Hi,
I tried installing LOS14 on my Samsung Galaxy SII i9100. The installing failed. i was on cm12.1 iirc.
I already installed stock rom from updato(.)com and can't access recovery mode, tried Siyah-s2-v4.1.5 kernel but i still can't acess recovery mode, i press the buttons vol up + home but the phone ignores the command and just boot and keeps showing the logo. I can only acess download mode. Using odin3 v1.85.
On google i just find dead links or really old posts from 2013 with more dead links. Please help :crying:
Okay my phone is alive, thanks for users Hopper8, It_ler and keithross39 for provide solution and choose freaking good host which don't delete the files, but still can't access recovery mode!!! All buttons work, i can turn volume up and down press home button and turn off/on the smarthphone.
Right now i'm on 4.1.2 JellyBean leak. How i'm supposed now to install a custom recovery to install LineageOS14.1 if i can't even go to stock recovery?
Any help?
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interesting the flash didn't delete anything from internal sdcard(scard0). Still have here a clocckworkmod/backup from 2015-12-31 o.0 i don't even remember how i did that, since cyanogen mod had a custom recovery and not clockworkmod. I really don't know how to use this backup. My guess is i just followed some guide from someone and said to do this before installing cyanogen mod.
Anyway still can't access recovery mode...
Start from scratch and follow this guide. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-tutorial-samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-t3538601/
Apex Predator said:
Start from scratch and follow this guide. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-tutorial-samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-t3538601/
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But i still can't access recovery mode.
I press volume+ + Home + Power buttons and release them when i see Galaxy S2 logo like is said in the guide.
But phone just boots in and doesn't go to recovery mode. Can't format /cache and /system partitions =\.
Hi, your mistake is that you release the buttons early, the volume level + Home + Power buttons, hold it down and do not release until you recovery!
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Can I get into recovery mode without a working home button? My i9100 has a faulty home button, phone is stuck on a bootloop will not get pass the samsung logo screen. I can flash the phone in odin with a stock rom and finish with success but still get stuck on bootloop. I think if I can get into recovery to wipe data then the phone will boot all the way. Any help is appreciated. I've searched but have found nothing solid. Thanks!
Buy a usb jig off ebay. plug it in then turn your phone on and it will put it into download mode.
e.g.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...445900?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c
tle05 said:
Can I get into recovery mode without a working home button? My i9100 has a faulty home button, phone is stuck on a bootloop will not get pass the samsung logo screen. I can flash the phone in odin with a stock rom and finish with success but still get stuck on bootloop. I think if I can get into recovery to wipe data then the phone will boot all the way. Any help is appreciated. I've searched but have found nothing solid. Thanks!
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my home button is also broken, let me know if you find a miracle
RealityKill said:
my home button is also broken, let me know if you find a miracle
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See above.
jayquinten510 said:
See above.
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well i guess hes already got a jig. was wondering how he got in download mode with a broken home
I can get into download mode by pressing and holding volume down + pressing and releasing power but still holding volume down when turning the phone on. But my question is, how do I get into recovery without home button?
Flash a matching Chainfire CF root kernel via Odin (phone in DL mode). This with install his Cwm app. Once rebooted, run app (give su permission), and choose to boot into either clockwork recovery, dl mode, or reboot.
Edit: But once in recovery, how do you plan to actually select anything when the home button doesn't work? ? ?
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UpInTheAir said:
Flash a matching Chainfire CF root kernel via Odin (phone in DL mode). This with install his Cwm app. Once rebooted, run app (give su permission), and choose to boot into either clockwork recovery, dl mode, or reboot.
Edit: But once in recovery, how do you plan to actually select anything when the home button doesn't work? ? ?
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He cant boot up, he's stuck at boot logo so no way to use the cwm from chainfire
Oh dear without the home button it's hard to operate the phone. I think you can boot into recovery mode by using ADB, search on the forums or Google.
I would rather you have the home button replaced ot fixed.
Cheers!
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Use can use QtADB to get into recovery - just tried, it works. But the option "flash zip" doesn't work, and of course,................
how do you plan to "select" anything if the home button doesn't work? ? ? Can't think of any way just yet.
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If you have adb setup, and know how to use it;
1. Copy the Custom ROM.zip to your sdcard folder on the phone
2. Rename to "update.zip"
3. Run CMD and navigate to the sdk tool folder where adb.exe is
4. Run "adb reboot recovery" to enter recovery mode
5. Phone to boots into recovery screen
6. "apply: /sdcard/update.zip"
7. After finish, reboot into new ROM
Haven't tried it myself though on the SGS2 ..............
tried it, didn't work..
Lost my Home button after odin flash HELP
I am stuck a i9100 that has no home working home button after i botched my first odin flash. I can not seem to get the device to be recognized by ADB or ODIN now that its messed up. I can boot into the Android Recovery System e3, and i can move up and down in the menu, but the 'home' button i used to select options no longer works. I can not get it to boot out of that menu.
This is a Sprint branded i9100 from the United States... tho when i got it, it was already 'rooted' with Gingerbread-Eg30 however it did not state the firmware version. So after i used ODIN to ref lash it... it rebooted and killed my home key... Now i am not sure what to do. ADB is not finding the device listed and I can't seem to get it to take a rom. Any suggestions?
Prior to flashing this rom in odin i had a working home key which was used as part of the 3 button combo to ender flashing mode or to select an option in the stock recovery menu.
Any help would be great!
Flash a full wipe rom like stock in download mode that should fix it.
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Flash a full wipe rom like stock in download mode that should fix it.
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I am having the same problem. My I9100's home button doesn't work. I had cyanogenmod 10.1 and cwm recovery installed. Used the button saviour app to operate a virtual home button on screen. Updated to cyanogenmod 10.2. nightly yesterday. All seemed working. Today I found that some apps like Google Play and ROM Manager would crash on when started. So I thought I go back to cyanogenmod 10.1. Started the installation of 10.1 from the "about this phone" settings because ROM Manager crashed and I couldn't boot into recovery from the crashing ROM Manager.
So, I now flashed a stock firmware from samfirmware.com with ODIN (because I can get into download mode with the USB-Jig), but that stock rom stucks in a boot loop.
Any suggestions? I believe, I am stuck in boot loop because I couldn't wipe the phone before flashing. Is there any way to wipe it in download mode?
Or can you be more specific, how to flash a "full wipe rom" and post a link where I can download such a rom?
1. Don't use rom manager on i9100, sure way to screw things up /brick.
2. Get the hardware sorted before you muck around with software. As you have found out, it's easy to get into a situation where you need the hardware to function correctly.
3. Download JB leak (stock firmware) from samfirmware and flash it via Odin. It's a 3 part firmware, and will wipe as it flashes.
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recently soft bricked my new AT&T S2.I have clockwork recovery installed (4.0.0.2), and the only buttons that work are home (goes back to the first menu), volume up/down, and power to hide the menus. I can't select anything at all, it seems like I have the international version of the recovery, not one for the S2.Anyways, I can't get into download mode by holding down the home + Vol up+ power, and Odin can't seem to connect to my phone if it's in clockwork recovery and not download mode.Would the jig work? Or is having no ability to boot into download mode pretty much a killer? I can access my phone through ADB, I just don't know my way around adb as well as I would like.Is there any way to flash a different recovery via ADB? Any other solutions to get my phone up and running again? Because right now it's not booting at all.
EDIT: Managed to get back into the system. It's running the International ROM instead of mine though, so the buttons are wonky. Does anyone know where I can find the ODIN files to flash back to stock AT&T S2?
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recently soft bricked my new AT&T S2.I have clockwork recovery installed (4.0.0.2), and the only buttons that work are home (goes back to the first menu), volume up/down, and power to hide the menus. I can't select anything at all, it seems like I have the international version of the recovery, not one for the S2.Anyways, I can't get into download mode by holding down the home + Vol up+ power, and Odin can't seem to connect to my phone if it's in clockwork recovery and not download mode.Would the jig work? Or is having no ability to boot into download mode pretty much a killer? I can access my phone through ADB, I just don't know my way around adb as well as I would like.Is there any way to flash a different recovery via ADB? Any other solutions to get my phone up and running again? Because right now it's not booting at all.
EDIT: Managed to get back into the system. It's running the International ROM instead of mine though, so the buttons are wonky. Does anyone know where I can find the ODIN files to flash back to stock AT&T S2?
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First off, that's not how you get into download mode. Turn the phone off, hold both VOLUME BUTTONS ONLY, and plug in the USB cable.
With my phone, If I hold down both volume buttons and power on, it goes to clockwork recovery. If I turn the phone on holding the volume up and the home button, it goes to download (now).
I fixed that issue already though, the problem at hand is that I have the i9100 boot and firmware on here, and need the stock Odin files to fix. Can't find the files though. : /
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With my phone, If I hold down both volume buttons and power on, it goes to clockwork recovery. If I turn the phone on holding the volume up and the home button, it goes to download (now).
I fixed that issue already though, the problem at hand is that I have the i9100 boot and firmware on here, and need the stock Odin files to fix. Can't find the files though. : /
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http://hotfile.com/dl/145854922/8415983/I777UCKH7_I777ATTKH7_ATT.zip.html
CadellG said:
With my phone, If I hold down both volume buttons and power on, it goes to clockwork recovery. If I turn the phone on holding the volume up and the home button, it goes to download (now).
I fixed that issue already though, the problem at hand is that I have the i9100 boot and firmware on here, and need the stock Odin files to fix. Can't find the files though. : /
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Also available in the Download Repository linked in my signature.
...me too....
WOW DISREGARD - too stupid to realize soft buttons work with CWM recovery. They didn't before...very premature post, my apologies
For the bootloop, I selected Advanced in CWM recovery, and then selected "Fix permissions" then I installed update from SD card. Now it works! Back to being a noob and hating my life.
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I seem to have bricked my phone too...I was using ROM manager to install cm9 update (yeah, I NOW know I should not have used ROM manager). I used ODIN to re-flash cwm recovery enabled kernel. I can go to recovery, but it does not let me select any of the menu options. And when I boot the phone, it still sends me into a bootloop.
One time it did say "signature verification failed" but it doesn't say that anymore, it just doesn't move. I've read around about signature verification issues, but I haven't found anything that gets me anywhere.
I know this is pretty noobish, but I really appreciate any help!
i used GT-I9100G_LP7_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.5.0.4 and odin to root my sgs2 g version everything is alright untill i copied root.zip into my phone and when i try to boot onto recovery mode , it will start within a few secs to home screen i cant install the root file help please
Do a factory rest ..and make the steps from the beginning
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i used GT-I9100G_LP7_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.5.0.4 and odin to root my sgs2 g version everything is alright untill i copied root.zip into my phone and when i try to boot onto recovery mode , it will start within a few secs to home screen i cant install the root file help please
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Aftr a reset
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677819
Devices-
Samsung galaxy s2 i9100g (Cm9-Nightly build)
sony walkman 8 ( Cm9 Stable )
Blackberry 9300 cracked for bbm
Press thnks if i tried to help
i must factory reset / i followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683800 but stuck at recovery mode
I didn't get it. You are not able to boot into recovery? If so then you haven't flashed CMW properly. Try again and get into recovery by volume up + center button + power button.
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I didn't get it. You are not able to boot into recovery? If so then you haven't flashed CMW properly. Try again and get into recovery by volume up + center button + power button.
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i tried lotsa times already i got into recovery mode but i cant select the install zip file from sd card as it goes back to home screen when i try to select it
I'm trying to fix a friend's note(sgh-i717r) and it won't boot into recovery. When pressing the button combo, it just keeps vibrating and when I let go it's stuck on the samsung logo. I can still go into download mode and flash different custom recoveries or firmwares with odin but I can't get past the samsung logo.
I'd really appreciate some advice because my friend can't even use his phone at all until then.
Is your power button getting stuck? ?
This problem is very common ...and the device just loops ...g
I don't think so since I can get into download mode without problems
What button combo are you using? Make sure you let go of the power button after the first vibration and continue to hold volume up and down or it will keep vibrating.
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With the right combo...even a device that is stuck, is not really stuck, as the same combo will boot you to either the recovery, or the DL mode.....
Are you sure that recovery is present ??
You did mention that a flash of recovery was successful, but have you seen it ??....as it may have failed, even though odin says "pass"....g
Froid said:
What button combo are you using? Make sure you let go of the power button after the first vibration and continue to hold volume up and down or it will keep vibrating.
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For download mode I use power + vol down, and recovery I use power + vol up + vol down and after the first vibrate I let go of everything except vol up. I was able to enter into recovery before trying to flash superuser but now it's stuck.
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With the right combo...even a device that is stuck, is not really stuck, as the same combo will boot you to either the recovery, or the DL mode.....
Are you sure that recovery is present ??
You did mention that a flash of recovery was successful, but have you seen it ??....as it may have failed, even though odin says "pass"....g
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The recovery is there as I used it to try and flash superuser but it gave me an error about an incorrect md5(and I know it shouldn't be giving that problem because I used the superuser file from the stickies that the majority of people had no problems with) so I tried using the latest version of twrp instead of cwm.
Well...
I suggest you go into download mode, and push a factory image to the device via Odin, and start over completely...
It's looking like the device has a bad recovery image, but if DL mode is still there, you are able to save it by a restore.....
Go into the super thread at the top of the general section, and scroll down the first post to the restore area, and you will find the links and instructions to put the device back to stock, and re-root....
At least that way, you know where you started from, and the device will get cleaned out for a fresh try again....g
[Q] Galaxy S4 stuck going into Odin mode "Downloading Do not turn off target"
Hey Everyone, I hope someone can help me out on this issue I have been having. I searched the forum and could not seem to find a solution to my specific problem. So here it is.... I have a Rooted S4, and I downloaded both ROM manager and TWRP, they both do the same thing. It seems as though how ever I try to get my phone to start in Recovery mode it always ends up going into the Odin download mode. I have tried every combo I can think of i.e. power button + vol down + home, pwr + vol. up + home, pwr + both vol. up & down + home, etc.... and NOTHING seems to want to boot my phone into recovery, it always goes to the "Downloading" "Odin Mode" screen. Any thoughts on how I can get it to boot to recovery? Oh I also tried booting to recovery via the buttons within TWRP and ROM manager and still didn't work
Thanks for the help!!!
I think I have figured out my issue (Sorry I am kind of new to this stuff). The version I am currently on is VRUAME7, and it looks like the latest "Root/ Recovery" out there is only the Root portion and not the recovery, thus why I can not get into recovery.... does this sound correct?
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I think I have figured out my issue (Sorry I am kind of new to this stuff). The version I am currently on is VRUAME7, and it looks like the latest "Root/ Recovery" out there is only the Root portion and not the recovery, thus why I can not get into recovery.... does this sound correct?
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You are correct - ME7 will prohibit flashing any custom recoveries (so far......)