So my home button isn't working at all, it responds to me pressing it but that's it.. I've tried pressing it while in the included app in the hammerhead rom, aLogcat, to see if it picks up anything and still nothing. So I guess what I'm asking is if anyone else has this problem and if there's a proper way to wipe the xoom back to factory default (yes I tried in recovery but that doesn't do the entire job the way it should..)
US wifi xoom, hammerhead 2.1, tachi OC gpu
does it do anything (change the screen in any way)?
Mate i cant search very good now.. Im on my phone but do a quick search i have a thread with the answer it worked for me.. Basically flash all the way back to STOCK and start again.. Its the only way it will work the section for the home button must have been broken and no amount of flashes fixes it unless u wipe all and go to absolute stock.. See my thread i outline the procedure basically u and me are the only ones this seemed to have happened to so i had to work it out meself.... Hope this helps
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Got it working after I loaded up old system data in titanium backup then it started working again after reboot. Thanks for the replys tho
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Ok, so I did my first root last night with my G2x and flashed CM7 onto it using the instructions here for GB. The process didn't seem to go through at first because it kind of froze for awhile, but when I took out the battery and put it back in it loaded up. (I understand I may have made a mistake here.)
I thought all was good but then I tried to boot up Clockwork recovery to flash the GAPPs zip and everytime I tried it wouldn't go through the screens it is supposed to.
I'd hold the down volume and power buttons and the first LG (white) would show. Then it would bring up a cyan colored horizontal loading bar under the LG. I continue to hold the buttons hoping to see the cyan LG but then screen changes to a box with an orange arrow pointing to an android logo. There is a loading bar under this as well. If I let go here it loads up CM7 but if I continue holding on it takes me to the S/W screen.
I've tried this multiple times but I've kinda given up. I even tried individually installing the apks from the GAPPS zip but only a few of them successfully installed.
At a loss .Please let me know what I can do.
Let me guess. You flashed CWM via ROM manager?
Follow he guide here and let us know how it goes:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Also, before you install the ROM use the wipe tool in my sig.
I appreciate the response but I did use that thread to flash it.
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Ok, so I did my first root last night with my G2x and flashed CM7 onto it using the instructions here for GB. The process didn't seem to go through at first because it kind of froze for awhile, but when I took out the battery and put it back in it loaded up. (I understand I may have made a mistake here.)
I thought all was good but then I tried to boot up Clockwork recovery to flash the GAPPs zip and everytime I tried it wouldn't go through the screens it is supposed to.
I'd hold the down volume and power buttons and the first LG (white) would show. Then it would bring up a cyan colored horizontal loading bar under the LG. I continue to hold the buttons hoping to see the cyan LG but then screen changes to a box with an orange arrow pointing to an android logo. There is a loading bar under this as well. If I let go here it loads up CM7 but if I continue holding on it takes me to the S/W screen.
I've tried this multiple times but I've kinda given up. I even tried individually installing the apks from the GAPPS zip but only a few of them successfully installed.
At a loss .Please let me know what I can do.
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When it get to the point where "the cyan colored horizontal loading bar" let go of the volume and power button and see if it boots into CWM.
Ok, I tried that and it went to that android logo screen again. Then it went to a black screen and then the cyan LG logo screen. From there it booted up CM7.
I just noticed when I try to boot into Clockwork it erases everything I added to it including contacts and apps I installed.
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Ok, I tried that and it went to that android logo screen again. Then it went to a black screen and then the cyan LG logo screen. From there it booted up CM7.
I just noticed when I try to boot into Clockwork it erases everything I added to it including contacts and apps I installed.
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Try rooting process all over again... just make sure battery have plenty of charge and make sure during any of the process there's no interruptions... let us know what happen after that...
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I will unroot and try again. A few questions though:
I'm reading and it looks like I need to be able to boot into CWR to be able to unroot...is using ROM Manager a safe alternative?
And also, while I followed the instructions for flashing through the thread you provided last time, I read that I may need to erase/wipe certain types of data before I do so to avoid the market problems. Can someone provide me information on that?
I just want to make sure I do this right a second time.
ae2012 said:
I will unroot and try again. A few questions though:
I'm reading and it looks like I need to be able to boot into CWR to be able to unroot...is using ROM Manager a safe alternative?
And also, while I followed the instructions for flashing through the thread you provided last time, I read that I may need to erase/wipe certain types of data before I do so to avoid the market problems. Can someone provide me information on that?
I just want to make sure I do this right a second time.
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No need to unroot... as long as your computer still detect your phone... just flash everything again... I mean since you want to root... I would just do all the rooting process again... and reflash clock work... don't use rom manager to flash clockwork mod...
Or
And since you can't get into clockwork... you can just try flashing clockwork again... no rom manager
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Sweet, so I reflashed CWR and CM7 and I got my contacts back and several other minor issues were corrected.
I am experiencing a new problem now though. Whenever I try to download from the market it tells me "[App name] could not be downloaded due to an error."
What can be done to fix this?
ae2012 said:
Sweet, so I reflashed CWR and CM7 and I got my contacts back and several other minor issues were corrected.
I am experiencing a new problem now though. Whenever I try to download from the market it tells me "[App name] could not be downloaded due to an error."
What can be done to fix this?
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Try flashing Google apps again. Cm7 doesn't include them in their builds.
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Worked like a charm. Thanks, yall are the best.
ae2012 said:
I will unroot and try again. A few questions though:
I'm reading and it looks like I need to be able to boot into CWR to be able to unroot...is using ROM Manager a safe alternative?
And also, while I followed the instructions for flashing through the thread you provided last time, I read that I may need to erase/wipe certain types of data before I do so to avoid the market problems. Can someone provide me information on that?
I just want to make sure I do this right a second time.
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Rom Manager is not a safe alternative. Stay with Nvidia ClockworkMod.
Its should be a blue lg logo when you have to let go of the buttons.
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ae2012 said:
I will unroot and try again. A few questions though:
I'm reading and it looks like I need to be able to boot into CWR to be able to unroot...is using ROM Manager a safe alternative?
And also, while I followed the instructions for flashing through the thread you provided last time, I read that I may need to erase/wipe certain types of data before I do so to avoid the market problems. Can someone provide me information on that?
I just want to make sure I do this right a second time.
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Every time before you re- flash a rom I would recommend doing a data/factory reset within clockwork recovery. then Wipe your cache. And then even a wipe of the dalvic cache under advanced settings. Then flash the rom then gapps. Then reboot. Its called doing a clean install. It just makes everything smoother when re- flashing. And if your apps ever not update like that again just fix the permissions in clockworkmod then reboot. It usually fixes it. And i don't recommend flashing directly from the rom manager. Do it from recovery instead. Hope this helps.:thumbup:
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Sent from my G2X.
Rocking stock CM 7.2.0-RC1
Similar issue, totally different outcome...
Ladies and Gentlemen (and low-lifes),
I have found myself in a similar situation, after recently flashing a ROM, to where I am now unable to boot into CW Recovery. The ROM flashed is working fine but when I attempt to boot into recovery I get a black screen and it never progresses beyond that. I have attempted to reflash of course via NVFlasher and from all indications it's been a successful flash. That said, the results remain the same... black screen.
FYI: I have not yet attempted to flash back to Stock Recovery.
•Current Rom - Owain's Domination v77 (a great ROM by the way)
•Current kernel - Harsh's 3.0.32
•Used Nullifier to prep device for ROM install (as I have been doing for sometime now)
If anyone has any experience w/this issue or any advice going forward I would greatly appreciate it.
UPDATE: (that was fast huh?) .................................................................................................................................................................................................
So I went ahead and flashed the Stock Recovery, tested and got access. I then flashed CWM 5.0.2.0 and to my delight was able to see the CWM console. I let go of the power and volume down buttons and the phone rebooted. Now the ROM will not boot, just sits in a forever cycle on the splash screen and the results continue to be the same as recently mentioned for attempting to get into the freshly flashed recovery.
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UPDATE: (that was fast huh?) .................................................................................................................................................................................................
So I went ahead and flashed the Stock Recovery, tested and got access. I then flashed CWM 5.0.2.0 and to my delight was able to see the CWM console. I let go of the power and volume down buttons and the phone rebooted. Now the ROM will not boot, just sits in a forever cycle on the splash screen and the results continue to be the same as recently mentioned for attempting to get into the freshly flashed recovery.
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Ok, I will bring my concerns to an end now. I forced CWM to remain in play by not letting go of the power and vol. down buttons then using my thumb to see if I could stroll through options in CWM. Once I accessed a few it remain stable. I nullified and re-flashed my ROM and all seems ok in my personal corner of the universe. I am now able to boot into CWM without issue.
I posted a thread a few days ago about not being able to power off or restart my Samsung Galaxy s2 skyrocket on ATT. I am using SKy's ICS rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1602216 with the newest update and I still cannot turn it off. The response I got was to use the Darkside Wipe, I tried that, loaded the base rom, then rebooted (it rebooted on its own) flashed the update, and now im back to it not being able to turn off.... I have searched every where and everyone says the issue is resolved, but its not working. Please point me in the right direction to fix this issue.
Pull the battery
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Ive lived without if i need to reboot then hold power till it reboots and if i need recovery then do the same but press volume buttons right as it shuts down
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Thank you! Did't want to have to pull the battery anytime I needed to restart my phone. Holding the power button in for 10-15 seconds even when its froze forces it to restart. At least now I can put my case back on it....
I was wondering if anyone knew a way to stop it from freezing up? Or at least know whats causing it?
I had this problem too with the Ics roms. If you use the touch recovery to wipe factory data reset it should work. I used to one recommended in the sky Ics thread and had no problems after that.
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Do you have a link to it? I have been looking for options and I must be missing it.
I did do the Dark Side complete wipe, and after it worked, it stopped working when I applied the update.
perkinsjm said:
Do you have a link to it? I have been looking for options and I must be missing it.
I did do the Dark Side complete wipe, and after it worked, it stopped working when I applied the update.
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Just factory wipe, wipe cache, dalvik in whatever cwm you have
Ill try that again, and redownload the patch and see if that fixes it. Is there anyway to get an error log to see whats FCing or crashing?
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Ill try that again, and redownload the patch and see if that fixes it. Is there anyway to get an error log to see whats FCing or crashing?
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Hi, I have some trouble with my Nexus S: there is for few seconds (or sometimes for a minute) no light on the Search and Home button - see picture.
The problem was there with the original google software, after that I tried CM and now Im using MIUI - problem is still there. So it seems that the problem is not caused by a ROM?
I was using ClockworkMod Recovery and did
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
before I installed any ROM. But its useless. What am I doing wrong? Maybe this is not a software issue?
I saw this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049884
The solution there was to wipe the whole device - I did it already, its not helping.
Any ideas? Thank you
Now I understand that ClockworkMod Recovery cannot reset everything - as I understood you cannot reset the Kernel. And I thought the Kernel could be the problem so I manually installed another one, just to see some changes.
So I installed AirKernel, but its not helping :crying: The problem is still there. What else could I try? Any ideas?
I'm having a similar issue. My menu button light will go off every once in a while while disabling the rest of the hardware buttons. I'm assuming its a hardware failure since I can press firmly on the menu button to restore functionality. Gonna try and get the phone replaced but its difficult to reproduce the issue on demand...
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Milltach said:
Hi, I have some trouble with my Nexus S: there is for few seconds (or sometimes for a minute) no light on the Search and Home button - see picture.
The problem was there with the original google software, after that I tried CM and now Im using MIUI - problem is still there. So it seems that the problem is not caused by a ROM?
I was using ClockworkMod Recovery and did
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
before I installed any ROM. But its useless. What am I doing wrong? Maybe this is not a software issue?
I saw this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049884
The solution there was to wipe the whole device - I did it already, its not helping.
Any ideas? Thank you
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Hardware issue. Part is around 10 bucks and it's all the buttons in one block, but these are a bit of a b$!&# to change.
Edit: Picture for reference, courtesy of ifixit. I highlighted in red the part you need to change.
Ah thank you guys, good to know.
And yeah 10 bucks are not that much, but I think its not a good idea if I would disassemble my device :/ And actually I have still 1 year warranty left - maybe they would change it for free. But then I have to reset, wipe my rom and kernel and get back to original and who knows how long they would "checking" the stuff on my phone (maybe for 2-3 weeks ^^). I have to think about it.
I used to have that issue on mine too in GB MIUI, and CM7. Don't know if the issue exists on CM9 or MIUI V4. I'm running AOKP with the on-screen nav bar and I turn off the lights on the capacitive buttons.
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This definitely sounds like a hardware problem. Follow the advice that was given or just send it to Samsung but yeah you need to have a locked bootloader and a fully stock phone.
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Hey all,
So I've had my SGS3 for 2 weeks now. I was going to try and do the google wallet hack to enable it on our network. I saw a thread on a forum saying that people have used market enabler to do this. So I dowloaded/installed the market enabler app, then switched the phone to think it was t mobile to install google wallet. it didnt work so I just uninstalled the app and figured I would give editing the build.prop a try later.
About 20 minutes pass, and there was a notification that said something along the lines of " the sim card inserted isn't a verizon sim card" SO I figured " Oh okay, go back to market enabler and switch it back to verizon." That didn't work to clear the noticication. So Then I figured maybe I had to reboot it, and I did that, only to be stuck in some sort of bootloop? When I press the power button to turn on It says Samsung with the lock unlocked, (because I have CWM installed) and then it goes to the next page that says Samsung Galaxy S3. After that, the screen goes black, no spash screen or anything. The rom I had was Synergy 1.2 and it had the stock international boot animation. So I figured boot into recovery and wipe data/cache/dalvik cache and then restore one of my nandroids. I tried both nandroids and they both said MD5 sum does not match, and this is where I am left off at. I can't do anything right now because I'm at work, So I have to wait until I'm off to tinker with it. My true question is Can I flash the stock rom back through odin to bring it back to life? Also Is it possible to just flash the stock rooted image right now, instead of flashing stock back, and then flashing stock rooted to save myself a step?
Thanks for reading guys.
Tyler
95talondsm said:
When I press the power button to turn on It says Samsung with the lock unlocked, (because I have CWM installed) and then it goes to the next page that says Samsung Galaxy S3. After that, the screen goes black, no spash screen or anything.
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Did you change the build.prop prior to reboot? That sounds like what happens if you change it and don't have the permissions correct. With the device off, does holding vol down + home + power take you into download mode? If so then odin should get you back with the stock verizon image. If you have a rom zip on the internal or external sdcard, you may be able to try reflashing it. Maybe someone has an alternative while your waiting though.
Thanks a lot man. I was sitting there thinking of what I could possibly do, and boom it hit me. I reflashed my from and I am good to go! I did not change the build.prop at all. I was going to wait until I got home to do that. But she's back up and running, thanks for the info.
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A few details before I start
I am on Galaxy S3 i535 from Verizon, was running CleanROM 5.6 for a few hours after coming from Codename Android that I was using for a few days(I've been going crazy with trying roms lately.)
I flashed LiquidSmooth 2.0 with CWM (never have used odin)
On all of these flashes before i did so I wiped system/factory reset, wiped cache and dalvik cache, and formatted system, cache, and data.
I had just finished flashing Liquid Smooth about an hour ago and was installing a few things with titanium back up. everything up until this point was going fine, got all my apps instaIlled and ready to go, and I head into the settings and try to turn on a few things and edit some settings in the Liquidsmooth settings.
Now my phone is stuck in a bootloop and I'm not sure what to do. I have tried power/volume down, power/home/volume up, power/home/volume down, and nothing will get it to reboot. I dont know whether or not it is safe to take out the battery and start from there, so if that is the route I should take, please let me know.
I have no experience with odin, but I can most definitely look that up so I wont need help there. Just some help on whether or not I should take out the battery or do something else. I just don't want to brick it in any way if that is avoidable:fingers-crossed :fingers-crossed:
Thanks to whoever can help me!
Edit:
I used the search a little better this time and saw people say pull battery on similar cases, and I did that, and I'm still stuck in bootloop. (It seems like in most of the threads I found pulling the battery was a given so people didnt mention it, but I needed to know for sure.) So I am still in the bootloop and am just going to boot into download mode and go from there.
Alright I was able to odin to stock, and now im back to square one.
Not sure how to delete threads :S
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A few details before I start
I am on Galaxy S3 i535 from Verizon, was running CleanROM 5.6 for a few hours after coming from Codename Android that I was using for a few days(I've been going crazy with trying roms lately.)
I flashed LiquidSmooth 2.0 with CWM (never have used odin)
On all of these flashes before i did so I wiped system/factory reset, wiped cache and dalvik cache, and formatted system, cache, and data.
I had just finished flashing Liquid Smooth about an hour ago and was installing a few things with titanium back up. everything up until this point was going fine, got all my apps instaIlled and ready to go, and I head into the settings and try to turn on a few things and edit some settings in the Liquidsmooth settings.
Now my phone is stuck in a bootloop and I'm not sure what to do. I have tried power/volume down, power/home/volume up, power/home/volume down, and nothing will get it to reboot. I dont know whether or not it is safe to take out the battery and start from there, so if that is the route I should take, please let me know.
I have no experience with odin, but I can most definitely look that up so I wont need help there. Just some help on whether or not I should take out the battery or do something else. I just don't want to brick it in any way if that is avoidable:fingers-crossed :fingers-crossed:
Thanks to whoever can help me!
Edit:
I used the search a little better this time and saw people say pull battery on similar cases, and I did that, and I'm still stuck in bootloop. (It seems like in most of the threads I found pulling the battery was a given so people didnt mention it, but I needed to know for sure.) So I am still in the bootloop and am just going to boot into download mode and go from there.
Alright I was able to odin to stock, and now im back to square one.
Not sure how to delete threads :S
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ok i only read the first few lines but manually boot into cwm by either vol up or down and multi function and power at the same time and upload a rom like synergy i know it works and u should be good
WOW!
This I cant believe!
Toastiesyay said:
I have tried power/volume down, power/home/volume up, power/home/volume down, and nothing will get it to reboot.
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wingtytn said:
ok i only read the first few lines but manually boot into cwm by either vol up or down and multi function and power at the same time and upload a rom like synergy i know it works and u should be good
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Yeah, we noticed you only read the first few lines. :what:
If you are gonna try to help at least read the whole OP.
And to manually boot recovery its: Volume up+home+power.
Not
wingtytn said:
EITHER vol up or down and multi function and power at the same time
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OP you are missing the point here. You have to take the battery out and put it back in before going to recovery. Once you have done that try vol-up/home/ power at the same time. Once samsung logog appears look at the top left if you see words release. it will boot to recovery. You can take it from there.