My device wont turn on\enter recovery\enter download mode - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, I left the device untouched for a night, then in the morning it didn't turn on or enter recovery nor download mode.
I really don't know what to do. Some advices might help.

is it completely dead or stuck in bootloop?, maybe the battery is flat

beerwolf-crowe said:
is it completely dead or stuck in bootloop?, maybe the battery is flat
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sometimes it get stucks in bootloop, sorry that i didnt mentioned it.
Also i tride different battery and it still didnt turned on.

have u been using custom or stock rom?

im also having this issue,.hope someone knows how to fix this

beerwolf-crowe said:
have u been using custom or stock rom?
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custom, cm11. It worked perectly fine, I don't know what went wrong...

have you tried connecting/charging via usb & try switching on while connected.........do you get the little vibration just before boot....strange for it just to die while switched off

beerwolf-crowe said:
have you tried connecting/charging via usb & try switching on while connected.........do you get the little vibration just before boot....strange for it just to die while switched off
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I tried it, it doest work as well. And somtimes i get and sometimes i dont, it is pretty random...

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Samsung Galaxy bricked?

Hello guys.
I flashed the galaxy S on Odin with no files attached.
Now the phone will not respond at all. I have tried everything but, there is no lights or reaction as ever. Is this fixable?
I have ordered a JIG but i doent have to much expectations.
Regards Morten
It doesn't even turn on? Try taking the battery out for a few minutes.
Yes thats correct. It happend after flash.
Starting to think if the battery stopped working.
There is no sign of life at all.
The battery was fully charged.
Have tried your suggestion. With no luck.
Edit: Hmm, i have tested the battery now and it shows 4 volt between + and -.
So that shouldnt be the problem.
Is your phone can get into Download Mode? if can then can be safe
ayong chia said:
Is your phone can get into Download Mode? if can then can be safe
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Phone will not even start
I'm having the same problem. Phone is completely unresponsive and I cannot get into stock recovery or D/L mode
Quada said:
I'm having the same problem. Phone is completely unresponsive and I cannot get into stock recovery or D/L mode
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I am sorry to hear.
This is my friends phone. So i am sending the phone for fix at this place:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MobileTechVideos?feature=mhee
I hope they will fix it for me.
Morten
kalinkamaen said:
Hello guys.
I flashed the galaxy S on Odin with no files attached.
Now the phone will not respond at all. I have tried everything but, there is no lights or reaction as ever. Is this fixable?
I have ordered a JIG but i doent have to much expectations.
Regards Morten
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Dear God. Why did you do that in the first place? I didn't even know such a thing is possible
Knowledge is Power. Guard it well.
snapper.fishes said:
Dear God. Why did you do that in the first place? I didn't even know such a thing is possible
Knowledge is Power. Guard it well.
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Yes I know it was stupid. I had a PIT file connected.
And didnt know what i was doing. I couldnt dream of
the program would flash over bootloader.
But i learned and have to pay the price for it.
You can fix it with usb Jig or there is a tutorial for Captive that you can use on your phone and put it in download mode. I think for that you jave to install linux, hemindail and java. Also, you will need to install android sdk for adb reboot recovery command Search the forum, the fix is already there
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Take out battery and hold 3 button combo for download mode. Than insert battery and it should throw u to downloading.
How is it possible to flash nothing? Doesn't odin warn you if you got "nothing"?
Should be fixed in next ver.
Download Mode "bricked"
Hi,
My Download Mode is working (3 buttons function), but the Win7 isn`t recognizing as Odin...(I`ve already tried to resolve USB drivers troubles but I think that is not the right option...other Samsung Androids are working weel)
So I am not able to flash anything trough Odin...and the CWM 3.0 show me many "E: unknown moun/ storage"...it`s impossible to restore or install an update.zip for example.
What can I do?

