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MY Phone Condition:
My phone was previously install with voodoo rom and use clockwork recovery to restore to my stock rom that i backup and it crash half way.
My phone was hardware lock this mean no matter how i press the volume and power button , i will never get into download mode. non of the method posted work !
My phone cannot use "adb reboot download" because there is no OS and it was stuck in the recovery loop.
It does not have clockwork recovery because i formatted my internal sdcard
If i do have clockwork recovery and i use restore image or install new from zip , i still stuck in the recovery mode after reboot several times.
My phone does not mount to internal sdcard because i don't even know what i did on this part.
I believe i screw up my partition of the phone.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
You need the Samsung USB driver and you can get it from Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
First Part
1. Download update.zip from the link below. This was post by another member.
The post is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
2. Place the update.zip in tools folder so you can push it into your phone by using adb command
3. Plug usb into the phone and your phone should be on the Android system recovery <2e>
4. Use your volume button to select reinstall package, don't press power button yet.
5. constant "adb push update.zip /sdcard" from computer , you will get permission denied.
6. While you are constantly pushing the adb command from computer. press the power button on the phone so it install update.zip from sdcard.
7. This is the part where it force adb push into sdcard without permission
8. once the update.zip install completed. unplug the usb cable from the phone and take the battery out.
9. put the battery back to the phone then press on both volume button.
10. While holding both volume button , plug in your usb cable and it will boot to download screen.
If you need use Odin to flash your phone to original stock rom. Go to the Second Part
Second Part:
If you get black screen with only 4 light on the bottom after flashing from Odin.
Follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698
There should be T959-PDA.tar,T959-CSC.tar and T959-Phone.tar within the package.
Check "Re-Partition" , "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time" check box. Use the PIT 0512 version. Use "PDA", "PHONE" and "CSC" from the link above.
After flashing with Odin, you will loose the download mode. repeat the first part and you are good to go.
Here is the link on rooting the phone
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_Samsung_Galaxy_S_(Vibrant)
If your phone is hardware locked, how are you able to get into recovery? Hardware locked phone means no recovery and download mode.
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mr2t32 said:
If your phone is hardware locked, how are you able to get into recovery? Hardware locked phone means no recovery and download mode.
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my hardware lock mean cannot use the button method to get into download mode and using adb reboot download does not help too.
Im pretty sure hardware lock does not mean no recovery. Just no button download mode
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
No, it means both.
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muncknr said:
you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
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i was about to give up. i was trying to push update.zip and do adb reboot download left and right and no luck untill i found this method. It took me a week to figure it out
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No, it means both.
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my recovery was working because i was stuck in the a loop. ya , this update.zip pretty much do both download mode and recovery mode.
What the point of this? Does the other thread not cover this??
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What the point of this? Does the other thread not cover this??
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Are you asking or you are insulting ?
jaex said:
Are you asking or you are insulting ?
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probably asking. Considering there is another thread on the same topic that has been on the front page for over a week now, with several pages of replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
EDIT: So you were bricked and hardware locked and got yourself out of it? If thats the case then yets its different than that thread and why didn't you just come out and say it?
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probably asking. Considering there is another thread on the same topic that has been on the front page for over a week now, with several pages of replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
EDIT: So you were bricked and hardware locked and got yourself out of it? If thats the case then yets its different than that thread and why didn't you just come out and say it?
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You figure it out after all. I already stated the condition of my phone ! My phone was pretty bricked at that point. There is way for me to push any files into the phone because i don't have permission and my phone will not go to download mode by using the volume button. It just stuck at recovery mode.
There are guide out there teach you to use "adb push download". This method only work if you are in your phone and you turn on debug mode. My phone crash at the clockwork recovery bootloader. Then i formated my internal sdcard that hold the clockwork. next i push a stock update.zip that does not have su and busybox so i lost the capability to push anything into the phone.
no download mode , no permission, no sdcard --> You tell me how can i use the method that post few week ago ?
muncknr said:
you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
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Thank You
Thank ! You save my phone !
unfortunately, i was one of those careless people to brick my phone via Voodoo.
Firstly, i tried to "FLASH" the disable_voodoo zip file via Clockwork, i put it in root, and never created any folders. i knew i had to disable voodoo before flashing but my steps were wrong.
sadly enough, my phone was also HW locked, so i got it exchanged. now im not using voodoo YET and i my new vibrant can handle OC and has the recovery/download mode via buttons.
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unfortunately, i was one of those careless people to brick my phone via Voodoo.
Firstly, i tried to "FLASH" the disable_voodoo zip file via Clockwork, i put it in root, and never created any folders. i knew i had to disable voodoo before flashing but my steps were wrong.
sadly enough, my phone was also HW locked, so i got it exchanged. now im not using voodoo YET and i my new vibrant can handle OC and has the recovery/download mode via buttons.
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i use shell to create the file that disable voodoo. after disable voodoo , i was able to do restore and install new rom unfortunately after restore or install new rom , it still reboot into recovery.
I also forgot to disable voodoo, and this was before there were fix instructions posted. So i basically effed up my phone to the point of being stuck in the samsung recovery loop, no hardware download mode, no clockwork recovery, no update.zp, no adb download.
I really thought I had completely bricked my phone, I tried this just out of desperation and what do you know, push update.zip over and over and click and it goes through, which allowed me to get into download mode.
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I also forgot to disable voodoo, and this was before there were fix instructions posted. So i basically effed up my phone to the point of being stuck in the samsung recovery loop, no hardware download mode, no clockwork recovery, no update.zp, no adb download.
I really thought I had completely bricked my phone, I tried this just out of desperation and what do you know, push update.zip over and over and click and it goes through, which allowed me to get into download mode.
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nice , you just have to re-root and install the new rom again , if it brick again , just use this method and you are good again.many of us forgot to disable the voodoo before we restore or install new rom and this crashes the phone.
Need some help really bad
Ok so I have a similar situation as you did (OP), only mine is a bit worse... In my irrational "in the moment" fear of the situation, I used adb reboot recovery to get into recovery mode (HW locked phone) and I did the option that deletes all the **** on the phone and restores the phone to its original format (I think it reinstalled the OS or something, because it looks brand new). So now, whenever I boot up, it does the annoying black screen with the 4 glowing buttons thing for a while, and then eventually the OS actually shows up on the screen. Then it does "scanning media" thing over and over again, but thats not the main problem. I figured, hey this isnt so bad atleast I found your thread and would be able to use your method to help restore my phone... the problem is that somehow my "settings" button is totally gone from the app menu, and I cant get it into debug mode, so I cant use either adb or your method or ANYTHING!! My phone is practically bricked as I cant do anything because its constantly laggy and turns back to the black screen thing, and then when it is showing the homescreen I cant do **** because even swiping to another screen takes like 5 minutes to do cause its so laggy. So basically I ****ed up, and I really need some help.. Im kinda a noob at this whole thing and im really outa options as far as I can tell.. does anyone know what I can do to repair my phone? Thanks!
I was going to install a new rom on my captivate (which was running AXURA).
I back up user apps with Titanium Backup, then I go into recovery mode to revert back to stock. There was only 1 nandroid backup in the console, and that was from the date I flashed Axura, so I thought it was a stock rom. I flashed to that, but when I rebooted the phone, I still had AXURA but without any of my apps or customizations. In addition, the haptic feedback vibrates constantly without anyway to stop it, and error messages keep popping up on the screen that give me the option to "force close" or "wait"
I went back into recovery and deleted all user data hoping that this would wipe the Axura but instead I still have the same error ridden Axura build now without keyboard! Also unable to do BT file transfers (I tried to put the new custom rom on through a BT transfer but to no avail).
I tried the four steps here http://samsungcaptivate.wikia.com/wiki/Putting_the_Phone_into_Download_Mode and still havent been able to get it into download mode so that I could use ODIN to fix the issue.
None of the computers I plug the captivate into recognize it (windows or mac). I have installed the drivers on one of the windows machines and it didnt recognize. the other windows box no drivers were installed but it still said nothing. The phone also said nothing even with USB debugging enabled it would not say anything indicative of a USB being connected rather it would respond like I had connected a charger (just the alert noise and charging graphic in menu bar)
I dont know what to do here...I want to get axura off my phone and get a working rom installed. At the very least I want a way to get a rom onto the internal SD or to have the computer recognize the device. What do I do?! I appreciate all help in advance.
-Dan
You have ROM X with Kernel Y.
What color is the recovery mode text that you're booting into (red or green).
MikeyMike01 said:
You have ROM X with Kernel Y.
What color is the recovery mode text that you're booting into (red or green).
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Yo Im a friend of his, his recovery is the stock samsung blue recovery
What he is trying to do is place the clockworkmod update.zip on the root of the internal sdcard but he can't get into download mode
Or
Flash using Odin
I am not too familar with samsung phone, I have a Droid X. Is there anyway to access the external sdcard instead of the internal?
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So he still had the clockworkmod update.zip in on the root of the internal sdcard
he is able to get back into clockworkmod but the backup when restore, boots up with force close errors and he cant connect to the computer when booted and for some reason he cant get into download mode.
Is there anyway to access adb through the clockworkmod recovery?
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So he still had the clockworkmod update.zip in on the root of the internal sdcard
he is able to get back into clockworkmod but the backup when restore, boots up with force close errors and he cant connect to the computer when booted and for some reason he cant get into download mode.
Is there anyway to access adb through the clockworkmod recovery?
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If his computer wont see it then ADB wont do you any good as it will tell you there is no device found. Looks like a jig maybe in his future. Should have used odin to return to stock instead of a backup file.
zelendel said:
If his computer wont see it then ADB wont do you any good as it will tell you there is no device found. Looks like a jig maybe in his future. Should have used odin to return to stock instead of a backup file.
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So he reinstalled the axura zip file(which is what the nandroid backup was of) and it gave him a error on line 10 or something. he rebooted and the force close messages are gone and his phone works but his computer still doesn't recognize it!
Any Suggestions?
What happens when you plug the usb in? On phone and pc
Has he tried other usb ports or another computer?
I sympathize because I flashed p10.2 from p4. Tried to flash the update zip instead of doing Odin to stock. Scared me and I learned my lesson. Do it the right way the first time. Shortcuts can lead to problems.
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Hey all,
I'm looking since over a week for a solution but without luck. I tried quite everything, I ended up in purchasing ROM Manager Premium. My problem is that I cannot boot into the clockword recovery mode, so I can perform a Nandroid Full Backup of my existing ROM. I am running stock firmware, nothing special. I just rooted my device and I also installed ROM Manager Premium. I clicked on "Flash Recovery" and of course I assigned superuser rights with the "remember" option checked. I tried:
- open the application ROM Manager and choose the second function called "reboot into recovery". result--> my device do a normal boot, nothing happens.
- I tried powering on the phone by first turn it off, then push simultanously Powerbutton+VolumeDownButton+HomeButton. Nothing --> it still boots on normal way.
- When I slide/open my droid3, and powering on my phone using the powerbutton+X-button then I am getting this explanation mark. Then I have to push simulatenously volup+voldown buttons and I see the stock boot mode of Motorola, where I can reset to factory defaults, and so on. This is the stock boot mode, isn't it?
- When I slide/open my droid3, and powering on my phone using the powerbutton+M-button on the keyboard, I am getting a menu with following lines:
Boot Mode Selection Menu (0A.53)
Vol Up Selects, Vol Down scrolls
Available Boot Modes:
Normal Powerup
Recovery
AP Fastboot
BP SBF Flash
BP Only
BP HW Diag & Boot AP
BP Tools
I can use the VolDown key to scroll and I scrolled to BP Tools and pushed the VolUp Button. But my device still boots up normally, I don't see any clockwork mod recovery menu or something like that. Damn it!
What am I doin' wrong? How can I access this Recovery Menu, so I will be able to perform a Nandroid Backup ???
Hope someone can help, it's really getting frustrating Any help appreciated. Thanks to all.
Droid 3 has a locked bootloader. Which bootstrap do you have installed?
Rom manager is kinda useless for the d3, most roms aren't on it. Safestrap is the bootstrap of choice for d3. Il find a link
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http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/downloads/safestrap/
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Thanks for the link, but coulod someone anyhow tell me which menu I am booting in, when pressing M+Powerbutton ? is this also stock from Motorola ?
So, ROM Manager is useless .. means: I have to uninstall completely before doing any other stuff, right? I uninstalled ROM Manager and to be sure I rebootet my phone.
I downloaded this Safestrap version for my Droid 3 (Droid 3 :: v1.08 [ 2011-12-16 ]) and transferred it into my Droid3. Within my phone I open ES file explorer and tapped on this safestrap.apk and installed it.
I am using this how-to-instructions link for Safestrap by Hash Code. So far so good, I was able to perform a backup although I get a notice similar to "skipping /android.blabla no applications found". Hope this is ok. I verified the backup and md5 checksums seem to be ok.
I hope a have a valid backup of my stock ROM now
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Thanks for the link, but coulod someone anyhow tell me which menu I am booting in, when pressing M+Powerbutton ? is this also stock from Motorola ?
So, ROM Manager is useless .. means: I have to uninstall completely before doing any other stuff, right? I uninstalled ROM Manager and to be sure I rebootet my phone.
I downloaded this Safestrap version for my Droid 3 (Droid 3 :: v1.08 [ 2011-12-16 ]) and transferred it into my Droid3. Within my phone I open ES file explorer and tapped on this safestrap.apk and installed it.
I am using this how-to-instructions link for Safestrap by Hash Code. So far so good, I was able to perform a backup although I get a notice similar to "skipping /android.blabla no applications found". Hope this is ok. I verified the backup and md5 checksums seem to be ok.
I hope a have a valid backup of my stock ROM now
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Yes you do, however the idea is that you should never need it, as you can't flash when safe mode is disabled, you have to activate safe mode. Because of this its pretty hard to mess your phone, as the stock rom never gets overwritten
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I didnt understand perfectly yet how this safestrap/boot stuff works. I installed safestrap recovery, so far so good. I can access this boot menu as described in HashCodes HowTo. What happens if I enable safeboot in the menu? I am getting a warning that it cannot be undone.Why am I getting warned?I canceled it because I was not sure what to choose. Do I have something like a dual-boot menu when installing a custom ROM? That means I can install CM7 and also boot my stock Motoblur with all my actual settings and apps installed? And if I reboot the device I can boot for example CM7 and have a strict different system running with the apps and settings installed only on my CM7 portion?
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Dualbooting is one (slightly inaccurate) way to look at it. I'm not sure which warning you are talking about, but i can explain a bit better. Safestrap is designed to keep a perfect copy of your original system at all times. As in better than a nandroid. So perfect that it is ALWAYS there. It is not modified in any way. Even if you flash something that you know will brick your phone, you can simply boot up safestrap and switch back to your original safe system.
This is different than dualbooting because it is not quite as easy to switch between systems as dualbooting is. As in you don't select one on start up and boot into the one of your choice at the same speed.
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I have rebooted the tablet 10+ times with vol + and vol - and it is still stuck on the Google screen when it starts up. In fact I can't make it turn off, only reboot and go right back to the Google text screen. Any ideas?
morell2 said:
I have rebooted the tablet 10+ times with vol + and vol - and it is still stuck on the Google screen when it starts up. In fact I can't make it turn off, only reboot and go right back to the Google text screen. Any ideas?
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Are you running stock, or did you root and customize?
Try plugging it in to a computer. A lot of us are finding better results when you do. You may end up having to do more. But just being connected to a computer has helped in the past. Quick fix before you start trying adb
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Turn fastboot off in the power settings. I'm not sure if it has the fastboot setting, but that would be your problem.
kiewee3 said:
Turn fastboot off in the power settings. I'm not sure if it has the fastboot setting, but that would be your problem.
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Err ..... it won't boot.
Does ADB work at this stage? Assuming you are rooted with CWM recovery, try
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Then from recovery, power it off completely. If fastboot is the problem, this should workaround it for you.
morell2 said:
I have rebooted the tablet 10+ times with vol + and vol - and it is still stuck on the Google screen when it starts up. In fact I can't make it turn off, only reboot and go right back to the Google text screen. Any ideas?
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It's karma because of your ridiculous signature.
Anywho. What did you do to the device? Attempt to root it? What happened between it working and not working?
khaytsus said:
It's karma because of your ridiculous signature.
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Page-long signatures seem to be getting more prevalent, sadly. Not great reading on a 1280x800 laptop.
it now work but all data delete!
i do unroot and back to stock with rootkit 1.5.2 and after it is work!
wmoore said:
Page-long signatures seem to be getting more prevalent, sadly. Not great reading on a 1280x800 laptop.
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Right. I can't figure out why people think others want to see large pictures of their crap.
just lou said:
Right. I can't figure out why people think others want to see large pictures of their crap.
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Don't be mean. It's a visual aid to go with his query. Just in case we don't know what a Nexus 7 is (here in the Nexus 7 forum).
Rock-&-Roll-Hedgehog said:
Don't be mean. It's a visual aid to go with his query. Just in case we don't know what a Nexus 7 is (here in the Nexus 7 forum).
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Oh. Now I see.
The nice thing is that Signatures can be disabled if you so choose, it'd just be nice if everyone kept a modestly sized signature.
wmoore said:
Page-long signatures seem to be getting more prevalent, sadly. Not great reading on a 1280x800 laptop.
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XDA Signatures: The new Geociities
morell2 said:
it now work but all data delete!
i do unroot and back to stock with rootkit 1.5.2 and after it is work!
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wat?
When you oem unlock, data is deleted, it tells you that. Otherwise, no idea what you're talking about.
Known issue about the bootloader. Have to be connected to a computer via USB to be able to boot into recovery. if you have a working system partition you can use a script or other apps that will boot you into recovery.
Also the bootloader will freeze if you try to boot into it via the buttons if you are connected to a power outlet via USB
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evonc said:
Known issue about the bootloader. Have to be connected to a computer via USB to be able to boot into recovery. if you have a working system partition you can use a script or other apps that will boot you into recovery.
Also the bootloader will freeze if you try to boot into it via the buttons if you are connected to a power outlet via USB
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That's interesting. I pretty much always make sure I'm plugged in before going into recovery / bootloader anyway (I'm paranoid about running out of battery mid-operation). I also pretty much always use adb reboot recovery, etc rather than hardware buttons.
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Known issue about the bootloader. Have to be connected to a computer via USB to be able to boot into recovery. if you have a working system partition you can use a script or other apps that will boot you into recovery.
Also the bootloader will freeze if you try to boot into it via the buttons if you are connected to a power outlet via USB
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wmoore said:
That's interesting. I pretty much always make sure I'm plugged in before going into recovery / bootloader anyway (I'm paranoid about running out of battery mid-operation). I also pretty much always use adb reboot recovery, etc rather than hardware buttons.
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Not neccessarily true. I use an app called Quick boot. I can boot into recovery from it with Ease. Lets me set up Widgets/icon for recovery and I have one for reboot. No need for me to hook up to pc. Anywhere at anytime I can boot into recovery on my Nexus 7. I can also set one up for bootloader. If someone gets stuck on bootloader screen, the hardware button press for reboot works to get out of there.
They have a free version of the app and it works perfectly. Check it out. No need to run to a pc everytime you want to flash a rom or something. Battery is nothing to worry about. As long as you have 50%(really even less than that), you good to flash, wipe, or what ever.
