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.
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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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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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suaverc118 said:
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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suaverc118 said:
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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Ok so I made the jump to zv9 and after realizing my mistake I want to downgrade with LGNPST and root. Long story short, I've used every button combination on this phone and can't get into download mode. I know it's supposed to be vol(up + down) + power but it's not doing anything other than booting up. Am I doing something wrong? Did I hold it too long? Not long enough? Do i sacrifice a goat to the gods of LG? Someone please help...
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merc616 said:
Ok so I made the jump to zv9 and after realizing my mistake I want to downgrade with LGNPST and root. Long story short, I've used every button combination on this phone and can't get into download mode. I know it's supposed to be vol(up + down) + power but it's not doing anything other than booting up. Am I doing something wrong? Did I hold it too long? Not long enough? Do i sacrifice a goat to the gods of LG? Someone please help...
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lol sacrifice might work but if it fails you can shut off your phone and connect it to the computer but before you pulg it in press and hold that bump in between the volume buttons
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lol sacrifice might work but if it fails you can shut off your phone and connect it to the computer but before you pulg it in press and hold that bump in between the volume buttons
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wow...so simple lol. woked like a charm. thanks a lot. guess i have no use for this goat now.
No prob. I'll take it, having some problems with my TV
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javskies said:
press and hold that bump in between the volume buttons
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So I did this and the first time it just booted like normal into the os but it made me log into google and my widgets were missing and then I restarted and did it again and it put me into safe mode. What did I do wrong?
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So I did this and the first time it just booted like normal into the os but it made me log into google and my widgets were missing and then I restarted and did it again and it put me into safe mode. What did I do wrong?
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I have never heard of that happening. I would hop on the irc and ask them
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s_mason16 said:
So I did this and the first time it just booted like normal into the os but it made me log into google and my widgets were missing and then I restarted and did it again and it put me into safe mode. What did I do wrong?
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Were you holding down a volume button on accident?
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kc_exactly said:
Were you holding down a volume button on accident?
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I was holding it down on purpose because I wanted to see the download mode.
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I was holding it down on purpose because I wanted to see the download mode.
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Maybe your little bump isn't working. Try holding both up and down while plugging into your comp
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javskies said:
Maybe your little bump isn't working. Try holding both up and down while plugging into your comp
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javskies said:
but before you pulg it in press and hold that bump in between the volume buttons
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That worked, but I'm new to doing anything with the lgog so I was just following exactly as I read it.
Glad it worked. I understand why you would want to be careful
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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.
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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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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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For some reason I'm unable to take a screen shot with both the palm gesture and the T-Mobile recommended way (power + home)
I'm on stock, non rooted, using Nova Launcher. I was having the same issue before using Nova as well.
Has anyone else run into this issue?
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For some reason I'm unable to take a screen shot with both the palm gesture and the T-Mobile recommended way (power + home)
I'm on stock, non rooted, using Nova Launcher. I was having the same issue before using Nova as well.
Has anyone else run into this issue?
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If your sure ur pressing home and power at the exact same time and holding them down, then I have no idea. Never heard that from anyone.
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If your sure ur pressing home and power at the exact same time and holding them down, then I have no idea. Never heard that from anyone.
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So it seems it was a user error on my part. I wasn't holding the buttons down long enough.
Thanks for the help.
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So it seems it was a user error on my part. I wasn't holding the buttons down long enough.
Thanks for the help.
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Yup np. Just if u can get into the habit of pressing the thanks button. It motivates us
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All right. I just received a Samsung Galaxy S2 T-Mobile (White) from a friend.
It doesn't boot up to the Stock Android. It's not rooted it's completely stock.
When you start it up it just goes to the Samsung Logo Screen then into a Samsung Android 4G screen in which the loading bar gets a lil over halfway and it just turns off and restarts the process. I'm not sure whether it's the power button issue i've been seeing in the past. Or if it's something wrong with the motherboard power button area.
I am also providing a video I recorded just to see what happens when I put the battery inside an then press the power button.
I was wondering if anyone could give me any things to try to fix it or a possible solution as I would like to fix this issue and root the phone.
http://youtu.be/Ud4bb12gARw
Youtube of putting battery in and powering up.. An how the boot goes.
Is it constantly vibrating in your hand as it reboots? If so then most likely it's the power button
You could try circling around the power button with a pin. Blow it out then hit it with an eraser (or any large rubber item). That worked for me,
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Is it constantly vibrating in your hand as it reboots? If so then most likely it's the power button
You could try circling around the power button with a pin. Blow it out then hit it with an eraser (or any large rubber item). That worked for me,
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No it doesnt vibrate constantly. It will do it once.
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DudeNo said:
No it doesnt vibrate constantly. It will do it once.
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Ok. Just one more thing...when yu put the battery in does the phone starts by itself or do yu have to turn it on?
Starts by itself
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Then ya sticky power button try what I posted first
I been trying with a small nail tip to move the button. I got the screws for the motherboard remoged an I adjusted the button by tryn wut u said
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Is there a way I can access the internal files on the phone? I wanna back everything up. An install a new motherboard with a diff power button
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or you could just hit the power button hard a couple times with an eraser and try to put some compressed gas in there
I tried the eraser thing an It didnt seem to work. I dont have any compressed air but I will try ot when I do
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Are there any other things I could try or should I just replace the power button?
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Are there any other things I could try or should I just replace the power button?
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There are a couple of things you can try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310