it's been running great. At least it was until last Friday, Sep 13. I was having trouble connecting to the WiFi at my house so I rebooted the phone. When it started to come back up a female voice started saying, "VooDoo lagfix has been disabled." "Converting /data and /system partitions." "Conversion time estimated 10 minutes."
I let it do it's thing and that's all it's been doing all weekend. I can get into recovery mode, I've tried restoring the phone from my backup with no success. I've even tried running through the process of setting up GOv5 again and it says it's successful, but the phone never boots up. It just stays in the same blasted bootloop and saying the same things over and over again about VooDoo. I've checked the VooDoo logs and there is an error file for the 13th and the logs following say "conversion." Can someone point me in the right direction as to what I can do to get my phone working again? Everything I've tried to research so far hasn't worked.

v5 hold both volume button, the track button and power button. Should put you into recovery mode. If not, you will have to put phone into download mode. You do this by taking out battery, then pluging into computer. When you reinsert battery hold volume down and power, if I remember correctly, and your download screen should come up. From your cp manually unroot it. Then it should be fixed, and just reroot it. I hope this was helpful
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No idea what I'm doing, precisely, but...
MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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Hey, MythEdge. I'm not sure if you get notifications here or anything, but I registered to this site specifically to thank you; my phone ( Sidekick 4G, like OP ) bricked, and I smashed it against the table a few times ( you know, delicately... ) and it resurrected.
So thank you, sir; you were precisely correct. It worked on both of my phones, which had the exact same problem.
Just, wow. Thank you.

LathyrusRoots said:
Hey, MythEdge. I'm not sure if you get notifications here or anything, but I registered to this site specifically to thank you; my phone ( Sidekick 4G, like OP ) bricked, and I smashed it against the table a few times ( you know, delicately... ) and it resurrected.
So thank you, sir; you were precisely correct. It worked on both of my phones, which had the exact same problem.
Just, wow. Thank you.
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And almost a year later I log in and see this. Your most welcome. I haven't been working on phones for awhile but if I remember right, some models can be powered on by plugging the phone into a power source and when the phone vibrates or has a sign of life unplugging the unit. Some cables don't work and sometimes doing this via a computer can power up a device. Other than that, the other more dangerous way is to short out the pins on the bottom of the unit. I don't remember the pins but you can google a charge port diagram to help. I don't recommend doing this unless you have absolutely no other choice. Incidentally, this is why a phone will power itself on when a battery is put in and no other button is touched. The port is wet and corrosion has caused a link on the power pin and believe its pin 3. A simple cleaning with 90%+ rubbing alcohol solution will fix if cleaned quick enough.

[Q] Bricked? And why?

So I am running cleanrom 5.5.1, unlocked bootloader and original first leak radios. I was texting and all the sudden bam. rebooted to a black screen. Can't access download mode or recovery. The Samsung logo pops up followed by the s3 logo, then a dimly lit black screen that never ceases till battery pull. When I try download mode, some blue text pops up in the upper left hand corner, then reboots to logo screens then back to black screen. Also, when I pull battery and put it back in, plug in a charger and the battery icon appers on screen. When it goes dark I can wake it with the menu button and see the battery icon again. Any suggestions? If not fixable, would I be able to get a replacement from verizon? (I bought the phone less than a month ago renewed contract. Any help is much appreciated!

If the blue text is popping up your trying recovery, not download mode. Pull battery put it back in then hold volume down , home, and power until the download mode warning shows up
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kintwofan said:
If the blue text is popping up your trying recovery, not download mode. Pull battery put it back in then hold volume down , home, and power until the download mode warning shows up
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i too just ran into the black screen after flashing an aosp kernel running slim 3.1 and im trying this way of getting into recovery and i hold down volume home and power and it still boots normally. i think i soft bricked my phone because i see the samsung logo but i never get to a bootlogo and only the hardkeys light up. im losing my damn mind and dont know what to do! i know its fixable cause i can see the samsung logo but i dont know what to do because the three finger salute wont work to get into recovery and i know that my bootloader is unlocked. not trying to thread jack just figured itd be pointless to post a new thread when the op is having virtually the same problem -___- lol go figure the first day i have my s3 i do this ****.. good thing i still have my nexus til i get it fixed.

