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I smashed the screen on my Nexus by throwing it. Its a long story
Now when I take out the battery, turn it on, it seems to boot. it vibrates when the power button is pressed, and i hear the boot sound once its finished booting. i need to recover many important files. screen shows nothing and is not touch responsive. volume keys work, and the screen on and off sound also works which is leading me to believe that the internals are ok.
when i connected it via USB, i cant seem to access the SD card. under device manager it shows it connected drive H:/, but nothing comes up in My Computer. USB debugging mode was not enabled.
what can i do to recover this data?
Is it rooted? clockworkmod installed?
pics or it didn't happen.
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Hello everyone,
My little sister’s phone (Samsung Nexus S GT-i9023, not rooted) won’t boot.
She tells me that the phone’s power button wasn’t working anymore, so the battery was running out quickly because the screen was always on. So she started pulling the battery everytime she wanted to turn it off (yes…).
But after a few days doing that, the phone now refuses to boot.
- Pressing the power button doesn’t do anything.
- When the phone is plugged in (whether to a wall socket or to a computer), it won’t boot past a dimly lit screen. The screen goes from very dark grey (but slightly lit, as if it was starting to boot) to completely dark every 10 seconds. It also gets very hot in a few minutes.
I am thus unable to boot the phone, or access recovery mode (power + volume up) or any other menu to do a factory reset.
My 2 questions:
1/ Does anyone have any idea on what the problem could be? I’m thinking it might be the battery, but it seems like the only replacement batteries you can find are unofficial ones with very poor ratings…
2/ If the phone is dead, is there any way to recover the files on it? (local storage) It’s mostly pictures, movies and music that she had uploaded on it. Since the phone won’t boot, my Mac isn’t able to recognize it, and it doesn’t appear anywhere in Disk Utility (nor in diskutil list).
Thank you for your help,
edomt
Can someone please tell me if my Sprint Galaxy S3 is soft-bricked, hard-bricked, needs a new motherboard, or just needs a new screen / digitizer? Here are the symptoms:
The battery is fully charged. I tested it in another Galaxy S3.
It stopped working right after I restored CM11 via TWRP. It died upon reboot.
The phone doesn’t turn on when the power button is held down.
The phone doesn’t vibrate when the power button is held down.
The phone doesn't make any sounds.
The phone cannot get into ODIN Download mode.
ODIN cannot detect the phone.
The phone cannot get into Recovery Mode.
The screen stays black no matter what I do.
When connected to my PC via USB cable it does the following:
• My PC will make a sound when I hold down the power button for a few seconds.
• If I take out the battery while it is connected to my PC, the red light will come on.
I have tried the following:
• Taking out the battery and holding down the power button for one minute.
• Making my own boot card by using my microSD card.
• Making my own boot card by using my USB flash drive.
• I have ordered a debricker device from eBay and I am waiting for it to arrive.
• I haven’t tried JTAG.
Gurren Lagann said:
Can someone please tell me if my Sprint Galaxy S3 is soft-bricked, hard-bricked, needs a new motherboard, or just needs a new screen / digitizer? Here are the symptoms:
The battery is fully charged. I tested it in another Galaxy S3.
It stopped working right after I restored CM11 via TWRP. It died upon reboot.
The phone doesn’t turn on when the power button is held down.
The phone doesn’t vibrate when the power button is held down.
The phone doesn't make any sounds.
The phone cannot get into ODIN Download mode.
ODIN cannot detect the phone.
The phone cannot get into Recovery Mode.
The screen stays black no matter what I do.
When connected to my PC via USB cable it does the following:
• My PC will make a sound when I hold down the power button for a few seconds.
• If I take out the battery while it is connected to my PC, the red light will come on.
I have tried the following:
• Taking out the battery and holding down the power button for one minute.
• Making my own boot card by using my microSD card.
• Making my own boot card by using my USB flash drive.
• I have ordered a debricker device from eBay and I am waiting for it to arrive.
• I haven’t tried JTAG.
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Fairly sure from what you have told us that it is a proper device brick !
This happened to me before and it is VERY annoying expecially seen as though there is no real way out of it !
The only suggestion i would of had is to boot into the download mode but you have already tried that ! Hopefully the debricking jig will work for you !
W18WAR said:
Fairly sure from what you have told us that it is a proper device brick !
This happened to me before and it is VERY annoying expecially seen as though there is no real way out of it !
The only suggestion i would of had is to boot into the download mode but you have already tried that ! Hopefully the debricking jig will work for you !
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Sadly, it didn't work.
I haven't modded my phone in any way for about half a year, but today it suddenly turned off and won't turn back on again.
Nothing happens when I hold volume up + power button.
When I connect it to my computer through usb, it would connect and disconnect constantly, and the screen will flash the sony logo screen on and off, without successfully booting, while the LED light flashes red.
When I hold volume up while inserting the usb cable, the LED light will turn blue, successfully entering flashboot mode verified through flashtool, but nothing will show up on the screen.
