Galaxy A20 - BRICKED NO DOWNLOAD MODE - Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers

Hi All,
Apologies if this is not posted in the right forum - ADMINS please move if applicable.
Thank you for all the great MODS and Support received over the years, you have supplied me with great reading material and DIY tips.
I have been flashing and modding since the Galaxy S2 and had my fair share of bricked devices , which I always fixed, but this one baffles me as I did not do anything to it, yet!
Little Background
Bought my wife a new Samsung Galaxy A20 (SM-A205F/DS), she dropped it :silly: and screen got broken.
Order new screen and replaced it, before closing I tested device tested and everything was working 100%
Phone worked like it should, then I closed it and now the phone is not booting up.
What have I tried
- Tried the Recovery Mode (Power + Volume Up) - No Go
- Tried to get Download Mode (Power + Volume Up + Volume Down) - No Go
- Tried battery reset (Power + Volume Down) - Phone Starts but gets Black Screen and turns OFF
- Tried battery removal (Remove and Re-connect Battery on Main Board) - No Go
- Tried Data Cable Start - No Go
- Tried ODIN - No Go - Does not detect Phone
- Tried FlashTool - No Go - Does not detect Phone and also does not have MediaTek Chipset
- Tried ADB and Fastboot - Device not detected
Error Code Received
The below only flashes on for 1 sec and ONLY appears when pressing the Power Button - had to record and take photo
Code:
#Reboot Recovery Cause is [BL:Recovery Mode Set by key]#
Support SINGLE-SKU
#Block-Based OTA
Supported API: 3
#MANUAL MODE v1.0.0#
Rebooting....
Picture of ERROR
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If the image is not working, herewith link
Code:
"https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iCmEF2bzDbCKu4Y2T928hijqbJKozxCb"
Guys I really need your help on this, need to make the wife happy - can anyone point me in the direction of how to get the software back onto this device again.
Regards
Your Friend in Need

Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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Hi physwizz, did try your suggestion and no go - also tried with different combinations, any other suggestions

X85258X said:
Hi physwizz, did try your suggestion and no go - also tried with different combinations, any other suggestions
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Buy your wife a basketball and throw the phone away

physwizz said:
Buy your wife a basketball and throw the phone away
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Is there nothing else you can do, no jtag or pin shorting, come on guys it can not be that hard

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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How long should you keep the buttons pressed

X85258X said:
How long should you keep the buttons pressed
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Until the phone starts to respond

physwizz said:
Until the phone starts to respond
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It responds after 15 seconds, showing the Samsung A20 Logo Secured by Knox, how long should you keep the Volume Up + Volume Down Buttons

If the screen turns on plug it right into the pc and see if it can be detected by Odin or by "adb devices" and try to recover it

Maybeyou said:
If the screen turns on plug it right into the pc and see if it can be detected by Odin or by "adb devices" and try to recover it
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Hey, I have tried that already, the screen switches on and stays on for +-20 seconds and then turns off before displaying the Samsung Logo and if you press the Power Button again it displays the Error Code as per my original post and switches off, if you press any other button it does nothing

physwizz said:
Hold all 3 buttons
When it responds release power and very quickly plug in to computer
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I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback

X85258X said:
I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback
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Great work
Yes I plugged it in pretty quick when I did it
Sometimes it doesn't reboot if it's plugged in
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Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589

X85258X said:
I got it to work with your suggestion but with a twist.
For the device to get into download mode you must have the USB Cable already connected to your phone and pc.
Odin detects device, will flash software later and give feedback
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Downloaded the firmware to the phone, all went 100% no errors.
Phone rebooted, showed the Blue Screen Android Dude (Installing System) for 1 second and switches off.
Tried to post Picture and Video links but I am not allowed Yet
Now we have a new challenge

physwizz said:
Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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Ok cool, will give this a bash a little later and give feedback, will see if I can upload video and images to google drive.
Must OEM Unlocker be enable, if so we might have problems

Picture of Screen after successful flash

physwizz said:
Great work
Yes I plugged it in pretty quick when I did it
Sometimes it doesn't reboot if it's plugged in
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Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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Hey, ok I tried all different stock firmwares - from earliest to latest and all result with same error state as per the original post.
Code:
#Reboot Recovery Cause is [BL:Recovery Mode Set by key]#
Support SINGLE-SKU
#Block-Based OTA
Supported API: 3
#MANUAL MODE v1.0.0#
Rebooting....
Is there anything else we can try or is this now just an expensive paperweight

physwizz said:
Great work
Try this now that you're in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/android-10-q-guide-a20-t4095589
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I have tried, but as suspected OEM Lock is still Active and there is currently no way of disabling it, as I do not have access to the main os.

