I have smashed the screen on my S3, so I am putting on ebay to try and recoup something for it.
But u am unable to use the phone and need to some how wipe it, does anyone know how this would be possible?
Is your phone rooted and have CWM recovery?? If yes, start it in recovery and go to Factory Reset. To do it use volume button to scroll down (press it 2 times), now press power button and scroll up (press it 5 times) and finally press power button again. Job done.
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There have been a number of such posts in the last six months i suggest reading them for a solution .
ADB i think .
jje
thankyou, I needed to know the steps (how many button presses for CWM)
oddbubble said:
thankyou, I needed to know the steps (how many button presses for CWM)
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do you really think the answer to that questions has never been posted before?
oddbubble said:
thankyou, I needed to know the steps (how many button presses for CWM)
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just open recovery by home, volume up and poweron button
2 steps down and then 7 steps down
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I was wondering if there was a way of going back to the stock recovery from CWM? I have rooted my prime and unlocked the boot loader. Was wondering if I needed to return the tab if someone noticed CWM that they may give me a problem returning.
if you mean returning to a store, they will never check the recovery, probably would only check that it boots at all if even that
scook9 said:
if you mean returning to a store, they will never check the recovery, probably would only check that it boots at all if even that
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I was thing that also, but is there a way to go back to the stock recovery?
grneyez said:
I was thing that also, but is there a way to go back to the stock recovery?
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No.
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Ok, thanks
Wrong actually. Use the method to downgrade to any of the Asus releases - using dd on the blob file, that overwrites the recovery with the stock one
I have to do this when going back to stock from CM9 since the kernel doesn't flash. I have to re-root and re-flash CWM each time since the blob method overwrites system, boot, recovery, and maybe one or two other things
scook9 said:
Wrong actually. Use the method to downgrade to any of the Asus releases - using dd on the blob file, that overwrites the recovery with the stock one
I have to do this when going back to stock from CM9 since the kernel doesn't flash. I have to re-root and re-flash CWM each time since the blob method overwrites system, boot, recovery, and maybe one or two other things
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Huh, interesting. I never knew that. Thanks for pointing that out to me!
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scook9 said:
Wrong actually. Use the method to downgrade to any of the Asus releases - using dd on the blob file, that overwrites the recovery with the stock one
I have to do this when going back to stock from CM9 since the kernel doesn't flash. I have to re-root and re-flash CWM each time since the blob method overwrites system, boot, recovery, and maybe one or two other things
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Is this something that can be done fairly easily? And how would I be able to do this?
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grneyez said:
Is this something that can be done fairly easily? And how would I be able to do this?
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I am not sure of the full ramifications of doing the blob thing over anything other than the stock rom. You will want to find the thread in the dev section that talks about loading any version of the stock rom that you want.
i believe applying a official blob file after being unlocked/cwm'ed will get you a bricked Prime. i hope none of you have a brick these days.
Hey guys.. I'm trying not to start a new thread if I can help it as I'm sure my answer is here somewhere.. but ...
Can't seem to boot into recovery. I installed CWM using the viper tool and got successful messages but button combo doesn't work to enter recovery. Nor does Rom Manager work to reboot recovery. I've also tried flashing recovery via RM and got successful but still unable to boot into CWM. Tried installing touch recovery via RM.. got succesfull, and it even says what my current recovery is but no matter what I try I am unable to boot into CWM.
I feel like its not installed but according to RM my current recovery is 5.8.x.x
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
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Coreym said:
Hey guys.. I'm trying not to start a new thread if I can help it as I'm sure my answer is here somewhere.. but ...
Can't seem to boot into recovery. I installed CWM using the viper tool and got successful messages but button combo doesn't work to enter recovery. Nor does Rom Manager work to reboot recovery. I've also tried flashing recovery via RM and got successful but still unable to boot into CWM. Tried installing touch recovery via RM.. got succesfull, and it even says what my current recovery is but no matter what I try I am unable to boot into CWM.
I feel like its not installed but according to RM my current recovery is 5.8.x.x
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
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I had a lot of problems when I was on the non-touch version of CWM. It would do the button combo correctly but it would only boot to recovery about one time in five. Very frustrating, but it got a lot better when I chanced to touch CWM for some reason.
