[Q] Back and menu buttons not working - N model - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello
I was looking forward to flashing my S3 Mini with Novafusions CM11.1 but i have problems with after install TWRP recovery that my back and menu buttons (next to the home hardware button) dont work.
I cant get it to work even when i flash to stock recovery and rom:crying:
Does anybody have a solution?

Something to do with the keyboard app or is it a problem outside Android?
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KoolKid98189 said:
Something to do with the keyboard app or is it a problem outside Android?
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Its in recovery and rom. I can type fine its just that the touch buttons "hardware buttons" doesnt work.

hedgegee said:
Its in recovery and rom. I can type fine its just that the touch buttons "hardware buttons" doesnt work.
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Could be hardware fault? Since when did this start happening?

By any chance before flashing a custom rom did you turn button backlight off? If so, flash a stock/based rom, turn them on and flash your custom rom.
At least this solved for me 2 days ago which happened for the first time.

KoolKid98189 said:
Could be hardware fault? Since when did this start happening?
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No its a brand new phone and it works on stock rom fine. It starts happening when i flash to anything other than stock based rom. I will type in the response i gave in the TWRP topic

KoolKid98189 said:
Could be hardware fault? Since when did this start happening?
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heithered said:
By any chance before flashing a custom rom did you turn button backlight off? If so, flash a stock/based rom, turn them on and flash your custom rom.
At least this solved for me 2 days ago which happened for the first time.
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Thanks for the tip but no unfourtnately i didnt - i saw a topic after i posted that there are problems on some phones with these rom/recovery. :crying:

I posted this in the TWRP recovery topic:
I was on the CM11 rom and it is the same with any rom based on anything other than stock rom.
They blink a couple of times in the recovery and don't work at all in recovery but there are softkeys. In the rom/system it will take 30 seconds to a minute to work and they will blink until they work randomly.
I got it to work by flashing everything stock again (i had a wrong stock rom i think).
After i flash the TWRP or any other recovery the buttons will act weird and take about 30 seconds to a minute to work in the stock rom or any other stock based rom.
The buttons don't work in any other nonstock based rom on my I8190N.
Is there a fix to this?
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I will see if there is any fix to this.

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[SOLVED] Help!!! BootLoop and no CWM

Hi Guys
I really hope someone can help me!
I've searched the forums and can't find anyone else with my problem.
I flashed ICS stunner and that was working fine.
Then I tried LiquidSmooth and eventually got that working fine.
Then I tried to go back to ICS Stunner and this is where my problems start.
I had some failed flashes with CWM and I think I've messed up the kernel.
I tried to sort this out by flashing back to pre-rooted GB rom so I could reinstall CF Kernel.
The flash in Odin appears to complete successfully, but afterwards phone just goes into bootloop at Samsung boot animation.
As I flashed back to pre-rooted stock rom I don't have recovery.
As far as I can find, to install a kernel I will need to either boot into android (which I can't due to bootloop) or install through CWM (which I can't as no longer have CWM)
Can anyone help?
Try factory reset from stock recovery.
Boy124 said:
Try factory reset from stock recovery.
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How do I get into stock recovery?
Edit: Done it and it worked! Thank you sooooo much!
Really thought I'd screwed it! lol!
May be using kies in recovery mode
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent from Galaxy Note ↖(^▽^)↗
How do I get to stock recovery
zX TheRipper Xz said:
Hi Guys
I really hope someone can help me!
I've searched the forums and can't find anyone else with my problem.
I flashed ICS stunner and that was working fine.
Then I tried LiquidSmooth and eventually got that working fine.
Then I tried to go back to ICS Stunner and this is where my problems start.
I had some failed flashes with CWM and I think I've messed up the kernel.
I tried to sort this out by flashing back to pre-rooted GB rom so I could reinstall CF Kernel.
The flash in Odin appears to complete successfully, but afterwards phone just goes into bootloop at Samsung boot animation.
As I flashed back to pre-rooted stock rom I don't have recovery.
As far as I can find, to install a kernel I will need to either boot into android (which I can't due to bootloop) or install through CWM (which I can't as no longer have CWM)
Can anyone help?
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Hi guys I'm having the same is issue as above
I'm a bit of a noob and still learning
How do I get into stock recovery
Baring in mind im having the same issues as quoted above
Any help would b greatly appreciated
As I'm miserable without my note
Thanks in advance
lalaricon said:
Hi guys I'm having the same is issue as above
I'm a bit of a noob and still learning
How do I get into stock recovery
Baring in mind im having the same issues as quoted above
Any help would b greatly appreciated
As I'm miserable without my note
Thanks in advance
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Turn off your phone, press and hold the three following buttons together for more than 10 seconds: Volume up button + Home button + Power button
That is if you are having bootloops after flashing Gingerbread using PC Odin coming from ICS
Sorry, I know this post is really old, i have the exact same issue. I dont have a home button so what can i use instead of that? also when it try to boot into recovery it just shows the open android logo.
Mohan211 said:
Sorry, I know this post is really old, i have the exact same issue. I dont have a home button so what can i use instead of that? also when it try to boot into recovery it just shows the open android logo.
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You do not have the same issue because here nobody spoke of a missing home button.
So: What do you mean? Your home button is broken? Or you do have a device without home button?
After this is clear we can start to analyze your problem.
ThaiDai said:
You do not have the same issue because here nobody spoke of a missing home button.
So: What do you mean? Your home button is broken? Or you do have a device without home button?
After this is clear we can start to analyze your problem.
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I have a device without a home button so im not sure how to get into recovery without it.
A Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 without a home button? hmmmmm, hmmmmm, hmmmmm. Mohan chachu can you share some Pictures of it please?
Unbelievable. May be you don't know what is home button or your phone is not n7000
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Mohin chachoo kya funny ye to yaar
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Phone always boots in recovery

