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Faster way to Download Screen

Not sure if this has been posted before, though I have not seen it in my searches.
Remove the battery
Plug in the USB
Hold Down Volume and and Down
While holding them down, insert the battery
and Boom - Instant download screen.
You do not have to wait for two cycles.
Put the back plate on and flash away.
This works from either "bricked" (Computer "!" Phone) or reboot.

IBTM
Not really a development topic.

i have not bricked my device from doing this but what i do is just...
1. power down device
2. hold vol +/- button
3. insert usb
and it always goes to download screen. keep in mind i have flashed my device countless times using this method and have not ran into any problems but its just a fyi

Dmoney5150 said:
i have not bricked my device from doing this but what i do is just...
1. power down device
2. hold vol +/- button
3. insert usb
and it always goes to download screen. keep in mind i have flashed my device countless times using this method and have not ran into any problems but its just a fyi
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10 char

Insert sarcastic comment here..
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Perhaps my search skills are sub-par

Perhaps your're just trying to get to senior status
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This has been posted EVERYWHERE, and (afaik) is used by pretty much everyone who flashes through ODIN.
Please, please, pretty please, mercifully please... search/read and read/search again before posting.

my favorite way is turning off phone volume + and - and inserting usb

Dmoney5150 said:
i have not bricked my device from doing this but what i do is just...
1. power down device
2. hold vol +/- button
3. insert usb
and it always goes to download screen. keep in mind i have flashed my device countless times using this method and have not ran into any problems but its just a fyi
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Flash to stock JF6 using ODIN from this thread and you will lose ability to use buttons to go to recovery or download mode. Happens to me every time.
I have to apply 3 button fix to get that back

cnewsgrp said:
Flash to stock JF6 using ODIN from this thread and you will lose ability to use buttons to go to recovery or download mode. Happens to me every time.
I have to apply 3 button fix to get that back
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that is only if your 3-button wasnt working right from the factory. i have used the oneclick countless times and never lost the 3-button

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Rurki said:
Perhaps my search skills are sub-par
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Bo they are not even sub-par. They are horrible. This is probably in every thread.

[Q] Cant get Fascinate into download mode help!

I have a Samsung Fascinate that will not boot, i get a black screen with a cellphone a ! in a yellow triangle and a computers. The 3 button method will not get me into download or recovery! takeing out the battery and plugging into usb with the volume up button down doesnt work either. I tried plugging it into the computer but adb nor odin would detect it(yes i have the right drivers) please help ive hit a wall

Try plugging in with the battery out and the volume down button pressed until the download mode shows up. Btw may I ask how you got yourself into this mess?
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as stated in the first post i have tried that method to get into download mode. and i got into this mess trying to get clockwork on the phone (did not install properly) and trying to put samsung fasinate (verison) rom on it... oops lol?

Actually in OP it says you pressed the volume up button. Volume down is what gets you into download mode.
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Also I believe you would get more help if you posted this in the fascinate forums.
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BTW i got stuck with one of the awsome fascinates that will not 3 button recovery/download

Found the solution that worked for me. I had to plug in the usb hold volume down then pop in the battery to get it to go into download mode.

Ohh usually it goes with the battery popped out.
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Avelnan said:
Try plugging in with the battery out and the volume down button pressed until the download mode shows up. Btw may I ask how you got yourself into this mess?
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That is how you get into download mode on the Verizon Fascinate. Why are there all these guesses all over the internet? That is how you do it.

psychopyro202 said:
BTW i got stuck with one of the awsome fascinates that will not 3 button recovery/download
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Was trying to reimage this phone using Odin v1.3 a usb malfunction error message came up Ive been trying to use it to several computers since then, but the same message kept coming up and of course the odin could recognise the devise and i went up turn the phone on normally all i have is a black screen with a phone and yellow explanation and computer logos on the screen the explanation sign is in between the phone and computer logos and now I can not do anything with this phone...I think my only option is for somebody to help me to find some image that will run on the SD card instead of the USB port.
Please help!
Thank you!

