bricked any options? - Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Was factory reseting it stuck and turned it self off and on. Now its stuck on asus screen and wont turn off just turns right back on like its looping. Cant acces anything. It is unlocked. any options? Doubting any but figured Id ask.

ajac said:
Was factory reseting it stuck and turned it self off and on. Now its stuck on asus screen and wont turn off just turns right back on like its looping. Cant acces anything. It is unlocked. any options? Doubting any but figured Id ask.
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You could try:
adb reboot bootloader

tobdaryl said:
You could try:
adb reboot bootloader
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yeah pc doesnt even know it exists when I plugged in it. Just sits on Asus and adb doesnt see it unless I am doing something wrong in adb

ajac said:
yeah pc doesnt even know it exists when I plugged in it. Just sits on Asus and adb doesnt see it unless I am doing something wrong in adb
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Force to off and press and hold volume down while it tries to reboot. Timing is everything here so you may need to hold volume down while forcing off with power button and continue to hold volume down.
Otherwise there is a very small hole about 25mm or 1inch below the sdcard. Use a small paper clip and press in gently this creates a forced reset of the processor and will sometimes help. Still no go do the reset again but this time holding volume down.
Press in gently and you will feel the spring collapse; stop there.
This is all I can suggest with your current situation.

tobdaryl said:
Force to off and press and hold volume down while it tries to reboot. Timing is everything here so you may need to hold volume down while forcing off with power button and continue to hold volume down.
Otherwise there is a very small hole about 25mm or 1inch below the sdcard. Use a small paper clip and press in gently this creates a forced reset of the processor and will sometimes help. Still no go do the reset again but this time holding volume down.
Press in gently and you will feel the spring collapse; stop there.
This is all I can suggest with your current situation.
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yeah sadly didnt work ;( thanks though. Guess she dead. pushed the button nothing and have been trying the other for a few days now. Gonna let the battery drain again and try it that way to see if it works. Right now wont even turn off just turns it self back on when i hold down power button and sits on ASUS

ajac said:
yeah sadly didnt work ;( thanks though. Guess she dead. pushed the button nothing and have been trying the other for a few days now. Gonna let the battery drain again and try it that way to see if it works. Right now wont even turn off just turns it self back on when i hold down power button and sits on ASUS
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I'm sorry that and remove back and unplug battery is all I have left.
With your issue I would think Asus would repair your tablet at no cost.
Good Luck!

tobdaryl said:
I'm sorry that and remove back and unplug battery is all I have left.
With your issue I would think Asus would repair your tablet at no cost.
Good Luck!
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well I got into apx mode tablet black but pc recognizes it just not sure what to do with it

ajac said:
well I got into apx mode tablet black but pc recognizes it just not sure what to do with it
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APX = volume up
bootloader = volume down
Try again using volume down for bootloader - from the bootloader you can try for recovery or reboot system plus it may give you access to fastboot.

tobdaryl said:
APX = volume up
bootloader = volume down
Try again using volume down for bootloader - from the bootloader you can try for recovery or reboot system plus it may give you access to fastboot.
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well said earlier cant get into anything can get into apx now and thats about it.

ajac said:
well said earlier cant get into anything can get into apx now and thats about it.
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APX appears useless unless you are on ICS or installed Nvflash while on ICS.
I have a thread about getting into the bootloader or apx but with your restrictions we have tried everything that relates.

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[q] help! My phone wont do anything!

