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Skyrocket not booting

I must've done something wrong, or maybe its hardware related, but my skyrocket won't boot. If I hold volume up and down and power all at once, Samsung flickers on the screen, so I know it isn't completely dead. Can anyone help me maybe restore it? Or any suggestions? Many thanks...
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Check out the sticky in the dev section the all in one guide. And you can YouTube search it also.
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Can you get into download mode?
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Did u charge ur battery?
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If you are seeing signs of life, ie the Samsung logo flickering, I would expect you should be able to get into download mode and flash back to stock with Odin.
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the battery is charged, and no, i can not get it into download mode. the samsung logo only flickers when i boot it with the volume up and down buttons pressed. it does do the power on vibrate, too...Im stumped. It worked great until lust the other day...it shut itself off and hasnt come back on. really sucks too, because i bought it NIB sealed on ebay about 2 months ago, no contract, so i cant return it...

If you don't mind me asking what exactly did you do to try and get into download modee
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Pulled the battery, put it back in. held volume and and down while plugging in the usb. And i have done every button configuration and variation as well as used all the USB ports i have available on my laptop...just cant seem to get it out of a endless bootloop of the samsung logo. the logo only flickers for a split second...like if you arent looking for it, you will miss it...
Hell, ive even tried different usb cables from my old phones as well.

Were you flashing something when it shut off?
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juggalofr33k said:
Pulled the battery, put it back in. held volume and and down while plugging in the usb. And i have done every button configuration and variation as well as used all the USB ports i have available on my laptop...just cant seem to get it out of a endless bootloop of the samsung logo. the logo only flickers for a split second...like if you arent looking for it, you will miss it...
Hell, ive even tried different usb cables from my old phones as well.
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have you tried just volume down and plug in USB?
EDIT: if your handy with instructions you should Google search how to build a USB jig. Its fairly easy and would prob kick you into download mode. That flickering Samsung makes me hopeful. Usually you don't even get that with a hard brick.
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you should still have a warrenty, regardless of where you bought it. if anything give Sammy a call.
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nthknd said:
you should still have a warrenty, regardless of where you bought it. if anything give Sammy a call.
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your right. I think I heard Sammy does warranty based on imei, not purchase date
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what were you doing when the error happened?
have you tried to get into recovery?
when you go into download mode the samsung logo should never even come up...

I have indeed tried recovery and download mode. Its not going anywhere.. I will give the USB jig a try. I have plenty of donor cables and have resistors at my workstation at home...I'll put one together in the next day or so and report back with the results.
Edit...it was on the charger overnight and when I woke up it was dead.
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USB jig did not work...oh well...
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It happened to me on my new Skyrocket a few days ago- the phone just wouldn't turn on after charging overnight. I kept on trying - nothing. Checked battery - was showing full when plugged in, but still the phone wouldn't boot. I suspected it had something to do with the power button being too buried in. Finally I left it alone for a couple of hours...and then tried again calmly ...it turned on. Try some positive thinking..

positive thinking went out the window after the jig attempt... oh well, on eBay at auction for .99 cents to start...

Call the 800 number for AT&T's warranty department that's listed on your receipt. Have to jump through some hoops and answer some questions, but get angry and demand a replacement. They'll give you one.

I had experienced something similar just recently. I just took out the battery, made sure that the connectors were clean, and put the battery back then it worked again.
I seriously thought all this rooting and custom stuff finally caught up with me, but in the end, don't ignore the most simple solution.

juggalofr33k said:
positive thinking went out the window after the jig attempt... oh well, on eBay at auction for .99 cents to start...
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Whats your ebay ID? I'll bid on that...

white screen FIXED

yup phone is bricked :/ wont power on and when the usb is connected the screen flashes on and off
any help you guys?