Cant unbrick a brick samsung infuse

ok i was using gtg unbrick odin and my usb got acidently disconected,try to run the odin program again but it does not do nothing, now my phone wont turn on
Can someone please help

Did you try to go into download mode ?
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How do you get into download mode

re: download mode
ssfirme said:
How do you get into download mode
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easy to get into download mode, try this:
Unplug usb cable.
Press vol up+vol down at the same time and hold it for a few seconds then when you let go you should see a large triangle which says "do not turn off the fone".. when you see that, have Odin ready with all the flash files setup properly and simply plug the usb into fone from computer.
When you have done that, the [COM: ] entry in Odin will turn Yellow and it will have a number in it. After it does that click start in Odin.
Do not check or uncheck any of the boxes in Odin, let it stay at default.
Be sure to follow instructions in XDA forum where you got the Ultimate Unbrick........
Good luck!

To get into download mode you only need to hold the volume buttons down as you plug in the USB
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P1 Wookie said:
To get into download mode you only need to hold the volume buttons down as you plug in the USB
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You made me edit my post! (your right)

What they said. Sorry I fell asleep.
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Sorry but that dint work,i really dont feel like going to at&t since i dont have warranty or insurance on my phone

ssfirme said:
Sorry but that dint work,i really dont feel like going to at&t since i dont have warranty or insurance on my phone
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His instructions for download mode were correct, but I think you have to pull the battery first... Pull battery, hold volume buttons, put battery back, while holding buttons plug micro usb in phone (usb to pc should already be connected)
message from Sams inFuse... GINGERBREAD *****ES!!!!

byuboy87 said:
His instructions for download mode were correct, but I think you have to pull the battery first... Pull battery, hold volume buttons, put battery back, while holding buttons plug micro usb in phone (usb to pc should already be connected)
message from Sams inFuse... GINGERBREAD *****ES!!!!
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That's how I do it. Id have Odin already running on pc, take bricked phone and pull battery, hold down both volume buttons, while holding volumes plug phone via usb to computer, the phone should display the triangle screen telling you now to turn off phone or whatever.
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If you bought it within the last month, you can return it for a new one easily, no questions asked.
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Unkrash said:
If you bought it within the last month, you can return it for a new one easily, no questions asked.
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True but id think he'd know that which is why I think he picked it up used.
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Don't need to pull battery if the device is fully off.
If it's bootlooping or something, you'll need to pull battery to stop the bootloop then plug in the USB when holding VolUp and VolDown.
If you get the yellow "working android" screen you're good, if you get the "phone and PC exclamation mark" screen you're still good - the latter just means you HAVE to flash something to get a working phone.
gtg's unbrick package did not have bootloaders so it should not be able to hardbrick your phone. You're hardbricked only if you get a black screen no matter what you do.

PM sent. I would like to offer you a free opportunity to allow me to BETA test and attempt a JTAG repair on your phone and produce a world's first and also allow you to have a repair for free. Let me know! We could make history...

Use a Jig and flash with Odin
Look at this link: android.jakaar.net/infuse-jig.html for information how to make a jig.
Then go here: android.jakaar.net/infuse-return-to-stock.html to flash it back to stock.
Hopefully it would help someone else who more recently bricked their Infuse

ssfirme said:
ok i was using gtg unbrick odin and my usb got acidently disconected,try to run the odin program again but it does not do nothing, now my phone wont turn on
Can someone please help
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Same thing happened to me two days ago. I was going back to stock and the usb cord came out (was house sitting a neighbor's frisky dog). It was me, not the dog. I really thought that I was screwed this time. I only had a few dots in a diagonal pattern and that was it. I did the vol+,vol-, and usb and saw that odin recognized my infuse with nothing on the screen but a few dots in a diagonal pattern. Went through the motions and bingo. It was fixed. GTG to the rescue again!

fishjam said:
Same thing happened to me two days ago. I was going back to stock and the usb cord came out (was house sitting a neighbor's frisky dog). It was me, not the dog. I really thought that I was screwed this time. I only had a few dots in a diagonal pattern and that was it. I did the vol+,vol-, and usb and saw that odin recognized my infuse with nothing on the screen but a few dots in a diagonal pattern. Went through the motions and bingo. It was fixed. GTG to the rescue again!
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I've had this happen to me (yanked the cable accidentally) and had the dotted colors/black screen. See if your PC will recognize your phone. The way to tell is if COM##4 or whatever comes up in the far left box in Odin, the box will be yellow. If it does just run odin like your phone is showing the download screen.

Jakar217 said:
Look at this link: android.jakaar.net/infuse-jig.html for information how to make a jig.
Then go here: android.jakaar.net/infuse-return-to-stock.html to flash it back to stock.
Hopefully it would help someone else who more recently bricked their Infuse
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Thank you very much. This helped me out when I had no hope left. Now I'm stuck at the CWD blue screen.

I flashed a wrong kernel by mistake... and now my phone just comes up for a sec or so.. shows samsung logo and goes black... i can see the internal and external sd card drives under my computer but cant access them ofcourse. Am i hard bricked? How do i go into DL mode from here?

I had the same situation, thought I hard bricked my phone as well. That little pic of a phone triangle and a small mini computer is really nothing to be alarmed about, its still considered to be a download mode. If you have GTG's Unbrick files Use them in Odin to unbrick your phone and continue as normal.
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sasa111 said:
I flashed a wrong kernel by mistake... and now my phone just comes up for a sec or so.. shows samsung logo and goes black... i can see the internal and external sd card drives under my computer but cant access them ofcourse. Am i hard bricked? How do i go into DL mode from here?
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USE GTG's Unbrick go back to stock and do it again.

Strange icon on my Startup Infuse 4G

I think i BRICKD it.....
I was performing a Restore to STOCK using Odin 3 v 1.7 and the GTG's UNBRK files from here.
The process failed while the phone was in Download mode.
Now all I get is
An icon which looks like
A Cell Phone ........Exclamation Mark (in orange).......... Computer
The phone is not responding to any of the buttons:
1. No power down... I have to remove the battery and then no matter what I do, power on or else, it shows the same icon
Any one else been here?
Any way to FIX this or am I SOL?

I believe this is in the wrong forum but I understand your panic. Don't take my word for this but I believe you need a USB jig to get out of this. Or unless try this:
1. Pull battery for 15-20 seconds
2. Re insert battery
3. Hold volume up/volume down while plugging in USB cord from computer
4. If it succeeds you should be in download mode!
P.s. Sorry if you have already done this, i'm just attempting to help you troubleshoot
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I believe this is what you're seeing..
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3323/20101211170056.jpg
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Like rominator was saying pull battery hold volume buttons replace battery insert USB cord will turn on in download
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theROMinator said:
I believe this is what you're seeing..
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3323/20101211170056.jpg
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Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, that is the exact thing I am seeing and No, that Vol Up + USB insert still gives the same icon.
What is a USB jig? and where do I get it?
Many thanx and sorry for posting it in the wrong forum... perhaps, admin can move to the right one.... yes, it was panic.

phoneman108 said:
Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, that is the exact thing I am seeing and No, that Vol Up + USB insert still gives the same icon.
What is a USB jig? and where do I get it?
Many thanx and sorry for posting it in the wrong forum... perhaps, admin can move to the right one.... yes, it was panic.
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Uhh, I haven't gotten stuck on that on my Infuse I don't think, but with the Captivate the solution was to hold vol + and - and power at that screen until it rebooted, then let go of power and it would fall back to download mode.
And yes, this is not development and should be in the general section.

phoneman108 said:
Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, that is the exact thing I am seeing and No, that Vol Up + USB insert still gives the same icon.
What is a USB jig? and where do I get it?
Many thanx and sorry for posting it in the wrong forum... perhaps, admin can move to the right one.... yes, it was panic.
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EDIT: Did you hold BOTH volume up and down as you plugged in the usb?
USB Jig
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0053H73JQ/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all
It's been reported here in the forums that IT DOES work. You might want to search around to confirm that. Or, if you want quick help you can possibly explain more of what you did to get your phone to this point.

Jig Does work!!!
i made at the job not to long ago....took me a while to get the right resistance, but it got it into download mode.

theROMinator said:
EDIT: Did you hold BOTH volume up and down as you plugged in the usb?
USB Jig
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0053H73JQ/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all
It's been reported here in the forums that IT DOES work. You might want to search around to confirm that. Or, if you want quick help you can possibly explain more of what you did to get your phone to this point.
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Yes, I meant to write Holding BOTH Vol+ and - and USB insert.
Here are the steps that I got me here... one step is completely stupid....
1. Yesterday, I was trying to get 3e recovery, so got the zip file
2. MISSED this step - of Copying the recovery file to SD Card.
3. Renamed the old recovery in the bin folder to _old
4. Rebooted and then used the ROM Manager to reboot into Recovery.... Bad idea - The phone went blank....
5. Only solution I saw was to ODIN in the GTG's Ultimate unbrick.....
6. Went into Download Mode....
7. ODIN sees the COM Port.
8. Loaded the .pit and other files per instructions....
9. Pressed START
10. ODIN reports failed.
11. Unhooked the USB and HARD rebooted.... Arrived at this icon.
Yes, i am a noob and am paying for my mistake of overlooking a step.

You could possibly try heimdall... do you have kies installed (only needed for drivers)? Hmm, I couldn't help you any further w/o actually being there
Definitely keep me posted!

I have bricked my phone a few times now . Same error screen and everything, just do the vol + and vol - down trick , let it boot to the error screen and startup odin 1.8 or higher. That part is very important. Odin 1.8 will recognize it as a serial device and write the software . Good luck!

I've been in that icon, but I just tried back with Odin gtg's unbrick and it went through perfectly as always. I got there because I forgot to select the pit file and Odin started to download and it failed.
I think that symbol is the same download mode but in this case you must use Odin because the phone can't startup itself. Just don't panic if it worked for me then it would work for you.
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Nopcodex90 said:
I have bricked my phone a few times now . Same error screen and everything, just do the vol + and vol - down trick , let it boot to the error screen and startup odin 1.8 or higher. That part is very important. Odin 1.8 will recognize it as a serial device and write the software . Good luck!
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weird because I have used odin 1.7 with success each time..

Oh yeah, that error screen is a download mode isn't it? I forgot about that. So just use unbrick from there or flash something else you want.

AJerman said:
Oh yeah, that error screen is a download mode isn't it? I forgot about that. So just use unbrick from there or flash something else you want.
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Yeah, that error screen is download mode, just like the usual "Construction Android" screen, with one difference:
The phone is forcing download mode because it knows it's hosed up. It's saying "flash something with Odin or you're not going anywhere".
So you're already in download mode - no need for button combos, the phone realized you needed it and went straight there for you.
BTW this doesn't belong in Development.

re: its not bricked!!!
phoneman108 said:
I think i BRICKD it.....
I was performing a Restore to STOCK using Odin 3 v 1.7 and the GTG's UNBRK files from here.
The process failed while the phone was in Download mode.
Now all I get is
An icon which looks like
A Cell Phone ........Exclamation Mark (in orange).......... Computer
The phone is not responding to any of the buttons:
1. No power down... I have to remove the battery and then no matter what I do, power on or else, it shows the same icon
Any one else been here?
Any way to FIX this or am I SOL?
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Its not bricked!!!
Those symbols only mean that it did not finish the last operation/flashing
Its the same as download mode.
So go back into those "Cell Phone ........Exclamation Mark (in orange).......... Computer"
Which is download mode and start a new flash of the Ultimate Unbrick.
Good luck, be sure to to put PIT to PIT PDA to PDA and PHONE to PHONE
in odin!!!

GOOD NEWS.
That was simple... Followed the suggestions from Nopcodex90 , Mrjunky and all....
Just started ODIN, loaded the PIT, PDA and PHONE files and off it went and am back alive........
You all are so helpful... Thank you all..... I learnt valuable lessons today.....
Now, if I may request the Admin to please move this post to the correct forum ......

phoneman108 said:
I think i BRICKD it.....
I was performing a Restore to STOCK using Odin 3 v 1.7 and the GTG's UNBRK files from here.
The process failed while the phone was in Download mode.
Now all I get is
An icon which looks like
A Cell Phone ........Exclamation Mark (in orange).......... Computer
The phone is not responding to any of the buttons:
1. No power down... I have to remove the battery and then no matter what I do, power on or else, it shows the same icon
Any one else been here?
Any way to FIX this or am I SOL?
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That icon is a form of download. You can still connect to odin amd use ultimate unbrick
looks like i some beat me to it. Glad to see your back
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That happened to me other day I just plugged it in Odin like that and it recognized it and did gtg unbrick back to stock, try to restart Odin and try plugging it in like that and see if Odin recognizes it, it recognized mine
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Take out the battery, put battery back in, hold both volume buttons, continue holding and plug in usb. You should be in download mode, now retry odin with GTG ultimate unbrick.
This phone is never really bricked, ive flashed a wrong bootloader using heimdall and nothing would turn on and i was still able to odin back to stock.

[Q] Samsung infuse does not startup

I was in chat when the cell was shut down suddenly and would not start, remove the battery and insert her again, was there when the phone lit immediately insert the battery but still in a cycle..
the phone on and off, on and off, and so on..
I need help :S
Is there any way to fix it?
PD: Sorry for my bad english.
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My infuse does this too, i cant even get recovery mode or download mode. Even tryed taking apart my phone and cleaned the power button and its still effed up. Anyone got a fix to this?
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Dhlan said:
I was in chat when the cell was shut down suddenly and would not start, remove the battery and insert her again, was there when the phone lit immediately insert the battery but still in a cycle..
the phone on and off, on and off, and so on..
I need help :S
Is there any way to fix it?
PD: Sorry for my bad english.
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When you say on, off, on, off. Do you mean the lights flash then it goes off or does it try to boot?
Can you get into download mode?
Have you tried a different battery or left the battery out for an hour or so, then tried again?

Truckerglenn said:
When you say on, off, on, off. Do you mean the lights flash then it goes off or does it try to boot?
Can you get into download mode?
Have you tried a different battery or left the battery out for an hour or so, then tried again?
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it does try to boot but then nothing happen..
i've never get into download mode :S how i do that?
Yes, i tried different battery and it does the same with both.
any solution? could be some files from the software are missing? repair software? u.u

First you need to download Heimdall or Odin from the ISET page to you PC. I believe Odin uses the Kies drivers and Heimdall replaces the with a Samsung composite driver. I personally use the Heimdall back to stock that is rooted.
Once you have them and decide which one you will use, you will need to get into download mode. Take the battery out, connect USB to phone and preferably a rear USB port on your PC. Hold volume up and down, No Power button though, and then insert the battery. This should put you in download mode and you need to push volume up to get to it. Volume down cancels it and will reboot. You may want to just try that one time to see if it corrects the problem. If not, repeat steps to get to download and flash either Odin to Heimdall and then start flashing again.
Read the instructions on the OP of Odin or Heimdall and ask questions if you aren't sure of what to do.
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psal217050 said:
First you need to download Heimdall or Odin from the ISET page to you PC. I believe Odin uses the Kies drivers and Heimdall replaces the with a Samsung composite driver. I personally use the Heimdall back to stock that is rooted.
Once you have them and decide which one you will use, you will need to get into download mode. Take the battery out, connect USB to phone and preferably a rear USB port on your PC. Hold volume up and down, No Power button though, and then insert the battery. This should put you in download mode and you need to push volume up to get to it. Volume down cancels it and will reboot. You may want to just try that one time to see if it corrects the problem. If not, repeat steps to get to download and flash either Odin to Heimdall and then start flashing again.
Read the instructions on the OP of Odin or Heimdall and ask questions if you aren't sure of what to do.
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I did what you said multiple times but evertime i do it it just goes straight to the charging screen then reboots and keeps doing the samething?

It seems your power button is faulty. You might need to open it up and clean the contacts or get it repaired.
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andros11 said:
It seems your power button is faulty. You might need to open it up and clean the contacts or get it repaired.
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yeah i just opened it up afew min. ago.. still same problem.. looks like i need to repair the power button.. thanks

playing with soder
crookx said:
yeah i just opened it up afew min. ago.. still same problem.. looks like i need to repair the power button.. thanks
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i opened it up and put my soder to it and it stoped boot looping but i think i did a bad job cuz the power button is not functioning is there a way to turn on without the power button

texmextech said:
i opened it up and put my soder to it and it stoped boot looping but i think i did a bad job cuz the power button is not functioning is there a way to turn on without the power button
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install ADB for windows and type the command
adb devices
(if your device's S/N is listed then type)
adb reboot