Hey there guys ive had my sidekick for about a year now and i recently tried to put cwm recovery on it, but i ended up bricking it which has happened before. So i did what i did before when i bricked it and tried to put it into download mode to use odin but for some reason it wasnt doing it so i had to put it into forced download mode which seemed to be fine and odin said it was finished. The issue is it wont come out of download mode now, has anyone else had this happen to them before? if so what did you do to fix it?
You mean you've unplugged it and pulled the battery, and it goes back into download mode when you turn it back on?
Jax184 said:
You mean you've unplugged it and pulled the battery, and it goes back into download mode when you turn it back on?
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Yes that is exactly what im saying.
pyropanda5 said:
Yes that is exactly what im saying.
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Have you tried doing it again but have repartition on as well?
RicAndroid said:
Have you tried doing it again but have repartition on as well?
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Im pretty sure i had that on ill try again in the morning and see how it goes. Also if this phone is permanently bricked it wont matter since im getting a galaxy nexus.
UPDATE: Well guys i tried again but now when i try and odin it after about an eighth of the way through the proccess it says FAIL! and the phones reboots back into download mode
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phone wont go past this ... can't get in to download mode recovery NOTHING how can i fix this ?
Oh noes! What did you do!?
So your phone randomly took a poo? or where you doing something before hand?
was using odin to restore to factory .... said everything went fine and rebooted and i see this
CheesyNutz said:
was using odin to restore to factory .... said everything went fine and rebooted and i see this
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Ok this actually sounds similiar to something that happened to me, so here goes:
Was using Odin back to stock and something went wrong during. The phone screen went into a rainbow/starry clusterfack and then black. Couldn't get into download mode or anything, everytime I booted the stars came back or nothing at all. So eventually I just did what I would do if going into download, pulled batt, plugged in while holding volumes. Nothing came on to the screen but decided to continue, so I hit the volume up do accept the warning screen even though I couldn't see it and finally my phone showed up on my PC. Hit start in Odin and it worked and downloaded luckily. Sorry for the long explanation but, give this a try.
odins not seeing nothing from left to right i see
a phone --!--and a pc with a black screen some how it looks like its in some ultra low download mode :/
i see this
CheesyNutz said:
i see this
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Never seen that but, it looks like your phone is having problems connecting to your PC, try rebooting the PC and then reconnect usb and phone.
Also I did a little googling, and I believe it means a bad flash, some ppl have fixed by a hard reset so try that link.
Here's the thread with different options, not our phone but same situation: thread
xIC-MACIx said:
Never seen that but, it looks like your phone is having problems connecting to your PC, try rebooting the PC and then reconnect usb and phone.
Also I did a little googling, and I believe it means a bad flash, some ppl have fixed by a hard reset so try that link.
Here's the thread with different options, not our phone but same situation: thread
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thanks for the help and info ... a reboot of my laptop fixed the odin not seeing my phone reflashing now ... and its back up and seems fine atm
CheesyNutz said:
thanks for the help and info ... a reboot of my laptop fixed the odin not seeing my phone reflashing now ... and its back up and seems fine atm
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Sweet, glad I could help, usually something simple man lol
yea normally is just freaked me out lol
CheesyNutz said:
yea normally is just freaked me out lol
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Oooh yeah, been there lol
That screen its pretty rare on the infuse, good thing!. They really made this phone pretty much unbrickable under normal conditions.
CheesyNutz said:
i see this
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That is a form of download mode. Open odin and try connecting phone to pc ans see if odin reads it. If it doesnt kerp trying it will eventually. I had this hapoen to my captivate
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bigbadwolf311 said:
That is a form of download mode. Open odin and try connecting phone to pc ans see if odin reads it. If it doesnt kerp trying it will eventually. I had this hapoen to my captivate
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yeah this phone its hardcore unbrickable... haha as bbwolf said its just a DL screen that usually appears (at least to me) when i connect the infuse and use odin with front or externally conected USB ports also happened to me in all 3 ports of my bro laptop
Instead using the back USB ports will prevent the outpowering of the usb port and you will flash flawlessly but Infuse its harcore you really have to mess things up to brick it... if even possible 0.o
If happens again relax... go to a desktop and flash with a back USB u will be back on track in notime
Samething happened to me, I ended up getting a factory replacement. The same day I placed the order with att I finally got Odin to work.
