So I am running cleanrom 5.5.1, unlocked bootloader and original first leak radios. I was texting and all the sudden bam. rebooted to a black screen. Can't access download mode or recovery. The Samsung logo pops up followed by the s3 logo, then a dimly lit black screen that never ceases till battery pull. When I try download mode, some blue text pops up in the upper left hand corner, then reboots to logo screens then back to black screen. Also, when I pull battery and put it back in, plug in a charger and the battery icon appers on screen. When it goes dark I can wake it with the menu button and see the battery icon again. Any suggestions? If not fixable, would I be able to get a replacement from verizon? (I bought the phone less than a month ago renewed contract. Any help is much appreciated!
If the blue text is popping up your trying recovery, not download mode. Pull battery put it back in then hold volume down , home, and power until the download mode warning shows up
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kintwofan said:
If the blue text is popping up your trying recovery, not download mode. Pull battery put it back in then hold volume down , home, and power until the download mode warning shows up
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i too just ran into the black screen after flashing an aosp kernel running slim 3.1 and im trying this way of getting into recovery and i hold down volume home and power and it still boots normally. i think i soft bricked my phone because i see the samsung logo but i never get to a bootlogo and only the hardkeys light up. im losing my damn mind and dont know what to do! i know its fixable cause i can see the samsung logo but i dont know what to do because the three finger salute wont work to get into recovery and i know that my bootloader is unlocked. not trying to thread jack just figured itd be pointless to post a new thread when the op is having virtually the same problem -___- lol go figure the first day i have my s3 i do this ****.. good thing i still have my nexus til i get it fixed.
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i too just ran into the black screen after flashing an aosp kernel running slim 3.1 and im trying this way of getting into recovery and i hold down volume home and power and it still boots normally. i think i soft bricked my phone because i see the samsung logo but i never get to a bootlogo and only the hardkeys light up. im losing my damn mind and dont know what to do! i know its fixable cause i can see the samsung logo but i dont know what to do because the three finger salute wont work to get into recovery and i know that my bootloader is unlocked. not trying to thread jack just figured itd be pointless to post a new thread when the op is having virtually the same problem -___- lol go figure the first day i have my s3 i do this ****.. good thing i still have my nexus til i get it fixed.
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Well you're right. Since you get life it's fixable. I would say pull your battery for a little while. Put it back in then hold volume down, home and while holding them both hold power. Your phone should boot into Odin mode.
Back stock for now....YUCK!
I had exactly what your describing
jndd333 said:
So I am running cleanrom 5.5.1, unlocked bootloader and original first leak radios. I was texting and all the sudden bam. rebooted to a black screen. Can't access download mode or recovery. The Samsung logo pops up followed by the s3 logo, then a dimly lit black screen that never ceases till battery pull. When I try download mode, some blue text pops up in the upper left hand corner, then reboots to logo screens then back to black screen. Also, when I pull battery and put it back in, plug in a charger and the battery icon appers on screen. When it goes dark I can wake it with the menu button and see the battery icon again. Any suggestions? If not fixable, would I be able to get a replacement from verizon? (I bought the phone less than a month ago renewed contract. Any help is much appreciated!
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I had just rooted and flashed Jellywiz the previous day. The next day at work, I don't know why, but I must have experienced some kind of massive battery drain. The phone would not reboot, I would plug it in and it would just vibrate and flash the battery sign on the display every few moments. I had to put the phone on a charger for about 15 minutes and let the battery charge until I was even able to get the phone to boot. I would not boot while plugged into an AC charger until I let it charge. Very weird, and it hasn't happened again since but I swore that my phone was bricked. Basically the battery was so dead it wouldn't boot the phone, let it charge with out ****ing with it for a while and then try and boot it up.
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Well you're right. Since you get life it's fixable. I would say pull your battery for a little while. Put it back in then hold volume down, home and while holding them both hold power. Your phone should boot into Odin mode.
Back stock for now....YUCK!