hey guys,
my phone litteraly wont do anything. i f*ed up some fonts using type fresh, then tried to restore using the odin3 downloader. i accidentally closed it, and now my phone wont boot up/react to any buttons pressed. any help? thanks guys!
had the same problem. i cant figure out how to even get odin working, it says one click but when i hook up it to odin it gives me a message that still doesnt tell me ****. i had to send my phone back for a new one and told them i used easyroot on the market bc i didnt know what it was and it sounded cool but now i know not to ever do that again that it messd up my phone. Praying to god that they dont charge my for anything
You should still be able to enter bootloader mode by turning phone off and holding down up/down vol and pwr simultaneously until boot screen flashes then release power button only
it wont even do that
open odin (use the stock one click version)
with the phone off (remove/reinsert the battery if need be) and not plugged in; hold vol. down and insert the usb cable (keep holding vol. down untill you see the download screen). this should put you into download mode and if you have the right drivers odin should recognize the phone.
I've stuffed my captivate on a few occasions and so far I have been able to use this method to get into download mode and fix it.
it wont do anything at all. it wont power on, show up in adb, anything... and stupid att wont do ANYTHING -_- oh well. any help would be appreciated!
Have any of you offering support to the OP actually had your phone in the described state? I've read a few posts where the phone is seemingly completely dead as the OP describes and no one says they've successfully recovered from that state. All I ever see is the same old button combinations/battery/usb shenanigans and statements of that should work and that the phone is unbrickable. I have personally seen a device that was behaving in such a manner and no combination of battery pulling, usb plugging, button holding, or tongue twisting would generate anything from the phone. The only thing the phone would do was get hot.
same here. Phone showed bright green screen...wasnt done with teh flash and said it was finished...now the nly thing I can get is power and hold the vlume up for some IRQ and hex stuff. I posted a questionthis morning but...serious. Vol up and down and any things else gives nothign but a black screen..battery out...back in anything..its torched.
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
daveshih said:
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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when i plug it in, windows doesnt make any noises and doesnt recognize it, and when i use the "adb devices" command, nothing shows up.
daveshih said:
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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Did you read the rest of the posts? The OP already stated several times that the phone does nothing. I realize that most people will say it does nothing or is "bricked" if it simply shows the "connect to computer" screen, but the OP has stated more than once that the phone shows nothing. Yes, everyone is trying to help, but simply repeating what has been said numerous times before doesn't help.
Has anyone actually recovered a phone that displays NOTHING? No logos, no recovery, no nothing.
Last night, i turned off the light in my room when i noticed a glowing from my desk. i walked over, and it turns out my captivate's screen was in fact on, it was just a faint black glow, and none of the power buttons would do anything. when i took the battery out, it shut off completely!
As I pointed out here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757293
Im pretty sure it was my fault for not completely following instructions on the ext4 one click install root, settings.db etc so everyone needs to make sure if the dev says flash before..do it.
State of the phone was, it would not completely power on..therefor no usb drivers would load and Odin cannot see the phone and it can no longer flash..the only thing I could get it to do was show a screen with that text. I put in my post. I ordered it via letstalk.com so I sent it back and assuming they get the same result Ill have a new one hopefully by the end of the week. Im just glad I stil had my old iphone3 to slap my sim card in.
The odin one click flash thing..it just flaked right at the start it looked like..but I cant be sure because as soon as I saw a blue progress bar I stepped into the kitchen for abtou 30 sec..I came back and the screen was florescent green and Odin said it was done. I knew something was wrong as it was way too fast so I unplugged, removed the battery and set it back in...from there on out it would do nothing with the power button unless on a semi rare occasion if I hit the volume up button and power I got the IRQ stuff.
Annoying as I had a nandroid backup just before I started messing with it.
i just sent mine into samsung... back to mah ol trusty blackjack. gonna have to get used to supermario bros 3 instead of spyro....
ANYWAYS theyre sending me a new one!
uiskibum said:
open odin (use the stock one click version)
with the phone off (remove/reinsert the battery if need be) and not plugged in; hold vol. down and insert the usb cable (keep holding vol. down untill you see the download screen). this should put you into download mode and if you have the right drivers odin should recognize the phone.
I've stuffed my captivate on a few occasions and so far I have been able to use this method to get into download mode and fix it.
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So, yes in same state as op... no nothing... couldn't get jack out of it. at all, none
what this post said worked.... not holding power button... nothign...
removed battery
plugged in battery
hold vol down
(still no response)
plug in usb cable and continue holding vol down.
it went to recovery mode
... no holding of power button, just vol down and plugged in USB... give it a shot man, let me know
EDIT: feel free to PM me if you want me to help walk you through it...
ace518 said:
So, yes in same state as op... no nothing... couldn't get jack out of it. at all, none
what this post said worked.... not holding power button... nothign...
removed battery
plugged in battery
hold vol down
(still no response)
plug in usb cable and continue holding vol down.
it went to recovery mode
... no holding of power button, just vol down and plugged in USB... give it a shot man, let me know
EDIT: feel free to PM me if you want me to help walk you through it...
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Hey thanks, but i already sent it to em... thank you everyone for your help!
Just a note... i said before hold vol down and plug in usb. I had it in a pretty bad state tonight. Played around. Same idea as before, but had to hold vol up and vol down. If i brick a few more times, i'll give a better guide. But this phone can DEFINITELY come back from a state where you can't even get it to power on. Figured any additional info on this would be good.