Im sorry, if you used Odin and unchecked auto reboot, you have to hold power and down for 10 seconds, then immediately hold volume down and power for recovery then boot to system. If installing twrp that is. That screen doesn't change after a flash with auto reboot off. I'd reflash and reboot to recovery from what I'm seeing
Or
If your good with wires you can short pins 4 and 5 using 333k resistor and plug into phone, it'll get you to download mode

Same Exact Problem
literally the same exact problem / symptoms.
It happened to me immediately after an automatic system update
it seems to me that the aftermarket screen somehow lost full compatibility.
i used odin and also tried installing all the available updates and they were successful but issue remained
please let me know if you come up with a solution i will do the same if i find one.

X85258X said:
Hey, I have tried that already, the screen switches on and stays on for +-20 seconds and then turns off before displaying the Samsung Logo and if you press the Power Button again it displays the Error Code as per my original post and switches off, if you press any other button it does nothing
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I have the same issue right now. Without the error message displayed.
The phone can not boot into download mode. I tried all the things mentioned in this thread.
Same Exact Problem
literally the same exact problem / symptoms.
It happened to me immediately after an automatic system update
it seems to me that the aftermarket screen somehow lost full compatibility.
i used odin and also tried installing all the available updates and they were successful but issue remained
please let me know if you come up with a solution i will do the same if i find one.
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It seems like it could really a problem with the aftermarket screen. My A20 has a new screen and maybe thats the same probem.
Can anyone help us?

Related

Trouble / Brick? like this how to fix?

Hello, I got trouble like this when I tried to restore to factory setting, I never do something modding like rooting or something at my tatto.
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Help me plz .... I'm confused ...
That ain't no brick. You're in the recovery console. You have to hit a buton combination to get out of it.
Press one of the volume keys together with the power on button (red phone). I think it was those. Could be another combo though.
Still not working sir I used vol down + power not happend anything, when vol up + power my tattoo start blank screen and green led indicator only ...
Hy!
I can (very cheap) buy a HTC Tattoo which is broken.
The problem is (seller says) : When he try to turn on HTC Tattoo its just vibrating.
Can anyone say me is it hardware or software problem?
(Sorry for my bad english I am from Croatia.)
Hi, the easiest option is to remove the battery n replace it, then turn the phone on. The other option is to keep pressing the buttons home and call end, together.
Mithun.
mstaglicic said:
Hy!
I can (very cheap) buy a HTC Tattoo which is broken.
The problem is (seller says) : When he try to turn on HTC Tattoo its just vibrating.
Can anyone say me is it hardware or software problem?
(Sorry for my bad english I am from Croatia.)
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Hi, is the display working? Well, there might be many defects in the phone or might not be... its like a gamble, you can buy the phone and get it repaired, it might cost you a lot. The call is yours.
mewmewmew said:
Still not working sir I used vol down + power not happend anything, when vol up + power my tattoo start blank screen and green led indicator only ...
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Hi, the easiest option is to remove the battery n replace it, then turn the phone on. The other option is to keep pressing the buttons home and call end, together.
Mithun.
Mithun_srk05 said:
Hi, is the display working? Well, there might be many defects in the phone or might not be... its like a gamble, you can buy the phone and get it repaired, it might cost you a lot. The call is yours.
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I'dont know is display working.
But it seems to me like a software problem.
Is there a hard reset or turning Tattoo in DFU mode (something like that) for flashing?
Thank you for answering.
help...
help... mine is like that too.. now i can't make goldcard:
F:\tatoo\tools>adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
when i try to run RUU_Click_HTC_WWE_1.67.405.6_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe
i get ERROR [170]: USB CONNECTION ERROR
I've downloaded (recovery-RA-tattoo-v1.6.2.img) but i don't know how to flash it...
If you cant get your adbd on the phone working, you could try to go over jtag to get a shell. But first download the android sdk from google and try the adb in there.
little development....
I managed to get these options(see attachment) pressing HOME+END after boot, but i can't select any options...
I tried to press every button and i can't enable the selection or move up/down the selection...
Some help here please...
mstaglicic said:
I'dont know is display working.
But it seems to me like a software problem.
Is there a hard reset or turning Tattoo in DFU mode (something like that) for flashing?
Thank you for answering.
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Sorry for the late response, you can go to the boot screen by pressing the home button and end button together... This method will only work if the phone is rooted. Else, create a Gold card and get into the fast boot mode by pressing vol down and end button simultaneously lemme know if it worked.
madaleno said:
I managed to get these options(see attachment) pressing HOME+END after boot, but i can't select any options...
I tried to press every button and i can't enable the selection or move up/down the selection...
Some help here please...
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Madaleno, looking at the attachment it shows that your phone is not rooted, which means that you cant apply update via SD card.. it will give u an error message. Create a gold card by grabbing a smart phone from someone, it can be windows mobile or android based.... Once a gold card is created, you can flash a stock ROM. To navigate on the menu, based on ur attachment, use volume up and down keys and call button to select.
If it is not rooted maybe you still have warranty for the phone so you can send it to free service.
Well... no warranty...
And volume up/down does nothing...
madaleno said:
Well... no warranty...
And volume up/down does nothing...
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You don't need your tattoo to make a gold card.
Ask someone with a Android device, and put you sd card and do it.
Cheers
Got GOLD!
I've used a symbian to read CID and created a goldcard
Can someone give me some guidelines what to do next?
With your phone turned off, press power + volume down buttons at the same time.
Then wait a litle and press back until appears "FASTBOOT" in the screen.
Then connect the usb cable and flash the stock ROM.
Cheers
Zecanilis said:
With your phone turned off, press power + volume down buttons at the same time.
Then wait a litle and press back until appears "FASTBOOT" in the screen.
Then connect the usb cable and flash the stock ROM.
Cheers
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I pressed "Volume down"+"End" for 1 second and then keep "back" pressed and i get the same screen as post #1 :
You don't keep back pressed.
only press it a few times.

