Aroma is buggy, we all know it.
Here's how to recover from a stuck aroma install
1) hold down power until your capacative buttons flash, usually 20 times, phone will shut off
2) this doesn't always work (trust me I've seen it on my phone) plug phone in and you MIGHT have access to adb and fastboot if so adb reboot recovery
3) THIS doesn't always work either so just unplug your phone and wait for it to die then charge it up and restrt to bootloader and go to recovery and make your repairs.
Thanks and always make a nandroid...
Not touching the screen and using the volume buttons and power to select items is how i got around the freezing. Hasn't froze on me since, using the buttons.
Nickel Dime Bay said:
Not touching the screen and using the volume buttons and power to select items is how i got around the freezing. Hasn't froze on me since, using the buttons.
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this just reduces the chance of getting stuck , but almost 1 in 4 times it does get stuck for me
Same here
Nickel Dime Bay said:
Not touching the screen and using the volume buttons and power to select items is how i got around the freezing. Hasn't froze on me since, using the buttons.
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This method has been flawless for me too, but I have seen other people saying they still have issues. It's proven either way to at the very least reduce lock ups of aroma.
ive had no problems with volume / power buttons myself except for on trickdroid. That still locks up all the time
Mike1986 mentions this in his Android Revolution HD rom:
1. The zip installation just freezes in AROMA, what should I do?
This is a well known issue involving the AROMA installer, and this will occur with any ROM zip in any recovery. If it freezes, hold Power and Vol-Down until your phone reboots (If this fails, plug your phone into your PC and in CMD type 'adb reboot') Now go back into recovery and start the installation again. It is reported by many users that the installation works better if you don't use the touchscreen for navigation through AROMA - instead, use Vol-Up/Down to navigate and the Power button to select
UPDATE: Please make sure you have the latest recovery version. It is reported that CWM 6.0.3.2 fixes the freezes!
Good luck not using the touch screen if using twrp.
I was told that people who have CWM touch for recovery are not having that issue. Never tried it to confirm
It happens just not as often.
ugh Aroma just screwed me. I miss the good old days where we just flashed zips and add on zips lol...guess im waiting for my phone to die.
I've had absolutely no problem with Aroma as long as I don't touch the screen while installing a rom.
1) how long you guys think it'll take to die?
2) I guess these are the moments a battery pull would be helpful...
A 100% battery is what 4 is hrs of screen time?
gunnyman said:
A 100% battery is what 4 is hrs of screen time?
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That's what I figured. But I took it off charger at 11 pm est time and as of 930 am est still ticking lol
Yay it finally died. Silly me tried to flash it again. Froze on completion. Waiting to die again. Only at 8% batt this time
Did adb reboot recovery not work for you?
gunnyman said:
Did adb reboot recovery not work for you?
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Nope. When I would do adb devices no device showed up. And no cmd or fast boot cmd worked either
joshyy_rey said:
Nope. When I would do adb devices no device showed up. And no cmd or fast boot cmd worked either
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same as what happened to me.
I really wish Aroma would be abandoned until it can be fixed.
gunnyman said:
same as what happened to me.
I really wish Aroma would be abandoned until it can be fixed.
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Just curious have you updated to flyhalfs latest build that includes an optimized kernel I built for recovery
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So I thought I had a working version of S voice on my ported VK Rom. I tried to use it after not using it all for a couple of weeks and it just kept saying "Say Hi Galaxy" but wouldn't respond.
I was looking to uninstall the apk along with all the other 80 mb worth of stuff in the .zip file, I found that using Titanium Backup one could uninstall system apps. All I did was use Titanium Backup to remove S voice...NOTHING ELSE WAS TOUCHED. At which point it tried to reboot but only to the boot screen then it would time out. I can't even enter into recovery using voume up/down and power.
I don't think it is bricked cuz it still turns on and lights up just not past the boot screen (I'm running the newest Siyiah kernel but can't even get to that boot image.)
