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[Q] Phone won't boot or enter recovery mode, but download mode is working

Hi everybody, I've looked through lots of posts, but can't find one similar to my issue.
This morning I woke up my phone was off, and would not start at all. At first I thought the battery was dead, so I plugged it into charge. I've been charging it all morning, but the charging screen does not show the green battery icon, it in fact shows a totally grey icon, and cycles on and off when plugged in.
Also, more importantly, I can't get the phone started. When I press the power button, the Samsung spash screen shows up for about 3 seconds, and then the phone shuts off again.
I've tried to get into recovery mode (vol up + home + power), and the same thing happens as a normal boot: spash screen for 3 seconds and then power off.
However I can get into download mode (vol down + home + power) - I see the large yellow triangle and the phone stays on until I pull the battery.
So I have no idea what is wrong with my phone at the moment.
I have Eclair stock JG9, and have only done the SGS sim unlock, and the SBL flash from JH2 to get recovery + download from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
Now the SBL flash I did was not the current "aries" one, but the older first one titled "gt-i9000_sbl_rcvdl_fix_final.tar.md5" which I did back in September when it first came out, and I have never had any problems with my phone since then. Also, I have never rooted or flashed any other roms on the phone.
How do I get my phone working again? Any ideas? Could it be a bootloader problem?
Thanks so much for whatever help you can give me!

Hmmm. That icon you see is the phone telling you kernel or bootloader is screwed. I get it often from failed kernel updates. See if you can install jm8 and see. Reason i said jm8 is that its a known stable rom
If no good then im sorry but ya phone is stuffed
Sent from my GT-I9000

ickyboo said:
Hmmm. That icon you see is the phone telling you kernel or bootloader is screwed. I get it often from failed kernel updates. See if you can install jm8 and see. Reason i said jm8 is that its a known stable rom
If no good then im sorry but ya phone is stuffed
Sent from my GT-I9000
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Thanks for the info. I tried to reflash my phone as the tech support people told me over the phone.
I couldn't get Kies to recognise it in download mode, so I used Odin with the ugjh2 pda/phone/csc, a 512 pit, and the repartition option set on. It didn't make any difference - phone still didn't boot. So I took it back to the Bell store, and they sent it out for repairs.

same problem
My phone has just done the same thing. I never flashed anything to it. It has JH2 directly from Bell (Canada).
The last thing I did was verify that I could enter recovery mode, that worked. Then I verified download mode, that worked also. It wouldn't exit download mode. I waited 10 minutes and finally pulled the battery. Now it won't boot.
plug in USB -> grey battery and blank screen, alternating every 5 seconds
Power up -> initial boot screen "Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000m..." for 5 seconds and shuts itself off
enter recovery mode -> nope, get the initial boot screen as if I was just trying to power up
enter download mode -> yes, no problem
how did things turn out with your repair?

Just sent mine in for repairs also after reading this
POLL: Bell I9000M Internal SD Issues?
Apparently it is a dead/corrupted internal SD card. Only happens to Bell phones and can't be fixed by end user.
You can get it working on an external SD but you are limited to 2GB available and the internal remains unavailable. I got that far, could make calls, but my phone was still broken.
good luck

DoubleDot said:
My phone has just done the same thing. I never flashed anything to it. It has JH2 directly from Bell (Canada).
The last thing I did was verify that I could enter recovery mode, that worked. Then I verified download mode, that worked also. It wouldn't exit download mode. I waited 10 minutes and finally pulled the battery. Now it won't boot.
plug in USB -> grey battery and blank screen, alternating every 5 seconds
Power up -> initial boot screen "Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000m..." for 5 seconds and shuts itself off
enter recovery mode -> nope, get the initial boot screen as if I was just trying to power up
enter download mode -> yes, no problem
how did things turn out with your repair?
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I'm still waiting for my phone to come back. The website says parts expected dec 1st, which is this Wednesday. Hopefully that means they'll fix it and send it back, and I may get it by early next week. We'll see what actually happens.

masterslacker said:
I'm still waiting for my phone to come back. The website says parts expected dec 1st, which is this Wednesday. Hopefully that means they'll fix it and send it back, and I may get it by early next week. We'll see what actually happens.
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Hi,
I also have quite similar problem. Mine is Galaxy s from docomo, Japan and I tried several things to root and add some other stuff and suddenly my body went down to bootlooping. . . Oposit to "Yatta - - - !!"
I really don't ask any more features than standard model so just wanna get my body as it was.
Will keep watching here.