[Q] What should i lie to samsung centre to fix my GNOTE

Hello,
Yesterday i've bricked my galaxy note
i've flashed cm9 built instead of flashing kernel
and its superbricked ( cant turn it on , get charged or even entering download mode )
the question is what should I say to them so they repair or replace my motherboard ?
note : my country didnt get the ICS update yet !
you should try entering download mode by using USB jig first...if you cant then just go to samsung and tell them u duno wat happened ur phone just dead out of a sudden. if u cant turn if on...i think they cant turn it on either..they have to flash the whole phone to fix it..i dont think they will check wat happen.
liewkingyan said:
you should try entering download mode by using USB jig first...if you cant then just go to samsung and tell them u duno wat happened ur phone just dead out of a sudden. if u cant turn if on...i think they cant turn it on either..they have to flash the whole phone to fix it..i dont think they will check wat happen.
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Its not working at all !!!!
-can't get to download mode
- cant get to cwm recovery
- when i put it in charger nothing happens
- even when I press power button, nothing happens no boot logo
RajjaAllah said:
- even when I turn it on nothing happens no boot logo
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Did you try to connect to PC and check if it recognized via Odin? As you say you can turn it on.
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Braxos said:
Did you try to connect to PC and check if it recognized via Odin? As you say you can turn it on.
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What I mean is when I press power button !
Well its not turning on
RajjaAllah said:
What I mean is when I press power button !
Well its not turning on
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So even if we can understand that you are in stress, you could still
try what other helpful users say instead of just keep yelling the same
thing....
OFTEN even if you think it is completely dead, in fact it is not.....
Even if the phone looks dead it could still be loading fastboot.
So just try to turn it on, even if you don't see anything happen, hook it
up to the pc and try ODIN or ADB to see if it connects.
It could also be that your battery is empty andit doesn't charge anymore.
Try a battery from friend, or charge externally.
silence...
I super bricked my note too..I can't get into download and recovery mode too.
So the next day morning I sent to Samsung..I just told em,I can't start my phone..they
Didn't ask anything more..just said 45min later could collect my phone..
RajjaAllah said:
Its not working at all !!!!
-can't get to download mode
- cant get to cwm recovery
- when i put it in charger nothing happens
- even when I press power button, nothing happens no boot logo
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We all know you were not able to do anything on your phone, this is why you need to try using USB JIG(try ebay). USB JIG will put the phone automatically in download mode. Google "USB JIG" to get more info about this. It's cheap around $5 i think and a must have if you're into flashing roms
friedje said:
So even if we can understand that you are in stress, you could still
try what other helpful users say instead of just keep yelling the same
thing....
OFTEN even if you think it is completely dead, in fact it is not.....
Even if the phone looks dead it could still be loading fastboot.
So just try to turn it on, even if you don't see anything happen, hook it
up to the pc and try ODIN or ADB to see if it connects.
It could also be that your battery is empty andit doesn't charge anymore.
Try a battery from friend, or charge externally.
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i've tried everything i think im just going to take it to samsung center and say ive update it and it did a reboot after it , it didnt work ! xp
chickentuna said:
We all know you were not able to do anything on your phone, this is why you need to try using USB JIG(try ebay). USB JIG will put the phone automatically in download mode. Google "USB JIG" to get more info about this. It's cheap around $5 i think and a must have if you're into flashing roms
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i still have the warranty i will take it there hope it works

[Q] Galaxy Note turns on but black screen.

maybe someone here can help? the other day i was using facebook on my phone and it died, so naturally i put it on the charger not thinking much of it, come back later and try and turn it on. it makes noises, vibrates, and the two buttons at the bottom light up but nothing come up on the screen. its just black. it wasnt rooted and was running on stock, although im not sure what version, i think gingerbread. ive tried pulling the battery many times, and tried getting it to bootin into the recovery stuff. any help on this would be much appreciated.
try this out and let me know
Tupperwear said:
maybe someone here can help? the other day i was using facebook on my phone and it died, so naturally i put it on the charger not thinking much of it, come back later and try and turn it on. it makes noises, vibrates, and the two buttons at the bottom light up but nothing come up on the screen. its just black. it wasnt rooted and was running on stock, although im not sure what version, i think gingerbread. ive tried pulling the battery many times, and tried getting it to bootin into the recovery stuff. any help on this would be much appreciated.
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ok at this point ,
1)try powering on yr phone continously holding the power button for about 8-10seconds...
2)second option, try putting yr phone into both download and recovery mode using he 3buttons...
3) if still not turning off try and flash a stock rom of yr region using pc odin in download mode.
this will get yr phone to work incase if its an os crash.
shabhrish said:
ok at this point ,
1)try powering on yr phone continously holding the power button for about 8-10seconds...
2)second option, try putting yr phone into both download and recovery mode using he 3buttons...
3) if still not turning off try and flash a stock rom of yr region using pc odin in download mode.
this will get yr phone to work incase if its an os crash.
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I tried all of these except Odin since I can't get to download mode. Nothing came up on the screen
then...
Tupperwear said:
I tried all of these except Odin since I can't get to download mode. Nothing came up on the screen
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Try powering on the phone without sim card n sd card
shabhrish said:
Try powering on the phone without sim card n sd card
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Tried that as well and still get the same result. :/
seems like hardware failure, better get it fast to the nearest service center.
motherboard...
Tupperwear said:
Tried that as well and still get the same result. :/
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Then u might ve lost yr motherboard.
If yr still under warranty u can get the motherboard change free of cost from sammy service centre.

