It's weird...whenever I try to do any of those things, the screen will turn on for a moment [the backlight, no logo or anything comes up] and then after about a second immediately turns off....I tried injecting a rooted version of the stock rom with Odin into my phone, but I kept getting strange error messages like TouchWiz isn't working and some other android process isn't working.
[That didn't work, so I decided to try a different method. This is where I ****ed up, because I forgot to go back to stock rom...]
Anyways, after that, I tried to use the SGS3 Toolkit [if you search sgs3 toolkit xda, it'll come up] and I tried to use that to root. I went to "rooting options" and i selected option number 3, the all in one. I got to the point where it mentions your phone must be in USB debugging, and now nothing comes up when I try to start the phone..but it vibrates whenever I hold the power button long enough [as if it was working normally]. I can't get into download mode right now, either...
How do I reverse this and go back to stock? Please help...thank you so much.
EDIT: It's weird...whenever I try to do any of those things, the screen will turn on for a moment [the backlight, no logo or anything comes up] and then after about a second immediately turns off....
I'm basing this answer based on how I understood what you said...
But, if you're already rooted, then hopefully you've made a backup before installing another ROM. If you have a backup, then put into recovery and backup.
I wasn't already rooted, I was trying to root it. I can't get into recovery.
jeikei4life said:
I wasn't already rooted, I was trying to root it. I can't get into recovery.
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Can you get into download mode? By holding Volume up, home up and power.
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Can you get into download mode? By holding Volume up, home up and power.
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download mode is volume down, home then power..just sayin
Cannot get it into download mode... D:
Did you try pulling battery then putting it in and trying to boot recovery or download mode?
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Was your phone plugged in when you tried get get into download mode? if so, try unplugging it and give it another shot. the s3 can be kind of funkysometimes.
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Did you try pulling battery then putting it in and trying to boot recovery or download mode?
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Just tried it. It doesn't seem to want to go into download mode...
arctic84 said:
Was your phone plugged in when you tried get get into download mode? if so, try unplugging it and give it another shot. the s3 can be kind of funkysometimes.
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Same thing, no dice :[
Plug it into the computer and see if anything shows in device manager.
I hate to say though, I think you may be bricked....
Unless anyone else can think of something to try?
Sorry man...
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Also you can try safe mode. Doubt it'll work but I just learned how to do it so thought id suggest. Hold volume down + power.
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It's weird...whenever I try to do any of those things, the screen will turn on for a moment [the backlight, no logo or anything comes up] and then after about a second immediately turns off....
Have you plugged into the computer and checked device manager yet? What does it say?
I think if it says something like qhsusb that means its bricked.
I'm hoping someone can verify that though since I'm going by memory.
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Have you plugged into the computer and checked device manager yet? What does it say?
I think if it says something like qhsusb that means its bricked.
I'm hoping someone can verify that though since I'm going by memory.
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You are correct doc! Qhsusb_dload is a brick
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You are correct doc! Qhsusb_dload is a brick
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It doesn't even come up...sounds like I should assume the worst now?
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It doesn't even come up...sounds like I should assume the worst now?
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No it should even if it's hard bricked. Maybe the pc isn't recognizing it
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I dont know what to tell you from here dude. Try every port on your pc to see if it at least tries to find it.
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Maybe your phone actually died. Probably a faulty phone
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Well, I sent it back to T-Mobile and said hey it doesn't work. Let's see if they say anything about it. They sent me a new one, though
I'm having exactly the same problem with my T-Mobile Galaxy SII T989 running Open Kang AOKP JB Jelly Bean. After reading this thread, and another related thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679492), my less than scientific observation is that pressing/massaging/jiggling the power button seems to bring the device back to life. At least until it flakes out again. The posts in this thread were a big help. I was going to ditch the ROM, which would have been a shame. Thanks.
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This may be a dumb question but before today I never even knew it existed. What is "safe mode"? Is that like safe mode on a windows pc where it only loads default drivers, or is it something else entirely?
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I'm interested too. In what capacity did you first learn of "safe mode"?