Recovery from a completely dead phone / captivate with no power

This should be a sticky or added to a existing sticky.
Do you get no power when you turn on your phone? Nothing shows up on the screen at all. You have the worst brick possible that is recoverable. I wished this post came out before I did a warranty swap.
Here's how to fix: Credit goes to OP
- You need Odin program before starting.
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Insert battery.
5. Connect usb cable.
6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- while plugging in USB
Got download screen and flashed with ODIN..
Let ODin finish.
*** This program recovered my dead phone with no power, nothing shows up on my screen. - Dead and also a stuck boot up screen.
I saw another post that has the similar set of instructions 6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- and then press the power button. Nothing happens.
I am curious how people this post has helped. Can you respond when you these directions gets your phone up. Thank you.
this is cOLD. and has been posted numerous times.
A.K.A. Check [STOCK] Odin 1 click. and this does not recover from a completely dead phone that doesn't have button combo to download mode.
I thought that was what we all did to get into d/l
Some tools developer or reseller said that the phone is bricked,
and need Jtag tool to do recovery.
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Jtag is usefull for empty or totally corrupted ROM recovery.
But if you see this, your phone is FAR from brick !
Just press the keys, bring it back to download mode
Then plug to cable and flash a working firmware again.
No special tools is needed,
No need to waste time and money send for repair,
Don't waste your good phone and don't break it for jtag.
johan8 said:
Some tools developer or reseller said that the phone is bricked,
and need Jtag tool to do recovery.
Jtag is usefull for empty or totally corrupted ROM recovery.
But if you see this, your phone is FAR from brick !
Just press the keys, bring it back to download mode
Then plug to cable and flash a working firmware again.
No special tools is needed,
No need to waste time and money send for repair,
Don't waste your good phone and don't break it for jtag.
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as my case....but i still can't enter download mode or recovery mode
and now... my pc can't detect my phone again...
what should i do now OMG
Are you seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol? I was in a situation where my phone wouldn't accept the the up/down key press to enter download mode. I ended up having to make a jig which basically will force the phone into download mode. You can search the forums on how to make one.
junktzu said:
Are you seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol? I was in a situation where my phone wouldn't accept the the up/down key press to enter download mode. I ended up having to make a jig which basically will force the phone into download mode. You can search the forums on how to make one.
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yea...ur right...im seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol,so...must make a jig?
linggo said:
yea...ur right...im seeing the Phone-!-PC symbol,so...must make a jig?
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No, if you see that symbol, you can recover using the method in first post to get to download mode. That is how I got past it.
loraque said:
No, if you see that symbol, you can recover using the method in first post to get to download mode. That is how I got past it.
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not work so far...
This is what most people always do to enter dl mode.
However, many phones shipped without the button combos needed for it to work. In that case it is possible to make a USB jig to trigger download mode manually. see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
:-(
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
Deca4 said:
This should be a sticky or added to a existing sticky.
Do you get no power when you turn on your phone? Nothing shows up on the screen at all. You have the worst brick possible that is recoverable. I wished this post came out before I did a warranty swap.
Here's how to fix: Credit goes to OP
- You need Odin program before starting.
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Insert battery.
5. Connect usb cable.
6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- while plugging in USB
Got download screen and flashed with ODIN..
Let ODin finish.
*** This program recovered my dead phone with no power, nothing shows up on my screen. - Dead and also a stuck boot up screen.
I saw another post that has the similar set of instructions 6. HOLD VOL+ and VOL- and then press the power button. Nothing happens.
I am curious how people this post has helped. Can you respond when you these directions gets your phone up. Thank you.
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I have the same problem but I cannot get it to download mode. My phone is completely dead no power no sign of life. The only thing I notice is when i put the battery into the phone for about 15 minutes the phone is getting hot so I don't know if this is a common problem for bricked phone.
MobileXT said:
I have the same problem but I cannot get it to download mode. My phone is completely dead no power no sign of life. The only thing I notice is when i put the battery into the phone for about 15 minutes the phone is getting hot so I don't know if this is a common problem for bricked phone.
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Try these steps to see if you can get the red text to show up. If you can, you are still recoverable using the steps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9330685&highlight=red+text#post9330685
linggo said:
not work so far...
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I had the exact same "phone - ! - PC" brick screen and vol up + vol down + power only took me to "unknown upload mode". I eventually figured out by myself that holding ONLY vol down + power for 10 sec is what takes you to download mode from that particular screen.
Summary: Anyone who's getting "Phone--!--PC" and the three-button combo takes you to "unknown upload mode", try holding vol down + power for 10 seconds.
dead phone
The guys just turned off my phone and didn’t turn on, didn’t enter into the backup, I can’t flash through ODIN because even after installing the drivers, the computer sees the phone as a ULC1 device and cannot install the drivers needed for the phone, who had such a problem decide? samsung j100fn

