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.
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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?
When i turn my phone on now it just stays at the red eye startup screen. I thought i heard somewhere of holding the power button down and x but when i do that a little android guy and a triangle with a exclamation point comes up. Any help would be very appreciated. I do have a rooted phone.
1) Do you know what you did to cause this? You must have changed something to make this happen.
2) Can you get this to work?
If you answered yes to both, you can fix the phone. Otherwise, put on your shoes and head to the nearest VZW store.
did a phone reset and went into titatium backup pro and im all good now, thanks for responding
it has OTA JB that was rooted..
its stuck on the blue att world logo and wont go any farther.
i tried to reset it but no go..
any ideas how to fix it?
it was working just fine and i rebooted it and it wouldn't restart.
i got it fixed and still rooted.. that was a close one..
how to rest the atrix hd
hold vol up and wait till you get the green andriod guy with the red triangle on him.
then push both volume buttons and release, gotta do it quick had to do several times..
the screen should then change to a black screen with blue writing on it..
push reset user data and then reboot..
it didnt effect my root..
aarons6 said:
i got it fixed and still rooted.. that was a close one..
how to rest the atrix hd
hold vol up and wait till you get the green andriod guy with the red triangle on him.
then push both volume buttons and release, gotta do it quick had to do several times..
the screen should then change to a black screen with blue writing on it..
push reset user data and then reboot..
it didnt effect my root..
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Stock android recovery saves the day!
Sent from my phone.
I read the entire thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317507&page=25, but nobody could confirm that it's a software or a hardware issue. And HTC is not sure too. Can anybody please confirm? Does everyone have purple tint issue in low light?
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Thug_4_Life said:
I read the entire thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317507&page=25, but nobody could confirm that it's a software or a hardware issue. And HTC is not sure too. Can anybody please confirm? Does everyone have purple tint issue in low light?
Sent from my HTC One
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From what i can tell its a software issue and supposedly adjusting ISO levels and different modes can help with the problem.
Toxicoblivion said:
From what i can tell its a software issue and supposedly adjusting ISO levels and different modes can help with the problem.
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Yes that was what I initially thought, but after pondering, I realized that then it just doesn't explain why some devices don't have this issue in same setting. Maybe most, since it's mostly people with the issue who post.
Sent from my HTC One
Found a possible fix!
Disabled HTC color enhancement via flar2 kernel, and this fixed the issue. No more nasty tints
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Thug_4_Life said:
Found a possible fix!
Disabled HTC color enhancement via flar2 kernel, and this fixed the issue. No more nasty tints
Sent from my HTC One
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Are you sure? Are you getting a pitch black image when covering the lens (assuming zero light conditions)?
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Thug_4_Life said:
Found a possible fix!
Disabled HTC color enhancement via flar2 kernel, and this fixed the issue. No more nasty tints
Sent from my HTC One
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Like Elemental kernel?
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It might be great news if software causes this issue.
It's back! Maybe bcuz I tested in the morning. F***!
Sent from my HTC One
I could have never lived with a defective piece. All the boxes I opened had the reddish tint issue. So got d4 instead. Miss htc one though. Well will wait for butterfly s
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Set to be lower the ISO is not a solution.
It is not possible to take pictures in low light conditions.
>you'll be able to quickly shoot vivid, true-to-life images with a wide range of colors, even in low light conditions.
http://www.htc.com/www/zoe/
This is a large lie.
HTC should announce this issue.
Hopefully this works for everyone else because I have officially fixed this issue on my Verizon One. Wait for it... Reboot into recovery and wipe system cache. Fixed. Haven't had the issue in over 3 days now. I have been waiting to post this until I was sure it was fixed. It worked for me guys. Give it a shot.
BreakingVZW said:
Hopefully this works for everyone else because I have officially fixed this issue on my Verizon One. Wait for it... Reboot into recovery and wipe system cache. Fixed. Haven't had the issue in over 3 days now. I have been waiting to post this until I was sure it was fixed. It worked for me guys. Give it a shot.
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I'm not rooted. Any solutions for me?
PS- I'm not rooting my phone incase I decide to go for an exchange.. I have a light bleeding problem as well.
raghav2511 said:
I'm not rooted. Any solutions for me?
PS- I'm not rooting my phone incase I decide to go for an exchange.. I have a light bleeding problem as well.
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I'm not rooted either. Hence my "shackled" HTC one Sig. I just booted into stock recovery. Power cycle the phone and hold volume down. Then select recovery, press power. During the boot up press and hold volume up and volume down. The screen will go solid black. Keep holding volume up and down and you should see a message saying "SD card mount failed". It will do that about 4 times and then finally go into the stock recovery menu. Select wipe cache. Reboot.
It may take you a few times to get the timing down with the second power cycle after selecting recovery before you see the "SD card mount failed" mags. Its not a guarantee it will work for you but it did for me.
BreakingVZW said:
I'm not rooted either. Hence my "shackled" HTC one Sig. I just booted into stock recovery. Power cycle the phone and hold volume down. Then select recovery, press power. During the boot up press and hold volume up and volume down. The screen will go solid black. Keep holding volume up and down and you should see a message saying "SD card mount failed". It will do that about 4 times and then finally go into the stock recovery menu. Select wipe cache. Reboot.
It may take you a few times to get the timing down with the second power cycle after selecting recovery before you see the "SD card mount failed" mags. Its not a guarantee it will work for you but it did for me.
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Hi there,
Thanks for your advice, although I couldn't get all the way through it. When I select Recovery and hold both the volume keys, the screen stays black for about 10-15 secs and then an HTC One picture (gray-ish) comes up on the screen with a warning red triangle within it. I can't do anything from there.. I just power it down. Any ideas?
raghav2511 said:
Hi there,
Thanks for your advice, although I couldn't get all the way through it. When I select Recovery and hold both the volume keys, the screen stays black for about 10-15 secs and then an HTC One picture (gray-ish) comes up on the screen with a warning red triangle within it. I can't do anything from there.. I just power it down. Any ideas?
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That's ruu mode. You don't wanna be there.
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raghav2511 said:
Hi there,
Thanks for your advice, although I couldn't get all the way through it. When I select Recovery and hold both the volume keys, the screen stays black for about 10-15 secs and then an HTC One picture (gray-ish) comes up on the screen with a warning red triangle within it. I can't do anything from there.. I just power it down. Any ideas?
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I also not go into recovery menu, I‘m stuck in warning red triangle within it too!
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raghav2511 said:
...an HTC One picture (gray-ish) comes up on the screen with a warning red triangle within it. I can't do anything from there.. I just power it down. Any ideas?
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lucky76 said:
I also not go into recovery menu, I‘m stuck in warning red triangle within it too!
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From the red triangle screen, power+vol up to enter stock recovery
Behold_this said:
From the red triangle screen, power+vol up to enter stock recovery
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I did that, but it goes to the HTC splash screen and keep rebooting. As soon as I let go, it boots normally. Perhaps, I'm doing something wrong?
raghav2511 said:
I did that, but it goes to the HTC splash screen and keep rebooting. As soon as I let go, it boots normally. Perhaps, I'm doing something wrong?
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You tap them and release them at the same time, no holding them down. Anyway worked for me when I first got the phone (in July, older firmware) and its has been this way on HTC devices forever. Hope you get it sorted.
Behold_this said:
You tap them and release them at the same time, no holding them down. Anyway worked for me when I first got the phone (in July, older firmware) and its has been this way on HTC devices forever. Hope you get it sorted.
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Thanks it worked! I held on to the keys for a bit, as soon as the soft keys started flashing I let go and boom - I'm in the recovery! But as expected, clearing the cache didn't help with the Camera issue.
hey,
i have a pretty strange problem. My tp was acting up, wasnt showing the softbuttons. So i restarted it. Now i cant use the home button to select to boot into android in moboot. I had that same problem a month or so ago. However the home button started working again after some time.
Ive already waited for 12h and it still doesnt work. Any ideas what to do now?
kingzero666 said:
hey,
i have a pretty strange problem. My tp was acting up, wasnt showing the softbuttons. So i restarted it. Now i cant use the home button to select to boot into android in moboot. I had that same problem a month or so ago. However the home button started working again after some time.
Ive already waited for 12h and it still doesnt work. Any ideas what to do now?
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Have you booted into webOS to check if you may have a hardware problem?
Is there a method to boot into webos without using the home button? Because i cant select webos in moboot without it.
kingzero666 said:
Is there a method to boot into webos without using the home button? Because i cant select webos in moboot without it.
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OK I assume that when you reboot your android ROM is highlighted and automatically boots after a 5 second countdown.
With an app such as Rom Toolbox lite select Root browser followed by the boot folder then select the moboot.default file, open it as text and edit it to read webOS(web lower case and OS upper case). Your tablet should now boot into webOS.
If that has worked you now have to be able to boot back into android.
If you haven't already done so DL and install CyBoot or Cyboot from preware and select android for next boot or change the the default.
Have fun.
Thanks for your help. While i was waiting for your reply i opened up my touchpad to check if i can see something wrong, i also cleaned the contacts from the home button board. Well the good news, the home button now works, the bad news my power button doesnt. Guess i screwed it up somehow when opening the tp. fml. Anyways thanks again.