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I don't think this exists on this phone, so I am not sure what you're talking about here.
There is the bootloader, recovery, and then normal phone functions.
Where did you hear about safe mode?
I know there's hboot.. recovery and bootloader. But safe mode never heard of it
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I actually found out about it on accident. My phone kept looping at the boot animation. I went to pull the battery but accidently hit vol down and power button at same time wile pulling off the cover. All of a sudden phone vibrated 3 times and then booted but it had safe mode printed in the lower left corner. I tried googling it but couldnt find anything thay explained exactly what it is.
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You can try it on your phones. When the boot animation starts playing hold vol down and power at the same time. Keep holding it untill your phone vibrates.
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this may be a dumb question but before today i never even knew it existed. What is "safe mode"? Is that like safe mode on a windows pc where it only loads default drivers, or is it something else entirely?
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its just like windows safe mode. Only loading the minimum on the phone incase something went honorably wrong.
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its just like windows safe mode. Only loading the minimum on the phone incase something went honorably wrong.
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It did allow me to fix my phone without having to restore a nandroid. I was trying to get a hotboot mod to work on the new stock rooted GB when i got the boot loop. But being able to boot into safe mode allowed me to change the moded file back to the original therfore fixing my boot loop issue.
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Hmmm I did try it but couldn't replicate your results. I tried holding V-&Power at both the splash screen and the bootanimation. Both attempts yeilded only booting normally.
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Hmmm I did try it but couldn't replicate your results. I tried holding V-&Power at both the splash screen and the bootanimation. Both attempts yeilded only booting normally.
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Hmm not sure works constitently for me. You have to keep holding them until your phone vibrates. You are on a DINC right? Are you on custom or stock rom, not sure if its specific to the rom or not. I am on stock rooted GB.
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Hmm not sure works constitently for me. You have to keep holding them until your phone vibrates. You are on a DINC right? Are you on custom or stock rom, not sure if its specific to the rom or not. I am on stock rooted GB.
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Yea no, I think its a HTC Sense thing. I'm currently running CM Nightly 168 so I don't think its a 'general' Android thing.
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Yea no, I think its a HTC Sense thing. I'm currently running CM Nightly 168 so I don't think its a 'general' Android thing.
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Good to know seems like it might come in handy sometimes.
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It happened to me once before, I was flashing stuff like crazy and then all of a sudden "safe mode". I just restored my device and it was gone.
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After the restore it was all good.
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I've been doing some more googling and it seems every stock rom running android phone has safe mode, but different phones have different ways of entering into it. Some vol down and power, some vol up and power, some you have to hold the menu button, some vol down power and menu, and some holding down the track ball.
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Hmm, never stumbled onto that before. Thanks to everyone for feedback!
Interesting, I'll have to try it next time I change up my phone config
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Wow, that just saved me from a lot of trouble. Flashed a voltage table that was unstable and caused the phone to bootloop, this worked saving me from an uninstall.
CM7 Nightly
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Interesting, I'll have to try it next time I change up my phone config
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Wow, that just saved me from a lot of trouble. Flashed a voltage table that was unstable and caused the phone to bootloop, this worked saving me from an uninstall.
CM7 Nightly
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Saved me a lot of trouble and time too. Cant believe i never knew about it. Also this did work on CM nightly? The earlier post by wildstang said he could not get it to work with cm. Leaving me to believe it was a stock rom or sense related thing.
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I don't know, it worked for me yesterday, however I'm not sure what I pressed. I can't seem to get back into safe mode now
Edit, seems like if you press vol down, menu, and trackball it goes into safe mode. I updated my cm7 nightly, now safemode does not work....
Source:
http://androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/89073-how-access-safe-mode-android-incredible.html
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This happened to me yesterday while I was running the RC5 Community ROM. The phone froze would not respond so I went to pull the battery and it rebooted itself into Safe Mode. Took me by surprise too.
