[Q] Need help with cwm-based recovery 5.0.2.3 - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Trying to do a restore on my epic 4g touch but aside from the volume keys scrolling through the options the other keys just turn off my screen. .. so how do I select the option I want to use? Any help is appreciated cos I also can't boot past the Samsung logo and have no access to a computer

The power button.
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graydiggy said:
The power button.
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Tried the power button and options disappeared only showed the hat icon on my screen .. pushed power button again and options are shown again

raznia said:
Tried the power button and options disappeared only showed the hat icon on my screen .. pushed power button again and options are shown again
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Try the home key then.
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[Q] Screen Capture

Has anyone figured out how to take a screen shot with it yet?
I9100 has the feature but I cant find it with the T989.
Tap home, then power button
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There's also a app that takes screen shots without root, forgot the name. It works on the t-989
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movieaddict said:
There's also a app that takes screen shots without root, forgot the name. It works on the t-989
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Home + power. if you want an app then use "Screen Capture Shortcut free". it works like a charm.
It's hold power and tap home a second later
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imnothimm said:
It's hold power and tap home a second later
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I found pressing the home button first then the power button is a little easier from a timing standpoint. I works perfectly IMO.
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So, when I tap the home button first I get the task manager and pressing the power button takes a screen shot of the task manager.
If I press the power button first I get the airplane mode/ power off window and pressing home I get a screen shot of that.
Do I need to work on my timing or speed? How to get a shot of the window I want and not one of these other two things?
pairustwo said:
So, when I tap the home button first I get the task manager and pressing the power button takes a screen shot of the task manager.
If I press the power button first I get the airplane mode/ power off window and pressing home I get a screen shot of that.
Do I need to work on my timing or speed? How to get a shot of the window I want and not one of these other two things?
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You can hit both of them at the same time, it usually snaps the screenshot that you want.
Most of the Roms when you hold the power button down like your going to shut it off will give you the option to take a screenshot. I am using BeastMOD II v2.5 and option is there.
My phone won't screenshot with the button combo but it is in my power menu. And yes, it has SU permission.
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Yes i'm also using juggernaut and can't seen
to take screen pics wtf?
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Esevw said:
Yes i'm also using juggernaut and can't seen
to take screen pics wtf?
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Hold down the power button, choose screen shot.. Simple
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PMG 705 said:
Hold down the power button, choose screen shot.. Simple
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thanxs, i didnt see the option there +1
How come when I try to send my screenshot through mms the other person can't open it because resolution and file size? and its well under 50k too
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Hardware button combinations database

For example :
Home and power button at the same time = screen capture
Thank you
On AOKP & CM9 screenshot is
vol. down & power
hold down power button phone will reboot
And I think we're done here ...?
iSaint said:
And I think we're done here ...?
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Indeed. Aside from the boot combinations that's about it.
Epic-ly tapped from my Galaxy SII
Hold search button for voice commands.
Now we're done
well if were gonna go there, hold home for recent apps
and i wish holding back would kill current app like in MIUI
Menu key opens menu (in apps that support it).
The volume rocker obviously controls the volume... And if you hold the volume down it puts your phone on silent with vibration.
Lol... Now were done here.
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Mattix724 said:
The volume rocker obviously controls the volume... And if you hold the volume down it puts your phone on silent with vibration.
Lol... Now were done here.
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So if you press and hold volume up it turns the ringer on full blast? Please help
tkemack said:
So if you press and hold volume up it turns the ringer on full blast? Please help
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Lol... Oh yeah and hold power for 10 seconds to power off.
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Mattix724 said:
Lol... Oh yeah and hold power for 10 seconds to power off.
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I did this while trying to respond to this post and my phone suddenly rebooted. I'm not sure what I did wrong
Home brings you to the home screen when in an app.
And we're done
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volume up and power until phone turns off and go into recovery
volume down and power until phone turns off and go into odin
now are we done?
Some ROMs allow for holding volume buttons to change tracks. I think we're done now ;p
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heres a hidden one...tapping the power button turns the screen off. techwire news just announced a juicy little tip, tapping power button one time while screen is off will actually turn it back on thought id pass these new tricks on.
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This thread took a wrong turn very early on, and it stayed on the wrong course lol
veritasaequita said:
heres a hidden one...tapping the power button turns the screen off. techwire news just announced a juicy little tip, tapping power button one time while screen is off will actually turn it back on thought id pass these new tricks on.
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Thanks. I couldn't figure out how to turn the damn thing on. Lol.
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Holding menu button pulls up the keyboard in certain apps. AND now we are done.
kbizzle said:
Holding menu button pulls up the keyboard in certain apps. AND now we are done.
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Well, if you're going to get into the soft keys, holding Home brings up recently used apps and task manager. hold the search brings up an app selection including Sound hound if you have it installed.
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Does anyone know if there is a way to manually assign something to a long menu press on stock? I know you can do it with CM7, but I haven't found anything for TouchWiz.
If your phone is on and you have cwm installed you can press and hold the power and volume buttons together and it will take you straight to recovery.
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TWRP Hard key combo?!

