Help Please help! :(

[Louis09collins12]

I dropped my phone on the road and now whenever i try to turn it on it just buzzes and the screen is black. When i try to turn it on there are little disfigurations of colour, and i cant fix it!! please help

 

[Mikestony]

Hello Louis09collins12!
I would venture to say that something hardware related got damaged. Sounds like an unfortunate event sorry to say
You mention the screen is black when you turn it on, but in the next sentence you mention "little disfigurations of color".
Is anything visible on the screen at all?

 

[Louis09collins12]

Hello Louis09collins12!
I would venture to say that something hardware related got damaged. Sounds like an unfortunate event sorry to say
You mention the screen is black when you turn it on, but in the next sentence you mention "little disfigurations of color".
Is anything visible on the screen at all?

Yeah, there's little bits of colour here and there for like a millisecond but that's about it

 

[Mikestony]

What device do you have?
Not sure if this may help, but try booting into recovery.
If you are not sure how to do that, let us know your device and model #, perhaps carrier too, and we can go from there.

My thinking is, if you can see the screen in recovery, then something else may be up.
It's worth a shot, but a long one

 

[Louis09collins12]

What device do you have?
Not sure if this may help, but try booting into recovery.
If you are not sure how to do that, let us know your device and model #, perhaps carrier too, and we can go from there.

My thinking is, if you can see the screen in recovery, then something else may be up.
It's worth a shot, but a long one

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, how would you boot it into recovery?

 

[Mikestony]

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, how would you boot it into recovery?

Let me do a quick search
If it's anything like my S3, you would pull the battery for a few seconds, then reinsert. While holding down the home button, press and hold the volume up button. While holding those 2 buttons, press and hold the power button.
Then while all 3 buttons are held down, the device should vibrate and when the screen blinks on, continue to hold the power button until the recovery screen comes on. When the screen comes on, let go of the power button.

You could try that in the meantime...it won't hurt while I search

 

[Louis09collins12]

Let me do a quick search
If it's anything like my S3, you would pull the battery for a few seconds, then reinsert. While holding down the home button, press and hold the volume up button. While holding those 2 buttons, press and hold the power button.
Then while all 3 buttons are held down, the device should vibrate and when the screen blinks on, continue to hold the power button until the recovery screen comes on. When the screen comes on, let go of the power button.

You could try that in the meantime...it won't hurt while I search

Thanks i really appreciate it

 

[Mikestony]

Thanks i really appreciate it

Sure
Yah, from a powered down state, press hold the volume up/home then power buttons. When the screen flickers, let go of the buttons.
So basically the same for the S3, S4, and S4 mini.

 

[Louis09collins12]

Sure
Yah, from a powered down state, press hold the volume up/home then power buttons. When the screen flickers, let go of the buttons.
So basically the same for the S3, S4, and S4 mini.

Okay thanks i'll try that, really, thank you so much

 

[Mikestony]

Okay thanks i'll try that, really, thank you so much

No problem. Kinda hopin' there is a visible screen in recovery.
Is the screen cracked at all? You didn't mention that, so I'm not thinking so.

 

[Louis09collins12]

No problem. Kinda hopin' there is a visible screen in recovery.
Is the screen cracked at all? You didn't mention that, so I'm not thinking so.

There's a tiny little scratch at the top left corner, but that's it

 

[Mikestony]

There's a tiny little scratch at the top left corner, but that's it

Well, that's cool. Any luck with the 3 button combo to get into recovery?