Yesterday, I was flashing back to the JH6 again. It stuck at factory.rfs for a long time. Then, I tried to restart. After phone is off, it couldn't turn on any more. No matter, press vol down + power or press vol up and down then plug in usb with ODIN on. Or just press power button. I've tried the whole day even try to put on wall charger overnight. There is no battery screen during charge just for the reference.
It seems there is no way to bring it back other than jtag? anyone has any experience about this dead phone and bring it back to life?
Thanks.
Have you tried another battery? Just to make sure it didn't take a dump. It has been reported by very few that has happened.
Same thing happened to me it froze during the Factory.rfs so I turned it off and the phone wouldn't turn back on. I panicked and found somewhere else on these forums although I cannot find the thread again. What I did I just plugged my phone into the wall charger for a couple minutes with the battery. Then I unplugged it and took the battery out for a another minute then put the battery in and try to turn it on while holding the volume - or + I forgot, and if you start to see Orange Text being dumped to your screen chances are you can force it back into Download Mode. Just keep trying different button combos to get it working, unless I was extremely lucky but I do not think these phones can be bricked so easily.
Thanks. I did see the thread you mentioned and tried every way I can but not available. Fortunately, I got ATT warranty center to send me a replacement. However, the only catch is that I'm not sure if it's unlockable now since it might come with JH7. If that's the case, I'm gonna sell it and get other phone.
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i have the same problem... im running windows 7 x64(64 bit) and i was updating my phone to the rooted 2.2 froyo update via odin with the "I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgears" while updating the phone when the odin program froze and ruined/bricked my phone... i have tried all the steps to try and un-brick my phone but at this point im about ready to give up.... at this point my phone will not power on in any mode nor will it go into recovery mode or download mode... if any one has any info on how to fix this please let me know....
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I was doing an Odin One Click restore to return to stock
Odin got stuck for some reason. I waited nearly 45 minutes before pulling the battery and attempting to start over.
Upon pulling the battery, the phone went off, as expected. removed Sim, SD card, replaced battery, replaced battery cover, etc etc.
The phone is 100% unresponsive.
1: Removing and replacing battery - no effect
2: VolUp + VolDn + Power - no effect
3: Plugging into any one of the 5 USB ports on the computer - no effect
4: Plugging directly into the wall - no effect
Nothing I've tried or read has given any solution to even get the phone to come on.
Last ditch effort, going to leave the battery out for an hour or so, and failing that, going to leave everything plugged in for an hour or so.
The battery on the phone had nearly 95% when I started this endeavor.
Does anyone have any hints or suggestions as to other things to try?
Thanks.
I had that happen last night. Got stuck sending "factory.rfs" or something like that.
Anyway, plug your phone to the wall for a few minutes. Maybe an hour. Then open Odin, hold Vol-UP and Vol-DOWN (dont push power), and plug the device to the computer. It should boot to Download mode.
Now, I used the version of Odin that allows you to select the firmware -- there's another that comes with JF6 preloaded. I installed JH3. Also, when I selected the firmware with the "Phone" section and flashed, it did not work (FAIL). Later I tried the "PDA" section and it did.
Let me know how that goes.
EDIT: Plugging to the wall, the screen will not turn on. But the back will get warmer. Trust me, it is charging. My battery was full after the flash.
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Thanks for the quick response.
I figured at this point, I couldn't do anymore harm that good. Worst case, I buy a new one.
So, I started tinkering with various key combination... Lo and behold, one particular set gave me the infamous "orange dump".
From there, and a bit of searching (i had remembered seeing the bit about the orange hex dump somewhere), I found the same solution you just provided.
Worked, phone is stock and functional.
Kudos.
Dave
i too was trying to install vodoo and after installing it my phone wont turn on it just keep on flashing atnt screen and next screen i see is samsung and thts keep on repeating no luck my phone wont turn on please help me am badly stuck.
thaank you.
IF you are able to get your phone to the point of seeing the att screen then you should be able to hold down the vol up+down buttons while also holding the power button...Just to be safe, hold it till the att screen flashes twice. Then release and you should be taken to the recovery mode. If not, Try the same steps again plugging in the usb while the att screen is present. Repeat as necessary. Good luck.
I don't know what he did but the phone says that and has a yellow logo of an android working with a shovel, it just seems freezed, is it actually downloading something? i think it has little battery left.
Is there any way to cancel this, will it stop ? Will it run out of battery and die? what should i do besides killing him?
Don't worry. Nothing is wrong. You can simply remove the back cover, take out the battery, put it back in, and turn the phone on again. You won't cause any harm to your phone.
