I have a vzw s3 stock rooted with Google wallet hack. I wanted to make a new nandroid but my phone will only go into download mode. Not sure if the.vow ota that I have been deferring is causing this but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Are you using the proper keys (Vol UP, Home + Power) to boot into Recovery? Is it possible that your custom recovery got replaced with stock?
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So i probably shouldn't have done this but i'm sure ill be sorry for this mistake. I went to update my AOKP ROM, and while doing so i read there was a new recommended kernel (Underwear-kernel). Assuming because they were on the same thread they were compatible i youtubed how to flash a new kernel and decided to do so. After doing so when i proceeded to reboot the phone did not "boot-loop" however it did go dark screen "black" but still lit up by LEDs. Anywho my bottom buttons on my Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-i1747) were lighting up however they aren't anymore. After i frantically started panicing because it wasn't booting at all i attempted to manually get into rom control to install my backup. Im not sure if im supposed to hold "down volume, power, and home" at the same time but it's not letting me back into the rom control. Im not sure if im soft bricked or whether im hard bricked, or just ****ed in general. If anyone could explain to me what the hell ive done and how to fix that would be amazing!
I have windows 7, 32bit and im not sure if ODIN will work on this type of operating system. Please help!
Thanks!
I would say if you have a back up and you can get into rexovery mode I would say re flash your recovery.. and say it again but most kernels you just add the zip to your sd card and flash it
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Recovery is power+vol up+menu
Download mode powet +vol down + menu
Odin does work on your os.
Get your carrier stock rom and flash odin while in download mode
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
Yes you can Odin. Booting to recovery is vol UP + power + home, then let go of everything when you see the Samsung logo. The recovery method is what I would try first, and it'd probably be the quickest. Good luck!
You could also get into download mode and let Samsung Kies do the rest. That is, if you can get into download mode and Kies recognizes your phone. Easier then Odin, but you will lose root and start from scratch.
Here is a tutorial :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717&highlight=samsung+kies
My power button is not responsive at all and my phone automatically boost when I insert the battery. It's as if the phone doesn't think there is power button at all. Also when i enter download mode by holding home+voldown and inserting battery volup does not continue, instead reboots.
The steps i've done to get to his point and to attempt to fix are as follows
note 2 toolkit allinone root with twrp
install team g*n miui rom
messed up roaming settings
attempted to fix using dialer codes
flash to stock using sph l900 ma7 stock restore exe file
##SCRTN# in dialer on stock. this fixed my issue, but i kept getting issues with it saying it was activating constantly
flashed to stock again
##RTN#, power button stopped working
allinone root again
triangle away
flash stock again
Am I doing something wrong? Did I completely bork my phone? I just want to put it completely back to stock which I thought was what I was doing? I hope its not hardware, but the battery part of it makes me think otherwise. Any help would be appreciated. I hope its just a tar file I need to flash or a dialer code. I don't wan to send it in.
xplus93 said:
My power button is not responsive at all and my phone automatically boost when I insert the battery. It's as if the phone doesn't think there is power button at all. Also when i enter download mode by holding home+voldown and inserting battery volup does not continue, instead reboots.
The steps i've done to get to his point and to attempt to fix are as follows
note 2 toolkit allinone root with twrp
install team g*n miui rom
messed up roaming settings
attempted to fix using dialer codes
flash to stock using sph l900 ma7 stock restore exe file
##SCRTN# in dialer on stock. this fixed my issue, but i kept getting issues with it saying it was activating constantly
flashed to stock again
##RTN#, power button stopped working
allinone root again
triangle away
flash stock again
Am I doing something wrong? Did I completely bork my phone? I just want to put it completely back to stock which I thought was what I was doing? I hope its not hardware, but the battery part of it makes me think otherwise. Any help would be appreciated. I hope its just a tar file I need to flash or a dialer code. I don't wan to send it in.
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Do you have stock recovery or custom? ??
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
It should be stock, i'm running the stock restore again right now just to make sure everything is stock.
nope, did one more stock flash and still having same issue, its as if everything having to do with the buttons and power is messed up. It boost as soon as you insert battery, volume up will not continue in download mode, and the power button doesn't work at all. The only way i've been able to get into download mode is adb.
Ok Experts,
I hope someone can help. I went used Rom manager to get into CWM and must have installed a kernal that JDX didn't like so I am in a bootloop. The problem is that my vol + button does not seem to be working so I can't get back to CW to fix it. It keeps going into odin mode.
What now?