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Not neccessarily true. I use an app called Quick boot.
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Me too. Though I'm old school and still like to type commands rather than point and click. I'll be looking at Quick Boot but still go to PowerShell (which I always have open) and type adb reboot.:silly:
All the various apps that offer rebooting options will work as they are still executing the same terminal commands that you would've had to type in in order to reboot it.
The issue is that you would still require a working system partition in order to boot into recovery (stock/twrp/cwm) without any USB connection. Incase of a soft brick, you will need to connect to a computer in order to get into recovery so i would suggest people make sure they have one nearby when they're flashing stuff.
I just went through this. I boinked my setup and it was bootlooping. I couldn't get into CWM.
Just press and hold Power+VolDwn+VolUp until you get into the stock bootloader. Now plug in your USB to to a PC.
Stay in the bootloader. Mine actually kinda froze but it will unfreeze after a while. Don't select anything. Just stay there.
Now you can use Fastboot commands to reboot into CWM. ADB only works when the phone is on.
I think the command is "fastboot reboot recovery".
This will put you in CWM. You can also take this opportunity to reflash your recovery here too. I reflashed mine just to be on the safe side before rebooting it.
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Apparently i've changed my lockscreen password this morning which i'm sure i remembered the changed password but i could not access into my phone ever since. I've gone through the forum for the possible ways to resolve my issue but i couldn't find the best way to do it as some threads are most probably out of date.
I would still want my data to be kept therefore i did not perform the factory reset. The data i would like to maintain are my contacts and pictures.
My phone is unrooted, it's probably not usb debugged as well. I'm unsure of the firmware version of my phone too.
I did not try to root my phone yet because I am not sure what I'm doing and am not sure if i can actually root it when my lock screen is locked.
Please advise on how i can resolve the issue without losing my data. I do not mind having an option to copy my data out from the phone storage before resetting my phone though.
Thank you!
Updated:
Apparently i had registered my phone with a samsung account which allows me to unlock my phone via the "where's my phone" through the Samsung website. I did not root nor factory reset my phone for this, but i still appreciate everyone who replied to my post! For anyone who is having the same problem with me and unfortunately did not have an account with Samsung/gmail, you might want to look through the suggestion below! :good:
Vivarini said:
Apparently i've changed my lockscreen password this morning which i'm sure i remembered the changed password but i could not access into my phone ever since. I've gone through the forum for the possible ways to resolve my issue but i couldn't find the best way to do it as some threads are most probably out of date.
I would still want my data to be kept therefore i did not perform the factory reset. The data i would like to maintain are my contacts and pictures.
My phone is unrooted, it's probably not usb debugged as well. I'm unsure of the firmware version of my phone too.
I did not try to root my phone yet because I am not sure what I'm doing and am not sure if i can actually root it when my lock screen is locked.
Please advise on how i can resolve the issue without losing my data. I do not mind having an option to copy my data out from the phone storage before resetting my phone though.
Thank you!
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Check:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45260919
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Try something simillair to this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thomascannon.screenlockbypass.pro&hl=en
READ UP ABOUT IT. I have never used it but I saw it once with good reviews.
Vivarini said:
Apparently i've changed my lockscreen password this morning which i'm sure i remembered the changed password but i could not access into my phone ever since. I've gone through the forum for the possible ways to resolve my issue but i couldn't find the best way to do it as some threads are most probably out of date.
I would still want my data to be kept therefore i did not perform the factory reset. The data i would like to maintain are my contacts and pictures.
My phone is unrooted, it's probably not usb debugged as well. I'm unsure of the firmware version of my phone too.
I did not try to root my phone yet because I am not sure what I'm doing and am not sure if i can actually root it when my lock screen is locked.
Please advise on how i can resolve the issue without losing my data. I do not mind having an option to copy my data out from the phone storage before resetting my phone though.
Thank you!
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Ok, first of all You have to root Your phone with this file: http://adfoc.us/4207233512571
Put it on Your external sdcard, reboot Your phone into CWM (volume up+home+power) and flash it. Great, now You have root.
