Samsung Galaxy Tab A won't start

[falkunmalti]

My Samsung tablet cannot start. The tablet is a Samsung Tab A 10.1. It used to work until a few days ago but maybe this is because the battery ran out. I will explain.

The only way I can get any response is with power on, to press Power, vol down and Home together for several seconds. The screen will then open and I can continue or cancel once I press the cancel button the tablet will boot to the Android booting screen repeatedly as if in a loop. Turn the tablet off and the sequence repeats again.

Can anyone help. Please ask any questions.

Thanks in advance.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I moved this from the Android 15 forum to the Tab A 10.1 forum.

Try leaving the tablet plugged into a wall outlet for at least 4 hours undisturbed. Then press and hold Power for about 15 seconds to see if it powers on normally.

Depending on which generation of the Tab A 10.1 you have, it might be failing due to age. The first gen was released in 2016, so that would be 9 years old (which is very old by tech standards).

 

[falkunmalti]

Welcome to Android Central! I moved this from the Android 15 forum to the Tab A 10.1 forum.

Try leaving the tablet plugged into a wall outlet for at least 4 hours undisturbed. Then press and hold Power for about 15 seconds to see if it powers on normally.

Depending on which generation of the Tab A 10.1 you have, it might be failing due to age. The first gen was released in 2016, so that would be 9 years old (which is very old by tech standards).

Hi

Sorry for delay in replying. I did what you suggest and nothing works. What I was looking for actually was any procedure for being able to boot the tablet into recovery mode or another mode. Looking at the posts I read about something called Odin. What is that?

 

[B. Diddy]

@mustang7757 could help you better with that, let me see what he has to say.

 

[mustang7757]

Odin is to download Samsung stock firmware or Root, custom firmware etc..

Can u get into download mode?

 

[falkunmalti]

No. I used to load custom firmware on my earlier Asus Transformer so I am somewhat familiar with the process but it has been a while since I did that.

 

[mustang7757]

No. I used to load custom firmware on my earlier Asus Transformer so I am somewhat familiar with the process but it has been a while since I did that.

So to be clear it doesn't go into download mode?

 

[falkunmalti]

So to be clear it doesn't go into download mode?

That is correct. It does not go into download mode at all. In plug in the tablet and when I hit power, volume down and home together, the tablet powers up with a flashing lightning bolt icon and continues on like that. No download mode at all.

 

[mustang7757]

That is correct. It does not go into download mode at all. In plug in the tablet and when I hit power, volume down and home together, the tablet powers up with a flashing lightning bolt icon and continues on like that. No download mode at all.

Hmm
Have you tried slow charging it like a cable connected to a laptop?
If you can't get to that mode then a repair center will have to check it .

 

[falkunmalti]

Actually I did get it to the download mode with the downward arrow and " do not turn off target" displayed on a bluegreen screen. Where do I go from here??

Thanks.

 

[mustang7757]

Actually I did get it to the download mode with the downward arrow and " do not turn off target" displayed on a bluegreen screen. Where do I go from here??

Thanks.

So download the latest Odin tool and Frija from XDA site then we go from there

 

[falkunmalti]

I downloaded both to a usb stick. Now what do I do?

 

[mustang7757]

I downloaded both to a usb stick. Now what do I do?

You need to download it to your PC

 

[falkunmalti]

OK done.

 

[mustang7757]

Ok extract both of them , then open Frija and connect your phone to the PC with a good cable see if Frija recognizes your device