Factory reset question - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

During my latest factory resort I did the whole pus volume up + home + power sequence. When I got to theme boot screen I had all the usual stuff but I noticed that at the bottom was the green android guy laying down with his chest open and a red exclamation mark coming out of it. Is this normal?
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my friend, welcome to recovery mode.
if i remember correctly(only been to stock recovery once), stock recovery is like that
and yes it is normal

Thanks. Just leaning about ROMs and what not. Loving this phone.
Thanks again
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asjdwf said:
Thanks. Just leaning about ROMs and what not. Loving this phone.
Thanks again
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if you are planning to root your phone, i'd suggest get TWRP recovery instead of CWM, a lot more friendly to use.

Yeah. Soooo many things to choose from now lol
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screen on???

first time my phone acted up..anytime my screen is off i try to get it on and it takes 5-10 or more tries. any ideas??
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Have you downloaded any new apps lately? Have you try clearing cache and davlik-cache? Maybe a reboot or a hard reset?
We're comin from a pure power source.
yes ive done all those..even wiped my sd card and installed new rom,stil does it. idk
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When it's on and you turn the screen off, does it turn off on the first press (eliminating the power button itself as the problem)?
That's weird. I thought maybe the button is going bad, but then it would do the same thing when turning it off I would think.
We're comin from a pure power source.
mfknboss said:
yes ive done all those..even wiped my sd card and installed new rom,stil does it. idk
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From your description, it seems like a mechanical/hardware problem, but if you're able to rule that out somehow, go into recovery, wipe EVERYTHING except the SD card and then download and flash a rooted stock ODEXED rom from HERE. This is a close to stock as you can get without unrooting. If it doesn't work with this rom, I would unroot, restore S-ON and then take it in to your local Sprint store.
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hmm..wierd..turned my screen on and off animation on and now it works fine. idk
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mfknboss said:
hmm..wierd..turned my screen on and off animation on and now it works fine. idk
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I hear ya, but at least you got it working....
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ty everyone for all the advice
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What Rom were you on?
Sent from my......ummm...let me get back at'chya!
cmnightly 80
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[Q] Can't get into Download Mode?

No matter how hard I try I can't seem to boot into download mode with the battery in or out the power and 1 button won't work any ideas?
Have you tried a USB jig?
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Nope.... only other way?
Hold down menu and A as its powering up, then when its on the Sense screen, press 1 and it should boot into download mode.
REMEMBER, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK EFS CLEAR
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Hold down menu and A as its powering up, then when its on the Sense screen, press 1 and it should boot into download mode.
REMEMBER, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK EFS CLEAR
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You guys are hilarious...
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Nvm thought I made progress back at square one.
thought your were joking
I read your thread about all our strays, and came straight here. Lol why did you stop, it would have been fun to see how long it went on for.
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Hey Biggoron, I've had success holding the 2 button and power. Give that a shot and see if that works for ya!
Try typing "d-o-w-n-l-o-a-d-m-o-d-e" while holding the power and camera buttons, that always seems to do it for me
Doesnt up down up down left right left right A B A B select start get you into download mode?
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jasone4gt said:
Doesnt up down up down left right left right A B A B select start get you into download mode?
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No, you got it backwards....its. B A B A, start. No select either....I mean c'mon who wants a 2 player download mode.
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chrisbass said:
No, you got it backwards....its. B A B A, start. No select either....I mean c'mon who wants a 2 player download mode.
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I actually think that's the way to get unlimited download mode
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Lgnpst error 67.

I error out at 67% but then I get flashing soft keys...what to do next?
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i dont wanna scare you but the only time ive heard of soft keys flashing was a hard brick.... you sure you download the right files?
I did. Got the files from the IRC. The new auto lgnpst...im still able to get to download mode just fine so I dont rhink its HB.
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Hop on irc and ask.
Oh, and wrong section.
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Yes I saw after. My apologies
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i dont mean to bash or be mean man and i know it can be confusing but wrong thread. ALL questions belong under Q and A
besides the obvious (wrong thread) I have the exact same issue. LGNPST keeps stopping at 67% or 85% and not working. Then my device stopped working all together. taking it to the store tomorrow.
I just unplugged my phone, let it reboot than plugged it back in and lgnpst finished up after that. It kept freezing at 85% for me.
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The 67,85% issue is a bug with the software, but it's not an issue. Your device would reboot then and everything would be peachy.
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Does your phone do anything while not plugged in? Mine when i bricked didn't. You may need to take out the battery.
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xboxfanj said:
You may need to take out the battery.
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Is that possible
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genaro12543 said:
Is that possible
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Yes with a torx 5 screwdriver and Phillips 00
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Ok! Even though this is the wrong forum...again I apologize. I was able to recover lol.
Heres the story: my phone soft bricked. I had zv8 rooted using the AIO tool and unlocked bootloader using freegee app..support the devs! And was lazy lol.
A friend of mine decided it would be a fantastic idea to allow the OTA for ZV9 to install...needless to say the phone went nuts. Into "epileptic mode" as I like to call it.
The phone would not turn on..at all...unless you hooked it up to usb or AC. And even if you connected to such power options...the phone would only flash the the red notification light and the softkeys consistently over and over like a police car lol.
Even after running LGNPST. It would go back to "epileptic mode" after reboot at 67%. I found this to be annoying....since the firmware was flashing without issue.
I hopped on IRC and fiddy and shelnut2 instructed me to do a battery pull. Thank God for them lol.
I got a T5 screwdriver and a small philips, removed both screws from the bottom and then removed the back cover carefully. Once it opened I peeled back the blue clear tape covering the battery connections and removed the two screws under that (used philips). Disconnected the battery for 5 seconds then reconnected and pressed power on button and finally.....PROFIT!!!!!!
Phone booted with stock firmware from LGNPST.
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Is that possible
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Yes it is possible and simple..just have to be very caring with the edges and have the right tools....read previous post from me.
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Exclamation mark with phone