Gotta ask this but are you doing the button combo correctly? When you press power + vol down do you see the white text telling you that you have bot 5 sec to press vol up? When you press vol up, what happens? When I was having problems with this I would see the white text, press vol up then the screen would go black for about 10 sec then it would reboot.
paddycr said:
I had a lot of problems when I was on the non-touch version of CWM. It would do the button combo correctly but it would only boot to recovery about one time in five. Very frustrating, but it got a lot better when I chanced to touch CWM for some reason.
Gotta ask this but are you doing the button combo correctly? When you press power + vol down do you see the white text telling you that you have bot 5 sec to press vol up? When you press vol up, what happens? When I was having problems with this I would see the white text, press vol up then the screen would go black for about 10 sec then it would reboot.
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That's part of the problem.. I have no idea if I'm doing the button combo right because nothing is happening. I've tried pressing power button and vol down until I see text.. never shows though. I feel a buzz or vibrate but no text so i continue holding down buttons until eventually i realize I've been holding the buttons down for a really long time and it's time to accept its not working so I let go. Ive also tried just pressing volume down..(thought I read that somewhere).. nothing ever happens but a buzz or vibrate. No text ever appear.
btw, thank you for the reply! you have no idea how many times I tried yesterday/last night. I'm up an atom, and back at it.. beats me though..
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Coreym said:
That's part of the problem.. I have no idea if I'm doing the button combo right because nothing is happening. I've tried pressing power button and vol down until I see text.. never shows though. I feel a buzz or vibrate but no text so i continue holding down buttons until eventually i realize I've been holding the buttons down for a really long time and it's time to accept its not working so I let go. Ive also tried just pressing volume down..(thought I read that somewhere).. nothing ever happens but a buzz or vibrate. No text ever appear.
btw, thank you for the reply! you have no idea how many times I tried yesterday/last night. I'm up an atom, and back at it.. beats me though..
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Unfortunately I don't have my Prime in front of me since I am at work so I'll see if I can remember . From power off press the power button until it vibrates, release it then quickly press and hold power and vol down. When you are on the Eee Pad splash screen you should some text at the top left saying that you have 5 sec to press vol up to enter RCK (or something...). Release and press vol up and you should be in.
Hit my thanks button if it works. If not, this is beyond my limited capabilities and you should find someone more knowledgeable Good luck!
paddycr said:
Unfortunately I don't have my Prime in front of me since I am at work so I'll see if I can remember . From power off press the power button until it vibrates, release it then quickly press and hold power and vol down. When you are on the Eee Pad splash screen you should some text at the top left saying that you have 5 sec to press vol up to enter RCK (or something...). Release and press vol up and you should be in.
Hit my thanks button if it works. If not, this is beyond my limited capabilities and you should find someone more knowledgeable Good luck!
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Nope.. no dice. I hit your thanks because I appreciate the reply.. thank you. I started a thread in q&a addressing my problem.. hopefully get more help over there! Thanks again!
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Hello there,
I'm in a very situation:
- My volume-UP button does nor respond (i changed the button+camera part in the past but no way, it's a worth problem on the MB)
- It happens that I've made a bad update of my rom and it's not booting
- Then I can use power button + volume-down to enter menu and navigate in it but no way to enter recovery !!
Is there a tool or any trick to enter recovery in this situation ?
hope someone knows how to make a miracle
thanks
sambastrakan said:
Hello there,
I'm in a very situation:
- My volume-UP button does nor respond (i changed the button+camera part in the past but no way, it's a worth problem on the MB)
- It happens that I've made a bad update of my rom and it's not booting
- Then I can use power button + volume-down to enter menu and navigate in it but no way to enter recovery !!
Is there a tool or any trick to enter recovery in this situation ?
hope someone knows how to make a miracle
thanks
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I just dealt with the vol up issue. For me the foam pad by the vol up had broken free. The only way to fix this is to replicate the foam pad width, and apply enough pressure to the side of the vol up and down part for button functionality. Its a delicate situation if you go the self repair method. The flex cable replacement method is a limited option due to the limited amount of flex cables (its called the optical enhancement flex cable or something like that). The only other option is a device replacement, followed by a motherboard swap so you keep your old system.
