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Dear All,
Have tried searching for a solution to my problem, was unable to find one - apologies if this has already been answered somewhere.
My Galaxy S has never been able to use the 3 button recovery/download, so when I wanted to install a custom ROM, thought it would be a good idea to fix that
First I went to RazvanG's thread here , and realised I needed to sort some other issues first, namely to root and downgrade my recovery file from 3e to 2e.
These are the steps i followed:
1. Rooted using z4Root
2. Installed Busybox
3. Followed steps in reschi85's thread here
4. Rebooted
All seemed fine when I rebooted, phone started fine.
However, when I then went to the next step of RazvanG's, namely to boot into recovery, the phone has hung on the Galaxy S logo screen, and will not budge.
Have tried using adb to reboot into download/recovery mode, no change. cannot get the phone to start now, and since I hadn't managed to get the fix applied, my 3 button fix will not work.
Please help!
Thanks in advance,
Sun
Petr0v has an excellent topic on getting 3 button recovery working. I used the odin method and it takes 5 minutes in all. You actally have to get download mode working first before anything as its very important. Once done you could have flashed cf root using odin and would have had 2e.
If taking out the battery for a few minutes doesn't work your only option will be to force it into download mode using the jig then flashing a fresh firmware with odin. There are topics on here on making your own homemade jig. I've also seen them selling on ebay here in Australia for $20usd. Good luck.
Edit: TheBeano has a topic on how to make you own jig.
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I can't root my sgs, i have tryed almost every tutorials i can find about this, but i can't connect to odin when the phone is in download mode. I even get this up in download mode: can't access to '/system/csc/xee/system/' Anyone that can help me with this issue?
Uh... sounds like something is seriously wrong with your phone dude =\ You should be able to get to d/l mode regardless. Does the phone still work fine otherwise?
Unable to root sgs gingerbread NEJVD
I have the same problem after upgrading to official firmware via kieys. Running PDA:I9000NEJVD, PHONE:I9000NEJV5, CSC:H3GJV6 on 3mobile. Odin doesn't recognise phone in download mode, computer only reads onboard sd card when connected as usb storage. Tried one superoneclick too but stops at running pnueter exploit/gingerbreak exploit. Super laggy as well, Can i roll back to froyo? any help highly appreciated.
samgal111 said:
I have the same problem after upgrading to official firmware via kieys. Running PDA:I9000NEJVD, PHONE:I9000NEJV5, CSC:H3GJV6 on 3mobile. Odin doesn't recognise phone in download mode, computer only reads onboard sd card when connected as usb storage. Tried one superoneclick too but stops at running pnueter exploit/gingerbreak exploit. Super laggy as well, Can i roll back to froyo? any help highly appreciated.
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Did you try diffrent usb port on your cpu?
also..on the cpu that your using odin to flash , do you have kies installed?
if so make sure it isn't running ( i would uninstall just incase)
see if that helps.
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I am interested in rooting too, and I have gingerbread. I have 2 problems though, first, I do not have the 3button combo working. I thought the gingerbread update would fix it, but no luck, and the method I found here did not work. I hear that you should not try to root without the 3 button combo working, but what choice do I have, samsung update did not fix this bootloader problem. I cannot put my phone in download mode without having it plugged in and recognized by adb.
My 2nd problem is that I have a I9000T and it seems nobody has this phone around here so I have no way of knowing if some of the rooting options even work for my phoen and firmeware.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
caribbean_spur said:
I am interested in rooting too, and I have gingerbread. I have 2 problems though, first, I do not have the 3button combo working. I thought the gingerbread update would fix it, but no luck, and the method I found here did not work. I hear that you should not try to root without the 3 button combo working, but what choice do I have, samsung update did not fix this bootloader problem. I cannot put my phone in download mode without having it plugged in and recognized by adb.
My 2nd problem is that I have a I9000T and it seems nobody has this phone around here so I have no way of knowing if some of the rooting options even work for my phoen and firmeware.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I actually have a i9000t, ive soft bricked a few times as long as you could get into download mode you should be ok, allways keep a stock rom around just incase to flash back to through odin.
Ive flashed a few modem with no problems, few roms with minimal problems..
Cm7 lost radio and weird pixle screen boot.
Deoxidized roms work good.
I had flashed Darkys 9.5 and everything worked till i noticed the stock music player gave me reboots.
I had tried flashing MIUI but no luck at all, could of been my zip. File was messed up but i tried a diffrent and still nothing.Now im on Darky 10.1 final no problems.