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You're joking right? Dude, as long as it wasn't plugged into a computer that had Odin running, just pull the battery and turn it back on.
Thanks, what a relief, I can't figure out how he got there thought...
You don't even need to pull the battery usually. At least for mine I can get out of download mode by just holding the power button and vol up/down (again).
He likely got into it by holding all three buttons and having it restart twice, then releasing the power button. That's what I do to get into download mode when I flash with Odin.
Hello.
I'll get straight to the facts.
I had my phone rooted with Odinv3 using "busybox" (is all i can see on my downloads).
I then went to update to Gingerbread today, but didn't realise I had to un-root the phone!
So this made the phone keep refreshing the samsung galaxy S screen.
I then went to reboot to stock using this thread. Said it passed etc.
Now my phone is completely dead. It won't turn on. Nothing at all when i get it into download mode. No lights turn on. Odin *does* recognise it when I plug it in, the yellow box lights up.
The computer makes a noise to recognise that somethings been plugged in.
But alas nothing on the phone. I've left the battery out and tried it in but nothing.
What can I do please?! I am stuck here. And fear i just have wasted a great sum of money...
Will I be able to take it back on warranty? I haven't had it long, 3 months or so. Would they recognise it has been rooted despite it being put back to stock software.
Thanks. Daniel
You are a bit unclear, can you get download mode with 3 button combo?
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tried many times to remove and replace the battery worked for me
sorry for the google translation
I managed to get into download mode by doing a 3 button combo earlier, can't remember what it was but I had to hold three buttons *THEN* fit my battery. THen it went into download mode. I can't remember which combo it was though as i've tried loads before and they didn't work!
It won't do anything now though.
Could i have booted it with a wrong ROM and that's why it won't load?
How come Odin picks it up and it goes through that passing etc?
THis si so annoying.
Volume down/power/home hold til galaxy s logo then release a yellow logo should appear
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Sorry for opening an old thread. But i have aproximately the same problem with one exception:
Odin won't regognize my phone.
I was just in the process of installing this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136449
It got to the first step: "DO NOT POWER OFF DEVICE!!".. and then nothing. Sat there for 15 minutes untill i unplugged it.
shut down the phone using the power button, but now.. its completely dead.
This was offcourse before I realized i had just tried to install a ROM for SGS.. not SGSII.
So.
Odin doesnt recognize the phone.
The phone won't turn on, no matter what I do.
Nothing happens when I try to charge the phone.
I've tried pulling the battery several times, but its just .. dead.
However, when I plug in the battery, the phone seems to get hot. Not very hot, but just slightly above 25 degrees (aprox).
I'm afraid i've f*cked up big time, and have to send it in for a repair..
Anyone have a tip of what I can do ?
(Yes, the battery is charged - not empty).
Have you tried going into download mode again? does the screen power up at all?
My advice is try to leave the battery out for 15-30 minutes, then try getting into Download mode again, with the USB cable already plugged in and ODIN running on your machine.
See if ODIN can detect it and work from there... May be better than nothing. Hope this helps.
kragebein said:
Sorry for opening an old thread. But i have aproximately the same problem with one exception:
Odin won't regognize my phone.
I was just in the process of installing this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136449
It got to the first step: "DO NOT POWER OFF DEVICE!!".. and then nothing. Sat there for 15 minutes untill i unplugged it.
shut down the phone using the power button, but now.. its completely dead.
I've tried pulling the battery several times, but its just .. dead.
However, when I plug in the battery, the phone seems to get hot. Not very hot, but just slightly above 25 degrees (aprox).
I'm afraid i've f*cked up big time, and have to send it in for a repair..
Anyone have a tip of what I can do ?
(Yes, the battery is charged - not empty).
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Did you know how to flashing the rom (via CWM) ? You have to notice your battery percentage first.
What exactly were you flashing? CF-root? where did you get it from?
I had the battery out through the night and tried again this morning.. didnt work..
It SEEMS to be completely dead.. (with exception from that the cpu gets hot when battery is plugged in.. )
I tried flashing this:
http://www.multiupload.com/6QNW8P7DTY
I came as far as "Setting PIT file.." "DO NOT TURN OFF" in odin, and then everything stopped.
The battery was at 70% when i started the process.
The phone have only been on for about 20 minutes since.
First time poster, long time lurker.
I purchased a used Samsung Captivate for the wife. When I bought it, it had already been unlocked and the CoolMod v 4.0 custom ROM was running on it. The wife tried to turn it off and when she hit the power button, it went to download mode. She is now worried because phone says "do not turn off Target"
Did she brick the phone?
