So i hoping someone could give me a hand i have exhausted all of my ideas
My Soft key buttons on the bottom of the phone (menu, home, back, search) have stopped working entirely phone is completely stock never rooted flashed or changed in anyway my first thought was maybe it was a software problem so i booted into recovery my holding vol +/- and power and tried to clear the cache (worth a shot right?) but in Samsung's infinite wisdom they use the Home soft key as select so i am unable to select wipe cache and naturally am unable to select Reboot system as well. i pull out the battery to restart the phone but to my horror the phone automatically reboots into the recovery screen... wtf! tried every combination of buttons physical and soft but i cant select anything in the recovery screen you name it i tried it short and long press of everything even tried booting holding different keys just for the sake of trying.
also tried to connect via adb while in recovery to send a "adb reboot" command but adb will not detect the device tried using every Samsung driver i could get my hands on maybe i am missing something here?
Next i tried rebooting with odin using an empty tar file as mentioned here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766399 but it only restarts to the... recovery screen.... for the love of god.
I'm out of ideas and any help would be appreciated i have no insurance and i have another year before I'm up for a renewal.
your phone sounds broken. deactivate it with VZW and go buy something else on swappa/ebay. (i personally recommend the S3, Gnex, or, **** you get another fassy if you want)
Hey dude, I have the stock Verizon ROM and boot loaders installing those should fix your problem and if you don't want to lose what's in your phone I'm afraid friend you're **** out of luck. Pm or call 423 400 6484 I'll give you the pass to the Google drive I use to send ROMs and such. Good luck.
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Seeing as the buttons don't work in recovery, what do you think will be fixed by clearing a cache? It's called recovery because it doesn't use that stuff.
Best bet? Try flashing a custom rom which had soft key support and enable them right away. With this phone's penchant for phantom key presses you may have just improved your experience with this phone by having them die.
Time to pony up and flash a real rom
Use Odin to flash a custom recovery, As the last poster said, flash a custom ROM with on-screen key options and use that from now on.
I never use my soft keys in recovery as the power button selects all the options I've ever needed. Have you tried using the power button to select on your phone?
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Hey guys,
I am rocking the DNA but while working on my car yesterday, I shattered the front of my phone to the point where there are so many cracks that I can't see anything. So I am looking around for other options and one that I am considering is the Galaxy S4 Developer Edition for Verizon Wireless. I want a phone (on VZW) that I can unlock, root and run CM10.1/10.2 or AOSPA on and the normal S4 isn't quite there yet. So I had a couple of questions to people who have the Dev Edition,
1) I found a thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2339849) that details how to root/unlock the developer edition, is that method still valid to follow?
2) What is the process to flash a non-TW ROM on the dev edition like CM10.1 or something? For anyone who's running CM/AOSPA on an S4 dev edition, how well does it work?
3) This would be my first Samsung smartphone and I see a lot of Samsung specific lingo that I don't quite understand, is there a central place that I can find that information other than El Goog?
Thanks,
Developers Edition I though came unlocked...its base Jelly Bean Android..no TouchWiz UI.
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chrishoyt2012 said:
Developers Edition I though came unlocked...its base Jelly Bean Android..no TouchWiz UI.
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I am pretty sure that the dev editions come with touchwiz and just as much bloat. I think you might be thinking of the GPE maybe? I might be wrong, don't have near enough money to get it so I wouldn't know for a while.
OctaviusMaximus said:
I am pretty sure that the dev editions come with touchwiz and just as much bloat. I think you might be thinking of the GPE maybe? I might be wrong, don't have near enough money to get it so I wouldn't know for a while.
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http://m.cnet.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s4-developer-edition-debuts-for-verizon-users/57590929?ds=1
So from this site it has touchwiz but is unlocked..
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dev edition comes with an unlocked bootloader, but is still tw. there is a root method, and it can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381382
as for cm/aosp roms, i can't help you there since i stick with the tw-based roms like hyperdrive, which is my dd. here is the cm thread for the s4 though: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305263
i am not a developer, and i know just enough about computers to be dangerous to myself. however, i have learned a lot just be reading different threads, and anything i didn't understand or couldn't figure out i just googled it.
good luck!
OctaviusMaximus said:
Hey guys,
I am rocking the DNA but while working on my car yesterday, I shattered the front of my phone to the point where there are so many cracks that I can't see anything. So I am looking around for other options and one that I am considering is the Galaxy S4 Developer Edition for Verizon Wireless. I want a phone (on VZW) that I can unlock, root and run CM10.1/10.2 or AOSPA on and the normal S4 isn't quite there yet. So I had a couple of questions to people who have the Dev Edition,
1) I found a thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2339849) that details how to root/unlock the developer edition, is that method still valid to follow?
2) What is the process to flash a non-TW ROM on the dev edition like CM10.1 or something? For anyone who's running CM/AOSPA on an S4 dev edition, how well does it work?
3) This would be my first Samsung smartphone and I see a lot of Samsung specific lingo that I don't quite understand, is there a central place that I can find that information other than El Goog?
Thanks,
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I am a Dev S4 owner and I can tell you that the root and ROM methods are extremely easy. The only thing is that we do not have any factory images to fall back to (as a safety net in case you screw something up) - but once you become versed and more advanced, check out this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483619) which is a compilation of stock images for the various partitions of the Dev S4 on I545OYUAMDK (boot, recovery, system, etc - you will need Heimdall to flash these). So first thing of order once a custom recovery is installed is to do a full Nandroid Backup. That will serve as your safety net.
The phone comes bootloader unlocked. First thing would be download the latest samsung USB drivers (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I545ZKAVZW - then scroll down and choose the downloads tab. download the EXE and install). In order to root the phone, the easiest way would be to reboot the phone into download mode (volume down+power, you will see a warning, press volume up to enter download mode). Once in download mode connect the phone to your PC. Download Odin 3.07 or Odin 3.09 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539) along with either Philz Touch Recovery IMG (http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=18376#files - you want the latest jfltevzw.tar.md5 file, 5.18.2 (http://d-h.st/HZD)) for a clockworkmod based recovery or TeamWin's TWRP recovery (http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181 - done through Goo Manager on the app store). Once Odin is loaded and your phone is recognized (you will see it listed on a comm port under the text that says "ID:COM", make sure ONLY "Auto Reboot and "F. Reset Time" are checked....everything else must be unchecked! Very important (double check and recheck, especially that Re-Partition is UNchecked)! Load your recovery tar.md5 file into the PDA slot on the right (actually middle of the window). Once loaded and your phone is recognized and you have made sure the two boxes are the only ones checked, hit the Start button.
If all goes well, your phone will reboot and you will see the word "pass" in green in the upper left above the ID:COM field. Test your custom recovery by booting into it. To enter recovery power of your phone. Then hold down "Volume Up" + The Home Button and the Power button all at once. Once you feel the phone vibrate, let go of the Power button but keep the Volume up and home button pressed, you will see small blue text in the upper left corner of the phone and you will soon be in recovery. Once in recovery make a nandroid backup, preferably your external sdcard. Once done, reboot the phone to TouchWiz.
In the meantime, download the latest SuperSu package (http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip?retrieve_file=1) and put it on your External SD Card. Once done, power off your phone. Again, to enter recovery hold down "Volume Up + The Home Button and the Power button. Once you feel the phone vibrate, let go of the Power button but keep the Volume up and home button pressed, you will see small blue text in the upper left corner of the phone and you will soon be in recovery. Once in recovery choose "Install Zip" and select sdcard1 (or external card) and then selct the Supersu zip and proceed to flash. Reboot your phone and you should have full root and custom recovery.
OctaviusMaximus said:
Hey guys,
I am rocking the DNA but while working on my car yesterday, I shattered the front of my phone to the point where there are so many cracks that I can't see anything. So I am looking around for other options and one that I am considering is the Galaxy S4 Developer Edition for Verizon Wireless. I want a phone (on VZW) that I can unlock, root and run CM10.1/10.2 or AOSPA on and the normal S4 isn't quite there yet. So I had a couple of questions to people who have the Dev Edition,
1) I found a thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2339849) that details how to root/unlock the developer edition, is that method still valid to follow?
2) What is the process to flash a non-TW ROM on the dev edition like CM10.1 or something? For anyone who's running CM/AOSPA on an S4 dev edition, how well does it work?
3) This would be my first Samsung smartphone and I see a lot of Samsung specific lingo that I don't quite understand, is there a central place that I can find that information other than El Goog?
Thanks,
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I have the Verizon Developer Edition S4. It comes with an unlocked bootloader (no action on your part required). To root you just place the SuperSU (or other su) on your external sd card and flash. There is another way to root, but you loose your stock kernel in the process...not recommended. Custom recoveries vary, but PHilZ and TWRP 2.5.0.2 are the most commonly used. TWRP seems to be the most preferred and most successful when flashing AOSP ROMS...that's just my experience. The phone will come with MDK system etc. And yes, the stock ROM is TW and all the bloat you get with a retail version is there also.
Skeetch79 said:
I am a Dev S4 owner and I can tell you that the root and ROM methods are extremely easy. The only thing is that we do not have any factory images to fall back to (as a safety net in case you screw something up) - but once you become versed and more advanced, check out this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483619) which is a compilation of stock images for the various partitions of the Dev S4 on I545OYUAMDK (boot, recovery, system, etc - you will need Heimdall to flash these). So first thing of order once a custom recovery is installed is to do a full Nandroid Backup. That will serve as your safety net.
The phone comes bootloader unlocked. First thing would be download the latest samsung USB drivers (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I545ZKAVZW - then scroll down and choose the downloads tab. download the EXE and install). In order to root the phone, the easiest way would be to reboot the phone into download mode (volume down+power, you will see a warning, press volume up to enter download mode). Once in download mode connect the phone to your PC. Download Odin 3.07 or Odin 3.09 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539) along with either Philz Touch Recovery IMG (http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=18376#files - you want the latest jfltevzw.tar.md5 file, 5.18.2 (http://d-h.st/HZD)) for a clockworkmod based recovery or TeamWin's TWRP recovery (http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181 - done through Goo Manager on the app store). Once Odin is loaded and your phone is recognized (you will see it listed on a comm port under the text that says "ID:COM", make sure ONLY "Auto Reboot and "F. Reset Time" are checked....everything else must be unchecked! Very important (double check and recheck, especially that Re-Partition is UNchecked)! Load your recovery tar.md5 file into the PDA slot on the right (actually middle of the window). Once loaded and your phone is recognized and you have made sure the two boxes are the only ones checked, hit the Start button.
If all goes well, your phone will reboot and you will see the word "pass" in green in the upper left above the ID:COM field. Test your custom recovery by booting into it. To enter recovery power of your phone. Then hold down "Volume Up" + The Home Button and the Power button all at once. Once you feel the phone vibrate, let go of the Power button but keep the Volume up and home button pressed, you will see small blue text in the upper left corner of the phone and you will soon be in recovery. Once in recovery make a nandroid backup, preferably your external sdcard. Once done, reboot the phone to TouchWiz.
In the meantime, download the latest SuperSu package (http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip?retrieve_file=1) and put it on your External SD Card. Once done, power off your phone. Again, to enter recovery hold down "Volume Up + The Home Button and the Power button. Once you feel the phone vibrate, let go of the Power button but keep the Volume up and home button pressed, you will see small blue text in the upper left corner of the phone and you will soon be in recovery. Once in recovery choose "Install Zip" and select sdcard1 (or external card) and then selct the Supersu zip and proceed to flash. Reboot your phone and you should have full root and custom recovery.
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Your post is impressively detailed and it actually answered all my questions. Thanks!
Skeetch79 said:
I am a Dev S4 owner and I can tell you that the root and ROM methods are extremely easy. The only thing is that we do not have any factory images to fall back to (as a safety net in case you screw something up) - but once you become versed and more advanced, check out this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483619) which is a compilation of stock images for the various partitions of the Dev S4 on I545OYUAMDK (boot, recovery, system, etc - you will need Heimdall to flash these). So first thing of order once a custom recovery is installed is to do a full Nandroid Backup. That will serve as your safety net.
The phone comes bootloader unlocked. First thing would be download the latest samsung USB drivers (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I545ZKAVZW - then scroll down and choose the downloads tab. download the EXE and install). In order to root the phone, the easiest way would be to reboot the phone into download mode (volume down+power, you will see a warning, press volume up to enter download mode). Once in download mode connect the phone to your PC. Download Odin 3.07 or Odin 3.09 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539) along with either Philz Touch Recovery IMG (http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=18376#files - you want the latest jfltevzw.tar.md5 file, 5.18.2 (http://d-h.st/HZD)) for a clockworkmod based recovery or TeamWin's TWRP recovery (http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181 - done through Goo Manager on the app store). Once Odin is loaded and your phone is recognized (you will see it listed on a comm port under the text that says "ID:COM", make sure ONLY "Auto Reboot and "F. Reset Time" are checked....everything else must be unchecked! Very important (double check and recheck, especially that Re-Partition is UNchecked)! Load your recovery tar.md5 file into the PDA slot on the right (actually middle of the window). Once loaded and your phone is recognized and you have made sure the two boxes are the only ones checked, hit the Start button.
If all goes well, your phone will reboot and you will see the word "pass" in green in the upper left above the ID:COM field. Test your custom recovery by booting into it. To enter recovery power of your phone. Then hold down "Volume Up" + The Home Button and the Power button all at once. Once you feel the phone vibrate, let go of the Power button but keep the Volume up and home button pressed, you will see small blue text in the upper left corner of the phone and you will soon be in recovery. Once in recovery make a nandroid backup, preferably your external sdcard. Once done, reboot the phone to TouchWiz.
In the meantime, download the latest SuperSu package (http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip?retrieve_file=1) and put it on your External SD Card. Once done, power off your phone. Again, to enter recovery hold down "Volume Up + The Home Button and the Power button. Once you feel the phone vibrate, let go of the Power button but keep the Volume up and home button pressed, you will see small blue text in the upper left corner of the phone and you will soon be in recovery. Once in recovery choose "Install Zip" and select sdcard1 (or external card) and then selct the Supersu zip and proceed to flash. Reboot your phone and you should have full root and custom recovery.
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Very nice of you to post such a detailed answer for him.
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joshm.1219 said:
Very nice of you to post such a detailed answer for him.
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I enjoy helping.v That is what this community should be about. .. sharing experiences and information. Sometimes though you will find some people are reluctant but I believe that you can help others from your own experiences
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Great response Skeetch79!!
FYI: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637686
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Hi,
After installing new Kitkat on my P710, command (in terminal) 'reboot recovery' no longer works-only message:no such tool. Apps from market same don't reboot device in recovery. Only way to reach recovery is to turn off device, and press key combination, or with pc through adb command. I try to start it from system/bin (where IS reboot command) but with 'no such tool' result. Same is for simple 'reboot' from terminal.
Is someone have solution for this issue/bug?
Any advice is welcome.
Sorry for my english.
maxx_hr said:
Hi,
After installing new Kitkat on my P710, command (in terminal) 'reboot recovery' no longer works-only message:no such tool. Apps from market same don't reboot device in recovery. Only way to reach recovery is to turn off device, and press key combination, or with pc through adb command. I try to start it from system/bin (where IS reboot command) but with 'no such tool' result. Same is for simple 'reboot' from terminal.
Is someone have solution for this issue/bug?
Any advice is welcome.
Sorry for my english.
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Don't know if it'll help you (I haven't installed KK on my P714 yet, due to the problems with Amiga's link), but the way I reach recovery menu in JB is using the advanced power menu, enabled from GravityBox Xposed module. You should try it if you are rooted (and besides, GravityBox is the best module I know for tweaking your device). Reason I think there's a slim chance it'll work is the fact that unlike other apps, GB/Xposed are considered to be part of the kernel, so they may work in a different way comparing to other apps. Give it a shot.
Usage: Install Xposed framework and then install GravityBox for KK module, There, from Power Tweaks menu, enable Advanced Reboot Menu. After that you should get the reboot to recovery option.
Digdis said:
Don't know if it'll help you (I haven't installed KK on my P714 yet, due to the problems with Amiga's link), but the way I reach recovery menu in JB is using the advanced power menu, enabled from GravityBox Xposed module. You should try it if you are rooted (and besides, GravityBox is the best module I know for tweaking your device). Reason I think there's a slim chance it'll work is the fact that unlike other apps, GB/Xposed are considered to be part of the kernel, so they may work in a different way comparing to other apps. Give it a shot.
Usage: Install Xposed framework and then install GravityBox for KK module, There, from Power Tweaks menu, enable Advanced Reboot Menu. After that you should get the reboot to recovery option.
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Yes, gravity box's power menu works properly, but this app is to heavy for this simple feature,
I want to know why normal command dont work.
Thanks anyway.
maxx_hr said:
Yes, gravity box's power menu works properly, but this app is to heavy for this simple feature,
I want to know why normal command dont work.
Thanks anyway.
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No problem. As I said before, GB can be used for many other tweaks, and the power menu is just one of them. I wouldn't call it heavy either, as it's not a regular app, but something that's more blended with the kernel.
As for your question, I guess this is yet another diversion from the standard ROMs from LG...
I just got a samsung a7 lite from my coaching. They using knox which even prevents from unlocking developer options so I cannot install custom rom as unlocking bootloader is too important.The only options I'm left are the options which show when u press power and volume up button
were you able to find any solutions?
Out of curiosity, is it a care.coach tablet?