Cannot access download or recovery mode after failed flash - Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help &

Hi,
I attempted to re-lock and then flash my i9305 yesterday with the latest firmware,
However, I must have done something wrong, but the Odinupdate failed and I now cannot enter Download or Recovery modes from a powered down state.
Instead, I am presented with Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. When I try to power up the device, all I see is this message "Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
Even though the handset doesn't boot up properly, Windows seems to detect it and the driver support kicks in but Kies and, ABD and the GS3 toolkit will not recognise the existence of the handset.
Is this now dead and irrecoverable or can I fix this?
I have checked out the usual links on here to see if I can get the handset to startup in recovery mode again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33227541
I hope someone can help.

Has anyone been able to recover a phone from this position?

Aeroadster said:
Has anyone been able to recover a phone from this position?
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Looks like I'll need to try a jig. I can't lose too much as they only cost 99p on ebay

Hi,
the USB Jig won't enter Download Mode if you can't do it with Vol Down + Home + Power

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achieve APX mode and other tricks adhoc

Since this model is new, i assume all facts are new too.
- SAFE mode is started by holding Vol+ and power button at the same time at startup.(adb shell is enabled, nothing is running(single user mode?)
- FIRMWARE upgrade mode seems to be Vol- with USB cable connected at power-on.
- APX mode is started by holding Vol+ and Vol- down at the same time at power up(when pressing power).
* since we do not have a bootloader.bin yet, it will be hard to try anything. can we use htc onex bootloader.bin?
* tegra3 is also locked with a SBK, which we do not have either (i believe).
-Battery mode
Turn off mobile. attach USB cable to pc and mobile. turn on mobile.
- adb reports shell not found and some root details?
im still digging into the fastboot mode, so information can be extracted on the rom rel. etc.. maybe someone already knows?
ill keep this updated, if i find out more.
APX drivers
Do you have APX drivers for 4X ?
not yet, i assume those for asus prime should work as well?
it not work.
@Dexter_nlb
I read that Asus will release NVFlash for Asus Prime.
Do you think it will also work for us?
I believe they for a fully working apx mode since prime got a full recovery using apx mode?
recovery details added.
thanks to 911rsr
updated:
-Battery mode
Turn off mobile. attach USB cable to pc and mobile. turn on mobile.
- adb reports shell not found and some root details?
See also
http://androidroot.mobi/2012/05/27/introducing-wheelie-nvflash-for-asus-transformer-tf101-b70/ (for Linux)
http://androidroot.mobi/2012/05/31/wheelie-for-windows-beta/ (for Windows)
from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26637229
I cannot get my phone to turn on at all. When i plug it into the computer, device manager shows "APX".
I am trying to get into s/w mode... any ideas?
Thanks
faraband said:
I cannot get my phone to turn on at all. When i plug it into the computer, device manager shows "APX".
I am trying to get into s/w mode... any ideas?
Thanks
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turn off phone
take battery out
hold vol- and put usb cable into phone
if s/w mode starts put battery in and flash kdz
Turbol said:
turn off phone
take battery out
hold vol- and put usb cable into phone
if s/w mode starts put battery in and flash kdz
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I have tried that. Does not work. Phone screen stays black all the time. No logo, no s/w mode, no recovery. Nothing. Just always black....
Try renoving battery and then press volume down and insert usb cable into pc ther should be sone strange white black lines screen and then leave it for 20 secs
After that try recovery modr and everything again
Posted by a proud owner of a lg p880
raviboy100 said:
Try renoving battery and then press volume down and insert usb cable into pc ther should be sone strange white black lines screen and then leave it for 20 secs
After that try recovery modr and everything again
Posted by a proud owner of a lg p880
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Nothing happens. Nothing shows on screen. When i hook it to computer, it makes a noise that it found some device, and in device manager shows as APX, instead of as modem or anything else....
Bricked. APX mode only
Did you find how to fix it?. I have the same issue after a failed upgrade using LG mobile support tool.
No SW upgrade mode, no screen or leds activity, no nothing. When is connected to PC, APX device is recognized. I found some drivers and the APX device is displayed now as "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices". I'm stuck there. I was looking into NVflash utility but after the command "nvflash --sync" only get "unknow device found"
Can anybody help me please?.
How can I get into SW recovery mode or something that shows some activity from the phone?.
Thanks and regards
jaob22 said:
Did you find how to fix it?. I have the same issue after a failed upgrade using LG mobile support tool.
No SW upgrade mode, no screen or leds activity, no nothing. When is connected to PC, APX device is recognized. I found some drivers and the APX device is displayed now as "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices". I'm stuck there. I was looking into NVflash utility but after the command "nvflash --sync" only get "unknow device found"
Can anybody help me please?.
How can I get into SW recovery mode or something that shows some activity from the phone?.
Thanks and regards
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i guess not much can be done. sent mine to the service center and got it back 3 days later fully functional. i guess it's easier to restore for LG since they have all the tools and magic keys.
Hello!
just happened to me.
apx mode you solved anything?
one can solve?
Thank you!
myshu2006 said:
Hello!
just happened to me.
apx mode you solved anything?
one can solve?
Thank you!
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NVflash doesn't work, at least after upgrade to JB.
Before give your devices as bricked, try to enter in S/W without battery a few times and after with battery on.
Sometimes stressing the device have some results.
But the best you can do is take it to service.
Thanks gingerboy92. I follow your advice and my phone is in a LG service center now. Hope they can fix it.
I think that's the only safe way to recover it. Looks like Tegra 3 devices have security keys that are unique for each processor and without them you can't go further.
Amigo ruedaslocas, I tried many times to do what you say, unsuccessfully. Thanks anyway.
Regards