Accidently installed a TW based mod (the ink effect one) on an aosp Rom (baked) and now its stuck on the boot animation... Cant for the life of me get it to boot into recovery. help?
Volume up + power
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Volume up + power
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It vibrates and flashes samsung in white, then stays black, doing nothing. Upon releasing the buttons it vibrates again and goes into boot up.
btravis.elm said:
It vibrates and flashes samsung in white, then stays black, doing nothing. Upon releasing the buttons it vibrates again and goes into boot up.
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im pretty sure it was volume down power and home at the same time
evo4gnoob said:
im pretty sure it was volume down power and home at the same time
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it was vol up home and power, vol down goes to download mode
btravis.elm said:
it was vol up home and power, vol down goes to download mode
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Was close enough
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You might be just soft bricked theres a guide to fix that just search how to fix a soft bricked sprint galaxy s3 or just restore to stock and reroot
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Cant boot to recovery from power off

I've been a good root user for a while but something isn't right after i used the Installer to flash CM 11 to my Galaxy S4 T-mo.
While i had stock rom i was able to turn my device completely off and reboot into recovery by pressing and holding in the exact order: Vol Up, Home, then Power. And CWM would pop up.
Now with CyanogenMod installed, i try the same process. It says in blue letters "Recovery Booting..." and then everything on screen disappears. I let go of the buttons and after a few seconds the same screen shows without the "Recovery Booting..." in blue letters and then i see the boot.img for CM and the regular boot works fine.
You should know however that if i hold the power button while I'm in CM and tap "Reboot Recovery" it boots into recovery fine. So basically with any root request it works. But the problem with that is if one day if i get a bootloop i cant flash to recovery and restore a backup.
I also tried flashing TWRP instead of CWM but that did not work, the same problem occured with a different recovery.
If anyone has this problem or better, has a fix please reply
Thanks, Essem G
Hold Vol up + Power at the same time (no home button) when you feel the phone vibrate, let go of power button. When the boot screen comes up you can let go of the Volume button
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Kriptik210 said:
Hold Vol up + Power at the same time (no home button) when you feel the phone vibrate, let go of power button. When the boot screen comes up you can let go of the Volume button
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The sequence they stated is correct..
OP make sure you let go of all the buttons as soon as you see the 'recovery booting' in blue letters
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serio22 said:
The sequence they stated is correct..
OP make sure you let go of all the buttons as soon as you see the 'recovery booting' in blue letters
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:what: there is no need to hold the home button
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Kriptik210 said:
:what: there is no need to hold the home button
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Well either I was taught wrong or Samsung changed it but that is the way I've been doing it since the s3 and it still works.. That is not the reason its not working
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Well the home button doesn't need to be pressed. I'm not saying it is the problem but the way the OP says he does it, might be the problem.
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Well the home button doesn't need to be pressed. I'm not saying it is the problem but the way the OP says he does it, might be the problem.
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Sounds to me like they are pressing too long
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serio22 said:
Sounds to me like they are pressing too long
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That or he needs to release the power button. Either way we gave 2 options. Hopefully one works lol.
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Kriptik210 said:
Hold Vol up + Power at the same time (no home button) when you feel the phone vibrate, let go of power button. When the boot screen comes up you can let go of the Volume button
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Thanks! I really didn't think that would solve the problem because I thought it was something deeper but sure enough it worked perfect. This really took some tension off my shoulders. But I'm still not sure why the button sequence changed some people are saying I did it right and I have done it this way before. No matter, problem solved
Thanks, Essem G
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Essem G said:
Thanks! I really didn't think that would solve the problem because I thought it was something deeper but sure enough it worked perfect. This really took some tension off my shoulders. But I'm still not sure why the button sequence changed some people are saying I did it right and I have done it this way before. No matter, problem solved
Thanks, Essem G
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I know the problem has been solved, but out of curiosity, what gave you the idea of that button combo to enter recovery? I only ask because I've seen other questions involving the home button when trying to enter recovery and none of the guides here haven't mentioned using anything other than power+volume up/down for recovery/download mode respectively.
I saw this on galaxys4root.com and it showed a video of that combo working. The very next thing I did was try it myself and it worked. I never knew why or how it changed
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Essem G said:
I saw this on galaxys4root.com and it showed a video of that combo working. The very next thing I did was try it myself and it worked. I never knew why or how it changed
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Gotcha. Like I said, I was just curious. Thanks for elaborating.
Essem G said:
Thanks! I really didn't think that would solve the problem because I thought it was something deeper but sure enough it worked perfect. This really took some tension off my shoulders. But I'm still not sure why the button sequence changed some people are saying I did it right and I have done it this way before. No matter, problem solved
Thanks, Essem G
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No problem, bro. I really don't know why people say to do it the way you did lol.
lordcheeto03 said:
I know the problem has been solved, but out of curiosity, what gave you the idea of that button combo to enter recovery? I only ask because I've seen other questions involving the home button when trying to enter recovery and none of the guides here haven't mentioned using anything other than power+volume up/down for recovery/download mode respectively.
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It might have been carried over from the s3. Adding the home button doesn't do anything so in retrospect the s4 doesn't even notice. Power + Vol down will take you to Download mode (just an FYI)
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Power Button issues

Looking for some help to change my power button to wake my phone and use all the other shortcuts in the power button menu. The power button still works but I don't have a physical button . I removed it from my phone due to the button sticking and random resets. I'm running Project X 3.9 .
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bestrooted said:
Looking for some help to change my power button to wake my phone and use all the other shortcuts in the power button menu. The power button still works but I don't have a physical button . I removed it from my phone due to the button sticking and random resets. I'm running Project X 3.9 .
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Check the quickpanel settings. I don't think there is a power setting. Rom Toolbox may be what you need for getting to the power on/off. As for the pother options, if they can't be added through the AIO, then you might want to try an AOSP ROM. There is a tutorial on how to add things to the power section. Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125196
Install this app. It will allow you to choose settings for the phone to turn on off, eg taking it out of your pocket, putting it down face down, etc. The E4GT power button is a known issue and the reason I got rid of mine. I didn't have this app at the time though. Hopefully it helps you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenofffree&hl=en
I found this app that switches the volume rocker buttons to wake your phone and and gives you a shortcut to turn your screen off , reboot. I'm using the search softkey to power off screen.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=baron.williams.PowerOnVolume
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This is the perfect app for the power button fix. It should be a sticky
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It looks like you got a fix. But let me just add that you should also use nomoarhpowah. Which I highly recommend. Because your button may break completely one day and you want to be ready.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.nomoarpowah
I will give that a try thanks for sharing
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