[Q] Please Help - Phone is stuck on Sammy

[jwebe03]

I hve been reading thru all the threads I can find. A friend of mine asked if I would root her Epic 4g, and thinking , since I have rooted the 4 I have had in the past year, it would be a breeze.
The root seemed to go fine, It rebooted, then went to instal titanium backup and Rom mgr, and the phone stuck on the Sammy screen. I have seen reference several times on placing your epic into DL mode via battery removal... Can someone please explain this to me in more detail, or point me in the right direction?? I appreciate any help I can get.

 

[bender beerman]

I hve been reading thru all the threads I can find. A friend of mine asked if I would root her Epic 4g, and thinking , since I have rooted the 4 I have had in the past year, it would be a breeze.
The root seemed to go fine, It rebooted, then went to instal titanium backup and Rom mgr, and the phone stuck on the Sammy screen. I have seen reference several times on placing your epic into DL mode via battery removal... Can someone please explain this to me in more detail, or point me in the right direction?? I appreciate any help I can get.

u don't remove the battery to get into download mode, you hold the '1' button while powering the phone on while it's not plugged in. don't use the cord that came with the epic, find another micro-usb.

 

[KennyG123]

I don't think you searched hard enough. Right at the top of Development in the "stickies" is this thread that tells you everything you need to know about getting your phone working again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

 

[bender beerman]

I don't think you searched hard enough. Right at the top of Development in the "stickies" is this thread that tells you everything you need to know about getting your phone working again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

+1, always read the stickies first...

 

[jwebe03]

I read the stickies, and I have used Odin hundreds of times, I have a great data cord, (I have a friend that works for RIM and so I use the Blackberry data chords for my Data cables... What is happening, is that when the battery is replaced after removal, the phone starts back up immediately, not allowing me to press the 1 button. If I replace the battery while I am holding down the 1 button... it still will not go into DL mode. I have pulled the battery and let it stand for overnight with no battery in it... still does the same thing...

 

[jwebe03]

+1, always read the stickies first...

If you continue to read all the way down to the "troubleshooting" portion of that stickie - you would have seen the mthod or thequotes I am referencing... "Allways read the ENTIRE sticky... B)

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[Shinydude100]

If you continue to read all the way down to the "troubleshooting" portion of that stickie - you would have seen the mthod or thequotes I am referencing... "Allways read the ENTIRE sticky... B)

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+1 always read ENTIRE sticky first...

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[KennyG123]

I read the stickies, and I have used Odin hundreds of times, I have a great data cord, (I have a friend that works for RIM and so I use the Blackberry data chords for my Data cables... What is happening, is that when the battery is replaced after removal, the phone starts back up immediately, not allowing me to press the 1 button. If I replace the battery while I am holding down the 1 button... it still will not go into DL mode. I have pulled the battery and let it stand for overnight with no battery in it... still does the same thing...

Don't use the battery at all. Odin without it and stick it in when it is all done. The USB provides the power. In that stickie thread it tells you to plug the phone into the computer without a battery and then hold the 1 key and then add pressing and holding the power key and download mode will pop up.

 

[jwebe03]

Don't use the battery at all. Odin without it and stick it in when it is all done. The USB provides the power. In that stickie thread it tells you to plug the phone into the computer without a battery and then hold the 1 key and then add pressing and holding the power key and download mode will pop up.

Thanks! I will try it as soon as I get home... I didn't catch the "sequence" I was pressing both at the same time as I would with the Battery in...

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[KennyG123]

Thanks! I will try it as soon as I get home... I didn't catch the "sequence" I was pressing both at the same time as I would with the Battery in...

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Yeah if the phone detects that you pressed the power button a microsecond ahead of the 1 key it will just boot.

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[jwebe03]

It STILL didn't work! Ugh!! Dang... I have put all 4 epics that I have owned thru Flashing HELL! And everyone I have been able to bring back. This thing is tougher than this! Lol!! It needs the "walk it off" speech!! And what I don't understand is, why is it STILL booting on its own??? It is my understanding that the internal memory power fades after a couple hours and that then it will fall back to a completely shut off state?? I'm thinking a week in isolation w/o its battery... we'll see who the tough guy is then!! Lol!

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[Shinydude100]

Just for giggles, have you tried an odin with the sd card out?

 

[KennyG123]

Yes try it with the sd card out. It should not boot at all without the battery and just the usb cable.

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