So this is the deal:
I have an S Advance GT-I9070, with a non-functional Home Key. I have recently installed Lollipop onto it and found it too resource extensive and rolled back to kitkat, which was also draining the battery. So I decided to try
Light Jelly Bean v1.2. I followed the instructions accordingly:
3. wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik-cache, wipe system
4. install the zip file
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And rebooted, I got the Samsung GT-I9070 logo on and then, nothing. The screen goes blank. There is no responsiveness, the softkeys dont glow. Nothing. But I noticed that the screen gets warm, after like 20-30 minutes so I switch it off.
I have read about the Download Mode - Odin flash routine, which wont work for me due to the broken Home Button.
I have also read about the USB JIG, but I cant seem to find any cases where a Jig has been used on a S Advance, but I found one on S/S II, I think.
So, I would like to know:
1) Will a USB JIG work in this case?. If so, is it safe to do it without any permanent risk (like Hard Brick)?
2) Or, is it better to get the Home Button fixed? Or rather, the whole phone fixed( IF they really (can)do that, when the phone is in this irresponsive state. I don't mind spending a few bucks to get it back in condition)
Please post a message if you need more info. Thanks!
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Today I found my Bell Vibrant (GT-i9000M) with a blank screen and lit up buttons. I had not done anything other than root and lag fix a few weeks ago. Holding the power button brought up the menu to power off but it locked up when I selected power off. I had to pull the battery. Now every time it starts up it sits at the Galaxy S screen for a long time then goes to a blank screen and nothing happens except the buttons light up when I touch it.
I want to know if there is a way to get my data off the internal SD. I have some pictures on there that I do not want to lose. I fear my only option is to wipe the device and factory reset it.
Some help and advice would be greatly appreciated. I have spent the last three hours searching for a solution but I haven't found anything that might work without wiping my data.
Thanks
the data must go if you want to get your phone back
there is no way to repair the phone without losing data
Well the factory reset worked. At least it booted up anyway. I wonder what happened to my phone. It was fine and then I left it on my desk for maybe 20 minutes and all the sudden it is broken. :/
I have the same issue. How do i factory reset from here?
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Well the factory reset worked. At least it booted up anyway. I wonder what happened to my phone. It was fine and then I left it on my desk for maybe 20 minutes and all the sudden it is broken. :/
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How did you factoyr format it?
Get into recovery mode and do it
Sent from my GT-I9000
Reflashing / Resetting Factory Defaults etc. do NOT touch your Internal SD.
Guys i got the same prob,did factory reset and the problem still remains...what can i do???Black screen,some vibraton,and the buttons lit,but nothing else.Any advices plz??
You all may be suffering from a corrupted /system partition because of the lagfix applied. Read up on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9365294#post9365294 to see if that applies.
These are too complicated for me....i tried to do the lagfix,but it had loopback error,so i guessed it didnt do it.I rebooted my phone just to clear the memmory and play a game or something,and never got on again...just stays there vibrating.So i did factory reset and still nothiing.
I have similar problem. i9000 samsung screen appears, then goes blank, and appears again continuous cycle until battery is removed. Animated logo doesn't even start. I cannot seem to enter recovery mode. I can enter download mode (dwn vol, home, and power) and I tried to USB to my computer in download mode to try and pull the pictures off with ADB, but ADB doesn't seem to see the device connected in download mode. Is Odin my next option? Or does that only work with unlocked phones. I was on stock 2.2 that Kies updated for me.
Pleeeeaaase help. My children opening christmas gifts are on the phone and once i get the videos I can just send it off to Bell for full replacement. They have told me that once it gets sent out for repair my pictures will be gone.
boot-loop after flashing CM10 for galaxy s plus
the screen says cwm-based recovery v5.5.0.4
-reboot system now
-install zip from sdcard
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
-backup and restore
-mounts and storage
-advanced
after install gaspp and CM10 and thenreboot system now.... Im stuck here .... please help!!!!!
So right now, my phone keeps on getting stuck at the 'android' word bootscreen. It keeps repeating and seems to go on forever! Someone please help me! I heard its due to rooting! Can anyone confirm this?
