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[q] help! My phone wont do anything!

hey guys,
my phone litteraly wont do anything. i f*ed up some fonts using type fresh, then tried to restore using the odin3 downloader. i accidentally closed it, and now my phone wont boot up/react to any buttons pressed. any help? thanks guys!

had the same problem. i cant figure out how to even get odin working, it says one click but when i hook up it to odin it gives me a message that still doesnt tell me ****. i had to send my phone back for a new one and told them i used easyroot on the market bc i didnt know what it was and it sounded cool but now i know not to ever do that again that it messd up my phone. Praying to god that they dont charge my for anything

You should still be able to enter bootloader mode by turning phone off and holding down up/down vol and pwr simultaneously until boot screen flashes then release power button only

it wont even do that

open odin (use the stock one click version)
with the phone off (remove/reinsert the battery if need be) and not plugged in; hold vol. down and insert the usb cable (keep holding vol. down untill you see the download screen). this should put you into download mode and if you have the right drivers odin should recognize the phone.
I've stuffed my captivate on a few occasions and so far I have been able to use this method to get into download mode and fix it.

it wont do anything at all. it wont power on, show up in adb, anything... and stupid att wont do ANYTHING -_- oh well. any help would be appreciated!

Have any of you offering support to the OP actually had your phone in the described state? I've read a few posts where the phone is seemingly completely dead as the OP describes and no one says they've successfully recovered from that state. All I ever see is the same old button combinations/battery/usb shenanigans and statements of that should work and that the phone is unbrickable. I have personally seen a device that was behaving in such a manner and no combination of battery pulling, usb plugging, button holding, or tongue twisting would generate anything from the phone. The only thing the phone would do was get hot.

same here. Phone showed bright green screen...wasnt done with teh flash and said it was finished...now the nly thing I can get is power and hold the vlume up for some IRQ and hex stuff. I posted a questionthis morning but...serious. Vol up and down and any things else gives nothign but a black screen..battery out...back in anything..its torched.

Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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daveshih said:
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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when i plug it in, windows doesnt make any noises and doesnt recognize it, and when i use the "adb devices" command, nothing shows up.

daveshih said:
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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Did you read the rest of the posts? The OP already stated several times that the phone does nothing. I realize that most people will say it does nothing or is "bricked" if it simply shows the "connect to computer" screen, but the OP has stated more than once that the phone shows nothing. Yes, everyone is trying to help, but simply repeating what has been said numerous times before doesn't help.
Has anyone actually recovered a phone that displays NOTHING? No logos, no recovery, no nothing.

Last night, i turned off the light in my room when i noticed a glowing from my desk. i walked over, and it turns out my captivate's screen was in fact on, it was just a faint black glow, and none of the power buttons would do anything. when i took the battery out, it shut off completely!

As I pointed out here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757293
Im pretty sure it was my fault for not completely following instructions on the ext4 one click install root, settings.db etc so everyone needs to make sure if the dev says flash before..do it.
State of the phone was, it would not completely power on..therefor no usb drivers would load and Odin cannot see the phone and it can no longer flash..the only thing I could get it to do was show a screen with that text. I put in my post. I ordered it via letstalk.com so I sent it back and assuming they get the same result Ill have a new one hopefully by the end of the week. Im just glad I stil had my old iphone3 to slap my sim card in.
The odin one click flash thing..it just flaked right at the start it looked like..but I cant be sure because as soon as I saw a blue progress bar I stepped into the kitchen for abtou 30 sec..I came back and the screen was florescent green and Odin said it was done. I knew something was wrong as it was way too fast so I unplugged, removed the battery and set it back in...from there on out it would do nothing with the power button unless on a semi rare occasion if I hit the volume up button and power I got the IRQ stuff.
Annoying as I had a nandroid backup just before I started messing with it.

i just sent mine into samsung... back to mah ol trusty blackjack. gonna have to get used to supermario bros 3 instead of spyro....
ANYWAYS theyre sending me a new one!