Weird Problem im having pls help!

my phone just off by itself and then when i try to reboot it, it just vibrates and show nothing i can only go into download mode, i have tried flashing a official samsung rom for the phone its still same, it wont boot just that it vibrates when i try to on it
galaxy16 said:
my phone just off by itself and then when i try to reboot it, it just vibrates and show nothing i can only go into download mode, i have tried flashing a official samsung rom for the phone its still same, it wont boot just that it vibrates when i try to on it
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what did you do before the phone bricked?
skifekete said:
what did you do before the phone bricked?
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i didnt flash any custom rom, root my phone, was just charging it overnight when i wake up it was off already and i cant on it anymore it just vibrates
galaxy16 said:
my phone just off by itself and then when i try to reboot it, it just vibrates and show nothing i can only go into download mode, i have tried flashing a official samsung rom for the phone its still same, it wont boot just that it vibrates when i try to on it
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You do not have that Samsung logo when you try to power on phone? Do factory reset if you can, in recovery.
shut_down said:
You do not have that Samsung logo when you try to power on phone? Do factory reset if you can, in recovery.
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nope nothing show out. cant get into recovery too it just vibrates.
galaxy16 said:
nope nothing show out. cant get into recovery too it just vibrates.
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Tell us what exacly did you do before this. You instaled something that is not for our phone with Odin?
shut_down said:
Tell us what exacly did you do before this. You instaled something that is not for our phone with Odin?
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no, i charge my phone and went to sleep then when i woke up, my phone was switched off. i tried to on it but it only vibrate. so i downloaded a GB firmware for our phone and flashed it. but the same thing happen. i cant go into recovery too it just vibrates
galaxy16 said:
no, i charge my phone and went to sleep then when i woke up, my phone was switched off. i tried to on it but it only vibrate. so i downloaded a GB firmware for our phone and flashed it. but the same thing happen. i cant go into recovery too it just vibrates
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And you can go to download mode? Did you had JB and then instaled GB?
shut_down said:
And you can go to download mode? Did you had JB and then instaled GB?
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no i was on GB only never update to JB
galaxy16 said:
no i was on GB only never update to JB
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Wait, you told you flashed FW with Odin. So you could go to Download mode. Now you can't?
shut_down said:
Wait, you told you flashed FW with Odin. So you could go to Download mode. Now you can't?
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all the time it can go to download mode only so i tried to flash a GB firmware to it, the firmware is for our phone. after success flash the phone is still same. only can go download mode
galaxy16 said:
all the time it can go to download mode only so i tried to flash a GB firmware to it, the firmware is for our phone. after success flash the phone is still same. only can go download mode
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So you can go to download mode, but can't turn on the phone or go to recovery coz you only get the vibration, which suggest (ofc, lol) the phone won't even properly boot?
Everytime my battery is near zero and the phone shuts itself down and near total death, that's what happens. It just vibrates but nothing happen. IMHO, I don't think that you're facing bootloop or anything.
In your case, you said that you charged it and by the time you wakes up it's a goner. I would recommend trying a new battery for now. Your current one might be dead as in broken or something. Trying a new battery won't hurt.
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redemption024 said:
