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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for the input i am back up and running!!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Samsung Galaxy S won't turn on - swear i've done my research

Hello All,
I promise I've done 2 days of research before and while doing this.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S on ATT using ATT network. I tried to put Cognition on it 2.3b7 and something was wrong with the battery life, so I decided to start over and flash it again. In the meantime DG released 2.3b8.
I rooted it Mac (i'm on a mac), got superuser permission, did the whole clockwork thing. Then I decided to flash it using Odin3 1 click downloader back to ATT software. Well then I got phone...!...computer error. I couldn't do the 3 button combo to get it download mode. I made the 301k Jig, that worked and got me in to download mode. I used Odin3 again, got it back to ATT software but I think it was still custom.
The whole ODIN process was actually way more indepth because it wouldn't work, or the USB software wasn't installed correctly, my phone kept being a *****. But I got it to work eventually.
My phone would also say Samsung I9000 (it's a i897, idk if its the same) instead of just the ATT start up. I went through the rooting process a few times on the Mac and no super user app would show up. So I did it on a PC and it worked. Then I went through the standard process of installing Cognition. I backed it up using clockwork, then clicked install rom and selected the .zip file in the SD card.
It started working. Then after about 30 minutes, it just wouldn't turn on anymore. I've taken out the battery, it's fully charged and all that. It still just won't turn on. It's all black...
What happen, has it happen to anyone and how do I fix it?
It's seriously a paper wieght right now.

dnguyen527 said:
What happen, has it happen to anyone and how do I fix it?
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Exact same thing happened to me - except I have a genuine i9000.
ROM Flasher - selected ROM - booted into clockworkmod, which started flashing the ROM, it proceeded for about 10 minutes, displayed lots of activity on the screen, then the screen went black... and has remained black ever since.
The phone won't turn on, won't go into download mode, won't go into reset mode. I have a jog on order, but I don't think that will do much. I thought that maybe the battery had drained (it didn't - tried it in a different phone).
The phone is just dead, and an equal paperweight.
Are there any options left, or do I just need to send it back to Samsung?

[SOLVED] Yet another phone bricked...

I know this had been posted all over this forum but I can't for the love of me find a way solve this. By phone won't boot, nothing comes up in the screen everything is black. This happened while trying to do the 3 button fix.
This is what I have tried so far:
All the possible combinations of buttons
Trying to get it to connect with adb on 3 different computers
Tried to see if the usb connection was read by the linux kernel
And nothing...
At this point the only thing I haven't tried is the Jig method that I will try tomorrow. Aside from this is there anything else before having to go to ATT and beg for a new one?
Thanks in advance
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I was running Serendipity 5.10 with the kernel included

Some people have had success getting back into download mode by removing the battery for 30 seconds to a minute then plugging in the USB cable, holding the volume buttons and (continuing to hold the buttons) inserting the battery.

opcow said:
Some people have had success getting back into download mode by removing the battery for 30 seconds to a minute then plugging in the USB cable, holding the volume buttons and (continuing to hold the buttons) inserting the battery.
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My phone was soft bricked last night, this method above helped me get back into download mode. Good luck to the op!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App

Drkstar81 said:
My phone was soft bricked last night, this method above helped me get back into download mode. Good luck to the op!
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I had the same experience last week. Took several tries, but I finally got back in and flashed a new ROM onto it.

The three button fix requires you to flash a new sbl, right? Chances are pretty high that you permanently bricked your phone and a jig won't do you any good. If the jig doesn't work (and I don't expect it to), you have one of two choices: Buy a riff box and revive your phone by taking out the motherboard and connecting it to the riff box, or mail it back to Samsung and have them do it for you.
Note that using the riff box will definitely void your warranty and Samsung will be able to tell that you took it apart in the event that you eventually send it back to them. Custom roms and bricking supposedly void your warranty, but if you're clever enough over the phone, they'll be none the wiser. Especially in your situation, where the phone doesn't do anything when the power button is pressed.

Thanks to all for your help and will update this thread on what happens for future reference. The jig did not work so the next step is to go beg at an AT&T store for a new phone... Here goes nothing.

masterkoppa said:
Thanks to all for your help and will update this thread on what happens for future reference. The jig did not work so the next step is to go beg at an AT&T store for a new phone... Here goes nothing.
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Just tell them the official 2.2 update did it. "My phone turned off by itself while I was trying to do the update through kies".
Also, if you deal with Samsung directly, they'll mail you back the same phone, so if you got one of the lucky ones with a functioning GPS, you might want to hang on to it by dealing with Samsung instead of ATT.

