SERIOUS ISSUE - Samsung Galaxy S5 Won't come on

Pirate · 11-05-2015, 10:26 PM

Well, it will come on. But I can't see anything. its a dark screen.
It shows a blue and red light sometimes at the corner, but I can't see anything.
I randomly put it down earlier and now it won't do anything.

I took the battery out multiple times but it won't do anything after I put it back in.
I need help. Please.
It is also making weird noises that I have never heard it do before when It does turn on

Skullmeat · 11-05-2015, 10:33 PM

Sounds like a brick. Have you tried the recovery modes? Try pressing the power, home and volume up buttons when the phone is off.

Pirate · 11-05-2015, 10:43 PM

(11-05-2015, 10:33 PM)Skullmeat Wrote: Sounds like a brick. Have you tried the recovery modes? Try pressing the power, home and volume up buttons when the phone is off.

Yes I have tried that.

Skullmeat · 11-05-2015, 10:45 PM

(11-05-2015, 10:43 PM)Pirate Wrote: Yes I have tried that.

Nothing at all? Did you happen to be doing anything that may have caused this? Flashing a rom maybe?

Satan · 11-05-2015, 11:11 PM

Are you using a stock ROM.
Do you have a camera or video recording device that can show the device while it is doing these things?
Does it show the bootloader?
Does it detect key presses? (e.g. touching the screen, toggling screen on/off, volume up/down, power off), anything besides turning the phone on.

If you can show it on video or even pictures might help to identify and troubleshoot problems it may be.

Pirate · 11-05-2015, 11:27 PM

(11-05-2015, 10:45 PM)Skullmeat Wrote: Nothing at all? Did you happen to be doing anything that may have caused this? Flashing a rom maybe?

No

zorrophreak · 11-06-2015, 02:48 AM

Let me try to help. First thing, we'll assume that you are on a stock rom. If you can enter recovery mode, then use software such as Odin to restore (plenty of tutorials online, I don't own a Samsung anymore so I lost most of my knowledge. Using basic android knowledge now). If you can't do that, tell me this:

Model #:
Carrier:
Is your ROM Stock:
Do you have custom recovery:
Are you rooted:
Do you have busybox (sounds irrelevant but it bricked my old tablet):
Have you unlocked your bootloader:
When you connect to your computer, does it come up and if so what does it say:

Let us know and we can try to diagnose and fix from there. But definitely seems like a corrupted bl, a corrupted ROM, or a full on brick. Like @heart said, if you could record this happening in real time, it will help a lot

DarkMuse · 11-06-2015, 03:48 AM

Answering zorrophreak will definitely help. If you haven't rooted your phone it's probably hardware which could be really bad news or not-so-bad news. Software is fixed easily. I "bricked" my old s3 three times and I completely repaired it and fixed it all three times. Was perfectly fine for me to even sell!

Diego · 11-06-2015, 03:53 AM

(11-06-2015, 03:48 AM)DarkMuse Wrote: Answering zorrophreak will definitely help. If you haven't rooted your phone it's probably hardware which could be really bad news or not-so-bad news. Software is fixed easily. I "bricked" my old s3 three times and I completely repaired it and fixed it all three times. Was perfectly fine for me to even sell!

How did you repair it if you weren't able to access recovery mode?

DarkMuse · 11-06-2015, 03:59 AM

(11-06-2015, 03:53 AM)Diego Wrote: How did you repair it if you weren't able to access recovery mode?

Whelp, I don't remember exactly as it was quite a while ago but I think once or twice I just let it sit without the battery for like a day, then I could plug it in and manually shove that shit in there. Not sure though. All I remember was that it was, by definition, bricked.