Phone wont power on

I just got this device Ran the NvFlash and oneclick root All was working fine I went to grab a drink came back phone was off now wont turn on period full battery i try to run NvFlash over top again I can hear the computer find the phone when i hold vol up and Down but it gets stuck at waiting for bootloader to INT please help and is this bricked being i can hear the sound when the i hold vol up and down and plug it in the laptop??
nucentury08 said:
I just got this device Ran the NvFlash and oneclick root All was working fine I went to grab a drink came back phone was off now wont turn on period full battery i try to run NvFlash over top again I can hear the computer find the phone when i hold vol up and Down but it gets stuck at waiting for bootloader to INT please help and is this bricked being i can hear the sound when the i hold vol up and down and plug it in the laptop??
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Sounds BRICKED!!! No Bootloader? Ouch. Do you have a jtag rig? If not or if you dont know what one is id say take it back to t-mobile.
Jtag??? whats that
nucentury08 said:
Jtag??? whats that
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If you don't know what it is you don't have one, and more than likely won't know how to use one... have you tried keeping the battery out for a bit (2-3 minutes), I had a minor issue that when I tried booting NVFlash and install recovery, after pulling the battery and replacing it within a second my phone wouldn't boot
nucentury08 said:
I just got this device Ran the NvFlash and oneclick root All was working fine I went to grab a drink came back phone was off now wont turn on period full battery i try to run NvFlash over top again I can hear the computer find the phone when i hold vol up and Down but it gets stuck at waiting for bootloader to INT please help and is this bricked being i can hear the sound when the i hold vol up and down and plug it in the laptop??
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Not to worry -- this happens occasionally. Just try turning it on normally (don't hold vol up + down, just hit power) with the phone plugged-in without the battery, plugged-in with the battery, unplugged with the battery...lather, wash, repeat.
It will work eventually. Not sure what causes the issue, but I've had two of these phones so far and both had this issue.
ok
Erislover said:
Not to worry -- this happens occasionally. Just try turning it on normally (don't hold vol up + down, just hit power) with the phone plugged-in without the battery, plugged-in with the battery, unplugged with the battery...lather, wash, repeat.
It will work eventually. Not sure what causes the issue, but I've had two of these phones so far and both had this issue.
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i dont know why it is doing this anyway ??
Yeah just keep trying remove and replace the battery a couple of times or even more than just a couple of times. I had to do this but it eventually turned back on.

Help getting into the all black screen mode (APX)