[HELP] Samsung Galaxy Y dead by Rom Manager

last following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404014
after im press Reboot into Recovery, my devices are dead
how to fix my phone?
mr.snax said:
last following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404014
after im press Reboot into Recovery, my devices are dead
how to fix my phone?
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Can you
A. See ANYTHING at all when you power on??
B. can bring up recovery mode using Vol+ + Home + Power?
C. can bring up download mode using vol- + Home + Power?
If yes.. then its not dead..
If no.. then goto a service center and play dumb .
noobwithgalaxyy said:
Can you
A. See ANYTHING at all when you power on??
B. can bring up recovery mode using Vol+ + Home + Power?
C. can bring up download mode using vol- + Home + Power?
If yes.. then its not dead..
If no.. then goto a service center and play dumb .
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A. no, it's still OFF
B. I tried to Recovery Mode, but can't turn on
C. I tried to Download Mode too, but can't turn on
Anyone can help me? without bring it to services center?
Thats bad...
seems a hard brick..
yeah its sucks when noobies started the threat and say worked !
now my devices currently brick and wanna going to samsung services center
When u connect it to a pc does usb conn promt? Or not?
If so flash it in odin. Hardbricks were restored thru there with the dxkk4 asia i guess. But well. Try it
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He can't get into download mode..
Jig maybe?
Take battery out. Plug usb in comp or car charger. Hold volume down keep holding and plug in usb
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i found some solution for u
dear friend i found some solution for u try this
Hard Brick Solution
Soft Bricks Solutoin
may be its work for u.....
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never use anything ment for other devices
mr.snax said:
last following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404014
after im press Reboot into Recovery, my devices are dead
how to fix my phone?
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uve' been hardbricked
goto service center and tell them u were updating frm kises and had a power cut
if your device is fixed use the zip file *attachment
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just flash it using your default recovery
my Y dead a lot of times... to back it to on..
i just pull out the batter and plug it into charger without battery then put my battery back then it works.... run into recovery.. data wipe/reset factory then turn off again your phone. turn it on again and install rom you like..
I think rom manager doesnt support our phone. But it was displayed in the market
Sent from my GT-S5360
mrdoods said:
my Y dead a lot of times... to back it to on..
i just pull out the batter and plug it into charger without battery then put my battery back then it works.... run into recovery.. data wipe/reset factory then turn off again your phone. turn it on again and install rom you like..
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Really? Gonna try it!
Sent from my GT-S5360
[SOLUTIONS]
jeffcleds said:
Really? Gonna try it!
Sent from my GT-S5360
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mrdoods said:
my Y dead a lot of times... to back it to on..
i just pull out the batter and plug it into charger without battery then put my battery back then it works.... run into recovery.. data wipe/reset factory then turn off again your phone. turn it on again and install rom you like..
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I don't know so much things. But at my time i was recovered from there exactly in the same way without even know it.
Astonished, the problem who face didn't update about the issue, WHY ?
thought that thread was closed.... asked a long time ago i've said on page 2 this is not working beacause i couldn't edit it back then
btw how did you find suck an old post?
it shows on galaxy y logo
mr.snax said:
last following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404014
after im press Reboot into Recovery, my devices are dead
how to fix my phone?
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DO THIS ONLY WHEN YOU PLUG IN YOUR PHONE AND NOTHING SHOWS UP ON THE SCREEN!!!
This method is basically same as the normal stock rom flashing tut, EXCEPT the way you get into Download Mode as your phone is HARD BROKEN.
1. Download all the files required in the "SOFT BRICKS" Prob, (Just Google that)
. 2. Remove everything from your phone (SD card, sim, battery).
3. Plug your phone into your computer WITHOUT the battery.
4. Press and HOLD vol. up and vol. down.
5. As you are HOLDING these buttons, reattach your battery.
6. You should be in Download Mode.
7. Now flash ur Stock rom via odin...
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mr.snax said:
last following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404014
after im press Reboot into Recovery, my devices are dead
how to fix my phone?
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naresh9952924146 said:
it shows on galaxy y logo
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DO THIS ONLY WHEN YOU PLUG IN YOUR PHONE AND NOTHING SHOWS UP ON THE SCREEN!!!
This method is basically same as the normal stock rom flashing tut, EXCEPT the way you get into Download Mode as your phone is HARD BROKEN.
1. Download all the files required in the "SOFT BRICKS" Prob, (Just Google that)
. 2. Remove everything from your phone (SD card, sim, battery).
3. Plug your phone into your computer WITHOUT the battery.
4. Press and HOLD vol. up and vol. down.
5. As you are HOLDING these buttons, reattach your battery.
6. You should be in Download Mode.
7. Now flash ur Stock rom via odin...
thank me if it wrks
Problem still persists
Hi everyone!
I had this very same problem. It's my sister's phone. She was promted to install update (I think it was firmware, but not sure). Anyway, the update was stuck at 86%. She lost the nerves and turned off the phone during install athough she shouldn't have. Then the phone was stuck at Samsung logo screen. I did some web browsing, and flashing using odin came up as a perfect solution for me. And I did it! Everything seemed perfect until the end. And just as I thought I finished, and did everything right, the phone (that was still in progres of flashing) just turned off and now I can't get it to do ANYTHING AT ALL since!
I've tried everything I found on web, inclouding suggestions from this forum, trying with usb cable and without battery, but nothing worked! It's simply dead!
Can anyone suggest anything new before I take it to samsug service?
Thanx in advance!
Try to flash with ODIN.. by this method
1. Remove ur battery
2. connect phone without battery
3. press volume up/down + home key
now your phone must be Download mode
4. Now Connect your battery
try to flash now & reply..
Still nothing
amtra said:
Try to flash with ODIN.. by this method
1. Remove ur battery
2. connect phone without battery
3. press volume up/down + home key
now your phone must be Download mode
4. Now Connect your battery
try to flash now & reply..
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Doesn't work! Cannt get any of key combinations to start phone in any mode... It just stays a blank screen, nothing happens...

