Hey all. So I put my phone back to stock, followed all the guides to the ".". I then took the OTA update to 4.3, and now I believe I have the sudden death brick. When i attempt to power on my phone, it just keeps vibrating, and won't actually start. I was wondering if there are any fixes to this or am I SoL? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I can get it into Download mode for all of 2 seconds, and then it appears the phone shuts off.
TristanR said:
Hey all. So I put my phone back to stock, followed all the guides to the ".". I then took the OTA update to 4.3, and now I believe I have the sudden death brick. When i attempt to power on my phone, it just keeps vibrating, and won't actually start. I was wondering if there are any fixes to this or am I SoL? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Have you try the 3 buttons method to see where it get you? volum down + home button + power.
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Have you try the 3 buttons method to see where it get you? volum down + home button + power.
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The power button didn't seem to be responding.
TristanR said:
The power button didn't seem to be responding.
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Try the Hard Brick debrick method in the Q/A section
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Sandman-007 said:
Try the Hard Brick debrick method in the Q/A section
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That unfortunately didn't work. Does the same thing as it did before hand. I did notice that I can get it into download mode for a second or two. Does that help me at all?
By the way, it says recovery booting when it turns on following that guide.
TristanR said:
That unfortunately didn't work. Does the same thing as it did before hand. I did notice that I can get it into download mode for a second or two. Does that help me at all?
By the way, it says recovery booting when it turns on following that guide.
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Try to repeat the process, rewrite the image to your sdcard, then try again (usually obtain results after 3-4 trials). Make sure you pull the battery, then insert the sdcard....like the instruction said!
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Try to repeat the process, rewrite the image to your sdcard, then try again (usually obtain results after 3-4 trials). Make sure you pull the battery, then insert the sdcard....like the instruction said!
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Ah, it said it wrote successfully the first time so I left it at that. I'll definitely try rewriting it several more times. Thanks for the clarification. I'll update once I have the time to try it
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Try to repeat the process, rewrite the image to your sdcard, then try again (usually obtain results after 3-4 trials). Make sure you pull the battery, then insert the sdcard....like the instruction said!
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So i just tried doing that about 10 times, and I still have no luck. Is there anything else I can do?
TristanR said:
So i just tried doing that about 10 times, and I still have no luck. Is there anything else I can do?
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JTAG is your next bet!
TristanR said:
Hey all. So I put my phone back to stock, followed all the guides to the ".". I then took the OTA update to 4.3, and now I believe I have the sudden death brick. When i attempt to power on my phone, it just keeps vibrating, and won't actually start. I was wondering if there are any fixes to this or am I SoL? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I can get it into Download mode for all of 2 seconds, and then it appears the phone shuts off.
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I feel like I have asked this a lot lately, if you remove your battery and put it back in does it turn on without you touching the power button?
ThePagel said:
I feel like I have asked this a lot lately, if you remove your battery and put it back in does it turn on without you touching the power button?
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It is... Is that bad?
TristanR said:
It is... Is that bad?
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What he's saying possible your button stuck in a closed position!
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What he's saying possible your button stuck in a closed position!
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Is that a fixable thing? Or should I give up and send it to someone to fix
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Is that a fixable thing? Or should I give up and send it to someone to fix
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This sound crazy but works for many with power button issue:
"Today my phone kept turning off for no reason. Instead of hitting it on the table, this time i hit it against my washer on the rounded corner so i can precisely hit the power button. I had to do it like 10 times but its back up and running. I think its better to do it this way as the washer is plastic. Just a precaution so you don't break your phone"
Also ThePagel had suggested to some folks on this forum and they said it works!
Give it a try, if not working, maybe you need to hit it a little bit harder..without breaking your phone..
Give it a shot! When it happened to me I put a crappy thumb drive under my mouse pad and made sure only the button area got the impact. Be careful doing this. To light and it won't work, to hard and you might crack your screen. You might need to hit it a few times at "just the right speed" before the power button gets unstuck. Make sure you take your battery out as a safety precaution.
buhohitr said:
This sound crazy but works for many with power button issue:
"Today my phone kept turning off for no reason. Instead of hitting it on the table, this time i hit it against my washer on the rounded corner so i can precisely hit the power button. I had to do it like 10 times but its back up and running. I think its better to do it this way as the washer is plastic. Just a precaution so you don't break your phone"
Also ThePagel had suggested to some folks on this forum and they said it works!