Rofl, no its not bricked.
That message means once you plug it into the PC don't unplug it until the firmware download is done. But since you aren't flashing anything its meaningless.
Just either hold all three buttons (volume +- and power) until you see the white at&t screen them let go, that'll boot into recovery where you can restart the device.
Or you can simply pull the battery and boot normally.
Never mind. I went ahead and used Odin and flashed Serendipity. It was the fastest way to get out of Download mode and get a newer rom anyway.
Studacris, I figured it could be something as simple as that, but went ahead and flashed it anyhow. My experience flashing was limited to my HTC Raphael, never worked with Android. Maybe I will get myself an Android phone and start playing with them...without having my wife looking so scared!
If you hold vol+ and the power button it forces reboot while in download mode or running in rom
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or you could just take the battery out...lol
Pirateghost said:
or you could just take the battery out...lol
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+1 lol
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Help to get out of download
I did almost the same thing. Go to airplane mode at night, use the alarm to wake up. Half asleep I hit the download mode instead of airplane to turn it off. 5:00 AM. Pulled battery and sim card waited till about 9:00 and installed battery went right into dl mode. Pulled again and waited till I got home around 4 PM same thing.
Tryed combination of buttons and no luck. + and power the download goes off then comes back. Waited till the second time and let off power held + no recovery mode. I know longwinded just waited to give details.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
dracdoctor said:
I did almost the same thing. Go to airplane mode at night, use the alarm to wake up. Half asleep I hit the download mode instead of airplane to turn it off. 5:00 AM. Pulled battery and sim card waited till about 9:00 and installed battery went right into dl mode. Pulled again and waited till I got home around 4 PM same thing.
Tryed combination of buttons and no luck. + and power the download goes off then comes back. Waited till the second time and let off power held + no recovery mode. I know longwinded just waited to give details.
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It looks like other people with this issue had a hardware problem with their USB port. Some people had success with plugging their phone into the charger and then turning it on. Worth a shot anyway.
bad news good news
apbthe3 said:
It looks like other people with this issue had a hardware problem with their USB port. Some people had success with plugging their phone into the charger and then turning it on. Worth a shot anyway.
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I just gave that a shot. No luck. I called AT&T this morn and asked if I could update early. So I have a SGS 2 coming. Paid the $199 update price.
Been lurking over there and researching.
Just pull the battery out to get out of download mode
Hello all,
I searched around, but didn't find anything quite like my issue so figured I'd create a new thread.
I work for a company that uses Galaxy Tabs for various purposes. One of our men brought back their VZW Galaxy Tab (SCH-i800) and it was in an infinite boot loop.
I went to recovery and attempted to do a full wipe. This did not work (partitions were all jacked up) so I couldn't get it fixed. I'm not sure if the guy tried to root the thing and broke it or what.
Anyway, I was attempting to root then fix the partitions (then was going to flash a stock unrooted rom) and ended up soft bricking it (Phone Icon -- /!\ -- Computer Icon). The issue I'm having is the only time that screen comes up is when the device is plugged into the wall. It turns on, then off, then on, then off. If I unplug the device, it shuts down with no way of bringing it back up. I've tried holding power for 5 minutes, the same amount of time with power + vol up and power + vol down. Plugging it into the computer's USB ports does not help either.
It's like the battery is drained but it won't charge when it's on the soft brick screen. I've had it plugged in to the wall for almost 6 hours now with no hope in sight. When it's plugged in, I feel heat on the back of the device like it would normally be charging. The AC adapter is also the standard warmth after a lengthy charge.
I was wondering if anybody has had similar issues with this device and if there is any way to correct it.
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Another thing of note is when the device is charging, I can power it down by holding power for a few seconds, but the Soft Brick screen pops back up almost immediately upon release of the button.
I cannot boot into recovery or the standard download mode even when it's plugged in.
As long as you can get the Phone ! PC screen, your'e good, because this screen IS as a download screen. Go to this screen and flash a known good ROM.
ableeker said:
As long as you can get the Phone ! PC screen, your'e good, because this screen IS as a download screen. Go to this screen and flash a known good ROM.
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You must not have read the whole thing. Not a problem.
The only time I get the Phone ! PC screen is when it's plugged in to the wall. As soon as I unplug it, it goes away and the device won't start up no matter what I try.
When you connect the tab to the pc, is it recognized by Odin.
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salahmed said:
When you connect the tab to the pc, is it recognized by Odin.