[Q] Optimus 4X HD full brick

I tried to put the CM10 on my phone, after installing the zip in recovery mode, I rebooted the device and it never returned to start. Does not show a single light. Do not enter in any way with any combination. When I connect by usb the only thing that appears in device manager is "apx device." Already tried so many things and nothing worked.
anyone have any idea what's going on?
by the way, I tried a lot here in xda before opening a thread.
is your bl unlocked?
Rudjgaard said:
is your bl unlocked?
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yes
does it vibrate? does it turn on? can you control it through adb? can you enter sw mode?
Rudjgaard said:
does it vibrate? does it turn on? can you control it through adb? can you enter sw mode?
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No, no, no and no. the only sign of life when it is connected to the pc. Appears "apx" in device manager.
Yeah you are in apx mode, which is basically the boot section of the nvidia tegra chipset.
You should be able to boot normally by unplugging the phone, remove battery for a few seconds, reinsert and hold power button for about 10 seconds
Also try holding power and vol+ (hold them a while) you should be able to boot into normal recovery
Rudjgaard said:
Yeah you are in apx mode, which is basically the boot section of the nvidia tegra chipset.
You should be able to boot normally by unplugging the phone, remove battery for a few seconds, reinsert and hold power button for about 10 seconds
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I've try that but dont work.
In device manager the apx device is it properly installed or does it have the triangle?
When it first connected as apx device it probably asked you for drivers, i doubt you installed them.
I don't know if the apx drivers for the 04 are out already, check these terms in xda i know some people have been working on them.
Maybe you can find them here
If the device isn't bricked you are in a situation in which you should be able to flash stuff.
For some this method worked:
Try turn off phone
take battery out
hold vol- and put usb cable into phone
if s/w mode starts put battery in and flash kdz
Otherwise check this thread out
or this
I have to go out and can't follow you for a while, sorry
Rudjgaard said:
In device manager the apx device is it properly installed or does it have the triangle?
When it first connected as apx device it probably asked you for drivers, i doubt you installed them.
I don't know if the apx drivers for the 04 are out already, check these terms in xda i know some people have been working on them.
Maybe you can find them here
If the device isn't bricked you are in a situation in which you should be able to flash stuff.
For some this method worked:
Try turn off phone
take battery out
hold vol- and put usb cable into phone
if s/w mode starts put battery in and flash kdz
Otherwise check this thread out
or this
I have to go out and can't follow you for a while, sorry
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it have the triangle, but i jus want it in normal mode. I dont want that apx mode so i dont need the drivers. But tks for every thing
condegil said:
it have the triangle, but i jus want it in normal mode. I dont want that apx mode so i dont need the drivers. But tks for every thing
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The only way for you to get connected in APX is without battery, connect to PC while pressing vol- & vol+.
Anyway... why you want to do that? APX mode doesn't work in JB.
Ok... I got it.
Did you tried to deactivate the APX device in device manager?
You can try to performe the bootloader unlock again (run adb and connect the phone while the program wait for device...)
http://www.4shared.com/rar/HFf4newq/LGO4X-UNLOCK-BOOTLOADER.html (instructions inside).
Or try to get in SW mode by trying untill it works... (connect to PC while pressed vol-).
Any update on the problem?
Rudjgaard said:
Any update on the problem?
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No, i think what happened was that all the firmware is erased and this naturally gave access to apx that should be hidden by the software. Probably there was some error when I wipe to put the CM10. I see no other explanation.
The phone is actually mine. Already sent it to warranty hoping they'll fix it.
Resuming, the phone went unexpectadly in APX mode and havent found a way of quitting that mode, couldn't boot S/W neither bootloader.
And btw the phone is carrier locked and to be honest I'm not sure if it might be part of the problem or not. Anyway in about two weeks the phone should be back and hopefully fixed. If not I'll check here for some more help guys, thanks for attetion so far

HELP...soft brick can get to twrp but computer doesnt see phone

I had flashed phone.. Phone was giving me issues . so I went into twrp was going to reflash phone. I cleaned wiped everything out. Now phone says no os system. computer will not see phone but charges the phone. also odin doesn't see phone. I have installed and uninstalled Samsung drivers still cant get computer to see phone...Help please::crying::crying::crying::crying:
lwhite900 said:
I had flashed phone.. Phone was giving me issues . so I went into twrp was going to reflash phone. I cleaned wiped everything out. Now phone says no os system. computer will not see phone but charges the phone. also odin doesn't see phone. I have installed and uninstalled Samsung drivers still cant get computer to see phone...Help please::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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When you say Odin doesn't see the phone, I presume you had put the phone into download mode?
the phone doesnt register in odin or with my computer. i need to know how to make my computer see the phone so i can use odin to fix it.
lwhite900 said:
the phone doesnt register in odin or with my computer. i need to know how to make my computer see the phone so i can use odin to fix it.
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For the second time, did you put the phone into download mode? Odin isn't going to "see" it if it isn't in download mode.
I go into download mode and odin doesn't see. my computer doesn't recognize the phone at all. I want to know how to get computer to recognize that phone is connected so I can run odin or hard push file to phone.
lwhite900 said:
I go into download mode and odin doesn't see. my computer doesn't recognize the phone at all. I want to know how to get computer to recognize that phone is connected so I can run odin or hard push file to phone.
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Like @cwhiatt is saying, are you certain you're in download mode - by pressing and holding volume down + home + power? If you're in TWRP, that's recovery mode, not download. Just want to make sure that's not the issue here.
In download mode there should be a blue/green screen that says "Downloading... Do not turn off target".
Ishmael89 said:
Like @cwhiatt is saying, are you certain you're in download mode - by pressing and holding volume down + home + power? If you're in TWRP, that's recovery mode, not download. Just want to make sure that's not the issue here.
In download mode there should be a blue/green screen that says "Downloading... Do not turn off target".
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Yes I am in download mood. My computer and other computers don't see the phone. I feel I will have to pay to have it jtag. so I can get my phone back. as no one is helping
lwhite900 said:
Yes I am in download mood. My computer and other computers don't see the phone. I feel I will have to pay to have it jtag. so I can get my phone back. as no one is helping
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Have you tried other cables? Other ports? Other computers?
some usb cables are for power only while others do data if it has just a lightning bolt on it, that's a charger if it has the universal usb logo that's data cable.
Your problem is fixed ?

Asus Rog Phone 3 Uber hard brick

Hi Guys,
I really need help with this one. I have tried almost everything.
Here is my problem.
I have an Rog phone 3 strix edition QUALCOMM based.
I repaired the screen because i dropped the phone.
Everything was fine working well. Me with my big head decided to do an factory reset to wipe everything clean from the phone and then the problem started.
The phone was restarting every time i plugged in a usb c cable. If i wanted to listen to some music on headset wont work because it will end in a bootloop.
Now the phone is stuck in CSC Fastboot mode and PC wont recognized it. The screen will turn on and send me to CSC fastboot but that's it. I can turn it back off.
Can i Revive the phone or is it food for the recycling bin?
Please Help.
Sincerely,
Ayolyas
With some effort you should be able to get back on track - unless it's hardware related to the display change you've done.
Can you do a reboot to bootloader from the boot menu? If you can confirm if you have fastboot access. If you do, RAW flash the device.
Worst case, you force the device into EDL mode and do a flash from there, but leave at as the last option.
If the relpaced display is causing harware issues, that's a bigger problem...
Hi Andrologic,
I cannot reboot to the bootloader. I am stuck in csc fastboot. I was trying to put it in edl mode i even bought an edl cable. But i have no idea how to use it or how to put the phone in edl.
I went back to the repair shop but the phone was working fine when it left the phone shop. The problem started when i decided to go for factory reset.
ayolyas said:
Hi Andrologic,
I cannot reboot to the bootloader. I am stuck in csc fastboot. I was trying to put it in edl mode i even bought an edl cable. But i have no idea how to use it or how to put the phone in edl.
I went back to the repair shop but the phone was working fine when it left the phone shop. The problem started when i decided to go for factory reset.
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So, when you turn on the device, it falls into CSC FB and you can't navigate anywhere at all from there?
What happens if you try to do a RAW flash from CSC FB?
Flashing it in EDL mode may otherwise be the only option. Power off the device completely. Then hold Vol up+down pressed and connect to the USB side port. You should land with a completely black screen and on your pc see the device identified in 9008 mode - that's EDL. Since you have a flash cable, you can obviously use that too.
Remember you need Qualcom drivers installed to work in EDL mode. There is a guide with steps for EDL flashing somewhere here on the forum. All the steps are explained.
Andrologic said:
So, when you turn on the device, it falls into CSC FB and you can't navigate anywhere at all from there?
What happens if you try to do a RAW flash from CSC FB?
Flashing it in EDL mode may otherwise be the only option. Power off the device completely. Then hold Vol up+down pressed and connect to the USB side port. You should land with a completely black screen and on your pc see the device identified in 9008 mode - that's EDL. Since you have a flash cable, you can obviously use that too.
Remember you need Qualcom drivers installed to work in EDL mode. There is a guide with steps for EDL flashing somewhere here on the forum. All the steps are explained.
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I cannot navigate anywhere from csc. If i try to reboot bootloader i will end in the same place.
I try to connect like you told me Vol up + down but i ended up at the same place. An raw flash from csc fb how do i do that?
And the steps for edl if you can help where to find those steps because my google history is full off items and still no luck finding the right one.
ayolyas said:
I cannot navigate anywhere from csc. If i try to reboot bootloader i will end in the same place.
I try to connect like you told me Vol up + down but i ended up at the same place. An raw flash from csc fb how do i do that?
And the steps for edl if you can help where to find those steps because my google history is full off items and still no luck finding the right one.
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Yes, you have flash cable, so getting into EDL shouldn't be an issue any way.
This is a useful video on how to use your flash cable to force the device to EDL:
Just remember you need QCom drivers installed to flash in EDL mode, the normal drivers won't do it in EDL.
What is the device identified as on your PC when in CSC FB? Can you send any FB commands to the device at all? Does 'Fastboot Devices' return your device id? If so, try first to do a RAW flash from the Fastboot state you are stuck at. You don't really want to mess with EDL if you can avoid it. Download one of the RAW rom's from the links here on the forum. Version number doesn't matter as long as it matches with your device version, i.e. WW assuming you're on Global.
ayolyas said:
Hi Guys,
I really need help with this one. I have tried almost everything.
Here is my problem.
I have an Rog phone 3 strix edition QUALCOMM based.
I repaired the screen because i dropped the phone.
Everything was fine working well. Me with my big head decided to do an factory reset to wipe everything clean from the phone and then the problem started.
The phone was restarting every time i plugged in a usb c cable. If i wanted to listen to some music on headset wont work because it will end in a bootloop.
Now the phone is stuck in CSC Fastboot mode and PC wont recognized it. The screen will turn on and send me to CSC fastboot but that's it. I can turn it back off.
Can i Revive the phone or is it food for the recycling bin?
Please Help.
Sincerely,
Ayolyas
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Have you fix it?
osomakohj said:
Have you fix it?
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Hi,
Nope. I can get into EDL mode so i think it is hardware related. You can say it is fresh for the garbage.
ayolyas said:
Hi,
Nope. I can get into EDL mode so i think it is hardware related. You can say it is fresh for the garbage.
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maybe try edl cable maybe it'll work? its very cheap in online store
osomakohj said:
maybe try edl cable maybe it'll work? its very cheap in online store
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I did use a EDL cable and i also build one but no succes for both.
ayolyas said:
I did use a EDL cable and i also build one but no succes for both.
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Hope you did the proper way of entering edl mode. btw you can still send that to service center. but first try some other way as your phone still boot

cant flash my device (Samsung galaxy a52s 5g)

Hello
I am stuck in a bootloop when i try to hard reset it gives a "error updating for slot elect"
I do not have i do not have anything like USB debugging enabled as i cant do that.
I only know that it is "SM-A528B/DS"
I have tried using odin but it says " SetupConnection.." i have the newest version installed
To use Odin, the device must be in download mode. Try this:
Power device off
Hold both Volume Up and Down buttons, do not press Power
While holding Volume buttons, plug in USB cable from computer
Follow on screen prompt to enter software download mode
You should then be able to flash the stock firmware in Odin.
V0latyle said:
To use Odin, the device must be in download mode. Try this:
Power device off
Hold both Volume Up and Down buttons, do not press Power
While holding Volume buttons, plug in USB cable from computer
Follow on screen prompt to enter software download mode
You should then be able to flash the stock firmware in Odin.
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Hi the device was in download mode but it keeps saying "SetupConnection..."
And i dont know if i was using the right stock firmware as there are alot of versions of the firmware the only things i know are that on the phone box it says "SM-A528B/DS" and "made in india" can you help me get the right sotck firmware?
qiodizjqdpiojqfioj said:
Hi the device was in download mode but it keeps saying "SetupConnection..."
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Do you have the correct drivers installed?
qiodizjqdpiojqfioj said:
And i dont know if i was using the right stock firmware as there are alot of versions of the firmware the only things i know are that on the phone box it says "SM-A528B/DS" and "made in india" can you help me get the right sotck firmware?
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V0latyle said:
Do you have the correct drivers installed?
i just looked up "usb drivers samsung" and installed the first thing so i might not have the correct driver installed
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i flashed my phone but its went back in a bootloop a bit after

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