Hello everyone, I have tried a number of times last night, to get into APX mode. The forums and other people report that you simply press power and volume up.
I tried power with the volume up, over ten times. The device just reboots normally. I have to add that I have the usb cable connected at all times. Do I have to have the usb cable unplugged initially to get into APX? Also, I am working off of the unbrickable method. The next step is APX, other people who got stuck here, get past it and don't post a solution. Can anyone help me? I am going to finish this up tonight. Thank you
TF300 with ICS .29 or 30
Sent from my SPH-M930BST using xda app-developers app
usbrelic said:
Hello everyone, I have tried a number of times last night, to get into APX mode. The forums and other people report that you simply press power and volume up.
I tried power with the volume up, over ten times. The device just reboots normally. I have to add that I have the usb cable connected at all times. Do I have to have the usb cable unplugged initially to get into APX? Also, I am working off of the unbrickable method. The next step is APX, other people who got stuck here, get past it and don't post a solution. Can anyone help me? I am going to finish this up tonight. Thank you
TF300 with ICS .29 or 30
Sent from my SPH-M930BST using xda app-developers app
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Enter APX
1.To enter APX mode you either have to boot, choose reboot (if available) and hold volume up
pressed until it reboots and then the screen should remain black. Or if that doesn't work, completely
shutdown your tablet and wait a second or two and then hold volume up pressed while pressing
power on and keep it pressed until screen is blank.
or
2. fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
or
3. adb reboot
2 and 3 you still hold volume up.
Good Luck!
I will try this when I get home
tobdaryl said:
Enter APX
1.To enter APX mode you either have to boot, choose reboot (if available) and hold volume up
pressed until it reboots and then the screen should remain black. Or if that doesn't work, completely
shutdown your tablet and wait a second or two and then hold volume up pressed while pressing
power on and keep it pressed until screen is blank.
or
2. fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
or
3. adb reboot
2 and 3 you still hold volume up.
Good Luck!
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Thank You, I wil try that when I get home tonight. I know I can get the device in "fastboot" mode so I will just do that and issue the: "fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot" command and hold the UP volume rocker.
Now that I think of it, I am going to try all methods. I dont have a reboot option after pressing power, just: "Power Off" and "Cancel." I also, never used adb, so I am going to try that out as well.
usbrelic said:
Thank You, I wil try that when I get home tonight. I know I can get the device in "fastboot" mode so I will just do that and issue the: "fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot" command and hold the UP volume rocker.
Now that I think of it, I am going to try all methods. I dont have a reboot option after pressing power, just: "Power Off" and "Cancel." I also, never used adb, so I am going to try that out as well.
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I just remembered something I had previously forgotten. It has been used with success several times.
With unit powered on and holding up volume press reset with a paperclip.
The reset is located about 25mm (1in) below the sdcard.
Good Luck!
Guinea pig
tobdaryl said:
I just remembered something I had previously forgotten. It has been used with success several times.
With unit powered on and holding down volume press reset with a paperclip.
The reset is located about 25mm (1in) below the sdcard.
Good Luck!
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So what does that do?
usbrelic said:
So what does that do?
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It creates a processor reset while holding up volume should put you into apx.
OK Guinea pig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944439
Read post 8 and 9.
It has been used with success several times.
I almost fellout of my chair laughing. I have never seen anything like that posted before. My wife had a good laugh also.
tobdaryl said:
It creates a processor reset while holding up volume should put you into apx.
OK Guinea pig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944439
Read Last two posts.
It has been used with success several times.
I almost fell out of my chair laughing. I have never seen anything like that posted before. My wife had a good laugh also.
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LOL, I thought you wanted me to test it first, I assumed it was for a reset but with all the back and forth about, brick this and brick that, I want to avoid all bricks by any means necessary. Thats would have made for a less than 30 days old, $300 paperweight.
usbrelic said:
LOL, I thought you wanted me to test it first, I assumed it was for a reset but with all the back and forth about, brick this and brick that, I want to avoid all bricks by any means necessary. Thats would have made for a less than 30 days old, $300 paperweight.
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Don't ever do anything you are not comfortable with as you have to live with the result, not me!
Thanks for the laugh!
I should explain better. There is a reset connection on the processor, the purpose is to cause the processor to do a full restart. I don't have a schematic for this unit but normally one side of the switch goes to the reset pin and the other to ground.
I know this will not make you feel safer but just for info.
page 7 my TF300T manual
5
Reset Button
If the system becomes unresponsive, use a paperclip to press the reset button to force the Asus Transformer Pad to restart.