Hi. I own a Sony xperia as. I was on cm 10.1 RC2 and decided to flash 4.1 stock ftf using flashtool. After many failed attempts I flash yakundu's stock zipaligned and rooted ROM after wiping. But I got the boot animation followed by exclamation mark in a triangle.
Luckily the recovery was still accessible so I reflashed cm 10.1 rc 2.
After this I tried several other 4.1 ROMs like trinity etc but the same thing happens again and again.
Any idea how I can go back to 4.1?
Thanks!
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what are you wiping before flashing?
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if the triangle has a blue bar and your screen goes dim
also is the triangle grey
leave it, it is supose to do that
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Everything!
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I've switches from 4.2 to 4.1 before why is this happening only now ?
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its a repair process that checks and fixes anything wrong
flash stock 96 firmware and leave it be
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Flashed and waited. The phone just switched off.
Meanwhile tried flashing 10.2 alpha 1 and had no problems.
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Hmm
Well do you have any mounting issues on a stock 96 kernel
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No i was able to mount/unmount system data etc while on doomkernel v6
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Did it boot after it turned off
And what did you do when you first saw it
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Not by itself. I had to do it.
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When I first saw it I turned the phone off immediately then booted it again and heaved a sigh of relief when I confirmed that the recovery was working.
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Well charge your battey , load a stock kernel and leave it , and if your lucky you may get it to boot
It is part of the kernel, and must not be disturbed otherwise it may result in a hard brick
Or so rumoured
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Will look into it
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I first had the same exclamation mark when I flashed back the stock .96 rom, and now having it every time I reboot the phone. As well as phone is ok, I started ignoring it.
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umidjon said:
I first had the same exclamation mark when I flashed back the stock .96 rom, and now having it every time I reboot the phone. As well as phone is ok, I started ignoring it.
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Guys, I know what he's talking about. He's not talking about the wrench and spanner logo with the bar at the bottom. It's a different image by itself, which just has an exclamation mark with the phone lying under it. Like the dead Android when your flashing goes wrong. Except, all the flashing was successful, it booted through the kernel, but was unable to boot into system. That's what I think is happening. I tried mounting and unmounting and re mounting his system, but nothing worked. In the recovery, flashing is successful, but it's unable to boot into the system.
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Guys, I know what he's talking about. He's not talking about the wrench and spanner logo with the bar at the bottom. It's a different image by itself, which just has an exclamation mark with the phone lying under it. Like the dead Android when your flashing goes wrong. Except, all the flashing was successful, it booted through the kernel, but was unable to boot into system. That's what I think is happening. I tried mounting and unmounting and re mounting his system, but nothing worked. In the recovery, flashing is successful, but it's unable to boot into the system.
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Hmmm
Do you know of anyway to fix it?
Im not realy sure at all
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Envious_Data said:
Hmmm
Do you know of anyway to fix it?
Im not realy sure at all
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I don't
The poster is my friend and I saw it first hand. I wanted to clarify that it wasn't the flashing logo, and hoped to find a solution from you guys. Gonna try flash tool and see what happens, though.
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AnrgKrshn said:
I don't
The poster is my friend and I saw it first hand. I wanted to clarify that it wasn't the flashing logo, and hoped to find a solution from you guys. Gonna try flash tool and see what happens, though.
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Ill look through kernel source code, curious to know what this is
Also ill research ways to fix
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Envious_Data said:
Ill look through kernel source code, curious to know what this is
Also ill research ways to fix
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Thanks a ton bro will try flash tool in a few days and let you know.
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Vol Down quit working ?

My vol down won't work anymore..? I'm on the carbon ROM.. Twrp .. And it doesn't work when I try download mode either
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Does it work from the black screen and text menu. This is reached by turning off your phone then once your phone is off do this. hold vol up and the power button. The second you see the lg logo let go of both buttons. It should go into the menu i am talking of. If so press vol down two times then press the power button and wait 15 seconds. The phone should reboot let it do its thing. If you boot into twrp the button works and you have another problem. If the phone just turns off then its that button.
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Its the other problem, it is the button, but ive never had water damage or drops
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I recommend taking it back to complete stock condition. Using the kdz method. The one that sprint repair techs use? And return it for another. You'll still be in Warranty for hardware defects.
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I'm unable to get into download mode, I have the stock zvc and my effs backed up... what should I do?
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Xhase said:
I'm unable to get into download mode, I have the stock zvc and my effs backed up... what should I do?
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You could flash stock zvc, or zvb and let it update. Then in FreeGee restore to stock. Only option I can think of
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Where can I get the zvb update? I'm on zvc now.
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Xhase said:
Where can I get the zvb update? I'm on zvc now.
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Update? Or bin? Links to both are in the root guide.
Edit. That would be for LGNPST which won't work for you. Oops
There is an odexed stock zvb rom in Devolopement. I think from TheShadow1.
Edit 2. Not a good night for me I guess. The zvb ROM is also linked in the root guide. Odex and deodex
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I'm on a stock backup I made before I unlocked.
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engine95 said:
Update? Or bin? Links to both are in the root guide.
Edit. That would be for LGNPST which won't work for you. Oops
There is an odexed stock zvb rom in Devolopement. I think from TheShadow1.
Edit 2. Not a good night for me I guess. The zvb ROM is also linked in the root guide. Odex and deodex
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My VOL down button just started randomly working lol
Xhase said:
My VOL down button just started randomly working lol
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Weird. And your TWRP quit. Really weird.
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