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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.

Help with returning to Stock ATT 2.3.5 please

I have searched and not found a clear answer...
I read the guide in this noob thread on returning to stock.
1) The drivers link is bad, can I use the same drivers that I used in rooting? I used the T-Mobile_t989_GSII_ADB_Drivers.zip from http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-att-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-with-superoneclick/
2) when I do the following:
Take out and put back in the battery.
Then, hold Vol + and Vol - , now plug in USB and you will at the following sreen that’s in picture.
Press Volume Up button now.
I get an Anroid recovery mode, is that the same as download mode?
3) after all is done and said with flashing back to the stock ROM with ODIN, will the counter be tripped? Will I have to install CWM and the the counter reset .tar?
If I do have to install CWM and reset the counter, will having CWM affect any future OTA installs?
Thanks for the help
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distortion said:
I have searched and not found a clear answer...
I read the guide in this noob thread on returning to stock.
1) The drivers link is bad, can I use the same drivers that I used in rooting? I used the T-Mobile_t989_GSII_ADB_Drivers.zip from http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-att-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-with-superoneclick/
2) when I do the following:
Take out and put back in the battery.
Then, hold Vol + and Vol - , now plug in USB and you will at the following sreen that’s in picture.
Press Volume Up button now.
I get an Anroid recovery mode, is that the same as download mode?
3) after all is done and said with flashing back to the stock ROM with ODIN, will the counter be tripped? Will I have to install CWM and the the counter reset .tar?
If I do have to install CWM and reset the counter, will having CWM affect any future OTA installs?
Thanks for the help
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1) download kies
2) to get in download mode, shut off phone, hold both vol buttons and then plug in usb
3) the counter will be tripped unless you use the sammobile tar. and yes if you have cwm you cant get ota updates

xcrazydx said:
3) the counter will be tripped unless you use the sammobile tar. and yes if you have cwm you cant get ota updates
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I am confused a bit. I need CWM to install the sammobile .tar right?

distortion said:
I am confused a bit. I need CWM to install the sammobile .tar right?
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No, you odin it

xcrazydx said:
1) download kies
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I wound up finding ODIN 1.85. I have also installed Kies.
Will both flash the Sammobile i727USA (AT&T) (I727UCKJ2_I727ATTKJ2_ATT) ROM? Which is best/safest? If Kies, how? I have seen plenty of tutorials on ODIN but none on Kies...
I appreciate your guidance.

distortion said:
I wound up finding ODIN 1.85. I have also installed Kies.
Will both flash the Sammobile i727USA (AT&T) (I727UCKJ2_I727ATTKJ2_ATT) ROM? Which is best/safest? If Kies, how? I have seen plenty of tutorials on ODIN but none on Kies...
I appreciate your guidance.
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The kies is only for the drivers. The sammobile will flash you completely back to stock including baseband and not trip the counter

xcrazydx said:
The kies is only for the drivers. The sammobile will flash you completely back to stock including baseband and not trip the counter
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Outstanding. Thank you for clarifying.
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distortion said:
Outstanding. Thank you for clarifying.
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Make sure before you push the start button in odin that the phone finishes installing drivers and it is recognized by odin in the com port

Umm holding both buttons for the volume while rebooting makes it goto CWM, you have to hold the volume - only for download mode and then you get a prompt to press the volume + key depending on if you have the i727 or the i727R.
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xcrazydx said:
Make sure before you push the start button in odin that the phone finishes installing drivers and it is recognized by odin in the com port
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Before or after you put the phone in download mode and have connected via usb?
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Shut phone down. Plug usb cable.into phone
Hold volume up and down then plug usb into pc while holding volume keys
That will put u in dl mode

DONE !!!
It worked. Thanks !!!
Held -vol down and plugged usb in to get into dl mode.
Twisted stomach for a while I will admit. Happened with my first flash of a SMT-5600 back in the winmo days up til now.
Is funny how even Android phones are drastically different. My old Streak took ROMs like a champ no matter what you had previously done.
I guess I need to quick effing with my phone and dumping bloatware before I read up on it...

thnx silver! Will keep in mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This should be in q&a
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[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

Help( hard brick)

I installed CW9 without installing kernal it's stock in the logo.I put a new CM9 with a new kernal. i installed both and rebooted .It's hard brick now.No boot no download mode no recovery.

