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Multiple (growing) issues, rendering phone unusable

I've had my captivate since launch, I've played around with roms a bit, but I recently (about 2 months ago) put stock 2.3 on and have left it at that. Every once in awhile my power button wouldn't work properly (instead of putting it to sleep it would just bring up the power menu). At first this happened once or twice before I could get it to just go to sleep and then eventually this week it started taking me 40-50 presses to get it to go to sleep instead of bringing up the power menu.
Now the power button does not work at all. I can turn the phone on and off by putting the battery out and in, but once the screen goes to sleep, I am SOL. Interestingly the same day it finally called it quits, about an hour before I restarted the phone (because it was starting to get really bad) and it came up as Jan 1st 2005, 12:00 a.m. I set the date manually, but it will not fix the time no matter what I do.
Because I have had the phone so long, I am assuming whatever flimsy warranty I had is long gone, and on top of that I'm currently in the UK until mid Dec at the very earliest.
Am I basically just screwed? Should I just ebay a crap phone for now? I know I have read that this is probably a hardware issue (the date thing makes me think otherwise), but I really don't have the extra cash to buy a soldering iron, nor the time to teach myself to solder again (it's been atleast 12 years or so since I've touched one, and I never had much practice with one).
Is it worth flashing back to 2.1 to see if that helps? I know there are some issues with flashing from 2.3 to 2.1, something involving changing the bootloaders back first or something?
I want to take the phone apart and try to clean the contacts as well, but I currently can't find an eyeglass screwdriver. It is unfortunate that that seems to be my best bet at the moment, unless does anyone have an ideas?

Try shooting compress air into the area around the power button. Also take the back cover off and blue out as much dust as you can. It's a long shot, but it might work.

mrhaley30705 said:
Try shooting compress air into the area around the power button. Also take the back cover off and blue out as much dust as you can. It's a long shot, but it might work.
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He has a point. It almost sounds like the dust around the Iphone home button issue. It might bring it back to life or you may be in the same boat.

Good idea. But with electronics, most of the time you don't want to just blow air into it.you want to take it apart and clean it. Blowing air sometime can cause other problems(just moving the dust/dirt around)
mrhaley30705 said:
Try shooting compress air into the area around the power button. Also take the back cover off and blue out as much dust as you can. It's a long shot, but it might work.
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

So I took out the 6 screws on the captivate...but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get into the phone. Also the bottom two screws that are kind of under the sliding bottom, is there a trick to getting those out? Is there a video posted anywhere?
This is getting incredibly frustrating, and I need this phone to at least last me until late December when I go back to the states.
I'd try and flash back to stock just to see if that has any effect, but I'm too scared that without the power button I'd just end up getting stuck. I can't boot into recovery either, I don't know why though.

there is a "how to" for getting in the captivate, in the forumscalled "captivate tear down" from what i remember.

Thanks a lot, that sorted me out.
Unfortunately...
I cleaned everything and there has been no change.
This my current status (if anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them, as this is getting painfully annoying and my battery life is understandably awful). The phone turns on if I put the battery into it (is this normal behavior? I don't think it is, so I am a bit curious about that). The power button is completely useless, it does nothing. The volume rocker works fine. If I know I am going to be using the phone I set the screen timeout to 10 minutes (annoying that there is no 5 minute option). If I want the screen to turn on I have 3 options, listed from most practical to least:
1)Plug in the usb cable either to a power source or my computer. This works, but obviously not if I am out and about. The other end has to be plugged into something.
2)Get an sms (or mms I suppose) text (whatsapp, gchat, aim, email, etc. does not work) from someone and very quickly pull the phone from my pocket and hit the unlock code before it times out (like 3 seconds or something?)
3)Pop the battery in and out. This works at any time obviously with two huge caveats. 1) Once in awhile it resets the phones status to Jan 1st 2005, and it won't for hours or over a day reupdate the time automatically, setting it manually kind of works, but it seems to cause a lot of problems. and 2) it's really annoying waiting for it to start up again, and doing this multiple times completely kills the battery.
The fact that cleaning out the phone didn't help (and coupled with the battery thing and the resetting to Jan 1st) is making me think that this is not a hardware issue.
Anyone have any more suggestions on what to try? Again for the record I am running "stock" 2.3.

If you flash a miui/cm7 rom, i believe there is an option to use the volume buttons to wake the screen. I know it's an option on cm7, though can't remember if it's on MIUI (I'll look through my settings after this).
As for the actual flashing process, you can set up adb and use it to get into recovery if you don't have any other means to do it without the power button atm.
Edit: yep you can do it in miui. Here's a picture of it under settings > system > button settings
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Herp derp Captivate XDA Premium.