Give it a try, if not working, maybe you need to hit it a little bit harder..without breaking your phone..
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Give it a shot! When it happened to me I put a crappy thumb drive under my mouse pad and made sure only the button area got the impact. Be careful doing this. To light and it won't work, to hard and you might crack your screen. You might need to hit it a few times at "just the right speed" before the power button gets unstuck. Make sure you take your battery out as a safety precaution.
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So, it just randomly turned it self back on, and I am thinking this may be an issue with software more than anything, because I also noticed on one point in the screen, without me even touching the phone, you will see the blip of something touching it. I am wondering if maybe I didn't properly flash stock back on or something. I also noticed the bootloader software is running on rev 1 and not 3. Is there a way to use Kies or something to just erase all the contents on the phone and reinstall it like new without having to throw it in download mode? I am rather concerned now about turning it off now that it may actually be at a point where I can fix it.
Maybe this is actually just a hardware error. I am really unsure. Either way, ever since I recieved the OTA 4.3, the splash screen says "Custom". At the very least does anyone have any idea how to get rid of that so I can just call up samsung since it's a shade under a year and if it is hardware I can just get a new phone.
TristanR said:
So, it just randomly turned it self back on, and I am thinking this may be an issue with software more than anything, because I also noticed on one point in the screen, without me even touching the phone, you will see the blip of something touching it. I am wondering if maybe I didn't properly flash stock back on or something. I also noticed the bootloader software is running on rev 1 and not 3. Is there a way to use Kies or something to just erase all the contents on the phone and reinstall it like new without having to throw it in download mode? I am rather concerned now about turning it off now that it may actually be at a point where I can fix it.
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The fact that it powered up when you put the battery in tells me its more hardware than software. The only way to reflash 4.3 from here is Odin or Verizon utility. kies might be pushing 4.3 by now (wasn't last time I checked) but anyway you pick it will do a full erase. Even if you could redo the ota it could still hard brick your phone if it restarts in the middle of installing. Are you sure you have the ota and not one of the 4 or 5 4.3 stock roms?
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The fact that it powered up when you put the battery in tells me its more hardware than software. The only way to reflash 4.3 from here is Odin or Verizon utility. kies might be pushing 4.3 by now (wasn't last time I checked) but anyway you pick it will do a full erase. Even if you could redo the ota it could still hard brick your phone if it restarts in the middle of installing. Are you sure you have the ota and not one of the 4 or 5 4.3 stock roms?
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actually had the battery in for a while. Kies does do 4.3 now. (Kies 3). I don't mind if i do a full erase, I have everything backed up in several locations already. I honestly just want to get this working, or something.
* any way you pick will require you to go into download mode including kies.
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TristanR said:
actually had the battery in for a while. Kies does do 4.3 now. (Kies 3). I don't mind if i do a full erase, I have everything backed up in several locations already. I honestly just want to get this working, or something.
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Kies 3 shouldn't be compatible with our phones. Besides Odin and even the Verizon utility runs much better than kies. it is a system hog with the chance of crashing in the middle of the install.
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* any way you pick will require you to go into download mode including kies.
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Kids 3 shouldn't be comparable with our phones. Besides Odin and even the Verizon utility runs much better than kies. it is a system hog with the chance of crashing in the midfle of the install.
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Alright. Guess I'll do my best to get it into odin mode. Thanks for the help everyone. Hope I can eventually get this up and running again.
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Hi, I'm new here so don't know if i'm posting this in the right place but here it goes... Ok i gave my HTC Inspire to a friend to install the MIUI ROM to it. Afterwards it was running smoothly and had no problems with it. A few days later my Inspire notified me that it had an update to the ROM. At first i wasn't sure to install it because it is a custom ROM and not the default one, but did the update anyways through the phone. Again, the phone worked normal all day, but at some point the screen started glitching untill it turned completly off.
The one strange thing is that the phone seems to function normally because when charged and "turned on" i can hear the sounds and notifications(like email, text and app notifiactions). Also when i connect it to my computer, it recognizes the device.
