So after waking up, I turned my phone on and its running GB27 Stock rooted deodexed ROM. Well I woke up and turned it on and it turned on in safe mode. So noticed the safe mode at the bottom of the screen and i proceeded to unlock my phone. Then I got the touchwiz launcher has force closed. Then I tried to reboot it in hopes that it would be back to normal and not in safe mode. Well it rebooted and it was still in safe mode and I cannot access settings from drop down menu or my touchwiz launcher.
I just flashed AGATS GB27 tRec recovery the other day, maybe this has something to do with it.
So After that, i tried to get into recovery and download mode but I can't because my volume up and down buttons haven't been working. I've tried taking phone apart and fixing it but with no luck. So every time I try to enter download/recovery It just boots up normally because my volume buttons don't work..
Long story short, My phone is still in safe mode and I can't reflash back to stock because of broken volume buttons...
What do I do community?
P.S. I am due for an upgrade but I don't want to upgrade yet unless I really have to.
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I Have tried searching for the answers and nothing really answers my question. I was on ICS then I flashed back to EL29 using QB's method and now my phone just turns on and then stays at the menu my power button doesnt work? Help?
Can you get into Download or Recovery mode?
Like MeWarning was about to suggest...
Yank the battery, get the phone into download mode and one click odin back to stock then format all, flash your rom.
I had to pull the battery and immanently had to boot into cwm or else the phone would just turn it's self on same with download mode. I finally Odin back to el29 stock and I rooted it but now the only thing wrong is that my power button wont work I.E Can't press it to turn the screen off or turn off the phone. I Tired to fash a new rom and It worked but the only problem still is that the power button wont work
Dropped my phone too many times and now the power button doesn't work. I've been sliding out the keyboard to wake it up.
I tried using the CM9 'volume rocker to wake' feature but it doesn't seem to work most of the time. Specifically it only works when it's plugged in, or there is music/other app running in the background so I'm guessing my phone is sleeping too deeply to recognize it? is there a way to make it always work?
I've also had a few other deep sleep problems. Once in awhile my phone won't wake back up. After a night's sleep, I've had my phone freeze once the alarm activates (screen turns on and capacitive lights turn on but screen doesn't work and nothing helps except battery pull), this has also happened when I haven't used my phone in a little while and I get a phone call. Has anyone had this problem? It's especially horrible with my power button problem since I have no way to turn the phone back on after a battery pull without a charger on hand.
Finally, is there an easy way to fix the power button or should I just take it to Sprint?
Try reverting back to a stock rom or at least one based on stock and see if that works. If it doesn't then probably it's a hardware problem.
i can't get it into download mode to do anything (was originally going to revert to stock and take it to sprint). with the power button broken, i had to try adb reboot download and also reboot download with su from terminal emulator. both failed and just ended up doing a normal reboot...
anyone know how i can get into download mode to downgrade?
nvertigo said:
i can't get it into download mode to do anything (was originally going to revert to stock and take it to sprint). with the power button broken, i had to try adb reboot download and also reboot download with su from terminal emulator. both failed and just ended up doing a normal reboot...
anyone know how i can get into download mode to downgrade?
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Use cwm to flash stock deodexed (using adb reboot recovery and the home button to select.
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for some reason the stock deodexed fc09 failed to install in TWRP. tried redownloading, no luck. can't find anythign about it in the thread, any ideas?
still can't get it into download mode either, and now i can't even turn it on despite having a charger. it just turns green and i haven't found any combinations that will turn it on.
nvertigo said:
for some reason the stock deodexed fc09 failed to install in TWRP. tried redownloading, no luck. can't find anythign about it in the thread, any ideas?
still can't get it into download mode either, and now i can't even turn it on despite having a charger. it just turns green and i haven't found any combinations that will turn it on.
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Remove battery and sd card hit the power button a few times to make sure it is fully discharged. Plug into computer with battery out and try to get into download mode. Also make sure you are using a BB cable and not the stock one.
luckily I took it to sprint and they fixed it for free even though it was on CM...
I can`t get the phone in recovery mode.
Here is the issue:
Running Jedi mind trick rom three weeks. One day the phone restarted and got stuck in the boot screen.
The phone restarted and eventually keeps vibrating without display
After trying many times i did got in recovery mode so i could install the rom again (using darkside super wipe and then the rom). After one day it crashed again and again i installed an different rom which also crashed after several hours.
Now i can`t even get to download mode, Is this hardware related or do i need to use an usb jig to get this working again?
Does your phone screen turn on and at least show the Samsung logo? If not, and you said button combo presses do not work using a USB Jig will be your way to go to get back in to download mode.
By the way, did you flash the correct ROMs specifically for our phones? You shouldn't have experienced and crashes. Also, for the vibrating issue without the display, it had been mentioned that it could also be due to a stuck/dirty power button. If you can try, clean up around it.
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Does your phone screen turn on and at least show the Samsung logo? If not, and you said button combo presses do not work using a USB Jig will be your way to go to get back in to download mode.
By the way, did you flash the correct ROMs specifically for our phones? You shouldn't have experienced and crashes. Also, for the vibrating issue without the display, it had been mentioned that it could also be due to a stuck/dirty power button. If you can try, clean up around it.
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Yes it does show the samsung logo at starting up but after that it turns off with 1-2 seconds vibrating intervals.
I already cleaned the power button but without any satisfaction.
I did dropped the phone monday but not from a great heigth.
estimated: 1mtr above ground
Yes i did. I used the guides from galaxy2root.com
Well, if you were able to use a USB Jig to get into 'Download mode', get a stock ROM from here and flash it through Odin which is also included in the link. Good luck!
Hey everyone,
My phone won't boot, go into recovery or go into download mode. I was on FrostyJB but was going to change to a 4.2 ROM, so I was going through my normal backup process. I set Titanium Backup to backup all apps and then left it for a while. When I came back later to pick up my phone I checked the lock screen for the time but did not unlock it. About 10 minutes after this I attempted to wake my phone, but it would not respond. I pulled the battery and attempted to reboot it. The soft keys lit up but the screen stayed black. When I try to put it into download mode it just vibrates occasionally. I was switching ROMs also due to the fact that my phone was filled up with "system data" and I needed the storage for my trip to Colorado in approximately 6 hours now. Any help is greatly appreciated and if its not too much trouble please respond quickly because I'd like to have a working phone during my trip.
Thanks in advance!
Ok, so I've managed to connect it to Odin by pressing the buttons blindly (the screen never lit up). I flashed a new recovery and rebooted it but no cigar. I assume my screen is broken somehow. I guess I'll take it to a Tmo store when I get back from vacation, it's a shame I won't have it for the trip >.<
Did you try pressing volume up + power + home key to get into recovery? Also if the soft keys lit up while trying to get into download mode then it may still be in download mode even though the screen is black. That can happen due to various things. To be sure I would connect it to a pc and see if Odin can identify it. If so then you can try flashing it back to stock and see if that makes any difference.
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I just had very similar situation backing up system on TWRP (fell asleep and phone completely discharged while in recovery).
1)Open ODIN on PC,
2)Pull battery out of phone.
3)Connect phone to pc w/ usb
4) Put battery in
5) hold down volume, home button and power button
6) Took me immediately into download mode
..good luck
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Hi my coworker has a sprint galaxy note 2 stock and not rooted. His phone shut down and when he started it back up it was stuck in a bootloop. I tried to flash the stock tar file via Odin and it failed. I don't think usb debugging has been checked in developing options, is their a way to fix this?
Thanks.
Andre
Have you tried using the (incredibly awesome) instruction set and downloads from Billard's (in)famous MC2 build?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
No but I'm going to try it now, I'll keep you posted.
Thanks.
Andre
Now I can't boot into recovery, I flashed twrp and it worked for a while and now it doesn't. I tried to refresh twrp but no luck.
Almost sounds like this could be a hardware issue.
By chance, does he have an extra battery? Or maybe another person in your office (or wherever you are with this) who can let him try their battery as a test? Last summer, my battery ballooned when I took a trip to Colorado up in the mountains (stock Samsung battery) and caused bootloops and just plain crashed my phone. Got a new Duracell from Batteries Plus ($40) and immediately fixed the "problem". You might want to see if he can try another battery next before attempting another software fix.
However, if that doesn't work, have you tried to immediately boot into recovery/download mode after turning on the phone? Then use odin to root/flash ROM/whatever you need?
1) turn off your device (pull battery "just in case" for 10 seconds too)
2) press this button combination: volume up, power button and home button. hold until download mode shows up
3) press volume up to enter the download mode (or volume down to cancel and reboot the device)
I guess that could be the problem. I tried Ballard's MC2 build but it didn't work it put the phone in emergency mode and I had to use kies to get it out of that and now I'm back to a bootloop and stock recovery. I think I'm going to try Philz recovery and flash from there