Hey all I have a question about recovery on my GS2. My question is my phone wont power on due to a black screen and constant vibrating. It happened to me twice now and the first time I was able to fix it. My question is I made a recovery on my phone after I fixed it and I called t-mobile tonight and they are going to send me a replacement phone. My question is I have a backup and I was wondering if I could take that backup and restore to it on my new phone???
It SHOULD work. No guarantee though.
meekrawb said:
It SHOULD work. No guarantee though.
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Okay, One more question is there any way that i could wipe all the data on my old phone before i send it in, So no one has my personal data?
Anthony74 said:
Okay, One more question is there any way that i could wipe all the data on my old phone before i send it in, So no one has my personal data?
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i think you can do a factory reset. it's in settings.
Yes, you can erase all info. Just wipe it all. Factory reset...cache....system...dalvick...etc. Your phone will be squeaky clean :fingers-crossed:
I cant power on the phone or get into recovery.
Holding power button and both up and down volume buttons don't work either? I mean hold all 3 at the same time.
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ntdatter said:
Holding power button and both up and down volume buttons don't work either? I mean hold all 3 at the same time.
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yeah it vibrates like it is going to turn on and the screen stays black, I tried power + VOL UP + VOL DOWN and nothing
I see. I don't know. Seems like a hardware problem.
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Maybe sticky power button
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Ugot get into downlod mode and flask stock rom the will erase all ur stuff
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Okay so i lost my SGS2 and this new one i have i cant take a screen shoot cause it will turn off on me. When i press the power button. Nor it has a lock screen like my other one had. I only have the pattern and pin thats it. B4 i was able to slip the background not anymore.
Where can i fix these settings ?
Wut?
Try settings>display>screen display
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^^ lol my thought exactly
G1_enthusiast said:
^^ lol my thought exactly
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OP: If you know your English is bad (assuming English is not your native tongue) then you should at least become familiar with Google Translate
Turn off the phone, go into recovery by pressing and holdimg the power and both volume rockers, then do a factory reset. That should fix your problem
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All i want is a Lock Screen but not a pattern nor a pin. On my old SGS2 i just would pick a pic for the Lock Screen Wallpaper and all i had to do was slide the picture and it would unlock it. I cant seem to find the settings at all. And before my old phone i would press my power button it will ask to turn off airplane mode this one just will turn it off if I even press the power button. It was not rooted my old phone
I was typing the above on my phone. Sorry
joeyrey said:
Wut?
Try settings>display>screen display
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It has the option to but it wont work at all
elflip88 said:
Turn off the phone, go into recovery by pressing and holdimg the power and both volume rockers, then do a factory reset. That should fix your problem
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I don't want to reset my phone.
Colombia81er said:
I don't want to reset my phone.
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Well then you will have learn to cope with your issue. Resetting or re-flashing is about the only thing you can do to fix the problem. It was probably due to a bad flash.
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iLeopard said:
Well then you will have learn to cope with your issue. Resetting or re-flashing is about the only thing you can do to fix the problem. It was probably due to a bad flash.
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But i never have flashed is STOCK that's my issue. Is not rooted nothing completely stock
Colombia81er said:
But i never have flashed is STOCK that's my issue. Is not rooted nothing completely stock
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OK I see. Umm you could try fixing permissions via cwm. Do you have any other lock screen applications or have you had?
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iLeopard said:
OK I see. Umm you could try fixing permissions via cwm. Do you have any other lock screen applications or have you had?
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Nope never a lock screen app at all. On neither i guess i might just root this ***** lol cause is getting on my nerves and look for a better rom cause this stock rom sucks
Like I said the only solution I can think of is doing a reset. When I received my 2nd SGS2 thru the warranty it had this same issue. It had no lockscreen and no power menu. When I press and hold the power button it would just turn off the phone. The factory reset was the only thing that fixed it.
EDIT: I found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...[FIX] No Power Button Menu And No Lockscreen
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Like I said the only solution I can think of is doing a reset. When I received my 2nd SGS2 thru the warranty it had this same issue. It had no lockscreen and no power menu. When I press and hold the power button it would just turn off the phone. The factory reset was the only thing that fixed it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...[FIX] No Power Button Menu And No Lockscreen
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But i mine is not rooted so how can i access it ?
To perform a hard reset using the hardware keys, follow these steps:
1) Back up all necessary data that is on the internal memory.
2) Turn off the device.
3) Press and hold both Volume Up and Volume Down keys at the same time.
4) Press the Power key only until the phone vibrates once, then release only the Power key.
5) Continue to hold the Volume up and Volume Down keys until the Android System Recovery screen appears.
6) Press the Volume Down key to highlight Wipe Factory Data.
7) Press the Home key to select.
8) Press the Volume Down key to highlight Yes - Delete all user data.
9) Press the Home key to select.
10) Press the Home key to reboot.
This worked like a charm !!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20506622&postcount=2
So my power button is fried, and my replacement gets here on Monday, but I cannot live with a broken power button. So, any suggestions for app(s) that wake the phone using the volume key or something?
Bump. Need some help. D:
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I'm running cm10 and under Settings» lockscreen» Screen Security there is an option to unlock the screen using the menu key (hard key on far left). Just tried it out, works flawlessly. Unfortunately I can't help you find the app you need and flashing a rom without using the power button may be problematic. Best of luck to you!
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mxmr said:
I'm running cm10 and under Settings» lockscreen» Screen Security there is an option to unlock the screen using the menu key (hard key on far left). Just tried it out, works flawlessly. Unfortunately I can't help you find the app you need and flashing a rom without using the power button may be problematic. Best of luck to you!
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all the apps suck. get cyanogenmod rom and then you can wake with volume keys.... I did..
calisro said:
all the apps suck. get cyanogenmod rom and then you can wake with volume keys.... I did..
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I would love to get CM, but the only problem is that since my power button is stuck, it's gonna be a pain to flash. And, not only that, as it is right now, since my power button is stuck, I was able to put it into ODIN mode and restore to stock unrooted to take it in, but I'm afraid that I might flash, and then the power button magically un-sticks, and then I'm screwed, cause I can't unroot it. Anyways, just today and tomorrow left, so not so bad. I actually think I can take it.
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So my power button is fried, and my replacement gets here on Monday, but I cannot live with a broken power button. So, any suggestions for app(s) that wake the phone using the volume key or something?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey
Stock FH13 with out root located here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30264881
get the .tar and use Mobile Odin to flash.
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Today I went into recovery mode to fix permissions because my phone was running funny. I used the cache wipe script and when i tried rebooting my phone it wouldn't turn on. I decided to take the battery out for a few minutes to see if that would help. It finally turned on but it is stuck on the boot animation. I have tried to get straight into recovery after trying to reboot it but it won't let me. Could someone please help me figure out what's wrong and how I can fix it?
Have you tried holding down both vol down + up and power button same time then releasing power button when the phone vibrates?
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Have you tried holding down both vol down + up and power button same time then releasing power button when the phone vibrates?
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I've tried that and nothing. I can turn it on now but it gets stuck on the boot animation. I cant get into recovery.
Edit: Finally got it into recovery now I'm going to flash a backup i made yesterday. Thanks for the reply.
Hold the vol up and down with power button at the same time. Let it vibrate once and take finger off power button and once Samsung logo comes on take your fingers off the volume rocker.
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Hold the vol up and down with power button at the same time. Let it vibrate once and take finger off power button and once Samsung logo comes on take your fingers off the volume rocker.
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Thanks for the reply but everything is all set now.
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GalaxySII5191 said:
Thanks for the reply but everything is all set now.
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What ended up happening?
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What ended up happening?
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I have no idea. Once I got it up and running again everything was great. Farewell too the S2 just got the S3
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Your going to have to reflash your custom ROM from your recovery menu
He most likely used TDJ's scripts on the newer CWM versions and borked his recovery. I've done the same thing with my device...
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Long story short....for the last couple hours I've tried to get into the stock Factory Recovery. What the hell is the key combo to do it? ZV7, ZV9
engine95 said:
Long story short....for the last couple hours I've tried to get into the stock Factory Recovery. What the hell is the key combo to do it? ZV7, ZV9
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just use rom toolbox lite or any other app that reboots into recovery for you
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just use rom toolbox lite or any other app that reboots into recovery for you
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I cant boot up! My phone just freaked out, no I havent messed with JB yet, but I cant boot into anything. LGNPST zv7, zv9 and it freezes at the 4GLTE logo. ADB shell won't let me wipe /data and I think that's where my problem is.
vol up + power? or vol down + power? let go when the cap lights flash
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I cant boot up! My phone just freaked out, no I havent messed with JB yet, but I cant boot into anything. LGNPST zv7, zv9 and it freezes at the 4GLTE logo. ADB shell won't let me wipe /data and I think that's where my problem is.
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dude im in the same boat! i dont know what to do D:
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vol up + power? or vol down + power? let go when the cap lights flash
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No dice. I've tried every combo I can think of too.
Vol+down gets the lights, but holding it, or letting go just boots me back to the 4glte screen
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No dice. I've tried every combo I can think of too.
Vol+down gets the lights, but holding it, or letting go just boots me back to the 4glte screen
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please let me know if you make any headway!
Hold volume down and the home button. Then press and hold the power button. Hold all these til just after you see the soft buttons light up.
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Hold volume down and the home button. Then press and hold the power button. Hold all these til just after you see the soft buttons light up.
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holy **** you are a god among men! a thousand thanks<3
Wow I didn't know that... j just used "adb reboot recovery"
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Wow I didn't know that... j just used "adb reboot recovery"
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I couldn't even do that! But after lgnpst 7,9 twice each, and messing long enough with it I finally got it. But as _Epic said...vol+ down until lights came on then I let go. After about 1min recovery finally showed up.
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sanity29 said:
Hold volume down and the home button. Then press and hold the power button. Hold all these til just after you see the soft buttons light up.
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I tried that one also but nothing at all happened
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engine95 said:
I tried that one also but nothing at all happened
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Odd, works for me every time. But as long as you got into the recovery, it doesn't matter how
Two of us at the same time? Too weird.
I'm taking this as a sign to put JB on it now. I'm already ready anyway
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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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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.
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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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No problem, bro. I really don't know why people say to do it the way you did lol.
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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.
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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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