What did you do? I tried once to install aps 2 card and the phone stood in android screen about 20 min
Anyway if it doesn't start. Flash new android: nand restore or sbf
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Finally somebody replied back. Its been going on for days, I've removed the battery, placed it back, same thing.
Also, sorry but I have no idea how to flash something. How do I do it? And it doesn't even go past it.
I should spend on time in this sub-forum.
If you have flash a custom ROM then just reflash it or try another ROM.
It's highly, highly unlikely that your phone it breaked so don't worry about.
I have never flashed a custom rom. I don't even know how to flash in the first place.
turn off hp.try to hold up-dpad(towards screen) button and switch on your milestone.
then you see black screen written Bootloader.
battery OK.
OK to program
connect USB
data cable.
if you can go into this screen, then u can start to learn to flash vulnerable recovery.
and ready to install custom room.
google around on how to instal vulnerable recovery for milestone .
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turn off hp.try to hold up-dpad(towards screen) button and switch on your milestone.
then you see black screen written Bootloader.
battery OK.
OK to program
connect USB
data cable.
if you can go into this screen, then u can start to learn to flash vulnerable recovery.
and ready to install custom room.
google around on how to instal vulnerable recovery for milestone .
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Yep, I can go into it. But I checked, and can't find how to install a vulnerable recovery. Any help?
My site is down atm, but this may help;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932196
shut down phone ->hold down hard keyboard x key and power button->when M logo appears release power button but keep pressing x key until recovery mode shows up
there is an option for clearing data/factory reset
you'll loose everything but it propably fix the problem
Including my contacts?
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Including my contacts?
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your contacts if you have chosen it will be at your Gmail account and they will be restored.
I haven't rooted my phone whatsoever or installed a rom or something. One day, it just won't boot. I don't use it all the time, so the battery died. I charged it so I could use it and download an app. When I try to power it on, it will only reach the flashing Samsung logo with the black background and won't go any further so I result to opening the back cover the remove the battery and try turning it on again. Still won't boot. I tried draining the battery, but it still won't boot. Would booting it without the SD card solve this problem? I heard that if I did that, I would have to factory reset it using the hardware keys. I don't want to erase everything in the phone since I'm not able to back it up. Please help. Thanks!
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I haven't rooted my phone whatsoever or installed a rom or something. One day, it just won't boot. I don't use it all the time, so the battery died. I charged it so I could use it and download an app. When I try to power it on, it will only reach the flashing Samsung logo with the black background and won't go any further so I result to opening the back cover the remove the battery and try turning it on again. Still won't boot. I tried draining the battery, but it still won't boot. Would booting it without the SD card solve this problem? I heard that if I did that, I would have to factory reset it using the hardware keys. I don't want to erase everything in the phone since I'm not able to back it up. Please help. Thanks!
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You can try to boot it without SD card, but i don't think that's the problem.
I think your only possible solution is to try doing a factory reset. Try to press HOME button and POWER button together until you get to the recovery. Than, depending on the recovery you have, search for a "wipe cache/data" or "data reset".
Another solution might be using Odin, but that's the last one...
frazar said:
You can try to boot it without SD card, but i don't think that's the problem.
I think your only possible solution is to try doing a factory reset. Try to press HOME button and POWER button together until you get to the recovery. Than, depending on the recovery you have, search for a "wipe cache/data" or "data reset".
Another solution might be using Odin, but that's the last one...
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It did work. I thought of doing that but I waited for my friend so I could consult for another way, but I resorted to a hard reset. Thanks!
