Quick question.
I have a mtcb with rockchip 3188 system which has touch buttons and no reset button. I haven't found a way to enter recovery via touch buttons or anything. But I would like to install an custom rom. Most roms require you to go to recovery (I did see a video of someone installing malaysk rom through the software update on a stock rom but don't know if it will brick my device)
Is it possible to install the rom and wipe everything via flashfire? And has someone used it already?
If yes. What would be the steps to take?
Also wondering the same thing.
I have an RK-A701 unit. Which has physical buttons. But I have yet to figure out a way to actually get to recovery.
Physical buttons: Most units require simultaneously pressing POWER and HOME for 10 to 15 seconds. When released the unit will (re)boot into recovery.
No Physical buttons: You can use Quick reboot from the Play Store to boot into recovery. Or use Rockchip Disk Tool to create a bootable SD to upgrade.
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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.
My phone is hanging on the 2nd screen that just says Samsung.
I bought this phone as *locked* and it had a custom ROM on it. <----- didn't know that part of the deal.
I needed to unlock it.
Purchased a unlock code, didn't work.
Seller pointed me to a website to flash the OEM ROM, but it wasn't OEM. It was a rooted version.
Is it bricked? What are my options?
Please point me to a thread, if this has been discussed before.
Need more details? Just ask, cause it's money down the toilet at the moment.
Thanks.
What bootloader and modem are on the phone?
What Rom is on the phone?
It is not bricked at this point, it should be recoverable with a bit or work. Was it running when you purchased it? If you have spent a lot of time customizing it, I would suggest going into recovery and wiping cache and dalvik-cache. This will be an option on custom recoveries. If your device has a custom ROM it should have a custom recovery. To get into the recovery, turn the phone off. Then press and hold the Volume Up, and Home buttons. While holding them, press and hold the Power button. Once you see the small text at the top of the screen, release the Power button. At the next image you can release the other buttons. What you do next depends on the recovery. It will be Wipe if you have TWRP, if you have a sub-menu you could select only wipe/clear cache and dalvik-cache.
If for some reason you have the stock recovery, your only option will be to do factory reset. This will clear a bit more, but should also get you up and running.
Hello, I think to me its look like you get stuck in boot process. Is it ATT phone?
If it is... First you will need to download original ATT ROM. Then using ODIN you will have to install it. When you use ODIN, you will have to use appropriate option. That is "SECRET". Remember that))
99% of boot hang ups such as yours can be solved by factory resetting. If it's a stock recovery it will wipe ALL user data, including internal SD, but should get you running like dawgdoc mentioned.
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After upgrading to 6.0.1 via OTA the touch screen does not respond anymore.
The buttons work.
How can I restore back to previous version or do a factory reset? Device is stock/locked.
kalda01 said:
After upgrading to 6.0.1 via OTA the touch screen does not respond anymore.
The buttons work.
How can I restore back to previous version or do a factory reset? Device is stock/locked.
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From what you are saying the power/volume up/down buttons work. So boot into the bootloader mode hold the down volume button in and the while holding this button in press and hold the power button in until it boots into bootloader mode then release both button. At this point you will get android on it side with belly open. Press the volume down button the get to where it says Recovery Mode in the large arrow. Now tap the power button this should put you in recovery mode. After the Google name goes away you will see the android with a red ! point. Press and hold the power button and while doing tap the power Up button. This will bring you to a menu list use the page up/down keys to select the Wipe data/factory reset, then hit power to execute.
The easiest way to roll back would be to visit WugFresh Nexus Root Toolkit web page and use their tool. Link here!
Good luck and report back with results and/or help needed.
Was able to factory reset.
Now I am at the Lang select screen and the touch still not responsive.
Maybe it is hardware issue?
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Was able to factory reset.
Now I am at the Lang select screen and the touch still not responsive.
Maybe it is hardware issue?
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Sounds like a possibility. However, it was working prior to the 6.0.1 upgrade. I would try rolling back to 6.0.0 or even 5.1.1 to see what that does for you.
Installed custom recovery (TWRP) and the touch screen works fine while in recovery mode.
Now I will try to flash a different rom version and see if the touch screen still functions.
Thanks.
After I did Factory Reset via TWRP, the touch screen is like new. I'm good for now.
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After I did Factory Reset via TWRP, the touch screen is like new. I'm good for now.
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Good hear!
If I have TWRP recovery and still on stock rom can I flash the SuperSU zip file from recovery to obtain root access ?
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If I have TWRP recovery and still on stock rom can I flash the SuperSU zip file from recovery to obtain root access ?
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From what I've read yes installing SuperSu should allow you to obtain root access, as long as the flash is successful
Hi,
I'm trying to upgrade the phone so I can get a new android version to play pokemon go on for my son.
I have tried pressing volume +- down , power volume +, and power volume -.
Everything I tried gets me to the standard recovery.
This is a non-modded phone.
Any ideas?
I have an option in the recovery mode to apply update from ADB. That knocks out odin but I'm not sure if the default android recovery will work for that.
Any suggestions?
Hello, I don't know if you are still having trouble, but to enter recovery mode you must hold volume up and volume down while plugging in a USB cable (one that is plugged into a computer). You can find the latest stock update, Jelly Bean, for this device here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226886
However, I believe Pokemon Go requires Android Kitkat or newer so you may need a custom ROM. If you decide to install a custom ROM you should still flash the newest stock update via Odin first to ensure your device is fully updated. Although I am not entirely certain if Pokemon Go will work on a custom ROM, as you may run into problems with SafetyNet.
I wish you the best of luck . Let me know if you need any more help.
I have a bootloop when trying to enter recovery mode. I can kind of fix this by constantly trying to enter the download mode (power+VolDown). After a while when hitting just the right time this works. When in downloadmode I can install TWRP via ODIN and after the installation my device boots normally again.
So I can make my device work again but still cannot update android. I am still on 5.1.1. (rooted). It does not matter if I try to enter recovery by pressing the hardware buttons or using the TWRP App. The result is always the same.
Are there any other ways to install a current Lineage OS without recovery mode? Maybe using ODIN or ADB? Or is there anything in addition I can try to do to make recovery work again?
I have some weird theory. If Magisk is installed, it can be located on the recovery instead of bootloader or kernel partition. Then the keys won't work, but after 20-30mins of booting or bootlooping of the system you will be taken to TWRP. That's what i experienced on my Galaxy S5 recently.
I'd never use the boot key combo as long as system is still working, custom roms have the option to reboot to recovery, with stock you need an app and root.
On the p605 you don't need to press Home, despite common opinion,so it's quite foolproof to keep the other buttons down and release power, when the screen lights up. If this don't work, then it's the other fault condition, i'm just not sure whether my assumption's right. And whether you can count on the watchdog timer or will have to finally use Fastboot and a pc connection(i did not in years).