I had a friend of a friend ask me to help fix his phone(always booted in safe mode)
I talked him into letting me root and install a aosp based ROM on his T-Mobile sgh-t989 running on a family talk sim. I was unaware at start that he had a broken volume down button.
The broken button works occasionally, I took the phone apart and there is no damage to anything that I can tell. This not able to use volume down made recoveries and download mode difficult to get into/navigate through. (USB jig at its best!)
Anyways, stock based ROMs won't boot after Odin flash... Cool. Wanted a custom aosp ROM anyways. But the thing still boots in safe mode. I've searched all over the web for a solution. Non of the suggestions I've found work, and I believe the volume down button to be the culprit.
Is there a code level way of disabling the phone from booting in safe mode? Safe mode only runs system apps, so anything from Google play store or sideloaded apps don't show in his app drawer. I have to place apps into /system for them to be accessible for typical use. This is obviously not ideal.
Any help greatly appreciated!
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Sprint Evo 4g Supersonic will not load my boot screen. Im not sure what is going on I do know that one of my phones is stock and the other is a rooted phone. What the hell is going on. Im not a noob to root FYI. I build gaming rigs and other computer related issues I can solve fairly easy. However, this is getting under my skin because I want to UNROOT so i can activate service on the one phone and then Root it again back to where I had it. The other phone that is Stock RUU sprint is having the same issue. For the love of God I just want to be able to unlock my stock and root! Awaiting a sound answer to my question and I do hope I posted this in the right catagory of the forums because I saw nothing of this issue for Supersonic RUU EVO 4G. Thanks!
So holding power and volume down at startup doesnt bring up the bootloader screen correct?
I know this may sound obvious, but power off the phone, pull out the battery, put it back in, then try again.
Did you make sure that Fastboot was disabled in your phone's Settings? Cuz that will keep it from booting into your bootloader
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You don't need to unroot to activate a phone.
Thanks for the suggestions I already had it off fastboot and I took the battery out and swapped with another one and it worked fine after. Its been a while since I messed with my phones technically.
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You don't need to unroot to activate a phone.
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Captain,
other then the obvious "thanks" Sprint is the one that messed my rooted phones network when changing phone numbers. if I remember correctly its stuck on "Hands Free Activation" continually having the icon circle and "contacting the network" times out and I get code 1012. I can cancel this and use the phone just no service. I went back to a stock rom to do this in order to add a line and switch numbers on both evo 4g supersonics. the rooted failed connection and sprint stock is now my phone. I am going to root this one since it has hboot 2.16 but I have to downgrade windows 8 to 7 ultimate first. NOTHING is compatible with that OS... yet anyways. I will check out your methods as well. I was looking for a forum that would be able to explaine how to activate a rooted phone. Ill get back to you if I have an issue! Thanks
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Capt. Throwback,
If you wouldn't mind please email me specifically how to bring my phone in. Unless OTA ROOT APP works I need to know in order to restore the phone to its line. In forum mail is ok to reach me at. Thanks.
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DB13 said:
Did you make sure that Fastboot was disabled in your phone's Settings? Cuz that will keep it from booting into your bootloader
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I have the same problem with being unable to bring up the Bootloader Screen.
So I tried to follow your advice, but I don't see how to disable Fastboot.
I don't know how it was enabled in the first place. I certainly was smart enough to do it.
I went to 'Settings' but see nothing related to Fastboot. Where can it be found?
If this is a common problem, wouldn't it be a good idea to address it in the instructions?
hsfrey said:
I have the same problem with being unable to bring up the Bootloader Screen.
So I tried to follow your advice, but I don't see how to disable Fastboot.
I don't know how it was enabled in the first place. I certainly was smart enough to do it.
I went to 'Settings' but see nothing related to Fastboot. Where can it be found?
If this is a common problem, wouldn't it be a good idea to address it in the instructions?
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Usually, it is in menu/settings/apps depending on what rom you are on.
I'm on Decks Reloaded and I think it is disabled by default, therefore, no option to enable it.
did a factory reset on my rooted (zerg rush method) R800x.
everything was fine after reboot. the set up prompts for Google Acct. etc, even activated OTA & the phone and receives calls. only problem is the launcher is toast. so nothing works...
i cant find a way to get in to settings or anything so i cant install a laucher or really do anything else for that matter. i can get USB storage to work but the PC will only see the SD card. i can pull up the KB by holding the menu button and holding the home button will bring up the last used programs (but there arent any). volume rocker adjust the vol correctly. its like everything works there just isnt a launcher?
dont really know what to do here. im assuming i removed something i shouldn't have on the previous install in the quest for free space and now after a reset the phone wont work right with out that file, or somthing...
tried to "repair" the phone with the Sony tool thing and NOTHING on the Sony web site seemed to work.
is there any way to flash the stock Rom back to the phone? i dont need a custom Rom but if thats my only option im up for it. i just need to get this thing working again.
any words of advice are greatly appreciated.
figured it out. used flash tool and the file: R800x_4.0.2.E.57_Verizon.ftf
successfully flashed to 2.3.4 :victory:
Or you could just email yourself a launcher apk.
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Alright so I rooted my G3S(Sprint) wih the Tool Kit, and it worked. Sort of.
I lost my wifi and landscape rotates upside down. Also when I hold vol down-home-power the device only turns on. it doesnt enter recover.
Everything else works, so far.
I unrooted it and wiped to factory settings but these problems all persist.
Any advice on the landscape and wifi issue would be great.
Im not opposed to rooting and flashing a custom ROM if thats what it will take. I only unrooted it to see if that would solve these issues, and because wifi tether didnt work once rooted anyhow.
The wifi and rotation issues both seem to be kernel related, that happens when you flash a kernel from another carrier, could have just been an issue with the install though. As to voting into recovery, the combo is actually volume up - home - power. Hope that helps?
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The recovery and download modes started working after a battery yank. *shrug*
I used the GS3 Tool Kit to root and I am sure I used the proper options along the way. I guess I wil have to push back to the sprint samsung image.
Daflea66 said:
The recovery and download modes started working after a battery yank. *shrug*
I used the GS3 Tool Kit to root and I am sure I used the proper options along the way. I guess I wil have to push back to the sprint samsung image.
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FWIW pure stock flash cured it all. i used Tool Kit to root so i dont know why i got a incorrect or just bugged root. Ill try again when this bad memory fades some lol mainly i just want to eliminate bloatware and use wifi tether so its not THAT crucial to me.
So I was working on putting on a new ROM and when I went to install the PA G Apps zip it said in my recovery that I didn't have enough space in the system storage. Which was a little confusing since I had just wiped it like usual through the recovery before I do a ROM. However I was navigating the recovery since it had been a while and just check out some of the things I didn't notice that changed. Went to the Mounts and Storage area, then I guess I touched "Format /system" and when I realized that it moved to asking me if I wanted to format /system I tried to push NO but apparently I have fat fingers and still pushed yes...So now after having rebooted the phone it is stuck at the screen "Google *small unlocked Lock at the bottom*". And now I'm not sure what to do.
Any advice?
Well this is nothing serious. Just reflash your ROM or flash the new one you werd gonna flash..
P.s. formatting system is a good idea anyway before flashing a new ROM..
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mrgnex said:
Well this is nothing serious. Just reflash your ROM or flash the new one you werd gonna flash..
P.s. formatting system is a good idea anyway before flashing a new ROM..
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Well the issue is it is stuck...I let it sit for at least 5min or so and it just sat there at that same spot. Is that because I need to reflash it? I have the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit, but I haven't used it as of late since I haven't needed it. If you don't mind going into detail I would appreciate it .
Should also mention if I go into the bootloader, it hangs at "Downloading..." so effectively I can't do anything to reflash my ROM or anything. And I probably should be clear that this all happened AFTER I flashed the new ROM and then remembered I needed the PA G Apps. Should have refreshed my memory with doing this sort of thing since I'm not as experienced as I use to be long ways back.
Ysosrslawl said:
Should also mention if I go into the bootloader, it hangs at "Downloading..."
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Did you actually use the right combination to go to bootloader? Because from what I understand, you simply wiped your /system clean, which is a simple matter to fix - just flash any ROM or restore any valid backup to make it work again.
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AndyYan said:
Did you actually use the right combination to go to bootloader? Because from what I understand, you simply wiped your /system clean, which is a simple matter to fix - just flash any ROM or restore any valid backup to make it work again.
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Volume button then Power button until it vibrates then keep holding down the volume button? Only way I know how to do it, seeing as I've never heard of another way to do it.
Ysosrslawl said:
Volume button then Power button until it vibrates then keep holding down the volume button? Only way I know how to do it, seeing as I've never heard of another way to do it.
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Yeah, make sure you hold BOTH volume keys for bootloader. Hold only VOLUME- for Download mode as you've seen before. If you indeed held both keys but still got to Download mode, chances are you have a broken volume key.
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Yep I'm dumb apparently and misjudged how the buttons were being pressed down...now on to step 2! Hmmm....
Seems like the zip for the ROM isnt in the storage anymore. How do I copy it back on from just being in fastboot mode or recovery? I'm not familiar with ADB at all. I may have figured out the problem so hold on...I think I derped and forgot that I removed the device drivers off my desktop because I wanted to fresh install them way back.
Edit2: Doing this the hard way.
OK SO I feel like a total noob, which I really am. I've never used ADB, never tried pushing files, or anything of the sort. I tried for a very long time to get the Galaxy Nexus toolkit to help me out but it REALLY didn't do ANYTHING for me. None of the options worked like I had hoped, the ONLY thing it did for me was to install the missing drivers I needed. Other than that it was utterly useless. You guys may find this funny, but I really had no idea on how to fix this even in the slightest. Even with the responses put here by some of the community.
However, with a little searching I was able to find the answers to my questions, not found here on XDA unfortunately. What I ended up doing was updating my SDK tools and learning how to open up ADB (had no idea why the adb.exe wasn't just opening for me like I assumed it would). From there I used the sideload option in my recovery to help me get my ROM flashed back on my phone. So now all is well and I can go back to being a noob who just likes to find good looking ROMS and play with them every couple months.
Thanks, my issue is now resolved.
Hi,
I have a Galaxy Nexus GT-i9250. I used to use it to play around with ROMs and all. But the last time I flashed a CM11 and DirtyV Kernel, the phone started stuttering during boot and when I tried to flash a new ROM, the ROM just wouldn't take, it just kept coming back to the same version of CM11. I've even tried returning to stock using Root Toolkit and the like but still doesn't work.
Is there a way to fix it? I really really like my Galaxy Nexus, so I'm willing to spend a few bucks, but not too much that it'd make sense to buy another phone.
Go into recovery mode n see if u can just use one of your backups from there
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rob420jones said:
Go into recovery mode n see if u can just use one of your backups from there
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I tried. No luck.
It's a strange thing. A lot of Galaxy Nexus had that kind of problem in these days, and many thread on xda confirms that.
That thing happened to me as well. No luck. No way to fix the problem by software ways for me.
There was no way to unlock the bootloader, I mean, I did it by fastboot but after every reboot it came back locked.
No recovery worked, even a custom recovery booted temporary didn't help. Wipe data etc but after the reboot the device booted as I haven't wipe anything..
Odin didn't work, same as before. It took time, it seems that was working on something, but no luck after reboot, everything was the same as before, as if I haven't done anything.
Couldn't enable usb debug to use ADB 'cause I activate that but after the reboot (guess what?) it was disabled again..
I tried almost every way..
An xda user said that "if you unlock the bootloader and after the reboot it's locked again, the emmc is fried".
So sad