I have managed to "soft brick" my phone and I basically have bootloop where nothing except turning off from boot window is functional.
Volume Up/Down + Home + Power doesnt work. Aka recovery mode or neither Download mode.
At the moment I use ODIN program in computer.
The question is, that is there an alternative way to access in Download mode. I was told face to face that other devices have an schematic when/where cable and buttons should be pushed down.
At the moment I am waiting for JIG USB device that should allow bricked phone automatic access to Download mode. Then use ODIN to Flash ROM to reset everything.
Rooting was done by SuperSu program which also lead to brick after wrong update option. (Used HTC update)
Everything is OK.
The problem was that I was trying to go download and recovery mode after I had runned the system once before.
It should not be forgotten that button combination works only when everything starts from 0. Remove the battery and then press the buttons.
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I scanned looking for this specific issue. COuldnt find it.
I rooted, flashed to eugenes 2.2 froyo
Tried Rom Manager and fcw. However everytime I rebooted into recovery mode it would come up saying replacing rocvery mode with clockwors, restart (with samsung logo) and bring me back to Stock recovery mode..
Well, got tired... so...
Assigned myself a password lock to log into my phone and forgot it. (I have children)
To resolve me locking myself out of my machine...
I re-entered download mode. Flashed back to stock. Now I can enter Download mode, but not recovery mode to re-root, as going stock got rid of superuser, etc...
SO how do I get back into recovery mode.
nevermind.
I used thismethod and resolved the problem. Thanks
Recovery Mode:
With the phone powered off
UnPlug the USB cable.
Turn the phone on it’s side and use both thumbs to hold (left thumb) Vol Up and (right thumb) Vol Down
Press and hold the power button with your right index finger til you see "Virbant" release the power button and it should be on the recovery screen.
Today I have upgraded my phone with official CyanomodGen 7.2 Nightly version with CWM Recovery 5. When it started it worked fine, I flashed gapps, and everything was fine.
But I tried Conservative governor (default is on demand) in CyanomodGen options, and it worked fine, but when I turned the phone off, it doesn´t turn it on again. (battery is not the problem, I have two of them).
I tried everything, and it doesn't work (black screen), it doesn't turn it on (power button), and download mode doesn't work (down+home+power). When I press up + home + power, ir appears me only ARM9 mode.
What can I do? Is bricked my phone or can I repair it?
PS: Sorry about my english, but my native language is spanish.
u can try to force it into download mode. first take off battery, press the download mode button combination and then reinsert the battery while u still pressing the buttons.
I tried again with down volume+home+power, but it doesn't happen anything. (No download mode)
I tried to load ODIN with usb in the phone, and if I try up volume+home+power it appears "Emergency Dload Mode", but ODIN doesn't recognize the phone.
Now I'll try this option. It didn't work right now, but I'll still trying.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073233
Solved: I solved this problem. You must keep pressed down volume+home+power and put back your battery to the phone, while is connected with USB and with ODIN. Check this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073233
Just curious. is it possible? Recently my volume down key suddenly stops working for no known reason. And because my phone's recovery mode is triggered by volume down+power, i cant possibly enter recovery mode because of that problem.
Volume up+power is ok, but that's factory mode. This is a pain for me because if i cant go to recovery, if i got my phone bootloop in the future, i cant fix my phone. And i found one more problem, my pc wont detect my phone too. So basically if i got my phone bootlooped there's no solution to fix it. It only charges but adb and usb connected wont show in my status bar even the drivers is installed in my pc. Seems that two problem is linked.
So is it really possible? I want to make the key combination for my phone's recovery be power button+vol up not power but.+vol down.
And i dont find factory mode useful so i will dispose it.
aeonfox said:
Just curious. is it possible? Recently my volume down key suddenly stops working for no known reason. And because my phone's recovery mode is triggered by volume down+power, i cant possibly enter recovery mode because of that problem.
Volume up+power is ok, but that's factory mode. This is a pain for me because if i cant go to recovery, if i got my phone bootloop in the future, i cant fix my phone. And i found one more problem, my pc wont detect my phone too. So basically if i got my phone bootlooped there's no solution to fix it. It only charges but adb and usb connected wont show in my status bar even the drivers is installed in my pc. Seems that two problem is linked.
So is it really possible? I want to make the key combination for my phone's recovery be power button+vol up not power but.+vol down.
And i dont find factory mode useful so i will dispose it.
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somebody?
Hi,
I own galaxy s3 i9000, currently on custom rom. My phone automatically rebooted and got stuck on bootloop. If I am able to enter in recovery mode, i can wipe cache(which may can help to get out of bootloop). But the problem is I am unable to enter into recovery mode because phone's volume up button is not working and my phone auto reboots every time after power off or reinserting battery. Is there any other way to clear cache or enter into recovery mode?
I dont want to flash my stock rom via odin (because i didnt backup my some important apps and msgs), this will be my last option.
sorry for my bad english
The normal way I get my phone into recovery mode from the PC is using ADB and the command: "adb reboot recovery". However, I bet this won't work in your case for one of several possible reasons: depending on when the bootloop occurs in the boot process, the phone may never reach a point where ADB is able to see your phone in the first place; if this is happening after a flashing a new custom ROM, then also it's unlikely that USB debugging is turned and the PC is not yet authorized to connect with it over ADB.
Another thought, could your power button be stuck down? I had a GS3 SCH-I535 several years ago and the power switch went bad on it, it would keep rebooting, shutting down randomly, or I'd be unable to turn on the screen. I had a switch replaced and it was fine after that. I don't think it's normal for the phone to automatically boot up when you reinsert the battery, that's why I bring that up. Maybe you can wiggle the power button a bit and try to unstick it if that's the case.
I tried to remove and stick back the power button again, but still it didnt worked. By the way fixing power button will not help me to get into recovery mode as my phone's volume up button is also not working, and recently I found out that I cant enter into download mode too because when I press respective buttons (volume down + home + power) for download mode, it gives warning msg to click 'volume up' buttton to enter into download mode or 'volume down' to reboot. Therefore again volume up button is required to enter into download mode too. So the only option remained for me is to visit service center and fix the volume up button.
Recently did factory reset for my i9100, downloaded reboot manager and rebooted into recovery from that app.
Now I can't get out of recovery mode since power button doesnt work in there and my middle button is broken too.
VolUp and VolDwn work everywhere and I can turn phone on by power button.
Any help? I'm on 2.2.3
edit/ i also rooted the phone recently with kingroot via pc
Hi @noupls,
To get out of recovery mode, you need to take out your phone battery.
Once your phone is off, reinsert the battery. Then go into download mode (press and hold volume down + power button + home).
Once in download mode, flash stock ROM via ODIN (if you've already download the firmware files).
Saber.
With broken buttons, you're pretty much stuffed whatever you do with the device. You NEED to get them repaired/replaced ASAP.
In recovery, there should be an option
REBOOT SYSTEM (NOW)
With your broken buttons I'm pretty sure that'll be the only thing that works.