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I don't know how to use Odin I did the non odin way to root lol I can get into download mode tho so apparently its fixable thank god. I feel like a noob right now I didn't ever do anything like this on my nexus or tbolt and then the first day I do it on my s3 -___- guess I gotta read up on Odin
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I don't know how to use Odin I did the non odin way to root lol I can get into download mode tho so apparently its fixable thank god. I feel like a noob right now I didn't ever do anything like this on my nexus or tbolt and then the first day I do it on my s3 -___- guess I gotta read up on Odin
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Odin is easier then it seems, but make sure you know what you're doing because you can brick your phone with it. However, there is a great guide right here on how to unbrick your phone. Just follow section 5, I did it last night(to just clean up my phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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Odin is easier then it seems, but make sure you know what you're doing because you can brick your phone with it. However, there is a great guide right here on how to unbrick your phone. Just follow section 5, I did it last night(to just clean up my phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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So do I need to do all the steps in section 5 including flashing the radios if I never messed with them prior to rooting?
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So do I need to do all the steps in section 5 including flashing the radios if I never messed with them prior to rooting?
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You may want to double check section 5 it's one file that includes the entire stock ROM including a locked boot loader and the radios that match.
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You may want to double check section 5 it's one file that includes the entire stock ROM including a locked boot loader and the radios that match.
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Oh okay thank you man! Sorry to thread jack op! I'll check it out
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thanks guys
The first several times nothing would work not even download mode, my recovery console was gone too. after several tries download mode popped up so I immediately hooked up to odin and reflashed a stock root. all good now. Still wonder why it borked itself in the first place. Seems to be a mystery but I'm not too keen on flashing cleanrom 5.5.1 again...
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The first several times nothing would work not even download mode, my recovery console was gone too. after several tries download mode popped up so I immediately hooked up to odin and reflashed a stock root. all good now. Still wonder why it borked itself in the first place. Seems to be a mystery but I'm not too keen on flashing cleanrom 5.5.1 again...
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i couldnt get odin to work on my computer for some reason and after searching through google i found a forum on getting into the stock recovery and figured id try it and my phone decided to cooperate and go back to clockworkmod after all that and now my phone is fixed lol technology..
No worries about jacking thread I'm glad my post lead others to help another with not the same but similar issues. I've been out of the dev circle since g1 days but I think its time to play around and execute some system dumps after a bit of tweaking. definitely like Odin! All in one multi partition flaher! Fashing via adb used to be too cumbersome with the early sdk's!
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Yeah I got a lot to learn about programs its crazy how much stuff there is to know and things constantly get added every day lol the android community is very interesting that's for sure
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My infuse died three times this morning. I let the battery charge up just enough to turn the phone on each time... eagerly returning to my web browsing. Shortly after each use the phone would die. On the third time that it died it would not charge. Ive tried multiple charging cables and wall outlet/ pc/ laptop. All i get is the grey and white progress circle. It is only in the 12 o'clock position and flashes about every 5 seconds. Ive searched threads all day with no success.
Update: had samsung logo flash repetitively first time it had done anything besides show the progress symbol, pulled battery put it back in... back to flashing progress logo.
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My infuse died three times this morning. I let the battery charge up just enough to turn the phone on each time... eagerly returning to my web browsing. Shortly after each use the phone would die. On the third time that it died it would not charge. Ive tried multiple charging cables and wall outlet/ pc/ laptop. All i get is the grey and white progress circle. It is only in the 12 o'clock position and flashes about every 5 seconds. Ive searched threads all day with no success.
Update: had samsung logo flash repetitively first time it had done anything besides show the progress symbol, pulled battery put it back in... back to flashing progress logo.
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Flashing progress logo? Wtf is that? Do you mean download mode? Try to get it into download mode and if you can, go from there with fixing it.
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Flashing progress logo? Wtf is that? Do you mean download mode? Try to get it into download mode and if you can, go from there with fixing it.
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He means the flashing loadin circle that was stuck in a 12 o'clock position...
Try going back to stock if possible...but it sounds to me like you may have fried your battery...
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mg2195 said:
He means the flashing loadin circle that was stuck in a 12 o'clock position...Try going back to stock if possible...but it sounds to me like you may have fried your battery...
