So, my captivate is bricked.. but I'm in the mood to try and fix it. So, I was wondering if it is possible to flash 3buttonfix.zip(I renamed to update.zip) using adb. I pushed update.zip to the sd card using adb but I cant reboot into recovery to apply it and I got to thinking that I might be able to flash the update.zip file using adb.. does anyone know how to do it? if so please share.
How is your phone bricked if you can get into it with adb? And, what's preventing you from issuing 'adb reboot recovery' or 'adb reboot download' to fix it?
modest_mandroid said:
How is your phone bricked if you can get into it with adb? And, what's preventing you from issuing 'adb reboot recovery' or 'adb reboot download' to fix it?
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I can get into adb believe it or not.. I tried flashing CM7 and completely missed the 3 button combo part. Now I have a captivate that is stuck at cyanogenmod screen. I have been trying both recovery and download, all it does is reboots the phone. thats why I wanted to flash update.zip(3buttonfix.zip) and it might fix it. everytime I turn it on and try to get into recovery it just skips it.. I have tried download mode and recovery several, and I mean several times. I bought a jig to put it into DL mode, just gotta wait for the Jig to get here. That's why I have been trying to fix it because I have no backup phone to use.
Try this.
Find the modified recovery file in this forum, push it to /system/bin, check execute permissions, and try 'adb reboot recovery' then.
What files are in the 3button fix.zip? Push them manually with adb also.
another one bites the dust...
Let us know how did it go.
can we have a big sticky:
if you can see things on your screen, it's not bricked. use the search.
ibrutalfatei said:
So, my captivate is bricked.. but I'm in the mood to try and fix it. So, I was wondering if it is possible to flash 3buttonfix.zip(I renamed to update.zip) using adb. I pushed update.zip to the sd card using adb but I cant reboot into recovery to apply it and I got to thinking that I might be able to flash the update.zip file using adb.. does anyone know how to do it? if so please share.
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Did you try adb reboot recovery command? You don't need 3 button fix if you can connect adb.
gibson3659 said:
Try this.
Find the modified recovery file in this forum, push it to /system/bin, check execute permissions, and try 'adb reboot recovery' then.
What files are in the 3button fix.zip? Push them manually with adb also.
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Can you explain how to do that? I'm not very good with ADB
foxbat121 said:
Did you try adb reboot recovery command? You don't need 3 button fix if you can connect adb.
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I have tried that multiple times. I can connect ADB, when I enter "adb reboot recovery" the phone just restarts and goes to the Galaxy S Cyanogenmod Screen.
ibrutalfatei said:
I have tried that multiple times. I can connect ADB, when I enter "adb reboot recovery" the phone just restarts and goes to the Galaxy S Cyanogenmod Screen.
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Sounds like your recovery mode has been screwed by whatever ROM you have used. Your problem is no long 3e recovery fix. That no longer exists.
You need to get into download mode instead and use OneClick ODIN to flash back to stock.
foxbat121 said:
Sounds like your recovery mode has been screwed by whatever ROM you have used. Your problem is no long 3e recovery fix. That no longer exists.
You need to get into download mode instead and use OneClick ODIN to flash back to stock.
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I can't get into Download mode either.
ibrutalfatei said:
I can't get into Download mode either.
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Have to ask, did you try the manual method to get into download?
Open Odin
Verify not connected to usb
Pull battery
Insert battery
While holding both up and down volume button, insert usb
BTW, many people have and will continue to say, you should always verify you can access download and recovery before attempting to apply any ROM.
If you still can't get into download mode using above method, it's time for you to make a jig that will force the phone into download mode. Search for the thread here about how to make such hardware jig.
xcaliburinhand said:
Have to ask, did you try the manual method to get into download?
Open Odin
Verify not connected to usb
Pull battery
Insert battery
While holding both up and down volume button, insert usb
BTW, many people have and will continue to say, you should always verify you can access download and recovery before attempting to apply any ROM.
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Yeah, It was ridiculous of me not to. Oh well, we all make mistakes.
I tried that also and I still can't get into download mode. I really wanted to get into recovery so I could install the initial package for CM7, then apply the 3buttonfix.zip
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Can you explain how to do that? I'm not very good with ADB
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adb push \source\file /target/dir/on/device
I have know idea if this will get you anywhere, but it may be worth a try until your jig arrives.
Get a jig.