That happened about three days ago and I have not been able to discover what really is the problem and how to fix it. If there's anyone that could help me i would REALLY appreciate it.
Thanks in advance,
Marialo
most likely was a bad update.
You should boot into recovery and reinstall miui everything should be back.
Keep in mind the devs have to set miui for each device, chances are you updated to the wrong base.
That's what i thought but can't boot into recovery because i can't see the screen... Any advice on that?
Btw, thks for the quick response
Try shutting off the phone completely and booting into your bootloader the old fashioned way by holding down the volume down key, press power, and release volume down once you see the bootloader screen.
If your screen doesn't work during that, you may have a hardware problem on your hands.
Ok thanks; will try that then.
marialo said:
Ok thanks; will try that then.
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or while the phone's on, if you have ADB installed - open a cmd prompt and navigate to where ADB is and type "adb reboot recovery"
Yup try what they said that should work. If not ruu the ruin and really root
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Ok, tried with the volume and power button, but nothing happened. Thanks for the advice, but I'm kind of new with all this and don't really know how to do the other stuff that you guys told me to do... :S Should I get someone that knows a bit more or is it something that i could do with a little info. from the internet?
anudist said:
Try shutting off the phone completely and booting into your bootloader the old fashioned way by holding down the volume down key, press power, and release volume down once you see the bootloader screen.
If your screen doesn't work during that, you may have a hardware problem on your hands.
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I don't know if you would know but... If it were hardware problems; you think I could claim that to htc? Since the phone hasn't had any accidents or anything... :/
marialo said:
I don't know if you would know but... If it were hardware problems; you think I could claim that to htc? Since the phone hasn't had any accidents or anything... :/
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If its rooted warranty won't cover this. Get the ruu (stock exe) from the HTC support site and run it. If the phone still has a black screen after its been returned to stock then the problem is hardware related
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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.
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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 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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EXPERIMENT said:
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.
Recovery Bootloop Fix
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 was on the phone earlier for a fair bit, when I hung up I noticed the battery at 4%. Got home little bit later and when I checked my phone again it was off, I hit the power button so it began to power on, and I them plugged it into AC charger right away while booting up. A couple of minutes later and I noticed it was still on the "One" boot screen (on a sense ROM at the moment, ViperXL 2.1.1). Tried holding power to reboot and it did the same thing.
Figured I leave it plugged in for a little bit, maybe battery was just really low. After about 30 minutes or so it was plugged in, still on the same screen (couldn't power it off it would just reboot). Tried to reboot again, and got stuck on the same screen. This time however I noticed the phone was quite hot, though it seems to be cooling down slightly since I've unplugged it, but not 100% sure.
What could be the issue/any ideas? I haven't flashed anything in over a week, last being ViperXL 2.1.1 and BeastMode Kernel 3.0. First time dealing with potential boot issues as I am always very careful when flashing. Any help is appreciated!
Try reading threads before you post. You may have read a thread that said don't post questions in General. There is a Q&A forum for this.
Anyways, try erasing the caches and rebooting.
Myrder said:
Try reading threads before you post. You may have read a thread that said don't post questions in General. There is a Q&A forum for this.
Anyways, try erasing the caches and rebooting.
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Yeah I was thinking this might not be the right place but wasn't totally sure, I apologize.
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure. After a straight system reboot from recovery did not work, I tried wiping cache's as you said and it booted fine! Much thanks.
Again apologies from rushing to make a thread, just got kind of frustrated with not being able to boot into even the bootloader or just power it down for awhile, for seemingly no reason. Someone can delete this thread if they'd like. Thank you though!
maybe your phone doesnt like the overclock. not all phones can handle high overclocks and some cant work with ANY overclock. i would try letting the phone charge and flashing the stock boot.img
Songlambr37 said:
Who else in the world still use the manly Dell Venue?
who can help us upgrade it to 4.0?
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I think you're lost
Songlambr37 said:
Who else in the world still use the manly Dell Venue?
who can help us upgrade it to 4.0?
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Wtf,.. This is second thread I've seen that in,..
WR
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Chrysis said:
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure.