Only thing worth mentioning would be that I did change the boot screen image using an app I found within a .zip file for SGS3 but I rebooted three or four times before trying to uninstall s voice using titanium backup, which is where the problems started.
I did find other Android users with different phones who experienced similar problems and it seems the only solution, at least for their problems, was to re-install stock firmware.
butikofer08 said:
So I thought I had a working version of S voice on my ported VK Rom. I tried to use it after not using it all for a couple of weeks and it just kept saying "Say Hi Galaxy" but wouldn't respond.
I was looking to uninstall the apk along with all the other 80 mb worth of stuff in the .zip file, I found that using Titanium Backup one could uninstall system apps. All I did was use Titanium Backup to remove S voice...NOTHING ELSE WAS TOUCHED. At which point it tried to reboot but only to the boot screen then it would time out. I can't even enter into recovery using voume up/down and power.
I don't think it is bricked cuz it still turns on and lights up just not past the boot screen (I'm running the newest Siyiah kernel but can't even get to that boot image.)
Only thing worth mentioning would be that I did change the boot screen image using an app I found within a .zip file for SGS3 but I rebooted three or four times before trying to uninstall s voice using titanium backup, which is where the problems started.
I did find other Android users with different phones who experienced similar problems and it seems the only solution, at least for their problems, was to re-install stock firmware.
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You should still be able to boot into CWM. Pull the battery and hold vol up+down and press power. If it works just reflash your rom or nandroid restore. If you really can't get back into CWM recovery, can you get into download mode (vol down+power)? If so, use Odin to flash back. READ CAREFULLY if you have never used Odin before.
To be honest, it sounds like you inadvertently uninstalled the wrong app. Always be careful when using TiBu to uninstall system apps. Hope things work out.
did you try entering download mode and using Odin?
i'm having this same problem except i tried to uninstall the google play store with titanium backup and i let it reboot and like your phone it booted to the boot screen then powered off c.c i've tried booting it into recovery mode but the screen only boots to the boot screen once then turns off again, and i can't even get it to go into download mode because it literally does nothing x.x i've also tried pulling the battery while it was off and putting it back in but that also doesn't work so are there anymore solutions i can try?
alerionn said:
i'm having this same problem except i tried to uninstall the google play store with titanium backup and i let it reboot and like your phone it booted to the boot screen then powered off c.c i've tried booting it into recovery mode but the screen only boots to the boot screen once then turns off again, and i can't even get it to go into download mode because it literally does nothing x.x i've also tried pulling the battery while it was off and putting it back in but that also doesn't work so are there anymore solutions i can try?
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Try pulling the battery. Hold Vol down + power then plug usb. You can insert the battery once it boots.
BROKKANIC said:
Try pulling the battery. Hold Vol down + power then plug usb. You can insert the battery once it boots.
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that didn't work but after i put the battery back in and tried to enter download mode it showed the battery charging icon thingy but it was frozen, then it powered off again x.x i don't think usb debugging was on before my phone messed up so that also may have caused problems c.c
USB debugging has no bearing in download or recovery modes
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USB debugging has no bearing in download or recovery modes
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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thanks that's good to know o:
ok so somehow i got into download mode by pressing the recovery buttons but anyways i'm relieved xD i think i can fix it from here but i'll post back if there's anymore problems :x
EDIT: i got it back working again oo: thanks for the help
alerionn said:
ok so somehow i got into download mode by pressing the recovery buttons but anyways i'm relieved xD i think i can fix it from here but i'll post back if there's anymore problems :x
EDIT: i got it back working again oo: thanks for the help
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what did u do xactly ??? i hve d same prob and all i tried uninstalling ws apex launcher wich came wid d criskelo rom (system app)
mbharath003 said:
what did u do xactly ??? i hve d same prob and all i tried uninstalling ws apex launcher wich came wid d criskelo rom (system app)
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Another necro?