Our ROMs have kernels built in so I'm a bit confused
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Very nice! Do some research
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Dylan Bay said:
I installed CW9 without installing kernal it's stock in the logo.I put a new CM9 with a new kernal. i installed both and rebooted .It's hard brick now.No boot no download mode no recovery.
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Wait, did you install a CM9 ROM on top of an existing, different CM9 ROM without wiping? If so, you're done. JTAG or warranty.

Are you 100% sure you can't get to download mode?
Is the phone boot looping at the Samsung logo?
If so... try to time holding the VOL + and VOL - while the phone is fully off.
You may have to turn the phone off (and back on) while holding VOL+ and VOL- to "extra confirm" the phone is seeing VOL+ and VOL- being held down on first boot.
Just remove the holding the power after you have confirmed this to prevent phone from just turning on/off constantly.
I had this happen to me with my Infuse after getting rainbow color recovery.
It might sound little tricky but (it's easy) I was able to get download mode by timing it right as I explained above.
Let us know if this helps.

We need more details I think
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sb0 said:
Are you 100% sure you can't get to download mode?
Is the phone boot looping at the Samsung logo?
If so... try to time holding the VOL + and VOL - while the phone is fully off.
You may have to turn the phone off (and back on) while holding VOL+ and VOL- to "extra confirm" the phone is seeing VOL+ and VOL- being held down on first boot.
Just remove the holding the power after you have confirmed this to prevent phone from just turning on/off constantly.
I had this happen to me with my Infuse after getting rainbow color recovery.
It might sound little tricky but (it's easy) I was able to get download mode by timing it right as I explained above.
Let us know if this helps.
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Bro i try to put in download mode .It won't and i try to put it in recovery it won't .I put jig to put it in download mode it won't it.I don't know what to do ...
I think JTAG can get the boot for me.

Dylan Bay said:
Bro i try to put in download mode .It won't and i try to put it in recovery it won't .I put jig to put it in download mode it won't it.I don't know what to do ...
I think JTAG can get the boot for me.
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If you can't get anything to turn on at all, yeah, you're hard bricked. JTAG or warranty it out.
In the future, and I know you were told by prbassplayer to do this in another thread, use Google Translate and read everything before flashing. I'm absolutely certain that your phone was bricked by user error, and that's so easy to avoid. Read the stickies, read the ROM thread, follow instructions to the letter. 99.9% of the time, you will not brick if you do those three things.

That sucks bro your lucky JTAG is only 50 bucks
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[Q]brick I can not enter download mode

try going from ICS to Gingerbread for odin and now I can not move from the welcome screen and I can not enter download mode to flash by odin again, leave some photographs (since I can not make screenshots) I hope your help
apology the English use google translator
this is what I use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622

Please in English. Not all of us can help without a English translation..
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xWolf13 said:
Please in English. Not all of us can help without a English translation..
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ok already

You should be able to get into download mode. Your able to boot up.
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xWolf13 said:
You should be able to get into download mode. Your able to boot up.
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let the three buttons down and the only thing that happens is that the screen turns and in the last two photos, also try precionas + button after they left the green dots but nothing happened

Scroll down and there is a mini tutorial on trying to get into Download Mode. It looks like your trying to get into Recovery Mode.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919228
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xWolf13 said:
Scroll down and there is a mini tutorial on trying to get into Download Mode. It looks like your trying to get into Recovery Mode.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919228
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frustrate me and I realized my mistake, I thanks the help already in my phone gingerbread

You're getting that because you didn't clear data and the permissions are wrong. Get into recovery, wipe data, flash again with odin.
To get into recovery:
Press volume up + power together until phone vibrates. Release the power button while continuing to hold the volume up until recovery comes up.
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I had that happen with the Kies update. I fixed it by reflashing. I also suggest you get a USB jig for easy download mode.