[REPAIRED!]LG G2 F320K deep&hard brick! REPAIRED now.

10/10 13:19 updated:
REPAIRED!I got my phone repaired...HERE is the method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595
Last night I began to try REPAIRING , but it still can not work...
Firstly Pardon me for my poor English...
The reason it stucked is that when i tried to get it back to stock firmware,the software(LG FLASH tool) warmed me with some unknown errors at the time it almostly finished... and after it restarted, it stucked in the starting LG screen...
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Unable to enter download mode,instead,it entered fastboot mode
In fastboot mode,I successfully flashed boot.img, and recovery.img(CWM or TWRP) successfully flashed but could not start,and when I tried flashing system.img it failed
If I boot it directly with USB pluged, the computer will detect the port the same as which appears when you use kdz flashing.. But this port can not use for flashing kdz with LG Support tool, whether it is in diag mode or cs_emergency mode.
What's more,.tot file could not be flashed in by LG Flash Tool,too..
Sometimes,after some special action,it would appear a "qhsusb_bulk" unknown hardware on my computer , and then my computer tells me to format a bunch of "local driver"s
Current ideas:
1 Try to enter recovery from fastboot mode
(2) flash my phone whitout enter download mode
8/10 10:00 update ideas
a. extracted from the official kdz or tot, img could be flashed in in fastboot mode
b. Could You please send me some original DUMPed imgs in LG F320K? (Using Nandroid backup in CWM or TWRP)
Very thankful for your kindness!
10/10 00:30 updated
New discoveries! boot with holding the volume + and power key for five seconds, it would enter the official Recovery (rescue mode) But if CWM or TWRP flashed it couldn't start..
Hold all the three keys to boot it would enter an unknown New World (look at the picture). . .
But now I have no idea of these two modes...I urgently need F320K dumped partition image! ! Please help me,my friend..Thx very much
Photos was taken with the OLD but faithful, never bricked, NEVER broke after fell down-my Nokia C6, but the quality of images is not good. . .
If this time I can repair it back form brick successfully,I will write down my operation in detail to help the guys who have the same problem as mine..
Very grateful for your help--even just a reply or subscribe!:good:
Have you tried removing the MicroUSB-cable while pressing PWR + Volume down?
That did the trick for me, and I'm pretty much in the same boat.
Remove USB-Cable -> Hold pwr + volume down -> restart -> hold pwr + volume down again when the LG-logo pops up.
Then -> LG Mobile Support Tool and recover from the menu there.
Takes FOREVER to download the software, but still. It works.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
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1) Turn off the phone completely (or be superfast with the buttons)
2) Hold volume +
3) Connect the phone to the PC (MicroUSB)
4) Enjoy download-mode.
I'm pretty much in the same boat, and thats what I did to get mine working again.
Used downloadmode to reflash the original FW from the LG Mobile Support Tool.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
dmbardal said:
Have you tried removing the MicroUSB-cable while pressing PWR + Volume down?
That did the trick for me, and I'm pretty much in the same boat.
Remove USB-Cable -> Hold pwr + volume down -> restart -> hold pwr + volume down again when the LG-logo pops up.
Then -> LG Mobile Support Tool and recover from the menu there.
Takes FOREVER to download the software, but still. It works.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
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1) Turn off the phone completely (or be superfast with the buttons)
2) Hold volume +
3) Connect the phone to the PC (MicroUSB)
4) Enjoy download-mode.
I'm pretty much in the same boat, and thats what I did to get mine working again.
Used downloadmode to reflash the original FW from the LG Mobile Support Tool.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
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But now the problem, the tool can't detect what my phone is...It knows there's a LG phone but it can't get my phone's version...View attachment 2313927
press the menu on the top there.
The one to the left.
Then you choose "Recovery" or whatnot.
Then you can enter your IMEI-number to identify it.
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[/COLOR]1) Turn off the phone completely (or be superfast with the buttons)
2) Hold volume +
3) Connect the phone to the PC (MicroUSB)
4) Enjoy download-mode.
I'm pretty much in the same boat, and thats what I did to get mine working again.
