I have the Note 5 AT&T model. You can't root those from what I've read. I was playing with it to figure out the settings and if you hold the ( power button+volume down button+home button ) at startup it brings up a screen for custom roms instead of the screen for doing a factory reset if you want. I'm trying to figure out what that's for since you're not supposed to be able to root this model and there's no info online about it, because I thought you had to root the phone in order to do a custom ROM. If anybody knows about this I am interested in learning what it's for.
KChristner said:
I have the Note 5 AT&T model. You can't root those from what I've read. I was playing with it to figure out the settings and if you hold the ( power button+volume down button+home button ) at startup it brings up a screen for custom roms instead of the screen for doing a factory reset if you want. I'm trying to figure out what that's for since you're not supposed to be able to root this model and there's no info online about it, because I thought you had to root the phone in order to do a custom ROM. If anybody knows about this I am interested in learning what it's for.
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thats download mode it is for flashing offical firmware with odin
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Hello,
I recently got a brand new DHD from T Mobile UK. Naturally, I wanted to get rid of the bloatware that came with it. To cut the long story short, I tried to install the cyanogenmod software and ended up bricking my phone. At first it would not get past the cyanogenmod start up screen (spinning smoke thing). Now it will not boot past the T Mobile logo.
I am desperate and any solution to give me back ANY funstionality of the phone would e great.
Kind Regards.
Sena.
Can you get into the bootloader? Try turning it off, then holding the power button and volume down - I think the easiest method is to hold volume down, press the power button for a few seconds (still holding volume), then let the power button go and after that the volume button. Seems to get me into the bootloader reliably.
If you can get into the bootloader, you should be able to flash back to the stock rom by placing a file on the SD card - not certain of the exact method there but someone will know
I wouldn't worry too much unless you were flashing the bootloader (hboot) to get s-off - as I understand it, the only real way to brick these devices is if you corrupt the bootloader.
What exactly did you do? I agree with the previous poster that you probably did not brick your phone you just need to get into the bootloader and flash a backup, if you made one. Also what ClockworkMod Recovery are you using. I know that if you flashed with 3.xxx you will need to flash an older version of CWM something like 2.xxx
If you give us more info we could prob help more
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Can you get into the bootloader? Try turning it off, then holding the power button and volume down - I think the easiest method is to hold volume down, press the power button for a few seconds (still holding volume), then let the power button go ...
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Also try taking the battery out first.
senakiro said:
Hello,
I recently got a brand new DHD from T Mobile UK. Naturally, I wanted to get rid of the bloatware that came with it. To cut the long story short, I tried to install the cyanogenmod software and ended up bricking my phone. At first it would not get past the cyanogenmod start up screen (spinning smoke thing). Now it will not boot past the T Mobile logo.
I am desperate and any solution to give me back ANY funstionality of the phone would e great.
Kind Regards.
Sena.
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If you have cwm / rom manager install to your phone just turn off your phone and charge it now you are in recovery state you can flash rom again or restore backups
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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?
hello guys and gals,
i have a little problem. my s2 power button recently broke, and after an unsuccessful attempt on fixing the matter, the company provided me with a simple work around solution which is to software remap the power button to one of the volume buttons.
but here comes the problem, me being careless, upon receiving the phone, i was too anxious and proceed to upgrade to stock jellybean 4.1.2. thus wiping the software remap. so i am stuck with a phone with no power button, unrooted and dont know what to do.
i did ODIN clockwork recovery mod on the phone but since i dont have a power button, i was unable to boot into recovery to install superuser and root the phone. the plan was to root the phone and install one of the roms and ask the developers on how to remap the keys in the rom.
also i am wondering if it is possible to ODIN a custom rom with UVLE1 radio in it so i can unlock it via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024514
but it seems like i have it backwards, in order to install custom rom and i would need to get my device rooted first.
i am stuck in a pickle that i have created for my self. so any ideas and suggestions would help. thanks guys and gals!
Sorry for this very noobish question. My concern is, i cannot go to factory reset screen... No matter what i do, how many times i restarted and remove the battery, i cannot pull up the screen. Volume down + power button only makes my phone boot in safe mode... Im preparing to root my phone so im trying every possible way to save my phone if just in case something went wrong, I just want to make sure that it'll work before i begin rooting my device, but its not working... am i missing something?
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My device is LG-D855 EU/Asian 3/32gb version. Not yer rooted.
I just activated the developers option but didn't do anything or touch anything with it.
Uhm, just tried this kitkat thing when you tap 4.4 couple of times..