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Ok SOooooooooooo really annoyed with phone. I need to flash a stock rom on and cant get into odin mode because the power button is broke. Its stuck on. I put the battery in phone boots. restarts a lot because of it. Any ideas how to get it flashed in the like 10 seconds it takes for it to hard reset??
A USB jig will get you into download mode. Also check if your ROM has an option for it.
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first thing, calm down. lol damn
and I dont know of any other way to get into odin if your power button is broke unless you have a jig. have you tried looking for a program called "mobile odin"? Its in the play store. That may help you out
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A USB jig will get you into download mode. Also check if your ROM has an option for it.
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I can get into it. Problem is it stays for ten seconds and resets because power button is stuck. Ive taken the phone down to board its a micro switch. i about to desolder it so it wont work at all and take it in. Id rather not tho.
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first thing, calm down. lol damn
and I dont know of any other way to get into odin if your power button is broke unless you have a jig. have you tried looking for a program called "mobile odin"? Its in the play store. That may help you out
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I have mobil odin. Im not to sure how to use it to get back to a stock/unrooted.
Let your ROM boot up, then in Terminal on your phone, or on your computer if you have ADB up and running, type: "su" (without quotes), then "reboot download".
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Download connectbot from the market
Choose local for a client, name it su
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$SU
#reboot download
Now your in download mode
Edit: you beat me to it lol
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I have mobil odin. Im not to sure how to use it to get back to a stock/unrooted.
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Check sfhub's EL29 Odin OC thread. There he tells you what to do with mobile Odin and how to unroot.
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Check sfhub's EL29 Odin OC thread. There he tells you what to do with mobile Odin and how to unroot.
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Can you point me to that thread?
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Can you point me to that thread?
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Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
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If the power button is stuck then whatever you do its going to keep off and onning, right? Regardless of what you flash it with or how, you need to fix this... Time to get the soldering gun out i think..
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I doubt he can boot into the rom if power button is stuck. Looks like an infinite loop of hard resets once the battery is inserted.
Thanks. Im going to try the mobil one now. Ill let you guys know how it works. Otherwise Im getting some anfo and Im blowing up. I dont care.
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If the power button is stuck then whatever you do its going to keep off and onning, right? Regardless of what you flash it with or how, you need to fix this... Time to get the soldering gun out i think..
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Im going to go to sprint and get a new one. Once the boot animation starts itll boot up and be in the room. But if i move it too much it restarts. Ive never micro solderd so if i can get a stock rom it real fast ill just take it in.
Wait, can't you pull battery then hold volume down (and power) then stick battery in to get to download mode then toggle volume up real fast to get to Odin mode? Once you are in Odin mode I don't think power button gets you out. Then Odin stock
It will take you out of download mode. It's not supposed to but it can happen.
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I tried it and holding down power will reboot the phone, even in download mode. I can't think of any way around it. It needs to be taken in and repaired/replaced. You can't get the phone to run long enough to flash anything if the power is stuck pushed.
Yea if power is stuck holding it down will always restart the device so even in download mode flashing with odin isnt the best idea because if it restarts during odin flash might hard brick the device
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What does the rom have to do with a hardware issue? Just take the phone in.
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grab a needle or something and dig in and unstick the power button. ive had to do that on a few cell phones in past years
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Can't get download mode or adb to recognise phone. Am I SOL?
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Can't get download mode or adb to recognise phone. Am I SOL?
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Can you boot into recovery or Factory Reset mode? Hold volume down + power until Factory Reset screen comes up.
No I can't. Could not even get into recovery after easy unbricking. Phone never acted right after doing that. But now it's all dead.
My computer does make the device connected sound when I plug into computer but can't ever find it with adb
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Well this morning I was able to get into recovery, not sure how but when I plugged into the computer it just came on. But I accidently went to sideload and couldn't do anything from.There so I had to pull the battery . Wasn't ever able to get in back in. But now when I plug it in to my laptop the capacitive lights start flashing. Any clues what that means?