So you can go to download mode, but can't turn on the phone or go to recovery coz you only get the vibration, which suggest (ofc, lol) the phone won't even properly boot?
Everytime my battery is near zero and the phone shuts itself down and near total death, that's what happens. It just vibrates but nothing happen. IMHO, I don't think that you're facing bootloop or anything.
In your case, you said that you charged it and by the time you wakes up it's a goner. I would recommend trying a new battery for now. Your current one might be dead as in broken or something. Trying a new battery won't hurt.
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I have the same problem, but a little different. I've thinked that was battery problem as you, i've bought a new battery, but nothing is changed. I was running JetMod. When my phone has low battery and than shut down i try to recharge it but doesn't work anything! if i try to turn it on it only vibrates (with black screen, nothing happened). The only thing that can i do is go to download mode, but for a few time becouse after 10 sec it shut down, so i think that it has not been charged.. I observe, when it was alive, when i try to charged it, that not many time he started recharging, i don't know why.. i've tried different plugs or with computer but it works only when it wants to..
lamnyster said:
I have the same problem, but a little different. I've thinked that was battery problem as you, i've bought a new battery, but nothing is changed. I was running JetMod. When my phone has low battery and than shut down i try to recharge it but doesn't work anything! if i try to turn it on it only vibrates (with black screen, nothing happened). The only thing that can i do is go to download mode, but for a few time becouse after 10 sec it shut down, so i think that it has not been charged.. I observe, when it was alive, when i try to charged it, that not many time he started recharging, i don't know why.. i've tried different plugs or with computer but it works only when it wants to..
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Maybe it's time to meet Uncle Sammy?
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redemption024 said:
Maybe it's time to meet Uncle Sammy?
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Soru for my english, i'm italian! Do you have and solution?
lamnyster said:
Soru for my english, i'm italian! Do you have and solution?
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If nothing helps, take it to the service.
frzek said:
If nothing helps, take it to the service.
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ok, thank you.
I had same issue when i changed governor: cable plugged but battery don't charge ( i think )
Going to sleep, wake up and founded phone discharged.( when power up i had black screen and little vibration )
Remove battery, wait, insert battery, plug power cable, and wait if you see the battery logo charging.
Then Boot your phone.
If this not work ask to Samsung assistance
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Maybe it's time to meet Uncle Sammy?
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Silenxer said:
I had same issue when i changed governor: cable plugged but battery don't charge ( i think )
Going to sleep, wake up and founded phone discharged.( when power up i had black screen and little vibration )
Remove battery, wait, insert battery, plug power cable, and wait if you see the battery logo charging.
Then Boot your phone.
If this not work ask to Samsung assistance
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OMG i don't know why but it works! Thank you!!
So what's the problem? Why didn't charge before and know does?
lamnyster said:
OMG i don't know why but it works! Thank you!!
So what's the problem? Why didn't charge before and know does?
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I don't know why, but i think is governor ( i use no frill cpu ), i tried some days ago to replicate the issue, changed governor to pegasusq , after some hours i plugged the power cable, but phone don't charge.( the power icon show me the battery in charge but % don't moving ).
Rolled to ondemand and interactive governer and problem go away.
I had only a good luck finding the solution.
This with cocore kernel 4.4 with 5 i haven't try... but is a very good kernel.