Used LG suit and ran back up for my device.
sorry i manage to solve my noob concern, didn't heard the "release and re-hold power button" after logo appears. should have watched the video again before posting here. wasted time composing non sense thread. xD
SpEaKeRb0xXx said:
Sorry for this very noobish question. My concern is, i cannot go to factory reset screen... No matter what i do, how many times i restarted and remove the battery, i cannot pull up the screen. Volume down + power button only makes my phone boot in safe mode... Im preparing to root my phone so im trying every possible way to save my phone if just in case something went wrong, I just want to make sure that it'll work before i begin rooting my device, but its not working... am i missing something?
I followed this step but still no luck
My device is LG-D855 EU/Asian 3/32gb version. Not yer rooted.
I just activated the developers option but didn't do anything or touch anything with it.
Uhm, just tried this kitkat thing when you tap 4.4 couple of times..
Used LG suit and ran back up for my device.
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You have to press power and volume down, until you see the LG screen then let go and press volume and power down again.
SpEaKeRb0xXx said:
Sorry for this very noobish question. My concern is, i cannot go to factory reset screen... No matter what i do, how many times i restarted and remove the battery, i cannot pull up the screen. Volume down + power button only makes my phone boot in safe mode... Im preparing to root my phone so im trying every possible way to save my phone if just in case something went wrong, I just want to make sure that it'll work before i begin rooting my device, but its not working... am i missing something?
I followed this step but still no luck
My device is LG-D855 EU/Asian 3/32gb version. Not yer rooted.
I just activated the developers option but didn't do anything or touch anything with it.
Uhm, just tried this kitkat thing when you tap 4.4 couple of times..
Used LG suit and ran back up for my device.
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For root use this https://towelroot.com from your phone install the app press a button and your rooted then install superuser and your done to go into recovery turn phone off then hold power volume down
Edit do what @Lennyuk said lol forgot that bit
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Lennyuk said:
You have to press power and volume down, until you see the LG screen then let go and press volume and power down again.
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thank you very much! i should have watched the video again and pay attention before posting here . i didn't heard the release and re hold the power button after logo appears.
jaythenut said:
For root use this https://towelroot.com from your phone install the app press a button and your rooted then install superuser and your done to go into recovery turn phone off then hold power volume down
Edit do what @Lennyuk said lol forgot that bit
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Thank you! i manage to go to that rf screen and i think ill be rooting the device now. towelroot is the easiest way to root so i think ill be using that. Thanks again!
Hi Guys
I am writing here because I fighting with little problem (or maybe not so little if I write here) but back to case.
I got this phone GT-i8160. With stocked rom, and path for 648 ram, but i can't find a way to root it. I know for now that just look like veryyy dump question, but my main problem is that Power button don't work, so a lot of menus to boot is just unusable for me because they need boot option. I am looking for now a way to make this phone root by Odin or somethink like that. I try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881964, but still unluck. If anyone have any ideas how to root without power button please give me a sign, and btw What rom is the fastest for that phone ? Stocked one ?
karols146 said:
Hi Guys
I am writing here because I fighting with little problem (or maybe not so little if I write here) but back to case.
I got this phone GT-i8160. With stocked rom, and path for 648 ram, but i can't find a way to root it. I know for now that just look like veryyy dump question, but my main problem is that Power button don't work, so a lot of menus to boot is just unusable for me because they need boot option. I am looking for now a way to make this phone root by Odin or somethink like that. I try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881964, but still unluck. If anyone have any ideas how to root without power button please give me a sign, and btw What rom is the fastest for that phone ? Stocked one ?
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You can't use the power button at all? or is it temperamental?
The stock ROM is actually decent for most people but the only drawback is the partition style as you'll need a custom ROM to run a different partition layout as the Stock ROM needs the layout that it has.
I've never seen any way to root i8160 via Odin in the past 2 years, as we've already got a flashable zip method that doesn't trip the flash counter, and a custom recovery flashable zip that even works in the stock recovery!
I can maybe help if you can sideload zip files to recovery.
Power button is broken, not signal, not sign, not anything, Dead.
I would like to try your ideas, but I don't know anything about this "sideload". Could you describe this method little more ?
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karols146 said:
Power button is broken, not signal, not sign, not anything, Dead.
I would like to try your ideas, but I don't know anything about this "sideload". Could you describe this method little more ?
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Can you get into download or recovery mode by doing this:
1) Power off and remove phone and the back cover
2) Remove the battery
3) Hold down volume down (for download mode) or volume up (for recovery) and the home button
4) Re-insert the battery
5) Plug in a charger cable
This should work as plugging in the charger mimics the power button for key combinations while off.
If any of these work, select the 'reboot' or 'restart option'
If they don't then you may need to buy a new phone!