Is there any hope for this phone?
edit: I can access recovery mode (power + volume down), but unless I'm plugged in through usb, the screen will turn black and shut off itself. While plugged in, I can use recovery fine, but if I have to reflash, I'm looking for a way to backup my files first.
edit2: I held volume down + power again and entered something called Team Win Recovery Project (did I access the other recovery screen some other way?) I see I can access a file manager, so I can probably move my files over to a sd card. This mode doesn't turn my screen black while unplugged.
sengakae said:
I haven't modded my phone in any way for about half a year, but today it suddenly turned off and won't turn back on again.
Nothing happens when I hold volume up + power button.
When I connect it to my computer through usb, it would connect and disconnect constantly, and the screen will flash the sony logo screen on and off, without successfully booting, while the LED light flashes red.
When I hold volume up while inserting the usb cable, the LED light will turn blue, successfully entering flashboot mode verified through flashtool, but nothing will show up on the screen.
Is there any hope for this phone?
edit: I can access recovery mode (power + volume down), but unless I'm plugged in through usb, the screen will turn black and shut off itself. While plugged in, I can use recovery fine, but if I have to reflash, I'm looking for a way to backup my files first.
edit2: I held volume down + power again and entered something called Team Win Recovery Project (did I access the other recovery screen some other way?) I see I can access a file manager, so I can probably move my files over to a sd card. This mode doesn't turn my screen black while unplugged.
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then drains flashtool and put the stock firmware usually this problem since it does not there is no sistem inside.
I wiped and flashed a new firmware but the device will still randomly turn off, until now when it won't turn back on again.
My tablet was in my bed and I went out. When I came back, it's in infinite loop. Other times this has already occurred and I fixed it.
So, yesterday, I tried to do this. But when I selected "Wipe Cache Partition" in boot menu, the process was taking too long and seemed to be freezed. So I pressed the Power Button and turned off the tablet. After I tried to turn on the device again, but anything happens. No boot, no Download Mode, on the Android Menu. Nothing.
I already put it to charge, tried to connect to PC, but nothing happens (the PC not recognize anything). No screen signal or noise. When I put it to charge or connect to PC, the device warm up to bit.
I already opened the device, checked the battery status, with a multimeter, and did a manual charger. But still, nothing happened. (The battery is OK)
Is there anything that I can do?
I need my device and some files. In my city haven't a place to Advanced HDD Recovery, and the Samsung's Technical Assistance is in the capital.
brunorolim said:
My tablet was in my bed and I went out. When I came back, it's in infinite loop. Other times this has already occurred and I fixed it.
So, yesterday, I tried to do this. But when I selected "Wipe Cache Partition" in boot menu, the process was taking too long and seemed to be freezed. So I pressed the Power Button and turned off the tablet. After I tried to turn on the device again, but anything happens. No boot, no Download Mode, on the Android Menu. Nothing.
I already put it to charge, tried to connect to PC, but nothing happens (the PC not recognize anything). No screen signal or noise. When I put it to charge or connect to PC, the device warm up to bit.
I already opened the device, checked the battery status, with a multimeter, and did a manual charger. But still, nothing happened. (The battery is OK)
Is there anything that I can do?
I need my device and some files. In my city haven't a place to Advanced HDD Recovery, and the Samsung's Technical Assistance is in the capital.
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Do you see any light coming from the screen when booting? The screen could have failed or the light. You can try to take a flashlight and put it on the screen to see if you see any boot animation when you turn it on. It sounds more like a hardware issue.
Have you tried to plug the tablet into a computer? You maybe able to recover the data that way. Samsung might be able to repair or recover the device, but if it is out of warranty you may have to pay for the service.
Fear_The_Fluff said:
Do you see any light coming from the screen when booting? The screen could have failed or the light. You can try to take a flashlight and put it on the screen to see if you see any boot animation when you turn it on. It sounds more like a hardware issue.
Have you tried to plug the tablet into a computer? You maybe able to recover the data that way. Samsung might be able to repair or recover the device, but if it is out of warranty you may have to pay for the service.
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I don't see anything! I'd plugged into a PC, nothing happens! I think only at Samsung Technical Assistant... But I dont have warranty anymore, so have to pay for this!
D2206. Got into a bootloop (the phone only shows the Sony and Xperia logo but ain't starting the system and just restarting forever doing it again and again). Can't get into Fastboot mode because volume buttons and power button isn't reacting at all. The only solution to force it to show some traces of life is plug him to PC or to a charging device but nothing happens except the charging lightning animation appears. And after connecting to PC, it seems like Flashtool recognize him, but nothing can be done because of the periodic 5-7 second interval disconnects.
Any solutions or tips?
You need to power off before connecting. Here's how.
I don't know if you figured this out or still need the help now, but I'm answering because it's the one thing here that I do know the answer to.
From your description, it sounds like you are trying to connect your phone to PC while the phone is still in boot loop. This will not work. You need to power it off first. Since your power and volume buttons won't respond during boot loop, you will need to use the hardware override that is provided.
Under the back panel of your phone, between the SIM2 and microSD slots, you will see a small punch-hole about 2 mm in diameter and labelled "OFF." Use a pen or precision screwdriver to gently press the off switch located inside this punch-hole for about 1 sec. Phone should switch off.
Wait about 15 sec before connecting to PC in Flash (Vol Up pressed down) or Fastboot (Vol Down pressed down) mode until the LED flashes the respective colour and then you can follow whatever instructions you are following.