I have a rooted I747 with an android 4.3 rom. The LCD is broken and I am looking to sell it as is. I am wondering if it is possible to factory reset the device with a PC (possibly with kies, odin, or adb). I have seen a kies tutorial but it bricks devices running android 4.3. Any input would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
efaustus9 said:
I have a rooted I747 with an android 4.3 rom. The LCD is broken and I am looking to sell it as is. I am wondering if it is possible to factory reset the device with a PC (possibly with kies, odin, or adb). I have seen a kies tutorial but it bricks devices running android 4.3. Any input would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
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If the phone still has a stock recovery you can boot into it and factory reset the device. Getting into stock recovery and using it is all done with the volume rocker and power buttons, so the broken screen won't be a problem.
jason2678 said:
If the phone still has a stock recovery you can boot into it and factory reset the device. Getting into stock recovery and using it is all done with the volume rocker and power buttons, so the broken screen won't be a problem.
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Thanks, I've found that method elsewhere;
Enter recovery by holding the volume up, home button and power button simultaneously while booting. Wait 20 seconds after first vibration. After 20 seconds push the volume down button three times, then press the power button, wait for vibration and reset should be complete.
I am still somewhat curious to know if it is possible to do it remotely with a PC.
Best method I can think of from a PC would be flash this with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52341560&postcount=227
Only flash that if you're sure you were on stock 4.3 with MJB firmware, or you'll brick. Did you have ADB enabled before the screen broke? It would give you a method to check firmware without the screen.
Sorry about the post above. You said broken LCD, but I heard broken digitizer. I thought you could still see what you were doing. I still think stock recovery could work in a pinch; just find a Youtube video and mimic it. Sounds like you've already got the button presses down. Good luck
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Long story short i rushed when rooting my GN because im pretty familiar with rooting android phones. I did not realize you needed to modify a file to be able to boot into CWM other than using rom manager.
My question is, is there a way to get the stock image on the phone, or, use my computer to fix this? Because currently my phone is in a bootloop (I installed gummynex improperly, rushing and forgot to wipe data, yeah i know i asked for it.,..)
If i boot into recovery all it does is let me turn the phone on, i cant select recovery or anything.
HALP!
Find stock Google images and flash them with fastboot.
joshnichols189 said:
Find stock Google images and flash them with fastboot.
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Thanks but one last question, I can only boot the phone into the stock bootloader (whatever the default thing is when you hold the power button and volume down) and in this, the ONLY option it gives me is to start the phone, nothing else
Am i going to be able to push files to my phone in this?
I think this may have just been a MAJOR blonde moment for myself. in order to access CWM and ****, you have to hold both volume buttons and the power button? Because i was just holding volume down and power....
mdunn1066 said:
I think this may have just been a MAJOR blonde moment for myself. in order to access CWM and ****, you have to hold both volume buttons and the power button? Because i was just holding volume down and power....
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I take it that you were able to flash the factory images and are all set or do you still need some help?
Hey guys,
My power button has been acting erratically lately. I am pretty sure it's a hardware problem, because it persists in cwm recovery. Basically, the power button is 'held down' by some imaginary force and the phone sleeps/wakes/restarts by itself. This presents quite the problem, as I'm scared to flash the stock rom onto it in fear that the power button problem will stall the recovery and brick my phone. The problem has stalled several nandroid backups (took me a while to actually get my phone to finish one without it rebooting itself).
What should I do in this situation? I want to flash to stock using the Samsung GS3 Toolkit, and I'm not worried about my flash counter because it's already at zero (currently running AOKP rom). Also, flashing back to stock with ODIN won't trip the flash counter, will it?
Thanks to you all in advance.
cys920622 said:
Hey guys,
My power button has been acting erratically lately. I am pretty sure it's a hardware problem, because it persists in cwm recovery. Basically, the power button is 'held down' by some imaginary force and the phone sleeps/wakes/restarts by itself. This presents quite the problem, as I'm scared to flash the stock rom onto it in fear that the power button problem will stall the recovery and brick my phone. The problem has stalled several nandroid backups (took me a while to actually get my phone to finish one without it rebooting itself).
What should I do in this situation? I want to flash to stock using the Samsung GS3 Toolkit, and I'm not worried about my flash counter because it's already at zero (currently running AOKP rom). Also, flashing back to stock with ODIN won't trip the flash counter, will it?
