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[Q] Bricked!!!???

OK so I read the first 32 pages of this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7924712#post7924712
and felt confident I could successfully flash the stock ROM, used method two to enter download mode, Odin flashed the ROM the phone shutdown ODIN registered complete. Now the phone will not power on to any state nor will it respond to being plugged into to the wall charger. I assume it is Bricked I have not seen anyone else refer to a completely Bricked phone. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas restoring it.

pull the battery for a few min, put it back in and try that

supposedly these phones are not supposed to brick. I would try and boot it without any cables or batteries in it just off the USB cable for power... did you make sure you pulled your sim card before you tried flashing?

MarioCaptivate said:
supposedly these phones are not supposed to brick. I would try and boot it without any cables or batteries in it just off the USB cable for power... did you make sure you pulled your sim card before you tried flashing?
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well I hope they can not be bricked but this captivate is acting very brickish, thanks for the USB cable tip no dice though, and yes both the sim and SD card were removed thanks

I've had the best experience getting into download mode by:
1. remove sim and sd card
2. open odin
3. insert usb into PC only
4. hold vol. up and down simultaneously
5. insert usb into phone
phone will enter download mode, odin should recognize the device and show a COM connection (this is of course if you have the drivers installed first). Oh and I've noticed that the phone won't go into MTP mode if you are using the launcher pro - you need to switch back to twlauncher before connecting to odin.
when you opened odin the first time, what files did you try to flash? did you check any other boxes in odin?

born_fisherman said:
I've had the best experience getting into download mode by:
1. remove sim and sd card
2. open odin
3. insert usb into PC only
4. hold vol. up and down simultaneously
5. insert usb into phone
phone will enter download mode, odin should recognize the device and show a COM connection (this is of course if you have the drivers installed first). Oh and I've noticed that the phone won't go into MTP mode if you are using the launcher pro - you need to switch back to twlauncher before connecting to odin.
when you opened odin the first time, what files did you try to flash? did you check any other boxes in odin?
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Yeah, absolutely no luck getting to download mode using that or any other of the various routes. but just to be clear at this point the phone is completely dead I have no screen or response to USB. as far as Odin this was a one click package to revert to stock found at this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...12#post7924712
their are no boxes to check like standard Odin, here is a screenshot so you know what I am talking about. Apparently most people in the thread have had great success with the current process I am trying to discover what I did incorrectly to create this problem but I am at a loss right know

Move your post to the Odin section and someone there can help you. This is not the first post I've seen about a bricked phone. Those guys try to brick em and can't.

Rhiannon224 said:
Move your post to the Odin section and someone there can help you. This is not the first post I've seen about a bricked phone. Those guys try to brick em and can't.
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Sorry to be such a noob but what Odin section are you referring to thanks

Don't sweat it I'm a noob too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
It workes, Odin is picky though, you need the drivers listed there and you may need to install and uninstall them a few times before they work correctly. Also follow each step in the order it is written, Odin is picky (I need to say it again). Plenty of people have been in your shoes and they got them to go into download mode so go there and post your question.
Good Luck.

Rhiannon224 said:
Don't sweat it I'm a noob too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
It workes, Odin is picky though, you need the drivers listed there and you may need to install and uninstall them a few times before they work correctly. Also follow each step in the order it is written, Odin is picky (I need to say it again). Plenty of people have been in your shoes and they got them to go into download mode so go there and post your question.
Good Luck.
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Well I got to admit I think I have bricked the unbrickable phone after rereading through the entire thread (my question was posted their the same time I posted here didn't realize that was the thread you were talking about). the few people who had the Black screen of death like myself either found that holding the up volume key and power would get the phone to a text screen and then they could get to the download screen. I have followed these directions Ad nauseam but nothing happens with my phone at all. well at worst I will have proven it can be done how inauspicious

I did the same thing and no one seemed to register that it would do nothing. It never got far enough to allow the pc to even recognize it had a device plugged in, therefor Odin never saw it. Some kind of strange filter in thier heads. All I could do was hit the power and volume up button to get some cryptic hex addresses and IRQ's. No matter how much I tried to power on, remove cards and batteries (overnight mind you) power did nothing. One thing I didnt try that a poster here sais was to plug in after you hit the volume buttons and power but I had to return mine.

