I'm having an issue with my phone volume down button. Even though I can physically press it without any problem ,the phone itself won't detect keypress. So I cant even go to download mode.
At first I have tried to clean the cache,dalvic and tried the same rom - not working
Tried that volume up+ power thing while it turn on ... not working
cleaned the phone physically but there were no dust or anything -not working
Installed original rom after formatting my partitions still not working
Still my phone stuck with safe mode. If this issue cant be fixed can anyone suggest me to disable safe mode in this phone or suggest me a rom which is not having safemode function . I know it's really dumb question to ask. But I have no other option to left .
please help me out !
@SLDarKprince, step out of safemode by hard reset:
press Power for ≈5s.
Reboot into downloadmode via TerminalEmulator:
su
reboot download
or into recovery:
reboot recovery
rp158 said:
@SLDarKprince, step out of safemode by hard reset:
press Power for ≈5s.
Reboot into downloadmode via TerminalEmulator:
su
reboot download
or into recovery:
reboot recovery
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I have already tried it many times. But whenever i restart after app installing - it will change back to safemode.
btw thanks for the reply mate. can you please suggest any other way ...
How can you flash firmware and following factory reset without working volume switch?
rp158 said:
How can you flash firmware and following factory reset without working volume switch?
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the rom which i used , had power option menu which include "recovery,download,power off,restart". So i hadnt any issue with it. Also at that time it detect vol.down button sometimes. But now.. it dosent work at all
...so it wasn't firmware. And flashing firmware by Odin would be the way to repair any software-bug. But unlikely, that you manage it without power buttons.
A new phone?
rp158 said:
...so it wasn't firmware. And flashing firmware by Odin would be the way to repair any software-bug. But unlikely, that you manage it without power buttons.
A new phone?
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oops are you sure? aren't there any other way to force-disable safe mode in OS.
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Hello,
Basically I got the same problem like this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2407711
Everything was working until one day I found out that the power button and volume keys were doing nothing. So I restarted the the phone and it booted up and buttons begun to work except the volume down. And it was in the safe mode
Tried restarting, removing battery for few minutes, shorting battery pins for few seconds while battery is removed and its still stuck in the safe mode.
Phone was running OMEGA ROM when this happened and I tried flashing stock 4.1.2 ROM and 4.2.2 ROM but nothing changed. still stuck in the safe mode.
I can access the recovery and download modes but volume down or up doesnt work on stock recovery so I flashed CWM touch.
Thought it was a hardware problem and tried replacing the flex cable with buttons and even tried powering on without the connecting the flex cable connector. but still stuck in the safe mode and volume down isn't working.
I don't have warranty remaining and I'm trying to find a way to make this come out from the safe mode. Do you have any suggestions? I dont mind the stuck volume key if I can force this out from the safe mode.
Please help
USB Recovery jig to access download mode and flash stock firmware .
Ruchira88 said:
Hello,
Basically I got the same problem like this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2407711
Everything was working until one day I found out that the power button and volume keys were doing nothing. So I restarted the the phone and it booted up and buttons begun to work except the volume down. And it was in the safe mode
Tried restarting, removing battery for few minutes, shorting battery pins for few seconds while battery is removed and its still stuck in the safe mode.
Phone was running OMEGA ROM when this happened and I tried flashing stock 4.1.2 ROM and 4.2.2 ROM but nothing changed. still stuck in the safe mode.
I can access the recovery and download modes but volume down or up doesnt work on stock recovery so I flashed CWM touch.
Thought it was a hardware problem and tried replacing the flex cable with buttons and even tried powering on without the connecting the flex cable connector. but still stuck in the safe mode and volume down isn't working.
I don't have warranty remaining and I'm trying to find a way to make this come out from the safe mode. Do you have any suggestions? I dont mind the stuck volume key if I can force this out from the safe mode.
Please help
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is the phone switching on and off normally? i mean can you use the phone like for calling etc..?
sriram231092 said:
is the phone switching on and off normally? i mean can you use the phone like for calling etc..?