Charging device when switched off reboots to TWRP

Hey
I have a problem with my device; Whenever it is switched off and I plug the charger on it always boots to TWRP but it does not work- The touch screen doesn't work and pressing the power button locks it and cant swipe meaning I have to manually reboot it.
Thanks
indy140 said:
Hey
I have a problem with my device; Whenever it is switched off and I plug the charger on it always boots to TWRP but it does not work- The touch screen doesn't work and pressing the power button locks it and cant swipe meaning I have to manually reboot it.
Thanks
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There are a lot of other threads talking about this this problem is known, and there's no solution yet (we have to wait for official twrp support). The only solution for now is to reflash original recovery.img and get back to stock recovery
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There are a lot of other threads talking about this this problem is known, and there's no solution yet (we have to wait for official twrp support). The only solution for now is to reflash original recovery.img and get back to stock recovery
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Thanks for this. To save starting a new thread do you know if there's a way to remove the red HTC boot text?
indy140 said:
Thanks for this. To save starting a new thread do you know if there's a way to remove the red HTC boot text?
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that shows only when you booting into recovery. the only way is to flash stock recovery
Oh, well, it's good to know I'm not the only one with this issue.
However, why should I flash stock recovery? I mean, there are no further issues, the phone still charges while in this state, and I can reboot it with my PC. There is one thing I'm worried about;
What if I turn off USB debugging? If I would end up in the "stuck recovery" after I have done so, would I be unable to get out?
And also, I think there is a possible fix.. Wouldn't it be possible to reboot the phone by just pulling out the battery and turning the phone back on? Yes I know, "battery is not removable" but I'm pretty sure it is, it always is. It's not going to be easy tho.
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Oh, well, it's good to know I'm not the only one with this issue.
However, why should I flash stock recovery? I mean, there are no further issues, the phone still charges while in this state, and I can reboot it with my PC. There is one thing I'm worried about;
What if I turn off USB debugging? If I would end up in the "stuck recovery" after I have done so, would I be unable to get out?
And also, I think there is a possible fix.. Wouldn't it be possible to reboot the phone by just pulling out the battery and turning the phone back on? Yes I know, "battery is not removable" but I'm pretty sure it is, it always is. It's not going to be easy tho.
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i don't see why you have to switch off your phone. theres a lot of options in stock rom like "do not disturb", "airplane mode" etc so you don't have to switch off.
It seems this problem happens when you reboot your phone while charging ( i never had problems) try to avoid that.
ps - i never switch off my phone and only reboot it if needed or maybe once a month. But thats me.
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i don't see why you have to switch off your phone. theres a lot of options in stock rom like "do not disturb", "airplane mode" etc so you don't have to switch off.
It seems this problem happens when you reboot your phone while charging ( i never had problems) try to avoid that.
ps - i never switch off my phone and only reboot it if needed or maybe once a month. But thats me.
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I never turn my phone off, but sometimes I can't charge my phone in time and the battery runs dry. See? I can't reboot at 0%, so I have to charge it a little. Now you could tell me that it still isn't a problem, since the phone still charges in recovery and I can use commands to reboot system.. sure, but I'm working on a way to prevent anyone from entering recovery or using adb-debugging or hard resetting my phone (from a distance, if phone is stolen). This would turn off adb-debugging, causing the phone to be stuck in recovery for ever, if it were to charge in off mode. I guess I'm the only one having a problem with the bug
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oh, and are you saying that you never had this problem, as in, you tried charging it in off-mode and it worked just fine?
[/COLOR]oh, and are you saying that you never had this problem, as in, you tried charging it in off-mode and it worked just fine?[/QUOTE]
Hi: guess im one of the lucky ones who never had to deal with this.
You can remote reset your phone using Google device manager. You can ring, lock or erase phone and check last location.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
kativiti said:
[/COLOR]oh, and are you saying that you never had this problem, as in, you tried charging it in off-mode and it worked just fine?
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Hi: guess im one of the lucky ones who never had to deal with this.
You can remote reset your phone using Google device manager. You can ring, lock or erase phone and check last location.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager[/QUOTE]
I'm using avast since there are more options for rooted devices I'm well aware of the google device manager, but thank you anyway!
I'm using the Honor 7 with TWRP 3.0.2.0by paulobrien and Unofficial CM13 by papsi177 and having the same issue.
When charging while the device is turned off, it automatically boots into twrp. Does anyone have a solution? Are there other recoveries (except the stock recovery) which doesn't have this problem? Is it somehow possible to modify e.g. a file to have a nice charging animation instead?
It isn't that big issue, but it would be nice to solve this anyway...
tomtomk99 said:
I'm using the Honor 7 with TWRP 3.0.2.0by paulobrien and Unofficial CM13 by papsi177 and having the same issue.
When charging while the device is turned off, it automatically boots into twrp. Does anyone have a solution? Are there other recoveries (except the stock recovery) which doesn't have this problem? Is it somehow possible to modify e.g. a file to have a nice charging animation instead?
It isn't that big issue, but it would be nice to solve this anyway...
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I found that users phones and recovery gets different reactions.
When i tried cm12 i had that same "issue" but with cm13 i had the battery animation. Same thing with getting phone freeze when battery run out.
The best chance is to try different recovery versions and hope for the best.
That said, i only switch off phone when battery died on me.
im currently still with TWRP 2.7.1.0-20140802
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kativiti said:
That said, i only switch off phone when battery died on me.
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I do so, too.. but I love details ?
kativiti said:
im currently still with TWRP 2.7.1.0-20140802
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I'll try to downgrade and see if my charging animation gets back ?
Try the new TWRP 3.0.2-0 from nightcore500. The freeze in charging only mode is fixed on his recovery

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