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Help Cant get past Phone->Yellow triangle->computer

Michaud85

Newbie
Jun 1, 2011
13
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Hey guys im sure youve had to explain this before but everytime i try to turn the phone on i get this yellow triangle with the exclamation point in between a phone and a computer. I tried mashin all the buttons but im not sure if im doin it right. i could boot into recovery mode last night so i dont know what the problem is here. could my battery be too low?

EDIT: now the original screen i described is not happenening since i booted it into download mode once,

Ive tried three button reboot with only usb to get into cwm recovery
with only battery.... with both....
the only thing i can do is get to download mode with power +1 button
 
so i got to the download screen by pressing power and 1. i just want to get back to cwm recovery. this is my brothers phone he said something about odin but idk if he did anything. i had it going into recovery mode last night idk why all this stuff is happening now.

is there anything i can do while its in download mode?
 
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so i got to the download screen by pressing power and 1. i just want to get back to cwm recovery. this is my brothers phone he said something about odin but idk if he did anything. i had it going into recovery mode last night idk why all this stuff is happening now


With out knowing what you were actually doing when you got this screen makes it difficult to help point you in the right direction :p
 
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yeah im sorry i cant help with more info. My brother and i were workin on it last night and i honestly dont know everything hes done to it.

as of right now i can only get the phone into download mode by pressing 1 and power button..

EDIT:

Somehow with just the battery in i was able to get it into recovery mode not entirely sure what i did. wish i knew so others could learn from what happened.

i put battery in after pulling it. hit power button.. nothing. three finger reboot nothing.. 15 seconds later cwm.

AHH now as i was wiping DALVIK CACHE SHE SHUT OFF ON ME... as u can guess i cant get back to cwm...

FINAL EDIT:
Pull battery. Plug in battery. Plug in usb. Three finger reboot. Hope that it works. If not try again...
 
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yeah im sorry i cant help with more info. My brother and i were workin on it last night and i honestly dont know everything hes done to it.

as of right now i can only get the phone into download mode by pressing 1 and power button..

EDIT:

Somehow with just the battery in i was able to get it into recovery mode not entirely sure what i did. wish i knew so others could learn from what happened.

i put battery in after pulling it. hit power button.. nothing. three finger reboot nothing.. 15 seconds later cwm.

AHH now as i was wiping DALVIK CACHE SHE SHUT OFF ON ME... as u can guess i cant get back to cwm...


If all else fails...Odin :p
Follow the vid in my sig from Tschofield and you should be good to go. All the files needed are in the descriptions of his videos on youtube

Edit: how much juice is on the battery?? Maybe thats why it shut off?
 
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Sounds like battery died. Try charging it for a bit if you can. To get into recovery mode use volume down+camera+power in that order and hold them until the phone turns on. To get into download mode its phone off>physical keyboard open>>press and hold the #1 key on physical keyboard >press and hold power key>hold both until it turns on. Good luck and if you could try to find out what he was trying to do and what he has on it it would be alot better for us trying to help you. Lots of knowledgeable people here waiting to help with some idea of whats going on:)
 
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