Can you get it into Download Mode?
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tried it
get same as this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3pJhP2qAvk

adolfo778 said:
tried it
get same as this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3pJhP2qAvk
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But before you connect usb can you get into download? Your phone is still responsive whith the flashing believe it or not, buy or make a jig and you might be able to still save it.

phone wont even power one :/
ya i bought one though its gonna take forever to get here(coming from china)

have you tried download mode by...pull battery out / plug usb cable / hold volume buttons only ...while holding buttons...pop battery back in...should see this on your phone...
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bigjoe2675 said:
have you tried download mode by...pull battery out / plug usb cable / hold volume buttons only ...while holding buttons...pop battery back in...should see this on your phone...
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ya results in the white screen going on and off again

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526406&highlight=white+screen+flashing
Read and try what was mention here....final product from what I understand, they stilled odin with screen white...?
not sure if it was flashing, but others stated had to do a replacement for this issue.
see if odin still will see your phone even with flashing...
Odin thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251

bigjoe2675 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526406&highlight=white+screen+flashing
Read and try what was mention here....final product from what I understand, they stilled odin with screen white...?
not sure if it was flashing, but others stated had to do a replacement for this issue.
see if odin still will see your phone even with flashing...
Odin thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
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thanks that might help a little ill try it

Let us know, and I will continue to help research, I know qkster has dealt with others in this situation.
How it helps, but will require some reading and understanding on your part, not saying you wont or wont understand, but bottom line your at the end...you have the phone in your hands, all we can do is provide the sources and resources, best of luck, ok

appreciate the help, great support
so I realized that that link you posted with the white screen issue, was that he probably had a white screen like me only difference is that i have a white screen that turns on and off, so odin or any other program only recongnizes it when it temporarly flashes white

Any luck...:thumbup: :thumbdown:
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:thumbdown:

When get home I will look up some info...might be out of luck
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thanks for trying man

The jig may still work. These phones are hard to ruin.
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ppalbicke said:
The jig may still work. These phones are hard to ruin.
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thinking the same...but hope the user hasn't given up...

Right. He should take it from us with all the flashing we have done. I should be bricked by now
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ppalbicke said:
Right. He should take it from us with all the flashing we have done. I should be bricked by now
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Haha I can't even begin to count how many.
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ya ordered a jig about four days ago but it will probably be here in a while (china)
gonna try and make one if i can find a good tutorial
thanks guys

Help! [FIXED!!!]

So today i was using my Skyrocket which was running Cm9 Alpha 2a. Everything was fine and then i put it in my pocket. i take it out and the lock screen is frozen. I then reboot the phone like ive done before, but this time it got to the second Samsung logo and then shut off and kept vibrating. i've gotten into download mode but it shuts off. Anything that i can do to return to stock?
UPDATE:
So I decided to take a chance and visit the AT&T device support center near me. I "forgot" to mention that my phone was rooted and using a custom rom. She came back, laughed and then told me I shouldn't be rooting my phone. She told me she would return my phone to stock. About 10 minutes later I had my phone up and running. I lost root and all of mms but it saved me some money. So my advice; if you're still under warranty,go to a Device support center if you believe you're bricked. More then likely they will love to help you.

If one plugs into computer in dl mode will it stay on
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No it just shuts off.
And it just vibrates. nothing else.

Hmmm jtag that's all she wrote unless your battery is low leave it off charge it for an hr then try
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Thanks ill update if anything happens.

If you don't have a jig.... get one from here.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/

If i get the Jig. all i have to do is plug it in?

nrm5110 said:
Hmmm jtag that's all she wrote unless your battery is low leave it off charge it for an hr then try
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I got it fixed
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How
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I took it to a At&t device support center since it was under warranty. She managed to boot into my phone and saw it was running CM9 and said she'll return it back to stock. And said if happened again to go to back to her and she'll give me a new one
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IEatKittys! said:
I took it to a At&t device support center since it was under warranty. She managed to boot into my phone and saw it was running CM9 and said she'll return it back to stock. And said if happened again to go to back to her and she'll give me a new one
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They'll do that? I thought that if they saw your phone had root/custom stuff that they'd give it right back and say the phone is out of warranty because of it

dvandam said:
They'll do that? I thought that if they saw your phone had root/custom stuff that they'd give it right back and say the phone is out of warranty because of it
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He got lucky and found someone friendly who probably also mods their phone.
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xcrazydx said:
He got lucky and found someone friendly who probably also mods their phone.
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Agreed. All she did was Odin back a stock tar however.
As a side note was this "she" hot? Attractive female tech geeks are a real turn on... just sayin

Honestly idk what she did to get it to turn on. i swear i tried everything, except the Jig because i didnt have one. But yeah she was hot, she had some junk in her trunk. people still say that right? right?

