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[Q] Have I permanently damaged my phone?

I just attempted to root my Galaxy Note using the instructions found on the development forum and I thought everything went well. Now, however, once the phone starts it wont turn on again - if I press the power button the screen back light comes on but thats it. I have to remove the battery to restart it, but then the same thing happens again. Any idea how to fix this?

Will it go into download mode if so flash a stock rom with odin
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LightinDarkness said:
I just attempted to root my Galaxy Note using the instructions found on the development forum and I thought everything went well. Now, however, once the phone starts it wont turn on again - if I press the power button the screen back light comes on but thats it. I have to remove the battery to restart it, but then the same thing happens again. Any idea how to fix this?
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Power off your phone - take out your battery if necessary and wait about a minute, then put it back in.
Press volume up + home + power and hold, see if you can get into Recovery.
If you can, wipe cache, dalvik and do a factory reset.
Try to reboot.

chasmodo said:
Power off your phone - take out your battery if necessary and wait about a minute, then put it back in.
Press volume up + home + power and hold, see if you can get into Recovery.
If you can, wipe cache, dalvik and do a factory reset.
Try to reboot.
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I did all that and everything went through, same problem though after reboot - once the screen turns off, hitting the power button only makes the back light go on and the screen itself doesnt seem to turn on. The phone seems to function "as normal" - it even reboots fine - until I have to turn the screen on using the power button after initially booting it up.

LightinDarkness said:
I did all that and everything went through, same problem though after reboot - once the screen turns off, hitting the power button only makes the back light go on and the screen itself doesnt seem to turn on. The phone seems to function "as normal" - it even reboots fine - until I have to turn the screen on using the power button after initially booting it up.
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If that's still the case, I'd try to boot into download mode and flash a stock rom (as was suggested above).

[Q] HELP - Xperia T frozen in shutdown screen

Okay Guys, I need some help overhere.
Yesterday I flashed ParanoidAndroid to my xperia T, everything working wonderfull and I made nice new clean backup in the recovery. Today I played with it a little more, added some apps from the market and browsed thrue some pages (on this forum actually). Suddenly the screen wasn't responding anymore, so I just tried to shut the phone down.
But now it is frozen with the screen alight, with shutdown menu up front. And not only does the screen not respond to anything (including the selection of shutdown, restart etc), also the buttons on the side give no respons anymore...
NOrmally I would simply remove the battery for a good reset, but duh... not possible with the Xperia T.
What to do?

Me-kiwi said:
Okay Guys, I need some help overhere.
Yesterday I flashed ParanoidAndroid to my xperia T, everything working wonderfull and I made nice new clean backup in the recovery. Today I played with it a little more, added some apps from the market and browsed thrue some pages (on this forum actually). Suddenly the screen wasn't responding anymore, so I just tried to shut the phone down.
But now it is frozen with the screen alight, with shutdown menu up front. And not only does the screen not respond to anything (including the selection of shutdown, restart etc), also the buttons on the side give no respons anymore...
NOrmally I would simply remove the battery for a good reset, but duh... not possible with the Xperia T.
What to do?
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Did you try to hold power button and volume up button simultaneously for 3 or 5 or 10 sec.?
This will restart your phone, like removed the battery.

Monipeev said:
Did you try to hold power button and volume up button simultaneously for 3 or 5 or 10 sec.?
This will restart your phone, like removed the battery.
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Hmmm, I tried different combo's cause I expected it to be something like that. In the end I tried volume up AND volume down AND power for several seconds (who guessed).
This did the trick... I must say, it was quite annoying but is solved.

[Q] how to enter stock recovery in JB

Hi all,
My phone is EU retail, locked, unrooted. I updated from ICS to JB via manual download of the update and installation via SD card as explained in one of the more popular threads here. Now after the JB update, I want to enter recovery in order to clear the cache.
With ICS, I was perfectly capable to enter the stock recovery. Press power + vol. down for a few seconds, and the (fastboot?) menu appreaed where I could select recovery. Then the dead robot shows up, I pressu vol. up + vol. down and I had the expected options. Now on JB however, this does not work. It does not matter how long i hold power + vol.down, it always boots the system. When I press power + vol. down and keep holding the two buttons, the green LED goes on and off, then the phone vibrates, showes the red M and seemingly starts to boot. Then the screen goes off and it repeats the 3 steps (LED, vibrate, red M) but then goes on to boot up the system...
Is this supposed to happen?

