I was trying to get 2.2 on my captivate. It got hung and after about an hour, I powered down phone (battery out).
I'm now getting [phone... (!).. COMPUTER] picture
Trying to get back to stock ROM 2.1, but I cannot get device in download mode
I had to use adb to get in download mode originally.
Is it possible I got a phone that doesn't go into download mode based on button combinations? If so, what do I do?
Unplug your phone from USB
Pull battery
Close Odin
Open Odin
Put in battery
Hold both volume buttons (NO POWER) and plug in USB
Hopefully this gets you into download mode
Still Fail
I've been trying that, but without open/close of Odin.
Still failed when I added that step.
get to that screen again: hold volume up/down and power at the same time.
When the screen goes black, then release power button but keep holding down volume up/down
Zilch25 said:
Unplug your phone from USB
Pull battery
Close Odin
Open Odin
Put in battery
Hold both volume buttons (NO POWER) and plug in USB
Hopefully this gets you into download mode
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Yes, and remember to keep the volume buttons pressed in while plugging in the USB... I always hold them in until the droid/caution sign comes up.
alabamaroping said:
I was trying to get 2.2 on my captivate. It got hung and after about an hour, I powered down phone (battery out).
I'm now getting [phone... (!).. COMPUTER] picture
Trying to get back to stock ROM 2.1, but I cannot get device in download mode
I had to use adb to get in download mode originally.
Is it possible I got a phone that doesn't go into download mode based on button combinations? If so, what do I do?
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Try the methods prescribed. There are several minor variations but you may have a phone that doesn't do three button recovery. In order to tell, we need some history on your phone. What is the RF Cal date? Were you able to three button into download before? Do you know if it was one of the ones that had the three button problem?
autocorrelation,
I tried that with the usb cable plugged in and without it plugged in.
Still no good.
joeybear23,
I've been trying that all afternoon. Probably about 50 times.
ianwood,
How do I get the RF Cal date? I don't see it under the battery where the S/N is located. I tried to do 3 button recovery to put phone into download mode when trying to install 2.2, but it wouldn't work. I had to use "adb reboot download".
I've never tried it before today. The only issue I've had was that it could NEVER connect to AT&T server to check for an update.
can you get it into recovery mode?
no recovery
No. It won't go into recovery mode either.
The only thing it WILL do is respond to all 3 buttons being pressed by the black screen flash after about 8 seconds.
If you keep holding all 3 buttons will it flash again after the initial black screen? Try releasing the power button and keeping holding vol up/down after the second black screen.
If I keep holding all 3 buttons, it just keeps flashing.
Also tried to let it flash twice (and even more) and releasing power right when it goes to black 2nd (or 3rd) time. Also tried releasing power half way through black screen, and right before black screen re-appears and also just as the screen powers back up. None of them work.
I ran into this yesterday and about freaked out. Don't panic - apparently one of the guys had this happen to them a lot. Take a deep breath, have ODIN open, plug your USB cable in, hold the volume buttons down at the same time, press and hold the power button till you see the phone to computer, and let go. You should get to the download screen again. Good luck; sucks when something like that happens and you don't know what's going on.
I know this wont help much, but I have one of the no 3 button phones, and after 20 minutes of trying all these methods, it did go into d-load mode. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly which combo I used since my brain went into overload when I finally saw the triangle appear. There is hope though, and please PLEASE post which one works for you(I'm afraid to mess with mine until I find a foolproof method)
I had a phone that wouldnt respond to ANY 3 button combo I tried. I bricked it (sorta on purpose) to the phone-!-computer screen and went and replaced the phone at AT&T (under the 30 day deal).
It didnt initially work with the 3-button but after the JH7 OTA DL mode and recovery mode work perfectly now. Also, GPS has been completely spot on when testing on my motorcycle with the phone in my backpack running my tracks.
If you are under the 30-day return policy, bring it in and come up with a good reason as to why they should give you a new phone. If not, then you're sorta SOL....
Zilch25 said:
Unplug your phone from USB
Pull battery
Close Odin
Open Odin
Put in battery
Hold both volume buttons (NO POWER) and plug in USB
Hopefully this gets you into download mode
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This method just saved my butt!!!
I have never had trouble getting into recovery or download mode until today when I did a dumb thing. The phone would lock at the ATT screen when trying to power on and if the phone was off and I plugged it in to charge it would freeze and the circle logo that comes up before the green charging battery does.
Every method of getting into download or recovery failed up till now.
Thanks Zilch!!!
Hey guys gonna move this to Q&A.
I had this problem a few days ago after updating to 2.2. I tried every single button/usb/battery combo and nothing worked. FORTUNATELY I was within 30 days of purchasing it (I guess there's a silver lining when diving right into "hacking"), and I brought it to the store with the box and receipt and just told them it gave me an error when turning it on (played dumb) and they swapped it out without even testing. If you're over the 30 days then I think you're pretty much SOL... gotta pay for a replacement.
bricked
I declared it to be bricked and took it back to the store. I have only had it 2 weeks, so I basically pulled the same move of playing dumb and they gave me another one without any problem.