I took out the SIM, and battery for more than 30 seconds, enter recovery using 3 button mode, open ODIN, attach cable and flash to Eclair...worked fine. Installed SIM after everything worked.

As modest_android pointed out nothing at this point works. I managed to get a hold of AT&T yesterday and they'll send me a new phone overnight.
Thanks to everyone for their help.

[Q] Symptoms of a bricked phone? (related to all skyrocket users)

background info:
I am (or was) running MHX superlite 3.0 rom with romracers stockish 0.3 kernel.
UCLA3 modem and radio.
So today my phone decides to restart itself and never will load past the "first two"
samsung screens.
Once these "two" samsung logos pass by, the screen turns blank (not on)
and starts to vibrate with 1 second intervals.
The only way for it to stop is if I pull the battery.
Heres the weird part.
I tried to ODIN back to stock...once I put my phone into DOWNLOAD MODE.
The little android guy that says DOWNLOADING "dont turn off" will show for a millisecond and then the screen will shut off and start the vibrations. ODIN will not recognize the device either
So what I have is a phone that wont load past the samsung logos if the power button is pressed
AND
Download mode works, but the screen will turn blank and vibrations start buzzing.
My phone is having seizures. The only way to stop the vibrations is by pulling the battery.
I have accepted the fact that the phone may be done for.
It was a great 4 months together. tear*

Well, if you can't get it sorted out there's always this! Unless the hardware is busted, but maybe he can fix that too??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk

Did you try booting into recovery mode instead of odin?

Is that an overclock kernel? If so sounds like may be set to high. And did u choose set on boot.

silver03wrx said:
Is that an overclock kernel? If so sounds like may be set to high. And did u choose set on boot.
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No, its not. Can't OC or UV. It can only UC.
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NexusMod 4.0
Romracer 0.3

if u can boot into cwm flash darkside

OP... what rom/kernel/modem were you running before MHX-SuperLite? and what wipe process did you use prior to MHX flash?

Can you get into recovery and restore a backup?
If you don't have a backup and can get into recovery, try wiping data/cache, then go into mounts/storage and format system, data, and cache, then go to advanced and wipe Dalvic cache. Then power down and try to Odin back to stock again.
If this doesn't work, try another data cable or usb port on your machine (or another pc if this doesn't work). Maybe communication is getting lost due to bad usb connection...
EDIT: Are you saying you tried to Odin even though Odin wasn't recognizing your phone? That could be part of the problem. Try re-installing the Samsung drivers and see if Odin sees it then.
If you can get into download mode you aren't hard bricked yet...

I think he is saying that Odin recognizes his phone but his phone goes black before he can't start the reflash right?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

Did we lose the OP'r? I was just getting ready to flash this ROM (MHX) but Jooosty has thrown up a curveball. Hope you get it resolved.

Okay sorry for late response.
But i was running skyice speed before hand.
Ive only used CWM to wipe data.
No OC or UV on this kernel.
Cant get into cwm or recovery. The screen turns blank before i can do anything at all.
Ive concluded its most likely a internal hardware failure maybe...
Going to try to sell for parts

DoctorQMM said:
Did we lose the OP'r? I was just getting ready to flash this ROM (MHX) but Jooosty has thrown up a curveball. Hope you get it resolved.
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MHX is great. The rom has nothing to do with it i believe

Jooosty said:
Okay sorry for late response.
But i was running skyice speed before hand.
Ive only used CWM to wipe data.
No OC or UV on this kernel.
Cant get into cwm or recovery. The screen turns blank before i can do anything at all.
Ive concluded its most likely a internal hardware failure maybe...
Going to try to sell for parts
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I wouldn't give up just yet. I have never seen an instance of a hard brick where you could get into download mode. Try using Odin from another machine (preferably not a laptop).
If it's internal hardware failure then you have a defective product that is covered under warranty. Call support and get them to replace it (as a last resort of course--I honestly think you'll be able to get Odin to work if the drivers are properly installed and you have a solid usb connection).
EDIT: If you insist on selling it, please pm me so I can make an offer!