Same here. It looks like there is no Recovery installed at all, so will try to flash one tonight.
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I'm new to Motorola so need to ask...what is this stock recovery for? Is it the same as a typical 'custom recovery'? I've never heard of a manufacturer putting on in their ROM...so can I do a normal backup of a ROM or no? Thanks

AW: [Q] how to enter stock recovery in JB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37784402
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HSD-Pilot said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37784402
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Thanks, this releasing of the power button while still holding vol. down works reliable to get into fastboot. However, when I select recovery, the screen goes black? Something is not quite right with my phone...
Edit: I seem to get the hang of it. Now I finally get into recovery. When I select it from the fastboot menu, the screen gets black for a couple of seconds and then the dead robot appears. To get the options in recovery, I press both vol up + down at the same time twice. Initially, the layout in recovery is broken up. Just two blue lines at the top and a few characters in green at the left border. Once I press any of the volume buttons, the options finally appear.

Hmm I have not gotten into recovery on JB even once...can't get in.

help please!!
i have de same problem
when i push power button, the green led turns on for a few seconds and then the phone get off... i can not enter into recovery mode either
anyone know how to fix it or fix it already
thanks!! :crying:

The above tip doesn't work for me - either my timing is wrong or I don't understand the instuctions.
Someone else kindly explained it differently and eventually I got it working. That was posted in some other thread and I don't think it was directly related to recovery - I can't even find that post now!
I have found people saying they've got root on the RAZR M on locked bootloader Jelly Bean...but you need to access stock recovery which I can't do now.

SharpnShiny said:
... That was posted in some other thread and I don't think it was directly related to recovery - I can't even find that post now!
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Do you mean this post?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37784402#post37784402

That's the original post...I don't fully understand it.
I am grateful to that poster for trying help people - so I don't want to be misunderstood! :good:
If I were to describe the boot process to someone, nothing 'vibrates' - so I don't understand that. My phone doesn't vibrate when boot begins, and no 'i' vibrates either. Also, there are two 'i's. There is the i in Intel and in Inside. I'm guessing it's the first i. Believe me, I have tried 10 combinations like 50 times. I know it can be done, but can't do it using that post.
Nope, someone else explained it differently and I got it the first time. It wasn't a recovery thread so it's hard to find now.

Your Razr does not vibrate after boot? This is strange. Ok, let me try to describe the process based on my Razr i. (As simple as possible)
1. The mobile is turned off
2. Press and hold the Vol- button
3. Now press and hold the Power button and observe the green light. It turns on at the same time I press the Power button. The green light is on for approx. 2 seconds than it turns off.
4. Just at the moment when the green light turns off my Razr vibrates twice within 1 second.
5. I need to release the Power button before the 2. vibration and at least 0,5 seconds later the Vol- button. This is the point to get in the fast boot menu.
Without any vibration you should try to release the Power button just at the moment when the green light turns off - followed by releasing the Vol- button 0,5 seconds later.

-AdMiRaL- said:
Your Razr does not vibrate after boot? This is strange. Ok, let me try to describe the process based on my Razr i. (As simple as possible)
1. The mobile is turned off
2. Press and hold the Vol- button
3. Now press and hold the Power button and observe the green light. It turns on at the same time I press the Power button. The green light is on for approx. 2 seconds than it turns off.
4. Just at the moment when the green light turns off my Razr vibrates twice within 1 second.
5. I need to release the Power button before the 2. vibration and at least 0,5 seconds later the Vol- button. This is the point to get in the fast boot menu.
Without any vibration you should try to release the Power button just at the moment when the green light turns off - followed by releasing the Vol- button 0,5 seconds later.
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CHAMPION!!!! I understand that perfectly and it worked first time!!! :laugh: :victory: :good:
I'm saving that on a file on my desktop. Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaampion!!