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Well this morning I was able to get into recovery, not sure how but when I plugged into the computer it just came on. But I accidently went to sideload and couldn't do anything from.There so I had to pull the battery . Wasn't ever able to get in back in. But now when I plug it in to my laptop the capacitive lights start flashing. Any clues what that means?
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That means its out of battery. Plug it into an AC charger and try again.
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rani9990 said:
That means its out of battery. Plug it into an AC charger and try again.
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As someone who's taken every chance with his Nitro, I agree entirely. Get that puppy charged and head on over to the unbricking guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597488
It's a pain, but it seems like you'll eventually have to do this anyway if you're interested in installing any roms
Hello,
Today my phone randomly turned off by itself, and when I turned it back on, it got to the samsung screen and then went black. After I tried again/pulled the battery, it did the same thing. I can access recovery and download modes, but when I tried to restore my phone, my phone ****s off before the process can commence. Since the phone barely stays on for 5 seconds, I can't get Odin to see my phone. Please help. My phone is rooted, but I never installed a custom ROM. I'm still stock.
Try to pull the battery, then plug in the USB. You should be able to enter download mode without the restart.
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Try to pull the battery, then plug in the USB. You should be able to enter download mode without the restart.
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Doesn't work. When I plug it in without the battery, the charging light comes on, then turns off, then the mini vibration happens. But I never get a samsung screen. Can't access download mode at all without the battery.
That did happen to me before. I'm trying to remember how I repaired it. When the battery is in, and turned on. Is it rebooting alot or stuck on the Samsung screen?
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electrofryed said:
That did happen to me before. I'm trying to remember how I repaired it. When the battery is in, and turned on. Is it rebooting alot or stuck on the Samsung screen?
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The samsung screen will come up, disappear, and then the phone doesn't do anything again. I have to pull the battery to get it to turn on again.
Have you had trouble with the USB staying connected with the PC before?
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electrofryed said:
Have you had trouble with the USB staying connected with the PC before?
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Not before this happened...
Hmm. I'm stumped. Sorry. I had the very same issue with my i777. I had the Odin screen on while I fiddled wth the USB connection at the phone until it finally stayed connected long enough to push a recovery to it. Although it doesn't appear you have the same issue. I figured I'd throw it out there. Again. I'm sorry I can't help further.
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Could the power button be stuck?
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Could the power button be stuck?
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Not to my knowledge, I can still push it just fine.
There have been more than a few instances where someone would have similar issues where if would shut off after a few seconds. Most times it would reboot itself over and over, but for a few people it would just shut down.
Most of the cases I've seen, it turned out to be something keeping the button in contact causing it to trigger the switch.
Sometimes it was the button itself got jammed, others the button felt ok, maybe a bit loose, but under it it was essentially pushed in. A couple have apparently just had a bad switch or a short.
May or may not be the case here, but thought I'd go ahead and mention it.
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There have been more than a few instances where someone would have similar issues where if would shut off after a few seconds. Most times it would reboot itself over and over, but for a few people it would just shut down.
Most of the cases I've seen, it turned out to be something keeping the button in contact causing it to trigger the switch.
Sometimes it was the button itself got jammed, others the button felt ok, maybe a bit loose, but under it it was essentially pushed in. A couple have apparently just had a bad switch or a short.
May or may not be the case here, but thought I'd go ahead and mention it.
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What do you suggest doing if this is the problem?
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What do you suggest doing if this is the problem?
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Some people simply opened up the phone and reseated the button. Others had to buy a new button and replace themselves. Some sent it in to a repair shop to have it done for them and a couple who suspected it was an issue with a switch or a short on the board I don't think were ever able to fix it.
One guy got mad at his and slammed it on the table. After that he said it worked fine! I do NOT recommend this!!! But I have fixed stereos, VCR's, CD players, and all sorts of electronic equipment with this method! I would never attempt it with this fragile screen though!
What I recommend is that you go to a phone service centre that does JTAG, that way they can diagnose and repair the motherboard
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What I recommend is that you go to a phone service centre that does JTAG, that way they can diagnose and repair the motherboard
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Is it definitely the motherboard?