Belaflek said:
I did the same thing and no one seemed to register that it would do nothing. It never got far enough to allow the pc to even recognize it had a device plugged in, therefor Odin never saw it. Some kind of strange filter in thier heads. All I could do was hit the power and volume up button to get some cryptic hex addresses and IRQ's. No matter how much I tried to power on, remove cards and batteries (overnight mind you) power did nothing. One thing I didnt try that a poster here sais was to plug in after you hit the volume buttons and power but I had to return mine.
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I honestly wish I could even get that cryptic message on my screen but I get absolutely nothing looks like I will be buying a new phone oh well thanks for the input.

Will not go in download mode

I was at 2.1.1 Cognition and for some stupid reason went into ROM manager and tried to apply my original backup I did when I was just Rooted and on the stock software from ATT.
It got to the data partion and couldnt access it, rebooted and now I get force close errors when it boots. I can virtually do nothing cause the errors just come one after another.
I tried to go into download mode so I could use ODIN and start over and it will NOT go in download mode. I am holding the vol up and down and then pressing power. I am holding all three until the screen goes black twice then letting go of the power. It just goes back to the little circle in the middle meaning its charging.
I am hosed....please help me get this fixed!

The force closes comes from within android...its boots up but is unusable.

gocats7 said:
I was at 2.1.1 Cognition and for some stupid reason went into ROM manager and tried to apply my original backup I did when I was just Rooted and on the stock software from ATT.
It got to the data partion and couldnt access it, rebooted and now I get force close errors when it boots. I can virtually do nothing cause the errors just come one after another.
I tried to go into download mode so I could use ODIN and start over and it will NOT go in download mode. I am holding the vol up and down and then pressing power. I am holding all three until the screen goes black twice then letting go of the power. It just goes back to the little circle in the middle meaning its charging.
I am hosed....please help me get this fixed!
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First of all, for God's sake please post on the RIGHT AREA. This is not develpoment....the mods are tired of saying the same thing and I dont see why is this so hard to understand.
Turn the phone off then Hold Vol Up and Down then plug the usb while holding those.
That is the way mine goes into download mode.

My bad, feel free to move it.
As I posted, I am doing that and cant get into download mode....please help and again sorry for posting to the wrong area. Im kinda freaking out.

Appologies again, I didnt read your post well.
I tried it the way you stated as well and it goes to the charging screen only.
When I post in the future I will pay more attention to where I post, I understand the frustration.

I cant go into recovery or download either one. Am I bricked? I could really, really use some help. I know I screwed it up and it was a great lession...I just dont want it to be a costly one.

1st question - were you able to get into either download mode or recovery mode via the button combos before you installed cognition?
2nd - if you let it boot up will it boot all the way to the lock screen?

1) Yes I was able to get into download mode and recovery mode before I screwed up.
2) Yes, I can get all the way to the lock screen and if i catch it just right I can navigate the os but it is almost impossible.
The backup from within ROM Manager I applied was back to the original OS that came on the phone that was rooted and had rom manager on it.
I would bet that whatever files allow you to get into download mode, etc are gone or something along those lines.
I am about to freak out.

have you tried pulling your battery, sim card, and any external sd card, let the phone set for a minute, then put back only the battery and then try either the recovery or download button combo?

I am able to get all the way to about phone and here is what it says. I have a combination of mess....man I screwed up royally.
Build Number
ECLAIR
Kernel Verson
2.6.29
[email protected] #237
BaseBand Version
I897UCJH7
Firmware Version
2.1 -Update 1
Again, I was on 2.1.2 Cognition and went through ROM manager and applied a backup which was a snapshot of my phone the day I got it, rooted it, and added ROM Manager. Which isnt there now.
I know what I did was really stupid, I know what I should have done. I would just really appreciate any help getting this back or getting it to a point that I could send it back and not get charged for it. I got it from amazon. Do you even think they would look at the file system? I am within my 30 day window.

Yes, it boots up normally meaning not into download or recovery mode. The specific errors I am getting in the os are as follows:
The process android.process.media has stopped unexpectedly and i have to click force close. I do get a few others about browser, phone, gallery, calendar, but in the end the media one is the one that comes up over and over. Since I can get this far surely there is a way to get me back to a workable state that I can fix it.
If not, I wonder if I could connect via usb and try to wipe every file off the darn thing and send it back? Obviously I would like to avoid that but I am running out of options and frankly this is over my head.