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Had that exact screen when my phone took a tumble half way in a odin flash I took battery out plugged back in and odin recognized and flashed took a really long time though to flash longer than normal not sure why
Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
atrix4nag said:
Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
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You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
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nash2000 said:
You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
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When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
atrix4nag said:
When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
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First... what where you doing to get it on blue cmw in the first place?
Also im not saying you are doing it wrong... and im SURE you have tried like 1000 times but lets check:
1.-pull battery out
2.-connect cable to PC and to phone
3.- while connected to PC and battery OUT press BOTH volume keys at same time
4.-while pressing both volume keys and conected to pc trough micro usb introduce the battery
Thats how you go into DL mode... if it DOESNT.... damn... you messed up your bootloader? at the VERY least you should get a:
"Phone-----!-----Computer"
sign....
Not working still? hmm get an usb jig on ebay/amazing or anyplace you like to FORCE the DL mode... still try the steps i provided before... when entering DL mode only 2 buttons nedded not 3 like on CMW recovery read the steps... then try... try.... and try.
If nothing yet:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...Accessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2419wt_905
or something similar... yet im 99% sure doing the correct steps should work.
And i repeat... im not saying your doing it wrong... electronic devices may fail anytime still... put the human part to work and read well the instructions and do them as said before we can blame a piece of metal/plastic xD
I really hope you can get it fixed.
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
2 finger/usb...that dude's phone would have been easily fixed but you told him how to get into something he was already stuck in haha
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atrix4nag said:
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
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Bah =) well you got a working phone now... remember cwm its 3 button, dl mode its 2 and usb connected for next time
i was restoring to an older rom and it said it was restoring boot and then the main maenu came on...it never said it was complete and the menu never comes back on till its done so i figured it was done but now i cant get into recovery or download mode and it gets stuck at the samsung logo..so im screwed ain't i...please help...thanks in advance...
pcrack05 said:
i was restoring to an older rom and it said it was restoring boot and then the main maenu came on...it never said it was complete and the menu never comes back on till its done so i figured it was done but now i cant get into recovery or download mode and it gets stuck at the samsung logo..so im screwed ain't i...please help...thanks in advance...
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Most likely. Just fubared mine by interrupting a CWM flash thinking it was far enough along to matter. Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260
callihn said:
Most likely. Just fubared mine by interrupting a CWM flash thinking it was far enough along to matter. Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260
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how can i use that if i cant get into recovery...?
pcrack05 said:
how can i use that if i cant get into recovery...?
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Have you had any resolution?
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Sorry for the delay, been busy. Try the instructions? Has nothing to do with recovery working. You need odin on your oc and kies ti install the drivers, if it wil go into download mode it can be flashed.
Agreed. Should still be a way to get into download mode, although you may have to use an alternate route. The most reliable method (without extra hardware) is to (once USB cable connected to PC):
Pull battery.
Reinsert battery.
Hold down both volume buttons and plug in the USB cable.
Voila!
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If that fails, then may need a jig.
I have a Verizon Galaxy S7 that I rooted and have been using on T-Mobile. With the new T-Mobile nougat coming out yesterday I tried flashing the new update using Odin. When I tried to flash via Odin it showed failed and my phone was stuck on download mode. So I trying rebooting using the Power + Volume Down and that's when i realized that the phone has been hard bricked. I don't have anything but black screen. When I try to get into recovery it shows "Rebooting Recovery" and then black screen again. Can someone please help me unbrick this phone? Is there anyway to boot from sdcard? Any way to get into a safe mode or something like that?
battery was at % !!!
popmpopm said:
battery was at % !!!
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Battery was around 70% I've also charged the phone overnight
Can you get into download mode? In that case try to flash stock rom
mrd0pe said:
Can you get into download mode? In that case try to flash stock rom
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No I can't get into download mode. Otherwise I would've done exactly what you said. Download mode isn't working. When I try to get into recovery it shows "Recovery Booting" and then it goes black again.
dhman06 said:
Battery was around 70% I've also charged the phone overnight
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you said you can enter to recovery if yes your phone is good
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you said you can enter to recovery if yes your phone is good
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I'm sorry. I don't think I clarified it properly. When I press the Volume Up + Power + Home I see a set of blue letters saying "Recovery Booting ..." I don't see anything after that. The phone goes back to Black screen and I don't see any of the recovery options.
What do you mean by Download mode "Does not work" ? Can you please elaborate.