Yeah I'm going to go under the assumption that the odds are much greater that I WON'T find someone who also mods their phone and thus will need to ODIN before I head to the store. I'm still having some battery issues and I want to get a replacement but I know that if they take one look at my phone they'll be able to tell in about 2 seconds that I'm not on stock.

dvandam said:
Yeah I'm going to go under the assumption that the odds are much greater that I WON'T find someone who also mods their phone and thus will need to ODIN before I head to the store. I'm still having some battery issues and I want to get a replacement but I know that if they take one look at my phone they'll be able to tell in about 2 seconds that I'm not on stock.
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If you can Odin yourself, then you should. Back up contacts and anything else because they will most likely erase everything
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Freakish bizarre problem( NOT solved)(video of problem)

Running the latest sky ics for awhile all stable no problems then today it rebooted a couple of time and then finally turned off and just keeps vibrating. Pulling the battery didnt help and i cant seem to get into CWM. Any ideas?
Thanks
Edit: video of the problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hi9fb2xuoY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Try charging the battery, could be something kept your phone awake until a full drain and now it doesn't have enough juice to boot up.

kishke said:
Try charging the battery, could be something kept your phone awake until a full drain and now it doesn't have enough juice to boot up.
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This ^^

also could be sticky power button, repeadetly keep pushing hard on the button until it unsticks

Sticky...
vincom said:
also could be sticky power button, repeadetly keep pushing hard on the button until it unsticks
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!

onealvideo said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!
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Lmfao.
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onealvideo said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!
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its not a joke.............its a known problem with these phones when your watching porn, samsung techs are taking a "hard" look into the problem and spending countless hours trying to reproduce the problem:laugh:

vincom said:
its not a joke.............its a known problem with these phones when your watching porn, samsung techs are taking a "hard" look into the problem and spending countless hours trying to reproduce the problem:laugh:
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Funny... but only kinda

So charging it isnt working anymore. Any other ideas?
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ian1 said:
So charging it isnt working anymore. Any other ideas?
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1) Try a different charger and cord.
2) Take your battery and have it tested to make sure its good.
3) Wiggle the USB connection to see if there's any looseness. It should be solid.

hechoen said:
1) Try a different charger and cord.
2) Take your battery and have it tested to make sure its good.
3) Wiggle the USB connection to see if there's any looseness. It should be solid.
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Well I let it charge for a few hours. But the problem starts when i put in the battery it will boot to the second samsung logo and then a little white line flashes across the bottom and it shuts off and starts vibrating. Idk if i can get into download mode im on vacation and only have my tab and my phone.
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If you get to the second logo you should be able to get to recovery, see if you can get there and let it stand for a bit and if it wont crash.
Charging solved the issue at first and you managed to boot up or just got past the first samsung logo?
If after the second logo it restarts and does it all over again its definitely a stuck power button.

kishke said:
If you get to the second logo you should be able to get to recovery, see if you can get there and let it stand for a bit and if it wont crash.
Charging solved the issue at first and you managed to boot up or just got past the first samsung logo?
If after the second logo it restarts and does it all over again its definitely a stuck power button.
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With the charging i was able to boot. I tryed getting into recovery and it almost does but then there's that white line that flashes and my phone turns off and vibrates until i pull the battery.
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It's a really weird issue, if the line was in the middle I would say it's the crt off animation but you said it's at the bottom. If you can try getting into download mode and see if it hangs.
Any chance you can get a video of the issue and upload it?
Just in case try playing with you power key to make sure it's no the issue.

kishke said:
It's a really weird issue, if the line was in the middle I would say it's the crt off animation but you said it's at the bottom. If you can try getting into download mode and see if it hangs.
Any chance you can get a video of the issue and upload it?
Just in case try playing with you power key to make sure it's no the issue.
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Thanks for your input and ya ill add a video to the op
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hi9fb2xuoY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I just shut down my phone and held the power button, it gets to the second samsung logo, crt off animation and starts vibrating. So it's definitely a stuck power button, the rest is up to you, whether you play with it from the outside or take apart the device and try to clean it.
Edit: when you see this you should change your youtube title to: skyrocket stuck power button
So other people with this issue can find it.
Also vincom when you see this you should link this video in the proper location for an example to a sticky power key.

theres a couple of links in the info section from my first link in my sig which might have a solution for the op, and it does look like its definite sticky power button issue since the phone turns on by itself w/out touching the power button when reinserting the battery, and i added the video link

vincom said:
theres a couple of links in the info section from my first link in my sig which might have a solution for the op, and it does look like its definite sticky power button issue since the phone turns on by itself w/out touching the power button when reinserting the battery, and i added the video link
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Problem solved thanks errybody
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ian1 said:
Running the latest sky ics for awhile all stable no problems then today it rebooted a couple of time and then finally turned off and just keeps vibrating. Pulling the battery didnt help and i cant seem to get into CWM. Any ideas?
Thanks
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BRICKED!?

So this morning I installed SkyJellybean from seanzscreams. I've been using it all morning and into the afternoon. I've installed plenty of custom roms, i have CWM from skater and I've never had a problem... until now. I went on a walk with my girlfriend, phone in my pocket the entire time, when I got back I pulled my phone out and tried to unlock it. Nothing happened. I tried to reset it. Nothing. Pulled battery, tried to go into recovery, tried to go into download mode, absolutely NOTHING. My phone isn't responding whatsoever. Seems like a brick but before the walk the phone was working perfectly fine and now it's dead. I didn't do anything from the time I stopped using it to the time I got home. This makes no sense to me whatsoever. It doesn't even vibrate. What in God's name is going on here?
Tell me what you think.

No offense....but...dead battery?

maybe the battery is dead.
if that doesn't work try a jig USB_JIG

stoopendis said:
No offense....but...dead battery?
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None taken. Thanks for the input. I'll check into that.
EDIT: It would be a fried battery, more like. Now to hit up all of my Android user friends for a compatible battery. If this works... I'll be mad.

-Graff- said:
None taken. Thanks for the input. I'll check into that.
EDIT: It would be a fried battery, more like. Now to hit up all of my Android user friends for a compatible battery. If this works... I'll be mad.
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If you connect up the charger do you get the charging display?
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Same here no charge display.
What next at&t model rooted installed cm and install pa noid android and gaps now nothing
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stoopendis said:
If you connect up the charger do you get the charging display?
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Yeah absolutely nothing. I've kept it plugged in for quite some time now. Just in case. I'm thinking it's not the battery. I ended up calling AT&T and blamed KIES.

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Yeah absolutely nothing. I've kept it plugged in for quite some time now. Just in case. I'm thinking it's not the battery. I ended up calling AT&T and blamed KIES.
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Bummer. Too bad we can't find out what happened! Good luck man.!
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if u usb connect to the pc and pull battery to boot in dl mode and *the pc doesnt recognize it at all* use samsug kies to manually install the device drivers on the computer and odin will should find ur phone. the phone will be blank probably but the green light will turn on in odin. i have bricked this thing bad. sometimes it takes 3-4 days of being dead with no battery in it before it will boot into dl mode.

stoopendis said:
Bummer. Too bad we can't find out what happened! Good luck man.!
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Thanks a lot. It certainly wasn't the battery. Your comments are nice but your avatar is ironic. lol