skrambled said:
I wouldn't give up just yet. I have never seen an instance of a hard brick where you could get into download mode. Try using Odin from another machine (preferably not a laptop).
If it's internal hardware failure then you have a defective product that is covered under warranty. Call support and get them to replace it (as a last resort of course--I honestly think you'll be able to get Odin to work if the drivers are properly installed and you have a solid usb connection).
EDIT: If you insist on selling it, please pm me so I can make an offer!
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He already said Odin/connection isn't the problem. His phone won't stay on long enough for the communication to be made. According to what he said, it has nothing to do with machine/drivers/cable. He needs a way of keep the phone on long enough to make the connection, or somehow communicate with it another way. Unfortunately, I have no ideas. Although, I really hope someone does. That RussianBear guy seems to be onto something with communicating with the emmc without the phone being on... or something like that.

heres a link to a video update!
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/oww.mp4/

Jooosty said:
heres a link to a video update!
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/oww.mp4/
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Man that is so weird. Random, but have you tried leaving it plugged in and charging for a few hours? Haha I just can't think of anything else.

plwalsh88 said:
Man that is so weird. Random, but have you tried leaving it plugged in and charging for a few hours? Haha I just can't think of anything else.
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Or even a external battery charger maybe there is just enough juice to turn on and then dies
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

The battery is fine. Wouldnt keep rebooting if otherwise. O well.
Just bought a captivate to feed my android in me
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA

DUDE!!!! mine just started doing the EXACT same issue....SOB....
no cwm, no download, just reboots...i acn see cwm lettering for like 0.1ms then it reboots, and reboots every second...download mode, as soon as I choose continue, it goes into reboot loop.....
this is exactly what happened when it happened to my phone......
I went to hit the power button to lock the screen, was listening ot music on power amp. instead of screen locking, the power menu came up...hit back, and tried ot lock screen again? screen went black, 2 vibrates back to back....then saw sgh-i727r boot logo, then black and 1 second vibrate intervals.....
got it sitting in rice right now in case it got wet...battery litmus paper is good...only thing it may have gotten warm today, was working outside and it was 26° celcius....
I did drop it about 1.5 months ago and changed my screen about 3 weeks ago...unfortunately I broke the old lcd when removing the screen, I guess I didn't heat the glue enough...so I can't pop it back in and test to see if related...
I may take apart my phone in a bit and see if any liquid has leaked in...but I didn't get wet....
i think i'm going to order a gt-i9100 again, as I miss that phone.....

xtechx said:
DUDE!!!! mine just started doing the EXACT same issue....SOB....
no cwm, no download, just reboots...i acn see cwm lettering for like 0.1ms then it reboots, and reboots every second...download mode, as soon as I choose continue, it goes into reboot loop.....
this is exactly what happened when it happened to my phone......
I went to hit the power button to lock the screen, was listening ot music on power amp. instead of screen locking, the power menu came up...hit back, and tried ot lock screen again? screen went black, 2 vibrates back to back....then saw sgh-i727r boot logo, then black and 1 second vibrate intervals.....
got it sitting in rice right now in case it got wet...battery litinus paper is good...only thing it may have gotten warm today, was working outside and it was 26° celcius....
I did drop it about 1.5 months ago and changed my screen about 3 weeks ago...unfortunately I broke the old lcd when removing the screen, I guess I didn't heat the glue enough...so I can't pop it back in and test to see if related...
I may take apart my phone in a bit and see if any liquid has leaked in...but I didn't get wet....
i think i'm going to order a gt-i9100 again, as I miss that phone.....
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What ROM were you on man?
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NexusMod 4.0
Faux 010m

UM.....help !!!! Phone wont turn on after Re-Flashing JB 4.1.2 Stock in ODIN

So I've been v customizing friends and families S3's today even an old LG Revolution, And I finally got around to doing my dad's and was using going to use odin to just flash the stock image of JB 4.1.2 and then boom lol
Anyways, it said Successful and all that good stuff, unplugged it, and then restarted it but instead it just shut off. And it wont turn back on, But it still makes the notification sound on my laptop for when a device is plugged/unplugged from the USB, and it started installing the Android device drivers as well, so something in that phone still has to be alive.
Please tell me I can fix thi. When I show up at his his house later with a broken S3, he's gonna be so pissed, and I just got a new Note 3 and I really dont wanna have to give it to him as a replacement.