Hey everybody
A few days ago i rooted my phone with CF-Root and installed the Super Nexus Rom Stable 1. It run really
fast and worked great :good:
This morning I saw that the second version released. So I downloaded it and also the gapps again. But after installing i recognized
that the screen flashed and the rom didn't run smooth.I decided to roll it back with my backup.
But after starting the backup, the screen got black. I waited 30 minutes, then i took the battery out of my smartphone. As I put it back and started my phone
again, i just saw a purple screen. No samsung logo or somthing else. after 2 minutes i saw the status bar at the top, but the rest of the screen kept purple. I tried to bring it in download mode, but the screen is always purple and odin don't recognize the phone.
Please help me
Did you try entering download mode with a jig? Sometimes even when button combo or cable /volume combos don't work a jig will.
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pull out battery for 20-30 min then put battery then charge ur phone and after 30 min try to enter in download mode
hisee said:
pull out battery for 20-30 min then put battery then charge ur phone and after 30 min try to enter in download mode
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Mmh, It didn't work . I let the battery out of the phone for 2 hours and tried to start it again in Download Mode, but just earned a purple screen.
spagman72 said:
Did you try entering download mode with a jig? Sometimes even when button combo or cable /volume combos don't work a jig will.
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No, i think i should buy one.
I think my problem is that the phone gets into the Download Mode. But at the s3 we have to confirm that we really want to get into this mode.
I think i just hang at this screen, but can't check the right box, cause i just see the purple screen
Get I immediatly into the Download Mode with a jig, or have i also to check the accept button?
charge phone via pc for sumtime then try to enter in downlaod mode
Just because the screen is purple/black doesnt mean that phone is not in download mode.
If you hold the combo buttons to get into download mode but cant see the screen where it says press up to go into download mode just wait a sec and press up anyway.
then plug your phone up to odin.....it may still be able to go into download mode even though you are SEEING the screen.
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Just because the screen is purple/black doesnt mean that phone is not in download mode.
If you hold the combo buttons to get into download mode but cant see the screen where it says press up to go into download mode just wait a sec and press up anyway.
then plug your phone up to odin.....it may still be able to go into download mode even though you are SEEING the screen.
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I started my phone normal and wait some time. Then I connected it to the pc. The explorer starts and show me a window with the title GWT-I9300.
But instead to see any content the folder is absolutly empty. Bad sign??? Or good sign that i can connect it?
I start it again with the 3 key combo in Debug Mode. I think i'm in cause if i connect it again to the pc nothing happened. Odin also doesn't recognized the phone
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I started my phone normal and wait some time. Then I connected it to the pc. The explorer starts and show me a window with the title GWT-I9300.
But instead to see any content the folder is absolutly empty. Bad sign??? Or good sign that i can connect it?
I start it again with the 3 key combo in Debug Mode. I think i'm in cause if i connect it again to the pc nothing happened. Odin also doesn't recognized the phone
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Did you press up before you plugged it up to the pc??
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Did you press up before you plugged it up to the pc??
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Hey. I forget that it was the up key. i think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognize my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
develpoer23 said:
Hey. I forget that it was the up key. in think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognized my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
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You should return it to stock with a full flash give me a sec I'll grab a link this will restore everything. You then should go into recovery volume up middle button and power and do a full wipe to make sure you get everything out as odin doesn't do that it will only override what is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
Download file from there and just to make sure we are talking international gt-i9300 CORRECT? The file is big like 750 megs it contains stock everything and will restore the entire device to stock. It will not erase the on board store partitioned for the SD heck it doesn't erase anything just overrides.
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You should return it to stock with a full flash give me a sec I'll grab a link this will restore everything. You then should go into recovery volume up middle button and power and do a full wipe to make sure you get everything out as odin doesn't do that it will only override what is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
Download file from there and just to make sure we are talking international gt-i9300 CORRECT? The file is big like 750 megs it contains stock everything and will restore the entire device to stock. It will not erase the on board store partitioned for the SD heck it doesn't erase anything just overrides.
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thank you verry much
that's my last hope. before you have written it, i flashed again the cf-kernel. odin said that the operation was succesfull. but the screen keep purple.
hope that it is not a hardware brick
develpoer23 said:
thank you verry much
that's my last hope. before you have writtent it, i flashed again the cf-kernel. odin say it was succesfull. but the screan keep purple.
hope that it is no hardware brick
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Doesn't sound like a hardware brick. After you flash the stock again if you still have the purple screen let me know and i'll find the button combo so you can wipe the data as there could still be something lingering that could cause that. And don't be to worried you have a colored screen that's not too bad it's when you get nothing no matter what that you should get very scared
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Doesn't sound like a hardware brick. After you flash the stock again if you still have the purple screen let me know and i'll find the button combo so you can wipe the data as there could still be something lingering that could cause that. And don't be to worried you have a colored screen that's not too bad it's when you get nothing no matter what that you should get very scared
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Now Odin finished with all operations succesfull. After restart I can hear the samsung sound but screen keeps purple
It's also a bit strange, if i start my phone normal and connect it to the pc. No explorer window opens, but odin still recognize the phone. I don't started it in Download Mode???
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Now Odin finished with all operations succesfull. After restart I can hear the samsung sound but screen keeps purple
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Yeah that's what I thought so last thing
Pull battery
Hold Volume UP Middle Button and Power Button for ten seconds
wait like another 20 seconds then press volume down twice then press power after a min press power again with any luck this will do a full wipe for you. It is blind but I did confirm on my phone the times it takes.
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After you volume down twice and then press power volume down three times and press power again then wait ten seconds and press power a last time. The third press is to wipe the cache which is the problem I bet.
Was there any info about GPU overclocking/volting on that custom rom you installed? I mean on that version 2.
For me this sounds like that your graphical chip on the phone might have damaged.
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GalaxyS3man said:
Was there any info about GPU overclocking/volting on that custom rom you installed? I mean on that version 2.
For me this sounds like that your graphical chip on the phone might have damaged.
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It could be but lets not scare the dude yet. I have had many phones do blue and purple screens just as he describes it is generally a bad flash or file or forgetting to wipe. I do not think at this point we are looking at a bad GPU. I have also had this phone give me weird colored screen flashed upon starting or going into recovery that had to do with a improper restore.
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It could be but lets not scare the dude yet. I have had many phones do blue and purple screens just as he describes it is generally a bad flash or file or forgetting to wipe. I do not think at this point we are looking at a bad GPU. I have also had this phone give me weird colored screen flashed upon starting or going into recovery that had to do with a improper restore.
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mmh, really sad. i need more runs to get it to work. but then after some the phone do somthing and restart after last pressing power. But screen keeps in this ugly purple.
The rom i installed was the Super Nexus Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817345)
develpoer23 said:
mmh, really sad. i need more runs to get it to work. but then after some the phone do somthing and restart after last pressing power. But screen keeps in this ugly purple.
The rom i installed was the Super Nexus Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817345)
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keep playing with it after you are sure you've gotten the three and two try to odin one more time.
Another option you have is to go into odin and and flash a know stable recovery then see if you can boot into it recovery.
develpoer23 said:
Hey. I forget that it was the up key. i think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognize my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
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Stable Rom....get your phone booting up first, then worry about rooting
You over zelous flasher.....lol
I installed CM10.1.3 with CyanogenMod Installer today. It was working fine but I had the APN issue and thought of flashing again.
So I downloaded the stable version from (http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=stable&device=i9100)
I could not boot via the combo even when the phone was working fine. I downloaded Goo Manager and rebooted from recovery from there and installed the downloaded CM10.1.3 from there! after that the phone is stuck at loading CM10.1.3 loading screen! No bootloop! Just endless loading!
What can I do? Please tell me! How to fix this?
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I installed CM10.1.3 with CyanogenMod Installer today. It was working fine but I had the APN issue and thought of flashing again.