I dont think your trying the download mode correctly with the battery out. You need to take your battery out, put the battery back into the phone, hold down BOTH the volume up and down keys at the same time by pushing in the middle of the keys and then plug the usb into your phone. This works every time.

I can get into the phones Hard drive via USB and see the folders. I see .img files within clockwork that were suppose to have applied, not that it it matters.
I wonder if I could delete anything that isnt part of the stock image and send it back and just not be an idiot again? I really dont want to do that but I dont know what to do.

I found this log file on the device and the last line was the error that I got right before it rebooted and I was hosed:
Can't mount /data/!
Failure at line 2:
restore_rom /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/original boot system data cache sd-ext

aNdroidnut I tried it exactly as described and all I get is the lines in a circle stating that its charging then the battery charging. I have tired it the way you said and the way I had done it all the other times.
I think the problem is i have an incomplete OS since it failed in the restore process within ROM Manager because I never should have done it that way.

If you were able to get into download via button combo before you should be able to do it now with after pulling your battery, sim card and external sd card as I mentioned before.
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I can get into the phones Hard drive via USB and see the folders. I see .img files within clockwork that were suppose to have applied, not that it it matters.
I wonder if I could delete anything that isnt part of the stock image and send it back and just not be an idiot again? I really dont want to do that but I dont know what to do.
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If you can get to this point you are not bricked and can recover. I am guessing you are connected to your computer in usb debuggin mode -- this is good as there is another way to get into download mode.
use oden3 one click here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
use download method one in the odin3 instructions if you can get connected to your computer in usb debugging mode. use download method 3 if you can get into download mode via the button combo after a battery pull

i think you failed at reading the warning:
disable the lagfix before trying to use clockwork

Are you trying this with Odin already open?
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When I try what everybody else explains I too just go back to the loading circle. Then it just goes right back to my charging screen. I figured this method out by mere chance one night when tinkering. I haven't seen it posted anywhere, so hopefully this is what you need:
1) open odin
2) pull battery, sdcard, and sim card
3) plugin usb to phone and computer(NO BATTERY YET)
4) hold down vol up and vol down(NO POWER BUTTON)
5) place battery into the phone
This works every time for me no exceptions.
Hope this helps,
S4NDM4NN

OK, I have made progress thanks to the great tools these guys have and your help!
I am shaking as I type this (yea i know its just a phone). I was able via Odin to do a master clear. It rebooted and now I get into the OS and get NO errors. It seems fine but will not go into download mode no matter what I do and I have gone into it many times in the past. I went from stock (via Odin) to Cognition several times initially to really understand the process. I never had problems getting into download or recovery.
I really think, with you guys help, Im going to be ok here. I saw where you wanted me to do method 3. I have tried method 3 many times and method 2 many times.
Since I am able to get it to boot error free I was considering unrooting, rooting, downloading ROM Manager and trying to put Cognition 2.1.2 on it via Rom Manager. BUT before I do that I want advice if you would. Obviously following what I thought got me to this point to start with.

[Q] Phone is a brick after deleting framework-res, help?

K so like an idiot i deleted framework-res, and now my phone turns on to a black screen. I've tried to reflash it with odin and odin 1 click, but it always gets stuck at "file analysis". I don't get why because I used odin 1 click to install froyo in the first place so I know it works.
Anyway, I have no idea what to do, as I can't get any files on or off my phone because ADP will always say the device is not connected.

if its stuck at file analysis keep fiddling until it goes past that for instance plug in into download mode with it open and then unplug and replug it in. just keep trying.

i've been trying for hours... rebooting.. reinstalling.. everything. it won't get past File Analysis...