S7 maybe fullbricked

Hi,
i update my Galaxy S7 today with the new DBT-Firmware. I follow a Tutorial in which you can update a rooted Phone with flashify it without loss any data. Also the TWRP works still great after this. I did this with the last Firmware few weeks ago and it works great.
Today it works great also, everything was perfect. Than a last step: I flash the the bootloader seperately in odin. i did this the last time too and it works well. but not at this time.
After Bootloader flash, the device stays in the first Screen with Samsung Logo, i cannot go to Download Mode or Recovery. I tried a USB-Jig, but it changes nothing. The only thing you can do now is, to make a Reset with Power+Volume Down. Than the screen goes black for a second and it shows the Samsung Logo Screen again.
bad thing is: I cant turn off the device!
i remove the SIM and the SD-Card, but no reaction.
Anybody an idea? The battery was half loaded, so maybe it takes a while, before it will shutdown itself.
Mhhh, that's a bad day, i fear. But iam an Idiot, it was the Bootloader-Flash at the end, before that everything was perfect.
Maybe anybody can help me, that were great.
And sorry for my bad english.
Thanks,
Jan
Holding power button for 30 seconds does not power it off?
*Detection* said:
Holding power button for 30 seconds does not power it off?
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No. Iam holding it about a Minute, a few times, nothing happends.
Iam still at the first screen with the logo.
There is a hacky method to remove the back and get to the battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1naej9BnfM
But it will no longer be waterproof
I can't think of any way to power off the phone if holding power does nothing
Have you tried resetting it with the USB Jig inserted?
*Detection* said:
There is a hacky method to remove the back and get to the battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1naej9BnfM
But it will no longer be waterproof
I can't think of any way to power off the phone if holding power does nothing
Have you tried resetting it with the USB Jig inserted?
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Yes, i tried that too. with and without I just can turn off this thing off.
thanks for the link, but i think before i remove the backcover, i better will bring it to repair first. i got an official samsung repair center in my town.
by the way: it was the bootloader from the latest official firmware (G930FXXU1BPH6, DBT-Version).
i cannot explain to myself, what happend i done all this a few weeks ago with the last firmware without any problems.
*Detection* said:
There is a hacky method to remove the back and get to the battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1naej9BnfM
But it will no longer be waterproof
I can't think of any way to power off the phone if holding power does nothing
Have you tried resetting it with the USB Jig inserted?
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Yes, i tried that too. with and without I just can turn off this thing off.
thanks for the link, but i think before i remove the backcover, i better will bring it to repair first. i got an official samsung repair center in my town.
by the way: it was the bootloader from the latest official firmware (G930FXXU1BPH6, DBT-Version).
i cannot explain to myself, what happend i done all this a few weeks ago with the last firmware without any problems.
i will now wait, until it shuts down itself, maybe that took a few hours.
if i can charge it, maybe i can than go into the downloadmode.
If you had 50% battery left, and it's just sitting on the Samsung logo, it might take days to run out
50% battery on idle with the phone booted into Android will last a day or two on its own, just on the logo is like ultra power saving mode
*Detection* said:
If you had 50% battery left, and it's just sitting on the Samsung logo, it might take days to run out
50% battery on idle with the phone booted into Android will last a day or two on its own, just on the logo is like ultra power saving mode
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ok, when it took days until it will go out, than theres only one solution left, i will bring it to repair than.
Reneval said:
ok, when it took days until it will go out, than theres only one solution left, i will bring it to repair than.
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Found this, try holding power and volume down & up together for safe mode (Might not work if it's stuck on the logo, but worth a try)
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Okay. This morning my S7 would not turn off, its not the edge, but basically the same phone.
You must hold down the power, the volume up and down all at the same time for about 15 seconds. (All 3 buttons).
It will go into safe mode. In the safe mode screen hit the volume button down a few times until it moves to restart.
Click the power button, as "enter" and the phone will restart.
It did a restart and I tried again to turn it off and this time, it did work. I will keep you all updated if I have any more issues.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/as...-galaxy-s7-edge-my-screen-won-t-turn-off.html
*Detection* said:
Found this, try holding power and volume down & up together for safe mode (Might not work if it's stuck on the logo, but worth a try)
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Okay. This morning my S7 would not turn off, its not the edge, but basically the same phone.
You must hold down the power, the volume up and down all at the same time for about 15 seconds. (All 3 buttons).
It will go into safe mode. In the safe mode screen hit the volume button down a few times until it moves to restart.
Click the power button, as "enter" and the phone will restart.
It did a restart and I tried again to turn it off and this time, it did work. I will keep you all updated if I have any more issues.
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thanks, but no sucess.
when i hold the three buttons, it goes off after 3 secondes with a one second black screen, than the logo apperas again.
just like with power+volume down.
Reneval said:
thanks, but no sucess.
when i hold the three buttons, it goes off after 3 secondes with a one second black screen, than the logo apperas again.
just like with power+volume down.
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Does Smart Switch see it?
All this is unlikely due to where it is stuck, at the logo, you shouldn't have been able to kill download mode is the thing, that is part of the hardware, nothing to do with the ROM, you 'should' always be able to enter download mode if you hold Volume Down & Home & Power at boot, not sure why it's freezing at the logo before that point
With the S5 there was an unbrick image you flashed to a MicroSD card, put that in the phone, and that took you to download mode where you could recover the phone
See if there is the same thing for the S7, I'm not sure
ok, after the phone shut down itself, i was able to go to the download mode. but only on first try. when it boots normally, it stuck again on that logo an i must wait again until it goes off itself.
flash it than in download mode with latest firmware in odin with 4 parts. power from the usb was enough to stay it on.
now it seems ok, back on latest firmware.
what a hell of an evenig, need a beer right now
You can switch your phone off with the 3 key pressing and holding (vol+, vol-, power) but your phone needs to be connected to power otherwise it will reboot.
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Reneval said:
ok, after the phone shut down itself, i was able to go to the download mode. but only on first try. when it boots normally, it stuck again on that logo an i must wait again until it goes off itself.
flash it than in download mode with latest firmware in odin with 4 parts. power from the usb was enough to stay it on.
now it seems ok, back on latest firmware.
what a hell of an evenig, need a beer right now
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That ran out of power quicker than I expected, good news it's fixed
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That ran out of power quicker than I expected, good news it's fixed
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yes, iam happy now, seems to work fine.
i think it was because the new bootloader don't work with the twrp version that was installed.
on the twrp page there is a new version especially for this firmware. it was published yesterday and i didn't see it.
so i think, after flash the new bootloader over the old twrp it chrashed the whole system.
Reneval said:
yes, iam happy now, seems to work fine.
i think it was because the new bootloader don't work with the twrp version that was installed.
on the twrp page there is a new version especially for this firmware. it was published yesterday and i didn't see it.
so i think, after flash the new bootloader over the old twrp it chrashed the whole system.
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Well if you do it again, make sure your battery is low first in case you have to wait again
Any reason you needed to flash the bootloader over the one that was already there?
*Detection* said:
Well if you do it again, make sure your battery is low first in case you have to wait again
Any reason you needed to flash the bootloader over the one that was already there?
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yes, better i will do so in the future.
an no, there's no reason to replace the bootloader, i only did it to make the whole flash "complete".
a bad mistake, that brought me in sweating. i will learn from that experience.
I exactly have the same problem.
How'd you managed to power it off? just waiting?
'ich könnt kotzen'
nitramin said:
I exactly have the same problem.
How'd you managed to power it off? just waiting?
'ich könnt kotzen'
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I think he just waited for the battery to run out, but try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68456666&postcount=13
Was in the exact same situation.
BUT this post save my day ! =)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68437021&postcount=3839
Hope it will be usefull for dumb people like me !

