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Hello everyone! Here is my problem.
The home button of my gs2 is broken. I knew that some rom have the function that rebooting into recovery mode when power on.
But somehow, I need to boot into recovery mode when power off.
In addition, I've got a item which can help me get into odin mode when power off. The item in Chinese we call it "Wa mei shen qi"~
I would like to know is it able for me to boot into recovery mode with this? Or any other possible way for gs2 from power off state.
Thanks!
saedrna said:
Hello everyone! Here is my problem.
The home button of my gs2 is broken. I knew that some rom have the function that rebooting into recovery mode when power on.
But somehow, I need to boot into recovery mode when power off.
In addition, I've got a item which can help me get into odin mode when power off. The item in Chinese we call it "Wa mei shen qi"~
I would like to know is it able for me to boot into recovery mode with this? Or any other possible way for gs2 from power off state.
Thanks!
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The "Item" you are talking about could be a USB Jig? As you already said: it will take you into download mode but not recovery mode.
I don't know what you mean to say by
But somehow, I need to boot into recovery mode when power off.
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Can you tell us why?
For a running device with USB debugging enabled you could run adb reboot recovery to boot into recovery mode. However this is for a running device, not for a device that is powered off.
I don't either fully understand what you're meaning by this.
But as far as i know the only way to access CWM when power off is Power+Home+VolUp, but then ofcourse i'm not a pro at this...yet there could be another way to access Recovery while power off which i haven't found out about.
I don't understand also why you must access Recovery while power off, in your situation (with the home butten broken) it would be easier to get ROM Manager. It has an option to reboot into Recovery mode. Or if you rooted with CF-Kernel, it come with a CWM app that let's you choose if you want to reboot normally, reboot into download mode or reboot into Recovery mode.
and if i may ask, what do you mean by Odin mode? Is it download mode?
fxrb said:
The "Item" you are talking about could be a USB Jig? As you already said: it will take you into download mode but not recovery mode.
I don't know what you mean to say by
Can you tell us why?
For a running device with USB debugging enabled you could run adb reboot recovery to boot into recovery mode. However this is for a running device, not for a device that is powered off.
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Thanks for your informations.
The reason is that I flash a rom in Odin mode, but after that I can't get powered on, it always remains in the starting animation.
I've been in this situation many times, for every time, a wipe data / factory reset in recovery mode will fix the problem. However the problem arises, for this time, my home button is broken.
And I've tried a lot of other roms from Odin mode, it still remains in the starting animation. So I really need a wipe in recovery mode badly.
The "item" may be the same with USB jig from your description.
CashAndPotatoes said:
I don't either fully understand what you're meaning by this.
But as far as i know the only way to access CWM when power off is Power+Home+VolUp, but then ofcourse i'm not a pro at this...yet there could be another way to access Recovery while power off which i haven't found out about.
I don't understand also why you must access Recovery while power off, in your situation (with the home butten broken) it would be easier to get ROM Manager. It has an option to reboot into Recovery mode. Or if you rooted with CF-Kernel, it come with a CWM app that let's you choose if you want to reboot normally, reboot into download mode or reboot into Recovery mode.
and if i may ask, what do you mean by Odin mode? Is it download mode?
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Yes, for Odin mode, I mean the download mode.
The reason that I need to boot into recovery mode is given in #4. And thanks for your information , but I really need to boot into recovery mode to do a wipe data / factory reset to save my gs2.
boot into recovery/download mode
..so u have a bootloop & ur home-btn is broken..
am i right?
the jig would bring you to dowload mode
install via odin ur rom with repartition..
u will need a 3-parted rom
that should solve your problem..cause i think theres no way to come into the recovery mode if u have a bootloop
[email protected] said:
u can use an app to boot into recovery/download mode
just look at the marketplace which you prefer
- i use stweaks from sieya kernel
the jig would reset the counter and bring you to dowload mode
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He can't boot, so that is no option for him unfortunately.
I believe adb can be used when the animation starts, haven't checked it. If so, simply do adb reboot recovery.
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probably this posting can help you..
fixing guide
I believe adb can be used when the animation starts, haven't checked it.
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Yes, adb can be used during boot, but only if USB debugging was enabled before.
Spiralzz said:
He can't boot, so that is no option for him unfortunately.
I believe adb can be used when the animation starts, haven't checked it. If so, simply do adb reboot recovery.
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Umm~This may work if adb.exe can get connected with my phone in booting animation. I'll try it later.
You must press on button for a few seconds then click on reboot then take recovery.
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you can also use an app called [ Anreboot.apk ] but you must have a root permission ok
Spiralzz said:
He can't boot, so that is no option for him unfortunately.
I believe adb can be used when the animation starts, haven't checked it. If so, simply do adb reboot recovery.
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I've tried this with adb tool in andriod development SDK.
However during the booting animation, even if Windows Device Manager detect Android ADB Interface, "adb devices" shows no adb connections.
Maybe the only way for me is finding a rom with auto wipe after flashing it by ODIN.
The only way you can get this fixed is get your phone-home button fixed in a samsung repair center ma8..
There's no other way you can go to recovery mode without the home button use...you can use th usb jig only to go into download mode!. Hope this helps.
saedrna said:
Hello everyone! Here is my problem.
The home button of my gs2 is broken. I knew that some rom have the function that rebooting into recovery mode when power on.
But somehow, I need to boot into recovery mode when power off.
In addition, I've got a item which can help me get into odin mode when power off. The item in Chinese we call it "Wa mei shen qi"~
I would like to know is it able for me to boot into recovery mode with this? Or any other possible way for gs2 from power off state.
Thanks!
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is u r fone rooted. if yes u can use cwm recovery to boot into recovery mode
Bala_2668 said:
is u r fone rooted. if yes u can use cwm recovery to boot into recovery mode
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Please read this before posting:
Spiralzz said:
He can't boot, so that is no option for him unfortunately.
I believe adb can be used when the animation starts, haven't checked it. If so, simply do adb reboot recovery.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
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He is simply not able to boot the device so how do you expect him to go into recovery with a broken home button?
I have used the tutorial for rooting my phone, it goes through the first stage on pda flashing an insecure rom, phone reboots and i have the yellow triangle, then the phone just locks on black screen, tried running the easy root software, it connects to the phone then stops.
I can enter recovery mode and tried a different kernal but still same problem, Thanks in advance for any help.
Jaycee
jayceemcg said:
I have used the tutorial for rooting my phone, it goes through the first stage on pda flashing an insecure rom, phone reboots and i have the yellow triangle, then the phone just locks on black screen, tried running the easy root software, it connects to the phone then stops.
I can enter recovery mode and tried a different kernal but still same problem, Thanks in advance for any help.
Jaycee
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reflash stock via odin (get firmware at sammobile.com)
and... dont try to root it again, for sure u screwed up cuz u didnt read enough, i dunno
C4SCA said:
reflash stock via odin (get firmware at sammobile.com)
and... dont try to root it again, for sure u screwed up cuz u didnt read enough, i dunno
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Couldnt see a flash file for uk s2 on there, but thanks for the info
jayceemcg said:
Couldnt see a flash file for uk s2 on there, but thanks for the info
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there u go, jellybean; http://www.hotfile.com/dl/200899346/20a7989/I9100XWLSN_I9100OXXLS8_NEE.zip.html
thanks for the link, being a newbie do i use odin and just select pda again ?
jayceemcg said:
thanks for the link, being a newbie do i use odin and just select pda again ?
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download, unzip the downloaded file until u get a tar.md5 file
got o recovery and wipe data/factory reset (and format system, preload, data and cache if on a custom recovery, check under mount and storage)
reboot to download mode, plug your phone
open odin, click pda, select the tar.md5 file, hit start and wait.
if the phone does boot after flashing, wait a minute, reboot to recovery, wipe data/factory reset and reboot (even if the device boots at first time, i advise u to do this wipe anyway)
back working again, couldnt get into the recovery mode, tried the up volume home and power, also searched and tried the up down power also, all i want to do is unlock my phone lol
jayceemcg said:
back working again, couldnt get into the recovery mode, tried the up volume home and power, also searched and tried the up down power also, all i want to do is unlock my phone lol
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But now is the phone fixed or not?
Or are u still stuck trying to get into recovery mode?
Remove battery, and press vol up, home, and power. Release the power when samsung galaxy s2 appears but keep holding vol up and home
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phone is working, but want it unlocking....cannot access recovery mode, tried Remove battery, and press vol up, home, and power. Release the power when samsung galaxy s2 appears but keep holding vol up and home.
phone it's working fine and you can't get into recovery mode?
Keep trying that combo, do it while the device is off, press it till you get there.
And why the hell do you want to get into recovery in order to unlock the phone?
Sent from the little guy
the guy above recommended i go to recovery and delete all data, so thats what i was trying to do, he also helped get my phone back working, is it possible to unlock without rooting ?
Yes, by getting the unlock code from your carrier.
I suggest you read a couple of threads before you attempt rooting it.
Sent from the little guy
i bought the phone on my carrier from ebay, i have now changed carrier but like the phone.
Root it is.
Did you get into recovery yet?
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cant get into recovery mode, struggling now.. think i will just get rid and get a different phone.... been at it for hours with no joy.... thanks for all the help guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219755
Follow that tutorial
AndroidPlant
An everyday user.
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.
I searched the forums, looked like everyone who had this problem rooted their phones and installed custom roms, however i did not tamper with the phone in anyway, no rooting or custom rom, just nothing, this is the 3rd time in 6 weeks i get stuck in an infinite restart loop, i did two factory resets and i can't just do another one, i'm sick of this! there has to be a way to stop this, please help!
so far i have tried:
1-installing an antivirus and scanning (nothing found)
2-restarting in safe mode, the phone continued to restart in safe mode
3-uninstalled new apps that i installed recently
there has to be a way!!
Just found out that Facebook app is doing the trouble, whenever i load it the phone restarts, so i decided to uninstall it, i tried going in settings > apps, once i open there before reaching facebook the phone would restart, i can do whatever i want with the phone but i cant go to settings > apps, then i tried uninstalling it by pressing and holding the app icon and i was given the option to uninstall and i did, it starts to uninstall, then the phone restarts!
After that i went into safe mood, and the same thing happened, on both methods i can't uninstall it!
what the hell is this problem?? i looked everywhere and no one has it!
Anyone ??????????????
And now when i'm receiving media on whatsapp it's restarting!!
Maybe you're having permission issues, do you have cwm?
if yes go to your recovery mode and click on advanced>fix permissions.
try that but if it doesn't work than I can help you any further
And now it's in an infinite bootloop again, restarting, 2 seconds in the main screen and then restarts again, then all over and over and over and over and over again!
KingOfDope said:
Maybe you're having permission issues, do you have cwm?
if yes go to your recovery mode and click on advanced>fix permissions.
try that but if it doesn't work than I can help you any further
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I did not do anything to the phone, it's stock........
Pressing and holding down the power button is not doing anything!! im trying to get into safe mode, its not working! the only reaction i'm getting is the home and back buttons flashing on and off!!!!!!!!!11111
systamatics said:
Pressing and holding down the power button is not doing anything!! im trying to get into safe mode, its not working! the only reaction i'm getting is the home and back buttons flashing on and off!!!!!!!!!11111
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can you enter download mode?
did you try to connect it to your pc?
KingOfDope said:
can you enter download mode?
did you try to connect it to your pc?
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What's download mode?
I've done a factory reset, third one this month, unbelievable, lost everything again!!
systamatics said:
What's download mode?
I've done a factory reset, third one this month, unbelievable, lost everything again!!
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Here is a explanation for Download mode
Always clean the dalvik cache
I have the same problem before. The best way to avoid bootloop is to clean the dalvik cache every time you install a new rom. If your using CWM recovery, you can find that option in advanced tab. Unfortunately if you have stock recovery , just try to format to factory reset then reboot , as soon as you successfully booted, install CMW such that you have the option to clean the dalvik cache in the recovery for your future rom installation.
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.