Used downloadmode to reflash the original FW from the LG Mobile Support Tool.
My issue now is that I only have 10GB left on my G2. Seems like it thinks its a 16GB instead of a 32GB. Wich annoys the booger out of me.
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Thx for your new method,BUT I CAN'T get into DOWNLOAD MODE,instead,It brings me into FASTBOOT MODE....
What's More,
I HATE THESE WORDS:
"To prevent spam to the forums, new users must wait five minutes between posts. All new user accounts will be verified by moderators before this restriction is removed."
What can I do to remove this restriction?
dmbardal said:
press the menu on the top there.
The one to the left.
Then you choose "Recovery" or whatnot.
Then you can enter your IMEI-number to identify it.
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Because my phone isn‘t in download mode,this occurs every time....View attachment 2313955
Since you flashed recovery in fastboot, cant you just do "fastboot restart recovery" to get into it?
You get into fastbootmode when you have your phone off, then you hold the volume + and connect the phone to the computer aswell? :s
wargreymon89 said:
Since you flashed recovery in fastboot, cant you just do "fastboot restart recovery" to get into it?
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er,no.it seems it doesn't have this command....View attachment 2313987
dmbardal said:
You get into fastbootmode when you have your phone off, then you hold the volume + and connect the phone to the computer aswell? :s
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It seems that my DOWNLOAD MODE have been lost...What ever I do to my phone,this mode does not appear....
AND sometimes this happens when I try to fix my phone by LG Support Tool,,View attachment 2314009
But I'm really sure my battery is full 100%!! Strange things....
HI I have the same problem!! But My phone entering fastboot everytimes. No recovery, no download mode.
yarik88 said:
HI I have the same problem!! But My phone entering fastboot everytimes. No recovery, no download mode.
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What's your phone's version? F320L/S/K or D802?
cms88168 said:
What's your phone's version? F320L/S/K or D802?
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I have a F320K version korea. (((
same problem ... i have D802
only download mode and fastboot working
dont know what to do man ... this sux
I have a VS980. What part of TWRP b/u u need?
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 4
yarik88 said:
I have a F320K version korea. (((
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j_h3000 said:
same problem ... i have D802
only download mode and fastboot working
dont know what to do man ... this sux
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trxrider31 said:
I have a VS980. What part of TWRP b/u u need?
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 4
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Goooooood NEWS Guys,I got my Brick repaired!!!!
I'll post my method later...because the ****ing 5 minute restriction...
Or you can go http://bbs.gfan.com/android-6735246-1-1.html,I posted there..(in Chinese)...
hey @ all
does this work with D80210A?
49% stucked
if you stucked like i was for 5 days, you can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48266517&postcount=1046
cms88168 said:
Goooooood NEWS Guys,I got my Brick repaired!!!!
I'll post my method later...because the ****ing 5 minute restriction...
Or you can go http://bbs.gfan.com/android-6735246-1-1.html,I posted there..(in Chinese)...
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Hey can you post your method in English? I have the exact same problem with my phone right now. Missing IMEI, phone restarts every 20 seconds, and I've tried reverting back to stock but now CWM is gone, as well as everything in the internal memory. Can you please share in your wisdom how to fix??
Thanks in advance.
My G2 can not go into download mode and recover mode, and my computer can not recognise it so I can not put anything into it.
when I hold Volume up and plug usb cable, its screen has a green robot with red exclamation! and I can go into recovery mode.
How can I do to wake up my phone?
I Bricked My LG G2 VS980 and have no idea what to do
So a couple days ago, I rooted my phone, and everything worked perfectly. Today I tried to install cyanogenmod 11 onto my LG G2 VS980 with Kitkat 4.2.2. I wiped everything on my phone except for the Internal sd card, and installed it. However, when I rebooted my phone, cyanogenmod didn't boot, and my phone is unable to get past the LG logo. It is in a bootloop, and keeps powering on and off unless I turn it off with the power button.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Axon 7 stuck at boot screen, cannot shutdown and restart.