TWRP seemingly bricked my pixel

So I was trying to make a backup with the latest twrp and I got this error code: createTarFork() process ended with ERROR=255.
I figured, to hell with it I'll reboot. Twrp asked if I wanted to install the twrp app, I said no. Screen goes back, never to turn on again. No button combo holding for any length of time helps. Bummer, right? I was running DU at the time.
Now I'm worried about the RMA, I hope they don't deny me after they get it back into the warehouse.
stonew5082 said:
So I was trying to make a backup with the latest twrp and I got this error code: createTarFork() process ended with ERROR=255.
I figured, to hell with it I'll reboot. Twrp asked if I wanted to install the twrp app, I said no. Screen goes back, never to turn on again. No button combo holding for any length of time helps. Bummer, right? I was running DU at the time.
Now I'm worried about the RMA, I hope they don't deny me after they get it back into the warehouse.
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Does anything happen when you plug the phone into the wall or into the PC?
Have you tried just holding down power for a while?
are you on beta hardware. i noticed today my phone was unresponsive installing twrp it would go black and disconnect from pc. what i had to do to get it to turn back on since it stayed lik that even holding the power button for a while was just hold the volume key and power for a couple min down and power if that dont work try volume up and power just random pushes to get the phone it will go to some debugging screen then just holding buttons till it restarts
exad said:
Does anything happen when you plug the phone into the wall or into the PC?
Have you tried just holding down power for a while?
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cgrimm9 said:
are you on beta hardware. i noticed today my phone was unresponsive installing twrp it would go black and disconnect from pc. what i had to do to get it to turn back on since it stayed lik that even holding the power button for a while was just hold the volume key and power for a couple min down and power if that dont work try volume up and power just random pushes to get the phone it will go to some debugging screen then just holding buttons till it restarts
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I've tried every button combo. Plugged it in to wall overnight and computer. No response. Makes me paranoid about twrp for pixel because I was rebooting from there, but then again it doesn't seem to be a big problem in the community
stonew5082 said:
I've tried every button combo. Plugged it in to wall overnight and computer. No response. Makes me paranoid about twrp for pixel because I was rebooting from there, but then again it doesn't seem to be a big problem in the community
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I thought I was in trouble a couple times. I had to hold volume down and power button for a long time. Finger started to go to sleep
cgrimm9 said:
are you on beta hardware. i noticed today my phone was unresponsive installing twrp it would go black and disconnect from pc. what i had to do to get it to turn back on since it stayed lik that even holding the power button for a while was just hold the volume key and power for a couple min down and power if that dont work try volume up and power just random pushes to get the phone it will go to some debugging screen then just holding buttons till it restarts
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I also had the same situation go on as well. I'm not sure what's is happening but when I boot TWRP the thing just becomes unresponsive and a black screen. I had to hold the buttons for nearly 30 seconds before it worked. Pixel isn't a friendly device to mod. :-/
mac796 said:
I thought I was in trouble a couple times. I had to hold volume down and power button for a long time. Finger started to go to sleep
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That's bizarre! I'll try when I get home. I wonder what's causing this. Did it ever happen again to you? And were you using twrp when it happened?
stonew5082 said:
That's bizarre! I'll try when I get home. I wonder what's causing this. Did it ever happen again to you? And were you using twrp when it happened?
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Yes I was using twrp, I was flashing test build. But it put me into a loop. U got a black screen, and if your computer won't even recognize it , you may be out of luck. I have been using rc2 I know it's not great for restoring backups, but it works good for everything else
That is so strange. I have never come across this issue before. Unfortunately, if you can't seem to get your PC to recognize the device, I don't think there's anything you can do. I guess we will have to be wary about using TWRP. I haven't had any weird issues myself with TWRP but I know others have. Here's hoping google will honor your warranty. I think they will, I don't think see them spending the time to look into what caused your phone to die so I think you'll be able to get a replacement without much hassle.
If you wouldn't mind, please keep us updated.
exad said:
That is so strange. I have never come across this issue before. Unfortunately, if you can't seem to get your PC to recognize the device, I don't think there's anything you can do. I guess we will have to be wary about using TWRP. I haven't had any weird issues myself with TWRP but I know others have. Here's hoping google will honor your warranty. I think they will, I don't think see them spending the time to look into what caused your phone to die so I think you'll be able to get a replacement without much hassle.
If you wouldn't mind, please keep us updated.
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So far so good, sent then phone in and sold the replacement. I'm getting the OnePlus 3t instead.

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