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What the hell did i do?

Okay, so i had Infused 2.3.0 (i think that was the number, it's the latest one anyway). I followed the instructions to the T. I had no issues.
About 3 or 4 days later i woke up and my phone had 1% battery. I sent a text, and then locked the phone. I came back to plug it in, and tried to see if it had any battery. None, it was dead. No biggie. I plug it in, and i get the circle loading thing. Then the battery symbol appears (charging). Then the phone goes black and the circle loading thing appears again. Then it keeps restarting. and going back to the circle loading thing. Over... and Over... Then i tried charging it for a while to see if the battery was just really low. No dice.
I put my girlfriends battery from her infuse 4g and it had 90%. Did the same thing. Circle loading thing, restart, circle loading thing, etc. Then i tried to put it into recovery. No dice, it would just keep restarting. Sometimes the Samsung logo would appear, and then it would just restart samsung, black screen, samsung, black screen, then eventually back to the circle.
I got it in red recovery ONCE, i was able to scroll down twice, and then the phone restarted. I couldn't get it back into red recovery.
I thought i had bricked my phone somehow. So i tried to use GTGs unbrick. I loaded it up fine (i'd done it with my girlfriends phone before to restore it to stock). It took me about 15 tries to get it into download mode. It was in download mode for long enough so that the program recognized it, and it started the download to restore it, then the phone turned off.
Now the phone won't even turn on. I can't put it in download mode, i can't put it into recovery, i can't get it to do ANYTHING.
What the hell did i do? What caused the original issue?
HELP

Does your phone still have warranty?

What the hell didn't you do.

Ok well first of all it is not Infused 2.3 it is 2.2.3. Anyway that is not the point, did you have juice defender installed? I do not think it could have done anything, but maybe. What is the latest app/tweak/anything you installed? Finally, have you tried holding both volume buttons and power button when trying to turn it on? This problem you are having seems extremely odd. Try plugging it in.

eatjello said:
Okay, so i had Infused 2.3.0 (i think that was the number, it's the latest one anyway). I followed the instructions to the T. I had no issues.
About 3 or 4 days later i woke up and my phone had 1% battery. I sent a text, and then locked the phone. I came back to plug it in, and tried to see if it had any battery. None, it was dead. No biggie. I plug it in, and i get the circle loading thing. Then the battery symbol appears (charging). Then the phone goes black and the circle loading thing appears again. Then it keeps restarting. and going back to the circle loading thing. Over... and Over... Then i tried charging it for a while to see if the battery was just really low. No dice.
I put my girlfriends battery from her infuse 4g and it had 90%. Did the same thing. Circle loading thing, restart, circle loading thing, etc. Then i tried to put it into recovery. No dice, it would just keep restarting. Sometimes the Samsung logo would appear, and then it would just restart samsung, black screen, samsung, black screen, then eventually back to the circle.
I got it in red recovery ONCE, i was able to scroll down twice, and then the phone restarted. I couldn't get it back into red recovery.
I thought i had bricked my phone somehow. So i tried to use GTGs unbrick. I loaded it up fine (i'd done it with my girlfriends phone before to restore it to stock). It took me about 15 tries to get it into download mode. It was in download mode for long enough so that the program recognized it, and it started the download to restore it, then the phone turned off.
Now the phone won't even turn on. I can't put it in download mode, i can't put it into recovery, i can't get it to do ANYTHING.
What the hell did i do? What caused the original issue?
HELP
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Did you try your girlfriend's charged battery with the charger disconnected?

Sarius24 said:
Does your phone still have warranty?
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Yeah I'm going to try to take it to the ATT store tomorrow to see what they say.
Eddie Bombay said:
What the hell didn't you do.
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Thank you for the valuable contribution.
Ryanscool said:
Ok well first of all it is not Infused 2.3 it is 2.2.3. Anyway that is not the point, did you have juice defender installed? I do not think it could have done anything, but maybe. What is the latest app/tweak/anything you installed? Finally, have you tried holding both volume buttons and power button when trying to turn it on? This problem you are having seems extremely odd. Try plugging it in.
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2.2.3, thanks. I was too lazy to look it up. No, I didn't have juice defender. I used Lookout, that's all.
The latest thing I installed was the 2.2.3 update for Infused. I updated Pandora, and that's all.
Yes, i've done that with the volume buttons.
Entropy512 said:
Did you try your girlfriend's charged battery with the charger disconnected?
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Yes. Won't turn on.

Well, best thing you can do now is see what ATT can do about it. The worst that can happen is they say they can not do anything, which you then can keep trying the ultimate unbrick over again. This helped someone on an earlier thread.

Same thing happened to me. Take the battery out. Make sure USB cable is unplugged. Hold down both up and down volume buttons plug in USB into ur phone and PC and put battery back in. This will put you in download mode and it will stick do u can return to stock. Good luck
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jmatt78 said:
Same thing happened to me. Take the battery out. Make sure USB cable is unplugged. Hold down both up and down volume buttons plug in USB into ur phone and PC and put battery back in. This will put you in download mode and it will stick do u can return to stock. Good luck
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I'll try this again, but it didn't work last time. No matter what i did.
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Tried again multiple times. It just won't turn on.

I think you have a hardware failure of some sort... Take it back to AT&T for warrany service.
You probably didn't do anything to it - just bad luck and coincidence.

Entropy512 said:
I think you have a hardware failure of some sort... Take it back to AT&T for warrany service.
You probably didn't do anything to it - just bad luck and coincidence.
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this is exactly what i thought. and what i'm hoping. I'll let you guys know what happens tomorrow at ATT.

let me know what ATT says and how your approach was to them.
I just got my phonw into a boot loop ...
Was thinking if nothing works just play dumb with ATT.

Evanescense said:
let me know what ATT says and how your approach was to them.
I just got my phonw into a boot loop ...
Was thinking if nothing works just play dumb with ATT.
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I'm at att right now waiting. Ill let you know what I say and what happens.
What rom were you using?

They're replacing it. No questions asked. The phone wont turn on. So they said its a hardware failure
The guy was really nice. Didn't ask me if I did anything to it
He tried everything I did. Download mode. New battery. Nadda

got my replacement today. all is well. now to root

[Q] Infuse Boot loop. Couldn't find a solution through the other posts.

So I've tried looking through the other forums for the solution to this problem and no luck. I have the Samsung Infuse and had it flashed to Revelation mod. The other day I was mid-text to someone and the phone restarted and now I only get the Samsung logo at the boot up for less than a second then off, and that just repeats. I let the battery die from the boot loop and charged it, but that didn't change anything. I've tried unplugging the battery and plugging back in. I've tried all combinations with the volume/power button. When plugged through USB to the computer the phone can not be recognized due to the one second window that it is powered on then directly off again. I'm really stuck and I haven't been able to find an answer through the forums that works. If anyone has suggestions or the link to the proper forum, I would greatly appreciate it.

Cuddler said:
So I've tried looking through the other forums for the solution to this problem and no luck. I have the Samsung Infuse and had it flashed to Revelation mod. The other day I was mid-text to someone and the phone restarted and now I only get the Samsung logo at the boot up for less than a second then off, and that just repeats. I let the battery die from the boot loop and charged it, but that didn't change anything. I've tried unplugging the battery and plugging back in. I've tried all combinations with the volume/power button. When plugged through USB to the computer the phone can not be recognized due to the one second window that it is powered on then directly off again. I'm really stuck and I haven't been able to find an answer through the forums that works. If anyone has suggestions or the link to the proper forum, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081

My phone can't reach download mode, I've ran Heimdall and it finds no device.

DL mode
Pull the battery and plug in the USB. then hold both of the volume buttons and put in the battery. hold the buttons until you see the cotrol buttons light up then release the volume buttons. That is the easiest way i found to get to DL mode.

Thanks but as stated in original post, no button combos work. I can not enter any mod.