Just read this in a thread if ound on here while doing a search - And if it doesn't work you can force it into downoad mode by holding down the power. volume down and power key without the battery and then putting in a micro usb cord plugged into the computer. Then put in the battery. -
when i did that, the notification LED lit up RED, but I think i did something wrong after that. So I am thinikin this is fixable if I can just get into stock recovery and format/reset system and cache.

and apparently this guy had the same problem and fixed his - Update:
Josh over at MTVideos is the bomb. He was very professional and accommodating. They are typically a mail order operation but I was desperate and only a couple hours away, so he let me stop by. As soon as I showed up, he put down what he was working on and jumped into my phone. This was the first 32 Gb version he'd seen, so we were learning as we went. He explained everything he was doing as he went. First, try the dongle to get into download mode. No go. Next, hook up his JTAG equipment and dump a full backup, Justin Case .
Next, carefully write, address block by address block a known good 16 Gb bootloader and test. All the way up to 18 ( which, if you read the linked threads, was where I dd'd the recovery). Bingo. Once a known good recovery was put back in, it booted right up.
Factory data reset and we were off to the races.
Moral of the story: the recovery is very important. MD5 that ish before pushing.
I do still have one issue. When it boots, it tries to put me in Factory Mode, then FC's "factory mode" twice before letting me use my phone...
Again, a big thanks to Josh for helping me out. Those guys at Mobile Tech Videos really know their stuff and are good at what they do.

BackSeatSuicide said:
and apparently this guy had the same problem and fixed his - Update:
Josh over at MTVideos is the bomb. He was very professional and accommodating. They are typically a mail order operation but I was desperate and only a couple hours away, so he let me stop by. As soon as I showed up, he put down what he was working on and jumped into my phone. This was the first 32 Gb version he'd seen, so we were learning as we went. He explained everything he was doing as he went. First, try the dongle to get into download mode. No go. Next, hook up his JTAG equipment and dump a full backup, Justin Case .
Next, carefully write, address block by address block a known good 16 Gb bootloader and test. All the way up to 18 ( which, if you read the linked threads, was where I dd'd the recovery). Bingo. Once a known good recovery was put back in, it booted right up.
Factory data reset and we were off to the races.
Moral of the story: the recovery is very important. MD5 that ish before pushing.
I do still have one issue. When it boots, it tries to put me in Factory Mode, then FC's "factory mode" twice before letting me use my phone...
Again, a big thanks to Josh for helping me out. Those guys at Mobile Tech Videos really know their stuff and are good at what they do.
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So yea. dont have Jtag equipment, but apparently this type of Hardbrick has been fixed without JTAG before. Tnere are a few threads/Guides on here. So I just gotta go find a bigger SD Card cause apparently you need a 16GB SD and I only have an 8 right now cause my 64GB got stolen. Other then that I got everything I need including a dual-boot installation of Linux. So as soon one of the Electronic stores around here opens I am going to get that card and hopefully make this thign work.....
I dont get what Happened. I flashed like 4 or 5 S3's yesterday, all of them were on 4.1.1 so I used to odin to flash them to 4.1.2, that file worked fine for all of them, including thw two of them that were Verizon, just like this one is. The phone has never been rooted or anytiing custom at all done to it. And it was not even 3months old. And my stepdad barely uses the thing. Just gonna be one of those days I can tell already.

BackSeatSuicide said:
So yea. dont have Jtag equipment, but apparently this type of Hardbrick has been fixed without JTAG before. Tnere are a few threads/Guides on here. So I just gotta go find a bigger SD Card cause apparently you need a 16GB SD and I only have an 8 right now cause my 64GB got stolen. Other then that I got everything I need including a dual-boot installation of Linux. So as soon one of the Electronic stores around here opens I am going to get that card and hopefully make this thign work.....
I dont get what Happened. I flashed like 4 or 5 S3's yesterday, all of them were on 4.1.1 so I used to odin to flash them to 4.1.2, that file worked fine for all of them, including thw two of them that were Verizon, just like this one is. The phone has never been rooted or anytiing custom at all done to it. And it was not even 3months old. And my stepdad barely uses the thing. Just gonna be one of those days I can tell already.
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Have seen that happen when battery too low and messing with SD Card and recovery. Remove battery and sd card a few minutes. Replace battery only and plug into charger for at least 30 minutes. Unplug and Try to boot. If it boots. Power off and replace sim card. Reboot. Worth a shot.

I will try that
Sent Using My Galaxy Note 3

Yea that didn't work.
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