Hello all, first time post here, just got my Captivate S II today. My carrier is AT&T and I'm using Windows on my computer.
I searched around the forums for anything pertaining to this issue but couldn't find anything specifically about this, I'm sure it's out there but it's beyond me
Anyways I rooted my phone using doomlord's zergrush exploit from the General Forums stickied thread. I have the app superuser in my Applications. However I continue to boot down, remove my battery, put the battery back in and hold down both volume buttons and the power buttons. Samsung flashes twice on the screen and then for just a second CWM shows itself (little Android guy and some text beneath him) then no matter if I continue to hold down everything or let go it flashes away to a black screen. Then if I continue to hold it the phone just vibrates a little periodically and when I finally release the buttons it boots normal.
I have no clue what could be going on with this and would be very thankful for any answers! Thank you.
Dear god. First. Its not a captivate s2.
Secondly. Installing root doesn't give you cwm.
Thirdly. Read the effing FAQ. Everything has already been answered there.
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It seems that when I'm running any 2.3.3 ROM on my Vibrant (I'm currently running Simply Galaxy 3.0 RC3.1) There are 2 bugs that always rear their ugly heads.
The first one (which is mostly just annoying) is that there is always this freaky pixelated color screen that comes on after the Vibrant screen, and always before the boot animation. Everything else works fine after that.
The second one (which is the reason I'm posting this thread) is because Clockwork Mod recovery is invisible. What I mean is, CwM is fully functional, but it will always be hidden either behind a Vibrant screen or behind the screen mentioned above in the first bug. I know CwM is running when the soft key backlights are all on, and also because the power button will reboot the phone, since "reboot device now" is the first item selected in CwM, and the volume up/down buttons will also work.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I am new to XDA, and since I don't have 10 posts yet I can't post this question in any Android Dev forums, so that's why I posted it here.
I do believe that is a known issue.
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Did you press home, I think that makes the screen go black. Maybe not your issue, but it was an obvious thing to make certain.
Hey guys i have the samsung galaxy tablet 10.1 model gt-p7510ma and the screen wont turn on. One day i accidentally hit the power and the volume buttons and now this device's screen wont turn on! I am at a complete loss as to what could be wrong. i was told that i may have to flash it back to factory to get it to work but i cannot find any stock rom download links. i have never dropped this thing so i dont know why the screen would just go out.
Does anyone have any suggestions tips or things that i may try to get this thing back operational? Right now it is just a 500$ brick. Has anyone ever heard of this happening?
EDIT: when you hook tab up to computer it shows up as APX in device manager under unknown devices. I dont know if this helps but that a little more info.
Steve
have you tried charging it?
Apart from that I believe this is non-dev related, should go to Q&A section.
It might be that your device has hung. Press Power button and keep it pressed for 10seconds or something like that. And then try to turn it on again.
Sometimes it hangs like that. Especially if you are on some unstable custom rom.
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it is actually running the stock rom I never rooted it or anything like that. To the guy above, of course I tried charging it that didn't work. It doesn't even show that it is charging on the scree. I have pressed and held the power button trying to get it into bootloader mode, but that did nothing. Wonder why the computer is picking it up as APX. Wonder what that is? Thank for the suggestions so far!
If you are on stock and not even rooted, then just take it back to shop or service for warranty. You will get if fixed immediately or working back in a week. Better play safe.
In your case I would do so.
/Edzz
black screen and apx on the computer usually means you're in the mode needed for nvflash.
i forget how to get out of that mode, but google nvflash and apx you should be able to get an answer.
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Hold the power button while holding one finger on the screen works everytime my locks up
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Hold the power button while holding one finger on the screen works everytime my locks up
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Ha!!!! worked thanx. Was sitting here trying to figure this out and Viola ur method worked right away.
I know this may be a day late and a dollar shoprt but i just wanted to let everyone know that i was able to fix the problem using the let the battery drain out and than power it on trick. I dont know how this guy put this device into APX mode but that is the only way i have found to get it out! Thanks for everyones help!
Hey guys,
I've been having this same problem the last 24 hrs or so now. I'm running custom rom Cynagoen mod ICS 4.03. This is apparently one of the more stable roms out there. Prior to this I ran an alpha stage jelly bean rom which ran just fine until last night. After leaving the screen off for an hour or so, the screen won't turn on after pressing the power button. I reboot every time and that seems to work. Is there something I need to do here? Should I look for another rom, maybe a 3.x? Thanks guys
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Hey guys,
I've been having this same problem the last 24 hrs or so now. I'm running custom rom Cynagoen mod ICS 4.03. This is apparently one of the more stable roms out there. Prior to this I ran an alpha stage jelly bean rom which ran just fine until last night. After leaving the screen off for an hour or so, the screen won't turn on after pressing the power button. I reboot every time and that seems to work. Is there something I need to do here? Should I look for another rom, maybe a 3.x? Thanks guys
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Maybe try upgrading your CM9 install. 4.0.4 is the latest flavor of ICS.
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Hey guys,
I've been having this same problem the last 24 hrs or so now. I'm running custom rom Cynagoen mod ICS 4.03. This is apparently one of the more stable roms out there. Prior to this I ran an alpha stage jelly bean rom which ran just fine until last night. After leaving the screen off for an hour or so, the screen won't turn on after pressing the power button. I reboot every time and that seems to work. Is there something I need to do here? Should I look for another rom, maybe a 3.x? Thanks guys
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You could try reading the entire thread. Hold the power button down while touching the screen. That fixes the SOD (Sleep of death).
I was trying out Passion ICS RC1.1 but was unable to maintain a data connection, so I tried to use CWM to restore to my Nandroid of Trigger 3.2 Final. Unfortunately, it looks like due to the GB Bootloader that was a bad idea.
Now when I turn my phone on I just see the name "Adyscorpius" under a green Android, it never progresses beyond that screen. When I try to access download mode to Odin I just see a non-spinning, gray battery icon in the middle of the screen. It never proceeds to the actual charging screen even when plugged into the wall. I tried every combination of Vol +/- & PWR, plus taking the battery out and switching the order of battery or USB connection but no matter what I do I can't get into Recovery/Download.
I ordered a JIG off of eBay but the item description said "If you don't see the 'Triangle Error Message' this jig won't help." I haven't seen any triangles in all of my troubleshooting - just the two screens I mentioned. Am I most likely out of luck?
Wow, that's all it took?
As I was reviewing my own post I had an ephiphony "What if the bootloader changed the default keys for Download mode?" I did a Google search for "Adyscorpius download mode vibrant" and what do you know - it's changed from Vol +/-, to just Vol + & PWR. Tried it and on my first time I got to download mode. Now I feel silly for having spent hours unsuccessfully trying to fix it. Leaving this post in case anyone else runs into the same problem and attempts to search for it.
Be careful with passion, I fried my vibrant on v12
If you ever see the "encryption unsuccessful" message after a reboot, you're screwed, no internal memory, if I were you I'd let the releases go one ahead and stay behind reading EVERYTHING that others are saying.
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Thanks for the heads up. I don't think I'll be leaving Fishmanmod/Bionix-V until I get a new phone when my contract is up for renewal. Passion seemed nice to look at but I was getting less than a third of the battery life that I got with Trigger and I've read Fishmanmod has even better battery than that! Not to mention, no previous ROM I've tried has been quite this smooth before.
Nope, I was wrong
Guess I won't be staying with Fishman. I got so used to being able to use the Camera and Music Player below 15% power that I had forgotten that was a feature exclusive to the Trigger ROM. The buttery smoothness can't quite make up for that. Okay, definitely sticking with Trigger until I get a new phone
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Hello XDA,
I apologize in advance if this topic has been covered, but I cannot seem to find any threads describing the problem I have.
Please read below the post that I have put in the Noob Guide thread... After attempting to root my Note for the first time, somehow during the initial process the touch-buttons have completely stopped working
"I don't know how or why, but the touch buttons on the bottom of the phone are no longer working. Is it broken? I was using the stock ICS version on the Note, decided to root it using your guide. I followed the steps, but it locked up on the Samsung logo on bootup. So I then went to restore the phone to stock and try again, and now the buttons are not working at all??? What happened??
By the way, the touch screen is working totally fine. I just cannot press the home, menu, back and search buttons. Also, when I followed the process to bring the phone back to stock, the phone would hangup during boot as well. It would freeze this time on the ATT white and blue logo screen. I followed the advice by Da G and did a factory wipe, and then it finally booted up, but no buttons!!! How do I fix this??
So I've been experimenting as much as possible to try and figure out where I went wrong in this process to break the capacitor buttons. I've tried flashing the stock rom through Odin several times, still no buttons. Without the use of the buttons, I've been able to flash CWM and root the phone, and then was able to flash a rom with no problems at all (since CWM only uses the volume and power buttons to function). I chose a random rom and flashed it, Novena (Alliance Rom), and that process went smoothly. But I still have no touch buttons!!!! What happened??
Is this an unfixable problem? Considering I've been able to do anything with the phone except for touch the buttons, it doesn't seem like it would be a software problem.. But what could I have done to break the buttons? I'm so frustrated.. am I going to have to claim a new phone through insurance? If so, I'm pretty damn scared of trying to root the phone again!"
I would take a look at the ussd codes and see if there is one to test this specific setting!
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Thank you for the reply! I looked through all the USSD codes on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953506&highlight=ussd+code
I could not find anything that would help me. In CWM boot menu, there is a "Key Test" feature in the Advanced section. When I choose that, it registers "Key: 114, 115", etc. when I press the volume up, down and power buttons, but there is no reaction when I touch the capacitive buttons. It says that you have to press "Back" to get out of this test mode, so I'm stuck in the mode and have to reboot since the stupid button doesn't work. >_<
I'm so frustrated. Has anyone ever had this problem?? It seems so bizarre...
that happen to me with my brand new skyrocket.something went during root process.i couldnt fix it.i tried everything.i end up calling att .they replaced it with refurbished unit.good luck.you must have done something wrong while rooting.because samsung phones are hard to ****up.i know what i did.i ran a app from playstore to unlock sim after i rooted it.thats what messed up my buttons.
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that happen to me with my brand new skyrocket.something went during root process.i couldnt fix it.i tried everything.i end up calling att .they replaced it with refurbished unit.good luck.you must have done something wrong while rooting.because samsung phones are hard to ****up.i know what i did.i ran a app from playstore to unlock sim after i rooted it.thats what messed up my buttons.
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Aw man, that's discouraging. I can cough up the $200 and get a replacement phone through insurance, but now I'm scared to root it again! I don't know what I did wrong.. I followed all the steps I was supposed to as far as I know.
If I get a replacement phone and try to root it, if this happens again the warranty is void right? So I'd have to go through insurance again to get a new one?
only time i have seen this happen was with a friends epic touch. he flashed a rom for different galaxy sii device. it booted and only problem was buttons not working. you do have a note i717? just checking. you could flash a rom that you can enable navigation bar with onscreen buttons. i am running eclipse and it has this feature and i dont have any problems with rom.
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only time i have seen this happen was with a friends epic touch. he flashed a rom for different galaxy sii device. it booted and only problem was buttons not working. you do have a note i717? just checking. you could flash a rom that you can enable navigation bar with onscreen buttons. i am running eclipse and it has this feature and i dont have any problems with rom.
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Thanks for the reply.. That is actually a good idea, I will have to try that if the buttons break again. I say "again" because **update** the buttons are magically working now!! Wtf?? I received a phone call and talked for a bit, set the phone down and when I picked it up again the buttons are all working like nothing was ever wrong.
Of course, they magically started working AFTER I called Assurion and ordered a replacement... Ugh. That is the second time I've ordered a replacement and cancelled it.
Another update...
They're broken again. UGH. No idea why or why they started working for a few minutes. I'm getting that replacement phone and I'll try again. I really hope it doesn't happen again...
I have the international GT-19300 s3 and a few days ago. I installed the latest firmare update. I was on Wifi at work and when the download was
complete. It gave me nothing but a black screen. I think when the download was complete I left the area where the wifi connection was and it
messed up my phone. I tried holding down the home, power and volume button up and it will show 27 percent and then the little android dies and
my phone shuts off. When I push the power button. I only get the s3 galaxy logo and then it immidetaly cuts off. I took it to the shop today and he
said it might be a boot issue so he gave me a link for bootloader, but I do not understand it.
does anyone have a link where i can plug my phone to usb to computer and reboot my phone...
I had my phone 2 years, but I'm not savy with these phone softwares.
thanks
Read the guide in stickythread on how to flash back to stock, then factory reset.
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