I wanted to wipe the cache so I help the power and volume down and by accident I wiped the phone.
Now I have to re-do the phone, Ug!
How do I get the recovery to be in English?
Thanks
pbman1953 said:
How do I get the recovery to be in English?
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As far as I can see you have 3 language choices on the recovery screen - after unlocking is you use pw/PIN - which is two Chinese and the bottom one English...
For some odd reason I did not have an english option. After the newest update , english came back
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Hi,
Noob question because it's my first time..
I read that some group of users have problem with their Vibrant recovery mode which doesn't start the process when they press vol keys together and start the phone up !
I got mine 2 days ago and I was worried that maybe it isn't support that like a lot of users !
So I tried the method in my Vibrant and a text in yellow came with options in blue (reboot your device, erase data ect..)
So is this the recovery mode in the Vibrant ?!
Sorry for the silly question but it's my first time
Yup, that's it.
Yeah. Download ROM Manager from the market and install Clockwork Recovery and you'll get the actual recovery that allows you to do nandroid backups, flash custom ROMs etc.
^ that is a must do. I have steps in the sticky at the top of the general section if you need help.
zephiK said:
Yeah. Download ROM Manager from the market and install Clockwork Recovery and you'll get the actual recovery that allows you to do nandroid backups, flash custom ROMs etc.
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Do I have to root the device to install ROM manager ?!
The_wolf88 said:
Do I have to root the device to install ROM manager ?!
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Yeah. Going into recovery mode is something you'd use when you're rooted. If you're unrooted, there is honestly no reason to be going into recovery mode unless you want to wipe settings which can be rare for a unrooted user.
Well.. I don't know if root is required or not but the app would be pretty much useless if you didn't have root. So yeah, I'd say you'd need root.
The_wolf88 said:
Hi,
Noob question because it's my first time..
I read that some group of users have problem with their Vibrant recovery mode which doesn't start the process when they press vol keys together and start the phone up !
I got mine 2 days ago and I was worried that maybe it isn't support that like a lot of users !
So I tried the method in my Vibrant and a text in yellow came with options in blue (reboot your device, erase data ect..)
So is this the recovery mode in the Vibrant ?!
Sorry for the silly question but it's my first time
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What is the date on the sticker on the box?
mr2t32 said:
What is the date on the sticker on the box?
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it's 07/12/10
I can not lock phone.i put it in firmware 2.1 and not since then to lock it. i can switch it off and all but it does not lock.
what should I do?
stefant123 said:
I can not lock phone.i put it in firmware 2.1 and not since then to lock it. i can switch it off and all but it does not lock.
what should I do?
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this is a new one to me but i'd say reflash to newest firmware and with newest flashtool. when open click on help>>loglevel>>debug, flash as normal. root with flashtool, it will reboot when done. click on ask for root, confirm on phone if asked, if not wait till is shows su granted, click optimize, then click on advance and install xrecovery and busybox. follow up by opening exrecovery and make sure it has been installed. if not press the button and let it do its thing. download and install latest eminence rom. clear dalvik cache, battery stats, and reset phone to factory settings. reboot and let me know if this has helped
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where is loglevel?I can not find.I do not understand English very well but the way around
stefant123 said:
where is loglevel?I can not find.I do not understand English very well but the way around
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open flashtool, locate the help button at the top left, click on it then click loglevel, (first line) scroll to debug, click. flash as normal
I manually updated my Gtab to 3588 ( I have clockwork and 3899 and it would not let me update with clockwork) .
I now have 3588 installed BUT when I hold the Volume+ and Power it does not go into stock recovery. It shows the green box with the arrow for 2 seconds like itsa insalling something and then just boots up. Am I missing the recovery option now and how will this affect me going forard. Will I not be able to have updates or do a factory reset ????
Can someone please advise.
confused to what you are trying to accomplish here. Are you trying to install CWM? Never heard of 3899 update? If you can, give a little more of a description what you have done so far.
vaccdroid said:
I manually updated my Gtab to 3588 ( I have clockwork and 3899 and it would not let me update with clockwork) .
I now have 3588 installed BUT when I hold the Volume+ and Power it does not go into stock recovery. It shows the green box with the arrow for 2 seconds like itsa insalling something and then just boots up. Am I missing the recovery option now and how will this affect me going forard. Will I not be able to have updates or do a factory reset ????
Can someone please advise.
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That is stock recovery for 3588. There is no menu.
K J RAD . Thank you. I could swear I had a menu when i did that before I installed Clockwork. there were options to install and wipe the system I think. but Maybe I am not remembering it correctly . Again thank you
Sorry that was a typo I meant 3399 . I thought when I previously held down Volume and Power I got a menu in Standard recovery. Post belows states that there is no menu so I guess I was incorrect and thanks for the response. Much appreciated.
jhreid1969 said:
confused to what you are trying to accomplish here. Are you trying to install CWM? Never heard of 3899 update? If you can, give a little more of a description what you have done so far.
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With the newer updates by Viewsonic, which have been pulled btw, they had a basic recovery menu
Ahhh , ok . I wasnt craxy. I originally had the new update and used the newer recovery to load CWM and knew I saw a menu. again thank you all.
thebadfrog said:
With the newer updates by Viewsonic, which have been pulled btw, they had a basic recovery menu
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Hi guys,i'm new to this forum and i have a problem with ACE s5830,i installed the firmware 2.3.3 GINGERBREAD XXKPE EUROPE (i FROYO 2.2.1 ITALIAN),so good,the ACE works well and much more responsive,but i realized that no longer goes into recovery mode so i can not install zip packages,when i feel the sequence ACE the middle button+power turns on and goes into recovery,solutions? Thanks to those who can help me(sorry for my bad english).
There Is A Software Called Boot Control.. mind u its works as a widget so install in on ur phone memory and go to Widget -> Boot Control
search it in the market
Also Quick Boot application works for SGA...
these applications require root, because I do not have it, I just need to go through recovery to take root update zip?
Just press and hold home+power on until you see Samsung on the screen... it has to be accessible whatever you did with your phone...
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Just press and hold home+power on until you see Samsung on the screen... it has to be accessible whatever you did with your phone...
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Unfortunately I tried many times, does not work, but I do not understand why does the download and instead the recovery mode no, I did the flash as it was described here at XDA, I do not understand why, maybe the firmware XXKPE did this? Should I try to flash again, or better not? Or is there no way to make the root install other zip recovey?
Install VillainROM and you will have 2.3.3 with root, zipalign and deodex at the same time...
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Install VillainROM and you will have 2.3.3 with root, zipalign and deodex at the same time...
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But besides the fact that this Rom installed, there is a way to unlock the recovery? (thanks to those who have tried to help in some way.)
Sorry guys you break the boxes the last time, have mercy, the recovery could be blocked because when I flashed the KPE was flagged DEBUG USB? And if I tried to flash again you can, or should not? If you have to flash just like the first time (OPS, APBOOT, PHONE, PDA, CSC?)
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Sorry guys you break the boxes the last time, have mercy, the recovery could be blocked because when I flashed the KPE was flagged DEBUG USB? And if I tried to flash again you can, or should not? If you have to flash just like the first time (OPS, APBOOT, PHONE, PDA, CSC?)
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Sorry there is no one who can answer that question? Thank you very much.
just flash the villain rom..is that so hard?
badnang said:
just flash the villain rom..is that so hard?
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Ok thankyou.
I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my questions, I flashed the rom Villain and finally I have the phone root.
was looking for stock rom for smart 3 if anyone could post it here that would be frigging amazing mine is in a bootloop because of chainfire(my bad)have no cwm cause im...stupid if anyone can help that would be great thanks
Dont have a ROM for you but based on the User Manual / Page 23 you can do a hard/factory reset of the phone using the phone buttons.
"When you are unable to power on your phone, there is another way to perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys. Hold down the the Volume up key and press the Power key at same time until the screen lights up."
Here the link where i found this device manual gsmarc
Hope this helps
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was looking for stock rom for smart 3 if anyone could post it here that would be frigging amazing mine is in a bootloop because of chainfire(my bad)have no cwm cause im...stupid if anyone can help that would be great thanks
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Try to install CWM by following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332783 (see step 16)
You can install CWM through fastboot, so it's not needed for the device to be on.
If you succed, download the Vodafone Smart 3 Stock ROM (non NFC) from here: https://www.mediafire.com/?g3tmcs86lxqj8u7 and flash it through CWM. It's a rooted (with busybox) version of the official stock rom.
Good luck!
EDIT: I’m not 100% sure that the flashable stock rom works since i never tried it, but you can still try, you got nothing to lose. Make sure you flash it with full wipes.
Neptune23 said:
Dont have a ROM for you but based on the User Manual / Page 23 you can do a hard/factory reset of the phone using the phone buttons.
"When you are unable to power on your phone, there is another way to perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys. Hold down the the Volume up key and press the Power key at same time until the screen lights up."
Hope this helps
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Thanks but tried that no luck think I need a boot.IMG bought a new smart 3 but be good to get that one going again thanks for looking anyway man
skippy1000000000 said:
Thanks but tried that no luck think I need a boot.IMG bought a new smart 3 but be good to get that one going again thanks for looking anyway man
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The boot.img was in stock rom’s zipfile. I tested that one just a few minutes ago and all seemed to be working (the boot.img). You can use SP Flash Tool to flash stuff like this. Anyway, good thing you have your phone again
1]Try to install CWM by following tVodafone. ad: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332783 (see step 16)t
You can install CWM through fastboot, so it's not needed for the device to be on.
If you succed, download the Vodafone Smart 3 Stock ROM (non NFC) from here: https://www.mediafire.com/?g3tmcs86lxqj8u7 and flash it through CWM. It's a rooted (with busybox) version of the official stock rom.
Good luck!
EDIT: I’m not 100% sure that the flashable stock rom works since i never tried it, but you can still try, you got nothing to lose. Make sure you flash it with full wipes.
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Which stock Rom is this? Western or Eastern EUR?
I looking for stock with Polish and Czech languages (i.e.vodafone Romania)
666lxh said:
Which stock Rom is this? Western or Eastern EUR?
I looking for stock with Polish and Czech languages (i.e.vodafone Romania)
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It's the Romanian stock rom.