[Q] Error boot Galaxy S

Hello,
I want to make an update to android 2.2 but i have an error. My phone blocked and wont boot. I remove the battery but when I power on after ~2 seconds appear an image with "phone../!\..pc".
No download mode...
No phone detected with Odin
No device found with adp.exe
Please help me to put back firmware.
Best Regards,

Leave the battery out for 10 mins. It may be in panic mode
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

plcomputer said:
Hello,
I want to make an update to android 2.2 but i have an error. My phone blocked and wont boot. I remove the battery but when I power on after ~2 seconds appear an image with "phone../!\..pc".
No download mode...
No phone detected with Odin
No device found with adp.exe
Please help me to put back firmware.
Best Regards,
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i had. same problem. before.
and than. i long-holding the 3. button until. the phone go to the download mode. i was success! .
you can try it.

I got that thing too in my sgs and I got rid of it with... guess what.. Hairdryer! I just heated for 15sec from the backside without battery,sim card and microsd. After heatin' battery in and vol-,home+power and vóla! Download mode,ready to reflash! I've learned my lesson.. "read the instruction twice,before applying mod".
Edit: I didn't have 3-button recovery, so that's why I had to do this. I was flashing 3B fix,and I forgot to select phone bootloader update.. Heat the phone about 25cm distance for 15 to 20 sec, depending the power of your dryer..
Then flash new ROM..

nexus one stuck on boot logo

hi frnds last nite i just turned my nexus one off... since den its not booting up... its stuck on x boot logo... i tried entering recovery mode but failed as its stuck dere also... please help. was running on a custom rom.... plz guide me.... as i dont have any idea whats wrong

rahul.a said:
hi frnds last nite i just turned my nexus one off... since den its not booting up... its stuck on x boot logo... i tried entering recovery mode but failed as its stuck dere also... please help. was running on a custom rom.... plz guide me.... as i dont have any idea whats wrong
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1. When on the solid X, try pressing the power button while holding down the trackball and volume down key. A screen with 3 androids on skates should come up.
2. Wait on this screen for 5 seconds until the RECOVERY option shows up in the list.
3. Use the Volume Down key to scroll down to RECOVERY.
4. Once RECOVERY option is selected, press the Power button to boot into recovery
Are you using Apps2SD with your custom ROM by any chance?

i can enter bootloader and fastboot mode by pressing tackball and power button, but when i select the recovery mode its stuck on x logo and doesnt responds... is my device bricked???

i am on cynogenmod 6.1.1

If you can enter the boot loader and fastboot mode, then try clearing the storage by choosing the CLEAR STORAGE option on that screen. Beware however, this will be as good as resetting your phone and will wipe all data - I mean contacts, SMSs ... everything. Then select REBOOT on that same screen to reboot your phone. Hope this helps
Also, if you haven't installed a radio or HBOOT incorrectly yesterday before switching off your phone, then the possibility of it having bricked is quite low.

i tried clearing the storage and tried rebooting the device from the options but its still stuck on boot logo...

Remove the battery, keep it like that for 5-10 min and then boot it up again. If it still doesn't work PM me your alternate no. I will call you up.

no its still not working... i tried removing battery for 20mins... but still same case...

reflash a working recovery, flash a stock rom, enjoy your phone again.

Came across this post while googling around
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874697
Seems very much like the issue you have.

i tried flashing a working recovery but still it doeasnt works... all i can see a multicoloured boot logo... please help me out guys...
i tried flashing amonRA recovery image but when i try to enter recovery its stuck on x logo... i've tried other recovery images too but anything doesnt works at all

Try the unroot/restore guide in the wiki, restoring FRG33 with the passimg method. If that doesn't work, you may have to call HTC...
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

i hav tried unroot/restore method... but it isnt working...
it fired up somehow....but no soung screen isnt responding now
buttons are also not working and power wake also isnt working.... please help what could be the problem....it took more than 30 mins to turn on dis device... & after that nothing was responding...