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I couldn't wait any longer.. went up to Radioshack, ask for a pack of 100K resistors. Now I have fixed my phone and I have Cyanogenmod 7 Running on it. One question, it says "Emergency Calls Only" anyway to fix that?
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I couldn't wait any longer.. went up to Radioshack, ask for a pack of 100K resistors. Now I have fixed my phone and I have Cyanogenmod 7 Running on it. One question, it says "Emergency Calls Only" anyway to fix that?
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IIRC, that's the known issue on CM7. You need perform something on the phone everytime you reboot the phone. It pays to read them before you flash
How can't anybody give a simply adb command to flash an update.zip into a broke device???
Instead of that all of you are trying to make the user do thing alternatively!
There is command (adb or fastboot) for that or not?
ibrutalfatei said:
I couldn't wait any longer.. went up to Radioshack, ask for a pack of 100K resistors. Now I have fixed my phone and I have Cyanogenmod 7 Running on it. One question, it says "Emergency Calls Only" anyway to fix that?
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No - ill give you 50$ for your bricked phone.
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Well, the home button on my unlocked G1 stopped working about a week or so ago. No big deal, but the problem I now face is that I am unable to install any new roms.
I am able to boot into recovery mode (cyanogen v1.4) using ADB, however once there, I am unable to install a new rom since my home button does not work.
Is there any way around this either using the phone or through my computer (I am using MAC OS 10.5). Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
- Thomas
fastboot.
10char
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fastboot.
10char
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For the life of me, I cannot seem to get fastboot to work for me on my mac. Maybe it is just me and I am unable to follow directions, but for some reason I cannot get it to work under Mac OS10.5 and I have no Window PC to try it out there.
You could try everything from adb shell. I don't know why fastboot wouldn't work if adb is working as they go hand-in-hand. I don't have the shell commands to flash, but I'm sure they are around here somewhere.
http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html
They have the fastboot binary if you wanted to try that instead what you have.
evilkorn said:
You could try everything from adb shell. I don't know why fastboot wouldn't work if adb is working as they go hand-in-hand. I don't have the shell commands to flash, but I'm sure they are around here somewhere.
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Decided to remove and reinstall adb again. For some reason now, fastboot does work even though I did the exact same things as before.
Thanks for the help evilkorn
Less than an hour after you posted... I'd say it's a pretty fast solution. =p
As stated, got flashboot to work, I now have another problem. When I try to install the rom using flashboot, I get this error;
Dell:tools szuba$ fastboot update jacheroski2.2a.zip
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
Dell:tools szuba$
Any way around this?
New solution. Flash amon ra's 1.2.2 recovery, that version had verify with send, instead of home. The link in my sig has the download for the current and past version.
dude you can still boot into recovery. go into terminal emultaor and type su then reboot recovery
pistol4413 said:
dude you can still boot into recovery. go into terminal emultaor and type su then reboot recovery
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Read his first post... The problem is the home key to OK the flash.
szuba said:
Well, the home button on my unlocked G1 stopped working about a week or so ago. No big deal, but the problem I now face is that I am unable to install any new roms.
I am able to boot into recovery mode (cyanogen v1.4) using ADB, however once there, I am unable to install a new rom since my home button does not work.
Is there any way around this either using the phone or through my computer (I am using MAC OS 10.5). Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
- Thomas
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One of Amon's recovery versions using the green "call" button to confirm actions (rather than the home button).
Must be my luck... installed Amon's previous recovery img but now my green (send/call) button doesn't seem to be working either.
For some reason, both my green (send/call) and home buttons do not work so both methods do not work for me. The only option that I can think of is to someone create a boot.img, data.img, and system.img from a rom and do a fastboot nandroid backup from those. Now if only I can find away to do that... anyother ideas?
And thanks for the help so far
Do the alt+ commands ask you to verify the update with home?
evilkorn said:
Do the alt+ commands ask you to verify the update with home?
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Yes, the alt+ commands still requires you to verify with the home (or green) key.
Any chance there is away to do it through the console with code? Tried to do a search, but didn't come up with anything in regards to that.
Totally lost for ideas now... but the help is greatly appreciated evilkorn
--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
Try that
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--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
Try that
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Where exactly do I try that?
When I enter;
--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
in the recovery console, nothing happens, just goes to the next line.
