hi All,
im a newbie at this stuff and have been recently watching u you tube etc to try and fix my issue. but im having no luck. where im going wrong and how to understand what i need to do to fix.
I have a samsung g 8+, i have had since new, (unlocked to carrier) the other month the phone was turning off randomly, so i took it in it in to the phone shop to get repaired.
the guy told me it needs a battery. i said go ahead. couple of days later ive picked up the phone is was working fine. but it was low on battery and when i got home i placed the phone of charge and left it on till the next morning.
i went to unplug the phone from the charger and realized the samsung logo. i tried to turn off the phone and tuen it back on and its stuck on the samsung lgo screen.
i took it back to the shop the guy had the phone for a couple of days then tells me that the phone can't be fixed. or try another shop.
so i have tried flashing the phone with no luck, using different models of odin, i have downloaded my frimware from SAM mobile.
there wasn't an Australia firmware option, so i downloaded Singapore all.
i keep getting fail on the odin and don't know where i am going wrong, please help.
the model is SM-G955FD
Thanks in advance.
Related
Hi,
Coupls of weeks back i I HardSPL my device with 3.28 and installed the RUU_Kaiser_HTC_HK_WWE_3.34.721.2_radio_sign_25.83.40.02_1.70.19.09 and since then it was working fine but today i downloaded the SKYFIRE thru WiFi and installed it though it installed correctly and after one hour my my Phone turned off automatically and when i realised that i tried to turn it on but nothing happend initially i thought that may be the battery runs out. So when i reached home and the moment i attached my phone with charger ; the orange light turned on automatically, phone vibrates and smart mobility screen appears BUT after that it start reapeating that again and again.
So after several attempts; i start reading the forum and as advised by seniors - I enter into boot loader ( successfully ) attached my phone with a PC and reflashed my phone again with RUU 3.34 and the whole flashing process completed successfully and when " Finish " button appears on my Laptop and the moment i clicked on it the Phone Vibrates ( like restarting ) smart mobility appears and thats it.... same problem....
And the moment i unplug my device from charger it even refuse to turn it on even. Presently i am using an extended battery of 2800 mah which i purchased it from UK last december but Currently i am in Canada and using Fido connection.
So now would any body tells me that its a
Battery Problem or
Hardware problem or
Software problem
Please help me out since i am out of home with a limited budget and don't want to spend on a new phone in foreign land ( canada ) and BY-GOD Canada is way too expensive - in Canada they even charge it for incoming calls and messages as well :-((( .... i was always under the impression that UK is expensive but now i realised that i was wrong...
Thanks for reading this and looking forward for a solution
Try flashing with a different ROM, probably a stock/shipped one..
Regards,
Carty..
Many thanks for the quick reply ; but can i use a stock rom on 3.28 HardSPL ?
In a word Yes. but if you have trouble connecting to the pc (as I did) flash a ROM using the SD card
Thanks to all the replies and i think its a battery problem.... now i have to buy a battery in Canada at double the amount which is easily available in UK at only 8 pounds... and in Canada its available not less than 30 CAD $...
Does anybody from Canada know a place from where i can buy a tytn-ii battery at reasonable price... specially in toronto since i am a tourist i prefer a shop a address...
Thanks
I have the same sort of problem as you...
I unlocked my phone via one of the methods on here, which was performed successfully, even managed to update my HardSPL, however since unlocking, my phone reboots, or shuts off.
It started happening when a text message was received on the ROM i was using, however since then I've flashed the same Rom as you, the HTC standard from from Zel's FAQ, along with now reflashing the Orange UK Stock rom (as per Sig) onto my phone.
The phone got as far as formatting the storage, then went to allow me to setup, and rebooted, allowed me to start the setup for the phone, then rebooted.
However, something has happened which I've never seen before.
Once it rebooted, the phone booted into Flight Only Mode, then has told me that my battery needs replacing (so am bidding on one from the illustrious Ebay).
Any ideas what could've happened? Would the original unlocking cause the phone to F*** up? Even though the whole process worked with no flaws / switching off etc at all?
Max, I'm in the UK, and if need be, i'll happily find one on ebay also and ship to you from here?
Hello,
I upgraded to Froyo last week, and hadn't had any problems until now. Yesterday when I had my bluetooth hooked up to the phone, it all of a sudden disconnected, which has happened many times before when the phones battery goes dead. So, last night I plugged into the wall to charge it, and this morning I wake up to the screen constantly flashing on and off (showing the black startup screen that says "Galaxy S I9000 Samsung".