Also, try to hold the download mode key combination in for like 20 seconds.
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What do you mean by Download mode "Does not work" ? Can you please elaborate.
Also, try to hold the download mode key combination in for like 20 seconds.
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yes if you have blue message you can use download mode
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What do you mean by Download mode "Does not work" ? Can you please elaborate.
Also, try to hold the download mode key combination in for like 20 seconds.
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Well basically when I try to enter the download mode I'm not getting there. Not sure why but similarly i can't access recovery either even though I'm getting the blue message that says "Rebooting Recovery ...."
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yes if you have blue message you can use download mode
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That was my understanding as well, unfortunately I can't ... somehow
dhman06 said:
That was my understanding as well, unfortunately I can't ... somehow
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1- Waits for the battery to be empty ( if phone can be charged again )
or
2- use jig to force phone to star download mode
dhman06 said:
Well basically when I try to enter the download mode I'm not getting there. Not sure why but similarly i can't access recovery either even though I'm getting the blue message that says "Rebooting Recovery ...."
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If you're just faced with a black screen when you try to access download mode, try to plug it in with odin and see if it's detecting anything?
I've been in a similar situation where you are now, and by pressing the combinations for download mode for maybe 30 sec the phone restarted itself a couple of times and evetually I got download mode.
One other time I held the combination and I thought I got into download mode but my screen was still black, and just for the fun of it I plugged it into my computer and opened odin.
Odin said "Added", I flashed stock, wiped everything, restarted and it worked! I then flashed stock rom completely again for safety reasons.
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If you're just faced with a black screen when you try to access download mode, try to plug it in with odin and see if it's detecting anything?
I've been in a similar situation where you are now, and by pressing the combinations for download mode for maybe 30 sec the phone restarted itself a couple of times and evetually I got download mode.
One other time I held the combination and I thought I got into download mode but my screen was still black, and just for the fun of it I plugged it into my computer and opened odin.
Odin said "Added", I flashed stock, wiped everything, restarted and it worked! I then flashed stock rom completely again for safety reasons.
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Yeah tried all those. Nothing worked. Just gonna send it back to Samsung since it's covered under warranty. Thanks for the suggestions though
Just being curious, if one of those hard brick occur, and i take my phone to service, what would they do to fix my phone? is it even possible to fix it, and how much would they request you to pay?
dhman06 said:
Yeah tried all those. Nothing worked. Just gonna send it back to Samsung since it's covered under warranty. Thanks for the suggestions though
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You voided the warranty as you have rooted and tripped the E-fuse
Happened the same to me because of a xposed module. Black screen with a pulsing blue led. Someone sugested to wait for the battery to drain and then try to connect to Odin. I have not tested it.
At the time i panicked and sent it to Samsung immediately without thinking.
Good luck to you.
Hansoliv said:
Happened the same to me because of a xposed module. Black screen with a pulsing blue led. Someone sugested to wait for the battery to drain and then try to connect to Odin. I have not tested it.
At the time i panicked and sent it to Samsung immediately without thinking.
Good luck to you.
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I assume they charged you for service since you rooted it? can i know how much did you pay, my friend also has his phone hard bricked
Ragazzza said:
I assume they charged you for service since you rooted it? can i know how much did you pay, my friend also has his phone hard bricked
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Good day.
As i live in Europe (Portugal), they did not charge me anything.
Take a look into this.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/root-killed-phone-t3464867
Today i got an update to my Galaxy S7, while updating it crashed on the blue screen and shut down. Now i cannot start the phone again the bootloader combinations also have no effect.
I charged the phone now for about 3h but no changes.
Mariost09 said:
Today i got an update to my Galaxy S7, while updating it crashed on the blue screen and shut down. Now i cannot start the phone again the bootloader combinations also have no effect.
I charged the phone now for about 3h but no changes.
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Can you go to download mode?
No it is not possible
Leone/kyleproxx said:
Can you go to download mode?
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I had same issue but I can go to download mode. What can I do from here?
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No it is not possible
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Sounds like the phone is soft bricked. If so, you might want to try using the USB jigs that can be found on ebay for around $5. I'm not sure if they'll work.
Here's some example videos on usb jig:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=usb+jig+s7
JFLambert said:
I had same issue but I can go to download mode. What can I do from here?
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Sorry it took me so long to reply but try using Odin to reinstall the firmware if you can go to download mode