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[Q] help with recovery

i have a g2x and ive been having random issues
first was the battery life thing ive see a lot about and also i had no calendar installed from the factory
tmo replaced it and i have still been having bad battery issues after reading the other thread about g2x battery issues i was encouraged to open a seprate thread
i tried a factory reset and created more problems than i had before i started
what i have now is a phone that has no android market and the buttons on the bottom are unresponsive , they have haptic feedback but make no changes unless im on the home screen
i tried the nvflash recovery
and i have tried the factory reset a few times pulled the battery numerous times
i dont know the terminology to well so please be easy....
what can i do i have a pretty dumb smartphone lol or is it that my smartphone has a pretty dumb user ?

rexxxlo said:
i have a g2x and ive been having random issues
first was the battery life thing ive see a lot about and also i had no calendar installed from the factory
tmo replaced it and i have still been having bad battery issues after reading the other thread about g2x battery issues i was encouraged to open a seprate thread
i tried a factory reset and created more problems than i had before i started
what i have now is a phone that has no android market and the buttons on the bottom are unresponsive , they have haptic feedback but make no changes unless im on the home screen
i tried the nvflash recovery
and i have tried the factory reset a few times pulled the battery numerous times
i dont know the terminology to well so please be easy....
what can i do i have a pretty dumb smartphone lol or is it that my smartphone has a pretty dumb user ?
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Follow the directions in the OneClick NvFlash CWM Recovery thread.. (the initial post). You should be good to go. It's in the development section.

i followed this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
specifically the part that says
How to revert back to stock recovery:
and i used the img5 file
like i said im new to this ive had a blackberry before this is all new to me

so was i right in the other thread and you have a factory fresh unrooted phone? thats an important detail

well i un-roothed it at one point ....
i believe i tried the factory reset when it was rooted, did i brick my phone?
this is what i did so far its at the SW upgrade with the yellow arrows part
what should i do now?
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well ive made it a bit further
followed the above instructions
pulled the usb cord and popped the battery while holding up and power until i see android in orange
then im in the recovery i choose to reset all to factory and choose yes
reboot the phone and back to where i started grrrr
im sure im missing something simple

rexxxlo said:
well ive made it a bit further
followed the above instructions
pulled the usb cord and popped the battery while holding up and power until i see android in orange
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after you put the battery in, you should have just rebooted/powered up the phone. who told you to hold up and power? img5 was sent successfully. you have stock recovery. vol.down and power will now do a factory rest. what color is the text that say's reset all to factory? i think you're still in clockwork recovery even though it said img5 sent successfully. that would be odd though. unless your vol.up and power messed something up.

and....have you even flashed a custom recovery? why are you going back to stock recovery if not?

i guess ive been trying everything i find hoping that something works
ive got it to go back to stock and it seems as if the market is just not showing up
oh and you got a pm good sir....

fixed thanks to crazythunder !
way to go now whats next?

well ive beEn having fun with my phone
it doesn't die nearly as fast as before.... the gps works from time to time and it only restarts on its own 5-10 times a day unlike every 15 min when i first got it
now i get a really aggravating problem if i get a text message it re appears sometimes 20+ TIMES
what causes this ?

Its like it never stops with this dam phone!
for the last few days when I open the email program it takes a second to load then they are deleted a split second after they open. Gggggrrrrrrr

And it.comtinues today I get woken up with an alarm and a frozen phone. I had to pull the case apart and pull the battery out to stop the alarm
Trying to use taptalk to reply it wont work this will be the fourth time I've typed this reply

How To Fix Error "USB Device Not Recognized"

Hi Guys
I Fixe my problem "USB Device Not Recognized"
sometimes when we connect my device phone or flash drive to pc see tis error
How to fix this?(have difrent way to fix it, but sometimes problem is related to hardware)
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generaly way is update driver(same picture)
but if no work, do this
look at the picture carefully.Precisely, the part that is marked with arrows.
carefully and with a plastic tool, set the distance. And try to get answers.
I hope your problem will be solved.

ilovecomputer100 said:
Hi Guys
I Fixe my problem "USB Device Not Recognized"
sometimes when we connect my device phone or flash drive to pc see tis error
How to fix this?(have difrent way to fix it, but sometimes problem is related to hardware)
generaly way is update driver(same picture)
but if no work, do this
look at the picture carefully.Precisely, the part that is marked with arrows.
carefully and with a plastic tool, set the distance. And try to get answers.
I hope your problem will be solved.
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it have a very simple solutions
shutdown ur pc
(important)than switch all power supplies off(main board supplies) or unplug main cables which connect pc to electric board
wait 10 seconds so that ur motherboard can actuly turn off
u can check it watching the led integrated on ur mother board , if its goes off than ur mother board is sleep
after that replug all ur connections
start ur pc
and bingo here you go all usb's working correctly!!!! amazed???
i was also amazed when this simple solution fixed this annoying problem
trust me this is the best solution

sachin sharma said:
it have a very simple solutions
shutdown ur pc
(important)than switch all power supplies off(main board supplies) or unplug main cables which connect pc to electric board
wait 10 seconds so that ur motherboard can actuly turn off
u can check it watching the led integrated on ur mother board , if its goes off than ur mother board is sleep
after that replug all ur connections
start ur pc
and bingo here you go all usb's working correctly!!!! amazed???
i was also amazed when this simple solution fixed this annoying problem
trust me this is the best solution
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You Right.
but my solutions is for while use usb a lot, and your solutions not answer.

ilovecomputer100 said:
You Right.
but my solutions is for while use usb a lot, and your solutions not answer.
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Why is that?
It is the answer, instead of wasting 10 minutes with your fix someone can simply restart the PC in about 3 minutes total.

A restart is recheck the cable is the solution....

ilovecomputer100 said:
Hi Guys
I Fixe my problem "USB Device Not Recognized"
sometimes when we connect my device phone or flash drive to pc see tis error
How to fix this?(have difrent way to fix it, but sometimes problem is related to hardware)
generaly way is update driver(same picture)
but if no work, do this
look at the picture carefully.Precisely, the part that is marked with arrows.
carefully and with a plastic tool, set the distance. And try to get answers.
I hope your problem will be solved.
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Hey, your solution worked perfectly for me thanks a lot

finally worked for me!!!!!
ilovecomputer100 said:
Hi Guys
I Fixe my problem "USB Device Not Recognized"
sometimes when we connect my device phone or flash drive to pc see tis error
How to fix this?(have difrent way to fix it, but sometimes problem is related to hardware)
generaly way is update driver(same picture)
but if no work, do this
look at the picture carefully.Precisely, the part that is marked with arrows.
carefully and with a plastic tool, set the distance. And try to get answers.
I hope your problem will be solved.
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thankZ budyy.. solved my problem.....

damn the picture gone.
i face same problem. please someone reupload the picture

ilovecomputer100 said:
Hi Guys I Fixed my problem "USB Device Not Recognized"
sometimes when we connect my device phone
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Please, can you post the image again? I cannot see it.
I would very much appreciate it, thank you!

9003 blacklight reboots

as the title says my 9003 started rebooting for no reason and no while i have it plugged in on the charger it shows a blacklight every couple of seconds... while it was operational i was on the tweaks menu and pressed something about a autoboot fix and a kernel scheduler... that's why it crashed... i'm on stock xxkpu and although it somehow goes into download mode it doesn't go to recovery menu... in download mode my pc doesn't recognize it so i can format it... any help would be appreciated... thank you in advance

nickargas said:
as the title says my 9003 started rebooting for no reason and no while i have it plugged in on the charger it shows a blacklight every couple of seconds... while it was operational i was on the tweaks menu and pressed something about a autoboot fix and a kernel scheduler... that's why it crashed... i'm on stock xxkpu and although it somehow goes into download mode it doesn't go to recovery menu... in download mode my pc doesn't recognize it so i can format it... any help would be appreciated... thank you in advance
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plz help me i think i have bricked my phone...

try doing hard reset. If you cant go to recovery mode, open your cover, between the camera and speaker there is tiny hole. Use pointed object to push this while doing download mode combo. You probably need an assistance of a brother or sister lol. Then in recovery mode, Try if your pc can detect your phone again. Then try flashing stock firmware.

that's what i'm trying to do... and something to know there is no button there... that's where the plastic was poured through tiny holes in the mold cavity that made the chassis... if you don't believe me there is another one right beneath the battery...

nickargas said:
that's what i'm trying to do... and something to know there is no button there... that's where the plastic was poured through tiny holes in the mold cavity that made the chassis... if you don't believe me there is another one right beneath the battery...
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Lol, are you sure you have the standard international version of i9003?
There would be a small pin hole sort of thing between the camera and the speaker after opening the back flap.
You need to goto the download mode by using a pin. Press the pub hole with a sharp object(not too sharp). Then press the volume down key, then home button. Holding these all, then press the power key for about 4 seconds. You'd see the Samsung boot animation. At this point leave the power key, keep holding other buttons until you see the download mode.
Then connect to a PC to see if it's connected in com port
Press thanks if helped
Sent from my GT-i9003 running on RemICS 1.3
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it's ok if you don't believe me bro... my screen is shatered and i will make a tutorial these days on how to replace it and i will show you there's not a button there... trust me i've opened my samsung a couple of times in order to clean it...
iAmBalvinder said:
Lol, are you sure you have the standard international version of i9003?
There would be a small pin hole sort of thing between the camera and the speaker after opening the back flap.
You need to goto the download mode by using a pin. Press the pub hole with a sharp object(not too sharp). Then press the volume down key, then home button. Holding these all, then press the power key for about 4 seconds. You'd see the Samsung boot animation. At this point leave the power key, keep holding other buttons until you see the download mode.
Then connect to a PC to see if it's connected in com port
Press thanks if helped
Sent from my GT-i9003 running on RemICS 1.3
CF-root by amit.bagaria
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nickargas said:
it's ok if you don't believe me bro... my screen is shatered and i will make a tutorial these days on how to replace it and i will show you there's not a button there... trust me i've opened my samsung a couple of times in order to clean it...
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Dude as u said no button near camera and speaker.. But there is a button near the Sim card slot, just above the battery.. Try to get into recover using that button..
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[Q] HTC Sensation XE - power button failure

Hi guys,
Wondering if you can help re the following problem.
By accident, I managed to tear the power button strip on my phone (i.e. not the silver button, but the part that must be depressed). The phone is elsewise in perfect working condition.
I need to turn this particular phone on, as there is some important information on it that I need to access.
Any ideas how I can turn it on, or access the data therein?
Would appreciate any help - thanks in advance
Terry

The power button just completes an electrical circuit. That's all any power button on anything does.
Stuck in that black tape that's covering the button that you ripped are 2 tiny little wires. If you can connect those two wires even for a half a second, the circuit will be completed and the phone will power on.
I had to do the same thing on my MyTouch4G because I made the same mistake. It is not easy to do this. I had to use a VERY sharp knife (I used a surgical scalpel) to slice the surface off the black tape to expose the wires. Then I shorted them with a small peice of metal. It took about an hour to get it right.
Alternatively, if this critical information that you need is saved on the SD card....pull it out and use a card reader to view it on your computer.

Not sure if this will work for you but there is a app called tap tap app that allows you to turn On the phone without using the power button. I believe you can find it on the play store. It's supposed to be a button saver application
I've never tired it personally but I believe it's created to not use buttons to power on phone. I've came across it in the play store. Don't know much more about it but it might be worth checking out if you can get your phone powered on. Hope this helps. Best wishes and good luck.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium

Some roms also support turning on the phone by pressing a volume button.

ridder215215 said:
Some roms also support turning on the phone by pressing a volume button.
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That turns the screen on, not the phone and turning the screen on won't work when the phone is not powered on
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium

Found solution for power on
lawtel23 said:
Hi guys,
Wondering if you can help re the following problem.
By accident, I managed to tear the power button strip on my phone (i.e. not the silver button, but the part that must be depressed). The phone is elsewise in perfect working condition.
I need to turn this particular phone on, as there is some important information on it that I need to access.
Any ideas how I can turn it on, or access the data therein?
Would appreciate any help - thanks in advance
Terry
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Hi.
Sorry for my pure english and late answer.
May be it will be usefull for someone.
I got the same problem with power button.
After searching for solution on google I have not found anything helpful.
So I got multimeter and started to check all open contacts near the button.
And the solution is:
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To turn on the phone you need:
The contact (1) connect by piece of wire to some "ground" on the board (for example I connected it to camera holder, that signed on picture as (2) ) and hold it connected for some time, then the phone must to turn on...
This is my first post.
If you have any questions for this operation, I'll try to answer.

Sidden said:
Hi.
Sorry for my pure english and late answer.
May be it will be usefull for someone.
I got the same problem with power button.
After searching for solution on google I have not found anything helpful.
So I got multimeter and started to check all open contacts near the button.
And the solution is:
View attachment 2243064
To turn on the phone you need:
The contact (1) connect by piece of wire to some "ground" on the board (for example I connected it to camera holder, that signed on picture as (2) ) and hold it connected for some time, then the phone must to turn on...
This is my first post.
If you have any questions for this operation, I'll try to answer.
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I know I know Necromancy is a forbidden art form but right now you know how happy I am I just had to delve into it.
This is the best solution I have ever seen and thank-you so much for your time in figuring out how to do this, you have no idea how I felt when I felt that little buzz on my phone when I did this wire trick, I literally jumped a little with excitement, then the second time I did it I jumped with excitement more.
The thing I did though was there was a little rectangle in the plastic casing above where the dot is, I cut from one corner to the other side of a piece of plastic that was holding down the power button and from the other corner straight down, if that makes sense good, if not I have attached a picture, it is not very clear sorry but it is the best I can do because I have no camera other then my phone at the moment.
The red is where I was going to cut, the blue was a necessary cut because that small bit was to weak to stay on there and not get bent off by accident, this gives clear access to the small point to do this work around. Now if I need to revive my phone because of a dead battery or if anything happened to it I have a way to do it I have a wire in the back of the phone with the battery so I can just remove the back and use the wire. Also I installed sweep2wake, a necessary evil IMO.
P.S. I am going to leave this thread alone after this, I am just trying to get a solution more visible instead of making another thread just stating what this one has said, totally a huge thanks for Sidden, I was going to be stuck with a small samsung brick phone that only did SMS and took calls, you have made my day that much greater kind sir

[Q] How to contact Samsung

I've wasted an hour at the Samsung website. When the chat turned out to be broken the send button didn't,t work, I tried email. After answering all the same questions, model etc, the drop down for model wouldn't work. It's a required field so again, i'm stuck. Does anyone know how to reach them?
i received a galaxy note 10.1 16 gig wi-fi only for Christmas. it was terrific until yesterday morning. I took it from my padded brief case, pressed the start button and nothing happpened. I assumed I'd left it on overnight and rrun the battery down. I just put it away until i went home to charge it. I left it on the charger for a couple of hours. When i again pressed the start buttton, still nothiing. What do i do next?

Try leaving it charging for 6+ hours. Make sure it's plugged in all the way on both ends of the usb cable.

mtcstle said:
I've wasted an hour at the Samsung website. When the chat turned out to be broken the send button didn't,t work, I tried email. After answering all the same questions, model etc, the drop down for model wouldn't work. It's a required field so again, i'm stuck. Does anyone know how to reach them?
i received a galaxy note 10.1 16 gig wi-fi only for Christmas. it was terrific until yesterday morning. I took it from my padded brief case, pressed the start button and nothing happpened. I assumed I'd left it on overnight and rrun the battery down. I just put it away until i went home to charge it. I left it on the charger for a couple of hours. When i again pressed the start buttton, still nothiing. What do i do next?
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can you enter recovery or download mode?.. if not then you should be worried.......
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mtcstle said:
I've wasted an hour at the Samsung website. When the chat turned out to be broken the send button didn't,t work, I tried email. After answering all the same questions, model etc, the drop down for model wouldn't work. It's a required field so again, i'm stuck. Does anyone know how to reach them?
i received a galaxy note 10.1 16 gig wi-fi only for Christmas. it was terrific until yesterday morning. I took it from my padded brief case, pressed the start button and nothing happpened. I assumed I'd left it on overnight and rrun the battery down. I just put it away until i went home to charge it. I left it on the charger for a couple of hours. When i again pressed the start buttton, still nothiing. What do i do next?
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Call them. Very easy to reach by phone.

toenail_flicker said:
Call them. Very easy to reach by phone.
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Does anyone know a phone number? That's one thing that's not on the website.
To answer the previous question, no it won't boot into download or Recovery.
I'll try the six hour charge, but I'm not hopeful.
Stay tuned for more on ...

mtcstle said:
Does anyone know a phone number? That's one thing that's not on the website.
To answer the previous question, no it won't boot into download or Recovery.
I'll try the six hour charge, but I'm not hopeful.
Stay tuned for more on ...
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I found 1-800-SAMSUNG somewhere. It's seven digits I thought so, what the heck. Well a very nice woman talked me through all the trouble shooting steps I'd already tried. But, then she gave me an RMA and emailed me a shipping label. So far so good then. More to follow.

Before you write it off as dead, may I make a suggestion. Keep a finger on the touch screen while pessing the power button. This solution works for me when I've experienced the "sleep of death" after upgrading my GN 8013 to JB. Holding down the power button on mine didn't do anything. I found the solution I mentioned when I began googling in a panic. After removing one offending app, this awful sleep mode that resembles a dead device hasn't occurred again. Maybe you have an app that's triggered this. Good luck.

mke1973 said:
Before you write it off as dead, may I make a suggestion. Keep a finger on the touch screen while pessing the power button. This solution works for me when I've experienced the "sleep of death" after upgrading my GN 8013 to JB. Holding down the power button on mine didn't do anything. I found the solution I mentioned when I began googling in a panic. After removing one offending app, this awful sleep mode that resembles a dead device hasn't occurred again. Maybe you have an app that's triggered this. Good luck.
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What was the offending app?

If all else fails, try the old fashioned way
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Riki1kenobi said:
What was the offending app?
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It was Sipdroid. (Knock on wood) deleting it has stopped my note from going into the sleep of death. Fortunately, the voip app csipsimple is very stable on JB 4.1.2 and has no audio or registreation issues so I've still got voip on my note.