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[Q] Need some noob help!! quick

Hey guys.
I have been a windows mobile user for the longest time and its been a while since my last post. Just bought my Captivate today.
I tried booting into recovery mode but it flashes the att splash screen and boots up normally. If i continue to hold the buttons, the splash screen just flashes off and on again. I really want to root this phone right away.
Anyone know how i can fix this?
I tried looking for this but no one seems to have this same problem. I am sorry if i am repeating stuff. Please forward me to it and delete the thread if you wish.
Thank you

xtremekilla09 said:
Hey guys.
I have been a windows mobile user for the longest time and its been a while since my last post. Just bought my Captivate today.
I tried booting into recovery mode but it flashes the att splash screen and boots up normally. If i continue to hold the buttons, the splash screen just flashes off and on again. I really want to root this phone right away.
Anyone know how i can fix this?
I tried looking for this but no one seems to have this same problem. I am sorry if i am repeating stuff. Please forward me to it and delete the thread if you wish.
Thank you
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Pull the battery and make sure the phone is off.
Put the battery back on.
Hold the volume up and volume down button, then hold the power button. When the white AT&T screen first comes on, let go of the power button, but hold the volume keys.
does that work for you?
EDIT: and before anyone else chimes in, this thread probably belongs in either general or question and answer.

nope that didnt work either.
I guess i am gonna have to install the sdk and go that route.

as soon as the att screen comes on, i let go of power but hold both volume keys.
it takes about 10 seconds, but eventually it goes into recovery mode for me.
EDIT: Based on you saying it flashes off and on again, it sounds like you aren't letting the power button go.

I tried that too and it just went straight ahead to the boot up animation.
I really want to thank you for you speedy replies.
Any more suggestions, keep 'em coming. I really want to root this phone.

xtremekilla09 said:
I tried that too and it just went straight ahead to the boot up animation.
I really want to thank you for you speedy replies.
Any more suggestions, keep 'em coming. I really want to root this phone.
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On your home screen, hit the menu button, and then settings. scroll down to about phone.
What is your baseband?

What always works for me is:
turn off.
Power on holding the up and down volume buttons and the power button.
When you see the ATT logo let go of everything.
This always works for me.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Honestly, the SDK is the easiest method.

You should have the sdk installed anyway. It help with installing non-market apps. Install it then enable debug mode on you phone. You can do that in the settings menu under applications> development. Then at the cmd prompt on your pc use this command. "adb reboot recovery" no quotes. The phone will reboot to recovery.
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miztaken1312 said:
Honestly, the SDK is the easiest method.
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Yes Sir! IT IS
WOW! done and done!
It worked using the SDK method.
Thanks for all the help guys. Love XDA! don't know what I would do without it.
I dont know if I should upgrade the firmware or not. Anyone want to share their opinions on whether it is useful or useless?

[SOLVED] HELP!! Phone stuck at off screen

Hi All,
I tried switching off my phone but it is stuck at the shutting down screen and is unresponsive!! How do I reset it?
Thanks!!
EDIT: Well I held the power-off button and the volume up simultaneously for 5 seconds and that did the trick! LOL

batman_112 said:
Hi All,
I tried switching off my phone but it is stuck at the shutting down screen and is unresponsive!! How do I reset it?
Thanks!!
EDIT: Well I held the power-ff button and the volume up simultaneously for 5 seconds and that did the trick! LOL
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LOL it just happened to me also like 20 minutes ago.
tried power off, nothing, tried power off + vol up and bingo.. that moment of WTF?
Sent from my Xperia T

tumult said:
LOL it just happened to me also like 20 minutes ago.
tried power off, nothing, tried power off + vol up and bingo.. that moment of WTF?
Sent from my Xperia T
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Yeah, it was a WTF moment!!

I know you've solved the issue but to keep everything in line all cries for help or questions belong in Q&A not General, I even made a thread about it
It also helps being here so when people also have this issue and thinking of posting their question about it here they'll see it.
Thanks
AvRS

So just want a bit of clarification,im pretty set on gettin this device just have a question since we cant remove the battery...
the way to hard shut down the device is to press power button and volume up ??
I'm scared of not being able to hard shut down ( in any stage of the boot for example) with no battery
thanks in advance for the clarification, hope i posted in the good thread
cheers

fredastere said:
So just want a bit of clarification,im pretty set on gettin this device just have a question since we cant remove the battery...
the way to hard shut down the device is to press power button and volume up ??
I'm scared of not being able to hard shut down ( in any stage of the boot for example) with no battery
thanks in advance for the clarification, hope i posted in the good thread
cheers
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Yes.

What if my phone is a motorola? What do I do..?

[Q] Power Button Not working. Plz help

Okay so my power button just randomly stopped working after some random time. it doesnt work ANYWHERE. to lock my screen, to unlcok my screen, in recovery mode i cant press anything cuase it doesnt WORK. i no its a hardware issue becuase of this. i did google this but found nothing. what can i do to fix it.
i tried a battery pull and putting it back and going to recovery to factory reset but as soon as i put my battery in my phone starts up. i can enter recovery but the power button doesnt work so i cant press anything.
my warranty is over by a long shot ( had it since it released) so cant return it.
any help would be appreciated. all i need is a way to turn my phone on and off nothing about the recovery and stuff. but if you do find someting for it that would be even more amazing.
and has this happened to anyone else, just wondering is all if this is common or rare.
thnx in advance.

it has happened to many captivates. search 'captivate power button' on xda.
What ROM are you running on your phone?
Answer to that question has a lot to do with your next steps for software workaround.
One approach; you could read up on ways to clean the power button and see if that works. Or send it off to mobiletechvideos.com and he will fix it for a reasonable fee.

laughingT said:
it has happened to many captivates. search 'captivate power button' on xda.
What ROM are you running on your phone?
Answer to that question has a lot to do with your next steps for software workaround.
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i am running Aocp 5 android 4.2.1
hve been running it for a few weeks now and no problem till now

Okay, start by seeing if you can clean the power button, that may fix it for now. Again, search 'captivate power button' to find some threads about ways to clean it.
With the ROM you are running, I believe you have a version of CWM that allows to use the Cappy's dedicated menu keys, menu, home, back and search, to navigate and select recovery items.
Assuming your power key is stuck on, remove the battery, hold the up and down volume buttons and reinsert the battery to get into recovery. This will allow you to test keys, wipe, and any other function in CWM.
With the phone on and fully booted into JB, go find volume rocker wake in the system setting options and make sure it is active. Hitting the up/down key will wake the screen when it sleeps. Add the sleep/lock toggle to your notification bar menu and you have a way to instantly lock the screen without the power key.
If you still have a bad power button stuck in on position, then you will need to take out the battery to turn it off.
Hope this helps.

laughingT said:
With the ROM you are running, I believe you have a version of CWM that allows to use the Cappy's dedicated menu keys, menu, home, back and search, to navigate and select recovery items.
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Thnx for the help but Which button does what?

Menu = Down. Home = Up. Back arrow = Back. Search = Select.
This is the way it is in KK4 Corn Kernel. Not sure about the recovery in AoCP though... Home may = Select. ??
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THANK YOU!!!!!!
4-2ndtwin said:
Menu = Down. Home = Up. Back arrow = Back. Search = Select.
This is the way it is in KK4 Corn Kernel. Not sure about the recovery in AoCP though... Home may = Select. ??
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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THANK YOU BOTH (4-2ndtwin AND laughingT) SOOOOO MUCH
IF I HAD THE CHANCE I WOULD DONATE TO YOU BUT I CANT CUZ IM ONLY 14
SRY.

No prob. Glad to help.
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4-2ndtwin said:
No prob. Glad to help.
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+1

Now to turn off phone?
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.

Jack Jake said:
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.
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Get a app or widget for it.

Jack Jake said:
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.
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This is happening because your power button is stuck in the on position. Did you try to clean it as suggested earlier.
BWolf56, I'm not aware of an app or ROM that completely prevents power up on insertion of battery when the power button is stuck on. If there is such an app, I'd like to hear about it. I think maybe the power switch goes to the broadcom power management chip, so I don't understand how the app could work unless the phone never came on at all. SOD symptoms would be the result.

laughingT said:
This is happening because your power button is stuck in the on position. Did you try to clean it as suggested earlier.
BWolf56, I'm not aware of an app or ROM that completely prevents power up on insertion of battery when the power button is stuck on. If there is such an app, I'd like to hear about it. I think maybe the power switch goes to the broadcom power management chip, so I don't understand how the app could work unless the phone never came on at all. SOD symptoms would be the result.
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Oh that would be impossible, the OS isn't loaded so even less the apps
I was suggesting a app to turn off the phone/lock screen. There are widgets for that in the market.

