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[Q] Can't get my tablet to boot into Recovery/Download mode

Hello,
Hopefully I'm in the right place for posting something that seems to be this simple. The start of my problem is that the tablet will not stay off. When I try to shut it down, it shuts down normally, but then it starts to display the battery icons like it is plugged in and charging, but it is not connected to power. I can leave it in sleep mode and the charging thing will not happen, but turning it off displays the power charging screen and it further drains the battery. I figured something is screwy with the system so I would try to reset it to factory defaults. Now I have the other problem...
So I am trying to restore to factory defaults and I know to do this I have to start from off and hold down the up volume and the power button for a few seconds and as soon as the tablet starts to turn on release the power button but not the volume up button, and it should get me into the recovery/download screen. Unfortunately that is not working. I hold down the Volume up button and briefly hold the power button (3 or 4 sec or so) and I see the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 startup screen and let go of the power button (still holding the Volume up button). Next I see the spinning blue circle around the Samsung logo and the tablet reboots. I can release the volume up button at any time after that and the results are the same, it just reboots. It's like it isn't seeing the volume button.
I have tried using the volume Down button instead of the volume up button but that too is just like I am not pushing any volume button at all. Once the tablet is on, the volume buttons function normally, so the switches are good.
Since I got this tablet used could someone have loaded something onto it preventing it from being rebooted into recovery/download mode? Maybe some custom firmware or something. I'm at a loss as to where to go next. Since I can't boot into recovery/download mode I can't get into Odin.
Any help is appreciated.
Rick

Hi. The tablet isn't rooted, is it? Can you try to boot it into download or recovery with the "quick boot" app from google play?

I don't think it is rooted, but I can't tell for sure since I can't connect to the Google play store. I tried downloading using the web browser, but my battery dies before if finished. I'll try swapping batteries and see what I can figure out. Thanks for the idea.
Rick

No, the device is not rooted. it also is not charging and I had a heck of a time getting it to connect to the play store. I think I need to try and reload the OS, but without being able to get into ODIN, or reboot into recovery, I'm not sure how to proceed. any suggestions?

When the battery thing appears do the power- volume up thing and hold it until the gtab logo appears.

I've tried that, and it just boots up as if I wasn't holding the volume button at all. Once the tab is booted, the volume buttons work as normal. I've even tried putting a different power/Volume/IR unit in (from a working tab with a broken screen) and that didn't make a difference.
I left the tablet all weekend and it just keeps showing that it is charging when not plugged in. By Monday the battery was 100% dead. It won't even charge. If I replace the battery with a battery from a working unit I'b back in the same place where I can't get it to boot to Recovery/download.

[Q] HTC one S wont start, no blinking, no led

Hi guys !
My HTC One S died yesterday just before going to bed.
It was 10% battery, I used it for 10-15mn and it went down to 3% and then 1% and shut down just before I plug it to the wall charger.
I let it there for 5mn and tried to power it on but nothing happened. I noticed that the charging led was not even working.
I let it overnight charging and this morning, still nothing. I tried to enter bootloader with power+volume down, nothing happen
This morning, I tried :
- 2 hours usb charging, not detected by the computer, no led, won't start even in bootloader
- 2 hours wall charger charging. Still no led, won't start
Any idea on what to try ?

tonio94 said:
Hi guys !
My HTC One S died yesterday just before going to bed.
It was 10% battery, I used it for 10-15mn and it went down to 3% and then 1% and shut down just before I plug it to the wall charger.
I let it there for 5mn and tried to power it on but nothing happened. I noticed that the charging led was not even working.
I let it overnight charging and this morning, still nothing. I tried to enter bootloader with power+volume down, nothing happen
This morning, I tried :
- 2 hours usb charging, not detected by the computer, no led, won't start even in bootloader
- 2 hours wall charger charging. Still no led, won't start
Any idea on what to try ?
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Ok, simulated battery pull.
hold the phone under bright light (sensor see's the light and allows to power on, something about a feature to prevent resetting while the phone is in your pocket). press power button, press and hold power button if that doesn't work.
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Maybe it is locked up, and really has been charging. Press and hold power button for 10 seconds.
Some have had success pulling the sim card, and then pressing the power button. Then when it turns on reinserting sim card.
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Factory Reset option: would erase phone storage though.
If you can’t turn HTC One S on or access settings, you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on HTC One S.
Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then press and hold the POWER button.
Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET, and then press the POWER button.
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Others have switched to trying to charge it connected to USB port and have it suddenly come back to life after a while.