sorry for you, you can't get your data back
but to solve this
you can try to wipe everything through recovery mode
(while turn of, home button + power)
if you still can't access recovery mode or still the same after wiping
you must flash your mini
[TUT]Official Gingerbread 2.3.6 09.02.2012 GalaxyMini s5570~ODIN~UPDATED
for later, backup your data app by using Titanium Backup
must root
HI. HAVE NOT FOUND THIS FULLY ADDRESSED. HAVE THIS USED S4 ACTIVE . ONLY BEEN ABLE TO USE IT FOR 4 DAYS.-STOCK 4.4.2 UNROOTED .YESTERDAY IT DRAINED THE BATTERY TOTALLY WHILE CHARGING. GOT A NEW BATTERY AND IT STARTS OVERHEATING SO MUCH IT BECOMES HARD TO HOLD. THEN I WIPED CACHE AND DID A FACTORY RESET AND IT GETS STUCK AT BOOT WHEN I AM ABLE TO TURN IT ON , WHICH IS RARELY, IT NEVER GETS PAST THE BLUE ATT BALL.ALL IT SHOWS IT THE GREY BATTERY. mY PC WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT, ODIN WILL NOT EITHEIR OBVIOUSLY. ANY KIND SUGGESTIONS??? WOULD LIKE TO THANKS FOR THE HELP
1. writing everything in capslock will not help you to get a reply faster my friend.
2. seems you bought a device with a dirty flash. someone flashed a custom rom like cyanogen, faced these issues, tought he can go back with a easy reflash, but didnt cleared the device by factory reset.
What i would do:
trying to get into recovery mode by holding volume up + power. if there is a recovery system on this device, wipe factory reset the device and flash a new fresh OS onto it.
otherwise you can use it as a paperweight.
Hi all,
My wife just bought the G780G.
I configured her device using Samsung smart switch, and used it to transfer settings, apps and data from her old S8 (first time I did it, usually I prefer to start a new device from scratch...) .
She says she has an issue with the device - sometimes, while using it, the screen flickers...
I didn't see it exactly and she didn't manage to reproduce it to show me, but she says it happens to her quite a lot.
Anyone familiar with this issue?
Any solution you know of?
Thanks!
long shot, if she uses chrome try updating it and android webview along with it. there was an issue months back where that caused system wide flickering and some apps not to work.
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long shot, if she uses chrome try updating it and android webview along with it. there was an issue months back where that caused system wide flickering and some apps not to work.
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I updated Chrome.
No update was needed for Android web view.
Unfortunately it didn't help.
The issue persisted today...
I suspect 2 things:
1. A firmware update that was done yesterday morning (my wife doesn't remember if she encountered it before, she have the phone for 2 days...)
2. Restoring data using smart switch - it can cause issues? I restored the data from her old S8.
Can it be that some corrupted data was transfered?
I'm thinking of factory reseting her device and let her start from scratch..
What do you think?
before you reset try booting to recovery and clearing cache. if there was an update it could be the cache. if it doesn't help then yeah reset is the next option.
3mel said:
before you reset try booting to recovery and clearing cache. if there was an update it could be the cache. if it doesn't help then yeah reset is the next option.
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Thanks man
How exactly to boot to recovery?
I tried after watching several YouTube videos but had no luck...
Edit : looks like something is messed up with this phone.
I'm not able to boot into recovery.
Doing this:
Turn off device
Press volume up + power button simultaneously.
As soon as I see the Samsung fe logo - I release the buttons - the phone boots regularly...
Booting this phone to recovery is a bit tricky:
1. Shut down phone and wait for a couple of seconds
2. Connect an USB cable to PC and phone
3. Push and hold louder button
4. Push power button until recovery mode will be shown
I prefer ADB:
ADB DEVICES
ADB REBOOT RECOVERY
I press volume up plus power simultaneously while inserting the connected USB cable.
Thanks guys!
Managed to do it after connecting to my laptop.
Just wiped the cache partition - hope it'll help..
Well unfortunately it didn't help.
The screen still flickers.
I'll factory reset the phone.
Hope it'll help and it's not a hardware issue...
consider also reflashing the current firmware. there's even a way to do that that doesn't involve wiping your apps. using the HOME_CSC file will keep your user data intact. then if that yields no results you can try a factory reset.
3mel said:
consider also reflashing the current firmware. there's even a way to do that that doesn't involve wiping your apps. using the HOME_CSC file will keep your user data intact. then if that yields no results you can try a factory reset.
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Thanks man but I don't know exactly how to do it...
I'll factory reset it and that's it.
Hope it'll solve the issue
I wiped the device yesterday.
Looks like the issue is solved.... No more flickering!
Not a hardware issue
Thanks everyone!
Hope it is not a hardware issue. Because my old s5 and pretty all samsung s5 have screen flickering problem especially in cold weather.