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Thanks buddy seems we have backup these days in the Gen & Q A sections, (You). Thanks for providing HELP...
what we should do, if we cannot goto download mode? I was unable to goto download mode once, because i had insurance, i replaced for a new device.
but just curious, what we have to do, if we cannot switch on phone or stuck on samsung screen and cannot get into download mode?
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what we should do, if we cannot goto download mode? I was unable to goto download mode once, because i had insurance, i replaced for a new device.
but just curious, what we have to do, if we cannot switch on phone or stuck on samsung screen and cannot get into download mode?
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Lol...I just helped a guy that was stuck on samsung screen and couldn't get download mode...took about two days of trouble shooting but I was finally able to get him into download mode and then back up and running again...as long as something is displayed on the screen your phone is still saveable...just gotta be patient and keep trying...
As for if it won't turn on at all...well chances are its hardware...unless you have the knowledge to mess with the hardware of the phone then you may be stuck...but always try a new cable or a new battery...could be one of those is bad...
Lol and big...its summer so I got a ton of free time...and im not developing anything either so trying to help others is just something occupying my time...as soon as I get a job ill buy a cheap used infuse and ill be back here...although my vivid will remain as my phone in use...but ill have an infuse to dev with ...besides...your always helping people thought I would give you a break lol
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Hey there, first post of the forum but long time follower. i was running paranoid android on my phone (new JB update with butter) and i got stuck when one day while using it, it fell into the notorious boot loop. it wouldnt enter download mode either so i ended up buying a jig that came in the mail today.....and now the phone will go into download mode for 3 seconds and loop over and over.....
please i really need this phone, if theres any way around it, it needs to be posted in this thread ASAP
TY
fckingtrippy said:
Hey there, first post of the forum but long time follower. i was running paranoid android on my phone (new JB update with butter) and i got stuck when one day while using it, it fell into the notorious boot loop. it wouldnt enter download mode either so i ended up buying a jig that came in the mail today.....and now the phone will go into download mode for 3 seconds and loop over and over.....
please i really need this phone, if theres any way around it, it needs to be posted in this thread ASAP
TY
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If you pull out the battery and put it back did the phone automatically turn on by itself then keep rebooting?
Did you try 3 combo buttons to enter recovery vol up+dn and power then release power button but keep holding vol up+dn to enter recovery mod.
If the phone still keep bootlooping then it something wrong with Power button and may you need to replace that.
xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
If you pull out the battery and put it back did the phone automatically turn on by itself then keep rebooting?
Did you try 3 combo buttons to enter recovery vol up+dn and power then release power button but keep holding vol up+dn to enter recovery mod.
If the phone still keep bootlooping then it something with Power button and may you need to replace that.
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yup turns on by itself and reboots constantly. 3 combo for recovery dont work.
fckingtrippy said:
yup turns on by itself and reboots constantly. 3 combo for recovery dont work.
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Then something wrong with your Power buttons hardware need replacement for that.
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Then something wrong with your Power buttons hardware need replacement for that.
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:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
so its not bricked
doesn't sound bricked but it could be tricky to fix. first you have to isolate any hardware problem with the volume or power buttons. maybe pull it apart and clean it. if the usb port is intact it should be salvageable.
one question.... would you sell it? i can always use a backup.
Sounds like power button...but like.dani said...you are not yet in the clear :/
But here's what worked for others:
Rapidly pressing/mashing power button
Taken it apart and blowing the power button area with air compressor
Paying $30 and sending it into some company to fix it
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I can help you. PM me tomorrow and I'll walk you thru it.
We should make a sticky thread for this issue!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WS5I0SpL6c
how to take it apart
Don't take it apart! Geez qk, lol.
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Don't take it apart! Geez qk, lol.
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Did his infuse fixed?
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Did his infuse fixed?
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We talked in PM but we have yet to get our meeting to fix it. I get the impression he's not in that big of a hurry...I don't know.
Maybe I'll just do a tutorial video to explain the steps...when I get some freetime.
If there is anyone else experiencing this issue you may PM me and I can try to help you if you'd like.
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We talked in PM but we have yet to get our meeting to fix it. I get the impression he's not in that big of a hurry...I don't know.
Maybe I'll just do a tutorial video to explain the steps...when I get some freetime.
If there is anyone else experiencing this issue you may PM me and I can try to help you if you'd like.
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Highly appreciate sir if we have video tutorial I owned 3 infuses (me wife and son) my son's phone has this problem i talk to technician and he told it was power button hardware need replacement so I send it to their shop via usps and waiting for shipment back.
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What exactly does the 'jig' do? Cause my infuse won't go into DL mode either
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xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
Highly appreciate sir if we have video tutorial I owned 3 infuses (me wife and son) my son's phone has this problem i talk to technician and he told it was power button hardware need replacement so I send it to their shop via usps and waiting for shipment back.
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OK. I'll try to get one done. Have a lot on my plate currently, plus my wife just got in an accident this morning so thats got me a little preoccupied. But as soon as I can I'll do one.
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OK. I'll try to get one done. Have a lot on my plate currently, plus my wife just got in an accident this morning so thats got me a little preoccupied. But as soon as I can I'll do one.
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All the best wishes for your wife... all else can wait.
Regards.
Thank you, yeah everyone is fine. It could have been really bad. Almost a head on at 50mph. Some douche swerved into her lane and his mirror clipped her driver side window busting it out and breaking our mirror. Then when she pulled over, he just kept on going...
Pretty lame. But fortunately everyone is safe. She had 3 of our kids with her.
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fckingtrippy said:
Hey there, first post of the forum but long time follower. i was running paranoid android on my phone (new JB update with butter) and i got stuck when one day while using it, it fell into the notorious boot loop. it wouldnt enter download mode either so i ended up buying a jig that came in the mail today.....and now the phone will go into download mode for 3 seconds and loop over and over.....
please i really need this phone, if theres any way around it, it needs to be posted in this thread ASAP
TY
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Alright well I don't know if this issue ever got resolved, we did speak but only once in PM but no follow up.
So I was going to make a video of the steps I took the first time I experienced this, where the install failed, phone would reboot back into recovering then the Android guy would fall over and it would reboot again back into recovery and repeating the process infinitely.
So the video I was gonna make explained some pretty indepth steps I took...and I have to admit I haven't wanted to make the vid because I didn't want to go thru the process again especially since I've been working on themes and wanted my phone up and running.
So. Here is something for you to try if you ever run into this problem
( I just had it happen again, and discovered this right before setting up the camera to do the before avoided video, lol )
Anyway it worked for me.
When it starts to recovery bootloop, 3 finger hold (power, vol up, vol down) keep holding while Samsung appears.
Continue to hold, Samsung will disappear, then when it reappears a second time release the buttons and you should enter recovery without a bootloop.
Then flash a different rom than the one that obviously gave you a bad flash.
Hope that helps some of you
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I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
Use heimdall n hold the volume buttons n enable flash bootlaoders
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@karose465 How old is the phone? If less than a year (doubtful), it should still be under warranty. Or you may be eligible for upgrade pricing: Fore example, "Customers with a Classic plan (two-year contract) are eligible for our lowest upgrade price on a new phone when at least 22 months have passed since their last phone upgrade. A new two-year contract is required to take advantage of best upgrade pricing. Of course, you can always upgrade a phone at any time, regardless of how many months have passed since your contract began."
For more info on Heimdall, just Google Heimdall Android.
Anyone with a sidekick contract ends earliest next march..
karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Try Odin...choose repartition and you're golden. This is someone that has bricked his phone many, many times. Odin will give you the original stock Froyo.
RicAndroid said:
Try Odin...choose repartition and you're golden. This is someone that has bricked his phone many, many times. Odin will give you the original stock Froyo.
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I think for him and myself, the biggest problem is being unable to get the phone to stay in download mode. For some reason, the battery won't charge and the phone itself continously turns off and on when plugged in. So the charge isn't holding, therefore nothing will stay on/open.
Im having the same problem. I have searched everywere and cannot find an answer that will fix it. If anyone can please help us fix this issue.
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gamingwiz said:
Im having the same problem. I have searched everywere and cannot find an answer that will fix it. If anyone can please help us fix this issue.
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I did some forum searching and found this. Hope it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477838
Thanks ill check into that
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karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Hmm here is a link with for the ODIN and also provides some pretty cool roms that you might like to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538576
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karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Hmm here is a link with for the ODIN and also provides some pretty cool roms that you might like to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538576
Took the phone apart, put everything back. Still no luck
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EpicLordPhone said:
Took the phone apart, put everything back. Still no luck
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Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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my Sidekick 4G is very old and just now went into bootloop... i googled the word and came across this forum.
As quoted above by previous poster that a power button repair was needed... I figured that I had nothing to lose, it being so old, I smashed the crap out of the Sidekick 4G on its power button. Lo and Behold, it booted into the system successfully.
SO... if no one has any qualms about smashing the crap out of their power button... give it a shot. It worked for me.
MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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Thanks for the info, but is there anyway I could turn it on without the power button?
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EpicLordPhone said:
Thanks for the info, but is there anyway I could turn it on without the power button?
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I don't believe so ?
You can switch the power button to like the track pad or something but you need to edit the phones ettings somehow
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immorality said:
I don't believe so ?
You can switch the power button to like the track pad or something but you need to edit the phones ettings somehow
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Hmmm thanks, I might just try that!
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Mines stuck in a boot loop too.
I don't know if my Sidekicks problem is related to this or not. I rooted it and flashed it over to Glorious Overdose v5 on May 22nd this year and it's been running great. At least it was until last Friday, Sep 13. I was having trouble connecting to the WiFi at my house so I rebooted the phone. When it started to come back up a female voice started saying, "VooDoo lagfix has been disabled." "Converting /data and /system partitions." "Conversion time estimated 10 minutes."
I let it do it's thing and that's all it's been doing all weekend. I can get into recovery mode, I've tried restoring the phone from my backup with no success. I've even tried running through the process of setting up GOv5 again and it says it's successful, but the phone never boots up. It just stays in the same blasted bootloop and saying the same things over and over again about VooDoo. I've checked the VooDoo logs and there is an error file for the 13th and the logs following say "conversion." Can someone point me in the right direction as to what I can do to get my phone working again? Everything I've tried to research so far hasn't worked.
v5 hold both volume button, the track button and power button. Should put you into recovery mode. If not, you will have to put phone into download mode. You do this by taking out battery, then pluging into computer. When you reinsert battery hold volume down and power, if I remember correctly, and your download screen should come up. From your cp manually unroot it. Then it should be fixed, and just reroot it. I hope this was helpful
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No idea what I'm doing, precisely, but...
MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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Hey, MythEdge. I'm not sure if you get notifications here or anything, but I registered to this site specifically to thank you; my phone ( Sidekick 4G, like OP ) bricked, and I smashed it against the table a few times ( you know, delicately... ) and it resurrected.
So thank you, sir; you were precisely correct. It worked on both of my phones, which had the exact same problem.
Just, wow. Thank you.
LathyrusRoots said:
Hey, MythEdge. I'm not sure if you get notifications here or anything, but I registered to this site specifically to thank you; my phone ( Sidekick 4G, like OP ) bricked, and I smashed it against the table a few times ( you know, delicately... ) and it resurrected.
So thank you, sir; you were precisely correct. It worked on both of my phones, which had the exact same problem.
Just, wow. Thank you.
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And almost a year later I log in and see this. Your most welcome. I haven't been working on phones for awhile but if I remember right, some models can be powered on by plugging the phone into a power source and when the phone vibrates or has a sign of life unplugging the unit. Some cables don't work and sometimes doing this via a computer can power up a device. Other than that, the other more dangerous way is to short out the pins on the bottom of the unit. I don't remember the pins but you can google a charge port diagram to help. I don't recommend doing this unless you have absolutely no other choice. Incidentally, this is why a phone will power itself on when a battery is put in and no other button is touched. The port is wet and corrosion has caused a link on the power pin and believe its pin 3. A simple cleaning with 90%+ rubbing alcohol solution will fix if cleaned quick enough.
Hi there,
I posted this in General first. I think it should be here.
I have a Rogers Galaxy SGH-i727R. About three weeks ago, the phone started re-starting on it's own. I though maybe it was a sticky power key and had that replaced. The problem persisted. I then noticed that it was primarily upon receiving text messages that the phone would reboot. So it seemed it was a software issue. I am running the stable build of CM9.
Yesterday the phone rebooted and never got off the angry alien screen. I pulled the battery, charged it etc and still could not get it to fully boot up. I left it for over an hour. I finally decided to call it quits and re-flash the phone. Problem is, it will not boot into recovery at all. When I hold down Vol + - and Power, it jsut goes into a loop of vibrating every three seconds until I let go and then it tries a normal boot again. Once, I briefly got a screen saying I was trying to install custom software and to press volume up to do so, but before I could hit volume up, the phone cycled off.
I should also mention that the four buttons on the bottom of the screen do not work. I accidentally sliced the wires on the side of the phone when opening it up. I use a software button saver widget to access their functions. I wonder if that issue is related....
Thanks for any advice. I would like to get into recovery so I can load a new ROM or a stock ROM.
Get a new phone
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jd1639 said:
Get a new phone
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the constructive reply.
read the sticky "read this b4 posting", btw its what you should of done as the answer is there, its above your post, goto near the end of op and do the test
Hey my power button is acting very weird even the slightest touch locks or unlocks the screen or even brings up the power menu. The button itself doesn't appear stuck and and it makes a click when I fully press it. Anyone know how to fix this?
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jasondhsd said:
Hey my power button is acting very weird even the slightest touch locks or unlocks the screen or even brings up the power menu. The button itself doesn't appear stuck and and it makes a click when I fully press it. Anyone know how to fix this?
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This has happened to several people recently. Mine was still under warranty, verizon sent me replacement :laugh:
Mine was doing it on kitkat, in recovery, and on stock rom
Try this. Worked for me after a weekend of dealing with power button issues.
power button problems/Hardware failure?
so i think i got my phone around october of 2012 and i recently hate it! i loved it..i dropped and broke my first one..clumsy me..but it was innevitable..it worked great..then it was stolen got a replacement..phone i have now..i rooted it was careful about device specific blah blah and i had already fixed a hard brick im not stupid...but then my phone started acting super weird..the screen shut down when it tried working it would be dark green and fuzzy...a weekend later i pulled the sim and out it back in.. (for no reason) .. and my screen worked but my power button didnt work any more my screen wont stay asleep and my power menu continually pops up and it reboots (never completely)...like the power button would be jammed...any help idk if i can still get the root off and use triangle away cause my phone doesnt hardly stay working and when in C.W.M it selects random options usually reboot phone (first option)...is my warranty void will they replace my phone again even rooted...it is a hardware not software failure?
btw
using sch-i535 verizon galaxy s3, d2vzw, runnin pac-man jb 4.3.1 <----wasant when this first happened i restored a backup i was running cm 10.2 (jb 4.2.2)
i loved my galaxy s3 please help me love it again
I've had this problem as well but haven't found a solution yet, I'm going to try smashing it on a table like the above video suggests and see what happens
the weirdest part for me is when I odin back to stock the button works perfectly, like brand new, and then I clean flash any rom (4.2.x & 4.3) and it gradually starts messing up again, usually takes about 4-5 days for it to get to the point where I can't even boot to recovery/download.. luckily using the stock samsung cable allows me to enter and stay in download mode to odin back to stock.. rinse and repeat
LoL yeah here's the fix "smash your phone on the ground, but wait, if it doesn't work just do it harder"
That's the best thing I have ever seen.....
This has happened to me twice now.....I just take the button off and make a widget on my homescreen to lock the phone.... LoL LoL LoL this advice is too funny
"yeah dog just run over your phone wit a forklift, problems will be solved yo."
SlimSnoopOS said:
Try this. Worked for me after a weekend of dealing with power button issues.
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Thank you so much SlimSnoopOS for posting that video link. Worked perfectly.