SharpnShiny said:
CHAMPION!!!! I understand that perfectly and it worked first time!!! :laugh: :victory: :good:
I'm saving that on a file on my desktop. Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaampion!!
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It was my pleasure to help you.

iam havin galaxy s3 mini and it is locked because of too many pattern tries and i dno m google a/c nor youtube. i tried bypassing it but couldnt!! atlast i thought of reset by entering recovery. bt wen i tried(power buttn+menu+vol up) it doesnt enter recovery!! i tried again still no gain. i kept holding fo few seconds it showd samsung logo and thn vibrate and again screen got off again logo...i released buttons, thn phone got ON. but didnt enter recovery mode
any help?? i want to reset my phone because its locked..
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sect0r8 said:
iam havin galaxy s3 mini and it is locked because of too many pattern tries and i dno m google a/c nor youtube. i tried bypassing it but couldnt!! atlast i thought of reset by entering recovery. bt wen i tried(power buttn+menu+vol up) it doesnt enter recovery!! i tried again still no gain. i kept holding fo few seconds it showd samsung logo and thn vibrate and again screen got off again logo...i released buttons, thn phone got ON. but didnt enter recovery mode
any help?? i want to reset my phone because its locked..
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Why did you post in Razr i forum? Wouldn'd it be more effective to post in Galaxy S3 mini forum?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1831

[Q] Stuck in twrp and can't shut down device

So I decided to try installing a custom rom and everything today after a long haitus and I unlocked it just fine. Then I followed qbking77 on youtube's video and it all was going fine, only problem is that I accidentally used the 2.5 twrp file instead of the new 2.6.3 and now my screen is unresponsive and when I hold the power button to shut it off i just get the back and home button to start flashing. And obviously with it being solid body I can't remove the battery to get it back into bootloader mode.... need help please

Put the phone under a strong light and longpress power and vol- for 15 sec.
Your phone will reboot in bootloader.

figured it out somewhere else. just hold the power and volume down for a long time and hold it in front of a bright light, something about the proximity sensor

[Q] Motorola razr i XT890 not booting just green light

Hi
i have this motorola razr i xt890.
it freezes on me and i tried to reset it by pressing vol- + power button.
But now it just stuck on black screen and only green led comes on the top left.
as shown in pic attached.
Any body can HELP?

mobishack said:
Hi
i have this motorola razr i xt890.
it freezes on me and i tried to reset it by pressing vol- + power button.
But now it just stuck on black screen and only green led comes on the top left.
as shown in pic attached.
Any body can HELP?
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Hold volume - / volume + / Power-button (all 3 buttons) simultaneously for about 10 sec. Let it reboot.

No luck tried this
Hazou said:
Hold volume - / volume + / Power-button (all 3 buttons) simultaneously for about 10 sec. Let it reboot.
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Tried this already no luck, if i hold power button for few secs, the green light goes off but still phone don't turn on at all.

mobishack said:
Tried this already no luck, if i hold power button for few secs, the green light goes off but still phone don't turn on at all.
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What if u try it again. Hold all 4 buttons, while the phone is connected to power for 10sec. After that release the power and volume up button. So u hold volume down all the time. See what happens.

Hello there, sorry for this resurrection but I have the same problem, black screen, green led on, but nothing more, no fastboot, no recovery, no logos, no vibration, nothing.
Is there any solution for this? I've tried power button + volumen down in many ways and nothing seems to work.
Thanks in advance!

aquilesboy said:
Hello there, sorry for this resurrection but I have the same problem, black screen, green led on, but nothing more, no fastboot, no recovery, no logos, no vibration, nothing.
Is there any solution for this? I've tried power button + volumen down in many ways and nothing seems to work.
Thanks in advance!
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You can only try to flash ifwi and dnx as I did but I also had no success and also Moto themselves couldn't fix the phone.
If your phone is still in warranty it will get replaced, otherwise you can throw it away.

i had this problem when my battery was deeply unloaded. i had to load it with an powersource with 1A and a factory cable. that worked for me...

Help ,, please emergency !!!!
my xt890 lcd screen and digitizer were broken so i changed them and the phone was working fine for a week, i then wanted to update to kitkat through oem update; everytime i tried it would give me error . i then read that since i unlocked bootloader and rooted my phone and installed cwm recovery i couldnt do an oem update and i had to do a factory reset in order to update through oem, so i did just that ; after the phone finished factory reset and booted i proceeded with oem update while the phone was charging, everything was going fine the file was downloading, i went to the bathroom and came back the display was black, but touch screen was working fine...through more searching i read that this could be from the update, and i should do another reset... since i couldnt see anything even recovery menu. i downloaded moborobo so i can see my screen on pc and proceeded to factory reset ... now i cant even see through moborobo and im stuck. Please help.