Are you trying to use the odin 1click to flash back to jf6? That might work.
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droidal said:
Are you trying to use the odin 1click to flash back to jf6? That might work.
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nope, still hangs at File Analysis

i have done the same and now back up i used an old odin to go back to original stock and then updated to froyo after. If you can use sdk adb reboot recovery and fromat your sd card then try odin again this worked for me

maybe try restarting computer. make sure you dont have anything adb related running. pull battery. start odin one click. put battery back in. hold vol-up and down at same time(just the vol. buttons no power) plug in usb from comp. to your phone while you still have the vol. buttons held. should be in download mode. click start.
and if you wanna try pushing a new framework, i guess you could try to boot into recovery and adb should see it then as debugging mode is auto on in recovery mode. let us know.

sbtim said:
K so like an idiot i deleted framework-res, and now my phone turns on to a black screen. I've tried to reflash it with odin and odin 1 click, but it always gets stuck at "file analysis". I don't get why because I used odin 1 click to install froyo in the first place so I know it works.
Anyway, I have no idea what to do, as I can't get any files on or off my phone because ADP will always say the device is not connected.
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Are you using 64 bit Windows 7? I am and had a similar problem. On my original attempts to flash my phone with earlier versions of Cognition, I learned that if you don't disable the lagfix, you can have a problem. Assuming you used one I hope you disabled it. I also used odin 1-click at the time and it didn't work terribly well, mostly due to the voodoo lagfix ext4 filesystem.
Secondly, I've also found that it's best to go into download mode using the following method:
I do a battery pull, remove sim and sdcard (if you have one), put battery back in. Make sure your USB cable is plugged into a USB port on the motherboard, not one of those front USB ports (they sometimes don't get enough juice, you wouldn't want the device to disconnect in the middle of a flash). Hold volume up/down and plug in the USB cable. Odin one click should recognize the phone is hooked up to a COM port. At that point, you click the start button and it flashes. It should not take more than 1-2 minutes to flash. If Odin looks like it it is not working, rather it sits at Verifying or does not actually move at a brisk pace, it's not going to work. You can let it sit for hours and it will never flash. If this happens, do the battery pull and try again. My first time doing this was rather nerve wracking as i thought i bricked my phone. Had the screen with the phone/exclamation mark/computer and the computer did not detect my phone via USB. I've seen people who say reinstalling the Samsung drivers or rebooting the computer or switching USB ports might help as well.
Ever since i figured out the above, i've been able to flash my Captivate on Win 7 64bit without a hitch. Currently running the latest build of Cognition 2.2 and loving it.

I've done all of the above and Odin hangs on Verifying, ADB gives the same error message on every "ADB" command : "error: device offline: (while in recovery mode)
My computer/Odin does recognize that it's plugged in, but it won't mount and let me into the SD card or format it, etc.

edit : fixed
weee

sbtim said:
edit : fixed
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You should post what you did to fix it in case someone has the same issue
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Yes he should.

What did you do to fix it? Do tell.

10 bucks says he succeeded once he read the directions properly.
Reading is hard, that is why so few people do it.

Same exact thing happened to to me 2 days ago. All I did was:
1)take the battery and SIM card out, wait a few seconds,
2)run Odin3 on my PC and hookup the USB cable to the phone while still off
3) hold both Volume buttons down while phone is off and connected
3)at the same time, slide in the battery with 1 finger or have someone do it
4)keep volume keys held down as the battery is installed and my phone turned on straight into download mode
5) phone pops up in Odin3 and just click Start, flashed to stock JH6
I am 80% sure I wasn't holding the power button while holding the Vol keys. If that doesn't work above ^^^ hold all 3 buttons and it should go into download mode.

so.. I fubard framework.apk trying to get teh circle battery mod on my phone (it just hung forever and *poof* black screen o' nothing after I pulled the battery)
So.. I'm following the directions but windows keeps finding the phone as some type of crazy serial device and is asking for drivers ... so I'm fux0red methinks.
Any help is appreciated - but I think I did a real number on this thing.

Ok... these are the steps I've done.
Shutdown the device.
Pulled battery, Sim, SD Card.
Popped the battery back in.... didn't power it up.
Turned on Odin3
Popped the USB cable into the phone while holding both volume buttons.
I get the lil triangle.
... then I get a windows message stating "SERIAL GADGET" and the XP wizard comes up looking for drivers. It doesnt find anything of course.
So.. I rinse and repeat and it can't find the device.
So what am I missing o wise XDA folks?

avgjoegeek said:
Ok... these are the steps I've done.
Shutdown the device.
Pulled battery, Sim, SD Card.
Popped the battery back in.... didn't power it up.
Turned on Odin3
Popped the USB cable into the phone while holding both volume buttons.
I get the lil triangle.
... then I get a windows message stating "SERIAL GADGET" and the XP wizard comes up looking for drivers. It doesnt find anything of course.
So.. I rinse and repeat and it can't find the device.
So what am I missing o wise XDA folks?
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Have you searched for the drivers and installed them on your xp machine?
I'm still a noob so I'm not sure of it will help.
Please though, once you get it sorted please post your solution here for the benefit of those whip comer after you.
Good luck!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788093
Get the right drivers if you havent already and find the USB port that works. Post 8 above is very good. On my netbook, only one of the three usb ports works for the captivate, i've marked it since with a happy face.

Ok.. at home now on my Win7 machine - all is good in Odin restore land...
Except - I flash using the Odin 1 Click and still boot to a black screen.
I think because I had the Voodoo lagfix on it - it won't format correctly and load the rest of the ROM onto the SDCard

[Q] Botched Gingerbread install

So, I went to install gingerbread on my captivate, ripped from the nexus s, but I accidentally flashed the wrong thing. now my phone turns on to the att logo, then it goes away, then about 20 seconds later it comes back. I have been looking for hours on how to get to download mode, and I think that somehow I crippled my chances of using the 3 button combo. I know how to use abd to get to download mode, and my computer shows that my phone is connected when I plug it in at the att logo, but, my PC thinks its a nexus s and it can't find drivers for it. I updated my SDK but it still wont find drivers. is there anyway to install nexus s drivers or to get my phone into download mode without a jig?

Just take the battery out and plug in usb cable while holding volume up and down. (I had the same problem until someone suggested this)

that didn't do anything. if it matters, my phone wont even get to the battery charging screen with the usb cable plugged in, the spinning circle thing comes up for about 2 seconds, goes away, then comes back but its frozen the whole time, nothing else happens. My PC still sees that its plugged in, but, like I said, it thinks its a nexus s, and wont install drivers :/
PS: as to exactly what happened, I forgot to do the voodoo lagfix before trying to install the gingerbread dump from the nexus s, so I got into download mode and went back to 2.1. it was right after that when I realized that my three button combo wasnt working, so I was going to fix that by updating the bootloader, but accidentally loaded nsongs.tar instead of the tar that would fix my download mode combo, so in Odin, I had phone bootloader update checked when I flashed that

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Just take the battery out and plug in usb cable while holding volume up and down. (I had the same problem until someone suggested this)
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i had a successful install.....but my problem came when trying to revert to stock.
PC wouldn't recognize device and for the first time ever i couldn't get into download mode using method above or a 3 button method that worked for me (a slight variation to method stated above).
Finally the following worked:
1. open odin 1-click JF6
2. remove battery (and any external sd) from phone
3. plug phone into pc via USB (without battery in phone)
4. Hold Vol + / - toggle down simultaneously.
5. While holding the buttons down insert the battery. When i did this my phone entered DL mode almost immediately and i was able to use odin to get back to stock.
build 1007

I'd try the above method to get into DL mode.. if that doesn't work you can try the JIG and see if that works.
But a requirement before flashing was to verify that your buttons worked on your phone.

the buttons were working, but I didn't have a lagfix installed. I flashed back to stock and noticed that my buttons weren't working after that. I went to fix them but flashed nsongs.tar by accident, and I had the "phone bootloader update" box checked, so I'm thinking thats why my buttons aren't working now. I've tried that method above a couple times and nothings happened...

Hmm.. you can try and update using the Nexus S USB drivers.. if they are different from ours that is .. go to that forum and poke around to look for them.
At this point.. can't hurt trying anything.

Where would I find the nexus s drivers? I installed the samsung mobile phone drivers, but my computer still says "found new hardware - nexus s" anytime I plug in, and it shows up in device manager with a big yellow question mark.

avgjoegeek said:
I'd try the above method to get into DL mode.. if that doesn't work you can try the JIG and see if that works.
But a requirement before flashing was to verify that your buttons worked on your phone.
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same as the poster
when i did my install my buttons were working as well....i have the 1007 build and never had any problem getting to recovery or dl using 2-button and 3-button combo's.
After the gingerbread flash was a different story though. Luckily for me the method i posted almost like jumpstarted me into DL mode....when i did that it went into DL faster than it ever had with the normal methods....the DL screen popped up almost the instant the battery connectors hit.

yea, none of the methods I've found have gotten me into download mode. Is there anyway to get the nexus s drivers so I can do this through adb? I don't have a car so getting to radioshack to buy resistors is kinda hard :/

ok, so I updated my sdk again and it now I have the drivers installed, I can use adb now, but whenever I do, adb reboot download, it reboots, but not to download mode, i goes right back to the boot loop. I was wondering if there was anyway to push a new bootloader onto my cappy using adb. that would be awesome

[Q] Another way to boot to Recovery?