uiskibum said:
open odin (use the stock one click version)
with the phone off (remove/reinsert the battery if need be) and not plugged in; hold vol. down and insert the usb cable (keep holding vol. down untill you see the download screen). this should put you into download mode and if you have the right drivers odin should recognize the phone.
I've stuffed my captivate on a few occasions and so far I have been able to use this method to get into download mode and fix it.
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So, yes in same state as op... no nothing... couldn't get jack out of it. at all, none
what this post said worked.... not holding power button... nothign...
removed battery
plugged in battery
hold vol down
(still no response)
plug in usb cable and continue holding vol down.
it went to recovery mode
... no holding of power button, just vol down and plugged in USB... give it a shot man, let me know
EDIT: feel free to PM me if you want me to help walk you through it...

ace518 said:
So, yes in same state as op... no nothing... couldn't get jack out of it. at all, none
what this post said worked.... not holding power button... nothign...
removed battery
plugged in battery
hold vol down
(still no response)
plug in usb cable and continue holding vol down.
it went to recovery mode
... no holding of power button, just vol down and plugged in USB... give it a shot man, let me know
EDIT: feel free to PM me if you want me to help walk you through it...
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Hey thanks, but i already sent it to em... thank you everyone for your help!

Just a note... i said before hold vol down and plug in usb. I had it in a pretty bad state tonight. Played around. Same idea as before, but had to hold vol up and vol down. If i brick a few more times, i'll give a better guide. But this phone can DEFINITELY come back from a state where you can't even get it to power on. Figured any additional info on this would be good.

Phone wont power on

I just got this device Ran the NvFlash and oneclick root All was working fine I went to grab a drink came back phone was off now wont turn on period full battery i try to run NvFlash over top again I can hear the computer find the phone when i hold vol up and Down but it gets stuck at waiting for bootloader to INT please help and is this bricked being i can hear the sound when the i hold vol up and down and plug it in the laptop??

nucentury08 said:
I just got this device Ran the NvFlash and oneclick root All was working fine I went to grab a drink came back phone was off now wont turn on period full battery i try to run NvFlash over top again I can hear the computer find the phone when i hold vol up and Down but it gets stuck at waiting for bootloader to INT please help and is this bricked being i can hear the sound when the i hold vol up and down and plug it in the laptop??
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Sounds BRICKED!!! No Bootloader? Ouch. Do you have a jtag rig? If not or if you dont know what one is id say take it back to t-mobile.

Jtag??? whats that

nucentury08 said:
Jtag??? whats that
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If you don't know what it is you don't have one, and more than likely won't know how to use one... have you tried keeping the battery out for a bit (2-3 minutes), I had a minor issue that when I tried booting NVFlash and install recovery, after pulling the battery and replacing it within a second my phone wouldn't boot

nucentury08 said:
I just got this device Ran the NvFlash and oneclick root All was working fine I went to grab a drink came back phone was off now wont turn on period full battery i try to run NvFlash over top again I can hear the computer find the phone when i hold vol up and Down but it gets stuck at waiting for bootloader to INT please help and is this bricked being i can hear the sound when the i hold vol up and down and plug it in the laptop??
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Not to worry -- this happens occasionally. Just try turning it on normally (don't hold vol up + down, just hit power) with the phone plugged-in without the battery, plugged-in with the battery, unplugged with the battery...lather, wash, repeat.
It will work eventually. Not sure what causes the issue, but I've had two of these phones so far and both had this issue.

ok
Erislover said:
Not to worry -- this happens occasionally. Just try turning it on normally (don't hold vol up + down, just hit power) with the phone plugged-in without the battery, plugged-in with the battery, unplugged with the battery...lather, wash, repeat.
It will work eventually. Not sure what causes the issue, but I've had two of these phones so far and both had this issue.
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i dont know why it is doing this anyway ??

Yeah just keep trying remove and replace the battery a couple of times or even more than just a couple of times. I had to do this but it eventually turned back on.

