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[Q] Home button not working anymore after flashing JPC

Hi.
I was on JP3 and tried to flash JPC. Everything went fine, but my apps go crazy untill I did factory reset. BUT! in recovery mode (volup+home+pwr) I was not able to select data wipe/factory reset, was no reaction after I hit home button on menu. So, I did factory reset via android menu.
Soon I realized that there is huge problem with Home button even after factory reset . And right now my Home button does not work at all (althouth, I think this is not mechanical problem, because it "clicks" properly).
Tried downgrade to JM7 -- same results.
Tried again JP3 -- same results
Quick search here and other all web does not gives any results ;(
Any thoughts?

Ir happened to me also. Try doing a full wipe and formating the internal card . Then flash the jpc again and everything should go fine.

How I can do full wipe if in recovery menu I cant select anything by hitting Menu button?

mocksoul said:
How I can do full wipe if in recovery menu I cant select anything by hitting Menu button?
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In the phone format internal sd.
Put it in download mode flash with odin using re-partition
Done

I'l give it a try in few minutes... That will be quite strange for me if that helps.. But at least I have a hope now..

nope (((((((((
Tried to flash JPC with 803 pit file and using re-partition. Home button still not working at all (neither in android, neither in recovery menu).
Tried to do factory data reset in android -- also, nothing .

Also I have noticed what I can go in Download mode just by hitting vol-down + pwr and in Recovery mode by vol-up + pwr. Without hitting Menu key! Is that normal?

Well, nothing helps
I even tried to flash JPC with 512.pit and using re-partition (somebody said that *.pit file is responsible for mapping devices?)
No result. No action after clicking Home key at all.

Seems to be hw problem.
Button didnt worked 2 days. But today completely suddenly (I even didnt reboot my phone!) start working! Not sure it works perfectly now, but very close to.
wondering will it stop function sometimes in the future or not .

sounds more like your button was stuck down.

Yep, now I tried -- download mode requires 3 buttons as well as recovery mode. While button was not working - just pressing voldown+pwr allowed me to get into download mode.
Anyway, I'm again able to apply upload.zip... yeeeeeeeeeeeah!!

OP how did you manage to get it working again ? i have the same issue but tried many atempts and it did not help
mind to share ?
tia

Id was fixed without my attention at all. I just managed it worked again once a morning.
Personally I beleive it was HW issue. For me it started worked again after 1 week or so. Thus, try wait a little . If it will not work -- visit SC.

thx op. i hope mine will "magically" work again. if not then i might try to buy a home button and crack open my sgs wohooooo
i went all the way to flash a stock jm1 and then the upgrade to 2.2 and loaded the super kernel but along the way no luck for me so i just gotta wait.
ah maybe you guys might laugh at me i also did the hairdryer trick but did not workout for me

mocksoul said:
Well, nothing helps
I even tried to flash JPC with 512.pit and using re-partition (somebody said that *.pit file is responsible for mapping devices?)
No result. No action after clicking Home key at all.
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Same problem...
1 month today without my home button working.

Installed CM7 with Gapps for 6.1....HELP!!!

I initially intalled CM7 after cleaning cache and Dalvik and backing up my current ROM using Clockwork. it went good unitil after booting I accidentally installed Gapps from 6.1
Now it boots and loops from the blue CM7 screen to the green andriod asking ' Touch to Start '
I dont know how to get out of this loop or to go bak to recovery manual mode. Please Help. Any chance we can fix this
Thanks

Pull your battery to get out of the bootloop. Then press and hold home while pressing the power button. That should take you to your recovery, where you can wipe and reinstall CM7.

muttjr said:
I initially intalled CM7 after cleaning cache and Dalvik and backing up my current ROM using Clockwork. it went good unitil after booting I accidentally installed Gapps from 6.1
Now it boots and loops from the blue CM7 screen to the green andriod asking ' Touch to Start '
I dont know how to get out of this loop or to go bak to recovery manual mode. Please Help. Any chance we can fix this
Thanks
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EDIT: I am late to the party, nvm.

I did what you said. When i press power and home button the only menu option i get is 'Clear Storage' to which i pressed yes and 'Menu reset' which i pressed yes. it reboots and back to the loop. Back to loading CM7 and 'touch to begin'

The party is still on. As said installed CM7 with Gapps for CM6 accidentally and now stuck in endless bootloop. Trying to fix it. First suggestion hasnt worked so far

OK so you don't have a recovery (I'm guessing you tried to use rom manager = bad idea). Do you have ADB?

I think I do but have never used it ir dont know how

Is there any hope of recovering the phone or is it just better to get a replacement from Sprint

muttjr said:
I did what you said. When i press power and home button the only menu option i get is 'Clear Storage' to which i pressed yes and 'Menu reset' which i pressed yes. it reboots and back to the loop. Back to loading CM7 and 'touch to begin'
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You need to pull the battery, press volume down + end button (at same time) in order to get to the bootloader. You should then see the skateboarding androids. Press the home button to get into recovery and wipe/format boot, system, data, cache (just to be sure) and then reflash and flash the right gapps.

muttjr said:
Is there any hope of recovering the phone or is it just better to get a replacement from Sprint
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I doubt sprint would even look at it, let alone fix it or replace it, once they see that you rooted.
Also, I've flashed older gapps with cm7 and didn't get loops. My guess? You forgot to data wipe before installing cm7.
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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Ginger-on-Hero action here!

Thank you so much. That finally got me into reboot. Now waiting for reboot with fingers crossed Thank you

Well something went wrong and for all you guys out there with Sprint. They did replace my phone. All i had to do was call and tell them that I was at their Service center to fix the phone and those guys couldnt fix it and it is stuck on the boot screen. But i think i will manage to salvage this before my replacement arrives

Lessons Learned
So the big lesson here is when you need to get into recovery press the volume down and the home button simultaneously and your home free. Thanks to all who helped

Update - Issue Solved
So i did mange to get into recovery and wipe everything off and reinstall cm7 again. Now i hope to flash the right gapps and ill be in gingerbread heaven

muttjr said:
So the big lesson here is when you need to get into recovery press the volume down and the home button simultaneously and your home free. Thanks to all who helped
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If you have a sprint hero, that is actually not correct.
hold home and press power = recovery
hold vol down and press power = bootloader
I don't know what's up with your phone, and I'm glad you fixed it, but if I were you I would reflash a good recovery image just to be safe. Also, make sure when you're getting ROMs you get them from a thread in hero cdma and use the gapps also linked in the OP of that same thread (don't use rom manager IMO). Always flash from recovery and follow the correct steps, that way you should not run into "issues" again. Also, my best encouragement for you, is to search and read. Happy flashing

If you have big fingers, pressing the power button can sometimes press the search button or back button, often causing you to boot into bootloader instead of recover.

aiwetir said:
If you have big fingers, pressing the power button can sometimes press the search button or back button, often causing you to boot into bootloader instead of recover.
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LOL, my fingers are so fat, that I have to be REALLY careful when doing these things, or in recovery using the trackabll

il Duce said:
LOL, my fingers are so fat, that I have to be REALLY careful when doing these things, or in recovery using the trackabll
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Yeah, I have to use my thumbnail which will eventually chip off the paint or whatever it is on the button.

Ha. I actually place the phone on a flat surface a press the buttons.
Root/Hack-Mod_Always*

Hold down the HOME button and then hold the POWER/END CALL button til the phone screen comes on and that should boot you right into recovery if you're having problems with the volume down method
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[Q] Requesting a little assistance!

Okay, so first of all, thanks to all who take the time to actually look at this thread.
The Problem
Okay, so, my little brother has the Galaxy Mini, he set a lock on it (you know the one where you drag your finger to the points on the screen? the 3 x 3 block of circles?) Well, anyway, he forgot his password and has now had his phone "system locked". Anyway, there is an option to sign into his google account on screen though and that would solve the problem, but guess what? Yep, you got it! The little cretin has forgotten his email and password. I tried mine but that didn't work, so I guess it has to be his own.
My question is this: What if anything, can I do to solve this problem?
Any help at all will be greatly appreciated.

go to recovery mode and wipe all ur data and cache but remember it will delete all ur apps and settings

rohan007 said:
go to recovery mode and wipe all ur data and cache but remember it will delete all ur apps and settings
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Thanks for the help but I tried holidng Volume Up + Home + Power also tried Volume Down + Home + Power and both the screens that came up done nothing at all, am I doing it wrong? One of the screens just had a little Android man with the word "Downloading" on it and another just a black screen with Samsung and something else above it. No options to do anything.

TRY THIS:
take out the SGM battery and put it in back
now you can go in recovery by hold down POWER AND HOME BUTTON and wipe DATA
hope it HELP
If i helped you be sure to click
that THANKS button

.Wrighty said:
Thanks for the help but I tried holidng Volume Up + Home + Power also tried Volume Down + Home + Power and both the screens that came up done nothing at all, am I doing it wrong? One of the screens just had a little Android man with the word "Downloading" on it and another just a black screen with Samsung and something else above it. No options to do anything.
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Recovery mode is obtained by holding down home+power button......
home+power+volume down takes u to downloading mode

lackhoo said:
TRY THIS:
take out the SGM battery and put it in back
now you can go in recovery by hold down POWER AND HOME BUTTON and wipe DATA
hope it HELP
If i helped you be sure to click
that THANKS button
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rohan007 said:
Recovery mode is obtained by holding down home+power button......
home+power+volume down takes u to downloading mode
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Thank you to the both of you, got the phone reset

which rom u use?
stock?

Stock in recovery mode! Please HELP!!

Hi guys. I just installed the value pack to 2.3.6 and was working fine but i got into recovery mode and cant get out of it. Home button just doesnt work. I've tryied to pull baterry of for 30min and put it back, hold all combo of buttons but the phone always goes to recovery mode and there a can go to reboot phone option but cant hit OK through Home button.... What could i do to solve this????
Please anyone??
I tryed also the adb reboot but the pc doesnt identify the phone while in recovery.
Thankx in advance.

Try menu button some recovery version us it or power button
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kalitza said:
there a can go to reboot phone option but cant hit OK through Home button.... What could i do to solve this????
Please anyone??
I tryed also the adb reboot but the pc doesnt identify the phone while in recovery.
Thankx in advance.
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select with volume button and use power button to activate and check out Quick Fixes and Solutions (link below) for other options

xsenman said:
select with volume button and use power button to activate and check out Quick Fixes and Solutions (link below) for other options
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Thankx both but power button doesnt do anything, tryed already. The menu button only make the options desapear and make them appear, so i'm stuck...
Any other advice?
Thankx

kalitza said:
Hi guys. I just installed the value pack to 2.3.6 and was working fine but i got into recovery mode and cant get out of it. Home button just doesnt work. I've tryied to pull baterry of for 30min and put it back, hold all combo of buttons but the phone always goes to recovery mode and there a can go to reboot phone option but cant hit OK through Home button.... What could i do to solve this????
Please anyone??
I tryed also the adb reboot but the pc doesnt identify the phone while in recovery.
Thankx in advance.
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you have i9001 ?

Laurentyu1995 said:
you have i9001 ?
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No. i9000

I've found that sometimes going to "advanced-->reboot recovery" and then "reboot phone" sometimes fixes this. Everything seems pretty hit-and-miss though, you sometimes just need to mess around and flash the hell out of it.

[Q] Back key not function

My S advance recently upgraded JB 4.1.2. now the back key not working (near Home button left side) pls help

Mujee said:
My S advance recently upgraded JB 4.1.2. now the back key not working (near Home button left side) pls help
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Do factory reset. And wipe cache.

shut_down said:
Do factory reset. And wipe cache.
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Thanks. Done till not working. How do wipe cache.

Mujee said:
Thanks. Done till not working. How do wipe cache.
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Go to recovery, power on phone with holding VolumeUP+Home+Power buttons (all hardware ones). There find wipe cache.

Back button is not working

Pleease help me i have problem with galaxy advance in charge jake i used hot air on it without remove it then home button and back and setting button all of them does't work any more what problem?