Since You don't have usb debugging enabled You will have to use aroma file manager.
Before running aroma file manager in CWM make sure You have data mounted. (mounts and storage->mount data).
If You have it installed go to: /data/system/ and delete such file as "gesture.key" and some other "*.key" files in case there are some others.
Ok, now You should be done. Reboot Your phone. If it won't boot You will have to flash good kernel, but I think this should work.
One more thing, reseting data won't delete Your pictures as they are stored on sdcard and contacts are probably synced to google account.
In case You had some questions or problems just ask me.
I'll answer as soon as possible. If You will need some faster help we could talk on Facebook or Skype.
There are too many ways to reset your lockscreen.. I will give you the easiest way (Make sure that you are using the way I will give for your own phone, not someone else phone, as we don't want to get in trouble..!!)
1. Download @Phil3759 custom recovery from here (the zip one).
2. Download [updater-script]_Remove_LockScreen_Security.zip from attachment in this thread here.
2. Put both zip files in sdcard
3. Reboot to recovery mode by pressing and holding Power button + Volume up + Home button simultaneously.
4. Once you are in recovery, flash Philz recovery.
5. Reboot to recovery mode again (press and hold Power button + Volume up + Home button).
6. You will be in Philz recovery now, just flash [updater-script]_Remove_LockScreen_Security.zip which will remove the lockscreen security.
treacherous_hawk said:
Check:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45260919
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
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I tried the aroma file manager method but could not flash it to my unrooted phone, i get "e:signature verification failed" when i did it. Anyway i've resolve the issue with "Where's my phone" from Samsung website.
Thank you for your reply on the following, really appreciate it!:good:
XxPixX said:
Try something simillair to this:
READ UP ABOUT IT. I have never used it but I saw it once with good reviews.
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Thanks, i've tried this as well, but apparently my device is not compatible with the app, my firmware version might not be up to date for it. But i've resolve my issue in another way, really appreciated your time and help here!
jakuburban said:
Ok, first of all You have to root Your phone with this file:
Put it on Your external sdcard, reboot Your phone into CWM (volume up+home+power) and flash it. Great, now You have root.
Since You don't have usb debugging enabled You will have to use aroma file manager
Before running aroma file manager in CWM make sure You have data mounted. (mounts and storage->mount data).
If You have it installed go to: /data/system/ and delete such file as "gesture.key" and some other "*.key" files in case there are some others.
Ok, now You should be done. Reboot Your phone. If it won't boot You will have to flash good kernel, but I think this should work.
One more thing, reseting data won't delete Your pictures as they are stored on sdcard and contacts are probably synced to google account.
In case You had some questions or problems just ask me.
I'll answer as soon as possible. If You will need some faster help we could talk on Facebook or Skype.
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Thank you Jakuburban for your reply, even though i did not follow you method to resolve my issue but i still very much appreciate your help. i will try to root my phone in the near future when i have the time to do so, really appreciate your time to reading my post and replying. :good:
majdinj said:
There are too many ways to reset your lockscreen.. I will give you the easiest way (Make sure that you are using the way I will give for your own phone, not someone else phone, as we don't want to get in trouble..!!)
1. Download @Phil3759 custom recovery from here (the zip one).
2. Download [updater-script]_Remove_LockScreen_Security.zip from attachment in this thread here
2. Put both zip files in sdcard
3. Reboot to recovery mode by pressing and holding Power button + Volume up + Home button simultaneously.
4. Once you are in recovery, flash Philz recovery.
5. Reboot to recovery mode again (press and hold Power button + Volume up + Home button).
6. You will be in Philz recovery now, just flash [updater-script]_Remove_LockScreen_Security.zip which will remove the lockscreen security.
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Yeap i agree with you, there are too many ways to reset my lockscreen that's why i was so confused so i posted this thread, and your reply does seem very straightforward even though i did not try it just yet, nevertheless, i really appreciate your help and reply to my thread! :good: