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Stuck at battery while phone is off.

Well me being the idiotic adventurous person. I tried to CWM my phone to ICBINB, and so everything went through ya know. then I rebooted. it got stuck once again. Now it won't go into dl mode or recovery. when i plug the usb it goes straight to the sign with the battery, but even that got stuck. so i tried adb reboot download and the device isn''t found. So did I like screw myself over? the only way for me to get to the Samsung GalaxyS 4G Screen is without the usb. So anyhelp on how i can fix this.

Did you try getting into recovery i.e.,hold volume up + volume down + power until recovery comes up. If you made any backups and you can get into recovery sometimes you can reboot a saved backup.
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Also to get into DL mode hold volume up + volume down and while holding plug USB into your phone keep holding volume buttons till giant triangle appears
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Even if the chargin battery comes up keep holding the volume buttons? cause the battery you know how it's suppose to charge with the green. Mines stuck it has the loading circle and the battery picture is blank. so it's like stuck there, should i just keep holding those buttons? and i've tried alot of methods already so far none have worked. I really don't want to have to buy another phone.

Pull the battery and then try getting it into download mode
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Had the same.problem.as you. Gingerbread bootloaders.
open odin on your pc and connect the usb to your phone. Pull the battery and hold volume down + power button and put battery in as your holding those two
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tried that. everytime i plug the phone into the computer. it brings me to this god awful frozen charging battery thing that isn't even green so its like bricked i think. but that cant be because it still turns on

Did you have gingerbread on.your phone
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omg dude you saved my life your my idol haha

no problem
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rickyy00 said:
Did you have gingerbread on.your phone
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Actually no. I tried using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157593 and I literally did everything precisely, then i rebooted. then i came across this horrible problem. So I don't really know if it was GB. but what rom are you using?
I figured i'll just cut my losses and stick to KC1 Stock +Root Froyo 2.2.1

Try what Ricky said that's what meant pull battery hold volume buttons plug in USB then put battery back in. You're soft bricked you can get out of this. This is why you have to read read read. Always start where it says READ THIS FIRST when your joining a new forum. Do yourself a favor and check out the Bible in this forum its packed with everything you need. In the meantime I'll try to help you out the best I can but I have to go to work in a half hour.
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Cool man glad it worked out for you ;-)
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steeleain said:
Try what Ricky said that's what meant pull battery hold volume buttons plug in USB then put battery back in. You're soft bricked you can get out of this. This is why you have to read read read. Always start where it says READ THIS FIRST when your joining a new forum. Do yourself a favor and check out the Bible in this forum its packed with everything you need. In the meantime I'll try to help you out the best I can but I have to go to work in a half hour.
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Hahaha Ricky was right I was able to get into ODIN, and now I'm gonna flash back to KC1 . If I'm going to flash a ROM i'm doing it ODIN style. I'm a failure at CWM.

Right now I'm running dsexton's ICBINB rom. I was running krylon's Black Ice
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Odin is a safe way to go. Happy flashing ;-)
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Thanks steelain!
AND STEELAIN WHAT!? HOW ARE YOU USING THAT!?!?!
I TRIED DOING IT AND I FAILED. omg, fml. what did you do? Like Exact steps i need to know what I did wrong.

Flash using the noobs guide to odin found in the bible thread guide section, but instead of downloading kb5 from that thread, grab the stock deodexed kc1 from the odin rom section of the bible. Get into download mode by pulling out your battery, pressing both volume buttons and plugging in the usb cord.
I kept telling you to read the bible thread and the directions in each thread! But this is a soft brick and you can fix it, so it will be ok. Search for the bible thread! SEARCH!! Know what you are doing before you make a change. Just odin for now and get that running. I can give you very specific directions in a bit on how to flash a rom. Let us know how it goes
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Dont' worry i already flashed it back to the rom you suggested (KC1 Deodexed) what im fine with ODIN, i know how to use it. what im struggling on is the ICBINB Final ROM that Team Acid released. I've tried it twice to get installed and ive failed each time. because it won't get passed the dang splash screen where it says Samsung GalaxyS 4G, and you cant use odin with it. it has to be CWM i believe

Are you on red cmw? Chances are your not so you have to check your mounts on recovery very important probably causing your brick
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Hard Brick - qhsusb_dload mode - Help

Was Trying to Root the phone and reboot went into qhsusb_dload mode - Hard Brick... can anyone help to get bin file to restore

It's done dude.... Sorry
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What were you doing when this happened.
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Phone will not power on and will have blank screen. PC will detect the phone in QPST mode

Yea it hard bricked. From my knowledge there is no fix.
We're you messing with Odin when this happened. What was the last thing you were doing with it working?
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It seems like there have been a disproportionate amount of people running into this problem...it makes me nervous.
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Especially when, op's are so strangely adverse to telling us how it happened.
It's ok ro tell us if u were doing something stupid. We all do stupid stuff to these devices at some point or another, you now have the ability to tell us @ least 1 thing NOT to do.
That's why this works...
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I'm guessing he clicked something in ODIN he shouldn't have.

I was trying to install SKY ice cream ROM and was following - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21507135#post21507135
When i run odin it just run into errors and reboot was blank screen... i don't know what happen... i have done this before many times but this was my bad luck i guess

Was your battery low when you did this?
Have you tried pulling the battery for a few minutes?

I tried all option no luck... Ordered USB jig to see if that helps... other option is to get bin file and flash using QPST... I think someone who knows and are expert need to extract the bin file from the phone using QPST.

Jig won't work. I'm guessing you mucked something up in Odin.
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any idea if i can charge my battery using the phone now... doesn't give me any indication of charging

You can get a charger on eBay for $4 shipped.
Cheap Chinese crap but it works for me and my cheap Chinese spare batteries.
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I ordered from USA based ebay seller and got it in less than a week.
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nkamurlekar said:
I tried all option no luck... Ordered USB jig to see if that helps... other option is to get bin file and flash using QPST... I think someone who knows and are expert need to extract the bin file from the phone using QPST.
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If anyone knows how to get the device recognized as a COM port, I can take a shot at it. Got real familiar with QPST when I flashed an Epic over to Virgin Mobile.

Fortune090 said:
If anyone knows how to get the device recognized as a COM port, I can take a shot at it. Got real familiar with QPST when I flashed an Epic over to Virgin Mobile.
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Doesn't download mode do that? Excuse me if I'm wrong.
Edit: LOL not if your bricked it doesnt. Could we use a working skyrocket to get the correct files to fix a bricked one using QPST?
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cdshepherd said:
Doesn't download mode do that? Excuse me if I'm wrong.
Edit: LOL not if your bricked it doesnt. Could we use a working skyrocket to get the correct files to fix a bricked one using QPST?
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Download mode does, yes, but you can't read or write from QPST in it. You get a "Phone did not answer/respond/whatever" error back.
What I would say needs to be figured out first is how to get a non-brick and a bricked one recognized as a COM port. Really annoying, but QPST doesn't work otherwise...

Sorry for the question, but what exactly is QPST? I've never heard of that before.
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plwalsh88 said:
Sorry for the question, but what exactly is QPST? I've never heard of that before.
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Qualcomm Product Support Tools. It's a program used by Qualcomm to program Qualcomm chips in phones. Can flash/backup software, program the phone's service, check/change EEPROM settings, EFS settings, etc. It's free software, but I do NOT recommend looking through it and tweaking things if you don't know what you're doing... Quite a bit in there that's really easy to mess up.

Faulty USB port?

I recently bought an extended battery for my skyrocket. I used it for a few days and one night while on the charger it apparently didn't charge. It was only at 70%. Then I noticed it would drop charge while plugged in and using it. The charge icon would stay on but it would consistently drop in percentage. So I switched back to the factory battery thinking that was the problem. Nope. The phone will charge as long as I'm not using it. I also can't get my phone to connect to the computer. Tried 3 different computers and 2 different cables (1 being the factory cable).
Another issue is that I have a custom ROM installed and if I'm going to turn this in for warranty how do I get it back to stock if I can't do it through Odin?
Thanks for the help.
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s13envy said:
I recently bought an extended battery for my skyrocket. I used it for a few days and one night while on the charger it apparently didn't charge. It was only at 70%. Then I noticed it would drop charge while plugged in and using it. The charge icon would stay on but it would consistently drop in percentage. So I switched back to the factory battery thinking that was the problem. Nope. The phone will charge as long as I'm not using it. I also can't get my phone to connect to the computer. Tried 3 different computers and 2 different cables (1 being the factory cable).
Another issue is that I have a custom ROM installed and if I'm going to turn this in for warranty how do I get it back to stock if I can't do it through Odin?
Thanks for the help.
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I would suggest cleaning the contacts on the battery and phone and try a can of air duster to blow out the usb ports u are trying to use including the phones usb. If all else fails read the stickies in the development section to go back to stock.
P.S. im not sure if u can go back to stock without ODIN. But just read the stickies cuz i could be wrong
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jyazzie110 said:
I would suggest cleaning the contacts on the battery and phone and try a can of air duster to blow out the usb ports u are trying to use including the phones usb. If all else fails read the stickies in the development section to go back to stock.
P.S. im not sure if u can go back to stock without ODIN. But just read the stickies cuz i could be wrong
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After a quick search last night all I found was info on reverting back to stock with Odin. I cleaned the USB port on my phone with a tooth brush. Got a lot of crap out of there but it didn't help.
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s13envy said:
After a quick search last night all I found was info on reverting back to stock with Odin. I cleaned the USB port on my phone with a tooth brush. Got a lot of crap out of there but it didn't help.
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Yea he only is through odin so u can get the stock recovery as well. Maybe go to a friends house that has a pc??
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Yea he only is through odin so u can get the stock recovery as well. Maybe go to a friends house that has a pc??
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i've tried 3 different PCs.

s13envy said:
i've tried 3 different PCs.
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Well if odin isnt working im not sure how u can return to stock
EDIT: look at the thread here in the general section for returning to stovk via kies....that might help
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s13envy said:
i've tried 3 different PCs.
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I'm not sure if its possible but on my i777 I was able to use the mobile Odin app to flash the stock firmware. Possibly something a dev could come up in cwm since failing USB ports are becoming more and more common. A cwm flashable rom maybe and a separate stock kernal to flash after.
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Intub8 said:
I'm not sure if its possible but on my i777 I was able to use the mobile Odin app to flash the stock firmware. Possibly something a dev could come up in cwm since failing USB ports are becoming more and more common. A cwm flashable rom maybe and a separate stock kernal to flash after.
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i just checked on here and in the market and i didn't see anything about the skyrocket being supported

[Q] Problem while upgrading to ics

Well hello, i recently upgraded phone to 2.3 (ginger bread) and wanted to go alittle higher.
I followed this tutorial to the 'T' meaning if he said jump while holdin the phone, I would jump exactly how he did, that's how precise i was with the instructions he gave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&feature=iv&src_vid=xWBcSyj8vzU&v=ndC39t1AE-k
After following his instructions and i rebooted phoneto go into the volume - + + and power button menu, the screen looked a little shattered or blurry, im not sure how to define it, but i cant see the options that i'm selecting. but they are selectable. i tried following his directions blindly, but that file wasn't the only zip file on the internal memory card so im not sure which file im selecting.
Is there any way i can get back to gingerbread?

Just Odin back to stock, and was recovery filled with rainbows?
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projelous said:
Well hello, i recently upgraded phone to 2.3 (ginger bread) and wanted to go alittle higher.
I followed this tutorial to the 'T' meaning if he said jump while holdin the phone, I would jump exactly how he did, that's how precise i was with the instructions he gave.
After following his instructions and i rebooted phoneto go into the volume - + + and power button menu, the screen looked a little shattered or blurry, im not sure how to define it, but i cant see the options that i'm selecting. but they are selectable. i tried following his directions blindly, but that file wasn't the only zip file on the internal memory card so im not sure which file im selecting.
Is there any way i can get back to gingerbread?
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I told you to flash the gingerbread bootloaders using odin that will fix the rainbow distortion.
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magnetboard said:
Just Odin back to stock, and was recovery filled with rainbows?
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Yea rain bows.
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I told you to flash the gingerbread bootloaders using odin that will fix the rainbow distortion.
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I had ask for instructions how to do that, :s didn't get a reply from you on my last post.
Any way i could get some instructions now ?

Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523 scroll down until you see this
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Get the gingerbread bootloaders extract the file open odin put the file in the PDA box put the phone in download mode plug it to the computer and flash the file.
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Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523 scroll down until you see this
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Go back to gingerbread 2.3.6 using odin and when you are done flashing gingerbread flash the bootloaders.
And turn off the anti-virus of the computer before using odin.
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alexischino said:
Go back to gingerbread 2.3.6 using odin and when you are done flashing gingerbread flash the bootloaders.
And turn off the anti-virus of the computer before using odin.
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Is there somehow we can communicate outside of this forum? i really appreciate your help.
edit: o.o i think this thing changes my tenses

Pm me.
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[Q] Infuse SGH I997 AT&T brick [HELP!!!!!!!!]

Hello all. I've seen a few similar cases, but I still don't know how to go about it. I bricked my cousin's Infuse 4G when I tried upgrading to 4.2.2 using rootbox rom. Now its stuck at samsung logo. CANT enter recovery or download mode. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

List the steps you used to try and upgrade and will be easier to help fix the issue.
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Prometh1216 said:
List the steps you used to try and upgrade and will be easier to help fix the issue.
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Thanks, I followed the guide on this page teamandroid. com/2013/02/17/update-att-samsung-infuse-4g-sgh-i997-android-422-carbonrom-jelly-bean-custom-rom/2/ (can't post links. Yet ) that's how it got bricked. I've been finally able to go into download mode and Odin sees it on my pc but it reboots after 10 seconds or so. any idea about this?

Okay its gonna sound dumb but give your phone some time to charge. Next look in the infuse xda thread and get the heimdall one click back remedy .... For some reason Odin is great but the heimdall is more stable. Go to download mode and just flash back to stock.
Look for qkster thread for the heimdall and instruction.
Good info on getting to 4.2 or three is go to scott.harts thread and read the op for the proper instructions on working up because u have to go to rooted froyo the flash to GB then flash to ICS then finally to the jellybean ... I know there are short cuts but u can end up with headaches I prolly seen them all
PS. Make sure u turn off all antivirus software on PC it can screw up flashing process
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Prometh1216 said:
Okay its gonna sound dumb but give your phone some time to charge. Next look in the infuse xda thread and get the heimdall one click back remedy .... For some reason Odin is great but the heimdall is more stable. Go to download mode and just flash back to stock.
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Oh. Will do. Don't know if its ok but when I connect device to charger it doesn't show the battery bar like it normally does, it shows a loading symbol. Hopefully its still charging. And it keeps restarting every 5 seconds

Did u pull battery and leave out for bout 5 mins
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Prometh1216 said:
Did u pull battery and leave out for bout 5 mins
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Did that and it's still rebooting when I connect charger or usb

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Did that and it's still rebooting when I connect charger or usb
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Hit the power button a few times and see if they phone reacts
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Well at that point u may have a dirty contact on the power button
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Thanks for your replies. I'll try a few options and let you know how it goes. I think it's the battery cus I could turn it on without connecting it to power and it doesn't turn on by itself when I insert the battery. But now I cant turn it on. And the rebooting process stops when I takeout the usb cable

Okay, decided nit to leave this thread hanging (irrelevant I know). I got a fully charged battery and was able to flash desired custom rom to device and now running smooth on 4.2.2 rootbox rom. thanks xda

Cool glad to hear your running.
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