hey i had the same problem before even now what i did was went back to android 2.1 but when i installed some program like advance task killer it showed some ram less not some actually alot before advance task killer used to say 220mb ram available now it says 118mb available since android 2.2 needs more ram it's not loading properly cuz that's what mine did now i am looking for the solution to get my inactive ram.
Advance task killer kills all the app so now way the ram is still there even if it was being used the app would have closed the ram which it did but still it shows android 2.1

rahul.a said:
hi frnds last nite i just turned my nexus one off... since den its not booting up... its stuck on x boot logo... i tried entering recovery mode but failed as its stuck dere also... please help. was running on a custom rom.... plz guide me.... as i dont have any idea whats wrong
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My N1 is having exactly same problem as yours... I need help too, pls?

Clear the Dalvik cache and reboot

guys i got my nexus one back on track... it was a major hardware issue... it had nothing to deal with firmware...i got it repaired now from a professional device repairperson...
.... its working fine now... thanks for all the support from all the members...

I call shenanigans on the Professional repair persons advice to you.
I'm an Android noob, and i know that if you can get into bootloader, you're not bricked. I've recovered some scary **** from that vantage point in my few weeks here.
I'm glad you got your phone working again. I do hope that repair person didn't charge you Hardware Repair prices to do it though.

rahul.a said:
guys i got my nexus one back on track... it was a major hardware issue... it had nothing to deal with firmware...i got it repaired now from a professional device repairperson...
.... its working fine now... thanks for all the support from all the members...
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Yippee I would have hated it from the bottom of my heart if a phone like the Nexus One would have died like that

nexus
rahul.a said:
guys i got my nexus one back on track... it was a major hardware issue... it had nothing to deal with firmware...i got it repaired now from a professional device repairperson...
.... its working fine now... thanks for all the support from all the members...
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what was the problem how much did it cost to get it fixed

[Q] Hardbricked? Any way out of here?

Hi guys,
I'm in a problem with my GNote... I am (or was) running Android 4.0.4 stock from Samsung, then today completely out of the blue the phone froze and I had to reset, then it was stuck in the Samsung Galaxy Note logo screen. I tried removing the SIM and SD card, etc but nothing. Then I tried reinstalling the ROM via Odin but it got stuck in "Writing NAND...". Then I read in a forum that I could try a repartitioning with the PIT for my memory size (16 GB). I tried this but it got disconnected in the middle (the cable connector is a bit unstable) and now I can't get it to boot ANYTHING. The screen is completely black and Odin doesn't recognize the phone, can't get into recovery mode, etc.
Any idea? My tel company told me that it has a little marking that looks like the phone was hit and so they can't accept it for warranty tech service. I will try Samsung Service Center directly but before that, is there anything I can do???
Thanks!!

Chaostar said:
Hi guys,
I'm in a problem with my GNote... I am (or was) running Android 4.0.4 stock from Samsung, then today completely out of the blue the phone froze and I had to reset, then it was stuck in the Samsung Galaxy Note logo screen. I tried removing the SIM and SD card, etc but nothing. Then I tried reinstalling the ROM via Odin but it got stuck in "Writing NAND...". Then I read in a forum that I could try a repartitioning with the PIT for my memory size (16 GB). I tried this but it got disconnected in the middle (the cable connector is a bit unstable) and now I can't get it to boot ANYTHING. The screen is completely black and Odin doesn't recognize the phone, can't get into recovery mode, etc.
Any idea? My tel company told me that it has a little marking that looks like the phone was hit and so they can't accept it for warranty tech service. I will try Samsung Service Center directly but before that, is there anything I can do???
Thanks!!
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Is it starting up? If note just remove ur battery for around 10 mnts, then insert that try pressing vol down + power + home for 20 seconds and then press vol +, just check if ur pc could detect the device and also if the battery is enough charged.
If this detects ur device, u have chances or else only jig is the option.
Hope 4 the best
Press THANKS if this helped u :fingers-crossed:

I don't think even jig is an option now... the phone screen is completely black, it doesn't even get into the logo screen... going to Samsung right now.

jig mite help you.. cuz even when the phone doesnt boot up .. the jig mite force it to download mode.. check with that.. if not then get it to the samsung service.. how did u reset... were u rooted? stuck on NAND write is not a good sign