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Yep works as it should. No other problems whatsoever
Ruchira88 said:
Yep works as it should. No other problems whatsoever
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if the phone is not rooted, root it. if already rooted, install CWM manager. from it you can directly enter recovery mode and download mode. though the app is not fully safe, i prefer it as there is no help from the hardware. good luck
sriram231092 said:
if the phone is not rooted, root it. if already rooted, install CWM manager. from it you can directly enter recovery mode and download mode. though the app is not fully safe, i prefer it as there is no help from the hardware. good luck
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Well I have already rooted and installed CWM touch so no problem there. I can access the recovery and download mode without a problem. its just volume buttons doesnt work on stock recovery
Ruchira88 said:
Well I have already rooted and installed CWM touch so no problem there. I can access the recovery and download mode without a problem. its just volume buttons doesnt work on stock recovery
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oh! fine. then flash the touch recovery! it does not need volume buttons
sriram231092 said:
oh! fine. then flash the touch recovery! it does not need volume buttons
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well this is the third time I'm mentioning that I already flashed CWM touch recovery
I dont care about booting to recovery or anything else. Its just phone is stuck in safe mode
Ruchira88 said:
well this is the third time I'm mentioning that I already flashed CWM touch recovery
I dont care about booting to recovery or anything else. Its just phone is stuck in safe mode
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factory reset?
sriram231092 said:
factory reset?
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It seems like you haven't read my original post Factory reset doesnt help. I even tried flashing ROM's via odin. Nothing solved the problem.
I guess there should be a way to force out safe mode just like there is a way to come out from factory mode
Ruchira88 said:
It seems like you haven't read my original post Factory reset doesnt help. I even tried flashing ROM's via odin. Nothing solved the problem.
I guess there should be a way to force out safe mode just like there is a way to come out from factory mode
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yes! reset the flash counter and flash stock f/w and hand over the phone to samsung service center if you would like to. by the way you didn't reply to the post by JJE? tried that?
Ruchira88 said:
It seems like you haven't read my original post Factory reset doesnt help. I even tried flashing ROM's via odin. Nothing solved the problem.
I guess there should be a way to force out safe mode just like there is a way to come out from factory mode
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Try searching Safe mode thousands of posts .
Basically this one has the answers that work for some .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092156
JJEgan said:
USB Recovery jig to access download mode and flash stock firmware .
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I have no issues on accessing Download mode or recovery mode. Its just that i cant get out of safe mode
This is hardware problem.
Hi guys.
I seriously need help right now.
My friend bought an s2 i9100 in cheep which was stuck on bootloop and he thought it could be repaired.
so we don't know what caused the problem.
But i was surprised that few repair shops weren't able to fix it.
let me explain the problem:-
when we hold power button or plug in a charger it show the logo, goes into recovery and reboots repeating it in loop.
so whenever i charge it goes into this loop.
we can use volume up & down key in those 2-3 seconds in recovery but not the power key.
we can access download mode and it doesn't reboots automatically but going into recovery mode manually also start this loop.
it's like we are only going in recovery mode again & again.
i installed this file "I9100XWLPW_I9100ODDLPC_I9100DDLPB_HOME.tar.md5" through odin and also used the pit file "I9100_STOCK-System_2GB-Data_512MB-Preload.pit" but nothing changed.
i don't know what to do now.
i cant find any gingerbread rom to test.
i don't know how it can be fixed,
so please help me.
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After doing a lot of things I finally managed to boot into system but the problem is not solved.
I flashed i9100XXLSJ which had modem and CSC files other than the PDA only.
The device actually booted in system (just the samsung logo) but it was a bootloop.
This time I kept holding power button by which the bootloop stopped and it successfuly booted but power button is not working inside the system so I can't reboot, power off or even switch on the screen.
By holding down up vol + home + power for a considerable long time I can boot into recovery. But again the power button is not working so I can't select any option.
I flashed a cwm touch recovery which is working.
So can anyone tell me what is the problem here and what can I do to actually fix it.
If you have problems with flashing stock ROM, consider flashing a custom ROM, like Cyanogenmod.
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If you have problems with flashing stock ROM, consider flashing a custom ROM, like Cyanogenmod.
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The problem is not about flashing it's about the bootloop & tell me can I flash cyanogenmod with Odin?
@kuro2052
Try flashing the 4.1.2 JellyBean leak ROM via ODIN linked in this thread (scroll down to you see "Another option for i9100"):
[GUIDE][Troubleshoot a failed Odin flash]
This will factory reset the device which may hopefully resolve your problems.
gsstudios
gsstudios said:
@kuro2052
Try flashing the 4.1.2 JellyBean leak ROM via ODIN linked in this thread (scroll down to you see "Another option for i9100"):
[GUIDE][Troubleshoot a failed Odin flash]
This will factory reset the device which may hopefully resolve your problems.
gsstudios
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Actually the ROM you are talking about is the ROM which I flashed which is mentioned in my second post " update".
PDA = CODE_I9100XXLSJ.tar
PHONE = MODEM_I9100XXLS6.tar
CSC = CSC_HOME_OXX_I9100OXXLS1.tar.
That's how I got this far, previously it was impossible to boot into system.
kuro2052 said:
After doing a lot of things I finally managed to boot into system but the problem is not solved.
I flashed i9100XXLSJ which had modem and CSC files other than the PDA only.
The device actually booted in system (just the samsung logo) but it was a bootloop.
This time I kept holding power button by which the bootloop stopped and it successfuly booted but power button is not working inside the system so I can't reboot, power off or even switch on the screen.
By holding down up vol + home + power for a considerable long time I can boot into recovery. But again the power button is not working so I can't select any option.
I flashed a cwm touch recovery which is working.
So can anyone tell me what is the problem here and what can I do to actually fix it.
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In CWM touch recovery, you can swipe (or touch) to confirm the option.
Try factory reset. Reboot.
If that doesn't help, try wiping system, cache and data.
Let me know how that goes
gsstudios
gsstudios said:
In CWM touch recovery, you can swipe (or touch) to confirm the option.
Try factory reset. Reboot.
If that doesn't help, try wiping system, cache and data.
Let me know how that goes
gsstudios
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Wiping data/factory reset and cache doesn't solve the problem.
There is format option in 'mounts and storage' so I formated system, data, cache & also emmc. But the bootloop is not gone. The only thing that is gone is the ROM because of those formats. I have yet to to install the ROM again.
maybe is a faulty power button... Do u have to push it down a little harder than normal?
affigne said:
maybe is a faulty power button... Do u have to push it down a little harder than normal?
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It might be the problem of power button. Sometimes it boots as soon as I put the battery. It always boot when I plug in charger. Sometimes it boots after I press and hold the power key for maybe 15 second & sometimes it doesn't boot when holding power key & I have leave hold again to boot it. And important thing is when it boots, I have to hold the power key until the key lights up to stop it from bootloop but then the power is Jo longer functional in system. Same goes for recovery. But this is the only till nowROM which actually boots into system. Other ROMs were booting into recovery automatically.
I wanted to test cyanogenmod but I am not able to install twrp. I followed the steps here using HeimdallSuite https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys2i9100.html
I had no problem in the steps but the recovery is not actually replaced when I boot into it.
The recovery that I have currently is not able to flash isorec_twrp or any cyanogenmod directly. It always shows error code 7.
I am going to replace the power button with my friend's s2 (other friend who have an s2 laying around) only to see it works.
Anyways tell me how to install twrp successfuly.
The actual power button needs to soldered, I thought It would be a connector, so I am not going to do that. But as far as I can tell, the plastic button isn't the problem.
kuro2052 said:
It might be the problem of power button. Sometimes it boots as soon as I put the battery. It always boot when I plug in charger. Sometimes it boots after I press and hold the power key for maybe 15 second & sometimes it doesn't boot when holding power key & I have leave hold again to boot it. And important thing is when it boots, I have to hold the power key until the key lights up to stop it from bootloop but then the power is Jo longer functional in system. Same goes for recovery. But this is the only till nowROM which actually boots into system. Other ROMs were booting into recovery automatically.
I wanted to test cyanogenmod but I am not able to install twrp. I followed the steps here using HeimdallSuite https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys2i9100.html
I had no problem in the steps but the recovery is not actually replaced when I boot into it.
The recovery that I have currently is not able to flash isorec_twrp or any cyanogenmod directly. It always shows error code 7.
I am going to replace the power button with my friend's s2 (other friend who have an s2 laying around) only to see it works.
Anyways tell me how to install twrp successfuly.
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Since I was on leaked JB firmware, what I did was to install philz recovery via android stock recovery, then install latest dorimanx isorec recovery/kernel, then install TWRP...
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kuro2052 said:
The actual power button needs to soldered, I thought It would be a connector, so I am not going to do that. But as far as I can tell, the plastic button isn't the problem.
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check the battery contacts...
Hello there, I own a galaxy s3 for quite a while and I remember I rooted the device and flashed the Revolutionary S5 ROM via odin long time ago (I did all this with the help of several youtube videos because I am an ignorant in this matter).
But well the problem started when I was going to make a factory reset to the phone because I lent it to a friend and when I got it back I just wanted to clean it and wipe all the info. I entered to recovery mode (twrp) and by accident I wiped all the phone had including te OS. I noticed it because when I was going to power off the phone in recovery mode it told me that there was no OS.
So now the phone is in a bootloop, because when I try to turn it on I only see the samsung galaxy logo and thats it, the same when I plug the phone to the power it only shows the battery screen.
I also have the problem with the volume up key that doesnt work so I cant access the recovery mode. Only the download mode using the volume down+home+lock button combination but still i cant do anything because of the volume up buttom that doesnt work.
If someone can help me with this problem I would really appreciatte it. Explaining me like a 5 yo.
Do you have access to a USB jig that will force the phone into download mode?
audit13 said:
Do you have access to a USB jig that will force the phone into download mode?
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No I dont, I can enter download mode by pressing the volume down + home+ lock button. But after that I cant do anything else because in download mode it tells me to press volume up to continue and volumen down to cancel. And unfortunately my volume up button doesnt work.
Any ideas?
The jig will put the phone into download mode, no buttons required.
To use the jig, remove battery, insert jig, insert battery.
audit13 said:
The jig will put the phone into download mode, no buttons required.
To use the jig, remove battery, insert jig, insert battery.
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Thanks, I will try to find a usb jig and do that.
Any other way I can get into download mode without the jig?
I don't know of any other way to get into download mode.
The jig works with many models of Samsung phones.
Op states he can access download mode but not recovery. Flash the latest stock firmware twice via odin and factory reset in between flashes. Make sure the firmware matches your phone region etc and must android 4.3.
Beamed in by telepathy.
shivadow said:
Op states he can access download mode but not recovery. Flash a stock rom twice via odin and factory reset in between flashes.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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Sorry to bother you but can you tell in depth how to do that without using the volume up key, because I cant fully access the download mode. I just get stuck in the screen that says press volume up to continue or volume down to cancel.
Solved.
Maybe its not the best way to fix it but I inserted a little blade into the volume buttons and took the button out, I clean it a little bit and inserted it so that the volume up key could function (not fully). So that way I accessed recovery mode and flashed the rom I had using an extsd card where I previously copied the zip of the rom. Now I will flash the stock rom twice and who know from there.
Thanks all for your answers
gera092 said:
Sorry to bother you but can you tell in depth how to do that without using the volume up key, because I cant fully access the download mode. I just get stuck in the screen that says press volume up to continue or volume down to cancel.
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Ah, ok then that isn't download mode at all.
Looks like you'd be best sending it to a repair shop because at this point you need the buttons working. You could dismantle the phone and short the button pad with a small metallic object but if your skills don't range to that i would advise against it as it is very easy to damage the component when shorting it out manually.
Beamed in by telepathy.
Hey everybody. I was recently playing around with SlimKat for a bit but I wiped data and It's in a bootloop (I think) .Unfortunately, the home button on my S2 is broken, so I am unable to get to recovery mode by the normal means.
Is there any other way that I can access the recovery mode without using the home button? Unfortunately the phone won't boot so I can't use an app on Android to do so. I want to reflash SlimKat and I also don't have a PC. Help it's urgently.
FrostOnXDA said:
Hey everybody. I was recently playing around with SlimKat for a bit but I wiped data and It's in a bootloop (I think) .Unfortunately, the home button on my S2 is broken, so I am unable to get to recovery mode by the normal means.
Is there any other way that I can access the recovery mode without using the home button? Unfortunately the phone won't boot so I can't use an app on Android to do so. I want to reflash SlimKat and I also don't have a PC. Help it's urgently.
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The only real solution is to fix the home button. At some point you will NEED it!
There are ways to get the phone working though if you want to make your life more difficult.
1. Get a USB jig to access download mode.
2. Flash stock rom for your region from sammobile or similar website.
3. Enable ADB debugging, then use ADB to reboot to recovery.
You may still run into problems doing this, as you most likely will need to do a factory reset from 3e recovery after flashing the stock rom for it to boot properly.
Please use internet search and search on XDA for more info, but I'll repeat myself: You need to fix your home button
noppy22 said:
The only real solution is to fix the home button. At some point you will NEED it!
There are ways to get the phone working though if you want to make your life more difficult.
1. Get a USB jig to access download mode.
2. Flash stock rom for your region from sammobile or similar website.
3. Enable ADB debugging, then use ADB to reboot to recovery.
You may still run into problems doing this, as you most likely will need to do a factory reset from 3e recovery after flashing the stock rom for it to boot properly.
Please use internet search and search on XDA for more info, but I'll repeat myself: You need to fix your home button
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I have the stock rom and I can access download mode without usb jig. I'm holding volume - and im plugging in the phone and it automatically goes into download mode. Thanks for help! But , why I got into a bootloop after wiping data , cache and dalvik cache?
FrostOnXDA said:
I have the stock rom and I can access download mode without usb jig. I'm holding volume - and im plugging in the phone and it automatically goes into download mode. Thanks for help! But , why I got into a bootloop after wiping data , cache and dalvik cache?
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No idea. Wiping data shouldn't cause a bootloop....
noppy22 said:
No idea. Wiping data shouldn't cause a bootloop....
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I thought the same thing but now idk.
I need help with booting into recovery mode on E5803 with 7.1.1 firmware. Phone is stock, not rooted, locked bootloader.
The problem is that "adb reboot recovery" simply reboots the phone to OS.
Turning it off, pressing Volume Down and connecting to computer while holding volume down has the same result.
Any advice would be appreciated.
voland66 said:
I need help with booting into recovery mode on E5803 with 7.1.1 firmware. Phone is stock, not rooted, locked bootloader.
The problem is that "adb reboot recovery" simply reboots the phone to OS.
Turning it off, pressing Volume Down and connecting to computer while holding volume down has the same result.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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there isn't a recovery for stock.. well.. there is.. but not like a normal ui recovery but it's only used as the OTA loader to upgrade for OEM
NeoBeum said:
there isn't a recovery for stock.. well.. there is.. but not like a normal ui recovery but it's only used as the OTA loader to upgrade for OEM
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Thanks.
My reason for trying to get into recovery was to erase cache in the hope this could resolve some of the sluggish behavior that I noticed after 7.1.1 update. Is there an easy way to do that?
I also got worried that my inability to get into recovery could prevent me from flashing a different stock rom with xperifirm/flashtool. I guess, I should not have a problem.
(I am thinking of flashing a stock rom for a different country in the hope of getting fingerprint working though I did not see confirmations of this working on nougat.)
voland66 said:
Thanks.
My reason for trying to get into recovery was to erase cache in the hope this could resolve some of the sluggish behavior that I noticed after 7.1.1 update. Is there an easy way to do that?
I also got worried that my inability to get into recovery could prevent me from flashing a different stock rom with xperifirm/flashtool. I guess, I should not have a problem.
(I am thinking of flashing a stock rom for a different country in the hope of getting fingerprint working though I did not see confirmations of this working on nougat.)
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mmmm try vol up+power
clear the play caches and services
and then try another vol up+ power cycle
edit: the volume up + power button, needs to be done while the device is on... the device will vibrate 3 times and the display turns off to indicate it did it's clear
also - quickly check the app settings page and scan to look for any system apps that appear as 0.0KB / 0Bytes
mentioned it @ the sonyforum https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...of-clean-upgrades-amp-boot/m-p/1243574#M38418