Broken power button how do I turn my device on?

How do I boot my phone if I have a broken power button?
thanks

See if the power button contacts are visible, then bridge them with a wire/paper clip
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try..
1. plug it in. might have to plug it in and out then back in.
2. pull the battery then put it back in.
3. it might need a smack on the back to boot up.
my power button is dead, since august. it usually boots up when plygging in or giving a smack on its backside.

another method that works.
If your phone is powered off(not standby)
hold down volume up/down and plug in usb from computer. It will power up on its own and enter download mode.
Then pull the battery and immediately put back in and will boot up normal

I put a video tutorial up on how to turn on and use the Nexus One for daily use without a power button, hope it works for the Nexus S as well. It's a short clip and shows exactly what to do, it can be found: here
Hope it helps.

demo23019 said:
another method that works.
If your phone is powered off(not standby)
hold down volume up/down and plug in usb from computer. It will power up on its own and enter download mode.
Then pull the battery and immediately put back in and will boot up normal
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it dint work it continues to charge after putting the battery back

clozecall said:
I put a video tutorial up on how to turn on and use the Nexus One for daily use without a power button, hope it works for the Nexus S as well. It's a short clip and shows exactly what to do, it can be found: here
Hope it helps.
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doesnt work on nexus s

You might want to check al_madd's guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524858
Qoute:
"7.If my nexus have to pull battery or battery die..How I going to power on it???
All you have to do is plug in the phone to an AC charger, and the phone should come on.
Sometimes, however, it will show the boot logo, then go to a screen showing you your battery percentage, and not actually boot. No problem. Just pull the battery and unplug. Replace the battery, and while holding the "x" button on your keyboard, plug the phone back in .
If not working..
plug you nexus to USB cable..then restart your pc/laptop without unplugged your nexus..it will power on automatically..."
He even has a video

i tried dint work, it worked on his i9020t not on mine i9023

Use online. Ex dropbox
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working solution to this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538001

Phone stuck with black screen...

Yeah, so i went to sleep with it connected to my computer and woke up with a black screen that will not turn on for anything. when i plug the charger in the light at the top turns green. Any ideas to fix?
stock unrooted w/ jellybean OTA

I had this happen the other night.
Held the power button and volume down and the screen finally woke up.

kafreeman said:
I had this happen the other night.
Held the power button and volume down and the screen finally woke up.
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no luck with this... although if i do this while its plugged in i see the green light go off until i let go of the buttons

ilol'd said:
no luck with this... although if i do this while its plugged in i see the green light go off until i let go of the buttons
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unplug from any cables, hold power+volume down for ~15 seconds. phone should reboot.
if this does not work, try power + volume up, to see if you can get in fastboot

Got it working. I literally tried every button combo I could think holding them for as long as a minute. Went to vzw and the guy got it into to fastboot on the first try... power button and volume up is what he said he did... don't know why it didn't work for me

Samsung Galaxy S7 Bricked while charging !!! Red LED remains on !!!

I plugged my charger in my S7 and after ~30 min when i tried to use it,the screen won't turn on.The red LED is on but the phone is...dead.I tried every hard reset/restart possible but nothing happens...no safe mode,my pc doesn't detect it,it's not charging...nothing.The phone acts like it's dead but the red LED is on.... WTF ??? Any sugestions ??? :crying:

Scrapperr said:
I plugged my charger in my S7 and after ~30 min when i tried to use it,the screen won't turn on.The red LED is on but the phone is...dead.I tried every hard reset/restart possible but nothing happens...no safe mode,my pc doesn't detect it,it's not charging...nothing.The phone acts like it's dead but the red LED is on.... WTF ??? Any sugestions ??? :crying:
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Remove charger and let the phone battery die, might take a long time depending on how much it was charged
Try connecting the white MicroUSB > USB adapter that came with the phone to something power hungry to drain it quicker