So am I completely screwed?

may need a usb jig.
if not, go to captivate forum.
go to dev section
look for ALL threads started by adam outler.
the is a 1click there that may fix your issue

Im 99% sure you have, but just to be 100% sure have you tried to enter recovery using the three finger method? if you have and it didnt work do what qckster suggested
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[Q] Infuse Won't Power Up.

I recently downloaded SD Maid Pro, cleaned out all the double files and now the Infuse just blinks Samsung until it dies. Can't get it to go into download mode or anything else. It just blinks Samsung til it dies. I plug in the charger and it just shows the starburst loading emblem. Can't turn it on, once I unplug the charger, it'll show Samsung and then just blink. Pulled the battery, put it back in.. automatically Samsung comes up and just blinks. Tried everything. I think it's done. Any suggestions?
-Rob

Can you tell me step by step how you are trying to get into download mode...maybe you might be doing something wrong...also even if the screen goes blank after doing steps for download mode try and see if Odin/heimdal recognize it
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Odin won't recognize it. I pulled the battery. Put it back in. Before I can plug in the usb cable it's flashing the Samsung screen.

Ok, try this
1) Pull battery
2) hold volume up + down
3) plug USB into phone/pc with Odin or heimdal running
4) place battery in
See if it boots into download mode that way
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Nope, Just shows the starburst loading icon blinking like before.

Hmmm...well, if your not too sketched out and you pay for shipping, ill take a look at it and try to fix it...this is just an option and I understand if you don't wanna do that option ad I am a stranger and these phones ate expensive...
Can you check the power button...make sure its not stuck down...helped a guy not too long ago who had a similar problem only to find out his power button was stuck down
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BigRob1212 said:
Nope, Just shows the starburst loading icon blinking like before.
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let is set for a few hours, may need to charge...

or buy a usb jig and see if that will force it into download mode... worked for me once.

como ysickp
I'm having the same issue here, but my phone hit nicely my bedside... it turns on, but keeps looping in the samsung screen
sorry for english

doggie3001 said:
I'm having the same issue here, but my phone hit nicely my bedside... it turns on, but keeps looping in the samsung screen
sorry for english
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Have you attempted download mode? Could you also provide the steps you did to attempt download mode?
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mg2195 said:
Have you attempted download mode? Could you also provide the steps you did to attempt download mode?
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Yes, i've tried almost everything to get in download mode
download modes
nothing works it's like my power button is stuck, but it looks fine

M8, im dealing with the same situation with a couple motherboards. If im able to find a solution for that i will let you know. Ive done more than you have because i have even applied unbrickable mod to one of those two mobos with no luck. Pretty much same thing. The resurrector recognizes it but before it can resurrect the phone it will dissappear for good. So im starting to think it could be a damaged or corrupted file on the very lower levels of the infuse. But, at the same time, it maybe some hardware failure since i think unbrickable mod basically goes to the lowest level on the phone. Its a shame, but i have seen this many times on infuse phones. Never had to deal with that myself though....

Possible fix
My son brought me his phone last night with this same problem. I was not in the best mood to deal with it so made him, a teenager, go without a phone for a whole night....yeah dad of the year here. LOL. Anyway, I started working on it this morning and tried just about everyting I could think of until it thought of the Handyman's#! rule....If it doesnt work just bang on it. I took phone and with battery in it and cover on slapped it against my knee on the back cover in area where camera is. Dont try to break it just give it a good smack. Right after that it booted up and is just fine. LOL. I know it isnt the most scientific way to fix it...but it works for me and my son has his phone back. I hope this will help the rest of you out until we have a more defined solution.

Samsung Infused problems...

Note: I did search and looked at "Similar Threads"
Hi, I'm having problems with my samsung infuse... I installed [ODIN][UCLB3] AT&T 2.3.6 Gingerbread with root and CWM recovery option onto my phone using odin, worked fine for a few months.
After that it started to mess up and occasianally brick itself.. so i wanted to put a different mod on, Tried using GTG unbrick and now its bricked...
Every time i try to load either 2.3.6 GB or stock firmware, it works for all of 2 minutes, and bricks itself again.
I have tried everything, except for this. Help?