Chaostar said:
I don't think even jig is an option now... the phone screen is completely black, it doesn't even get into the logo screen... going to Samsung right now.
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Why not?
The Jig costs 2-3 US$ from Ebay, China...
Give it a try, its simple:
- remove battery
- put the Jig in
- wait a bit and put the battery back
- wait, pull battery out, pull Jig out
- connect the phone via USB to your PC, put battery back and start Odin
And if you are a lucky man you can flash a new firmware via Odin.
If you have an corrupt bootloader, Jig helps.
If there is a hardware problem you need a new maniboard.
How you described your Note there is possible only a corrupted bootloader ( Jig ) or a dead mainboard ( Samsung repair ).

Hmmm I'd say there is some serious problem. Originally (yesterday) my Note was working OK and then spontaneously (I didn't do anything or bump it or anything like that, I was just writing an email) it froze and so I used the reset combination (power+home buttons), then it entered into boot loop, it started and when it got to the Galaxy Note logo it rebooted, it did this 2 or 3 times and then it was stuck in Note logo. I took out the battery, put it back in, the same. I waited 10 minutes with the battery out, again the same results.
But I could get into recovery mode, so I tried re-flashing my ROM (LRQ Samsung stock from Germany, this was the only flash I did in my Note since last year when I bought it, I had 2.3.6 and then last month I updated to 4.0.4 via Kies official download and then using Odin I flashed the LRQ Samsung 4.0.4 stock because it has new features like the 3D gallery) but it got to "Writing NAND..." or something like that. I tried this several times and it was always the same.
So I read somewhere that I could try repartitioning the memory using Odin and the PIT file for my memory size (16GB), I tried this but just when I was in the process, the USB connector (which is a bit loose in my Note) disconnected for a second and reconnected and it was all. Phone dead. I'm guessing there's nothing there in the memory to boot from or to... so I'm taking it to Samsung.

Chaostar said:
But I could get into recovery mode, so I tried re-flashing my ROM (LRQ Samsung stock from Germany, this was the only flash I did in my Note since last year when I bought it, I had 2.3.6 and then last month I updated to 4.0.4 via Kies official download and then using Odin I flashed the LRQ Samsung 4.0.4 stock because it has new features like the 3D gallery) but it got to "Writing NAND..." or something like that. I tried this several times and it was always the same..
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bro Chaostar
your Gnote is totally got a called ( brick ) same my gnote but it is revive via repartition.. with 2GB loss
first you do is make sure your battery is full charge and forced your Gnote into DOWNLOAD MODE.....
how to forced to download mode?
1 press home button + volume down then press power button,, if result is not lucky...... go to second way
2 use jig for download mode
(a) remove batt,,
(b) then attach the jig to usb port
(c) then put back the batt,,, then wait almost 60second
(d) after 60sec, remove jig then press volume up,..... one press only.... it shown black screen but the system status is download mode.
(e) open odin pc, connect your Gnote,,, see and wait.. if you see your gnote is detected,,,, your welcome you have a chance.. then flash kernel only ( safe_CM9_kernel.tar) then reboot to recovery then flash the JB:CM10:HYBRD] PARANOIDANDROID [2.20 or follow the repartition procedure,,
( f) what if not detected?.......... don't worry..:highfive: i have last option for you... this is revive your Gnote via (JTAG)..
GUDLUCK and see you..

Well I already left my Note in my cell company, it is within warranty period and I hope they can fix it. The only problem is that it has a slight marking that looks like a bump on the side and they said that this could void the warranty, but they will give me a budget if it has to be paid for, I hope they don't have to change the whole mainboard, and if they want to charge me I'll take it to Samsung directly as a last chance. After that, I guess it's jig.
What really gets to me is that this started as a sort of spontaneous error, I didn't do anything to the phone before the initial freezing and unability to boot. The problem is that then I tried the PIT stuff. Well, let's see what happens.
Thanks for your suggestions!!

Chaostar said:
After that, I guess it's jig.
Thanks for your suggestions!!
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ABOUT JIG''... HERE THE INFO...http://droidangel.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-make-samsung-galaxy-s-download.html
about JTAG .. here the info,,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0SX3iDuIZc&feature=youtube

[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.