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So far this has been the only sure fire method I've found to 100% get around any brick situation regardless of firmware, etc. This only works for the captivate, not any other galaxy s variant.
Situations: phone-!-Computer / no download mode
Black Screen / RST_STATUS 0x0
Procedure:
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Connect usb cable.
5. Hold volume up + volume down + Power.
6. Insert battery.
7. Release POWER BUTTON ONLY.
You should now be in immediate download mode.
Please forgive me if this is duplicate some where, but I tried every procedure I could find on google to no avail, then accidentally found this method just before I was going to box it back up and see if my buddy at AT&T would make me eat it or not.
My situation was: Launched Odin3 to flash H3 firmware, died twice in the middle, and on the third time locked up half ways just at the beginning of factoryfs.rfs -- Then the phone did nothing. Blackscreen is all. Interestingly enough, while in the state if you hold volume up + power, it will give a hw diagnostic screen. Beyond that I could get no where. Just a black screen, no acknowledgement when connected to PC, no charging indicator, nothing.
If this is a dupe Im sorry but this method I could not find and hope to make it readily available to people who may think their phones bricked.
Update 12/22/2010:
How to BRICK the phone / WARNING!!!
If for whatever reason you decide to use Odin to flash a stock GTI9000 ROM and manually add the kernels and modems using a "pure" 2.2.1 sammy rom. BEWARE.
Researching a lot, it seems the consensus is that the sbl in the 2.2.1 versions of the GTI9000 has *hard* download mode crippled.. Meaning if there is a software screw up YOU CANNOT USE A USB JIG OR ANY OTHER METHOD OF GETTING THE PHONE IN DOWNLOAD MODE!!! To fix it you'll need a new one or JTAG to replace the bootloader.
As far as I can tell, beyond getting completely rid of the AT&T logo, there is no need to flash boot/sbl to get the "purity" of the 2.2.1 sammy roms.
Extract all files from the tar EXCEPT boot/sbl and re-tar and flash just those to avoid overwriting the stock captivate boot loader.
Also, it does not appear the boot/sbl from the captivate 2.2 leak suffers this same problem.
For any one iffy on bricking their phones, stay away from roms that remove COMPLETELY the AT&T logo on boot. This generally means the boot loader has been messed with any you may be screwed if you soft brick the phone. Most CWM roms dont overwrite the boot/sbl, but some can and do. Watch yourself.. if it the AT&T logo goes away COMPLETELY, I recommend flashing JF6 with One click while the roms alive using adb reboot download and try another rom.
thanks!
worked...took a few tries but some trick with this captivate to get it into download mode.. i was totally bricked too, diag screen with PC/Phone icons and exclamation mark. for me 1.) plug usb, 2.) hold power and vol up/down and connect battery (it fell out) and i was in download mode
I guess a similar procedure was on the odin3 one click thread, but there is something different in your procedure, it's not my case but it would be nice if some people confirms this as this may be useful and if it really works it should be included in odin thread
What worked for me was: Pull the battery, sim and micro sd card. Open odin on the PC. Insert the battery. Hold vol up and down then with the buttons held connect the usb cable. Just remember to plug in the usb cable with the vol up and down held in and odin must be open on the computer.
I also ran into the vol up plus power red text screen. Interesting to note that one of the fields will change depending if the usb cable is connected or not.
mine is dead
mi samsung captivate was working great but, suddenly it go black and only the touch bottom have light, when i plug it in the a/c it show is charging. i'm mac user and a read that i ned to use odin3 but it not work on mac. how i can unbrick the phone???
is rooted with one click lag
the dbdata was modif to
thats all
HEEEEELLLLLPPPPPP
Odin will not open on the mac?
Cant you use a virtual machine and use Odin on a Mac that way?
Or else take the odin 3 single click for JF6 and use on a friends Windows Computer.
Please help - unable to flash back with Odin3
I have pretty much tried it all at this point and am trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I followed the directions just in case get to the big yellow triangle with the droid shoveling and the screen stays at "downloading, do not turn off target..."
Of course I had Odin3 open already but its not seeing my phone, USB drives are installed am using Odin3 ver. 1.30.
Any help would be appreciated, TIA!
TechNut* said:
I have pretty much tried it all at this point and am trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I followed the directions just in case get to the big yellow triangle with the droid shoveling and the screen stays at "downloading, do not turn off target..."
Of course I had Odin3 open already but its not seeing my phone, USB drives are installed am using Odin3 ver. 1.30.
Any help would be appreciated, TIA!
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Best way to get download mode is use adb and type adb reboot download.
Or follow the volume up/down held with odin open on the computer, then you plug in the usb cable to the computer.
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What worked for me was: Pull the battery, sim and micro sd card. Open odin on the PC. Insert the battery. Hold vol up and down then with the buttons held connect the usb cable. Just remember to plug in the usb cable with the vol up and down held in and odin must be open on the computer.
I also ran into the vol up plus power red text screen. Interesting to note that one of the fields will change depending if the usb cable is connected or not.
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Thank you thank you thank you. i had a totally dead no boot or anything and this worked, i was going through the whole returning the phone senerio in my head
mattbeau said:
Thank you thank you thank you. i had a totally dead no boot or anything and this worked, i was going through the whole returning the phone senerio in my head
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Just sharing the info! Makes you think twice about trying something else don't it?
does not seem to work because as soon as my battery touches the contacts it goes to the diag screen. do I have to release the power button in super human speed times there?
looked at all threads here, looked elsewhere -- there are some that are not fixable. Wanted to add that in case others come here and think that they might be the only ones that can't get it to work.
Ended up sending mine off to Samsung to reset today. :/
I love you! I called AT&T to send me documentation to sign and it was going to cost me 125 dollars to get it replaced even with warranty. And you fixed it !
i have tried just about every single method detailed in these forums, and nothing works.
Trying what OP suggested just sends me to the battery charging animation screen.
Anybody have any ideas ?
file analysis
I keep can get to the download screen and I hit start and it does the same thing everytime it just does File analysis i cant figure what i am doing wrong here somebody please help me
I think the issue was it had something to do with 64 bit windows 7 i just re did the stock rom one click solution and it worked fine
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5. Hold volume up + volume down + Power.
6. Insert battery.
7. Release POWER BUTTON ONLY.
You should now be in immediate download mode.
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Thank you for sharing your experience.
I don't have a Captivate yet but am doing research on it and hopeful of getting one. I am confused about one thing.
Every where that I have read about how to enter Recovery mode or Download mode on the Captivate using the 3 button method, it says holding down both Volume UP + Volume Down (plus Power button) will enter Recovery mode. But you say it enters Download mode which is confusing to me. As I recall, to enter Download mode you must press the Vol Down only (plus Power button). Could it be because the phone won't go into Recovery mode, it goes into Download mode instead? Am I missing something?
Thank you!
Download mode is for updating the phone's firmware.
Remove battery, plug in the usb cable to the phone, open ODIN on the computer (need usb drivers installed before hand) on the phone hold volume up and down then plug the phone into the computer. Your phone will say DOWNLOADING. This method works even if you run into problems and the phone refuses to boot properly.
Recovery mode is for installing Update.zip. The method is tricky but involves holding volume up/down and power, the phone will show ATT then go black. It will repeat that but after the second time it goes black let go of power.
If that doesnt work, android debug tools ADB reboot recovery will work even better.
Or root the phone and use Clockwork Rom manager to boot into recovery, just press the menu item.
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Download mode is for updating the phone's firmware.
Remove battery, plug in the usb cable to the phone, open ODIN on the computer (need usb drivers installed before hand) on the phone hold volume up and down then plug the phone into the computer. Your phone will say DOWNLOADING. This method works even if you run into problems and the phone refuses to boot properly.
Recovery mode is for installing Update.zip. The method is tricky but involves holding volume up/down and power, the phone will show ATT then go black. It will repeat that but after the second time it goes black let go of power.
If that doesn't work, android debug tools ADB reboot recovery will work even better.
Or root the phone and use Clockwork Rom manager to boot into recovery, just press the menu item.
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Thank you askpcguy! I understand the difference between Download and Recovery modes.
So the procedural difference here is having the battery in + Power button, versus battery not in (use USB cable instead) and no Power button. Can the phone get power from the PC via the USB cable? This seems to differ from what the original poster said about download mode. Perhaps OP could edit his original post for clarification? Or am I still missing something? Thanks to all
The phone does get power from the USB cable.
The difference is one procedure uses the USB cable (download mode) and the other does not (Recovery mode).
The volume up+down method does not use the power button, the phone is powered on into download mode once you plug in the USB cable.
We say pull the battery to get the phone powered off. If a firmware flash stalled or doesn't complete, pull the battery and try again!
I now understand the precedural difference.
Thank you askpcguy!
Okay, so I've had the issue with CWM 5.8.3.4
And unfortunately I didn't fix the the boot issue and the problem I'm running into now is that I have super wiped my internal space so I have no roms to flash back to.
I can't cold boot into an OS because there is Android OS installed on it right now.
I don't know how to place anything onto the Asus TF101 internal memory.
The clockwork mod doesn't detect my external micro sd card either.
My device is a SBK1, B40
Anyone have any ideas on how I can access my microsd from recovery? or how I can get adb working.
I tried booting into APX mode, but that doesn't seem to be working either (Vol up + Power)
Not sure what to really do now.. Stumped that I'm stuck on recovery mode with no way to access its storage.
Thanks
EDIT - RESOLVED (taken from my last post) 10-07-12
Hey All,
I wanted to update this thread, I just got it fixed tonight and it was the cable.. One of those difficult to realize and pinpoint for troubleshooting..
But if anyone ever has problems with their computer not detecting their device, it can be the cable (which in my case it was)
I was able to get APX mode working, and adb via recovery working as well with the new cable.
Thanks for all the help!
xShadoWxDrifTx said:
Okay, so I've had the issue with CWM 5.8.3.4
And unfortunately I didn't fix the the boot issue and the problem I'm running into now is that I have super wiped my internal space so I have no roms to flash back to.
I can't cold boot into an OS because there is Android OS installed on it right now.
I don't know how to place anything onto the Asus TF101 internal memory.
The clockwork mod doesn't detect my external micro sd card either.
My device is a SBK1, B40
Anyone have any ideas on how I can access my microsd from recovery? or how I can get adb working.
I tried booting into APX mode, but that doesn't seem to be working either (Vol up + Power)
Not sure what to really do now.. Stumped that I'm stuck on recovery mode with no way to access its storage.
Thanks
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I would clear Dalvik Cache, then retrying.
and your microsd cant be seen or you cant load stuff from it?
use Easyflasher to flash a different recovery to your tablet that supports external sd card reading, like the twrp option in easyflasher
fohdeesha said:
use Easyflasher to flash a different recovery to your tablet that supports external sd card reading, like the twrp option in easyflasher
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The problem is that I'm not sure how to get Easyflasher working since I'm having trouble connecting the tablet into APX mode.
I plug in the tablet and power it off, and after powering it off I try to get into APX mode, vol up and power.
But my computer doesn't detect anything. To me it seems like it doesn't get into APX mode.
Not sure how to really connect with Easyflasher..
Probably a silly comment... but every time I have used APX I have done it this way:
1. Unplug
2. Power off
3. Plug
4. Vol Up + Power
I have tried inverting 3 and 4 and it also worked. But I always start with th TF unplugged and powered off.
Probably it is the same, but maybe you can try. Have you tried another uSD?
Easy flash will work... unplug, power off, press vol up+power for at least 5 sec then plug it in.... comp should detect APX device... look up YouTube videos... there must be some kind of video abt easy flash or apex mode....
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What I remember I tried was:
1. Powered Off and unplugged
2. If I plug it into the usb drive, the device starts booting up
3. Unsuccessful with APX
Another method:
1. Powered Off while plugged
2. Held Vol up + Power
3. Nothing happened
I'll try again and report back tonight. I'll try another uSD, but I think this recovery doesn't detect any uSD's unfortunately
Thanks
Remember in apex mode or tablet won't turn on... but laptop should detect apex mode, if not laptop should say unknown device or unable install drivers...
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I don't know whats wrong..
At this point I considered my tablet bricked and cursed with ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.4
I tried 3 different computers and none of them detect my tf101, they don't detect it as an unknown device, don't detect it as APX
I've tried running APX mode several times, with different ways of holding VOL UP + Power as well.
It refuses to go into APX mode unless I'm still lacking the magic touch.
I can get into cold boot mode, but there isn't an internal OS to boot into. If only I could do that as well to put things onto the internal memory.
At this point I might try to RMA.. but probably out of warranty and voided it with rooting recovery on it as well..
Damn bricked!...
Just don't understand why APX mode won't work..
If you have the keyboard dock you might want to try to use an external usb stick, you can mount it with clockworkmod
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If you have the keyboard dock you might want to try to use an external usb stick, you can mount it with clockworkmod
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I have an external usb stick and the keyboard, but I'm not sure how I can mount it in clockwork mod
I answered your question here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32277020#post32277020
Yes, you need to get into APX mode. And yes, it will work. You can't wipe APX mode off your tablet, it's stored in the first few blocks of your emmc, in fact it's so hidden the device uses the secondary partition table instead of the primary, so nothing can touch the partition containing APX code
On whatever computer you're using, open device manager. I'll assume you know how to get there (right click on my computer>properties>device manager) This will let you see any new device pop up clearly
Like everyone said, you just need to hold down up, and power. It doesn't matter if your usb cable is plugged in first or not. If it makes you feel any better just leave it plugged in. When my original transformer was messed up so bad I couldn't turn it off, and it just kept bootlooping, I forced it to boot into APX mode by just holding down power and vol up for a good 45 seconds, until the screen was black. It would keep retarting a few times, but eventually the screen went black, and that's how you know you're in apx. I then plugged in the usb cable
You should see something pop up in device manager - if nothing does, it's possible it's already installed a proper driver - do you see something like "apx transformer" at the top of device manager? if so, you're ready to open easyflasher.
if you hold down power and vol up, and the screen is black, and the device doesn't boot up, then you're in APX mode. Now just work on getting your pc to see it. Try right clicking in device manager and hitting refresh
Edit: make sure to do this without the dock! Use the tablet only, no other accessories
There's absolutely no reason to RMA your tablet, it's perfectly fine. You flashing a recovery didn't do any damage or alter APX mode. Worst case scenario and you still can't get into apx mode (it's easy just keep trying it). What you can do is boot into your recovery, then connect it to your computer. Then you can use ADB to push a different recovery zip (like raymanfx's hybrid cwm, which can read from external and internal) to your external sd card in the device, and mount it as /data so your recovery can see it, then use your current recovery to flash it. then you have a recovery that can read from sd cards. A quick guide here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24793571&postcount=25
Instead of pushing over superwipe like he says, push over the cwm hybrid zip. Put it in the same folder as the adb.exe . If you've never used adb before, it's incredibly easy. Just google it.
Trust me, you're tablet is far from RMA status. My first transformer has bad blocks in the internal memory that I'm working on partitioning around using command line parted via a recovery shell, if people can do that then you can easily fix yours
fohdeesha said:
I answered your question here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32277020#post32277020
Yes, you need to get into APX mode. And yes, it will work. You can't wipe APX mode off your tablet, it's stored in the first few blocks of your emmc, in fact it's so hidden the device uses the secondary partition table instead of the primary, so nothing can touch the partition containing APX code
On whatever computer you're using, open device manager. I'll assume you know how to get there (right click on my computer>properties>device manager) This will let you see any new device pop up clearly
Like everyone said, you just need to hold down up, and power. It doesn't matter if your usb cable is plugged in first or not. If it makes you feel any better just leave it plugged in. When my original transformer was messed up so bad I couldn't turn it off, and it just kept bootlooping, I forced it to boot into APX mode by just holding down power and vol up for a good 45 seconds, until the screen was black. It would keep retarting a few times, but eventually the screen went black, and that's how you know you're in apx. I then plugged in the usb cable
You should see something pop up in device manager - if nothing does, it's possible it's already installed a proper driver - do you see something like "apx transformer" at the top of device manager? if so, you're ready to open easyflasher.
if you hold down power and vol up, and the screen is black, and the device doesn't boot up, then you're in APX mode. Now just work on getting your pc to see it. Try right clicking in device manager and hitting refresh
Edit: make sure to do this without the dock! Use the tablet only, no other accessories
There's absolutely no reason to RMA your tablet, it's perfectly fine. You flashing a recovery didn't do any damage or alter APX mode. Worst case scenario and you still can't get into apx mode (it's easy just keep trying it). What you can do is boot into your recovery, then connect it to your computer. Then you can use ADB to push a different recovery zip (like raymanfx's hybrid cwm, which can read from external and internal) to your external sd card in the device, and mount it as /data so your recovery can see it, then use your current recovery to flash it. then you have a recovery that can read from sd cards. A quick guide here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24793571&postcount=25
Instead of pushing over superwipe like he says, push over the cwm hybrid zip. Put it in the same folder as the adb.exe . If you've never used adb before, it's incredibly easy. Just google it.
Trust me, you're tablet is far from RMA status. My first transformer has bad blocks in the internal memory that I'm working on partitioning around using command line parted via a recovery shell, if people can do that then you can easily fix yours
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Thanks for the reply, I'll note what I left in the ROM thread and post it here as well.
I've tried 3 different computers and my tablet never shows up under device manager. Nothing new pops up on the bottom right of my screen. I've tried it on a fresh install of windows as well.
Could it be my cable? Or my tablet is really broken with its usb connection. At this point I would ship it to someone on xda to fix it for me!
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I've been flashing custom roms, via recovery etc since the g1, it's just strange to me that the computer has no detection of my device at all. And that I've tried 3 different computers as well.
When I get back home, I will hold Vol Up + Power in a dark room for at least 1 minute to see if I can get APX Mode.
For the ADB push while recovery mode is on, my computer doesn't detect that either (I've tried on other computers as well, one which was a recently fresh install of windows).
I'll update later today again.
Thanks
xShadoWxDrifTx said:
I have an external usb stick and the keyboard, but I'm not sure how I can mount it in clockwork mod
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Mounts & Storage -> Mount USB storage
probably needs to be fat32 or something...
Can you enter in recovery?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app
Lethe6 said:
Mounts & Storage -> Mount USB storage
probably needs to be fat32 or something...
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Unfortunately CWM 5.8.3.4 doesn't have mount usb storage option
Badbullet said:
Can you enter in recovery?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app
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I can enter recovery, but nothing I can do in there because I wiped all data from internal.
xShadoWxDrifTx said:
Unfortunately CWM 5.8.3.4 doesn't have mount usb storage option
I can enter recovery, but nothing I can do in there because I wiped all data from internal.
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Tried the unbrick threads? I'm not allowed to link yet but one of them saved me and allowed me to do a factory reset/nvflash of official firmware.
It's not seeing an ADB device either? Dude, it honestly sounds like you have a bad cable. Especially if you've tried on multiple computers
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It's not seeing an ADB device either? Dude, it honestly sounds like you have a bad cable. Especially if you've tried on multiple computers
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Yeah I might try to get a new cable, or use someone else's I know that has the tablet.
Trying to narrow down possible problems..
xShadoWxDrifTx said:
Yeah I might try to get a new cable, or use someone else's I know that has the tablet.
Trying to narrow down possible problems..
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if multiple computers can't see a device when it's in recovery and you plug it in, it's a connection issue
So I downloaded the drivers and nvflash, unzipped into their respective folders, but I'm then I'm done lol. I took the battery out, held volume up/down, and plugged up USB. All I'm getting is an LG Logo. Is that right? On my sgs2, it actually shows that it goes into download mode. Not so on this phone? Also, I'm on windows xp and its not reconizing this device. Ideas? Info? I'd REALLY like to get this device rooted and juiced up. Need to make a point to nay sayer wife
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So I downloaded the drivers and nvflash, unzipped into their respective folders, but I'm then I'm done lol. I took the battery out, held volume up/down, and plugged up USB. All I'm getting is an LG Logo. Is that right? On my sgs2, it actually shows that it goes into download mode. Not so on this phone? Also, I'm on windows xp and its not reconizing this device. Ideas? Info? I'd REALLY like to get this device rooted and juiced up. Need to make a point to nay sayer wife
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Try a different USB cable. With both volume buttons held when you plug in the phone with battery out system should recognize it and ask to install drivers. Post again if that does not happen.
-- The noob says:
This just in... my IQ has increased 50 points thanks to the g2x!
This method worked for me
twatts723 said:
So I downloaded the drivers and nvflash, unzipped into their respective folders, but I'm then I'm done lol. I took the battery out, held volume up/down, and plugged up USB. All I'm getting is an LG Logo. Is that right? On my sgs2, it actually shows that it goes into download mode. Not so on this phone? Also, I'm on windows xp and its not reconizing this device. Ideas? Info? I'd REALLY like to get this device rooted and juiced up. Need to make a point to nay sayer wife
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to get into download mode yes you must unplug all connected media to the P-999, this includes your microSD and battery, wait 5 - 10 seconds before plugging in the power cord to the computer to ensure no electrical currents are running through the device, hold Vol +/- and plug in the device, WinXP should have a pop-up in the taskbar at this point stating that it's recognized as APX device, once it says that you've entered download mode. The screen should remain to look like it's still off during this process.
If WinXP isn't recognizing the device as APX, then double check to make sure you have extracted the ZIP's respectively, should be NvFlash, and APX. If you've already done that, then go into device manager. Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Device Manager.
Within the Device Manager you will notice APX with a yellow question mark next to it, double click on APX in Device Manager and re-install the driver. AFTER you have disconnected your device, then try and enter download mode again.
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to get into download mode yes you must unplug all connected media to the P-999, this includes your microSD and battery, wait 5 - 10 seconds before plugging in the power cord to the computer to ensure no electrical currents are running through the device, hold Vol +/- and plug in the device, WinXP should have a pop-up in the taskbar at this point stating that it's recognized as APX device, once it says that you've entered download mode. The screen should remain to look like it's still off during this process.
If WinXP isn't recognizing the device as APX, then double check to make sure you have extracted the ZIP's respectively, should be NvFlash, and APX. If you've already done that, then go into device manager. Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Device Manager.
Within the Device Manager you will notice APX with a yellow question mark next to it, double click on APX in Device Manager and re-install the driver. AFTER you have disconnected your device, then try and enter download mode again.
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I got no device manager.
Control panel/system/hardware/device manager.
Solution to a common error
TwitchyEye said:
Control panel/system/hardware/device manager.
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When you're installing the APX driver, if it comes up with an error saying something similiar to "INF is not digitally signed", then you have to disable windows security features in order to install the software.
XxbloodxrushxX said:
When you're installing the APX driver, if it comes up with an error saying something similiar to "INF is not digitally signed", then you have to disable windows security features in order to install the software.
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I had that exact problem and on windows 8 it was a pain to do. It had to be done from the reboot screen and the first time I did it my computer's screen went black and would not turn on after rebooting for a few hours. Still have no idea why it did that lol. Looks like he's running an earlier version of windows which is better for everything we do here anyway lol
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I had that exact problem and on windows 8 it was a pain to do. It had to be done from the reboot screen and the first time I did it my computer's screen went black and would not turn on after rebooting for a few hours. Still have no idea why it did that lol. Looks like he's running an earlier version of windows which is better for everything we do here anyway lol
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For real bro, my most favored Microsoft OS is WinXP media center edition SP3
Yup, everything was configured for it and worked beautifully
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Hi, this situation is kind of strange and I hope it's just the battery and not the whole goddamn phone.
What I'm dealing with at the moment is:
The phone doesn't boot
When plugged onto charger or USB cable it boots but stuck at Google logo after a blink and stays there. Also, Home, Back and other buttons are lighten.
When "forcefully" put into fastboot mode, e.g. after plugging it onto USB and instantly pressing Vol Up + Power it stuck there as well, volume rocker no more response neither does the power button. Also, I notice there are no commands at the end like "USB int" etc we see normally.
Fastboot or ADB returns no device found
Please help. I personally believe it could be due to battery, what do you guys think?
Thank you.
As long as you can see the google logo, your device is not bricked. GIve more useful information; like your computer operating system, the last thing you did before this happened, etc.
ej8989 said:
As long as you can see the google logo, your device is not bricked. GIve more useful information; like your computer operating system, the last thing you did before this happened, etc.
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Thanks. My OS is Windows 8.1 Update 1. The last thing was to install UPDATE-SuperSU to root so that I can install ROM Manager to update Recovery but the installation was aborted so I attempt to flash it via Fastboot with success. Then, wanted to install SlimKat but it couldn't let me mount USB storage so that I can put the .zip file. I, then stupidly click on install via ADB but didn't know how to go back so I pulled the battery and powered up; used ADP push command to transfer said the file, but again for some reason I had to pull the battery and since then I am in above position.
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Put the device in bootloader and plug it into the computer, be patient, my phone is rather slow to get detected sometimes.. (Up to 30 min.) Check your drivers on the computer, try rebooting the boot loader from just pressing the power button (while in boot loader mode)..
If all else fails, read up on Wugs NRTK page and about ODIN...
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Setting.Out said:
Put the device in bootloader and plug it into the computer, be patient, my phone is rather slow to get detected sometimes.. (Up to 30 min.) Check your drivers on the computer, try rebooting the boot loader from just pressing the power button (while in boot loader mode)..
If all else fails, read up on Wugs NRTK page and about ODIN...
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Hi, device doesn't go into bootloader without plugging it to computer (I've to press required buttons BEFORE plugging OTG cable). And when it boots in fastboot mode it doesn't let me press any button either. I kept it plugged in for sometime as well when it when it was at Google logo; will try to do the same while in fastboot mode too and let you know. As for drivers, same computer was used before when it was working and it detected just fine immediately (gave me a pain to find the right drivers though - PDANet was a life saver).
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I should mention that I broke the OS before this happened by formatting /system folder and wiping other data from CWM recovery - I think, I also rebooted it without flashing the ROM as well.
BaghiXDA said:
Hi, device doesn't go into bootloader without plugging it to computer (I've to press required buttons BEFORE plugging OTG cable). And when it boots in fastboot mode it doesn't let me press any button either. I kept it plugged in for sometime as well when it when it was at Google logo; will try to do the same while in fastboot mode too and let you know. As for drivers, same computer was used before when it was working and it detected just fine immediately (gave me a pain to find the right drivers though - PDANet was a life saver).
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I should mention that I broke the OS before this happened by formatting /system folder and wiping other data from CWM recovery - I think, I also rebooted it without flashing the ROM as well.
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I recently had to update my drivers on my computer.. after it did an update, my phone wasn't recognized..
Try Wugs Nexus Root Toolkit,.. use the options for "bricked".. do this from the bootloader screen (power/volume +)...
I don't have experience with ODIN, so you'll need to read that forum/threads...
Setting.Out said:
I recently had to update my drivers on my computer.. after it did an update, my phone wasn't recognized..
Try Wugs Nexus Root Toolkit,.. use the options for "bricked".. do this from the bootloader screen (power/volume +)...
I don't have experience with ODIN, so you'll need to read that forum/threads...
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The problem is, even the Toolkit doesn't recognize the device no matter what. Even the keys for ODIN don't work, aren't they Home+VOL+ and Power?
EDIT1:
Kept plugged in for little longer as suggested but it heats up (it's too hot here) so I plugged out. Going to be running it off of Linux and lets see how it goes. :fingers-crossed:
EDIT2:
Tried Adam's UnBrickable method on Linux and even that couldn't find device. But that was to be expected since Adam clearly mentioned in his post that this tool isn't for those who see anything on their screen.
Whelp! Currently I can only see I:\ drive in device manager and that's all under portable devices and that's all. I see the same even in BIOS boot options, it's listed as "Google".
Guess need to close this thread now.
Hi,
I am trying to flash the stock ROM to my phone (worth noting that this is an AT&T phone). For whatever reason I cannot access this "Downloading mode" by pressing the volume up and down buttons at the same time and then plugging in the power cable (the cable is plugged into my computer, not the power block, if that makes a difference); it just shows me the charging symbol and does nothing. I have read many places that in order to use Odin I have to get into this mode; so this isn't working, and I got as far as downloading Odin and putting the proper files in the designated fields.
When I try to access the phone in recovery via adb and fastboot, adb will show the device in the device list, but fastboot won't. Why?
I don't know why these phones don't allow for flashing the OS through the SD card, but that isn't an option either.
I can't do anything from here that I know of. What's my recourse?
IHeartWhitePeople said:
Hi,
I am trying to flash the stock ROM to my phone (worth noting that this is an AT&T phone). For whatever reason I cannot access this "Downloading mode" by pressing the volume up and down buttons at the same time and then plugging in the power cable (the cable is plugged into my computer, not the power block, if that makes a difference); it just shows me the charging symbol and does nothing. I have read many places that in order to use Odin I have to get into this mode; so this isn't working, and I got as far as downloading Odin and putting the proper files in the designated fields.
When I try to access the phone in recovery via adb and fastboot, adb will show the device in the device list, but fastboot won't. Why?
I don't know why these phones don't allow for flashing the OS through the SD card, but that isn't an option either.
I can't do anything from here that I know of. What's my recourse?
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you have to press vol up + down and plug in cable after that.
TheWorldYT said:
you have to press vol up + down and plug in cable after that.
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I mentioned in the OP that I tried that. I still cannot get into the downloading mode. The guy at the cell phone repair shop claims to be able to reset the phone though. Does he have special info from Samsung?
IHeartWhitePeople said:
I mentioned in the OP that I tried that. I still cannot get into the downloading mode. The guy at the cell phone repair shop claims to be able to reset the phone though. Does he have special info from Samsung?
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Nope, it's just that your cable or something is probably broken, or something else is going on, try another cable, maybe?
Hey if u were able to boot into recovery did u try Reboot into bootloader option ?
IHeartWhitePeople said:
Hi,
I am trying to flash the stock ROM to my phone (worth noting that this is an AT&T phone). For whatever reason I cannot access this "Downloading mode" by pressing the volume up and down buttons at the same time and then plugging in the power cable (the cable is plugged into my computer, not the power block, if that makes a difference); it just shows me the charging symbol and does nothing. I have read many places that in order to use Odin I have to get into this mode; so this isn't working, and I got as far as downloading Odin and putting the proper files in the designated fields.
When I try to access the phone in recovery via adb and fastboot, adb will show the device in the device list, but fastboot won't. Why?
I don't know why these phones don't allow for flashing the OS through the SD card, but that isn't an option either.
I can't do anything from here that I know of. What's my recourse?
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power the device off n hold volume down while pluuging in type c usb cable pc required!!!!!!!!! OLLERKY100
Did you turn on OEM unlocking