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Is it definitely the motherboard?
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I can't be so sure, but to me it sounds like the motherboard, if you have used triangle away before and have a clean flash counter you could send your device to Samsung for service and repair?
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I can't be so sure, but to me it sounds like the motherboard, if you have used triangle away before and have a clean flash counter you could send your device to Samsung for service and repair?
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I was under the impression that Sudden Death couldn't happen to US variants and they they had fixed it in the updates, guess I was wrong. Gonna have my friend look at it, if he can't fix it i'll send it to T-Mobile.
when you try to access dl mode you get the option to continue or reboot, choose reboot and long press home and volume up, this will cause recovery to boot up (I sometimes have trouble getting it to boot with my problem without this method) then flash your rom again or flash a firmware package. this will at least get you into your rom for the time being. Then you can work from there.
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when you try to access dl mode you get the option to continue or reboot, choose reboot and long press home and volume up, this will cause recovery to boot up (I sometimes have trouble getting it to boot with my problem without this method) then flash your rom again or flash a firmware package. this will at least get you into your rom for the time being. Then you can work from there.
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Doesn't work, phone still cuts off before I can get into recovery.
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Doesn't work, phone still cuts off before I can get into recovery.
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did you try taking battery out for about a minute then putting back in and trying to boot to recovery?
My s4 has been acting very weird lately. The button combo (vol up+home+power) doesn't work for me. If i try it, it goes straight to download mode. I get no gs4 splash acreen. Only way to boot into recovery is through goo manager. BUTTON COMBO DOES NOT WORK!
If I restart the phone through the power menu it only boots into download mode. If I turn off the phone through the power menu, it will turn off for a second, and then boot into download Mode as long as the battery is in. Only way it reboots regularly is when I get into recovery through goo manager and selecting reboot system.
Only other way to boot the system is doing button combo for download mode and hitting cancel when the screen comes up.
I made a thread about this a couple days ago and was advised to Odin back to stock, which I did. Problem is still there.
The phone did turn off and stay off for about an hour, then the download mode thing came back. This is driving me crazy.
Has ANYONE run into this problem? It can't be just me, my luck can't be that bad.
If it matters, I'm running rooted stock 4.2(MDL) with twrp v2.6.3.1 installed
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My s4 has been acting very weird lately. The button combo (vol up+home+power) doesn't work for me. If i try it, it goes straight to download mode. I get no gs4 splash acreen. Only way to boot into recovery is through goo manager. BUTTON COMBO DOES NOT WORK!
If I restart the phone through the power menu it only boots into download mode. If I turn off the phone through the power menu, it will turn off for a second, and then boot into download Mode as long as the battery is in. Only way it reboots regularly is when I get into recovery through goo manager and selecting reboot system.
Only other way to boot the system is doing button combo for download mode and hitting cancel when the screen comes up.
I made a thread about this a couple days ago and was advised to Odin back to stock, which I did. Problem is still there.
The phone did turn off and stay off for about an hour, then the download mode thing came back. This is driving me crazy.
Has ANYONE run into this problem? It can't be just me, my luck can't be that bad.
If it matters, I'm running rooted stock 4.2(MDL) with twrp v2.6.3.1 installed
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Dont' hold the home button.
Just Vol UP and Power.
Yeah I tried that, still doesn't work. It still boots into download mode.
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Sounds like hardware problem
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It definitely is a hardware problem!! I had the same issue with my s3. You can just call T-Mobile and they will send you a new one for a small fee. They charged me $5 for shipping. Just tell them that your volume rocker doesn't work. Make sure you reset your counter before you send it back though:thumbup:
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Well thatblows, unfortunately I'm halfway around the world, so I won't be able to get a replacement anytime soon.
So I should just tell them that the rocker doesn't work and they will send a replacement? I've had the phone since it first came out, they won't ask questions? Dont want to be denied and assed out.
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So I probable shouldnt play dumb and tell them a funny little android guy shows up when I start the phone huh?