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Almost always a matter of pilot error (as long as you have a charge light coming on, it should go to hboot no problem). Correct way is to hold vol down rocker, don't let it go, then press the power button for 3 seconds or so. Release the power button (but keep holding vol down). Don't let go of vol down until the hboot screen comes up.
If the screen is on, you can do the same as above, with the only change being: holding the power button down for 5 seconds or so until the capacitive buttons flash, then release the power button.
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Wtf,.. This is second thread I've seen that in,..
WR
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Chrysis said:
Yeah I was thinking this might not be the right place but wasn't totally sure, I apologize.
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure.
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Future reference to boot into.downloader...
-lock screen like you would be putting phone in pocket
-hold power + vol down unroll screen goes off
-let go of POWER BUTTON ONLY right after screen goes off and continue holding vol down.
You'll boot into downloader just fine.
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Sorry to resurrect a slightly old thread, but was there any solution to this? My phone just died last night and won't start back up. It just stays stuck on the loading screen. I went into recovery and deleted the caches just in case, but it hasn't fixed anything. I have a nandroid backup from a weeks ago that I can just if I have to, but I'd prefer not to since I'd lose the app data.
Any ideas?
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Sorry to resurrect a slightly old thread, but was there any solution to this? My phone just died last night and won't start back up. It just stays stuck on the loading screen. I went into recovery and deleted the caches just in case, but it hasn't fixed anything. I have a nandroid backup from a weeks ago that I can just if I have to, but I'd prefer not to since I'd lose the app data.
Any ideas?
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Reading the thread says wiping caches worked for the OP.
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Ah right missed that. Didn't work for me unfortunately. Would re-flashing the ROM without wiping work?
Valohtar said:
Ah right missed that. Didn't work for me unfortunately. Would re-flashing the ROM without wiping work?
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That was going to be my next suggestion. Its your best bet if you don't want to lose all of your app data.
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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.
Power Button Repair relating to Boot Loop
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.
I know there have been threads about this in the past. My phone has actually shut down twice from yesterday to right now and just bootlooped until I take apart the phone and press the power button a couple of times. This process gets hectic and I am avoiding the power button by all means. Now I have only had the phone since September and is under whatever warranty with Samsung. Is it safe to go through with the warranty or is it a waste of time? I am thinking about it just to avoid anything else going wrong. Thanks for reading this.
claudeman said:
I know there have been threads about this in the past. My phone has actually shut down twice from yesterday to right now and just bootlooped until I take apart the phone and press the power button a couple of times. This process gets hectic and I am avoiding the power button by all means. Now I have only had the phone since September and is under whatever warranty with Samsung. Is it safe to go through with the warranty or is it a waste of time? I am thinking about it just to avoid anything else going wrong. Thanks for reading this.
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Wait, what ROM are you on?
Did you do a factory reset? Did you restore to stock ucmc1 using Odin and do a complete factory reset? Are you saying it is the button physically because I highly doubt it unless you provide more information
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claudeman said:
I know there have been threads about this in the past. My phone has actually shut down twice from yesterday to right now and just bootlooped until I take apart the phone and press the power button a couple of times. This process gets hectic and I am avoiding the power button by all means. Now I have only had the phone since September and is under whatever warranty with Samsung. Is it safe to go through with the warranty or is it a waste of time? I am thinking about it just to avoid anything else going wrong. Thanks for reading this.
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make sure ur on stock, then send it in, why would u be afraid
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Wait, what ROM are you on?
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I am on a cm10.1 nightly that has been my daily driver for about a month and a half
Commodore 64 said:
Did you do a factory reset? Did you restore to stock ucmc1 using Odin and do a complete factory reset? Are you saying it is the button physically because I highly doubt it unless you provide more information
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I didn't do any of the resets because I have been using the same ROM for more than a month with no troubles and it just shut off yesterday and kept doing the black screen with vibration intervals every 2 seconds after the Samsung logo popped up unless I pulled out my battery.
vincom said:
make sure ur on stock, then send it in, why would u be afraid
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I am planning on going back to stock. I just wanted to get a little more info on the warranty process if someone has done it. Well when I read some of the past posts they were saying that they wouldn't cover the phone and you would have to pay if they notice any sign of damage and I just have one little knick on one of the corners.