I've tried plugging it into my computer, plugging it back into the wall charger, and booting into recovery mode, but all it does is show the battery charging screen momentarily (batteries shows to have no charge it whatsoever), and then switches back to flashing the startup screen.
Can someone please help me out, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Cam
Hi Cam,
I have the same issue as you have and I'm trying to find the way to reload my device with the stock OS Android 2.1 Eclair that includes the bootloader that seems defective for some reason.
I was bounced by from Bell support to Samsung support, then to Best Buy where I got it and back to Bell.
I'll keep you in the loop if I find a solution.
Good luck
Maxx
maxximux2000 said:
Hi Cam,
I have the same issue as you have and I'm trying to find the way to reload my device with the stock OS Android 2.1 Eclair that includes the bootloader that seems defective for some reason.
I was bounced by from Bell support to Samsung support, then to Best Buy where I got it and back to Bell.
I'll keep you in the loop if I find a solution.
Good luck
Maxx
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey Maxx,
I called Samsung this morning and they told me to take it to the Bell store where I purchased it from, and they may need to flash it or send it in for repairs.
Definitely keep me in the loop, it's much appreciated. This is extremely frustrating.
Thanks,
Cam
Hi Cam,
I will try the instruction found in the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870058 after work.
Let's hope this will do the trick.
Maxx
Hi Maxx,
Did you get a chance to try it out? If so, did you have any luck?
Thanks,
Cam
Hi Cam,
No success with any firmware combination I tried, I think the only thing left is to send it back for repair. There is many others that have the same issues. All seems to be related to an internal SD card that is defective.
Maxx
Thanks, dude. Unfortunately it looks like I'll be sending it back today. You know whether or not I should take the two SD cards out before sending it back? I presume I should at least take out the card that I purchased separately?
Very late reply but this happened for me today (i was trying to install cwm through program Heimdall). So i put phone to download mode and using odin i was able to push in android 2.3.6 and everything works fine (except root permision gone).
Ok I have read about 50 different posts that are similar to my situation but none of them seem to be exactly what I'm looking for. Here is what is happening with a little background.
Running Stock 2.1 on a BELL Mobility Vibrant.
No Custom Roms.
I did have the OCLF installed (Almost 3 months ago without issue)
Phone is also Rooted
Last night I was at a friends place showing off my phone as they were ready to get a new one. I showed them all the cool apps, google maps, google Sky, Soundhound, Bar Code Scanner, etc.. They were sold and are no longer getting an iPhone.
I came home and went to bed. I woke up this morning and the phone was off.. I turned on the phone and once it booted up it said the battery was dead.. No problem.. Power the phone down.. Replace battery and reboot.
It would not reboot.. it gets stuck at the Galaxy S logo screen
My phone is one of these earlier models that doesn't have access to the 3 button recovery so I was using the ADB reboot-recovery to access the menu.. However, this no longer works.. it just reboots the phone and gets stuck at the logo.
I have tried ADB logcat and it just loops and loops.. (Thousands of lines of data)
I have tried a few different batteries.. I have tried powering it up connected to a wall outlet (power) as well as to the computer (it does detect the USB and makes the USB connect sounds (windows7))
Keis and ODIn both don't see the device.. (Not surprising)
Have tried 3-4 different methods to get to the download screen as suggested in other posts and none of them work.
Is there anything else I can try short of taking the phone back to Wireless Wave?
Just uploaded a dump of the logfile from AGB Logcat Cmd. In case that helps.
If you can't get the download screen, then your best bet is making a homemade jig. Search google for how to make one. I made mine when I encountered this problem and it works every time when I am unable to get a download screen.
I guarantee that it'll work for you as well. Good luck.
[HOWTO] [REF] Get Download Mode without 3-button combo using homemade JIG
Can you clarify? Are you unable to get into recovery AND download mode?
gtg2 said:
Can you clarify? Are you unable to get into recovery AND download mode?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey...my phone is currently stuck at a boot screen loop and it doesnt stop doing it. What can i do to fix this? I am able to get into download mode but not recovery mode. i know how to use odin, but can anybody guide me to which files i should use to put into odin to fix my phone? please help, thanks!! BTW, my phone is i9000 from BELL CANADA also!
