This phone is from Australia, locked to carrier Vodafone.
the version is s5830v.
I want to flash the ROM I need, but the first thing is that
I am unable to use the button "Home+Power" into recovery mode,
and "Home+ Power+Volume Down" into downloading mode.
Every time I tried to use these buttons, the result is go into the system straight away, just like turn the power on.
I assume this function keys is disable by the carrier.
Is there any way I can regain these back.
Thank you all.
nobody knows?
it seems a tricky problem.
Try power + home + volume UP.
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Hi,
was trying to play the regular angry birds & my phone just rebooted & then got stuck on the splash(logo) screen, rebooted again, same thing.
Tried the recovery mode thing, holding down volume buttons & then the power button, nothing happens I know I'm doing that right 'cos I have gone into recovery mode before when contemplating to root the phone.
Its a Bell unlocked phone, & not rooted at all.
Any ideas on what else I could do?
Thanks.
sami375 said:
Hi,
was trying to play the regular angry birds & my phone just rebooted & then got stuck on the splash(logo) screen, rebooted again, same thing.
Tried the recovery mode thing, holding down volume buttons & then the power button, nothing happens I know I'm doing that right 'cos I have gone into recovery mode before when contemplating to root the phone.
Its a Bell unlocked phone, & not rooted at all.
Any ideas on what else I could do?
Thanks.
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Sounds like the bad SD card, but can you get into download mode? If it just crapped out when playing a game and not doing **** then it doesn't sound good, but try to get into download mode, if you can do that you could try flashing some things but report back about the download mode.
thanks spectre, was not sure what the download mode is, so I googled it & then I came across this:
Recov = vol up + home + power. When you see the splash, let go of power or it will reboot.
Download = vol down + home + power. You do not need to let go of power.
I was trying the recovery mode with both volume buttons held & not the home button, tried recovery mode, reset factory settings, now everything seems fine
btw do you suggest I root the phone?
I have a Samsung Captivate (I897) but I accidentally installed the I9000 firmware on it. Now my home button acts like the back button, The 3 button combo doesn't work, and the back button doesn't work at all. I tried to get it to do SOMETHING and somehow I got it into recovery mode but now i cant get it out and get it to boot up. It shows the normal recovery mode options and i can scroll down and up but I can't select anything because it says use the "select" button but there is no "select" button on the I897. All I need is to get into download mode and i can probably fix it from there. I want to flash it back to factory settings so my fiance can use it. Can someone please help me? I've been searching the forums for days trying to find the same issue but to no avail.
What I9000 firmware? If it was a gingerbread build the button combo for download mode is vol down and power, otherwise it should be the same both volumes then plug in ausb cable... or make a jig.
And just for the hell of it try using the menu button to select something in recovery.
Holy F man you are the man!! i used the volume down and power button and its now in download mode. Now I can try to flash it back with Odin. Thank you soooooo much!!
ok so i tried that and now it wont even turn on at all. idk whats goin on with it. i may just have to send it in to samsung...
hey all i am using lg2x p990..i rooted my phone to cm7 and later flashed it to ics4....there is bug in it i guess it restarts for every 15 seconds and i cant enter the recovery mode(power plus volume button down)..if i do that also it taking to the main screen....and the internal memory card cant be read nor the external memory card,...bluetooth nor wifi is working if they work at least i can use the rom manager and take to recovery mode...i am not able to do any thing..and it switches off for every 15 seconds...can any one help me what to do..any ideas....please help......i am blocked in all ways to enter the recovery mode...
kitkatblue2 said:
... and i cant enter the recovery mode(power plus volume button down)..if i do that also it taking to the main screen...
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You are either doing it wrongly, or the volume-down button isn't working. It's as simple as that.
To diagnose, make absolutely sure that CWM is properly installed by following steps 1-3 in this guide.
EDIT: Actually, if volume-down isn't working, you won't be able to start the phone in NVFlash-mode either.
Then try to start recovery again (also by doing it exactly like the guide says.) If you still can't access CWM, then you know for certain your volume-down key is broken and you need to get the phone repaired.
Maybe a "quick shot" but why not to ask: do you keep power and vol down keys long enough? You have to keep them pressed both for quite a few seconds before CWM mode is activated and CWM menu appears. So, just power off your phone, then keep power and "vol -" buttons pressed until the LG logo changes a bit or the CWM menu appears. On my phone it takes about 15 seconds, so no hurry
Hi all,
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I'm new to a lot of this and I'm trying to catch myself up as quickly and as thoroughly as I can so forgive me if some of this is already common knowledge.
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I've been looking for a few hours now trying to figure out the problem through forums and support questions but I haven't found an answer.
Problem:
Trying to get into Recovery Mode.
Turned off Z3C. (battery currently below 100%)
Turned on Z3C after about 30 seconds.
Waiting for Pink LED to turn on as my que to press the Volume Up key.
No Pink LED appears, phone boots to home screen.
Repeat process several times, with same result.
Repeated process again, this time didn't wait for Pink LED, just pressed the Volume Up Key when the sony logo showed up. This didnt work either.
Tried again, with just holding the Volume Up Key as soon as I pressed the power button, this didn't work either.
Am I doing something wrong here?
I would really appreciate any help.
The leds has to turn on. If not, return for warranty.
Recovery is different to flash mode.
Pressing volume key while plugging USB = flash mode.
Repeatedly pressing volume key right after powering up = recovery mode. Only available if you installed custom recovery.
GlebunV2 said:
The leds has to turn on. If not, return for warranty.
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The LED works on all other fronts. Charging, notifications, etc.
Mazzeru said:
Recovery is different to flash mode.
Pressing volume key while plugging USB = flash mode.
Repeatedly pressing volume key right after powering up = recovery mode. Only available if you installed custom recovery.
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So I can't get into Recovery Mode on Stock?
You should be able to install a recovery on stock.
Does not need to unlock the bootloader.
But for what purpose?
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
SM-T710 8.0" Wifi
Nougat with all the latest updates
Wife hands me her tablet the other day and it is stuck in safe mode. Using notification shade link to turn off safe mode simply reboots to safe mode. To make this worse, the other method of on/off safe mode is to hold vol down with power. It seems the volume down button has failed. When android is running, pressing volume up raises the volume as normal, pressing volume down does nothing. Same in recovery, volume up works, volume down does not.
Looking around for solutions, I stumbled on this:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f777/how-exit-safe-mode-samsung-phones-simple-solution-here-1727011/
which claims to allow safe mode disabling with root. Ok, so I figure I need to root the tablet, no big deal. Well I'm stuck, I can't get it to work.
I've follow every guide I can find. Most all of them start with rebooting to download mode. The standard method is to hold volume down again, can't do that. So instead I use adb (adb reboot download). The use Odin to flash TWRP - no go. Every instruction I can find also says to hold volume down after Odin finishes the flash. Just powering off, and then holding vol up + power + home doesn't get me anywhere. I can boot back to android, reboot recovery, and it is only the stock. Even tried flashing a nougat (supposed) version of CF autoroot. That does something more, because the boot screen warns me that SE Andriod is not enforcing. But even that simply ends with rebooting to Android, no root. Interestingly, the last step in the CF Autoroot says "Restoring Stock Recovery", not sure why.
Ok, so there it all is. I'm stuck. Anyone have any ideas
a) how to get safe mode off with no vol down button
b) how to actually successfully root the latest nougat (again, with no vol down button)
Any ideas are much appreciated. Thanks
hdad2 said:
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
SM-T710 8.0" Wifi
Nougat with all the latest updates
Wife hands me her tablet the other day and it is stuck in safe mode. Using notification shade link to turn off safe mode simply reboots to safe mode. To make this worse, the other method of on/off safe mode is to hold vol down with power. It seems the volume down button has failed. When android is running, pressing volume up raises the volume as normal, pressing volume down does nothing. Same in recovery, volume up works, volume down does not.
Looking around for solutions, I stumbled on this:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f777/how-exit-safe-mode-samsung-phones-simple-solution-here-1727011/
which claims to allow safe mode disabling with root. Ok, so I figure I need to root the tablet, no big deal. Well I'm stuck, I can't get it to work.
I've follow every guide I can find. Most all of them start with rebooting to download mode. The standard method is to hold volume down again, can't do that. So instead I use adb (adb reboot download). The use Odin to flash TWRP - no go. Every instruction I can find also says to hold volume down after Odin finishes the flash. Just powering off, and then holding vol up + power + home doesn't get me anywhere. I can boot back to android, reboot recovery, and it is only the stock. Even tried flashing a nougat (supposed) version of CF autoroot. That does something more, because the boot screen warns me that SE Andriod is not enforcing. But even that simply ends with rebooting to Android, no root. Interestingly, the last step in the CF Autoroot says "Restoring Stock Recovery", not sure why.
Ok, so there it all is. I'm stuck. Anyone have any ideas
a) how to get safe mode off with no vol down button
b) how to actually successfully root the latest nougat (again, with no vol down button)
Any ideas are much appreciated. Thanks
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I doubt it's failed. Your volume down button is probably just stuck down which is why it continually boots to safe mode.
Volume up would still work.
Pop the back off and check the contact under the button isn't stuck down or get the vacuum cleaner hose with the slim attachment , place it over the button and it MAY just be enough to release it.
ashyx said:
I doubt it's failed. Your volume down button is probably just stuck down which is why it continually boots to safe mode.
Volume up would still work.
Pop the back off and check the contact under the button isn't stuck down or get the vacuum cleaner hose with the slim attachment , place it over the button and it MAY just be enough to release it.
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You could be right. Wouldn't know it by the feel of the button. It feels perfect. And being in safe mode won't let me load any app or anything that might tell me one way or another.
I'm trying to avoid cracking the tablet open because I'm not sure I'd be able to fix it at all once I did. Probably can't physically see any issue it might have with the button. Plus it looks like a royal pain to open. But in the end I might be forced to try.
Anyone know a root method that doesn't involve volume down?
Terrible to think that the whole device could be rendered useless by a button that isn't critical to its use. (can turn down volume by hitting vol up and then using the slider on screen)
hdad2 said:
You could be right. Wouldn't know it by the feel of the button. It feels perfect. And being in safe mode won't let me load any app or anything that might tell me one way or another.
I'm trying to avoid cracking the tablet open because I'm not sure I'd be able to fix it at all once I did. Probably can't physically see any issue it might have with the button. Plus it looks like a royal pain to open. But in the end I might be forced to try.
Anyone know a root method that doesn't involve volume down?
Terrible to think that the whole device could be rendered useless by a button that isn't critical to its use. (can turn down volume by hitting vol up and then using the slider on screen)
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You can get root no problem just by flashing a rooted Magisk boot image, but I doubt going to help with booting into safe mode as that button combo is hard coded.
ashyx said:
You can get root no problem just by flashing a rooted Magisk boot image, but I doubt going to help with booting into safe mode as that button combo is hard coded.
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Well if root does not allow disabling of safe mode, then I'm out of luck. But this link indicated that it could work. I've never tried so I'm just grasping at anything.
How exactly can I install a rooted boot images without the following:
- No ability to install a playstore or any other app (no magisk manager)
- Can't get TWRP to install (presumably because this is now blocked by latest firmware?? Not sure but it fails for me following the Odin instructions I find here and elsewhere) I think this requires vol down button - at least all the instructions call for it after flashing TWRP with Odin
I have ADB and Odin at my disposal, but I can't seem to get Odin to actually install TWRP. CF Autoroot (for Nougat) does nothing either.
Am stuck in safe mode please my volume is not working galaxy tab 4 please help
Did someone solve this issue? I am also stuck with a non functioning tab due to one stuck button...
Stuck button
I had a friend with this issue. I was able to use a sewing machine needle to pop the button up. Make sure you tape or protect the side from scratches. Also, you can try holding down the volume up button. It's a meaningless combo so it may boot.