Hi. Previously I flashed latest TWRP on my B03 Oreo in attempt to root my device but seems like TWRP not mount the internal memory. So I found this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/how-to-fix-unable-to-mount-data-t3830897 and followed it but then I stucked at "Your device software can't be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader." screen.
I also cannot force shutdown the phone, pressing multiple combinations of power button and volume buttons also doesn't effect the phone at all. Now, i am waiting for the phone's battery to drain until zero. Maybe anyone can help me? If I can boot into EDL, I can reflash back the firmware of my phone and maybe that will solve the problem.
abdinsyakirin said:
Hi. Previously I flashed latest TWRP on my B03 Oreo in attempt to root my device but seems like TWRP not mount the internal memory. So I found this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/how-to-fix-unable-to-mount-data-t3830897 and followed it but then I stucked at "Your device software can't be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader." screen.
I also cannot force shutdown the phone, pressing multiple combinations of power button and volume buttons also doesn't effect the phone at all. Now, i am waiting for the phone's battery to drain until zero. Maybe anyone can help me? If I can boot into EDL, I can reflash back the firmware of my phone and maybe that will solve the problem.
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why did you followed that thread?and why use stock twrp.
and when you are the screen that says "Your device software can't be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader." just press volume down and select recovery...
Predatorhaze said:
why did you followed that thread?and why use stock twrp.
and when you are the screen that says "Your device software can't be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader." just press volume down and select recovery...
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I follow that thread because my TWRP do not mount the internal sd card in the recovery mode.
I actually used Nfound version of TWRP but it never boot to recovery mode at all.
I cannot press anything at the screen right now. The screen seems to stuck. Is there anything I can do via wire to pc other than adb since adb cannot detect that screen as either edl or fastboot or adb mode.
abdinsyakirin said:
I follow that thread because my TWRP do not mount the internal sd card in the recovery mode.
I actually used Nfound version of TWRP but it never boot to recovery mode at all.
I cannot press anything at the screen right now. The screen seems to stuck. Is there anything I can do via wire to pc other than adb since adb cannot detect that screen as either edl or fastboot or adb mode.
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you dont have to press the screen.Press volume button and then select recovery with power button
Predatorhaze said:
you dont have to press the screen.Press volume button and then select recovery with power button
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of course bro, of course. i know that. the buttons won't work that is why i cannot get into any mode. i am stuck at that screen. now it seems like i fixed the problem by draining the battery and then it booted up normally. the problem now is that i will get into the bootloader unlocked screen even i do not press the power button when try charging the phone after its battery completely zero.
Stuck in EDL mode
abdinsyakirin said:
of course bro, of course. i know that. the buttons won't work that is why i cannot get into any mode. i am stuck at that screen. now it seems like i fixed the problem by draining the battery and then it booted up normally. the problem now is that i will get into the bootloader unlocked screen even i do not press the power button when try charging the phone after its battery completely zero.
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I have a similar problem. My Axon 7 stuck in EDL mode, but no software can connect via USB. No button works, screen is of, no LED. Only sign of life is the 9008 com device in device manager, when I connect it with USB.
I've put it into the freezer right now, to wait until the battery drains. But I think it will take a while, because it was nearly full and the screen is off and not much energy is used for EDL mode.
Any other ideas guys?
mathop said:
I have a similar problem. My Axon 7 stuck in EDL mode, but no software can connect via USB. No button works, screen is of, no LED. Only sign of life is the 9008 com device in device manager, when I connect it with USB.
I've put it into the freezer right now, to wait until the battery drains. But I think it will take a while, because it was nearly full and the screen is off and not much energy is used for EDL mode.
Any other ideas guys?
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Solution: Got it back to life by draining the battery in the freezer.
I am in the same position, but with no OS and now cannot get to TWRP. Toolkit and MiFlash do not see the device.
Heading for the freezer.
lsulliva said:
I am in the same position, but with no OS and now cannot get to TWRP. Toolkit and MiFlash do not see the device.
Heading for the freezer.
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if they don't see the device, then you are not stuck in EDL...?
How do you see the phone in the device manager? Or do you see it at all?
Otherwise you're putting it in the freezer for pretty much nothing, as it'll still not be recognized after you charge it again. you might damage the battery (reduce its capacity).
Choose an username... said:
if they don't see the device, then you are not stuck in EDL...?
How do you see the phone in the device manager? Or do you see it at all?
Otherwise you're putting it in the freezer for pretty much nothing, as it'll still not be recognized after you charge it again. you might damage the battery (reduce its capacity).
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Thanks C a u.
Sometimes it would show up and also as a device in windows! Please see attached image.
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I had been flashing bootstackers and matching roms to no avail. Error 08 on TWRP twrp-3.2.3-0-ailsa_ii .
Now, after letting it just sit for a day (?battery discharged), it won't boot into even the warning screen and definitely no recovery.
Disconnected from the PC, Power button gives a brief red led flash. Power held gives a 3 sec red led. Power + Vol + and - in various combos , just the 3 sec led.
Attaching to the PC gives this white screen, which goes off after a couple of seconds. Power button brings it back on, and it stays on, until I disconnect from the PC. Holding power for 15 secs while connected turns the screen off, and pushing power again turns it back on, or sometimes it comes back spontaneously with a few lines across the screen.
Power & Vol +/- combos just bring back the white screen with a few more lines...
It does not show up in device manager, but momentarily is seen by Axon toolkit as an ADB!
Thanks for any guidance you can give.
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lsulliva said:
Thanks C a u.
Sometimes it would show up and also as a device in windows! Please see attached image.
I had been flashing bootstackers and matching roms to no avail. Error 08 on TWRP twrp-3.2.3-0-ailsa_ii .
Now, after letting it just sit for a day (?battery discharged), it won't boot into even the warning screen and definitely no recovery.
Disconnected from the PC, Power button gives a brief red led flash. Power held gives a 3 sec red led. Power + Vol + and - in various combos , just the 3 sec led.
Attaching to the PC gives this white screen, which goes off after a couple of seconds. Power button brings it back on, and it stays on, until I disconnect from the PC. Holding power for 15 secs while connected turns the screen off, and pushing power again turns it back on, or sometimes it comes back spontaneously with a few lines across the screen.
Power & Vol +/- combos just bring back the white screen with a few more lines...
It does not show up in device manager, but momentarily is seen by Axon toolkit as an ADB!
Thanks for any guidance you can give.
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Oops, I am just registering for Imgur now. Sorry.
lsulliva said:
Thanks C a u.
Sometimes it would show up and also as a device in windows! Please see attached image.
I had been flashing bootstackers and matching roms to no avail. Error 08 on TWRP twrp-3.2.3-0-ailsa_ii .
Now, after letting it just sit for a day (?battery discharged), it won't boot into even the warning screen and definitely no recovery.
Disconnected from the PC, Power button gives a brief red led flash. Power held gives a 3 sec red led. Power + Vol + and - in various combos , just the 3 sec led.
Attaching to the PC gives this white screen, which goes off after a couple of seconds. Power button brings it back on, and it stays on, until I disconnect from the PC. Holding power for 15 secs while connected turns the screen off, and pushing power again turns it back on, or sometimes it comes back spontaneously with a few lines across the screen.
Power & Vol +/- combos just bring back the white screen with a few more lines...
It does not show up in device manager, but momentarily is seen by Axon toolkit as an ADB!
Thanks for any guidance you can give.
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Oops, I am just registering for Imgur now. Sorry.
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You can just attach screenshots to xda, i can see them that way too.
I really want to see this white screen, that sounds very weird. If you can get it to be recognized as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 then you're going to be able to flash whatever from EDL Tool.
So this means you CAN enter TWRP? If you are in TWRP then your phone is just saved, because you just need to know what to flash...
Choose an username... said:
You can just attach screenshots to xda, i can see them that way too.
I really want to see this white screen, that sounds very weird. If you can get it to be recognized as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 then you're going to be able to flash whatever from EDL Tool.
So this means you CAN enter TWRP? If you are in TWRP then your phone is just saved, because you just need to know what to flash...
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Thanks again
Here are the pics
lsulliva said:
Thanks again
Here are the pics
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Cannot currently get to twrp.
I am trying to use this tool
to flash an edl ROM. Any suggestions which i should use?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77926571&postcount=35
I just managed to flash A2017G_B10_FULL_EDL, but I had to hold vol+ and - throughout the process! I used Axon 7 toolkit and Miflash 2016.08.30.0. Just going to reboot and factory reset now. Thx for your help C a U.
lsulliva said:
I just managed to flash A2017G_B10_FULL_EDL, but I had to hold vol+ and - throughout the process! I used Axon 7 toolkit and Miflash 2016.08.30.0. Just going to reboot and factory reset now. Thx for your help C a U.
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Now that I checked my response wasn't even sent lol. Good that you could fix it on your own. Just a heads up, you should use EDL Tool (or standalone MiFlash) instead of axon7toolkit, axon7toolkit is outdated and finicky already.

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