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No... When the device is unplugged from the wall it is shut down and won't boot back to the download screen, recovery, nothing. It doesn't turn on. There are occasions where the download screen stays up but it appears to just be frozen. The computer doesn't recognize it and neither does Odin.
I left it plugged in when I left work on Friday... Going to see if charging for the weekend does anything.
MaskedDriver said:
No... When the device is unplugged from the wall it is shut down and won't boot back to the download screen, recovery, nothing. It doesn't turn on. There are occasions where the download screen stays up but it appears to just be frozen. The computer doesn't recognize it and neither does Odin.
I left it plugged in when I left work on Friday... Going to see if charging for the weekend does anything.
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No dice.. still jacked.
I determined the following scenarios may have happened:
1) The battery died (bad battery) during a software update and messed up the partitions
2) The battery died (bad battery) while he attempted to (unauthorized) root or flash the device, messing up the partitions.
The only thing I'm sure of is the battery is fried so any kind of hacking I can do to the device are for naught. I was able to get it to connect to Odin this morning for about 3 minutes (after having it plugged in to the wall all weekend). During the flash it shut down again bricking it even worse. Now the device won't turn on when plugged in to the wall.
Thanks for the suggestions and help. I'm calling this a lost cause at this point. We're just swapping out the device for a new one. Once that's complete, I may tear the device down and try to do a reset on the main board to see if that does anything, though I doubt that's the case.
Right I had exactly the same problem as you (exactly the same symptoms) but I have now fixed my tablet.
Like you I got to the point where the Tablet had enough charge to actually unplug it and connect it to my PC where I then tried to flash a stock ROM using Odin. About three quarters of the way through flashing the stock ROM the tablet died, disconnected from Odin and I got a message in the task list in Odin advising me that the process had failed. Even weirder my PC did an emergency shut down and restarted in safe mode.
Anyway I tried it again but when I started my machine, once I'd logged onto my desktop I started up Odin as quickly as possibly, selected the .tar file and pressed start as quickly as possible....it worked and my tablet was flashed with a stock ROM. However my battery was still pretty much dead and the first time of charging once it had been flashed with the ROM took about 24hrs plugged in at a mains charger for the battery to reach 100%.
My point is persevere with it and you will fix it. I was at the point where I was about to send it off to be un-bricked but obviously I'm glad I didn't now.
It is a ***** of a brick though, this 'coma brick'.
I've been having these same issue with my friends i800 galaxy tab. Can you chime in and offer some advice?
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same problem-solved
I was having the exact same issue. the device screen was completely black when plugged into the computer. I was just about to give up when, all of a sudden the device went to the boot error screen while plugged into my computer. Apparently, it must remain plugged into the computer for about 20-30 minutes. Once this screen appeared, I ran the Heimdall one-click unbrick utility, and like magic, my galaxy tab was working again. Give it a try, and good luck.
MaskedDriver said:
Hello all,
I searched around, but didn't find anything quite like my issue so figured I'd create a new thread.
I work for a company that uses Galaxy Tabs for various purposes. One of our men brought back their VZW Galaxy Tab (SCH-i800) and it was in an infinite boot loop.
I went to recovery and attempted to do a full wipe. This did not work (partitions were all jacked up) so I couldn't get it fixed. I'm not sure if the guy tried to root the thing and broke it or what.
Anyway, I was attempting to root then fix the partitions (then was going to flash a stock unrooted rom) and ended up soft bricking it (Phone Icon -- /!\ -- Computer Icon). The issue I'm having is the only time that screen comes up is when the device is plugged into the wall. It turns on, then off, then on, then off. If I unplug the device, it shuts down with no way of bringing it back up. I've tried holding power for 5 minutes, the same amount of time with power + vol up and power + vol down. Plugging it into the computer's USB ports does not help either.
It's like the battery is drained but it won't charge when it's on the soft brick screen. I've had it plugged in to the wall for almost 6 hours now with no hope in sight. When it's plugged in, I feel heat on the back of the device like it would normally be charging. The AC adapter is also the standard warmth after a lengthy charge.
I was wondering if anybody has had similar issues with this device and if there is any way to correct it.
--- EDIT 8/10/2012 ---
Another thing of note is when the device is charging, I can power it down by holding power for a few seconds, but the Soft Brick screen pops back up almost immediately upon release of the button.
I cannot boot into recovery or the standard download mode even when it's plugged in.
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I am having this issue with my sch-i800.... phone /!\ pc screen only when plugged into the wall, and no recognition of it on the pc. Any way of fixing it?