So my uncle was flashing stuff into his phone (GT-i9100) as he does from time to time, and suddenly the back button stopped working.
He continued to flash things in order to fix it. He actually did it but as soon as the back button was fixed the home button "broke", apparently caused by something similar. I guess it's not a hardware problem.
He gave the phone to me in case I could come up with a solution.
I have already flashed all the stock stuff (2.3.5) with Odin, but the home button remains dead. Even in recovery mode and all that (I can't even put the device in download mode with the famous combination, I had to do it with ADB).
So the question is, is the home button recoverable? If it is, how?? If not, can someone explain to me how did it died??
Thanks a lot.
If the button even doesn't work in recovery mode - it's a hardware failure. Take the phone to a phone repair shop (or a service center if it's currently 100% stock).
It's possible to break the hardware by flashing the wrong thing?
Is there any kernel or something that may revive the button?
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Hello. My HTC Hero locked up, once again, and when I pulled the battery and tried to reboot, it got stuck in the white, HTC screen. I took it to a repair shop and was told that it has "water damage" and that can probably be fixed. They said as long as it powered up, they could reload the software, if needed. They would charge $25 to reload the software. Is that something I can do myself? I am not sure how to get it into recovery mode from that main white screen. Can anyone help me? I do not have the money to buy a new phone, and really need to get this one up and running again. I don't know if it matters, but my phone is rooted.
Thanks in advance!!!
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Try pressing the home button before turning and keep pressing 'til you get to the recovery screen then use the usb to move the rom to the sd-card and flash it.
Danger Rom 2.1, it is rooted. Clockwork mod is the recovery. Does that sound right to you? They guy at the repair store just called to say he has it working but he had to wipe it and install the software again. I specifically asked him not to do that knowing it is something I can do at home instead of paying $25. As long as it is powering up I can fix it, is that correct? I just have to get it booted into recovery?
Sorry i edited my first reply when i first read it was rooted .. my mistake are you sure the ROM was running ok? if not you may find loads of other ROMs and just flash them once you're in recovery .. gd luck
I just want to make sure I am in correct in saying, if I can get it booted into recovery, then I can get it up and running again? I shouldn't have to pay someone $25 when I can do it for free. What is the easiest way to boot into recovery?
Yes you can re-flash the ROM once you're in the recovery and that should fix your issue, the easiest way to get into recovery is
1. turn phone off (by removing the battery then putting it back)
2. press the home button and keep holding it
3. press the power button (while holding the home key)
4. that should have got u in recovery screen
Thank you for the info!!
Hello.
I recently got a galaxy s2 that had been water damaged and wouldn't start.
I disassembled the phone and cleaned it thoroughly with isopropyl.
After putting the phone back together, everything works perfectly, except for the front camera and... whenever the phone goes into standby/ sleep mode for more than 5 seconds, the phone will not come back on and I have to replace the battery in order to turn the phone back on. This happens every time the phone goes to sleep mode for more than 5 seconds. If I turn the screen back on before 5 seconds have passed, the screen comes right back on.
However, if I have the charger attached to the phone, nothing wrong happens and the phone works perfectly (except for the front camera).
I would
A factory reset the phone .
B flash firmware to rule in a hardware problem .
jje
Thanks for the reply.
I have tried resetting the phone but that didn't solve it.
I also tried to update the firmware, but I'm not able to, because when the phone restarts during the flashing proccess, the phone just stays off and won't power back on. I then have to re-insert the battery to power up the phone again, but then the flashing proccess is interrupted.
By the way. I don't have any experience with rooting android phones and don't know of another way to flash the phone, other than throught the "KIES" software or through the update function on the phone itself.
I'm not sure if the phone is rooted or has a custom firmware, but when I press vol up + home button when powering on the phone, I am presented with a menu that says ODIN, so not sure if that means the phone is rooted or not.
I'm not sure if the phone is rooted or has a custom firmware, but when I press vol up + home button when powering on the phone, I am presented with a menu that says ODIN, so not sure if that means the phone is rooted or not.
Odd that and i would guess it is custom firmware .
Recovery factory reset is
Vol Up + Power + Home Button held down and released at splash screen
Download mode is Vol Down + Power + Home Button
Can you get to either of the above .
jje
Oleq83 said:
Thanks for the reply.
I have tried resetting the phone but that didn't solve it.
I also tried to update the firmware, but I'm not able to, because when the phone restarts during the flashing proccess, the phone just stays off and won't power back on. I then have to re-insert the battery to power up the phone again, but then the flashing proccess is interrupted.
By the way. I don't have any experience with rooting android phones and don't know of another way to flash the phone, other than throught the "KIES" software or through the update function on the phone itself.
I'm not sure if the phone is rooted or has a custom firmware, but when I press vol up + home button when powering on the phone, I am presented with a menu that says ODIN, so not sure if that means the phone is rooted or not.
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You have a lot of information you need.
Odin is the utility used to flash firmwares/kernels/modems/etc to your phone. If that screen that says "Odin" says custom binary: no (or something similar) then it is LIKELY that it is not rooted, but you can root and reset this display with a few different techniques.
I've found Kies unreliable at best when attempting to update firmware, and have only used Odin. (since Kies never fully updated my firmware even once)
Read FAQs and stickies here.
Ok. Thanks for the help to both of you.
Tried to flash a stock firmware with the odin software, but after the phone powers off during the flashing proccess, it wont power back on.
So I have to re-insert the battery again, which interupts the flashing proccess.
So the water has propably done too much damage to the phone then and it's propably not a software fault.
I've ordered a new battery in case that is the cultprit, but if it's not, then I'll propably just sell the phone for spares.
At least the screen is in pretty good condition
Oleq83 said:
Ok. Thanks for the help to both of you.
Tried to flash a stock firmware with the odin software, but after the phone powers off during the flashing proccess, it wont power back on.
So I have to re-insert the battery again, which interupts the flashing proccess.
So the water has propably done too much damage to the phone then and it's propably not a software fault.
I've ordered a new battery in case that is the cultprit, but if it's not, then I'll propably just sell the phone for spares.
At least the screen is in pretty good condition
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Don't forget to press thanks the guys who helped you
I have big problem. A few days ago I Think that i bricked my phone. Only think which I can see on the screen when i turn on my phone is a logo of LG. All time is trying to load . The home button is lighing like when i turned on it before.
It's started when I format all system by a clockworkdmod. I don't know if can I repair that.
Any ideas ?
P.S Maybe any1 know how can i go into clockworkmod without console ? I think 'bout a combinations of keys in load screen.
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I have big problem. A few days ago I Think that i bricked my phone. Only think which I can see on the screen when i turn on my phone is a logo of LG. All time is trying to load . The home button is lighing like when i turned on it before.
It's started when I format all system by a clockworkdmod. I don't know if can I repair that.
Any ideas ?
P.S Maybe any1 know how can i go into clockworkmod without console ? I think 'bout a combinations of keys in load screen.
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Explain how you did that. Also can you get in emergency mode? Pull battery out. Wait 10 seconds and put it back. Hold the volume down key and plug an USB in the phone (Usb must be connected to pc in an USB 2 port).
To enter CWM, retire battery, use volume down + QuickMemo button + Power. When vibrates, quit the Power Button. If that doesn't help, flash the stock kdz using LG Flash Tool.
Hello and thank you for anyone bothering to read this.
I got a CAT S50 and was experiencing a bit of instability lately.
I've run LTE_S0201121.0_S50_0.023.00 without a hitch for a while, then it decided to crash several applications, from google play to any other app open.
That's when I decided to do a factory reset and see if it would help. Performed the rest without a hitch, but the errors kept coming back. At one point, the screen went black. I knew the phone was on because the backlit was working. I hard-reseted it (hold the power button for 30 seconds or more) and rebooted. The phone froze on the CAT splash logo screen and that's when I hard-reset it again. But when I tried to turn it on, the phone simply refused to work. No vibrate, sounds or anything. It's dead.
When I plug it on the computer's USB, the PC makes a sound as if it detected the device, but when I go to the device manager, I get this QHSUSB_BULK with the yellow exclamation mark
I want to know if it is possible to unbrick this phone and if so, if there is a tutorial or if someone can direct me to the correct procedure. I looked everywhere for the ftf file for this phone to attempt this with flashtool, but I simply can't find it.
ANY help of any form is greatly appreciated.
Sadly I had the same thing happen to me, just a black screen. It decided to delete recovery mode or I just cant get to it.
Power Off the Phone,
While pressing Press Vol Down + Cam Button insert a Powersource -- hold down Vol Down + Cam
Recoverymenu should start
Then flash the original rom via ADB Sideload or SD Card.
btw. i have flashed the LTE_S0201121.0_S50_0.023.00 but i want test older ROMs!
can anyone link or upload an older ROM ?
Guy i have the same issue, can you please help me
I got the same problem I search lots place but still nothing then normal update rom anyone can help?
Got a samsung s6 phone stuck on the startup logo, cant turn it off.
The only way i can interact with it is; volume down + power off that makes it just restart to the stuck logo.
Volume down + power button + home button - takes me to where i can download a custom firmware.
Thats pretty much it, cant do the volume up + power button for firmware reset or simply turn it off....
Haalp, tried to custome update it with a firmware to the phones version, still stuck on the startup logo..
BrokenSam said:
Got a samsung s6 phone stuck on the startup logo, cant turn it off.
The only way i can interact with it is; volume down + power off that makes it just restart to the stuck logo.
Volume down + power button + home button - takes me to where i can download a custom firmware.
Thats pretty much it, cant do the volume up + power button for firmware reset or simply turn it off....
Haalp, tried to custome update it with a firmware to the phones version, still stuck on the startup logo..
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I assume it's unremovable battery...damn i hate those phones with unremovable batteries, so have you tried volume up + power button + home button?
This should make you boot into recovery and be able to factory reset your phone.
MigoMujahid said:
I assume it's unremovable battery...damn i hate those phones with unremovable batteries, so have you tried volume up + power button + home button?
This should make you boot into recovery and be able to factory reset your phone.
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Cant remove battery, but got the original sticker on the back with the S/N and model number. SM-G920F. As i said in OP, thats not possible, cant get that option up. Cant even power off the device.
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Cant remove battery, but got the original sticker on the back with the S/N and model number. SM-G920F. As i said in OP, thats not possible, cant get that option up. Cant even power off the device.
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Ok, here's another 2 options you can do.
1-hold the power button only and see if that shuts it down.
2-leave it like that till the battery discharged completely, then charge it for a few minutes then try booting into recovery using the volume up with power and home buttons.
MigoMujahid said:
Ok, here's another 2 options you can do.
1-hold the power button only and see if that shuts it down.
2-leave it like that till the battery discharged completely, then charge it for a few minutes then try booting into recovery using the volume up with power and home buttons.
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Powerbutton wont shut it down, its drained now... But once i put the charger inn, i end up at the logo again. Cant get the flickering light on the back button to light for recoverymode.
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Powerbutton wont shut it down, its drained now... But once i put the charger inn, i end up at the logo again. Cant get the flickering light on the back button to light for recoverymode.
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Did you try to boot into recovery without putting it in charger?
Or plug it in the charger while holding volume up + home buttons?
MigoMujahid said:
Did you try to boot into recovery without putting it in charger?
Or plug it in the charger while holding volume up + home buttons?
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Tried the volume up + home + power... No respons at all.
The only thing i can get to work is volume down + home + power - takes me to a custome download software menu with the option to custom download or simply cancel/restart device.
Or volume down + power, for a simple restart that takes me back to the frozen samsung logo screen.
I tried to download a custom software compatible with the phones model in odin software and kias... Same result, back to frozen samsung screen.
Halp
BrokenSam said:
Tried the volume up + home + power... No respons at all.
The only thing i can get to work is volume down + home + power - takes me to a custome download software menu with the option to custom download or simply cancel/restart device.
Or volume down + power, for a simple restart that takes me back to the frozen samsung logo screen.
I tried to download a custom software compatible with the phones model in odin software and kias... Same result, back to frozen samsung screen.
Halp
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Your only solution is to reset data, but i don't know how, even if you tried adb but you don't have USB debugging enabled, so adb won't work, you're in some deep problem, try giving it to some service center he might have a software tool that can simply wipe data without troubles.
Some users say that holding the power button for 15 seconds should shut it down which didn't work for you either, so your only solution is to give it to a service center, it should cost you nothing, it's just a reset data....i guess.
This is a old phone, and its userdamage not softwarefail. Dont think the support will take that in for "fix".
Also not my phone, so i could not deliver it for service. Got it cause the owner wanted to trash it, but i could have it if i got it to work.
Found a software for my country, some version below 5.1.1 and 1 software over. But now i get fail in odin. Why do that happen?
The new error message i get when i download firmware thats for my country: [CM] SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:5, BINARY:4
BrokenSam said:
This is a old phone, and its userdamage not softwarefail. Dont think the support will take that in for "fix".
Also not my phone, so i could not deliver it for service. Got it cause the owner wanted to trash it, but i could have it if i got it to work.
Found a software for my country, some version below 5.1.1 and 1 software over. But now i get fail in odin. Why do that happen?
The new error message i get when i download firmware thats for my country: [CM] SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:5, BINARY:4
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You're trying to downgrade to an older bootloader which isn't recommended and will cause problems.
What do you mean by it's user damage, did you trip knox?
Or did you try to flash a custom recovery? Or you tried to root?
If no, and you got bootloop while the phone was upgrading, then it's not your fault, and it's a software damage.
If yes, then you should fix it anyway because if you didn't then it will be useless and the s6 isn't old like you said, it's still new, if you have an s2 like mine then you can call that old :silly:
MigoMujahid said:
You're trying to downgrade to an older bootloader which isn't recommended and will cause problems.
What do you mean by it's user damage, did you trip knox?
Or did you try to flash a custom recovery? Or you tried to root?
If no, and you got bootloop while the phone was upgrading, then it's not your fault, and it's a software damage.
If yes, then you should fix it anyway because if you didn't then it will be useless and the s6 isn't old like you said, it's still new, if you have an s2 like mine then you can call that old :silly:
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By userdamaged, i mean... Ehm, the owner probably downloaded some custome software or tried some kind of "jailbreak" i guess. I rlly dont know.
Just as i read online, this seems to be a hard brick of some kind... If i cant fix this on my own, its prolly going in the trash. Since i got it for free cause the owner wanted to trash it as he could not fix it.
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By userdamaged, i mean... Ehm, the owner probably downloaded some custome software or tried some kind of "jailbreak" i guess. I rlly dont know.
Just as i read online, this seems to be a hard brick of some kind... If i cant fix this on my own, its prolly going in the trash. Since i got it for free cause the owner wanted to trash it as he could not fix it.
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Hard brick means it's a hardware issue, so if you believe it's a hardware issue then there is nothing you can do, what i meant was you should "Ask" how much would repairing it will cost, if it's just a software problem then it should cost a little, and you will be the winner at the end because you got the phone for free and you made it work....and it's an s6 phone...Something i dream of LOL, and if it's a hardware issue and will cost you a fortune then throw it in the trash or sell it as a spare parts phone or something.
Sad news then Ill try to find out if its worth it.
I have pretty much tried everything i can at home. Anyways, thanks alot for the help