Hi everyone,
I started to use custom roms about some months ago, and I'm facing my biggest problem right now, hope someone can help me.
I flashed my phone via TWRP Custom recovery with CM10.1 and one day, suddenly the pin (that little entering for the charger and usb cables) stopped working, so I couldn't charge my phone in any "normal" way, I started using a direct battery charger. But today I flashed my phone with another version of CM and forgot to wipe data/cache, so now it's stucked in the CM boot animation. Thing is, I can't even access to recovery mode to flash again because for some reason, everytime I turn my phone off, it turns on automatically. Without pressing any button, and it doesn't give me time to do the vol-/home/power combo. I can't use any direct cable alternative either for what I described above. So I was wondering if some of you had a similar problem and can give me a hand with this. I'd be very much appreciated it.
Many thanks and greetings from Perú!
unotresocho.

unotresocho said:
Hi everyone,
I started to use custom roms about some months ago, and I'm facing my biggest problem right now, hope someone can help me.
I flashed my phone via TWRP Custom recovery with CM10.1 and one day, suddenly the pin (that little entering for the charger and usb cables) stopped working, so I couldn't charge my phone in any "normal" way, I started using a direct battery charger. But today I flashed my phone with another version of CM and forgot to wipe data/cache, so now it's stucked in the CM boot animation. Thing is, I can't even access to recovery mode to flash again because for some reason, everytime I turn my phone off, it turns on automatically. Without pressing any button, and it doesn't give me time to do the vol-/home/power combo. I can't use any direct cable alternative either for what I described above. So I was wondering if some of you had a similar problem and can give me a hand with this. I'd be very much appreciated it.
Many thanks and greetings from Perú!
unotresocho.
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Press recovery combos when your turning off, see if that works, you might just be holding power too long and it turns on again

No usb at all? If you can connect with adb, you can reboot to recovery that way.

Combo.
unotresocho said:
Hi everyone,
I started to use custom roms about some months ago, and I'm facing my biggest problem right now, hope someone can help me.
I flashed my phone via TWRP Custom recovery with CM10.1 and one day, suddenly the pin (that little entering for the charger and usb cables) stopped working, so I couldn't charge my phone in any "normal" way, I started using a direct battery charger. But today I flashed my phone with another version of CM and forgot to wipe data/cache, so now it's stucked in the CM boot animation. Thing is, I can't even access to recovery mode to flash again because for some reason, everytime I turn my phone off, it turns on automatically. Without pressing any button, and it doesn't give me time to do the vol-/home/power combo. I can't use any direct cable alternative either for what I described above. So I was wondering if some of you had a similar problem and can give me a hand with this. I'd be very much appreciated it.
Many thanks and greetings from Perú!
unotresocho.
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Use key combos mate... and after the phone vibrates, release only power button for avoiding the autorestart :fingers-crossed:

Hi, thanks all for your advices. I try em all but with no sucess. Though, something weird happened today. After the battery completely drained I tried charging it with the my regular charger, the cable to the wall one, and the phone vibrated, like it recognized it, but didn't turn on. Just vibrated. So I tried again using my micro USB to PC cable and the phone vibrated again when I plugged in to the USB port, but didn't turn on either, nor the PC recognized the device. Don't know if this is good or bad :S
If you have any more ideas, please let me know.
Thanks!
Unotresocho.

AlexGardunio said:
Use key combos mate... and after the phone vibrates, release only power button for avoiding the autorestart :fingers-crossed:
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I'm trying this, but it keeps auto restarting. I'll describe what I'm doing, maybe there's something wrong:
1. Insert the battery.
2. Phone vibrates, I press Vol-/Home/Power and Samsung Galaxy S3 mini shows.
3. Keep pressing the combo and the phone turns off
4. Release the power button
5. Phone vibrates and again shows the Samsung logo and then the CM boot animation
Turn off again and same.
Thanks for the advice!

Hi again, I managed to get to "Odin Mode", the recovery that comes by default with the phone. Don't know why if I had TWRP installed. Does anyone know if it's gonna help me in some way? Remember I can't use a cable
Thanks!

