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[Q] Help: I Bricked My Device?

I've been hacking away at this Captivate for a month since I got it. Maybe a hundred times going into download mode. But, now I cannot get my device into download mode from the: "PHONE --/\-- COMPUTER" screen.
Here's what I've been doing since I've had the phone:
- Pull battery, sd, sim
- Put battery in
- Put USB in
- Hold both Volume and Power down
- Once the PHONE--COMPUTER screen goes black, wait.
- After it goes black one more time, let go of Power button
What is going on? Am I screwed here? I was applying the Ext2 (2.3) lag fix over JH2 when this happened, here's my CMD:
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Was your phone rooted before you tried the fix?

NikAmi said:
Was your phone rooted before you tried the fix?
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Of course! I even pressed "Allow" on superuser. The fix won't continue past a few lines without root access.

pull the battery, sim card, sdacard...
put in the battery, hold volume down, plug in the usb cable and keep holding volume down until you get into download mode.

designgears said:
pull the battery, sim card, sdacard...
put in the battery, hold volume down, plug in the usb cable and keep holding volume down until you get into download mode.
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Worked like a charm!
Super super odd. I've been getting taking this thing into download mode like every 2 minutes since I've had the device. Never had a problem till now!
Why wouldn't my usual procedure in the OP work? It always has for me?

kennethpenn said:
Worked like a charm!
Super super odd. I've been getting taking this thing into download mode like every 2 minutes since I've had the device. Never had a problem till now!
Why wouldn't my usual procedure in the OP work? It always has for me?
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I think those are higher level methods, something may have been messed up and keeping them from working.
I am pretty sure this method is a lower level method that will always work.

Phone won't boot. Help.

Took the battery out, now my phone won't turn on.
sent from outer space.

Truckerglenn said:
Took the battery out, now my phone won't turn on.
sent from outer space.
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1. if you have the battery back in, try holding the power button for >30 sec
2. try hold 3 buttons for recovery?
3. different battery?
4. charged?
5. clean the contacts?
6. jig?

7. Jumper cables?

qkster said:
1. if you have the battery back in, try holding the power button for >30 sec
2. try hold 3 buttons for recovery?
3. different battery?
4. charged?
5. clean the contacts?
6. jig?
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I know all that, but why won't it start without the battery. I've searched but can't find the answer. Can you be more specific ;o)
sent from outer space.

8. Try installing a flux capacitor and juice it up with 1.21 gigawatts. It will send it back to stock but beggers can't be choosers
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Truckerglenn said:
I know all that, but why won't it start without the battery. I've searched but can't find the answer. Can you be more specific ;o)
sent from outer space.
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most of the cell phone i know will need some sort of battery to run.
yours may have been special.
since it cant power up w/o the battery, i'll be a nice guy and buy it from ya. $10 + shipping sounds good?
pony's idea is good too.
if you want, you can also moon walk like m.jackson, build up statics and touch the contact once you build up enough charge, you can turn it on briefly...you may have to moon walk or slide your feet for at least 2 miles though

Huh, gentlemen...this thread>>>
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[Q] M601 will not boot

Hi,
My M601 (Wifi) used to work fine but one day when I charge it just doesn't display any more. I can see it can charge but when I press the power button it shows nothing.
Is there any way I can troubleshoot to find where is the problem??
Thanks.:crying::crying:

Is it defo off?? Is it not a screen of death?? Hold the power and vol up button and see if it resets. Do you get splash screen or nothing after doing this??

Nothing happened after "Vol-up, power" or "Vol-dn, power". No screen at all.

hons9424 said:
Hi,
My M601 (Wifi) used to work fine but one day when I charge it just doesn't display any more. I can see it can charge but when I press the power button it shows nothing.
Is there any way I can troubleshoot to find where is the problem??
Thanks.:crying::crying:
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I faced similar issue , the only thing that was showing was the notification light when charging, after reading all the forums i decided to plug in a micro hdmi cable to the tv so that i can see if the xoom is working.
and yes it was working perfectly fine!!! i could see the screen on tv and the touch was also working but i wasn't able to see anything on the screen(XOOM)
then i finally unscrewed the 2 screws and opened up the xoom , i removed the lcd connection and plugged it again! and THAT WORKED!!!
REALLY!!! TRY That!!!
here is a photo that can help you , you dont have to dig up the whole system, just disconnect the lcd cable and plug it in and be patient please!
for assistance watch this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOPik-u-9uk
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samsung_saad said:
I faced similar issue , the only thing that was showing was the notification light when charging, after reading all the forums i decided to plug in a micro hdmi cable to the tv so that i can see if the xoom is working.
and yes it was working perfectly fine!!! i could see the screen on tv and the touch was also working but i wasn't able to see anything on the screen(XOOM)
then i finally unscrewed the 2 screws and opened up the xoom , i removed the lcd connection and plugged it again! and THAT WORKED!!!
REALLY!!! TRY That!!!
here is a photo that can help you , you dont have to dig up the whole system, just disconnect the lcd cable and plug it in and be patient please!
for assistance watch this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOPik-u-9uk
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Many thanks for your info. Will try and let you know the result.

[Q] TF300T wont turn on

HI,
So, grabbed my TF300T one day and it would turn on, "no prob" its just out of charge, so charged it (led on the power button went green) went to turn it on and nothing! tried soft and hard resets and still nothing!
Does anyone have any ideas or is it just dead? its stock, just unlocked (form ASUS tool).
Cheers.

FatRocker666 said:
HI,
So, grabbed my TF300T one day and it would turn on, "no prob" its just out of charge, so charged it (led on the power button went green) went to turn it on and nothing! tried soft and hard resets and still nothing!
Does anyone have any ideas or is it just dead? its stock, just unlocked (form ASUS tool).
Cheers.
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Try using the reset hole on the left side of your tablet. Hold that down for varying lengths of time.
Does the light still turn on when you plug it in?

cmendonc2 said:
Try using the reset hole on the left side of your tablet. Hold that down for varying lengths of time.
Does the light still turn on when you plug it in?
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I have tried the reset button but with no results.
Yes, when plugged into the mains i get the orange and then green led.

It could also be the power button shiftet out of place. Remove micro sd card and remove the back cover. Ask someone for help if you don't feel comfortable doing this yourself. Be careful with the hdmi and audio connectors. A pry tool is useful but not required.
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Done that too. I had a new motherboard from the last RMA. I think I will just have to face facts that it is now dead
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Last suggestions. Service switch is off. (But that kind of don't happen by itself).
Have you checked if it possible to put it in apx mode? Have you done the nvflash/wheelie/flatline backup?
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Connect to PC as USB Storage

For some reason my Note 5 doesnt seem to want to connect to my Windows 10 PC as USB storage. Did they nix this too or is it still possible?

ultimatdan said:
For some reason my Note 5 doesnt seem to want to connect to my Windows 10 PC as USB storage. Did they nix this too or is it still possible?
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Should still be possible. What does it say in the top status bar when you have it plugged in? Does it show connected as installer?
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Jacob11701 said:
Should still be possible. What does it say in the top status bar when you have it plugged in? Does it show connected as installer?
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On the phone it says that its charging and on the PC it says that its an unknown usb device with the drivers failing to install.

ultimatdan said:
On the phone it says that its charging and on the PC it says that its an unknown usb device with the drivers failing to install.
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Try turning USB debugging on in the developer options. Restart phone then plug up
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this is what it shows before anything tries to install properly.
Then this is when the computer found the drivers when the phone showed mtp
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Jacob11701 said:
Try turning USB debugging on in the developer options. Restart phone then plug up
this is what it shows before anything tries to install properly.
Then this is when the computer found the drivers when the phone showed mtp
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Looks like it was the micro usb cable I was using. It wasnt the one that came with the phone and was a bit older. Guess that did the trick, thanks!

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