I've got a nexus one with a broken power button and a corrupt OS. It rarely successfully manages to boot. Since this is the case, I'm not able to turn on USB debugging to follow some of the tutorials here..
My next try was fastboot.. I downloaded these two files:
recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-passion.img
update-cm-7.1.0-N1-signed.zip
But it seems like I wont be able to flash a recovery file if I have "s-on" displayed on my hboot or fastboot screen..
How do I gain "s-off"? And is it possible to flash a stock rom via fastboot?
And yes, my phone's got stock gingerbread 2.3.4 rom.
HBOOT 0.35.0017
MICROP 0b15
Touch panel SYNT0103
Radio 5.08.00.04
Please help me with this matter as I have been trying to accomplish this task for over three months now..
Read Nexus One wiki, section "root", and section "recovery".
You don't need S-OFF to flash anything, if you unlock your bootloader. This is Nexus.
Boot into fastboot, plug into your PC, open command prompt wherever you have the fastboot command in Windows, most likely in android sdk under platform-tools, run "fastboot oem unlock" from command prompt, your bootloader is now unlocked. Attempt to flash your recovery now."
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Boot into fastboot, plug into your PC, open command prompt wherever you have the fastboot command in Windows, most likely in android sdk under platform-tools, run "fastboot oem unlock" from command prompt, your bootloader is now unlocked. Attempt to flash your recovery now."
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My phone's power button is broken so I'm not able to select the recovery option
Jack_R1 said:
Read Nexus One wiki, section "root", and section "recovery".
You don't need S-OFF to flash anything, if you unlock your bootloader. This is Nexus.
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It's already unlocked, as there is a small open lock displayed at the bottom of the boot screen.. and fastboot displayed it as already unlocked as well.. still.. i need a way to go to recovery without the power button
If you're in the bootloader - "fastboot reboot recovery".
If you're in the OS or while the OS is booting and ADB daemon is already running - "adb reboot recovery".
Jack_R1 said:
If you're in the bootloader - "fastboot reboot recovery".
If you're in the OS or while the OS is booting and ADB daemon is already running - "adb reboot recovery".
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fastboot reboot recovery doesnt seem to boot the phone to recovery..
should the OS be completely booted up if I want to use the adb command? because it displays the error "error: device not found" when I try to "adb reboot recovery"
Might this be a problem with my computer? I checked and confirmed that the drivers for the phone are successfully installed...
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fastboot reboot recovery doesnt seem to boot the phone to recovery..
should the OS be completely booted up if I want to use the adb command? because it displays the error "error: device not found" when I try to "adb reboot recovery"
Might this be a problem with my computer? I checked and confirmed that the drivers for the phone are successfully installed...
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Do you have the fastboot command on your computer?
troby86 said:
Do you have the fastboot command on your computer?
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Yes, I can fastboot works ok because I can flash recovery image and reboot phone through fastboot. But since my power button is broken, I need to reboot to recovery through the computer...
knaphih said:
Yes, I can fastboot works ok because I can flash recovery image and reboot phone through fastboot. But since my power button is broken, I need to reboot to recovery through the computer...
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First try: "adb reboot recovery" or "fastboot reboot-recovery"
If that doesn't work, give this a good read to see if it will help you:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot
If you are able to flash the recovery via fastboot, then I see no reason why you should not be able to reboot into recovery via fastboot or adb.
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knaphih said:
Yes, I can fastboot works ok because I can flash recovery image and reboot phone through fastboot. But since my power button is broken, I need to reboot to recovery through the computer...
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And if none of that seems to work:
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/09/08/manage-nexus-broken-power-button/
OR
http://www.yamihoshi.nl/tech/tutorial-google-nexus-one-power-button-soft-fix
Both are the same, the second one is easier to follow.
OR
Put your recovery .img file into the same folder as your fastboot command, and run this: "fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img"
^^^^^USE YOUR RECOVERY NAME...NOT THE EXACT ONE ABOVE^^^^^
First try: "adb reboot recovery" or "fastboot reboot-recovery"
If that doesn't work, give this a good read to see if it will help you:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot
If you are able to flash the recovery via fastboot, then I see no reason why you should not be able to reboot into recovery via fastboot or adb.
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I've attached an image showing proof that I've tried your method but still kept on failing to reboot to recovery..
When i try the command "fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-passion.img", the phone simply restarts and goes back to the 'X' boot screen and gets stuck there.