Deltadood24 said:
i too just ran into the black screen after flashing an aosp kernel running slim 3.1 and im trying this way of getting into recovery and i hold down volume home and power and it still boots normally. i think i soft bricked my phone because i see the samsung logo but i never get to a bootlogo and only the hardkeys light up. im losing my damn mind and dont know what to do! i know its fixable cause i can see the samsung logo but i dont know what to do because the three finger salute wont work to get into recovery and i know that my bootloader is unlocked. not trying to thread jack just figured itd be pointless to post a new thread when the op is having virtually the same problem -___- lol go figure the first day i have my s3 i do this ****.. good thing i still have my nexus til i get it fixed.
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Well you're right. Since you get life it's fixable. I would say pull your battery for a little while. Put it back in then hold volume down, home and while holding them both hold power. Your phone should boot into Odin mode.
Back stock for now....YUCK!

I had exactly what your describing
jndd333 said:
So I am running cleanrom 5.5.1, unlocked bootloader and original first leak radios. I was texting and all the sudden bam. rebooted to a black screen. Can't access download mode or recovery. The Samsung logo pops up followed by the s3 logo, then a dimly lit black screen that never ceases till battery pull. When I try download mode, some blue text pops up in the upper left hand corner, then reboots to logo screens then back to black screen. Also, when I pull battery and put it back in, plug in a charger and the battery icon appers on screen. When it goes dark I can wake it with the menu button and see the battery icon again. Any suggestions? If not fixable, would I be able to get a replacement from verizon? (I bought the phone less than a month ago renewed contract. Any help is much appreciated!
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I had just rooted and flashed Jellywiz the previous day. The next day at work, I don't know why, but I must have experienced some kind of massive battery drain. The phone would not reboot, I would plug it in and it would just vibrate and flash the battery sign on the display every few moments. I had to put the phone on a charger for about 15 minutes and let the battery charge until I was even able to get the phone to boot. I would not boot while plugged into an AC charger until I let it charge. Very weird, and it hasn't happened again since but I swore that my phone was bricked. Basically the battery was so dead it wouldn't boot the phone, let it charge with out ****ing with it for a while and then try and boot it up.

kintwofan said:
Well you're right. Since you get life it's fixable. I would say pull your battery for a little while. Put it back in then hold volume down, home and while holding them both hold power. Your phone should boot into Odin mode.
Back stock for now....YUCK!
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I don't know how to use Odin I did the non odin way to root lol I can get into download mode tho so apparently its fixable thank god. I feel like a noob right now I didn't ever do anything like this on my nexus or tbolt and then the first day I do it on my s3 -___- guess I gotta read up on Odin
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Deltadood24 said:
I don't know how to use Odin I did the non odin way to root lol I can get into download mode tho so apparently its fixable thank god. I feel like a noob right now I didn't ever do anything like this on my nexus or tbolt and then the first day I do it on my s3 -___- guess I gotta read up on Odin
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Odin is easier then it seems, but make sure you know what you're doing because you can brick your phone with it. However, there is a great guide right here on how to unbrick your phone. Just follow section 5, I did it last night(to just clean up my phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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kintwofan said:
Odin is easier then it seems, but make sure you know what you're doing because you can brick your phone with it. However, there is a great guide right here on how to unbrick your phone. Just follow section 5, I did it last night(to just clean up my phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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So do I need to do all the steps in section 5 including flashing the radios if I never messed with them prior to rooting?
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Deltadood24 said:
So do I need to do all the steps in section 5 including flashing the radios if I never messed with them prior to rooting?
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You may want to double check section 5 it's one file that includes the entire stock ROM including a locked boot loader and the radios that match.
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kintwofan said:
You may want to double check section 5 it's one file that includes the entire stock ROM including a locked boot loader and the radios that match.
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Oh okay thank you man! Sorry to thread jack op! I'll check it out
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thanks guys
The first several times nothing would work not even download mode, my recovery console was gone too. after several tries download mode popped up so I immediately hooked up to odin and reflashed a stock root. all good now. Still wonder why it borked itself in the first place. Seems to be a mystery but I'm not too keen on flashing cleanrom 5.5.1 again...

jndd333 said:
The first several times nothing would work not even download mode, my recovery console was gone too. after several tries download mode popped up so I immediately hooked up to odin and reflashed a stock root. all good now. Still wonder why it borked itself in the first place. Seems to be a mystery but I'm not too keen on flashing cleanrom 5.5.1 again...
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i couldnt get odin to work on my computer for some reason and after searching through google i found a forum on getting into the stock recovery and figured id try it and my phone decided to cooperate and go back to clockworkmod after all that and now my phone is fixed lol technology..

No worries about jacking thread I'm glad my post lead others to help another with not the same but similar issues. I've been out of the dev circle since g1 days but I think its time to play around and execute some system dumps after a bit of tweaking. definitely like Odin! All in one multi partition flaher! Fashing via adb used to be too cumbersome with the early sdk's!
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Yeah I got a lot to learn about programs its crazy how much stuff there is to know and things constantly get added every day lol the android community is very interesting that's for sure
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Bricked perhaps?

Hello everyone! Im not sure if this question goes here or in the development section but...
I was running glorious overdose v2 and i hit the power switch and it gave me the options of rebooting, airplane mode etc i accidently hit download and then my sk4g restarted itself and went to download mode, at the time i didnt have the back cover on because I had taken the sim card out, as you can assume, the battery fell out while in download mode.
It wont turn on, go to download mode, nothing at all. Nothing shows when i connect it to its charger.
So what are your thoughts on the matter?
Dont be a smart A. And say "search first then ask question" , because I already have, and found nothing that can help.

Eristeel said:
Hello everyone! Im not sure if this question goes here or in the development section but...
I was running glorious overdose v2 and i hit the power switch and it gave me the options of rebooting, airplane mode etc i accidently hit download and then my sk4g restarted itself and went to download mode, at the time i didnt have the back cover on because I had taken the sim card out, as you can assume, the battery fell out while in download mode.
It wont turn on, go to download mode, nothing at all. Nothing shows when i connect it to its charger.
So what are your thoughts on the matter?
Dont be a smart A. And say "search first then ask question" , because I already have, and found nothing that can help.
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i have done this before when i was installing a old version of Glorious Overdose
its not bricked but you have to run a command from your computer to your phone its very annoying
it should be fine (or mine was)

immorality said:
i have done this before when i was installing a old version of Glorious Overdose
its not bricked but you have to run a command from your computer to your phone its very annoying
it should be fine (or mine was)
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My phone is already running Glorious overdose!
What should i do? Like give me a link if possible on what to do to actually get my sk4g operational again.
Its good to know someone else has encountered this

You have to download xda an some script things (havnt used it in awhile or know the links) search either odin or how to. Exit download mode (should work) if not take the batter out an keep holding the power button it will take the rest of the elctricity out an leave it like that for 10-30 mins
If you cannot find it search for how to enter download mode through computer (should have a how to exit)
There its lots of trial an error with this but should work (then avoid download mode after fixed unless you odin)
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immorality said:
You have to download xda an some script things (havnt used it in awhile or know the links) search either odin or how to. Exit download mode (should work) if not take the batter out an keep holding the power button it will take the rest of the elctricity out an leave it like that for 10-30 mins
If you cannot find it search for how to enter download mode through computer (should have a how to exit)
There its lots of trial an error with this but should work (then avoid download mode after fixed unless you odin)
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The problem is i cant get into download mode at all!
I know how to use odin,
But it wont turn on at all. If i could get into download mode that would be great! But unfprtunetly it will not turn on AT ALL!

I don't remember if mine turned on at all either do you have a usb plug? If so plug your phone in the computer an should make a sound (or mine make a sound when something gets pluged in) if it dose then you can boot out of download mode
Because when it turned off it went to a pwned download mode kind thing
If it dosnt make any sound just keep messing with it tae the battery out hold the power take the sim out an sd an plug it in with out batter
I mean I freaked out an did everything. I could to fix it
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immorality said:
I don't remember if mine turned on at all either do you have a usb plug? If so plug your phone in the computer an should make a sound (or mine make a sound when something gets pluged in) if it dose then you can boot out of download mode
Because when it turned off it went to a pwned download mode kind thing
If it dosnt make any sound just keep messing with it tae the battery out hold the power take the sim out an sd an plug it in with out batter
I mean I freaked out an did everything. I could to fix it
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Ive triedthat but ill try it again! If i could get into download mode ill be golden :/. If you have anymore advice orsuggestion you could give me that would be great

Well like I said try using xda an boot out of downloading mode it should work if I wrote down all the steps id give them to you but I didn't think about it at the time
Just like going into your first custom rom the steps are werid an confusing because I had no clue how to enter recovery an no one to help
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I'd say if all else fails, make a usb jig... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604707 hope that helps, it will cost you just a few dollars from radio shack, a pack of 100k ohm resistors and an old micro usb cable

1.-Remove both the SIM card and de microSD card. 2.-KEEP YOUR BATTERY REMOVED 3.-Apply the Download-mode button combination (known by you all) 4.-WHILE HOLDING THE COMBINATION, insert the battery, and keep the buttons pressed untill you get the download mode. 5.-Flash your phone with a valid firmware through Odin (Preferebly, have Odin prepared before doing this trick)
I found this while browsing xda. If that doesn't work, get a jig and cross your fingers.
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