Hello everyone,
First of all I would like to say I am familiar with the recovery menu and download mode and how to access them.
On to the problem...
I had sent a text message above three minutes before I looked at the phone again and found the phone had a black screen and was vibrating about every two seconds. I removed the battery. Immediately upon reinserting the battery the phone vibrated (didn't even have to press the power button) and the first two Samsung screens came up. On the second screen a line all of a sudden showed up and the screen went black, followed by vibrations every two seconds. The phone is not responsive to holding the power button with any reaction. The only way to get the Samsung screens to come up again is to remove the battery and reinsert. I plugged the phone into three different chargers (two different cables) with no success. I am able to enter download mode, but only for a few seconds before it reboots. I am able to press up and then as soon as the blue screen comes up the phone goes black and starts vibrating every two seconds.
I read that there is a battery problem on these phones that came with the first few batches and that there was a possible battery firmware issue. I got the phone in November last year (not sure if that puts me into the original few batches.
I am running the official ICS flashed via Kies. I have a custom ROM counter of 1 due to the fact the first attempt to flash the initial ICS failed and recovery wouldn't work, forcing me to reflash GB via Odin. I've been on ICS for about two weeks without issues until now.
I called ATT, which recommend, after mentioning the battery issue, that I stop by an ATT store to try one of their batteries quickly, followed by calling Samsung as I'm withing the one-year warranty, followed by starting an insurance claim.
The phone is currently plugged in and hoping maybe by tomorrow morning it'll do something, but if that fails I will be visitting an ATT store unless someone here has any recommendations.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Brett
First of all I would like to say I am familiar with the recovery menu and download mode and how to access them.
On to the problem...
I had sent a text message above three minutes before I looked at the phone again and found the phone had a black screen and was vibrating about every two seconds. I removed the battery. Immediately upon reinserting the battery the phone vibrated (didn't even have to press the power button) and the first two Samsung screens came up. On the second screen a line all of a sudden showed up and the screen went black, followed by vibrations every two seconds. The phone is not responsive to holding the power button with any reaction. The only way to get the Samsung screens to come up again is to remove the battery and reinsert. I plugged the phone into three different chargers (two different cables) with no success. I am able to enter download mode, but only for a few seconds before it reboots. I am able to press up and then as soon as the blue screen comes up the phone goes black and starts vibrating every two seconds.
I read that there is a battery problem on these phones that came with the first few batches and that there was a possible battery firmware issue. I got the phone in November last year (not sure if that puts me into the original few batches.
I am running the official ICS flashed via Kies. I have a custom ROM counter of 1 due to the fact the first attempt to flash the initial ICS failed and recovery wouldn't work, forcing me to reflash GB via Odin. I've been on ICS for about two weeks without issues until now.
I called ATT, which recommend, after mentioning the battery issue, that I stop by an ATT store to try one of their batteries quickly, followed by calling Samsung as I'm withing the one-year warranty, followed by starting an insurance claim.
The phone is currently plugged in and hoping maybe by tomorrow morning it'll do something, but if that fails I will be visitting an ATT store unless someone here has any recommendations.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Brett