Could anyone please find me an genuine unedited gingerbread 2.3.4 ROM so I can PASSIMG it? ... I've downloaded several rooted ones.. but all seem to need the "android-info" file
fastboot reboot recovery
No "reboot-recovery".
And if you still get stuck on "X" when you reboot to recovery - it means that your recovery is corrupted/unusable too, and you need to PASSIMG everything.
Generally, booting the recovery through "fastboot boot" should have done enough - if your phone can't boot, it might probably be a HW problem preventing it from booting, and in that case - nothing will help.
fastboot reboot recovery
No "reboot-recovery".
And if you still get stuck on "X" when you reboot to recovery - it means that your recovery is corrupted/unusable too, and you need to PASSIMG everything.
Generally, booting the recovery through "fastboot boot" should have done enough - if your phone can't boot, it might probably be a HW problem preventing it from booting, and in that case - nothing will help.
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I've attached an image trying out "fastboot reboot recovery" fastboot doesnt even seem to send that command to the phone..
Could anyone please provide me with a genuine stock gingerbread 2.3.4 or higher PASSIMG file? i've searched a lot but all i see are modded or rooted ones.
Yes, you're right. Fastboot can't reboot to recovery, only adb.
Oh well, in that case you're out of luck. You can't PASSIMG without power button, so if "fastboot boot some_boot_image" doesn't help - there's not much left to do.
You could always disassemble the phone and fix the power button...
knaphih said:
I've attached an image trying out "fastboot reboot recovery" fastboot doesnt even seem to send that command to the phone..
Could anyone please provide me with a genuine stock gingerbread 2.3.4 or higher PASSIMG file? i've searched a lot but all i see are modded or rooted ones.
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Here's the 2.3.6 PASSIMG zip file link. Follow the directions. If you can get into BootLoader, your phone should automatically boot this if you have it named to PASSIMG.zip, and on the ROOT of your SD card:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312540
You guys are life savers troby86 and Jack_R1..
Yes, you're right. Fastboot can't reboot to recovery, only adb.
Oh well, in that case you're out of luck. You can't PASSIMG without power button, so if "fastboot boot some_boot_image" doesn't help - there's not much left to do.
You could always disassemble the phone and fix the power button...
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I've seen an in depth video tutorial on youtube and attempted to repair the power button on my own.. however I failed since I cannot do such tiny soldering..
Here's the 2.3.6 PASSIMG zip file link. Follow the directions. If you can get into BootLoader, your phone should automatically boot this if you have it named to PASSIMG.zip, and on the ROOT of your SD card:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1312540
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Thankyou so much . This is what I've been searching for.. I'll let you guys know the outcome after I download and fix my phone (hopefully I will)
knaphih said:
You guys are life savers troby86 and Jack_R1..
I've seen an in depth video tutorial on youtube and attempted to repair the power button on my own.. however I failed since I cannot do such tiny soldering..
Thankyou so much . This is what I've been searching for.. I'll let you guys know the outcome after I download and fix my phone (hopefully I will)
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Did the link I provided work? If not here is the actual file:
http://www.multiupload.com/KVY1MG1HGH
troby86 said:
Did the link I provided work? If not here is the actual file:
http://www.multiupload.com/KVY1MG1HGH
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wow troby86
your still here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350288
atleast have the decency to refund my money you jackass
mally2 said:
wow troby86
your still here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350288
atleast have the decency to refund my money you jackass
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I realize the situation you are in sucks, but please don't let your frustration carry over into these threads. We are here to help the original poster, not to try and get claims resolved and to sling mud. Try to keep this thread a helpful thread
Thanks
bassmadrigal said:
I realize the situation you are in sucks, but please don't let your frustration carry over into these threads. We are here to help the original poster, not to try and get claims resolved and to sling mud. Try to keep this thread a helpful thread
Thanks
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well what do you know, he may just ask the OP to send him his nexus to get it fixed and you will never hear from him again.... just warning y'all thats all....
When I first got the phone, I had download mode and the stock recovery. Well, I rooted it, and attempted to flash CM7. After that, I got stuck in a bootloop, so I flashed with Odin3 One-Click. After Odin3 One-Click, I no longer have download mode or recovery. When I use the 3-button combo for the recovery, it just boots into Android. When I do the Volume Button up and down, and put the USB cable in, it just goes to the charging screen. Not sure what to do, and am a bit frustrated.
Jig to get back in dl mode and flash either GB bootloaders or just GB. You probably flashed 2.1.
Yes, it did. And that's what I had before. So, is buying a jig the only option now?
You can make one, but to my knowledge ya.
Okay. I'll see what I can do when I get home. I'll check back with any progress, thanks for your help!
Wait Second thought. If you can root it (one of the 1 click methods) you can use terminal Emulator.
su (accept SU)
reboot download -or- reboot recovery
you can just make your own jig. i was stuck the same place you where with the bootloop earlier this week. i made a jig at work in 5 mins with $1 worth of parts.
my problem was that i had a rogers captivate and didnt know that it had to be flashed differently to get cwm to work
I have a captivate in my hand which is the same as urs 2.1 update 1 and it does not go to DL or Recovery with the buttons so i have a home made jig for the DL.
Ill say is u cannot make a jig or don't wanna nuy one just root ur phone with one click and DL terminal emu and command it reboot download and u are in download mode.
adb reboot download
no su needed. no root needed.
use the easy adb setup in my sig, then run adb, and type 'adb reboot download' or 'adb reboot recovery' ( no quotes ' ' )
TRusselo said:
adb reboot download
no su needed. no root needed.
use the easy adb setup in my sig, then run adb, and type 'adb reboot download' or 'adb reboot recovery' ( no quotes ' ' )
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Easier to root Imo. Smaller dl. But you are right.
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adb reboot download doesn't work I thought... Or am I wrong?
b-eock said:
adb reboot download doesn't work I thought... Or am I wrong?
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Should. He is on 2.1. Unless google effed something, it should work. (it did back in the day)
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Great, i tried to flash Hellfire's ICS rom, and for some freakin' reason, the phone got stuck at the hellfire loading screen and won't boot.
The problem is, my down vol button broke quite some time ago, and i can't use the power+vol down in order to save my phone. any ideas?
SoloSkull said:
Great, i tried to flash Hellfire's ICS rom, and for some freakin' reason, the phone got stuck at the hellfire loading screen and won't boot.
The problem is, my down vol button broke quite some time ago, and i can't use the power+vol down in order to save my phone. any ideas?
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If you're lucky then it boots up enough to load adb.
Attach the usb cable, boot, open cmd and try if you find a device with adb devices
If yes you can easily tell it to reboot to recovery with reboot recovery and flash a new ROM.
Edit: As Hellfire is an ICS ROM you might need to use my modded adb drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752074
From what i know smathflash needs VOL UP to be used.
tonyp said:
If you're lucky then it boots up enough to load adb.
Attach the usb cable, boot, open cmd and try if you find a device with adb devices
If yes you can easily tell it to reboot to recovery with reboot recovery and flash a new ROM.
Edit: As Hellfire is an ICS ROM you might need to use my modded adb drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752074
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I'm sorry, but i'm not really familiar on how ADB works..
Can you help me out? I'm not sure what am i supposed to do to tell it to reboot to recovery.
P.S. Well, i tried booting up my phone today and it's now stuck at the second LG logo (the one with a blue hue).
Man, if you really can't use adb why are you modding your phone?
I will supply you with adb when I come from work.
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EDit: I am not sure than this is all needed files to run, but you should be able to do your things by runnig CMD line in folder with adb tools unpacked from this archieve.
I've been at this for three days and can't find a solution. I can get in to recovery but when I hit reboot to bootloader it gets stuck in download mode. I can get back out.And the cycle repeats.... Have also done a reset. Any solutions for this besides sending it in for service? Thanks
Have you analyzed the logs available through recovery mode?
ze7zez said:
Have you analyzed the logs available through recovery mode?
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Not sure I know how to do that.Right now I'm support chat with Samsung. Will get back to this board soon. Thank You
piazzii said:
Not sure I know how to do that.Right now I'm support chat with Samsung. Will get back to this board soon. Thank You
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Tried looking through the logs.Have no idea what to look for..Best I see is
Reboot Recovery Cause is UNKNOWN
Failed to load bitmap installing_text for locale en-US (error -1)
piazzii said:
Tried looking through the logs.Have no idea what to look for..Best I see is
Reboot Recovery Cause is UNKNOWN
Failed to load bitmap installing_text for locale en-US (error -1)
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Before I brick this thing, is it possible to install TWRP through the sd card,Will it work?
piazzii said:
Before I brick this thing, is it possible to install TWRP through the sd card,Will it work?
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Don't do anything hastily. Your phone should be fully operational before you install TWRP.
piazzii said:
I've been at this for three days and can't find a solution. I can get in to recovery but when I hit reboot to bootloader it gets stuck in download mode. I can get back out.And the cycle repeats.... Have also done a reset. Any solutions for this besides sending it in for service? Thanks
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Huh??? Reboot to bootloader is SUPPOSED to take to download mode. Where are you trying to get?
ze7zez said:
Don't do anything hastily. Your phone should be fully operational before you install TWRP.
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Thank you...Understood
lewmur said:
Huh??? Reboot to bootloader is SUPPOSED to take to download mode. Where are you trying to get?
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It does take me there..It freezes at download mode!!!!
So you can’t boot to system? Or you can’t use download mode?
Arealhooman said:
So you can’t boot to system? Or you can’t use download mode?
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The system works fine. Just can't use download mode..Not allowing to connect with adb fastboot.
piazzii said:
It does take me there..It freezes at download mode!!!!
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You need to explain what you mean by that and what things you did before this occured. Have you tried getting to download manually? By that I mean turning the tablet off and then holding vol up and down while plugging in the USB cable to the PC. Also, what happens when you try to boot to system?
piazzii said:
The system works fine. Just can't use download mode..Not allowing to connect with adb fastboot.
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Ah, so your problem is only that you can't use fastboot. Have you installed TWRP? This model doesn't support fastboot by itself. You have to first install TWRP to use fastboot.
lewmur said:
Ah, so your problem is only that you can't use fastboot. Have you installed TWRP? This model doesn't support fastboot by itself. You have to first install TWRP to use fastboot.
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You need to read this thread to install TWRP. You do it with Odin and not fastboot. Odin is what Samsung uses INSTEAD of fastboot.
I cannot install TWRP,..
1.I Shut down
2.Press power and Vol up button
3.Gets in Recovery
4. I scroll to Reboot to bootloader
5. Goes into download mode. Freezes
6.Press power and Vol down buttons
7.Goes back to home screen
8. Rinse and repeat
piazzii said:
I cannot install TWRP,..
1.I Shut down
2.Press power and Vol up button
3.Gets in Recovery
4. I scroll to Reboot to bootloader
5. Goes into download mode. Freezes
6.Press power and Vol down buttons
7.Goes back to home screen
8. Rinse and repeat
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Do you have Odin running? Do you get the "added message" in Odin? That is the only way to tell if it is connected. You say it "freezes" but that is normal. So long as you get the added notice in Odin, you are ready to flash. If you don't get the "added" message, then you have to enter the download mode manually and NOT from the recovery menu. Also, have you unlocked the bootloader? That has to be the very first step. Nothing will work till you do that.
piazzii said:
I've been at this for three days and can't find a solution. I can get in to recovery but when I hit reboot to bootloader it gets stuck in download mode. I can get back out.And the cycle repeats.... Have also done a reset. Any solutions for this besides sending it in for service? Thanks
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I think I know what your problem is. You've had other tablets and have always used fastboot for rooting, unlocking and flashing. FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW. Samsung doesn't work like other tablets. The ONLY time you use fastboot with this device is AFTER you have unlocked it, installed TWRP, rooted and want to install a GSI ROM. You DO NOT use fastboot to unlock the bootloader, root the tablet or flash TWRP, stock ROMs or custom ROMs. You can find instruction for unlocking the bootloader here. It is for the A7 but the A8 unlocks the same way. Then use the other link I posted for installing TWRP.
ONG he was using fastboot.
lewmur said:
I think I know what your problem is.
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You've had other tablets and have always used fastboot for rooting, unlocking and flashing. FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW. Samsung doesn't work like other tablets. The ONLY time you use fastboot with this device is AFTER you have unlocked it, installed TWRP, rooted and want to install a GSI ROM. You DO NOT use fastboot to unlock the bootloader, root the tablet or flash TWRP, stock ROMs or custom ROMs. You can find instruction for unlocking the bootloader here. It is for the A7 but the A8 unlocks the same way. Then use the other link I posted for installing TWRP.
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My understanding is different. The problem is that the download mode can't be started because there is a hangup. So how can you use Odin, which requires a working phone in download mode?