Power off you device and then wait 10 seconds. After waiting press and hold the Volume Up, Home, and Power buttons at the same time
After the phone vibrates, let go of the Power button, while still holding the other two buttons until Android System Recovery screen appears.
Using the "Volume Down" button, highlight "wipe cache partition" and press the Power button to select it.
After the cache partition is cleared, the Galaxy S7 will reboot automatically. This worked for me ans I hope this will help

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Power off you device and then wait 10 seconds. After waiting press and hold the Volume Up, Home, and Power buttons at the same time
After the phone vibrates, let go of the Power button, while still holding the other two buttons until Android System Recovery screen appears.
Using the "Volume Down" button, highlight "wipe cache partition" and press the Power button to select it.
After the cache partition is cleared, the Galaxy S7 will reboot automatically. This worked for me ans I hope this will help
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It doesn't work.I already tried it...my phone is somehow stuck with the red led on and it does not take any command...i tried every button combination that i know but nothing...

Scrapperr said:
I plugged my charger in my S7 and after ~30 min when i tried to use it,the screen won't turn on.The red LED is on but the phone is...dead.I tried every hard reset/restart possible but nothing happens...no safe mode,my pc doesn't detect it,it's not charging...nothing.The phone acts like it's dead but the red LED is on.... WTF ??? Any sugestions ??? :crying:
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Have you tried
power button and volume -
Keep press both button for 10 sec it must work

rasoulcarrera said:
Have you tried
power button and volume -
Keep press both button for 10 sec it must work
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I tried...

Scrapperr said:
I tried...
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Run the battery out, once the phone is off it might get out of whatever loop it is stuck in
Then connect charger and power on

Any background info? ROMs flashed? Shady apps newly installed? Rooted?

gerhard_wa said:
Any background info? ROMs flashed? Shady apps newly installed? Rooted?
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Stock everything,no shady apps...

*Detection* said:
Remove charger and let the phone battery die, might take a long time depending on how much it was charged
Try connecting the white MicroUSB > USB adapter that came with the phone to something power hungry to drain it quicker
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I did try to connect something to the usb adapter but the phone does not output power...

Scrapperr said:
I did try to connect something to the usb adapter but the phone does not output power...
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Might have a long wait then
RMA / Return under warranty

Maybe you're screen Is dead. Replace under warranty.
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takerhbk said:
Maybe you're screen Is dead. Replace under warranty.
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Red LED should not show when charger is not connected though

Press power button plus volume up and down hold for 5 to 10 sec it will restart ur phone same thing happen with on s6 but not on s7.

I once had to press vol up and down, power and home (that's all buttons) at the same time for ten seconds for the S7 to reboot as it was stuck and seemingly dead. No led on at the time though. But I have disabled the leds in the settings anyway.

UPDATE!
The battery discharged completely(red led was off),first i tried to put it in download mode and IT WORKED!!! But the phone wouldn't turn on because the battery was 0%.I charged it and now it works fine :| I hope this was something software related and not hardware and i hope this will never happen again.Thx for the help guys!

*Detection* said:
Run the battery out, once the phone is off it might get out of whatever loop it is stuck in
Then connect charger and power on
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I hope this was the problem,because the phone now works after the battery discharged...thx for the help!

Scrapperr said:
I hope this was the problem,because the phone now works after the battery discharged...thx for the help!
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Great
Sounded like it just got stuck, and because you can't take the battery out you have to wait for discharge :good:

*Detection* said:
Great
Sounded like it just got stuck, and because you can't take the battery out you have to wait for discharge :good:
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Yup ?

Same problem
I have the same issue... Tried to charge my phone with 15% battery and after a few hours it was 8%. Tried to reboot, charge with the phone turned off but nothing was happening ( not charging, not booting up. tried buttons combinations as well ). The led is not showing up on mine because i disabled it from the settings so i'm not sure if it's charging or not. Took the phone to an authorized service on friday so next week i'll be getting a response from them. By the way, the phone is only one week old :crying: