Hello guys ...
I'd want to root my Samsung galaxy 3 phone using the tool "Super one click"
But before i root my phone , i'd want to hav a back up using Nandroid tool.
But my phone is not booting into the recovery mode at all .
Tried holding the volume button an the power button for a while.
Also tried holding home button and power button.
Any idea how i can boot into the recovery mode ?
And also i see many of em posting in teh forum tht they're stuck in teh recovery mode.
Pls help.
Thank u
The 3 button recovery mode is locked out on a lot of the galaxy series phones. One way I managed to get into recovery on a galaxy 3 is holding down volume up AND volume down, home and press power. If this doesn't work you can try to get into recovery through ADB, make sure you have usb debugging enabled before trying that though.
Thank you for the reply ...
I tried the volume up down button + home button + power button ...
But it'd not boot into the recovery mode ...
What is ADB ?
Am sorry ... AM very much new to these stuffs ...
Thank you.
ADB is part of the android SDK, it's an interface (for your computer) used to issue commands to the android device. Here's a basic guide http://www.xda-developers.com/android/adb-easy-tutorial/
You'll need to run adb and push the phone into recovery mode. It's pretty straightforward, everything I know about it I've learned from this site so just have a look around.
Thankx alot
I've succesfully rooted my phone
But am not able to find any custom ROM for my Samsung galaxy 3.
I searched all over the xda forum an also hav been googling for a while , but not able to find a custom rom.
Pls help me find a custom rom for my samsung galaxy 3.
If there's any other phone model's custom rom i can install in my phone , pls lemme kno .
Thanx a lot
What is it about a custom rom that you are wanting? What is it about the stock rom you don't like? If you're wanting features/functions that the stock rom doesn't have, you can probably modify it to do whatever it is you want seeing as you have root access.
I'd want to hav a different theme installed and want to improve the battery back up an speed.
Battery last only for 12 hours even when its in idle mode.
I've kept my cell inoptimum brightness and i keep the GPRS (using APN droid) , GPS and wifi off. But still the battery seems to last long only for like 12 hours.
How old is the phone? Is it within warranty period? If the battery life is draining this fast on a stock rom I'd say it's probably a faulty battery. If you want to get a warranty replacement/assessment you'll need to unroot and remove any rooting applications from the phone. Best to reflash to the original firmware just to be sure as rooting will usually void the warranty.
Just out of interest, how long has the battery been draining that quickly? Since before you rooted?
Since teh day 1 my battery power drains so quickly.
I hav confirmed with the samsung showroom ppl. They say its not teh battery problem , all android phones are battery suckers...
I also spoke to many of my friends who use teh same mobile. Their battery back up also is also about 12 hours in idle mode.
Tht's wen i decided to root my phone and use a custom rom.
But unfortunately , am not able to find any custom rom for my phone model.
And even metamorph doesn't seem to work.
Will it be arite i use a custom rom of any other phone model ?
Pls help me find a good custom ROM for my phone.
Thanx alot
Hmmm I doubt it would use battery like that if it's just idle. I suppose you've done all the battery saving tricks, turning off automatic email sync, turn off wifi scanning etc
Another phone's rom will be coded to that particular hardware, so trying to flash a different models rom onto yours will not work (most likely brick it) unless it is the same hardware. What I mean by this is how the samsung captivate, vibrant and galaxy s are all the same phone in terms of hardware (as far as I am aware) but just marketed under different names.
Even so, I am not entirely sure if you could flash a captivate rom onto a vibrant etc. My only experience here is with an i-mate jasjam, which is also marketed as the htc hermes, htc tytn, and many other names. These devices are all the same hardware internally so theoretically compatible with each other's roms.
ugly_bob said:
The 3 button recovery mode is locked out on a lot of the galaxy series phones. One way I managed to get into recovery on a galaxy 3 is holding down volume up AND volume down, home and press power. If this doesn't work you can try to get into recovery through ADB, make sure you have usb debugging enabled before trying that though.
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Worked for me.
I've done all the things possible to save my battery life ... Like ... Turning off the email sync , disabling background data, brightness set to optimum and Network type set to GSM only. But still teh battery back up aint tht good.
Is thr nothing i can do bout it .....? at all.....?
To be honest it sounds like it's a battery problem to me. The battery can drain quickly if you have a constant data connection, wifi scanning, bright screen etc but if you have disabled all of these I can't really see any reason why it's doing this other than a faulty battery/power management software.
If I was in your position I would find a copy of the stock rom and flash that, and see how it goes. If there's no improvement, get a copy of your proof of purchase and have it sent to samsung for a warranty service.
This is all I can think of really, unless you have any third party apps that are active/connected without you knowing.
And another thing, live wallpapers can be killers depending on how intense they are. Probably wouldnt drop that many hours off of what a stock battery should be. I don't know much about the stock Samsung rom but for my D1 I turn off 3G. Texts and calls still come in and there is no battery being drained from random need of data. Just for the mean time that helps. Having a darker background may be better too . Hope that helps.
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Custom ROMS and increasing battery life
here are some cool links for ROMS... thanks to all great developers
I'm currently using this one.. great ROM - two days battery backup and 5% still left
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986831
another famous ROM(kyrillos)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957123
FOR increasing battery life follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
hope this helped u all..
how to get to first
guys i installed many roms ,,, but no rom is 100% good so i have to get back to my original one which i was using when i got mob ,,
HOW CAN I GET THAT ONE ???
ny one know that
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Hey all,
I'm pretty new to this whole thing, I didnt even know roms existed until I bought my Fuze. I'm pretty computer savy so I walked my way through it and put the energy rom on my Fuze. It was working well for a few weeks but now I'm having a few issues. If I reboot or shut down, my battery drops by 20% instantly everytime I do it. I am also getting a voicemail notification that I cannot get rid of no matter how many times I dismiss it or restart the phone. Any help is appreciated!
Could be a bad rom flash or you may not have reset your phone again after the flash.... or it may just be a rom issue. I would suggest a hard reset and if that doesnt fix it, flash a new rom.
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Hey all,
I'm pretty new to this whole thing, I didnt even know roms existed until I bought my Fuze. I'm pretty computer savy so I walked my way through it and put the energy rom on my Fuze. It was working well for a few weeks but now I'm having a few issues. If I reboot or shut down, my battery drops by 20% instantly everytime I do it. I am also getting a voicemail notification that I cannot get rid of no matter how many times I dismiss it or restart the phone. Any help is appreciated!
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which version? which flavor? energy rom's usually comes in 2 flavors. regular, and msvc
EnergyRom 1.0 Series NRGZ28 WWE - thats what I see in my device info. Any thoughts?
most likely a bad flash.. .try re-flashing again..
HELP!! hardreset Energy rom
I try to play around with the Energy rom and install with a Chinese viewing program.
The rom freeze on the start up screen and cannot go further.
I tried the VOL down+ Center button+ reset , as I search it is the hard-reset for HTC touch pro.
But it doesn't go any further.
Please help.
anyway... I search the wiki, guess some ppl write the wrong procedure and it is vol down+ Reset. However cannot use the rom with ime-msjh.cab (小熊工作室 traditional chinese support).
i've tried everything and pressed every combination of buttons forever. please just post anything you can think of to help me thanks
I don't mess with samsungs much, but if you search there is a program to reset the phone in this situation.
i tried the one-click unbricking tool but it can't detect my phone cause i can't cause it to get into download mode.
Joshbro, did you get to this situation by attempting to root, mod a little prematurely?
I use a Galaxy Ace, and completely - all but absolutely - bricked my phone in December, and had to return it for a new one.
The reason was because I rooted my phone - a harmless action - but tried modding it, without enough insight as to potential problems.
The biggest problem for Galaxy Ace users, as I read, was installing and then using ROM Manager.
All I did was use the Back Up option, and when it went to restart, it didn't. Ever.
I learned a lot the following few hours, most of which didn't stick because I was in panic mode.
But essentially, I went through Oden, Kies, etc. I connected the phone, and eventually, when holding the Power, Home and Volume Down button, I saw a faint glimpse of hope.
Unfortunately, that's where the hope stopped.
I liken it to CPR.
My phone was dead, but there was a faint pulse. Upon attempting mouth to mouth, all I was greeted with was barf in the mouth.
So, you could be screwed.
Unless someone has another idea.
How'd you get to this point?
lol. nice example and yah i tried to get a mod that would turn my home buttons into led notifications for texts and stuff.
I bricked my s2 mistenly flashing NOTE ROM!!!
After many attempts I downloaded kies update and drivers. I then connected my sg pressed power volume home key for a while. then i heard a sound and drivers been installed on my pc. flashed rom via odin and what do you the screen come on and its working.
nice
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mind you have lost download mode to flash rom etc..
Hi there, I hope you guys can help me out on this.
I just got my HOS a few days ago and it was all good.
Rooted it after 1 day, everything was fine.. at first.
Played a few games, installed themes and so on. After a few hours, my HOS began to vibrate out of nowhere and apps started here and there, menu opens on its own and all that stuff. It was out of control xD
I then saw that theres an update available. Flashed stock recovery and unrooted it. Afterwards, I installed 1.78. Still unrooted, downloading most of my Apps again, works flawless. Gaming(specially Temple Run xD) is smooth.
Yesterday, I decided to root it again. At first no problems at all.
Just now on the train, playing Temple Run again, my HOS started going crazy, vibrating all the time as if it is pressing buttons on its own and I see the phone doing all kinda stuff(opening new apps, browsing thru home screen etc xD).
Has anyone else expierenced something similar? I have no idea where its coming from and it really annoys the hell out of me.
Right now I'm on TrickDroid v3.1 (wiped system/data/dalvik/cache before flashing)
Kernel: 3.0.8-01136-g9d2ad32
Baseband: 0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.31501S.10L
Build: 1.70.666.1 CL52668
That really is strange !!! Its as if root contains some sort of poltergeist
I would have imagined a factory reset would have cleared it up, But in your case it didnt....
Have you tried an alternative rooting method ?
Nope, I did not. Always used the All-In-One Toolkit, except for when I flashed Trickdroid, since it comes rooted.
Is it ok if I unroot the HOS with Rootkeeper(is this just temp. unroot?) and then root it again with Superboot?
Unbranded HOS bought in Germany, if that matters. Also, no other recovery works for me except Intermin, CWM just won't boot for me.
that is weird...
Unlocking the bootloader was successful right ?
I dont understand why your phone is rejecting software lol.. Oh and I didnt know root keeper can unroot ive never used it..
how i got root was by flashing paul obriens recovery and then the root package zip file.. I did this on day one and have never had any issues at all.. Ive tested every single ROM and every single recovery lol..
Make a nandroid in recovery and just test out different methods and try get this issue fixed. If you have any issues just restore the nandroid..
Check your phone for remote access apps, maybe you got hacked. Most of those require root to function. Also check your google account for which IPs logged in and check the password recovery options for weird emailadresses and phonenumbers...
Ars has a writeup on hardening your android device, not very technical but some good stuff there. http://arstechnica.com/security/201...-smartphone-against-stalkers-android-edition/
Forget whatever i wrote.
My HOS registers my thumb, even tho I'm not touching it at all. If I'm like 5mm away from the screen, it registers it as if I'd touched it. My gf also has a HOS and it acts only if I touch the screen.
I also noticed that the hotter my HOS gets, the distance increases at which it recognized my "touch".
The distant screen touch has happened on my uprooted tmo us HOS. I've also experienced some craziness out of the device. I've kept it stock, no unrooting/rooting going on.
I was thinking an exchange with HTC cause I also have excessive battery drain and wavy lines in the screen but now I also have an awesome cracked screen too :-\
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i also dont need to touch my screen to select something
I just hover my finger over the app, real close to the screen and it selects it...
I guess we have special powers
i also dont need to touch my screen to select something
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Same here.
lets keep this quiet, We dont want people to know we are superhuman...
I cant be arsed with the fan mail from the CIA,,, Nor do i have the time to fight crime and save the world....
Id rather just continue to flash a ROM.
hello there,
yesterday i've flashed an JB rom, it works very well, i install all my stuff and sygic from the play store .
when i try to download additional data for sygic, the image on the screen doubled, like a screenshot on the active screen with 2 or 3 pixels on the right .
so i pull out battery and pull it in and try to reboot, but nothing, not even a light on screen or on softkeys.
and i noticed if i leave the battery in it, the phone become warm in 5 minutes, like it was running .
does anyone have a clue to save this one ?
sorry for my english, i'm french
Damn... this is like 5 bricks within a week that I know of. Nexus S are dropping like flies.
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troyleeguy said:
hello there,
yesterday i've flashed an JB rom, it works very well, i install all my stuff and sygic from the play store .
when i try to download additional data for sygic, the image on the screen doubled, like a screenshot on the active screen with 2 or 3 pixels on the right .
so i pull out battery and pull it in and try to reboot, but nothing, not even a light on screen or on softkeys.
and i noticed if i leave the battery in it, the phone become warm in 5 minutes, like it was running .
does anyone have a clue to save this one ?
sorry for my english, i'm french
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Try some of the following:
-Leave the battery out for a few hours, press the power button a few times before putting the battery back in and then try to boot
-Adam's Unbrickable (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393)
first, thanks for your reply guys,
so, does you mean battery is dead or something ?
and i try unbrickable software, but device is not detected, so i ask its developers to have information about the hardware mod, still no answer .
or maybe i do something bad trying to use this tool ?
This sounds a lot like what happened to my NS earlier this week. Here's a link to my post about what happened: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844034
I originally thought it was a battery problem, but my wife and I both have a NS so I tried her battery in mine and it still didn't work. Also, my battery worked fine in hers.
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yeah, i've seen your post early today while searching solutions.
does anyone know how to use the unbrickable tool ? in his post, the dev says something and in the software says something else !?!
i finally apply the hardware mod on my own, use the unbrickable tool , but now, i have search and home key lighted so what to do next on linux ?
Hi every one
I Have the same Problem ... I Formatted my phone from Jelly Bean recovery. finished and then when I restart my phone it doesn't boot any more. no boot loader. now my phone is off and when i switch it on, nothing apear. PLEASE HELP Me, it's so painful. ((((((((((
sorry for my bad english
Hey guys. I'd really appreciate your help. So this is how the story goes. Im pretty well versed in flashing ROMS. I flashed the CM10 Rom, don't remember the exact name, but it's the one where u can download a bunch of themes. Anyway the wifi kept coming on and off so I decided to try another ROM. I went into recovery mode and flashed the MIUI vs OTTER ROM, I think thats the name, I'm pretty sure . Just as the flashing finishes the phone turns off and BAM!! The problems start so basically phone wont come on now. I don't get the vibration before it starts, so I figured Id root back to stock and start all over...(Odin..PIT etc.) So this is what happens. The computer makes the noise that indicates something's been plugged in and then immediately it makes the same noise as if somethings been unplugged (phone is still plugged in though) Screen is completely blank still and a message comes up (ON PC) to install new software on ( the phone). The software or Device that registers as the phone in device manager is Qualcomm CDMA technologies MSM. Any help would be appreciated. And yes I did the whole wipe factory/dalvik etc. right before flashing the MIUI ROM. The computer says I need to flash drive F to be able to use it (which I figure is the phone, and flashing would erase everything right?) but as I try to do that it denies me permission because th phone is apparently coming in and out, or on and off.
Have you tried a jig? Do a quick Google search "Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Jig" . It'll get you into download mode and allow you to flash through Odin back to stock, I believe.
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Playdoe said:
Hey guys. I'd really appreciate your help. So this is how the story goes. Im pretty well versed in flashing ROMS. I flashed the CM10 Rom, don't remember the exact name, but it's the one where u can download a bunch of themes. Anyway the wifi kept coming on and off so I decided to try another ROM. I went into recovery mode and flashed the MIUI vs OTTER ROM, I think thats the name, I'm pretty sure . Just as the flashing finishes the phone turns off and BAM!! The problems start so basically phone wont come on now. I don't get the vibration before it starts, so I figured Id root back to stock and start all over...(Odin..PIT etc.) So this is what happens. The computer makes the noise that indicates something's been plugged in and then immediately it makes the same noise as if somethings been unplugged (phone is still plugged in though) Screen is completely blank still and a message comes up (ON PC) to install new software on ( the phone). The software or Device that registers as the phone in device manager is Qualcomm CDMA technologies MSM. Any help would be appreciated. And yes I did the whole wipe factory/dalvik etc. right before flashing the MIUI ROM. The computer says I need to flash drive F to be able to use it (which I figure is the phone, and flashing would erase everything right?) but as I try to do that it denies me permission because th phone is apparently coming in and out, or on and off.
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Have you tried pulling the battery and entering recovery again?
Jserrano56 said:
Have you tried a jig? Do a quick Google search "Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Jig" . It'll get you into download mode and allow you to flash through Odin back to stock, I believe.
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So this "jig" thing...is it something I buy or a program i download? After i googled it I got a few hits selling a small usb looking item and some videos for you tube describing how to make one...so which my friend are u talking about?
anactoraaron said:
Have you tried pulling the battery and entering recovery again?
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I've tried everything including:
Taking battery out for extended periods.
Trying to hold volume up button and power/vice versa with both and volume down, whilst running odin to see if Added" pops up on odin so that I can root to stock and start over."
Every time i plug the phone into PC you hear the plug and unplu sounds as if the phone is continuesly turning off and on but nothing on the screen. Im not even getting the vibration.
I had a similar issue on my phone recently. It was incredibly frustrating so I just left it on the charger. When I came back 30 minutes later, it was on and charging.
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Playdoe said:
So this "jig" thing...is it something I buy or a program i download? After i googled it I got a few hits selling a small usb looking item and some videos for you tube describing how to make one...so which my friend are u talking about?
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Either you can buy one or make it yourself, but I highly recommend you buy one.
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Playdoe said:
I've tried everything including:
Taking battery out for extended periods.
Trying to hold volume up button and power/vice versa with both and volume down, whilst running odin to see if Added" pops up on odin so that I can root to stock and start over."
Every time i plug the phone into PC you hear the plug and unplu sounds as if the phone is continuesly turning off and on but nothing on the screen. Im not even getting the vibration.
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I think it is hard bricked.
Did you try download mode? I thought mine was hard-bricked, but I was able to go into download mode.
Wow, same thing here!
Playdoe said:
Hey guys. I'd really appreciate your help. So this is how the story goes. Im pretty well versed in flashing ROMS. I flashed the CM10 Rom, don't remember the exact name, but it's the one where u can download a bunch of themes. Anyway the wifi kept coming on and off so I decided to try another ROM. I went into recovery mode and flashed the MIUI vs OTTER ROM, I think thats the name, I'm pretty sure . Just as the flashing finishes the phone turns off and BAM!! The problems start so basically phone wont come on now. I don't get the vibration before it starts, so I figured Id root back to stock and start all over...(Odin..PIT etc.) So this is what happens. The computer makes the noise that indicates something's been plugged in and then immediately it makes the same noise as if somethings been unplugged (phone is still plugged in though) Screen is completely blank still and a message comes up (ON PC) to install new software on ( the phone). The software or Device that registers as the phone in device manager is Qualcomm CDMA technologies MSM. Any help would be appreciated. And yes I did the whole wipe factory/dalvik etc. right before flashing the MIUI ROM. The computer says I need to flash drive F to be able to use it (which I figure is the phone, and flashing would erase everything right?) but as I try to do that it denies me permission because th phone is apparently coming in and out, or on and off.
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I have almost the EXACT same problem. BUT, I do have a jig that I know that works...and it doesn't bring me to Download Mode. :crying:
No button combos work...download or recovery, I don't even know if it is charging...had it on the charger for about 30 mins so far.
(It says exactly:
You need to format the disk in drive G: before you can use it.
Do you want to format it?
<Format disk> <Cancel>
I of course press cancel
With a battery or without a battery, when I connect to the computer it installs the drivers as stated above but it continues to ask if I want to format it. If I leave it plugged up, the popup continues almost endlessly. I've not yet press FORMAT, as I would think that could make it worse than it is.
Has anyone seen this type of problem?
*EDIT: I'm sending it out on Monday to get it JTAGed, too expense and complex to even think about trying to get a box and attempting the fix myself.
I was basically told that the Boot portion (whatever it's exactly called) needs to be re-written and then probably just flash stock firmware on it.
Just wanted to leave this here to help others search and find this info...just in case they attempt to try to do more than they should and really mess their phone up even more.