Thanks to you all in advance.
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Have you tried flashing back to stock via Odin? That requires download mode which I don't think anyway will be affected by your power button issue.
Flashing a stock ROM wont change the counter
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If it's a hardware defect, and I'm understanding the problem correctly, the power button would "hold" I'm download mode during the flash, bricking the phone. I would open the inside and temporarily remove the power button so that the flash can be completed successfully, then I would RMA.
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I have this exact same issue with my s3. My friend had the same issue too and he sent the phone in for repairs and they concluded it was a problem with the circuitry on the board communicating with the power button. Unfortunately I cannot send my phone in since I cracked the screen and warranty is void..
Anyways, you just got to hope it doesn't reboot when rooting and flashing a rom. That's what i did. After you flash it you should be fine. Install a 4.2 ROM and in the quick toggles menu add the "go to sleep" feature. This along with your hardware home button will now act as your off/on button.
If you want to switch back to Stock, just follow the same procedure. I have heard that whether the phone is running a custom rom or not, it doesnt matter, because samsung simply resets everything.
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GT-N5100 After OTA 4.2.2 stuck in safe mode. I didn't expect problems from a stock update.
It was working perfectly yesterday. I have wiped it clean, no change.
Kies doesn't seem to offer anything that will recover it.
Does anyone have 4.1.2 for North America? It is the international version tablet.
The one strange thing is that the volume down button does not work now.
Baseband version: N5100XXCMJ2
Build Number: JDQ39.N5100XWCNA1
Any ideas?
Dulie said:
GT-N5100 After OTA 4.2.2 stuck in safe mode. I didn't expect problems from a stock update.
It was working perfectly yesterday. I have wiped it clean, no change.
Kies doesn't seem to offer anything that will recover it.
Does anyone have 4.1.2 for North America? It is the international version tablet.
The one strange thing is that the volume down button does not work now.
Baseband version: N5100XXCMJ2
Build Number: JDQ39.N5100XWCNA1
Any ideas?
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Try volume up and hold until you see the Samsung on the screen. I use that to boot when hung with odd firmware issues arise.
You can try going into stock recovery holding down home, volume down and power key when powering up.
If you get the notice... you should be able to connect via USB to your computer and use Odin 3.7 and flash a compatible ROM for your device, if available. I don't have a 5100, so I am not able to assist in locating one for you. You should state what carrier your tablet is with. So others can assist with the right ROM.
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Try volume up and hold until you see the Samsung on the screen. I use that to boot when hung with odd firmware issues arise.
You can try going into stock recovery holding down home, volume down and power key when powering up.
If you get the notice... you should be able to connect via USB to your computer and use Odin 3.7 and flash a compatible ROM for your device, if available. I don't have a 5100, so I am not able to assist in locating one for you. You should state what carrier your tablet is with. So others can assist with the right ROM.
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T-mobile is my carrier. I tried the phone and text messages and they are not working, yet the mobile data is.
When I tried the home/voldwn/pwr I get the
Warning!
A custom os can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications.
If you want to download a custom os,press vol up key.
Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel.
At this screen I can't press either button. Neither will do anything. I know the volup was just working.
I get different screens by either using the volup or voldwn. So this would indicate the vol buttons are fine as I knew yesterday.
I also was not wanting to do anything to void the warranty at this point since it is less than 1 month old.
OK, well then as long as it was an OTA and you did not root... I would take it back to T-mobile and ask for a replacement. They should be able to give you a replacement if they cannot reload the ROM and correct the issue.
gooberdude said:
OK, well then as long as it was an OTA and you did not root... I would take it back to T-mobile and ask for a replacement. They should be able to give you a replacement if they cannot reload the ROM and correct the issue.
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Samsung said to stop by a best buy where the samsung store is inside and have them reflash it with a US carrier firmware.
That seemed like a good idea, but he was unable to get to his server where the firmware resides. He also made mension of the fact they have heard of this model having these issues. So he was unable to do anything after an hour of computer issues with reaching their internal site.
Stuck in "Safe Mode" Issue Corrected
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The Samsung reps at my local BestBuy could not fix it. They said they could fix anything. Not this apparently.