Alright, follow this link and you'll get your three buttons working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
Make sure you get ODIN v1.3 and not v1.0 because the older one doesn't have a bootloader flash option.
zumi78878 said:
Hey...my phone is currently stuck at a boot screen loop and it doesnt stop doing it. What can i do to fix this? I am able to get into download mode but not recovery mode. i know how to use odin, but can anybody guide me to which files i should use to put into odin to fix my phone? please help, thanks!! BTW, my phone is i9000 from BELL CANADA also!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My Galaxy S from Bell is doing the same thing I spent 6 hours yesterday and so far 3 hours trying to get a replacement over the counter and so far its go to where you got the phone (Future Shop) they say only 14 day return window on this phone and mine started do it 16 days after i got it. Future shops says to go to Bell Store. Bell Store says Future shop should be handling this. now I am on my second call to Bell Corp and they are trying to keep me as a customer since I told them if this is not fixed today or replaced I am send the phone back and they can take their 3 year contract and stuff it.
so far looking good she is being very understanding and trying to help me
we shall see how this will go..
well 2 hours on the phone with them and the rep Named Laura is doing her best to get me a swapped phone today but she keeps hitting roadblocks between Future Shop and her own jobs corporate policies
with Bell this phone is 30 Days for straight across exchange but with Future Shop this is a 14 day policy since my phone died at day 16 its no longer covered by Future Shop and Bell hasn't been able to help me yet.
Laura is now trying to go above her bosses heads' and do good for me they have notes that my phone is considered DOA and should just be swapped by Bell Stores wont help me due to this phone being purchased at Future Shop
oh so frustrating...
UPDATE:
well after 2.5 hours on the phone with Laura and full of empty promises she cannot do anything for me Future shop has a 14 day policy Bell has a 30 Day policy and the phone is now 17 day old and nothing but a brick.
so I am heading to the nearest Bell store and dropping off the Phone and telling them to stuff the contract and all my bills good riddance.
nyk0n said:
so I am heading to the nearest Bell store and dropping off the Phone and telling them to stuff the contract and all my bills good riddance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Let us know how that goes.
I predict the first murder in Canada inside a mobile phone dealership occurs in the next month over a Galaxy.
So... i've read a lot of topics about dead captivates, but it seems that all of them are related with something during a flash procedure.
Well, mine just died yesterday after a week using Darky 10.2 in perfect state.
It was charging in the morning, i remembered checking it once and it was with 62%, when i came back to check again to see if it was full, it was already off and just wouldn't turn it on again.
Tried taking out the battery, even tried the one from my brother (he has the I9000), tried different cables, tried different button combinations and nothing, really, nothing happens.
Dunno if it's important but my cappy suffered from the shut down problem... On Froyo it would shut down like 4 times a week, when changed to GB it was once a week...
Anyway, im not in the US (that's why i didn't replaced mine, i've bought it when i went to the US in last October.
It still has the guarantee, so could anyone point me out a direction ? I have a friend that it's going on the end of August to NY (he is going to be there for 2 months), so it maybe be my only chance...
Unless you can find me a solution to fix the phone !
You might want to try to contact Samsung USA directly and tell them your situation. They should be able to help.
1-888-987-HELP(4357)
Hi there,
i just want to know who had the same experience as i had.
We're talking about an HTC m7ul, CyanogenMod, Unlocked
I was trying "Dubstep Hero" as the phone suddenly freezed, even the sound was stuck.
Then it turn off without any warning.
First i tried to reboot it normally, nothing happend.
I guess, the battery should have had about 40%.
Next Chance i thougt would be to reboot into the Bootloader / Recovery (VolUp+Pwr).
Nothing happend. Then i tried to charge the Phone, no red LED came on.
I let the phone on the stock power adapter over night and gave it another try.
Still no reaction.
After that my last attempt to get it back to life with attaching it to my computer.
Nothing was recognized, "lsusb" wasn't able to find anything attached, which could be some kind of phone.
I also tried the variant with pressing buttons for several minutes, without success.
The Phone was about 365 days and 2 hours old.
Here in Germany there is a warranty of 2 years so i returned the phone where "Saturn" will send it to HTC or some other authorized Service Partner.
Hoping that it will be back soon and i don't have any issues about the custom ROM or stuff like that.
btw...
I tried to get an OnePlus One from Coolicool.com. Don't ever buy anything there.
I still got nothing, my only luck is that i paid with paypal.
They even have not shipped it since 3 weeks! Support promised, shipping has already been done...
Next Tuesday i will try to get my Money back.
Finally my Question to u:
Have u or Have u Had the same problems / issues?
Did your Phone came back to life?
What have you done to bring it back to life?
Sorry for my english, it's not that great
Hope you figure out, how things are meant to be..