How did you get into "Odin Mode"? Are you sure the cable is not working when the phone is in download mode?

Got into it by doing the button combo, tried several times and it was tricky but finally got it. And yeah I quickly connected to the computer (I have a Macbook but I also try on a PC) neither of them recognized it. Don't know what else to do

Try wireless adb.
When connected to computer:
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot recovery

As far as I know the phone should not vibrate everytime you put battery back. But if you're able to go into odin you should be able to go into recovery (unless volume up key is damaged). But... while in odin... you can go back to stock rom and that should solve lots of your problems mate.

tys0n said:
Try wireless adb.
When connected to computer:
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot recovery
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Hi tys0n, thanks for your suggestion. I did a little research and found that to connect the phone on adb wirelessly I'd need a previously installed app. Do you know any other way to get it?
Many thanks!

unotresocho said:
I did a little research and found that to connect the phone on adb wirelessly I'd need a previously installed app.
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You also need a working rom.
If the usb connector on the phone is broken, you can buy another one for 4$ on ebay, but you'll need to solder it and it's a smd component with small pins, so it may be difficult.
You can also try to reboot your phone in safe mode:
http://skp.samsungcsportal.com/integrated/popup/FaqDetailPopup3.jsp?cdsite=uk&seq=898277
http://androidjinn.com/boot-android-4-1-safe-mode.html

deconectat said:
You also need a working rom.
If the usb connector on the phone is broken, you can buy another one for 4$ on ebay, but you'll need to solder it and it's a smd component with small pins, so it may be difficult.
You can also try to reboot your phone in safe mode:
http://skp.samsungcsportal.com/integrated/popup/FaqDetailPopup3.jsp?cdsite=uk&seq=898277
http://androidjinn.com/boot-android-4-1-safe-mode.html
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Yeah, thats true. A working system is needed.
Just a question.. When you try to enter recovery (vol+/home/power), have you tried to keep pushing when it reboots?
Have you tried to connect usb in download mode (vol-/home/power) to see if Odin detects it?

Whiteout a being able to synch to your computer or accessing recovery mode youre not gonna be able to restore your phone. Your best bet is buying a new micro usb cable (they are inexpensive) and restore using Odin.

tys0n said:
Yeah, thats true. A working system is needed.
Just a question.. When you try to enter recovery (vol+/home/power), have you tried to keep pushing when it reboots?
Have you tried to connect usb in download mode (vol-/home/power) to see if Odin detects it?
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Yeah, I keep pushing the buttons combo and it reboots again, it won't start to boot CM, just displays de Samsung logo and reboots. About the second question, I've tried connecting the computer while in Odin mode but it won't recognize it, I haven't tried with Odin itself open because my primary computer is a Macbook and don't have a PC with the Odin installed near to me all the time. Do you think it could recognize the device, despite the fact the whole PC doesnt?
Thanks!

Arrrroz said:
Whiteout a being able to synch to your computer or accessing recovery mode youre not gonna be able to restore your phone. Your best bet is buying a new micro usb cable (they are inexpensive) and restore using Odin.
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Hi, I wish it'd be that easy! The problem is the pin entrance in the phone, not the cable. I have like 4 with me, but none of them works

unotresocho said:
Hi, I wish it'd be that easy! The problem is the pin entrance in the phone, not the cable. I have like 4 with me, but none of them works
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Oh, I see. You mention you could access odin mode, Im not familiar with it, but maybe it is possible that you could flash TWRP again, or CWR from the odin recovery? Also if you don't mind me asking, do you know how did the phone's pin got damaged?

I'm starting to thing you aint got a recovery at the moment. I've seen this type of thing before. Problem is, if you can't get odin to work you won't be able to solve it :/

Arrrroz said:
Oh, I see. You mention you could access odin mode, Im not familiar with it, but maybe it is possible that you could flash TWRP again, or CWR from the odin recovery? Also if you don't mind me asking, do you know how did the phone's pin got damaged?
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I have no idea. I didn't fall or anything, it just stopped working one day. I thought it had to do with a "software" thing more than hardware, because I was using CM 10.1 and of course it wasn't official, it had bugs. I actually was trying to go back to CM10 to see if that was the problem but I got stuck here.