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[Q] i9000 not booting any more

Hello,
I have been using some release candidates of ICS which were available here on my i9000. Everything worked out generally fine. Sometimes my phone crashed and then it wouldn't want to go further than my i9000 and afterwards the google screen. Both screens would just repeat endlessly without the phone doing anything.
When this happened, I was always able to go back to recovery mode and uninstall everything and reinstall the rom. This would always solve my problem.
Now here is my current issue: on Saturday my phone crashed again, but now I can NOT enter recovery mode any more. Whenever I plug in a usb cable or normal cable to charge my phone it shows the calculating sign and after a few secs it's gone and starts all over again instead of showing the green battery slowly getting full.
The only thing which works is getting into download mode. So I tried to get odin to work. I installed kies to get the usb drivers and I opened odin (on both windows and a mac), but it does NOTHING.
Is there any other way I can reset my phone to get it somehow working again? Is there another way to get into recovery besides the buttons or using odin? I know of ADB but that requires the phone to be on....

When you plug your phone in (and enter download mode) what device type does windows detect it as?
Because you can get to download mode normally a "good" sign that it isn't bricked (and even when "bricked" it can be un-bricked)
Edit
Just tested mine, entered download mode and odin shows it connected on Com6, device manager shows it connected as a "Samsung Mobile Modem"
try and install the samsung modem drivers separately then try and connect connect

Hi,
first, be sure that all Kies-services are disabled via Taskmanager otherwise ODIN wont work correct!
then Bring your SGS1 to the Downloadmode, connect the USB_cable at the phone.
fullfill all sections you need in ODIN (PDA-Kernle, CODE-modem, CSC-CSC, pitfile512) klick repartition on
then connect your SGS1 via USB to the PC
Odin will show "connected"
Press start.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RoZU5ZPMS4
if your still stuck checkout this video might help good luck

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

Cannot access download or recovery mode after failed flash

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

Phone locked at logo boot, usb debugging disabled

Hi all,
I rooted my phone and unclocked bootloader.
My rom is a stock rom.
I managed to install CWM recovery using lg-optimus-4xhd-recovery-v1.0.apk but something happened.
I rebooted my phone in recovery mode and it is always locked to LG logo.
Pressing Volume up and power I can see normal android system recovery, wiping cache and factory reset don't work.
I haven't usb debugging enable so my computer can't see the phone connected with usb cable, and it's impossible for me flashing the phone with kdz rom methods.
What can I do?
Thx in advance for your answers

No one can help me?
Flashing with kdz results in "phone was not found", is there a way to resolve? I've tried with ubuntu, OS (adb) only see my phone if usb debugging is enabled and it isn't, and with a laptop running win8, installing LG drivers and so on, nothing works.

This is salvagable
If you can get the stock recovery mode, all is not lost, all of the important bits are still functioning.
Power down. Hold VolDn and insert the USB cable. If you get the Software Update screen with a green icon you CAN recover the phone. It may require a battle with Windows to get it to play nice, Windows and USB is always a hit or miss affair; but the phone is ok if that screen appears. Do not use the VolUP + Power LG Recovery mode, there isn't a known tool for that in the wild.
I don't normally run Windows and the couple of times I have booted it to do this it required some hassle and usually skipping the nice way since I had never installed the bundled LG Desktop stuff before things went wrong. So just do what I did, pick the Emergency mode that requires inputting the IMEI instead of letting it detect your phone and then let it fix things for you.

jmorris_42 said:
If you can get the stock recovery mode, all is not lost, all of the important bits are still functioning.
Power down. Hold VolDn and insert the USB cable. If you get the Software Update screen with a green icon you CAN recover the phone. It may require a battle with Windows to get it to play nice, Windows and USB is always a hit or miss affair; but the phone is ok if that screen appears. Do not use the VolUP + Power LG Recovery mode, there isn't a known tool for that in the wild.
I don't normally run Windows and the couple of times I have booted it to do this it required some hassle and usually skipping the nice way since I had never installed the bundled LG Desktop stuff before things went wrong. So just do what I did, pick the Emergency mode that requires inputting the IMEI instead of letting it detect your phone and then let it fix things for you.
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Many thanks for your answer, I resolved the problem late at night, yes, after a hard battle with windows.
I installed windows 7 32 bit, I tried a lot of Lg drivers, 3.8.1 maybe the best, after inserting the USB cable with SW Update screen some LG peripherals were recognized but the result in KDZ_FW_UPD was always "phone was not found", then I tried connecting USB cable with the Phone in Android recovery mode ( power & Vol up), and OS added a couple more peripherals, and attempting again with SW Upgrade mode worked.

Odin stuck on "system.img.ext4" Help please?

Hi All,
I tried to flash my phone from VZW firmware to unlocked firmware and my odin3b has been stuck on system.img.ext4.
I realized I hadn't installed the samsung drivers the first time around. I attempted to restart the phone as it was stuck on system.img.ext4 - following that my phone shows the screen:
"Software Update Failed Your device didn't update successfully. Use the Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant on a computer to repair your device and complete the update."
I'm unable to re-boot or do anything, when I hold power, bixby, volume down it presents me the warning screen before entering download mode. If I press Volume Up or Volume Down - I hit the same warning screen I typed up above. I am able to view the barcodes by pressing the bixby screen...
When I went back to Odin it still showed as "Added" when I plugged in the phone. I attempted the process again but it's still stuck on the same part.
Anybody have any suggestions of what I should attempt? I've been reading but have been unable to see any solutions.
Thanks for reading.

I Havnt played with the note 9 in terms of flashing or rooting as I have the SM-N960W Canadian Snapdragon version and there is no way yet. I've used Odin many times to flash and it can be fussy for a few reasons, I rooted my Galaxy S7 and nexus 5 and a few others. My tips would be....
First Uninstall Samsung driver.
Then Download "usbdeview" on your pc and Uninstall any previous USB connections labeled Android or Samsung or related, as this will allow you to start off as if it's a fresh connection.
Re-Install Samsung USB drivers, then....
Plug in Using stock OEM Samsung Note USB cord and wait for it to connect.
If no luck try a different USB port. USB 2.0 May work if your using USB 3.0 and it isn't.
Try a different version of odin, there are many, also running odin as administrator may help but not necessarily for sure.
If all this fails try on another computer or laptop. Make sure you only select the proper/necessary options in odin.
It sucks when things don't go as planned but that's the risk you take when you don't stay stock & update OTA. The steps I've written for you have fixed any issues I have ever run in to with odin & flashing but if yours was an incomplete flash and disconnected or interrupted mid way you may be stuck with an expensive paperweight I'm sad to say. Try contacting Samsung for proper odin version & odin settings, I wish you the best of luck. I am in no way a mobile phone technician but I've rooted many phones and always made it work. I hope you can too!
Best of luck!

flash back your official firmware to get back access to fone
if none of this works use smartswitch( it will reinstall drivers)
then tey again with odin 13.3 b using u1 firmware
also to get to dl mode power off the fone. if you have access to recovery ( reboot fone with vol down Bixby and power and quicly change to vol up bixy and pwr when you see it reboot)go there and choose shutdown phone. or let battery die and charge it for 10 mins and do while phone is off :
hold vol down and Bixby with one had and with the other plug the usb cable from rhe pc to fone.

The same problem happened with me. I wonder if anyone knows how to solve it?

Sukrus said:
The same problem happened with me. I wonder if anyone knows how to solve it?
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Try your luck with different odin versions, different cable, different pc, different firmwares

As above first step Samsung USB drivers and Samsung USB cable .