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Usually when the device has hardware issues the carrier will replace it for free. I'm not sure how long the warranty is from Samsung. I believe it's a year warranty for phones which covers hardware problems. This is what a T-Mobile representative told me. If your phone is insured through your carrier it should still be covered. I had hardware problems with my HTC Amaze and got a replacement for 5 bucks.
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Thanks man, I've been trying to solve this forever.
What do you think the problem would be if is not the volume rockers? Cause I can adjust the volume perfectly fine when it's on. It just.... Keeps booting t download mode no matter what I do.
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Thanks man, I've been trying to solve this forever.
What do you think the problem would be if is not the volume rockers? Cause I can adjust the volume perfectly fine when it's on. It just.... Keeps booting t download mode no matter what I do.
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Ok I have 1 question. Did you try booting into recovery when you went back to stock? It will be the only way to really know if your phone is messed up or if it's any modifications you've done to your device.
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Lick My Toes said:
Thanks man, I've been trying to solve this forever.
What do you think the problem would be if is not the volume rockers? Cause I can adjust the volume perfectly fine when it's on. It just.... Keeps booting t download mode no matter what I do.
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I don't think it is hardware related. Sounds like a bad recovery image, just use Odin to flash a recovery back to the device or flash the Stock Odin 4.2.2 tar to restore stock recovery
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Also, if its rooted, download Terminal Emulator, and type "su" (press enter) then type reboot recovery (press enter) should work if the recovery image is fine.
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I don't think it is hardware related. Sounds like a bad recovery image, just use Odin to flash a recovery back to the device or flash the Stock Odin 4.2.2 tar to restore stock recovery
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Also, if its rooted, download Terminal Emulator, and type "su" (press enter) then type reboot recovery (press enter) should work if the recovery image is fine.
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I agree about the stock image. I'm not sure if he was successful or if he tried booting into recovery when he went back to stock. I couldn't really understand in his first post but I think he may have tried it. Which is why I think it may be hardware.
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I did not. But now that I think about it, after I ODINed back to stock, it did start and turn off normally once or twice.
I really don't think it is a hardware malfunction. But I'm not sure why the button combo for recovery doesn't work.
I won't have access to another computer for awhile. Plus even if I did, I don't think I could wait the 12+ hours to download the stock Odin files again.
Could I pm you in the future when I get access to my home computer?
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Lick My Toes said:
I did not. But now that I think about it, after I ODINed back to stock, it did start and turn off normally once or twice.
I really don't think it is a hardware malfunction. But I'm not sure why the button combo for recovery doesn't work.
I won't have access to another computer for awhile. Plus even if I did, I don't think I could wait the 12+ hours to download the stock Odin files again.
Could I pm you in the future when I get access to my home computer?
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OK. When you get on a PC you can search for the MDL stock image here on xda or the Samsung firmware page. Just make sure you choose the correct one. When you go back to stock try the button combo and see what happens. If it works you're good if not just and yourself the hassle and send your phone back.
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Well I dont think it matters anymore. I got pic pocketed tonight and lost my phone. Looks like I'm getting a new one.
Maybe my phone only booting into download mode was a blessing in disguise. Cause it took me forever to figure out how to get it started, and I'm pretty tech savvy. Dont know if ****ers here in Vietnam are as tech savvy, but all my **** is locked down even if they do figure out how to get into it.
Still makes me mad though..... Err
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Lick My Toes said:
Well I dont think it matters anymore. I got pic pocketed tonight and lost my phone. Looks like I'm getting a new one.
Maybe my phone only booting into download mode was a blessing in disguise. Cause it took me forever to figure out how to get it started, and I'm pretty tech savvy. Dont know if ****ers here in Vietnam are as tech savvy, but all my **** is locked down even if they do figure out how to get into it.
Still makes me mad though..... Err
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I'm so sorry! I know exactly how you feel. I got my s3 stolen at a casino.
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Sucks man! At least we both learned a lesson and now know better!
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Its not even necessary to press the home button. I just power the phone on while holding the volume up button until I see the blue writing in the upper left corner.
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