Jack Jake said:
Okay so my power button just randomly stopped working after some random time.
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I had a very similar problem with my Epic 4G Touch (Sprint S2) - my phone would randomly reboot, and it kept getting worse and worse. Thought it was the ROM, the overclock, etc. I flashed back to (almost) stock, went back to original clock speeds. Eventually, I noticed that even brushing past the power button would wake the screen, and about 10 seconds later the phone would reboot.
Long story short, I bought a replacement power switch, soldered it in place, and have had zero problems since!
Several eBay sellers offer the switch you'll need.
(They don't include the skills needed to solder it in place. It's a tiny switch - about 4mm x 2mm x 1.5mm, and you'll need a good quality fine-tipped soldering iron and a steady hand. Do you have a friend who's good at soldering?)

awoolf said:
Long story short, I bought a replacement power switch, soldered it in place, and have had zero problems since!
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well thanks for the reply, but i dont need it anymore. my friend conveniently had a GNex (old) and gave it to me as a present. so i dont use my captivate that much anymore.

Panic! Flashing my phone may have taken a terrible turn

I just began flashing my Sprint HTC One with CleanROM SPR 1.5, but it's locked up at the "Installing" section, with the progress bar stuck on the first increment. Before installation, I was sure to wipe and clear out the caches, etc and also checked the md5sum of the .zip file from the developer. I'm not sure what to do!
Please help! Thank you

KD0SKH said:
I just began flashing my Sprint HTC One with CleanROM SPR 1.5, but it's locked up at the "Installing" section, with the progress bar stuck on the first increment. Before installation, I was sure to wipe and clear out the caches, etc and also checked the md5sum of the .zip file from the developer. I'm not sure what to do!
Please help! Thank you
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Most likely you ran just into an issue due the often used aroma installer by amarullz.
This problem is well known and is annoing, but it's all okay. You only need to restart the phone to recovery mode.
Press power and vol down button together, hold them until the phone goes off and kepp on holding until the phone turns on in recovery mode.
Then you can do it all again.
For me a flash needs sometimes 2-5 tries to be successful, some people need more than 10.
Some part of aroma installer is bad, but i can't understand why the developer doesn't solve this issue...
As developer i stand behind my work, even if it's a job without financial benefit.

v3rtex said:
Press power and vol down button together, hold them until the phone goes off...
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Thank you! This was what I was so scared about: I didn't realize how long I had to hold down power, and I didn't know I had to hold down Vol Down at the same time. What a useful bit of knowledge! (Alas, I'm spoiled by user-removable batteries).
In the meantime I think I determined the cause of the issue - I went back a dialog box and this apparently can cause some hangs in the installer. I went through again without trying to go "backwards" in any of the menus, and everything worked!
Again, thank you so much!

Just to add a bit more info:
I've found it much easier to hold the power button until the phone turns off, then let go press volume down. Holding them both down together often made my phone select the "reboot phone" option when it finally got to the bootloader.
Additionally, using the volume and power buttons, as opposed to the touch screen, seems to help keep Aroma stable. It's not foolproof, but I've had more successful attempts this way. It is a pain when you have to make a bunch of selections though. I honestly wish devs stopped using it at this point. Ever since ROMs started being released with Aroma I've always had problems with it. I avoid it as much as possible, but for the most part that's not an option with the One

Help me!

So I installed HTC_M7's CM10.2 ROM, after using it for a little bit, i decided to go back to sense. So I got rid of that and installed this rom. It worked fine after I booted up, except that none of my apps where downloading, so I decided to restart, now my phone is stuck in either the shutdown, or boot up animation.
I tried holding the power button but it's not doing anything, also tried pressing the power and volume down button.
Right now I'm just waiting for the battery to die, it was at 38% when I decided to restart.
Any suggestions? I was going to see if I could get into recovery and wipe everything after the phone dies and charges a little bit, then add more charge and RUU it.
EDIT: I have clockworkmod recovery.
EDIT: #2, tried the, shine a bright light on the phone and press the power button thing, and it worked, I don't really get how that fixes it.

alberto122509 said:
EDIT: #2, tried the, shine a bright light on the phone and press the power button thing, and it worked, I don't really get how that fixes it.
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I've seen it said that it is a protection from accidents in your pocket or bag.