I'm wanting to try to see if I can put it in recovery mode and/or download mode with the buttons without even attaching it to anything, but now I'm paranoid about bricking it.
itsjustaphone said:
I know this wont help much, but I have one of the no 3 button phones, and after 20 minutes of trying all these methods, it did go into d-load mode. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly which combo I used since my brain went into overload when I finally saw the triangle appear. There is hope though, and please PLEASE post which one works for you(I'm afraid to mess with mine until I find a foolproof method)
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Buddy, we need you to remember I'm in the exact position, no combo works and I bricked it after trying to load 2.2
Going into recovery or download will not brick it, its only everything after that point that might get you bricked.
So I was running Cog 2.2 Beta 1 and decided to upgrade to Beta 3. I did the Odin JF6 1-click to flash and then flashed to Cog 2.2 Beta 3, no problem.
This morning I was trying to downgrade to 2.1. I tried to go directly into download mode and holding vol up/vol down after inserting the battery while plugging in the USB cable. That did not work, it went straight to the battery charging screen. Then I used 'adb reboot download' and it worked. Odin found the phone and started flashing. And then hung. For like 8 minutes. I rebooted and now I have the exclamation point between the phone and computer pretty much no matter what. I'm thinking the 3 button recover broke somehow.
I've tried this:
Method 3: (KEY COMBO)
1. Remove the battery, sim card, sdcard if you have one
2. Insert the battery
3. Hold both Volume buttons (from i9000 just down, don't touch the power button)
4. Plug in the USB cable and continue holding both Volume buttons
Several times with no success. Any other ideas or am I screwed?
(BTW, I've searched the forums and have not come across this exact issue, so please forgive me if this is answered elsewhere.)
Thanks!
Use adb command is the fast way to get you into the current state (I've done this once myself).
There used to be instructions on the OneClick Odin thread help your recovery from this state. The way you posted above is not the one. Somehow this was removed.
IIRC, you have to use 3-button method:
1. Hold both vol+ and vol- then press and hold power button.
2. Continue to hold 3 buttons and wait for your phone to boot up then black screen then boot up again.
3. Hopefully, by second or third time, your phone will be in download mode. You can release the buttons after that.
Good luck.
I've tried this method a few times, letting up off of the power button at different stages. No luck. I think it's hosed. Stupid broken 3-button combo...
Welcome to the club, buddy... I have my Captivate on its box... showing the phone-!-Computer symbol out loud like its proud of it...
Ends up mine was bricked and AT&T says they will replace it. Which is cool, but it sucks because they will have an XML of all of my text messages, all of my TiBu files, and a ton of other personal data on the internal card that I do not know how to wipe after a brick. We'll see if they try to steal my identity or something.
I dont know if this is a brick but I cant get any button combos i have tried to work this is a friends phone I am trying to fix. THis post is a copy and pase of another I found on another forup but it pretty much sums up my issue. I cant do the KDZ thing because so far I havent gotten into recovery and I saw another sugestion on how to restore the default rom and settings but it requires having the phone booting properly.
For the last several hours, I've been trying to just get my phone to turn on past the white LG logo against a black screen. I don't know how to get the phone into any kind of recovery mode or emergency mode. I've looked at tutorials on similar phones, none of the suggestions worked. Among those suggestions were:
- Hold the down volume + home button while holding the power button
- Hold the up volume + return button while holding the power button
- Hold the up volume + home button while holding the power button
I've had to take the battery out of my phone and put it back in numerous times. I've tried removing the SD card and replacing the battery. I had my phone rooted and was attempting to install custom recovery via Android Terminal. The last thing I remember was typing "su" and then at the # typing "sh /sdcard/rf.sh". The phone rebooted to the LG and I've been trying to recover ever since.
The phone isn't even recognized by my computer when connected via USB, although when the phone is connected to the computer via USB it will turn on from off position -- ostensibly I think this means it is charging?
I've read at least 12 different fixes on 12 different forums, I've googled, searched, asked for help, and my head is about to explode. There is no example that tells me anything definitive such as:
a) If my phone is for sure bricked
b) How to tell if it is for sure bricked
c) What I can do short of returning the phone
Can anyone help me to figure out a way to at least get my phone to boot up?
So today my "volume up" just stopped working. I was listening to some music on Spotify and when i tried increasing the volume nothing happened. It started working again after a bit, but eventually it just stopped again and hasn't come back.
I assumed it was just an Android bug, since I had the same issue with my power button just yesterday, but after a while it started working again and I haven't had an issue since. So, I rebooted my phone today and it was essentially stuck in fastboot (I previously installed custom ROMs on the phone, but I've been using stock ICS for a few months now). The first time, the phone just stopped there; i couldn't move my selector using any of the buttons. It was frozen. I then took out the battery and rebooted again, this time fastboot seemed to be working, but what was strange was that my "VOLUME DOWN" was acting as a "VOLUME UP" and the "POWER" button was acting as a "VOLUME DOWN". The button that's supposed to be "VOLUME UP" did nothing, so I had no way of executing any of my selections.
After that, I took out the battery again, put back in, and plugged the phone in through USB into the computer. When I booted it, fastboot was stuck again and my phone wasn't showing up in the device manager on my computer. I then unplugged my phone, took out the battery, put it back in, and when I booted it this time, it actually booted into Android without going into fastboot.
At this point, I was just happy I got into my phone, but the volume button is still not working and I am afraid of rebooting the phone in the case that I get into the same fastboot dilemma.
TL;DR: Volume up button gave out. Thought it was an Android problem since I ran into the same issue with the power button earlier. After rebooting, the phone kept getting stuck in fastboot but eventually booted into Android for some reason but the volume up button still doesnt work.
Is there anything I should do? Is this a hardware issue? Should I send in my phone for warranty even though the bootloader is unlocked? Should I find a software solution?
Seems hardware issue to me. Imo try to relock the bootloader and send it to warranty
fruitpunch36 said:
So today my "volume up" just stopped working. I was listening to some music on Spotify and when i tried increasing the volume nothing happened. It started working again after a bit, but eventually it just stopped again and hasn't come back.
I assumed it was just an Android bug, since I had the same issue with my power button just yesterday, but after a while it started working again and I haven't had an issue since. So, I rebooted my phone today and it was essentially stuck in fastboot (I previously installed custom ROMs on the phone, but I've been using stock ICS for a few months now). The first time, the phone just stopped there; i couldn't move my selector using any of the buttons. It was frozen. I then took out the battery and rebooted again, this time fastboot seemed to be working, but what was strange was that my "VOLUME DOWN" was acting as a "VOLUME UP" and the "POWER" button was acting as a "VOLUME DOWN". The button that's supposed to be "VOLUME UP" did nothing, so I had no way of executing any of my selections.
After that, I took out the battery again, put back in, and plugged the phone in through USB into the computer. When I booted it, fastboot was stuck again and my phone wasn't showing up in the device manager on my computer. I then unplugged my phone, took out the battery, put it back in, and when I booted it this time, it actually booted into Android without going into fastboot.
At this point, I was just happy I got into my phone, but the volume button is still not working and I am afraid of rebooting the phone in the case that I get into the same fastboot dilemma.
TL;DR: Volume up button gave out. Thought it was an Android problem since I ran into the same issue with the power button earlier. After rebooting, the phone kept getting stuck in fastboot but eventually booted into Android for some reason but the volume up button still doesnt work.
Is there anything I should do? Is this a hardware issue? Should I send in my phone for warranty even though the bootloader is unlocked? Should I find a software solution?
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Hardware issue. The Nexus S has a known problem with the volume and power buttons failing after some time.
So, I am in new territory here. My tf300t suddenly stopped working. I had previous unlocked the tablet (years back) but never installed a custom rom. It was working fine for a few years and I factory wiped along the way a couple times. So a couple months ago I did a factory reset again and it seemed fine for a few weeks. Yesterday I picked it up and I can't get it to turn on. Here are the symptoms:
It will charge and shows a green LED
Can only get a Black screen and will not boot, no ASUS screen or anything
I tried holding power for 30 seconds
I tried holding power and volume down for 30 seconds
I tried the tiny reset hole with a paper clip and the same with power button
When I connect to my computer with a USB it shows up as APX on Windows 10
Is it just dead now? Bricked? Thanks for any insight! Seems strange but maybe it decided to die.
teedoe said:
So, I am in new territory here. My tf300t suddenly stopped working. I had previous unlocked the tablet (years back) but never installed a custom rom. It was working fine for a few years and I factory wiped along the way a couple times. So a couple months ago I did a factory reset again and it seemed fine for a few weeks. Yesterday I picked it up and I can't get it to turn on. Here are the symptoms:
It will charge and shows a green LED
Can only get a Black screen and will not boot, no ASUS screen or anything
I tried holding power for 30 seconds
I tried holding power and volume down for 30 seconds
I tried the tiny reset hole with a paper clip and the same with power button
When I connect to my computer with a USB it shows up as APX on Windows 10
Is it just dead now? Bricked? Thanks for any insight! Seems strange but maybe it decided to die.
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I have no idea what happened to your tablet. If I were in your boots, I would install "Minimal ADB & Fastboot" from here: http://freeandroidroot.com/download-minimal-adb-and-fastboot-all-versions/. Then please check whether the USB driver are installed or not. If not get them here: https://androidmtk.com/download-asus-usb-drivers.
Connect your tablet via USB with your PC. The devise manager should show "Android Phone" => ASUS Composite ADB Interface and "Portable Devices" => TF300
After that seen you have access via ADB to your tablet. Then please flash the latest Asus firmware update to get your tablet on a clean stock rom. For assistance please search the forum. Good luck!