I remember that sometimes after firmware loads need to be cleared out. So I found this procedure, which is part of a manual firmware update, and figured maybe it would clear the issue causing safe mode.
If Galaxy Note 8.0 N5100 stuck at booting animation after Step 10 then go to recovery mode (press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons together) and perform Wipe data/Factory Reset and Wipe Cache Partition task before selecting reboot system now function. In recovery mode use Volume keys to navigate between options and Power key to select the option. Please note, performing wiping task will erase your device internal memory data and not external SD card data.
YES, no more safe mode!!
My wife's old S3 was given to me to use. I had originally flashed CM 11 on it and tried to upgrade to CM 12.1. In doing so I accidentally forgot to flash GAPPS.
I reverted to the stock ROM via Odin but now I'm stuck in a boot loop. The best part? The device's power button does not work and I cannot make any selections within the stock recovery to clear the cache and reset to factory settings.
Can anyone help me?
Pull the battery to turn off the phone and put it back in. If you feel the phone power up by vibrating upon putting the battery in and not touching the power button and go into loop then you have a bad power button. Do you have this problem? If so, then your only options are repair or remove the power button (there is an alternate way to power the phone up). Let us know if it is a bad power button or not so that hardware issues can be accounted for and go from there.
NOTE: The S3 has been known for some time now to have power buttons that fail. Mine did, and I opt to remove mine as I could not justify paying for a repair when the S3 is my backup phone and test platform and I have a method to power up. I use widgets for controlling power off, restarts, and recovery once powered up.
I no longer have a power button either and recently encountered this same issue after using Odin to flash a stock image.
My solution was to flash TWRP recovery using Odin, which allows one to perform operations using touch instead of the power button.
Gargat said:
I no longer have a power button either and recently encountered this same issue after using Odin to flash a stock image.
My solution was to flash TWRP recovery using Odin, which allows one to perform operations using touch instead of the power button.
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That works. Glad you found a way to get through it.
n_alvarez2007 said:
My wife's old S3 was given to me to use. I had originally flashed CM 11 on it and tried to upgrade to CM 12.1. In doing so I accidentally forgot to flash GAPPS.
I reverted to the stock ROM via Odin but now I'm stuck in a boot loop. The best part? The device's power button does not work and I cannot make any selections within the stock recovery to clear the cache and reset to factory settings.
Can anyone help me?
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Bootloops have not been uncommon when reverting from LP to KK. Once you have flashed TWRP as others in the thread have suggested, you will probably need to wipe/ format the internal sdcard. The other remedy some have posted is to load a stock recovery and do a factory reset from within that stock recovery.
Not sure how to get into recovery without a power button.
Is the button loose or not functioning at all? You could try opening the phone and removing everything from the frame and see if the power button functions.
I haven't tried this with my SGS3, but on my Acer tablet I have booted into recovery using adb and fastboot. This requires connection to a computer, but not a power button. Unless you have a touch version of a custom recovery installed you still would not be able to select an item.
You may be able to flash a custom recovery using adb. I had broken my stock recovery on that tablet and used fastboot to reflash a working stock recovery.
I have a stock T999L that was stuck in a bootloop after a factory reset. I downloaded the current firmware from Sammobile and flashed it via ODIN 3.10.7 thinking it would fix it. Now it gets to the T-Mobile animation screen and stays there. The volume up button doesn't work, it's stuck so I can't use the volume down button either. I was able to to get it into download mode via the jig method. I have flashed the firmware three times already hoping that one would take. Any ideas would be helpful.
Sounds like you need to perform a factory wipe in stock recovery before the phone will boot.
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Sounds like you need to perform a factory wipe in stock recovery before the phone will boot.
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How would I do that without the volume buttons?
I'm not aware of a way to wipe with a volume button unless there is a way to wipe using adb or fastboot commands.
audit13 said:
I'm not aware of a way to wipe with a volume button unless there is a way to wipe using adb or fastboot commands.
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I can't get into recovery without the volume buttons, correct?
Not that I know of.
Are you able to solder a new power button to the motherboard?
Not really. I guess I'll have to buy another for listed for parts and snap a new one in it's place. Thanks for the help. I'll click your first reply.
Ebay has the volume button flex cable for between $2-$3.