Thanks for the answer
tivofool said:
Ok, simulated battery pull.
hold the phone under bright light (sensor see's the light and allows to power on, something about a feature to prevent resetting while the phone is in your pocket). press power button, press and hold power button if that doesn't work.
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No success with this one
tivofool said:
Maybe it is locked up, and really has been charging. Press and hold power button for 10 seconds.
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No success neither
tivofool said:
Some have had success pulling the sim card, and then pressing the power button. Then when it turns on reinserting sim card.
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The sim card is already out
tivofool said:
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Factory Reset option: would erase phone storage though.
If you can’t turn HTC One S on or access settings, you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on HTC One S.
Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then press and hold the POWER button.
Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET, and then press the POWER button.
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Already tried, the phone doesn't even want to enter bootloader
Others have switched to trying to charge it connected to USB port and have it suddenly come back to life after a while.
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Will try this one !
In fact it really looks like it's dead : no led, nothing happen when I let it charge (it's not even hot) and nothing happen when I push all the possible buttons combinations :crying:

Read my post. Try to do with linux first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46400755&postcount=1485

[Q] Charging forever, can't turn on the phone

Hi all,
I forgot to charge the phone for one night and the battery went fully empty.
Next day, I put the phone on charge, it started charging (the orange light went on) and after two hours I tried to turn it on, but it doesn't turn on.
I tried several things, was charging it for two days, but still can't switch it on. When the power cable is plugged in, the orange light is turned on, but it never gets to green.
Also tried the recovery mode (Volume Down + Power for 10 seconds), but it also doesn't work.
Do you have any idea what could be the problem?
Thanks and regards!

Press And Hold The POWER Button Until Touch Navigation Buttons Start Blinking, Then Press And Hold One Of Navigation Buttons Till Phone Screen Blinks And Navigation Buttons Stop Blinking, Then Release All Buttons And Phone Should Be Reboot.

galvanize2142 said:
Press And Hold The POWER Button Until Touch Navigation Buttons Start Blinking, Then Press And Hold One Of Navigation Buttons Till Phone Screen Blinks And Navigation Buttons Stop Blinking, Then Release All Buttons And Phone Should Be Reboot.
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I've tried holding the Power button, but the touch navigation buttons never start blinking. Tried holding it for 10, 15, 30 seconds, one minute, but without luck

alpetrovski said:
I've tried holding the Power button, but the touch navigation buttons never start blinking. Tried holding it for 10, 15, 30 seconds, one minute, but without luck
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Have You Tried It When Phone In Charge?

galvanize2142 said:
Have You Tried It When Phone In Charge?
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Yes, I tried both on charger and off the charger, no response from the phone.

alpetrovski said:
Yes, I tried both on charger and off the charger, no response from the phone.
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You may want to try and take out the battery for a while and then try again. Another option is to get a new battery to try in the phone.

alpetrovski said:
Yes, I tried both on charger and off the charger, no response from the phone.
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Plug Charger In Darkness And Check Your Phone Screen Turns On In Black Or Not, If Not Hold POWER Button And Check It Again, If Not You Probably Broke Your Battery.

Since i just had this problem i searched and ended in this post.
The solution which worked for me was when the touch navigation buttons blink for 16 times take out from wall charger and plug into PC usb and just press power twice.
It should trigger the phone to wake up from "DEEP SLEEP"
And to my surprise the battery had 57% charge.
I will be reporting this issue to Team Venom as i have Viper C2 5.2.1

[Q] Tf300t black screen, does not power on

Hi guys,
some days ago I found that I couldn't turn my tf300t on. I thought the battery was low, but even after charging it for an entire night (the led on the power/lock button changed colour from orange to green, so it should be charged), if I press the power button nothing happens (black screen, no sound, dead!)
I tried to:
1) press the reset pin;
2) hold the power button pressed for more than 30 seconds;
3) remove the back cover and checked if the battery was correctly plugged in (everything seems at the proper place).
Is the tablet definitely dead or could I try something else?
Any suggestion is very appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
bye.

Z5 hard bricked? Xposed?

So, phone was working great for a while. After the Camera 2.0 was working with xposed, I decided to flash xposed. Right after installing it, it started randomly rebooting, a lot. Like, whenever anything intensive was happening. About couple days later, I decided it wasn't worth it anymore and I ran the xposed uninstaller and cleared the caches.
It booted up okay. The launcher was pretty sluggish though. I opened up an app and I just got a black screen. Nav buttons were still there along with the status bar. Nav buttons were non responsive. Status bar could be pulled down though. I clicked settings, just to do something. Settings also didn't open. I hit the power button to do a restart, and selected restart. It just hung there for a couple of minutes. I forced a shutdown with Vol Up + Power. It did the three short vibrates and powered down.
Now, it won't power back up. Literally non responsive. It doesn't get to the Sony logo, it doesn't vibrate, screen doesn't turn on, and no LED status light comes on. I plug it into the charger, and no status light comes on. I tried Vol Up + Power again, and still nothing. I can't get it into fastboot or flash mode, or have it give any indication that it is alive. I tried pressing and holding the power off button by the SIM tray and get absolutely nothing.
Any ideas?

bazhip said:
So, phone was working great for a while. After the Camera 2.0 was working with xposed, I decided to flash xposed. Right after installing it, it started randomly rebooting, a lot. Like, whenever anything intensive was happening. About couple days later, I decided it wasn't worth it anymore and I ran the xposed uninstaller and cleared the caches.
It booted up okay. The launcher was pretty sluggish though. I opened up an app and I just got a black screen. Nav buttons were still there along with the status bar. Nav buttons were non responsive. Status bar could be pulled down though. I clicked settings, just to do something. Settings also didn't open. I hit the power button to do a restart, and selected restart. It just hung there for a couple of minutes. I forced a shutdown with Vol Up + Power. It did the three short vibrates and powered down.
Now, it won't power back up. Literally non responsive. It doesn't get to the Sony logo, it doesn't vibrate, screen doesn't turn on, and no LED status light comes on. I plug it into the charger, and no status light comes on. I tried Vol Up + Power again, and still nothing. I can't get it into fastboot or flash mode, or have it give any indication that it is alive. I tried pressing and holding the power off button by the SIM tray and get absolutely nothing.
Any ideas?
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At least try plugging it in to your computer, see if it gets recognized

redandblack1287 said:
At least try plugging it in to your computer, see if it gets recognized
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Ah, forgot to mention that. I'm on an osx box right now, but I'm seeing no indication of anything.

bazhip said:
Ah, forgot to mention that. I'm on an osx box right now, but I'm seeing no indication of anything.
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Have you held the power button for an extremely long time, like 15 seconds or so?

redandblack1287 said:
Have you held the power button for an extremely long time, like 15 seconds or so?
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Well, something now. It is registering with the computer as QHUSB_BULK

bazhip said:
Well, something now. It is registering with the computer as QHUSB_BULK
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I'm not an expert in this area but I'd try to get to a windows computer and see if you can get the Sony software to recognize it. Might be able to reflash or repair

DeadBoot Repair
from where these files can be download ??
elabel-E6653-row-row_201510090624488.1_32.0.A.6.152_S1-ELABEL-LIVE-F936-PID1-0004-MMC.zip
FSP_Sumire_Customized-CE5_GENERIC_32.0.A.6.152_1298-7654_R5B_S1-SW-LIVE-F936-PID1-0006-MMC.zip
APP-SW_Sumire_GLOBAL-LTE2A_32.0.A.6.152_1295-7444_S1-SW-LIVE-F936-PID1-0006-MBR.zip
thanks...

bazhip said:
So, phone was working great for a while. After the Camera 2.0 was working with xposed, I decided to flash xposed. Right after installing it, it started randomly rebooting, a lot. Like, whenever anything intensive was happening. About couple days later, I decided it wasn't worth it anymore and I ran the xposed uninstaller and cleared the caches.
It booted up okay. The launcher was pretty sluggish though. I opened up an app and I just got a black screen. Nav buttons were still there along with the status bar. Nav buttons were non responsive. Status bar could be pulled down though. I clicked settings, just to do something. Settings also didn't open. I hit the power button to do a restart, and selected restart. It just hung there for a couple of minutes. I forced a shutdown with Vol Up + Power. It did the three short vibrates and powered down.
Now, it won't power back up. Literally non responsive. It doesn't get to the Sony logo, it doesn't vibrate, screen doesn't turn on, and no LED status light comes on. I plug it into the charger, and no status light comes on. I tried Vol Up + Power again, and still nothing. I can't get it into fastboot or flash mode, or have it give any indication that it is alive. I tried pressing and holding the power off button by the SIM tray and get absolutely nothing.
Any ideas?
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FOR ME, XPOSED ALWAYS DAMAGED SONY STOCKROM BEYOND REPAIR SO I ALWAYS HAD TO REFLASH,
but with you it seems extreme
1. holdin power and volume up button for 15 seconds should jerk device thrice and you device will go in to shutdown mode. try connecting to flashmode now
2. if (1) isn't working then old sony ion trick might do the magic, rubber band your z5 across screen horizontaly in a way that volume DOWN BUTTON is pressed for atleast 8+ hourse (over night) , this will DRAIN your battery fast and let motherboard clear the code. then put it to wall charger for over night! after 1+ day it should start giving you RED led / blink which means battery is extremely low. later you will get constant red led and finally you will come to stage where no led will be present. AT this point unplug and try connecting you device to FLASHMODE
3. Also remove sim tray during this process and next to SIM tray there is RESET button (musshy black or yellow soft button) , should be pressed with some soft pointy material ( see attached foto of my z5p)