I'm not sure I'd really be able to help, but people are going to want to know what it does exactly when it "bricks"
Back to stock is usually a pretty safe bet and has worked for me every time I've botched my phone. It almost sounds like a hardware problem if back to stock isn't working. I'm pretty sure it erases pretty much all data from your phone.
Two minutes in to boot up your phone might still be checking your SD card. back to stock doesn't affect the SD card. Perhaps try running without the SD card to eliminate that as a problem.

I think I may have found what the problem is, The modified recovery file is still on the internal memory.. Any way I can get that off? or am i stuck.
brian Marshall said:
I'm not sure I'd really be able to help, but people are going to want to know what it does exactly when it "bricks"
Back to stock is usually a pretty safe bet and has worked for me every time I've botched my phone. It almost sounds like a hardware problem if back to stock isn't working. I'm pretty sure it erases pretty much all data from your phone.
Two minutes in to boot up your phone might still be checking your SD card. back to stock doesn't affect the SD card. Perhaps try running without the SD card to eliminate that as a problem.
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Thanks to qkster :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081

Well
Well I did this. It says to re-do the flash and use "Flash Bootloader" Well now my phone wont go into download mode AT ALL. I've tried ever singe way possible.
Phone is stuck on Samsung loop, or when its plugged in, it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting and is stuck between a blank screen and the loading bar. I've been trying for hours to put it into download mode, and this isn't the first time this has happened. but everything on the phone is now stock.
Oh, I still got the Rainbow pixel screen when it did boot up...
Pony Express said:
Thanks to qkster :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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If it boots, it should go into download mode... be sure you are following the right process... some people hold the power button in and it won't work that way...
DOWNLOAD mode: Power off. Open back cover. Remove battery. Press and hold both volume buttons - (do not hold power button) Insert battery while holding volume buttons. Plug in USB cable.
It can also be achieved by open back cover, Remove battery. Press and hold both volume buttons. Plug in USB cable and then insert battery.
thanks, qkster
Edit: You may need to try a different USB port on your puter, remember that you have to use the same port each time for Heimdall to execute properly... good luck.

Umm...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1724993
This is exactly what is happening to my phone right now, after I booted up the fix you sent me.

That being the case it is most likely the power button is stuck.
Here is a video that, although it is a "how to" replace the screen, the point is it shows the phone being taken apart thus allowing one to get to the power button and clean it. This worked for another user that had the same problem - hope it is helpful for you as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WS5I0SpL6c

[Q] (SOLVED) Bricked/Bootloop weird

Hey guys,
I got an infuse from a friend. When she gave it to me it was all stock and functional minus the fact that it would bootloop. When you would turn it on it would show samsung, turn off, samsung, turn off... About 3 seconds per on time. It would do this whenever it had the battery in or was plugged in. At first I was able to get it into download and then flash stock OEM. This fixed the problem, then I got into recovery and flashed a custom rom. All of this worked fine. Here's the problem
I tried restoring to the stock that I got the phone to before the custom rom was installed. This took 25 seconds and I knew something must have been wrong but I rebooted anyway. When rebooting I was faced with my original issues up above. Unfortunately its rebooting too quickly to put it into download mod. By the time I press the volume buttons and insert the usb it already boots and then starts over. If I do it quickly enough it goes to charge and bootloops to charge. The problem is that the phone bootloops whenever the battery is in. I don't have to press power for it to start.
Pretty frustrated and really would like some help. Thanks
EDIT: I ****ING FIXED IT!!! I swear this isn't a joke... I was reading a forum that had this problem and they all were saying they got angry and threw it/hit their phone and it booted up. Sitting there I eventually started entertaining the idea. I did a quick survey of the library I am in and... smacked it on my fist. THEN THE ****ING THING BOOTED UP!! What the hell!! SO excited. If it happens again, most efficient way is to drop the device on the top off the phone on a carpeted floor from about 2 feet

Faulty power button. Do a search.
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Los maizak
psal217050 said:
Faulty power button. Do a search.
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Am I looking for a replacement or what? Thanks for the speedy reply

psal may be on to something however it sounds like you are not trying download mode correctly - if you had the battery pulled and the usb disconnected it could not be rebooting.
Edit: If the power button is sticking, most likely no need to replace- here is a video of how to replace the screen, not what you are doing but the point is it shows how to take the phone apart so that you can clean the power button. Hope this helps : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WS5I0SpL6c

Pony Express said:
psal may be on to something however it sounds like you are not trying download mode correctly - if you had the battery pulled and the usb disconnected it could no t be rebooting.
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It reboots only when I put the battery in. So the moment I put the battery in to try and get it into recovery it starts booting immediately. It doesn't give me enough time to actually press volume up and down and then insert usb. If i do it fast enough it just boots to charging mode and boot loops to that instead of the samsung splash
Edit: I have already taken apart the phone. Not really sure what I should clean. It looks completely fine and acts similarly to the volume buttons. How would you recommend I clean it?

Pony Express said:
psal may be on to something however it sounds like you are not trying download mode correctly - if you had the battery pulled and the usb disconnected it could not be rebooting.
Edit: If the power button is sticking, most likely no need to replace- here is a video of how to replace the screen, not what you are doing but the point is it shows how to take the phone apart so that you can clean the power button. Hope this helps : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WS5I0SpL6c
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I am not so sure that this is a hardware issue. Why would the problem disappear when I flash the OEM but then return everytime I restore to the faulty stock. I already took apart and the power button seems pristine.

With this extra info, it is pointing more toward a sticking power button with a hardware issue still something to consider... have you tried pulling battery, install usb, hold both volume buttons (no power button) and while continuing to hold vol buttons insert the battery ?
Edit: If the issue is indeed in the faulty rom, delete it and use something different.

Pony Express said:
With this extra info, it is pointing more toward a sticking power button with a hardware issue still something to consider... have you tried pulling battery, install usb, hold both volume buttons (no power button) and while continuing to hold vol buttons insert the battery ?
Edit: If the issue is indeed in the faulty rom, delete it and use something different.
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Not sure how I would delete the rom because I cannot boot the phone, boot to recovery, or boot to download. I did try having the usb in, holding volume and then putting in battery. It didn't work. Do you think a jig would work? Thanks

Yes, I think for such a small price it is worth a shot- best of luck !!
It would also be worth mentioning to be certain you have a good usb cable as well as a good usb port on the puter.

aeppacher said:
Hey guys,
I got an infuse from a friend. When she gave it to me it was all stock and functional minus the fact that it would bootloop. When you would turn it on it would show samsung, turn off, samsung, turn off... About 3 seconds per on time. It would do this whenever it had the battery in or was plugged in. At first I was able to get it into download and then flash stock OEM. This fixed the problem, then I got into recovery and flashed a custom rom. All of this worked fine. Here's the problem
I tried restoring to the stock that I got the phone to before the custom rom was installed. This took 25 seconds and I knew something must have been wrong but I rebooted anyway. When rebooting I was faced with my original issues up above. Unfortunately its rebooting too quickly to put it into download mod. By the time I press the volume buttons and insert the usb it already boots and then starts over. If I do it quickly enough it goes to charge and bootloops to charge. The problem is that the phone bootloops whenever the battery is in. I don't have to press power for it to start.
Pretty frustrated and really would like some help. Thanks
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Use this to go to stock old version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
Then open kies mini connect your phone on kies update and upgrade to the newest GB version.
At this point u are on a stock if u want root try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
Option C is the better

daemonlmrj said:
Use this to go to stock old version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
Then open kies mini connect your phone on kies update and upgrade to the newest GB version.
At this point u are on a stock if u want root try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
Option C is the better
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I can't do this because in order to go to download mode the phone needs to be off. The moment I insert the battery it automatically starts bootlooping

Pony and psal are prolly right. Try fixing your power button.