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palmbeach05 said:
I just dealt with the vol up issue. For me the foam pad by the vol up had broken free. The only way to fix this is to replicate the foam pad width, and apply enough pressure to the side of the vol up and down part for button functionality. Its a delicate situation if you go the self repair method. The flex cable replacement method is a limited option due to the limited amount of flex cables (its called the optical enhancement flex cable or something like that). The only other option is a device replacement, followed by a motherboard swap so you keep your old system.
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In my case it's not a foam pad / pressure problem. As I said I already replaced the button part (which comes with the camera (5 bucks in hong-kong)), and yes it wasn't easy to make the replacement. But the problem continued. The strange thing is that I was able to use the vol-up button after clicking a thousand times on vol-up&down. In that case the vol-up button was working fine for a few minutes only. But today even after clicking during half an hour, nothing. It looks like a capacitor problem on the motherboard.
I was hoping for a program able to force the phone to boot in recovery, even thinking it's not possible (we need to choose a menu option to let a program comunicates with the phone).
I think I'm fuc... this time. Moto no more for sure.
sambastrakan said:
I was hoping for a program able to force the phone to boot in recovery
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Oh really?
Code:
adb reboot recovery
ravilov said:
Oh really?
Code:
adb reboot recovery
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I'm stucked in the 1st level menu (where you choose fastboot, recovery, rsd and other stuff), there is no adb access neither fastboot command line at this level.
Oh I see. Sorry, no ideas then.
rom manager app in playstore has a reboot in recovery mode button
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tweetycontrabajo said:
rom manager app in playstore has a reboot in recovery mode button
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Obviously you can't read either, just like me.
i can read. the rom manager app does exactly that, forces to reboot in recovery mode, don't need to be choosing between fastboot or rsd or recovery.
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tweetycontrabajo said:
i can read...
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Clearly you can't. I suggest you reread everything again.
He's stuck in the bootloader, way before the ROM even thinks of loading. What good is an app then?
I'm back in my rom.
After clicking again like crazy on vol-up&down, vol-up button has responded for a few minutes, just 2 or 3 minutes, but it was sufficient to enter recovery via bootloader. ouff !
I'm not going to modify my rom anymore, too dangerous.
Someone knows an app able to modify the calling volume ? It's ok for now but one day I will click vol-down during a call and ... no way to vol-up ! hahaha, crapy motorola (which not allows international warranty) !
thanks
Your story serves as a warning to me.
Never modify the button with Motorola at the bootloader level, too risky. (android level like inside system\ is OK).
To summarize problem that thread-opener had:
- He's stuck at bootloader (screen says unlocked, fastboot, or RDS, recovery, etc...etc)
- can cycle through fastboot, rds, recovery with Vol-down.
- but cannot select (confirm selection) with Volume-up (button software reassigned, or button hardware contact broken, or etc..etc)
====>>> dead-end to way out ! No download mode.
Hi Guys !
Need some help on this one. I broke my SII LCD (the touchscreen still work) and it looks like usb debugging is not enabled.
I would like to try to use some software like screencast to be able to remote control it but it's not detected buy adb (so I guess usb debugging disabled...)
My idea would be to install a rom with usb debugging enabled by default to be able to get the device detected by adb
Any idea of what rom I could use and on how to proceed ?
Try Team Viewer Quick Support ! If you need any help just let me know.
You can use Neatrom . It's enable by default in it.
Thanks for the answers !
@leonard : Looks great but how do I get back my device ID if I cannot see my screen ? Is it possible ?
@Jeetu : Do you know if it's possible to install it without going through the recovery ? (Odin for example)
Do u have a link
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tonio94 said:
Thanks for the answers !
@leonard : Looks great but how do I get back my device ID if I cannot see my screen ? Is it possible ?
@Jeetu : Do you know if it's possible to install it without going through the recovery ? (Odin for example)
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No you have to flash it from Recovery only no other option.
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tonio94 said:
Thanks for the answers !
@leonard : Looks great but how do I get back my device ID if I cannot see my screen ? Is it possible ?