This has to be the most stable/fastest rom ive ever flashed.
Edit i looked up something that might help.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
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afalk said:
I can't root my sgs, i have tryed almost every tutorials i can find about this, but i can't connect to odin when the phone is in download mode. I even get this up in download mode: can't access to '/system/csc/xee/system/' Anyone that can help me with this issue?
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hi.. do you have official kies installed on your computer?
if so uninstall it first... and installed the unofficial samsung driver.. sorry i cant post link here as am junior member..
you can search in google "samsung usb.rar". Once you download it, then installed it on your computer. Open you odin, put your phone in download mode,
and plug in to computer, then odin should be able to recognize your phone.
Once I have the same problem and it works for me with above step. hope that help.
Dorilife said:
I actually have a i9000t, ive soft bricked a few times as long as you could get into download mode you should be ok, allways keep a stock rom around just incase to flash back to through odin.
Ive flashed a few modem with no problems, few roms with minimal problems..
Cm7 lost radio and weird pixle screen boot.
Deoxidized roms work good.
I had flashed Darkys 9.5 and everything worked till i noticed the stock music player gave me reboots.
I had tried flashing MIUI but no luck at all, could of been my zip. File was messed up but i tried a diffrent and still nothing.Now im on Darky 10.1 final no problems.
This has to be the most stable/fastest rom ive ever flashed.
Edit i looked up something that might help.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
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Thanks for the reply! Ok, I finally manage to have the 3button combo work and get into download mode and recovery mode. I want to root, can you tell me if the odin method works on 2.3.3 stock, on I9000T . Also, How can I fully backup my phone. Which android version did you have when you rooted.
Also, I keep reading those very old threads and I was wondering what the latest Odin version is used for 2.3.3.
elita said:
hi.. do you have official kies installed on your computer?
if so uninstall it first... and installed the unofficial samsung driver.. sorry i cant post link here as am junior member..
you can search in google "samsung usb.rar". Once you download it, then installed it on your computer. Open you odin, put your phone in download mode,
and plug in to computer, then odin should be able to recognize your phone.
Once I have the same problem and it works for me with above step. hope that help.
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Tried this workaround, but still no luck with Odin. When fone is in download mode, I get the message apling multi-csc...Installing multi-csc then "unable to access system/csc/H3G/system/".Couldnt roll back the os through kies either before I uninstalled it. Any help highly appreciated
Would definitely would like to know how to root 2.3.3 (UBJV6)? Is there anything specia; I have to do since I have recovery 3e too?
Any help will be welcome!
Wrong button combo
caribbean_spur said:
Would definitely would like to know how to root 2.3.3 (UBJV6)? Is there anything specia; I have to do since I have recovery 3e too?
Any help will be welcome!
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Turns out We/I have been using the wrong button combo for download. Download mode is: Vol DOWN+Home+Power On.!!! Recovery mode is Vol UP+Home+Power On. I used Fuguroot with my stock kernel from RAMAD (senior developer). Flashed with odin & it took LESS THAN 2 MIN! Check out this link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011901.Hope this helps. Do remember to thank Ramad and Nicademus!
good you figured out
Hi, I did something stupid... I been trying to upload gingerbread to my Galaxy Tab. and I used re-partition.. so now I bricked.. It starts with samsug logo and after stops showing only the samsung galaxy..
Please Help me...
Thanks Guys
rrubio999 said:
Hi, I did something stupid... I been trying to upload gingerbread to my Galaxy Tab. and I used re-partition.. so now I bricked.. It starts with samsug logo and after stops showing only the samsung galaxy..
Please Help me...
Thanks Guys
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I don't have a galaxy tab, but it should be similliar to my galaxy s. I think your device is NOT bricked. As long as you can get to download mode, your device is NOT bricked. If you can get there, you should try to flash with odin/heimdall again. I think you must have done something wrong in the flashing process. AFAIK the logo is displayed by bootloader (primary), so if nothing went wrong with flashing the secondary one (download mode), you should be able to flash again.
This is my first post ever so please forgive me if this is in the wrong section.
I am not new to rooting and/or cm7 or download mode. I have used odin on my fascinate and continuum. And I have also had cm 7 on 2 other phones, the Fascinate and the Droid Incredible. Late a few nights ago, I flashed back to stock eclair on my captivate and used kies to update to uckb1. I then rooted and and flashed cm7. Not thinking, I already knew i could not access download mode with hardware button combos, but i forgot. My cappy is running cm7 wonderfully!! However i went to flash back to stock so i could try kh3 and found i could not access download mode. I can get into recovery using both the power button in cm7 reboot recovery as well as adb reboot recovery. I have tried:
adb reboot download
adb shell
reboot download
heimdall one click un brick
The only other thing I have tried is installing the 3buttonfix.zip. It did not work though as I assumed it wouldn't.( Is the three button fix designed for rfs/bml partioning?)
I have already ordered a proffsionally made jig so I should be able to get into download mode when i receive it. But is there any other way?
Thanks in advance! Sorry if i sound like a noob!!
nerdcompdork11 said:
This is my first post ever so please forgive me if this is in the wrong section.
I am not new to rooting and/or cm7 or download mode. I have used odin on my fascinate and continuum. And I have also had cm 7 on 2 other phones, the Fascinate and the Droid Incredible. Late a few nights ago, I flashed back to stock eclair on my captivate and used kies to update to uckb1. I then rooted and and flashed cm7. Not thinking, I already knew i could not access download mode with hardware button combos, but i forgot. My cappy is running cm7 wonderfully!! However i went to flash back to stock so i could try kh3 and found i could not access download mode. I can get into recovery using both the power button in cm7 reboot recovery as well as adb reboot recovery. I have tried:
adb reboot download
adb shell
reboot download
heimdall one click un brick
The only other thing I have tried is installing the 3buttonfix.zip. It did not work though as I assumed it wouldn't.( Is the three button fix designed for rfs/bml partioning?)
I have already ordered a proffsionally made jig so I should be able to get into download mode when i receive it. But is there any other way?
Thanks in advance! Sorry if i sound like a noob!!
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Get a Jig for the future. I believe you can use terminal emulator and type in there:
su *enter*
reboot download *enter*
I am getting my jig tomorrow! But terminal reboot download does not work either. I really just want to know if there is anyway to get back download mode without the jig. just curious. And if the 3buttonfix.zip is designed for bml/rfs partitions?
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have you tried installing a different rom from rom manager? i dont know too much about that setup but its something worth looking into. that may fix your problem since CM7 is based on the open source version of android and likely doesnt have the typical bootloaders (i dont THINK anyways)
BloodSkin said:
have you tried installing a different rom from rom manager? i dont know too much about that setup but its something worth looking into. that may fix your problem since CM7 is based on the open source version of android and likely doesnt have the typical bootloaders (i dont THINK anyways)
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I tried flashing fasty 2 from rom manager. The phone reboots after install driectly into cm7 and still no download mode. This is what I expected as Fasty 2 is designed to run on top of the bml partitioning. And since cm 7 when installed converts to mtd, it does not have any effect. This is also why i suspect the 3buttonFix.zip will not help me any. Though I saw a post here on xda where someone flashed 3buttonFix to cm7 and was able to get into download mode again. It did not work for me though
I just used Odin to flash Darky's 10.2 RE (with plans to flash 10.2.2 and DarkCore 4.1 over it) from the Stock 2.3.5 with Bootloaders and before I did anything else to the phone, I checked to see if the softkeys are acting the way they should. This is because I tried to do it straight from Darky's 9.5 ROM and it caused the Home key to act like the back button, the Back key to act like a left arrow button, and the Search key to act like a right arrow button. The menu button is acting normally. As I said i used an Odin One-Click to flash back to stock and it fixed the softkeys. After trying AGAIN to flash to 10.2 RE the softkeys are acting EXACTLY the same as before.
Has anyone else experienced this, and is it a bug or am I doing something wrong here?
I thought possibly i need to use Odin to flash 10.1 first.
I'm going to use the One-Click to flash back to stock until I get a solution.
Thanks in advance everyone!
kevnuke said:
I just used Odin to flash Darky's 10.2 RE (with plans to flash 10.2.2 and DarkCore 4.1 over it) from the Stock 2.3.5 with Bootloaders and before I did anything else to the phone, I checked to see if the softkeys are acting the way they should. This is because I tried to do it straight from Darky's 9.5 ROM and it caused the Home key to act like the back button, the Back key to act like a left arrow button, and the Search key to act like a right arrow button. The menu button is acting normally. As I said i used an Odin One-Click to flash back to stock and it fixed the softkeys. After trying AGAIN to flash to 10.2 RE the softkeys are acting EXACTLY the same as before.
Has anyone else experienced this, and is it a bug or am I doing something wrong here?
I thought possibly i need to use Odin to flash 10.1 first.
I'm going to use the One-Click to flash back to stock until I get a solution.
Thanks in advance everyone!
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You need a reoriented kernel. It's acting as though you have an i9000. If auto rotation works, then you do have one but need to remap the button keys. I made a thread a while back on how to do it -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1325867
Edit: after reading your post again it sounds like you're saying this happened before you flashed anything over the RE? If so, no wonder. You still need to flash the captivate kernel which should be reoriented and have the button fixes
mikel.canovas said:
You need a reoriented kernel. It's acting as though you have an i9000. If auto rotation works, then you do have one but need to remap the button keys. I made a thread a while back on how to do it -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1325867
Edit: after reading your post again it sounds like you're saying this happened before you flashed anything over the RE? If so, no wonder. You still need to flash the captivate kernel which should be reoriented and have the button fixes
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I kinda suspected it was a kernel issue. Since my old boot screen displayed I9000 then I897 afterwards. So I should ignore the button issue until I flash 10.2.2 over it..or would that be darkcore, THEN 10.2.2? I think the autorotate did work btw. I'll try it thanks.
PS If that's the case the instructions need to be changed to tell people to flash a cappy kernel after the 10.2 RE base right?
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kevnuke said:
I kinda suspected it was a kernel issue. Since my old boot screen displayed I9000 then I897 afterwards. So I should ignore the button issue until I flash 10.2.2 over it..or would that be darkcore, THEN 10.2.2? I think the autorotate did work btw. I'll try it thanks.
PS If that's the case the instructions need to be changed to tell people to flash a cappy kernel after the 10.2 RE base right?
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The reason it showed i9000 then i897 is because you have i9000 bootloaders which is okay and shouldnt affect button mapping. You should flash 10.2.2 then the kernel
Okay so..i kinda goofed up a little cause i pushed the kernel with Odin after 10.2 RE. I went ahead and tried this before checking for another post. I decided to flash 10.2.2 over that and pushed the kernel again with Odin. Only key that doesn't work now is the home key. I'm going to start from scratch tomorrow and do everything in the right order.
Thanks for your help!
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Well it sounds like everything is working but that I think you should just try remapping the home key it's not too hard and will save you the reflashing trouble
Ok, is there a thread that shows how to do that?
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Yes. The thread I posted above. Or i might also suggest reflashing the rom but wiping data amd cache in cwm before flashing the rom.
Also dont forget to press thanks if ive helped you
I would have already but there's no thanks button in the xda app
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mikel.canovas said:
Yes. The thread I posted above. Or i might also suggest reflashing the rom but wiping data amd cache in cwm before flashing the rom.
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Also I thought I'd mention that I can't go directly from recovery mode to download mode. The button combos to get into download mode from the phone being turned off aren't working, probably for the same reason everything else is screwed up. I have the reboot the phone and use the enhanced power menu to reboot into recovery mode and download mode. Not sure if that messes with clearing the cache and/or doing a factory wipe/reset or not..not being able to go directly from one to the other, that is.
Try flash the new rom with Darky rom tool. The tool can be downloded from market.
Darky's rom is a combination of Captivate and I9000, the installder will check the model by original build.prop file.
I have searched for the last 24 hours on this site for any mention of this problem and found nothing. I apologize if it has been covered elsewhere and would appreciate a link if I should be there instead of here. I am new to this forum.
I have an AT&T Captivate that I bought used for my wife. It was rooted and running some version of non-official Gingerbread when I got it (so it had been messed around with).
I have never been able to get into RECOVERY mode having tried every conceivable button and timing sequence at least 1 million times (3-button neutered?). I also have Android SDK installed on my PC and can send the "adb reboot recovery" command but it locks up at the AT&T screen and won't go any further so the PC is talking to the phone but the phone refuses to obey. Yes I have tried different USB ports and cables, un/reinstalling drivers, etc. The weird thing is that I can get into DL mode easily with the batt out, vol+/-,USB cable trick.
I originally took the phone all the way back to a stock Froyo ROM via Odin which appeared to work fine (but still no recovery mode) and then flashed to GB 2.3.5 with Kernel 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489 via "kh3_heimdall_cwm-One-Click_GB_2_3_5.jar"
Phone works OK now but I still can't get into RECOVERY mode. Unless I am mistaken, there are no ROMS available later than GB that can be flashed via Odin- all of the later ROMs need to be installed from recovery mode. The point of all this is that I want to try upgrading to ICS or JB but can't figure out how to do it without a way to get into recovery mode.
So the question is: How can I get recovery mode to work?
And: How can I update the ROM with no way to get into Recovery mode? Is it even possible?
Returning the phone is obviously out of the question as it is "obsolete" and I am not the original owner.
Thank you for any helpful insights.
captivated hippo said:
I have searched for the last 24 hours on this site for any mention of this problem and found nothing. I apologize if it has been covered elsewhere and would appreciate a link if I should be there instead of here. I am new to this forum.
I have an AT&T Captivate that I bought used for my wife. It was rooted and running some version of non-official Gingerbread when I got it (so it had been messed around with).
I have never been able to get into RECOVERY mode having tried every conceivable button and timing sequence at least 1 million times (3-button neutered?). I also have Android SDK installed on my PC and can send the "adb reboot recovery" command but it locks up at the AT&T screen and won't go any further so the PC is talking to the phone but the phone refuses to obey. Yes I have tried different USB ports and cables, un/reinstalling drivers, etc. The weird thing is that I can get into DL mode easily with the batt out, vol+/-,USB cable trick.
I originally took the phone all the way back to a stock Froyo ROM via Odin which appeared to work fine (but still no recovery mode) and then flashed to GB 2.3.5 with Kernel 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489 via "kh3_heimdall_cwm-One-Click_GB_2_3_5.jar"
Phone works OK now but I still can't get into RECOVERY mode. Unless I am mistaken, there are no ROMS available later than GB that can be flashed via Odin- all of the later ROMs need to be installed from recovery mode. The point of all this is that I want to try upgrading to ICS or JB but can't figure out how to do it without a way to get into recovery mode.
So the question is: How can I get recovery mode to work?
And: How can I update the ROM with no way to get into Recovery mode? Is it even possible?
Returning the phone is obviously out of the question as it is "obsolete" and I am not the original owner.
Thank you for any helpful insights.
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Since you have no problems getting into download mode I suggest you start by going to this link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 Go to the third post and download the Odin one click of KK4 with bootloaders.
After you do the one-click back to stock go to this link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294477&highlight=corn+kernel and get the odin flashable version of 7.06 or 7.0A and if you don't already have Odin you'll of course need that too. Get yourself back into download mode and flash that kernel and it should give you back your recovery via the 3 button combo.
Worked! (eventually...sort of...)
m1batt1 said:
Since you have no problems getting into download mode I suggest you start by going to this link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 Go to the third post and download the Odin one click of KK4 with bootloaders.
After you do the one-click back to stock go to this link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294477&highlight=corn+kernel and get the odin flashable version of 7.06 or 7.0A and if you don't already have Odin you'll of course need that too. Get yourself back into download mode and flash that kernel and it should give you back your recovery via the 3 button combo.
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m1batt1,
Thank you sooo much! It ALMOST worked!
- DL'ed Odin 1-click KK4 w/BL's as suggested, ran it, it failed and semi-bricked my phone... (phone--/!\---comp). Doh!
-Figured you were on the right track so DL'ed "I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, CONTAINS Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe" from 4-2ndtwin's post further down the same thread.
-after much anxiety and messing about to get it to connect, it successfully flashed!
-For the FIRST TIME EVER, I can get into recovery mode!
-followed up with corn kernel 7.06 as suggested with no problems
-now that the phone works as advertised, time for JB!
The funny thing is, I went back to stock ROMs several times and recovery never worked until now... go figure...
^
...then it had to be that KK4 one click in that 3rd post that fixed the prob.
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I'm glad it got you back up and running! Now get your JB flash on! There are plenty to choose from for our "ancient" captivates.
One word of advice though. Coming from the point you're at now any JB ROM you flash will likely knock you into a boot loop on the first flashing attempt. Nothing is wrong just three button into recovery and flash again.
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And back up the efs folder, just in case.
It contains the vital IMEI info. :thumbup:
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Thanks a million guys! Slim bean 2.9 up and running!
It Works!
Got to Slim Bean 2.9 through Cyanogen 9.1 and installed the Slim_GApps.
4-2ndtwin: Thanks for the suggestion to back up the efs folder. I hadn't done that before and now I am feeling VERY lucky that my phone still works at all! It lowered my stress level appreciably plus it was good practice using SDK.
m1batt1: Thanks for the heads up on the double flashing of JB ROM! It saved considerable unnecessary panic (although it was still somewhat unnerving)!
Consider both your thank you buttons righteously whacked! :good: