Hi,
I bought galaxy ace a week ago... updated via the latest gingerbread 2.3.6. (official way). After few days of testing the phone I found out that it is quite slow therefore I decided to root it... there is the problem, I cannot enter to recovery menu (home + power), even to download menu (home + vol down + power), everytime I hold the above mentioned combination I got soft reset of the phone... no menu, no nothing. I could not find anything on the web.. Could you help me how to enter to recovery menu OR how to root to CM7.2. a CWM without entering to recovery menu.
I believe the recovery menu has been blocked with new gingerbread 2.3.6.
Thank you.
I don't think so (about the blocked recovery) ..u go on trying dude ..recovery mode is a bit tougher to get in stock rom ..u should get it on the 10th attempt ( at least) I believe ..btw there are rooting guides in this forum ...check them out
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does it mean that i should hold power + home for 10 soft restarts?
I think so here's a tip press the home button first ..keep it pressed and then press the power button UNTILL THE SCREEN COMES ON...recovery mode is tougher to get in stock rom(well at least for me )..in cm7 its nothing ..
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I tried to soft restart 10 times no luck... even with your tip...can anyone else help me please?
only odin can help you as if you are not able to get into any kind of recovery and want cwm then odin is the only path for you .. do backup contacts,sms if you want
all other things will be lost..
and if you don't want to loose things then choose to skip rooting and love what you have now
and 2.3.6 haven't blocked recovery btw as i am using it
I cant use ODIN as I cannot access to download menu (vol down + home + power). Anyone else who can me advice?
turn your phone off!
Now without pressing the power button!
Hold the center button and plug your charger!
Still does not work, any other solution?
Try this if you have root access then install ROM toolbox from the market and try going into recovery via the app
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jumbobombo said:
Try this if you have root access then install ROM toolbox from the market and try going into recovery via the app
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Dude read the post properly I guess he's on stock rom and the only way of rooting gingerbread is the update.zip method ( correct me if I'm wrong ) ..so there's no way he could have root access ...
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Try adb
Adb reboot recovery
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Dragonoid said:
Dude read the post properly I guess he's on stock rom and the only way of rooting gingerbread is the update.zip method ( correct me if I'm wrong ) ..so there's no way he could have root access ...
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Ohhhh yeah... Srry my bad
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Check this video.. Skip to 0:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TCXm-1kTLM
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Check this video.. Skip to 0:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TCXm-1kTLM
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.... ****%n OUt!
HE CANNOT ENTER RECOVERY MODE!
If you bought that way you should take it back show problem and let service take care of that!
Say that you were trying to do a factory reset when you found out that you coudn´t enter recovery mode!
I'm on stock ROM, just flashed this morning using ODIN. Even root will go then. To go into recovery press the home+power button till the phone turns on, leave the power button not the home button. You should land up in recovery. If that doesn't work then try using ADB. Go to adb with your phone normally on:
adb reboot recovery
but try flash recovery again
to enter fastboot:
adb reboot bootloader
And if You've worked with ODIN then download a new bootloader and flash it using ODIN.I think (not sure) the problem is with secondary bootloader (SBL).Put the phone into download mode using ADB:
adb reboot download
This will put your phone in download mode. Check Odin now, and if ID:COM has turned yellow, you’re good to gnce you’re satisfied, press the Start button on Odin. The flash will take couple of seconds, after which your phone will reboot automatically.
That’s it. This should fix your download and recovery mode 3-button combo issue. You can now apply any mods with the normal procedure.
I bought galaxy ace a week ago... updated via the latest gingerbread 2.3.6. (official way).
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You had mentioned updating to 2.3.6 in the official way? Kies or Service center? If Kies then did you get the download mode when it was updating? And No, Recovery is not blocked on 2.3.6
Xr01d_GT said:
I'm on stock ROM, just flashed this morning using ODIN. Even root will go then. To go into recovery press the home+power button till the phone turns on, leave the power button not the home button. You should land up in recovery. If that doesn't work then try using ADB. Go to adb with your phone normally on:
adb reboot recovery
but try flash recovery again
to enter fastboot:
adb reboot bootloader
And if You've worked with ODIN then download a new bootloader and flash it using ODIN.I think (not sure) the problem is with secondary bootloader (SBL).Put the phone into download mode using ADB:
adb reboot download
This will put your phone in download mode. Check Odin now, and if ID:COM has turned yellow, you’re good to gnce you’re satisfied, press the Start button on Odin. The flash will take couple of seconds, after which your phone will reboot automatically.
That’s it. This should fix your download and recovery mode 3-button combo issue. You can now apply any mods with the normal procedure.
You had mentioned updating to 2.3.6 in the official way? Kies or Service center? If Kies then did you get the download mode when it was updating? And No, Recovery is not blocked on 2.3.6
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hi all i got the same problem on 2.3.6, however i tried the adb method n is not workin either ....~~ anyone else any idea ??
noty81 said:
hi all i got the same problem on 2.3.6, however i tried the adb method n is not workin either ....~~ anyone else any idea ??
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If even adb isn't working
I would take it in to the service center and tell them you can't access (stock)recovery
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yeps it might be difficult first time,,,but never after i found it difficult,,,,
u need a working hand and usable brain....
hold the middle button and power button and as when u see the start screen just let go off the power button but still hold on middle button,,,
and u are in recovery mode...
same goes for download mode
keep hold on the vol down+middle button+power and then just let go off power button as u see the start screen(rather anything coming on screen )
enjoy
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there is also an app in market ... quick boot or speed boot something like that...
and it DOESNT need root permission (long time no use so dont remember exactly but it should be)
u can try that
I had the same problem, but luckily I found this thread.
I can enter to recovery ONLY with adb reboot recovery command, pressing home button does nothing.
Hi everyone,
I was listening to music on my phone and the UP volume button was working normally until it stops responding. I rebooted the phone and still no respond. I can't flash my phone now cuz I can't access to recovery mode and I don't have my pc to use odin (I can access to download mode).
If it is a software problem, please give me a solution, if it is a hardware problem, pleasa give me a guide w/ photos if it is possible.
MY CONFIGURATIONS:
Samsung galaxy s gt-i9000
Stock jvu value pack w/ cf-root kernel.
Thanks a lot for any help =D
The same happened to me on galaxy y
As a temporary fix u can use fine volume control to channge volume up and down using the dial. For using recovery open a adb shell and type adb reboot recovery or from terminal type su and then reboot recovery.
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The same happened to me on galaxy y
As a temporary fix u can use fine volume control to channge volume up and down using the dial. For using recovery open a adb shell and type adb reboot recovery or from terminal type su and then reboot recovery.
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sorry to revive the thread , but i have the same problem with galaxy y .. the volume up button doesnt work while using the phone . i can access recovery mode without any problem but the download mode isn't accessing .. it goes to recovery mode directly
My mini is stuck in recovery.
My buttons (home and menu) are dying and I wanted to install TWRP and after that a rom with softkeys, forgetting that I need the home button as an enter key.
I can give a reboot command via adb , but "adb reboot bootloader" and "adb reboot android" all result in rebooting into recovery.
I suspect the home button is stuck.
Anyway to reboot into normal android or download mode ?
Update :
Disassembled the phone and tried to clean the buttons, didn't help
Update 2:
Got a new and cheap Galaxy Pocket .. giving up on my tass.
Hi , My phone is using 4.1.2 stock + rooted and I install CWM flash recovery succesfully (Using CWM4XperiaT_v7i_JB ) . But when phone turning on ,I press (not hold) continously Volume Down button, but It not navigate me to recovery mode but boot to phone mode . I also tried Volume Up but it not work ? . What am I wrong ?
I have a TL, but the first thing that comes to mind is to make sure that you have the correct adb drivers installed and that you are in usb debugging mode. Run the batch script as administrator but I have heard of some people having issues with windows 8.
You can press and hold the vol-down button, but make sure you do it at the right moment, i.e. when the led turns on
Hi,
I have a GT-S5570 in my hand, actualy....its my friends. It was broken because of fail OTA upgrade. The laucher always freezing. Knowing that, I want to help him to reflashing it. When I checked, I cannot go to download or recovery mode using combo button. I can go to download mode using adb command and it work. I can install CWM (tass-recovery-cwm.tar) which I get it from some site. I can go to CWM recovery mode, I can select the menu using volume button, but I cannot choose the menu using home button. So I try to install several CWM version. First, I try to install clockworkmod-5.0.2.8.tar.md5 (But I'm forget from where I download this file). After flashing and restart, the phone won't start the system. It always stuck on samsung logo and then restarting again. I cannot reflash, because odin no recognizing it, even adb cannot connent to device.
I use jig too (with 301K resistor), but it failed.
Conclusion:
USB JIG : FAILED
Combo button (home+power, home+vol down+power, home+vol down+vol up) : FAILED
Combo button (home+vol up) : FAILED. it only show text below :
lcd_backlight_ctrl start
determine_lcd_type, LCD Type:61bc11
Anyone can help me how to go to download mode on this situation?
If you see the samsung logo you can still go in fastboot, because this last is previous. By phone off go in fastboot and if odin doesn't recognize the phone you probably have a driver problem.