Thanks for anything you can suggest!
Edit: Ok, I somehow lucked out and got into fastboot and got it to reboot into recovery and fixed the bootloop. I don't want to go through that again. Is it hard to replace the volume buttons? Anyone know how much Verizon would charge to fix them?
hey guys,
I was on 4.1.2 I had a "NO SIM" issue so i decided to try to root and flash 4.4 rom (was using touch recovery 2.7.0.0 all the way)
then it got stuck on samsung logo, I need to know if it's possible to boot RECOVERY MODE either FROM DOWNLOAD MODE or some touch/vol buttons way to boot into recovery, I have tried everything within my knowledge, I start the phone by sliding the battery out and in while USB plugged. or into download mode by holding both VOL buttons. I need to get into recovery and do a full wipe so I can do a fresh jelly bean 4.1.2 again.
thanks!
troolplay said:
hey guys,
I was on 4.1.2 I had a "NO SIM" issue so i decided to try to root and flash 4.4 rom (was using touch recovery 2.7.0.0 all the way)
then it got stuck on samsung logo, I need to know if it's possible to boot RECOVERY MODE either FROM DOWNLOAD MODE or some touch/vol buttons way to boot into recovery, I have tried everything within my knowledge, I start the phone by sliding the battery out and in while USB plugged. or into download mode by holding both VOL buttons. I need to get into recovery and do a full wipe so I can do a fresh jelly bean 4.1.2 again.
thanks!
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Are you saying that your power button doesn't work or what? Also, this belongs in q&a. I'll ask a moderator to move it.
Sent from my SGH-T989
EDIT: thread moved.
I'd fix the power button first. Then the rest is easy. You're in for many headaches with a bad power button. Plus, if it acts up while flashing anything, you could be in real trouble.
it's a little urgent on needing the phone to use it, thats why am digging into this. the button wont be here until at least wednesday 13th.
but yeah i guess i'll wait
thanks for your responds guys!
My wife's old S3 was given to me to use. I had originally flashed CM 11 on it and tried to upgrade to CM 12.1. In doing so I accidentally forgot to flash GAPPS.
I reverted to the stock ROM via Odin but now I'm stuck in a boot loop. The best part? The device's power button does not work and I cannot make any selections within the stock recovery to clear the cache and reset to factory settings.
Can anyone help me?
Pull the battery to turn off the phone and put it back in. If you feel the phone power up by vibrating upon putting the battery in and not touching the power button and go into loop then you have a bad power button. Do you have this problem? If so, then your only options are repair or remove the power button (there is an alternate way to power the phone up). Let us know if it is a bad power button or not so that hardware issues can be accounted for and go from there.
NOTE: The S3 has been known for some time now to have power buttons that fail. Mine did, and I opt to remove mine as I could not justify paying for a repair when the S3 is my backup phone and test platform and I have a method to power up. I use widgets for controlling power off, restarts, and recovery once powered up.
I no longer have a power button either and recently encountered this same issue after using Odin to flash a stock image.
My solution was to flash TWRP recovery using Odin, which allows one to perform operations using touch instead of the power button.
Gargat said:
I no longer have a power button either and recently encountered this same issue after using Odin to flash a stock image.
My solution was to flash TWRP recovery using Odin, which allows one to perform operations using touch instead of the power button.
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That works. Glad you found a way to get through it.
n_alvarez2007 said:
My wife's old S3 was given to me to use. I had originally flashed CM 11 on it and tried to upgrade to CM 12.1. In doing so I accidentally forgot to flash GAPPS.
I reverted to the stock ROM via Odin but now I'm stuck in a boot loop. The best part? The device's power button does not work and I cannot make any selections within the stock recovery to clear the cache and reset to factory settings.
Can anyone help me?
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Bootloops have not been uncommon when reverting from LP to KK. Once you have flashed TWRP as others in the thread have suggested, you will probably need to wipe/ format the internal sdcard. The other remedy some have posted is to load a stock recovery and do a factory reset from within that stock recovery.
Not sure how to get into recovery without a power button.
Is the button loose or not functioning at all? You could try opening the phone and removing everything from the frame and see if the power button functions.
I haven't tried this with my SGS3, but on my Acer tablet I have booted into recovery using adb and fastboot. This requires connection to a computer, but not a power button. Unless you have a touch version of a custom recovery installed you still would not be able to select an item.
You may be able to flash a custom recovery using adb. I had broken my stock recovery on that tablet and used fastboot to reflash a working stock recovery.