So I downloaded the stable version from (http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=stable&device=i9100)
I could not boot via the combo even when the phone was working fine. I downloaded Goo Manager and rebooted from recovery from there and installed the downloaded CM10.1.3 from there! after that the phone is stuck at loading CM10.1.3 loading screen! No bootloop! Just endless loading!
What can I do? Please tell me! How to fix this?
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When you plug your phone into your pc can you see the sd card and files whilst stuck in your 'non boot loop' ?
Why doesn't your 3 button combo work? - I had similar issue with my wifes phone recently and the other night to my surprise it worked all of a sudden, I just had to hold the buttons for far longer than I do on my own s2
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When you plug your phone into your pc can you see the sd card and files whilst stuck in your 'non boot loop' ?
Why doesn't your 3 button combo work? - I had similar issue with my wifes phone recently and the other night to my surprise it worked all of a sudden, I just had to hold the buttons for far longer than I do on my own s2
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I once suddenly got into recovery! But why the hell this combination sometimes work and sometimes doesn't? I tried holding them longer this time but it's not working now! What's the exact procedure?
Glad that I fixed CM! It's booting and working like a champ! but the recovery thing is still a paint! Boots to recovery easily from advanced reboot optioN!
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I once suddenly got into recovery! But why the hell this combination sometimes work and sometimes doesn't? I tried holding them longer this time but it's not working now! What's the exact procedure?
Glad that I fixed CM! It's booting and working like a champ! but the recovery thing is still a paint! Boots to recovery easily from advanced reboot optioN!
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I just press them all at the same time really - although, I have to say I really rarely use 3 button combo as I use 'quickboot' from google play which gives 3 shortcuts to instantly either: reboot, power off, or reboot into recovery.
As for your issue with the 3 button combo - more likely hardware related or (if you are anything like me) lack of patience lol
Having the same like you. When i hold the button combo the samsung logo comes up, phone turns off, again the samsung logo and then the recovery starts. You have to hold the button combo the whole time.
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Reyden said:
Having the same like you. When i hold the button combo the samsung logo comes up, phone turns off, again the samsung logo and then the recovery starts. You have to hold the button combo the whole time.
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............and me,otherwise it swerves recovery and boots up as normal.
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Reyden said:
Having the same like you. When i hold the button combo the samsung logo comes up, phone turns off, again the samsung logo and then the recovery starts. You have to hold the button combo the whole time.
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That;s the trick!!! THANKS MAN!!! SAVED ME A LOT OF TIME AND HASSLE! ::victory::victory::victory:
saiftheboss7 said:
That;s the trick!!! THANKS MAN!!! SAVED ME A LOT OF TIME AND HASSLE! ::victory::victory::victory:
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So how did you install the 4.1.3 after this?
I was doing a backup with TWRP and everything seemed to go just fine. Then after a reboot i unlocked the phone to notice that it was leaving the lock-screen icons on the bottom of the page. I still had access to my notification bar and could clear notifications. Figuring that there had just been a mistake in the boot process, I held the power button to restart the phone. Well it never brought up my power menu to restart. Also instead of making me wait ten seconds until it flashed its lights and restarted, it just restarted in like 3 seconds. Now my phone is stuck on the HTC ONE screen and will not respond to anything including hold the power button.
My phone is rooted an s-off. I know that I have not posted at all on here, but I have been rooting and know how at least the basics on adb shell. I just have never had a phone lock up to this point. If I can at least get to recovery, I should have 2 or 3 backups to run. I just don't want to have to wait for the phone battery to die just to hope I can get to recovery.
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I was doing a backup with TWRP and everything seemed to go just fine. Then after a reboot i unlocked the phone to notice that it was leaving the lock-screen icons on the bottom of the page. I still had access to my notification bar and could clear notifications. Figuring that there had just been a mistake in the boot process, I held the power button to restart the phone. Well it never brought up my power menu to restart. Also instead of making me wait ten seconds until it flashed its lights and restarted, it just restarted in like 3 seconds. Now my phone is stuck on the HTC ONE screen and will not respond to anything including hold the power button.
My phone is rooted an s-off. I know that I have not posted at all on here, but I have been rooting and know how at least the basics on adb shell. I just have never had a phone lock up to this point. If I can at least get to recovery, I should have 2 or 3 backups to run. I just don't want to have to wait for the phone battery to die just to hope I can get to recovery.
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Are you saying volume up + power button does not restart your phone nor does any help? Check if your phone is detected in computer and if so you can issue and adb reboot command
also since there is no removable battery HTC added a reboot function press home vol down and power that should do the trick
The phone is not detected by a computer, nor will it charge. Vol down and power is not cutting it off. Right now I am waiting for the battery to die so I can hopefully boot into recovery and do a restore.
Vol up + Power was the key. I was thinking it was volume down. Thanks for all your help
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The phone is not detected by a computer, nor will it charge. Vol down and power is not cutting it off. Right now I am waiting for the battery to die so I can hopefully boot into recovery and do a restore.
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Its volume up mate + power not volume down
pradeepvizz said:
Its volume up mate + power not volume down
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Hi Do you have a HTC one max stock Rom I could use??
Thanks
mini88448 said:
Hi Do you have a HTC one max stock Rom I could use??
Thanks
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There have been lots of request for this, ill upload a stock rooted ROM soon.
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There have been lots of request for this, ill upload a stock rooted ROM soon.
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OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
:victory::victory::victory:
Just wanted to point out I ran into this issue also (Stuck on white HTC boot screen) after wiping my ROM and Vol UP + Power did the trick for me also (and then Vol Down + Power to get back to the bootloader).
i need help, guys
so attempting to install a new rom, i must have dont something wrong because now restarting the phone will leave me on the htc logo loop and restart. i still have access to hboot and fastboot. but when attempting to load into twrp, it shows the team win logo for half a second and then restarts the phone. then i installed cwm and it does boot into it but whatever option i pick, install zip, wipe data, ANYTHING, restarts the phone.
i have no idea what to do. i tried installing a rom using adb sideload but it stops at around 80%, ive tried installing different versions of twrp and cwm and same thing. i think it is bricked. im using the verizon htc one max. the only option i see left is the ruu toolkit but ive only been able to find the sprint version and then it says that bootloader needs to be locked and i have not idea how to do that from hboot, fastboot, or cwm
attempting to install superuser also fails
if there's anyone here that can help, please, any suggestions will be appreciated. thanks =:laugh:
Sounds like you're flashing the wrong TWRP.
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suieitori said:
so attempting to install a new rom, i must have dont something wrong because now restarting the phone will leave me on the htc logo loop and restart. i still have access to hboot and fastboot. but when attempting to load into twrp, it shows the team win logo for half a second and then restarts the phone. then i installed cwm and it does boot into it but whatever option i pick, install zip, wipe data, ANYTHING, restarts the phone.
i have no idea what to do. i tried installing a rom using adb sideload but it stops at around 80%, ive tried installing different versions of twrp and cwm and same thing. i think it is bricked. im using the verizon htc one max. the only option i see left is the ruu toolkit but ive only been able to find the sprint version and then it says that bootloader needs to be locked and i have not idea how to do that from hboot, fastboot, or cwm
attempting to install superuser also fails
if there's anyone here that can help, please, any suggestions will be appreciated. thanks =:laugh:
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May I suggest following these instructions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51753483&postcount=129
If you're able to complete those instructions outlined in that post, this should set you up with the latest HBOOT, Radio and TWRP (Recovery) for the Verizon HTC One.
Make sure you read the post fully before you start, especially this part:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip (Be sure it finishes saying 'successful', not 'please flush again immediately'. If it says the flush again, rerun the command)
If you succeed in getting that done, see if TWRP still causes the phone to reboot and get back to us.
Hello everyone!
I just bought a second hand SII (i9100) and I wanted to install CM on it (it is on stock 4.1 right now). The phone is in great shape, everything works perfectly, it's smooth, doesn't have even 1 scratch on it. I've tried the CM installer, but I'm getting the "we couldn't talk to your phone" error. In order to fix it or install CM manually, I have to enter download mode. This is the problem: I can't get into download mode through the button combination and the adb method doesn't work either. It reboots the phone, but it boots normally into the OS afterwards. Recovery mode works, but download doesn't.
Any advice?
NangFTW said:
Hello everyone!
I just bought a second hand SII (i9100) and I wanted to install CM on it (it is on stock 4.1 right now). The phone is in great shape, everything works perfectly, it's smooth, doesn't have even 1 scratch on it. I've tried the CM installer, but I'm getting the "we couldn't talk to your phone" error. In order to fix it or install CM manually, I have to enter download mode. This is the problem: I can't get into download mode through the button combination and the adb method doesn't work either. It reboots the phone, but it boots normally into the OS afterwards. Recovery mode works, but download doesn't.
Any advice?
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Are you using the right combo keys?(Vol down, home, power) Are your volume keys working properly? That is strange if you can't get into download mode. When you hold the three buttons from power off, make sure you release the keys as soon as the samsung logo appears.
Alternatively you can install CM from recovery and enable advanced reboot options from there to make life a little easier.
I'll give you some steps to try if you are still stuck.
noppy22 said:
Are you using the right combo keys?(Vol down, home, power) Are your volume keys working properly? That is strange if you can't get into download mode. When you hold the three buttons from power off, make sure you release the keys as soon as the samsung logo appears.
Alternatively you can install CM from recovery and enable advanced reboot options from there to make life a little easier.
I'll give you some steps to try if you are still stuck.
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Thank you for the reply! Yes, I am sure I'm using the right key combo, tried it countless times. And yes, my volume keys work properly. I needed to enter download mode to try the fix for the "we couldn't talk to your device" error that the CM installer gives. Fortunately, it worked when I tried on another PC and I have CM 11 succesfully installed on the device now. I still want to give CM 12.1 a try tho, so I need to install CWM and I need download mode for that... I guess there's no way I can update to a CM 12.1 nightly OTA, right?
NangFTW said:
Thank you for the reply! Yes, I am sure I'm using the right key combo, tried it countless times. And yes, my volume keys work properly. I needed to enter download mode to try the fix for the "we couldn't talk to your device" error that the CM installer gives. Fortunately, it worked when I tried on another PC and I have CM 11 succesfully installed on the device now. I still want to give CM 12.1 a try tho, so I need to install CWM and I need download mode for that... I guess there's no way I can update to a CM 12.1 nightly OTA, right?
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You don't really need download mode to install CM12.1, although you do need it if you run into any problems requiring for example to go back to stock rom or if you can't get into recovery. Try powering off and using the key combo for download mode now you have CM11.
But to install CM12.1, you just need to download the .zip(and gapps if you want), boot into recovery mode(CM11 installed a new recovery, either CWM or TWRP), then do your backups and full wipe from recovery and install the .zip(s) from there. You don't necessarily need the CM installer to do this, or to go back to CM11 if you want/need later either
noppy22 said:
You don't really need download mode to install CM12.1, although you do need it if you run into any problems requiring for example to go back to stock rom or if you can't get into recovery. Try powering off and using the key combo for download mode now you have CM11.
But to install CM12.1, you just need to download the .zip(and gapps if you want), boot into recovery mode(CM11 installed a new recovery, either CWM or TWRP), then do your backups and full wipe from recovery and install the .zip(s) from there. You don't necessarily need the CM installer to do this, or to go back to CM11 if you want/need later either
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Download mode still doesn't work unfortunately, it's really weird considering recovery mode works just fine. And yea, it installed CWM 6.0.5.0 I think, I didn't realise it also installed a new recovery automatically, my bad there. Thank you for trying to help me anyways, I'll give CM12.1 a try tomorrow and give the guys some feedback on that thread. All I can do is hope I won't need download mode in the future or that it magically fixes itself.
NangFTW said:
Download mode still doesn't work unfortunately, it's really weird considering recovery mode works just fine. And yea, it installed CWM 6.0.5.0 I think, I didn't realise it also installed a new recovery automatically, my bad there. Thank you for trying to help me anyways, I'll give CM12.1 a try tomorrow and give the guys some feedback on that thread. All I can do is hope I won't need download mode in the future or that it magically fixes itself.
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Maybe do a bit of reading about using ADB and get a usb jig. You might really need download mode one day.
noppy22 said:
Maybe do a bit of reading about using ADB and get a usb jig. You might really need download mode one day.
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Already tried ADB and it didn't help, the phone rebooted normally, so I guess an USB jig is my best bet. I'll get one as soon as possible, better be safe than sorry.
Well, my luck got from bad to worse. I've tried to install CM12.1 today and now the phone is stuck on the Samsung logo with the yellow triangle and just stays there and nothing happens. I also can't get into recovery or download mode at all. All I did was copy the CM and Gapps zips on my sd card, boot into recovery, wiped everything and installed from zip. Both installs were succesfull, so I rebooted, but the phone just hangs on this stupid boot screen. Any advice?
EDIT: plugging in the charger makes the battery pop up, but it never starts up the filling with green animation, it just stays grey with the spiny circle icon.
NangFTW said:
Well, my luck got from bad to worse. I've tried to install CM12.1 today and now the phone is stuck on the Samsung logo with the yellow triangle and just stays there and nothing happens. I also can't get into recovery or download mode at all. All I did was copy the CM and Gapps zips on my sd card, boot into recovery, wiped everything and installed from zip. Both installs were succesfull, so I rebooted, but the phone just hangs on this stupid boot screen. Any advice?
EDIT: plugging in the charger makes the battery pop up, but it never starts up the filling with green animation, it just stays grey with the spiny circle icon.
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Take off your battery, put back it on , press volume down and power button and home button at the same time and hold it, what did you see? you see only samsung gt i9100 with the yellow one only?
GreekDragon said:
Take off your battery, put back it on , press volume down and power button and home button at the same time and hold it, what did you see? you see only samsung gt i9100 with the yellow one only?
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I've eventually managed to get into download mode, but it said "Can't download, battery too low!". Problem is that the phone doesn't charge anymore. When I plug it in, the grey battery with the white circle appears, but it never actually charges. It gets really hot around the camera, but the battery doesn't charge even one bit.
NangFTW said:
I've eventually managed to get into download mode, but it said "Can't download, battery too low!". Problem is that the phone doesn't charge anymore. When I plug it in, the grey battery with the white circle appears, but it never actually charges. It gets really hot around the camera, but the battery doesn't charge even one bit.
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First thing I would do is replace the battery. You might also have a usb port that is playing up, but try the battery first; they are fairly cheap.
Make sure you get either a genuine samsung or reputable brand battery.
GreekDragon said:
Take off your battery, put back it on , press volume down and power button and home button at the same time and hold it, what did you see? you see only samsung gt i9100 with the yellow one only?
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noppy22 said:
First thing I would do is replace the battery. You might also have a usb port that is playing up, but try the battery first; they are fairly cheap.
Make sure you get either a genuine samsung or reputable brand battery.
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The battery is brand new and it worked fine before the phone took this crap. And the USB port seems to be fine as well. I will try another battery tho, just to be sure. Just waiting for my USB jig now, it's supposed to arrive in the mail tomorrow.
NangFTW said:
The battery is brand new and it worked fine before the phone took this crap. And the USB port seems to be fine as well. I will try another battery tho, just to be sure. Just waiting for my USB jig now, it's supposed to arrive in the mail tomorrow.
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How did you go with this? Same low battery issue, multimeter says battery is fully charged externally, but still giving me this error