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You can't see anything on your screen ?
No screen is completely out of order
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sortoh85 said:
No screen is completely out of order
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Sorry but i don't know any other app for remote management.
ONLY FOR CWM 6
try to flash it on your recovery mode
with your mind only
so close your eyes and
think that your are looking at the screen
and that you can see what there are
so to flash the rom
go volume down once and then click the power button
again power button
make sure your sd card is empty and only as the rom.zip (you don't need the gapps of course)
click the volume down button 7 times and then power button
wait 10 or 15 minutes just to be sure its flashed
click volume up and then power button so that you can go back in the menu
click the volume button 3 times that is for the wipe cache
again 7 times down and power button
and then you must wipe dalvik
and that is volume up and power button to go into advanced
and then volume down 1 time and then power button and that is the wipe dalvik option
again 7 times volume down and then power button
wait 5 minutes
and then click power button it wil reboot your device
and bam you have official installed a rom without looking on CWM 6
i hope it helpt :highfive:
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ONLY FOR CWM 6
try to flash it on your recovery mode
with your mind only
so close your eyes and
think that your are looking at the screen
and that you can see what there are
so to flash the rom
go volume down once and then click the power button
again power button
make sure your sd card is empty and only as the rom.zip (you don't need the gapps of course)
click the volume down button 7 times and then power button
wait 10 or 15 minutes just to be sure its flashed
click volume up and then power button so that you can go back in the menu
click the volume button 3 times that is for the wipe cache
again 7 times down and power button
and then you must wipe dalvik
and that is volume up and power button to go into advanced
and then volume down 1 time and then power button and that is the wipe dalvik option
again 7 times volume down and then power button
wait 5 minutes
and then click power button it wil reboot your device
and bam you have official installed a rom without looking on CWM 6
i hope it helpt :highfive:
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Neatrom ROM is with Aroma isn't it ? Will it be a problem as I won't see the aroma steps ?
Hi guys,
I forgot the pin-code to my Galaxy S2, not to the sim, to the phone.
I can't go into recovery mode or download mode, due to a broken home-button.
Is there any way I can like hack the pin, or reset the phone without having to use my home button?
Maybe by using my pc or something?
Thanks in advance for your help!
David1996 said:
Hi guys,
I forgot the pin-code to my Galaxy S2, not to the sim, to the phone.
I can't go into recovery mode or download mode, due to a broken home-button.
Is there any way I can like hack the pin, or reset the phone without having to use my home button?
Maybe by using my pc or something?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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1. Turn off the i9100 S 2 phone or take out the battery and reinsert it.
2. Hold the Volume Down button
3. Press and release the Power button
4. Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button
5. Press and release the Power button
6. Press Volume Up to confirm i9100 master reset
Havent tried it but hope it helps mate
Out of curiosity how do you multitask with a broken home button?
machokingjim said:
1. Turn off the i9100 S 2 phone or take out the battery and reinsert it.
2. Hold the Volume Down button
3. Press and release the Power button
4. Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button
5. Press and release the Power button
6. Press Volume Up to confirm i9100 master reset
Havent tried it but hope it helps mate
Out of curiosity how do you multitask with a broken home button?
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Man I thought it was impossible to get into download mode but you got me there!
Unfortunately I do not see the "Clear Storage" option.
The volume down button gets me into a reboot.
Volume up gets me to downloading.
Is there any way I can get into recovery? Or download something to the phone that resets it?
And eh, multitasking, that is kind of hard with no home button.
The back button gets some more use since the home button has died haha
David1996 said:
Man I thought it was impossible to get into download mode but you got me there!
Unfortunately I do not see the "Clear Storage" option.
The volume down button gets me into a reboot.
Volume up gets me to downloading.
Is there any way I can get into recovery? Or download something to the phone that resets it?
And eh, multitasking, that is kind of hard with no home button.
The back button gets some more use since the home button has died haha
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If you want to get yourself into recovery mode try something simpler
A cwm manager app
It has the option boot into recovery
machokingjim said:
If you want to get yourself into recovery mode try something simpler
A cwm manager app
It has the option boot into recovery
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Problem is, I cannot acces my phone so I can't install apps
I'm thinking about flashing another rom, only I can't wipe cache and factory reset before doing that.
What are the risks of that? And is there a big chance of this going wrong?
David1996 said:
Problem is, I cannot acces my phone so I can't install apps
I'm thinking about flashing another rom, only I can't wipe cache and factory reset before doing that.
What are the risks of that? And is there a big chance of this going wrong?
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Mate, if you can enter download mode then use odin to flash
I am not sure you can enter recovery mode without home button though you can with a jig
But haven't tried it
Search xda it if you have a jig
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Mate, if you can enter download mode then use odin to flash
I am not sure you can enter recovery mode without home button though you can with a jig
But haven't tried it
Search xda it if you have a jig
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Thanks, flashing right now.
Had flashed a few hours ago, but still got asked for the pin.
Though then I had to register the phone (name, language, that stuff) and after that I was in the phone, and did not have to enter the pin.
Doing that again right now, hoping to get to settings and then get to factory reset
Thanks for your help so far.
Then another question popped up:
To get another kernel I need recovery mode right?
And to get rooted I need a rooted kernel?
So can I root my device without home button and without recovery menu?
David1996 said:
Thanks, flashing right now.
Had flashed a few hours ago, but still got asked for the pin.
Though then I had to register the phone (name, language, that stuff) and after that I was in the phone, and did not have to enter the pin.
Doing that again right now, hoping to get to settings and then get to factory reset
Thanks for your help so far.
Then another question popped up:
To get another kernel I need recovery mode right?
And to get rooted I need a rooted kernel?
So can I root my device without home button and without recovery menu?
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Yes mate you can even get the multitasking switcher using the back button
Glad i helped
Try dorimanx kernel
using it and loving it
Hope it fits you too
machokingjim said:
Yes mate you can even get the multitasking switcher using the back button
Glad i helped
Try dorimanx kernel
using it and loving it
Hope it fits you too
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Downloaded Siyah, if I don't like Siyah, i'll try dorimanx
Thanks for the help man!
David1996 said:
Downloaded Siyah, if I don't like Siyah, i'll try dorimanx
Thanks for the help man!
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no problem at all mate:highfive:
happy to help
siyah is outdated by now so you may have to look for a new kernel soon
and dont flash android 10.3 in siyah
regards
Hello everyone. I have NetarRom 5.2 and Dorimax kernel 8.43. When i push several times power/unlock button rom has been brick (sometimes as a push button and lock screen appears and immediately push it again, they in this moment was bricked) and i must press power button and hold him 10 seconds to reset phone, because they do not respond to any keys. How solve this bug ?? Sory for eng...
pheonix1 said:
Hello everyone. I have NetarRom 5.2 and Dorimax kernel 8.43. When i push several times power/unlock button rom has been brick (sometimes as a push button and lock screen appears and immediately push it again, they in this moment was bricked) and i must press power button and hold him 10 seconds to reset phone, because they do not respond to any keys. How solve this bug ?? Sory for eng...
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Are you able to boot into recovery to restore a nandroid backup or reflash the rom?
Yes. Maby wrong words i use. When i dont push power button several times (unlock home button and lock power) phone runs normally. Wipe and reflash dont help... (wipe data, dalvik).
pheonix1 said:
Yes. Maby wrong words i use. When i dont push power button several times (unlock home button and lock power) phone runs normally. Wipe and reflash dont help... (wipe data, dalvik).
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This is not bricked then bricked is when you press the power button and the phone won't turn on (hard brick) or bootloop at the boot animation (soft brick). A study brick is fixable by flashing a good ROM. A hard brick requires a professional to fix.
Your situation I believe is either a ROM or kernel bug. I think that pressing these buttons as quickly as it sounds like you are is probably causing the kernel to panic and reboot.
You should first search both of threads for the ROM and kernel you are using if they are not part of the same package for others with similar issues, there may be a patch or workaround not posted in the OP (original post) of the thread where you downloaded your ROM/kernel.
If no fixes are available, you should post on the development thread of your ROM/kernel about the bug so that they can fix it
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Solved. Animation ctr off had bug
Thanks for help