I was trying to restore my phone to previous state using Rom Manager. Phone restarted in recovery mode, formatted the boot partition and failed to restore. I applied existing of CWM ROM update.zip and snce then my phone restarts in Recovery mode everytime.
I tried one click restore using ODIN, Heimdall nothing worked. recreated the partitions wiped everything, loaded stock ROM but still the phone boots up in recovery mode.
Please suggest some pointers on how to troubleshoot this problem.
peachsun.v said:
I tried one click restore using ODIN, Heimdall nothing worked. recreated the partitions wiped everything, loaded stock ROM but still the phone boots up in recovery mode.
Please suggest some pointers on how to troubleshoot this problem.
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do you mean the one click for installing stock rom or something else?
I had the same problem a few days ago couldn't figure it Out. searched and searched for the right image
Files for my Nexsus S. I ended up wiping everything and flashed all the image files with TRWP cause CWR wouldn't work
for the stock ICS and and it worked fine. Now I'm running the 4.1.1 jellybean it sweet.Hope this helps.
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irfarf said:
do you mean the one click for installing stock rom or something else?
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Yes the one click package for installing Stock ROM. it did repartitioning, wiped all data, loaded everything successfully. but after booting it shows up the recovery screen.
peachsun.v said:
Yes the one click package for installing Stock ROM. it did repartitioning, wiped all data, loaded everything successfully. but after booting it shows up the recovery screen.
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Hmmm... i've heard of cases where the power button on the captivate refuses to be 'unpressed' which makes it boots up just by plugging in the battery,
Maybe it's like that with your volume buttons?
Does it feels a little bit weird like it doesn't click when you press it?
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irfarf said:
Hmmm... i've heard of cases where the power button on the captivate refuses to be 'unpressed' which makes it boots up just by plugging in the battery,
Maybe it's like that with your volume buttons?
Does it feels a little bit weird like it doesn't click when you press it?
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Thats a good point...
The buttons seem to be normal. I tried keytest and the results look fine
Volume Up : 115
Volume Down : 114
Power : 116
Menu : 139
Home : 102
Search : 217
Back : 158
Moreover I can access recovery and flash any ROM that I have on SDCard. Funny part whenever I flash a new ROM I see a new recovery
Do you know of anyway use ADB without booting phone and putting it in debugging mode?
Thanks for your inputs.
Update: Issue is resolved
I'm not sure on exactly what worked. Using System Corps Recovery, I changed all the partitions to ext4. Made some random changes to toggles during boot. Restarted in download mode and flashed a one click stock rom from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3
it booted in recovery, then clicked on Flash Bootloader in one click and restarted the phone in download mode and flashed it again with the same ROM.
Thats it. I feel that Bootloader did the trick, but I had it flashed earlier as well.
Thanks irfarf & Sammyazel for your inputs on this.
peachsun.v said:
Update: Issue is resolved
I'm not sure on exactly what worked. Using System Corps Recovery, I changed all the partitions to ext4. Made some random changes to toggles during boot. Restarted in download mode and flashed a one click stock rom from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3
it booted in recovery, then clicked on Flash Bootloader in one click and restarted the phone in download mode and flashed it again with the same ROM.
Thats it. I feel that Bootloader did the trick, but I had it flashed earlier as well.
Thanks irfarf & Sammyazel for your inputs on this.
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congrats!!
i do also think that it was the boot loader is the problem here
i had a few problem with my friends cappy won't go into download mode and whenever it boots up, it shows a bunch of random colors than a boot image. turns out that the last bootloader flash wasn't done correctly or something.
Confirmed - the problem is with the bootloader. Once I flashed an original firmware from Samsung, I was then able to install CWM and any ROM I wish after that. Not sure what caused the problem, but this was the solution in my case. Thanks to everyone who pointed me in the right direction!!!
Hi,I am new to android world.....i am having the same issue...My zte blade is always booting into recovery mode....
Can anyone help me what to do now????
venkin304 said:
Hi,I am new to android world.....i am having the same issue...My zte blade is always booting into recovery mode....
Can anyone help me what to do now????
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U may have a stuck or malfunctioning power button.
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venkin304 said:
Hi,I am new to android world.....i am having the same issue...My zte blade is always booting into recovery mode....
Can anyone help me what to do now????
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Try running the keytest from recovery mode to ensure all the keys are working fine.
In my case it was corrupt bootloader that caused this issue. you can try flashing stock ROM with bootloaders to fix it.
All the best!
i have same problem. buttons work ok after key test.
how can i reinstall the bootloader?
ps: i hate this stuff.....reminds me of win95/98......awefull times
am06 said:
i have same problem. buttons work ok after key test.
how can i reinstall the bootloader?
ps: i hate this stuff.....reminds me of win95/98......awefull times
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Whats the model of your phone?
am06 said:
i have same problem. buttons work ok after key test.
how can i reinstall the bootloader?
ps: i hate this stuff.....reminds me of win95/98......awefull times
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What exactly did you do to get to this point?
You can find Odin KK4 with bootloaders here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3
You will need to flash corn kernel with Odin 1.85 afterwards if you wanna flash a custom ROM.

Unofficial CyanogenMod 10.1 - home doesn't work

Hi,
I downloaded a JB 4.2.2 CyanogenMod ROM from the original development's thread. I tried a couple of similar ROMs previously, but my home button doesn't work correctly on apparently any Ice Cream Sandwich + ROM. Essentially what happens is, when the screen is on, the home button is completely useless. Pressing it down, waiting for a few seconds - it just doesn't respond to any command. There are almost no options in the phone related to hardware buttons, and if I, for example, select an option to make holding down the hme button bring up the multitasking window, it still doesn't do anything. The only situation where I observed it doing anything is when the phone's screen is off - pressing the button instantly wakes the device up. I tried flashing the badass kernel, though it didn't really do much. Other hardware buttons seem to be working just fine. I had no such problem on CyanogenMod 7.2 and when I restore a backup with this system, it still works correctly. I don't have problems with getting into recovery either.
Another thing with this ROM is, the lockscreen doesn't appear, no matter if I set a security pattern, set it to slide or whatever else. Pressing the wake button or home button instantly wakes the device up.
I'm not sure whether it's a ROM-specific problem or what, but regardless, as a new user, this is the only forum I can post this problem to. If anyone knows a solution or if such a problem was solved previously, I'd be happy to learn the fix.
I bet you flashed gapps...
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ast00 said:
I bet you flashed gapps...
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Actually... yeah, I did. Is that a problem?
luke100ster said:
Actually... yeah, I did. Is that a problem?
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Yes. Wipe data, reflash, wait until boot, then go to recovery and then flash gapps.
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ast00 said:
Yes. Wipe data, reflash, wait until boot, then go to recovery and then flash gapps.
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Huh, I would've never guessed this could be an issue, but I did as you said and... yeah, everything seems to be working perfectly fine. Thanks for the help, highly appreciated
ast00 said:
Yes. Wipe data, reflash, wait until boot, then go to recovery and then flash gapps.
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Perfect! Thank you very much. :good:
(it works after flashing gapps)
Edit: Home button does not wake up when it is in deep sleep. So, it is useless. I am sorry We need another fix.

[I8190N] After CMW function key not working on any rom

Hello
After flash CWM keys under display stopped works and blink randomly during boot... In cwm in key test they are also unusable. Situation is on stock and on Maclaw. Bad recovery?
Regards
I had this problem too. Then i closed all apps and turned off my screen and waited 45 min. And then my keys worked.
Sorry for my bad english
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every time You turn off screen for 45 min??? Thats madness! Anyone has other solution? Other recovery for this model?
no i turned off the screen for 45 min. only for the first time. then it worked for me
djtom1 said:
Hello
After flash CWM keys under display stopped works and blink randomly during boot... In cwm in key test they are also unusable. Situation is on stock and on Maclaw. Bad recovery?
Regards
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It's a "bug" from samsung. _Happens every time you boot from recovery to system. Just wait a minute or two and they work again. Nothing to do about it.
tys0n said:
It's a "bug" from samsung. _Happens every time you boot from recovery to system. Just wait a minute or two and they work again. Nothing to do about it.
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Thanks for reply. So, I cannot never had custom rom? (install lustom require cwm or trwp). Only stock rooted rom? So sad...
I try boot phone not from recovery (normal boot) and this bug still exist, i wait 2 hours with offscreen and also exist...
djtom1 said:
Thanks for reply. So, I cannot never had custom rom? (install lustom require cwm or trwp). Only stock rooted rom? So sad...
I try boot phone not from recovery (normal boot) and this bug still exist, i wait 2 hours with offscreen and also exist...
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That's not normal. Try to reflash rom..
Ok, I have CWM recovery from Rom Manager, weird thing is keys randomly blinkin when in recovery, in keytest mode this keys not responding and blinking. Other keys working. So, now i wipe/factory all in cwm and flash again lastest Maclaw. Please tell me, is there any special recovery for my model (8190N)?
Waiting 10 minutes and again keys not working. This keys weird blinking randomly when i press combo to enter recovery...
Sadly, witch stock is newest for Poland? This? http://d-h.st/Hgs
Waiting 10 minutes and again keys not working. This keys weird blinking randomly when i press combo to enter recovery...
Sadly, witch stock is newest for Poland? This? http://d-h.st/Hgs
Restart phone and problem solved
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Black Screen After Installing Rom

I installed a new 5.1 rom and now when I boot up I only get a black screen. If I press and hold the power button I get a notification asking me if I want to power off my device. So I know the screen works. It works fine in recovery and the boot screen.
Did I not format a partition properly? I have tried 2 different roms and they both do the same thing.
Thank you
It works now. I have no idea what I did. I just installed a rom again and it work.
I almost think it had something to do with the new security thing for android when your phone gets stolen.
Kinda sounds like the ROM did not install correctly, glad you got it working with another flash!
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choder said:
I installed a new 5.1 rom and now when I boot up I only get a black screen. If I press and hold the power button I get a notification asking me if I want to power off my device. So I know the screen works. It works fine in recovery and the boot screen.
Did I not format a partition properly? I have tried 2 different roms and they both do the same thing.
Thank you
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Don't downgrade to 5.0.X or you will be bricked.
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The same thing is happening to me..
Same here. I even flashed stock LMY47E to make sure the radio and bootloader were installed ok. Any time I wipe a 5.1 rom and install another (or even the same ROM), I get a black screen after it boots. What is weird though is if I flash a 5.02 rom (I flashed Terminus) and then wipe, it loads fine.
#BlackScreenOS
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Jess813 said:
Don't downgrade to 5.0.X or you will be bricked.
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How can that brick a Nexus? I would think flashing any supported version would run just fine being a Nexus and all?

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