I recently tried to use ODIN to reinstall Android because I felt my phone to be slow in showing up and running certain applications. I did a factory reset before that, but unfortunately it didn't solve my problem. But after installation using ODIN, my phone went into a boot loop. I tried few attempts reinstalling with ODIN but was unsuccessful. I tried even with PIT files. But after that even the bootloop stopped and there was only a black power screen which was visible. But still I was able to access Volume-up + Power + Home button combination to bring up ODIN. I agree that I shouldn't have attempted custom ROM, but still something puzzles me about Samsung Service Center.
The unfortunate thing happened when I went to Samsung Mobile Service Center I was shocked to hear that my mobile needed a LCD SCREEN REPLACEMENT. But I couldnt understand the purpose for it when there was no physical damage and LCD was working fine because, when I gave the mobile for service, I was able to access the Custom ROM installation screen through Volume-up + Power + Home button.
After their inspection, my mobile flashed only a white screen which was not present before. Now I cant access even ODIN screen. I dont understand how it can be a problem with LCD. They have said it would cost 2,200 for LCD replacement. But as I said, LCD was working fine before I gave my mobile for service as I was able to access ODIN screen.
I just had to take my mobile back without servicing, fearing more damage and charges.
I would like to know if LCD replacement should be done just because of using ODIN to install custom ROM. What can I do further? Give in the same service center or some other service center ? Pls help.
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One of my friend tried to root his phone using odin and a firmware for version 9023 while he has a Nexus S GT-i9020t. I've been looking for some hours, and I couldn't find any solution for that problems.
This post has similar symptoms, but still no answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436199
Symptoms
- No backlight at all (seems to be a problem version amoled vs slcd, as I could read)
- Screen is upside down (but buttons, keyboard, etc still react correctly, only the screen display is upside down, so you get to have two phones next to each other to press the right buttons...)
- Can't get into download mode to flash using Odin and the correct firmware. When you hold both volume buttons and plug the USB cable, you get the first attached image. Green lines, nothing else.
What it can do
- Phone can get into the bootloader, but screen is very dim, as you can see in the second screenshot
- Phone can boot normally, you may take screenshots, place phone calls (while guessing numbers), receive phone calls, but the screen backlight stays off, so it's pretty hard to read anything. Tried to get to the display settings to play with the luminosity, without success.
- No problems using adb to send commands to the phone, or using fastboot to flash the device.
What i've tried
1. Downloaded original firmware image from Google, and tried flashing the device using fastboot. Tried 2.3.6 and 4.0.4 for Nexus S worldwide (i9020t) - over here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images . Still no backlight.
2. Tried the One-Click Unbrick for Samsung devices. Installed drivers and everything, the tool return the result Success, but still can't access download mode, or fix the problem.
It looks like the graphic part of the phone is messed up, and i've got no idea on how this could be possibly fixed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated !
I think your AMOLED Screen just died or is going to die. If it is still under warranty, get it replaced. If not, look on ebay and buy a replacement screen. Its a do it yourself procedure. Or take it to a phone repair shop and they'll do it for you.
It's not under warranty anymore, it's 1 year and 2 months old.
I doubt the screen died, since problems started when he installed the wrong firmware. Can a bad firmware cause physical damage to the screen ?
Hi guys, I don't know if there are similar threads within this section, and have decided to post this thread. It has been long since I have touched my i9003, having migrated to the i9000 itself.
Anyway, here's the thing. This phone got submerged about a year ago in the water (due to my brother's stupidity) and the camera did not function anymore as well as the home button. To make things worse, the phone's warranty was already over when it happened. Back then I was tinkering with using ADB and Odin in order to flash custom ROMs and whatnot, then suddenly, I seemed to have pressed a wrong button of sorts during one of the flashing processes and it landed me on the Android system recovery <3e> screen. Now normally, this would be relatively easy with a working home button, because it would be just a simple press to freedom, but of course, as I have stated before, the button was broken.
I tried at first using ADB, but the PC didn't pickup the device/didn't recognize it. It's also recognized as a CDC Abstract Control Model and not the usual standard USB recognition.
Given the circumstances, would it still be possible to recover and reboot back to at least the home screen?
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Hi guys, I don't know if there are similar threads within this section, and have decided to post this thread. It has been long since I have touched my i9003, having migrated to the i9000 itself.
Anyway, here's the thing. This phone got submerged about a year ago in the water (due to my brother's stupidity) and the camera did not function anymore as well as the home button. To make things worse, the phone's warranty was already over when it happened. Back then I was tinkering with using ADB and Odin in order to flash custom ROMs and whatnot, then suddenly, I seemed to have pressed a wrong button of sorts during one of the flashing processes and it landed me on the Android system recovery <3e> screen. Now normally, this would be relatively easy with a working home button, because it would be just a simple press to freedom, but of course, as I have stated before, the button was broken.
I tried at first using ADB, but the PC didn't pickup the device/didn't recognize it. It's also recognized as a CDC Abstract Control Model and not the usual standard USB recognition.
Given the circumstances, would it still be possible to recover and reboot back to at least the home screen?
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Just hold the power button till the phone's screen dims out, phone should reboot into Android.
I forgot to state that every time I reboot it via long pressing the power button, it immediately goes to the 3e Recovery.
Looking for a quick fix here as I can't go to the service centre and get a replacement until at least Tuesday, and I need my phone working before then. I'm hoping someone else has had the same problem and can help me out.
My Moto G froze and became unresponsive (while I was refreshing my Gmail inbox) and it would not accept any input. I held down the power button and the power menu opened, however when I tried to power it off, it wouldn't accept my touch input. So obviously the next course of action was to hold down the power button for 10 seconds to force a reboot. The Motorola logo appeared and the phone vibrated... then it did nothing.
I tried this a few times and still nothing happened. I am able to boot into the bootloader, but apart from that, the phone goes only so far into the boot cycle before the screen goes black and does nothing.
Motorola's website suggests that if the Moto G becomes unresponsive, and the regular 10 second reset doesn't work, you should hold the power button for 120 seconds and keep it plugged in to a charger. This didn't work either. As of right now, my phone is just sitting here on my desk with what I would call a 'black screen of death.' Help would be appreciated.
I cannot boot into recovery, I cannot access anything. The phone is stock, unrooted, and running KitKat 4.4.2 without any modifications whatsoever. It's about 5 months old now, so it's still covered by warranty and I don't want to void it.
Narwhal73 said:
Looking for a quick fix here as I can't go to the service centre and get a replacement until at least Tuesday, and I need my phone working before then. I'm hoping someone else has had the same problem and can help me out.
My Moto G froze and became unresponsive (while I was refreshing my Gmail inbox) and it would not accept any input. I held down the power button and the power menu opened, however when I tried to power it off, it wouldn't accept my touch input. So obviously the next course of action was to hold down the power button for 10 seconds to force a reboot. The Motorola logo appeared and the phone vibrated... then it did nothing.
I tried this a few times and still nothing happened. I am able to boot into the bootloader, but apart from that, the phone goes only so far into the boot cycle before the screen goes black and does nothing.
Motorola's website suggests that if the Moto G becomes unresponsive, and the regular 10 second reset doesn't work, you should hold the power button for 120 seconds and keep it plugged in to a charger. This didn't work either. As of right now, my phone is just sitting here on my desk with what I would call a 'black screen of death.' Help would be appreciated.
I cannot boot into recovery, I cannot access anything. The phone is stock, unrooted, and running KitKat 4.4.2 without any modifications whatsoever. It's about 5 months old now, so it's still covered by warranty and I don't want to void it.
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Can you boot into bootloader mode and use adb command from a pc? If yes, maybe you can try to flash a stock recovery img file via your pc to phone.
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Can you boot into bootloader mode and use adb command from a pc? If yes, maybe you can try to flash a stock recovery img file via your pc to phone.
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Would that require unlocking my boot loader though? I don't want to void my warranty, especially considering I did nothing to the phone and it's currently unresponsive.
I am not sure - but my guess is that bootloader needs to be unlocked to install custom recovery to "recover" & backup userdata before flashing the entire original stock firmware; that's usually the first step we see in all those modding guide in different forums online.
How to get into safe mode
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I suppose you can also contact motorola support to see if they can help you recover your data before getting the phone fixed or replaced under their warranty program.
Hey guys. I'm pretty desperate so i decided to make this thread.
Here is my problem:
I have changed screen on my phone today. Everything went without any problems since I tried to turn on the phone.
When I tried to turn it on I can see only MI logo on display ... Then after couple of seconds phone will restart automatically and goes into Recovery mode.
I tried to boot it from there without any results. Also tried to reset and wipe data without any results.
The biggest problem is that I cant even get into Fastboot menu by pressing Power button + volume down button. So I cant connect my phone with PC and try to flash new ROM.
Any suggestions? I would be really thankful for any advice.
Thank you very much.
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Hey guys. I'm pretty desperate so i decided to make this thread.
Here is my problem:
I have changed screen on my phone today. Everything went without any problems since I tried to turn on the phone.
When I tried to turn it on I can see only MI logo on display ... Then after couple of seconds phone will restart automatically and goes into Recovery mode.
I tried to boot it from there without any results. Also tried to reset and wipe data without any results.
The biggest problem is that I cant even get into Fastboot menu by pressing Power button + volume down button. So I cant connect my phone with PC and try to flash new ROM.
Any suggestions? I would be really thankful for any advice.
Thank you very much.
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Did you follow a tutorial for replacing the screen on your device? Where did you get the screen from? Was your screen replacement just the Touch Panel or the full screen replacement with LCD + Touch Panel? Was it an actual Xiaomi part or an aftermarket part? I would take your device apart again and make sure you didn't leave something loose or disconnected.
Quick question. Was you old display still working where you could see what was going on? Like, was it just cracked or was it completely inoperable?
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Thanks for reply. Yes I followed complete tutorial on youtube. Screen is from ebay. It should be original. I replaced full screen ( lcd + touch panel ).
So found simillar problem as mine - due to improper installation of back cover volume up button was pressed which caused that phone went to recovery menu after start ... ( you have to hold volume up + power key to get to Recovery menu). So I tried to dismantle it again but it didnt help. Still have same problem.
Yes old display is alright. I can see everything just touch screen is broken so I cant do anything on it. But I cant imagine this would be problem of display ....
Give your craftsmanship and handiwork the benefit of the doubt and install your old LCD+Touch Panel and see what happens. If you have everything installed correctly with every cable connected to it proper location then you should be able to boot normally.
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So I was using my phone not doing anything special and the screen wont turn back on. I was somehow able to get into the boot screen and it rebooted and worked but now nothing works. I've tried holding the power button and volume up but the phone just never restarts. I've held the power button forever and it never restarts. I went to at&t because its still under warranty but they told me they dont do that and i have to call a number.
My issue is I have some files I need to get off my phone and it does still work. My alarm is going off now but does anyone know another way I can try and rest this or access my files? I've even considered going to a phone fix shop. Not sure if this is a software issue or a screen issue but its nothing related to damage or water etc.
Any advise appreciated
reboot is power+vol.Down not Vol.Up.
if you ever get the phone back on, report the issue to Samsung Members app on your device (may need to install the app).
Otherwise you can talk to Samsung using their chat feature on their website.
If your phone alarm is going off and etc. etc. then it's very likely just a screen defect. If it's deemed as Not a user abuse then Samsung probably will replace the screen for you.