Not the most preferable option, but thanks I will definitely look into doing that. I'll try and get adb set up this weekend. Good suggestion, I appreciate it.

foofiebeast said:
Not the most preferable option, but thanks I will definitely look into doing that. I'll try and get adb set up this weekend. Good suggestion, I appreciate it.
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No problem. Adb is actually really easy to set up. I avoided it for so long because I thought it was a hassle. There's also a toggle you can add to the pulldown in miui/cm7 that locks the screen when you press it
Herp derp Captivate XDA Premium.

foofiebeast said:
I've had my captivate since launch, I've played around with roms a bit, but I recently (about 2 months ago) put stock 2.3 on and have left it at that. Every once in awhile my power button wouldn't work properly (instead of putting it to sleep it would just bring up the power menu). At first this happened once or twice before I could get it to just go to sleep and then eventually this week it started taking me 40-50 presses to get it to go to sleep instead of bringing up the power menu.
Now the power button does not work at all. I can turn the phone on and off by putting the battery out and in, but once the screen goes to sleep, I am SOL. Interestingly the same day it finally called it quits, about an hour before I restarted the phone (because it was starting to get really bad) and it came up as Jan 1st 2005, 12:00 a.m. I set the date manually, but it will not fix the time no matter what I do.
Because I have had the phone so long, I am assuming whatever flimsy warranty I had is long gone, and on top of that I'm currently in the UK until mid Dec at the very earliest.
Am I basically just screwed? Should I just ebay a crap phone for now? I know I have read that this is probably a hardware issue (the date thing makes me think otherwise), but I really don't have the extra cash to buy a soldering iron, nor the time to teach myself to solder again (it's been atleast 12 years or so since I've touched one, and I never had much practice with one).
Is it worth flashing back to 2.1 to see if that helps? I know there are some issues with flashing from 2.3 to 2.1, something involving changing the bootloaders back first or something?
I want to take the phone apart and try to clean the contacts as well, but I currently can't find an eyeglass screwdriver. It is unfortunate that that seems to be my best bet at the moment, unless does anyone have an ideas?
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A search on Google shows the power button issue is a more common one than imagined:
On the software side, it is a rogue app that is set to worng settings: Try and undo the last app you installed. e.g advanced task manager.
e.g http://www.droidforums.net/forum/te...ve-power-button-unable-get-out-standby-4.html
These forums here says it is a camera app problem......and suggests a fix:
http://www.samsunggalaxysforum.com/...sk/samsung-captivate-lock-button-not-working/
http://androidforums.com/captivate-...ton-menu-after-restoring-titanium-backup.html
But it requires you being able to get into the camera app.
IT ALSO HAPPENS ON DROID:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/te...ve-power-button-unable-get-out-standby-4.html
A widget solution:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1646789
These threads suggest it is a button problem........and that if it breaks you could be in S%^T Creek.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193057&page=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988193
Hope this helps.

I want to say that it's probably just suffering from "old phone" syndrome. Especially if you haven't gotten a replacement unit.

[Q] Bypass activation prepaid Verizon s3

I have the prepaid Verizon of the Verizon s3. Samsung sch-i535pp and i would like to bypass the activation screen ive tried the other methods for the regular Verizon s3 and it doesn't work. Has anyone got a method to work. My phone is activated ut i did a hard reset and am stuck at activation screen. Help?

I am having the same issue, its running 4.4 and none of the previous bypasses work (tapping left, right, left, right, vol. +)

SCH-i535PP w/ 4.4 Activation Bypass
I am having the same issue. Model is Samsung SCH-i535PP, or the no-SIM 3G only pre-paid version for Verizon. I have tried every # code in the emergency dialer and every combination of screen tapping magic and nothing works. Anyone here figure anything out?

bypass activation
jam0688 said:
I have the prepaid Verizon of the Verizon s3. Samsung sch-i535pp and i would like to bypass the activation screen ive tried the other methods for the regular Verizon s3 and it doesn't work. Has anyone got a method to work. My phone is activated ut i did a hard reset and am stuck at activation screen. Help?
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The only way I have found to by pass the activation screen is to select language then activate wen operator comes on hit couple keys on dial pad then menu add to contacts then it will ask if u have new or existing acc hit either 1 then it will let u conect to wifi once conected go bac to dial screen hit s voice ( looks like microphone) but u hav to b connected to Internet tell it to open settings in settings go to home screen mode pick 1 and then your no longer stuck at activation lock until u factory reset agin .....

Thanks blaze333 your way worked for me
Blaze333 said:
The only way I have found to by pass the activation screen is to select language then activate wen operator comes on hit couple keys on dial pad then menu add to contacts then it will ask if u have new or existing acc hit either 1 then it will let u conect to wifi once conected go bac to dial screen hit s voice ( looks like microphone) but u hav to b connected to Internet tell it to open settings in settings go to home screen mode pick 1 and then your no long
er stuck
at activation lock until u factory reset agin .....
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this worked for me verizon s3 pp

Blaze333 said:
The only way I have found to by pass the activation screen is to select language then activate wen operator comes on hit couple keys on dial pad then menu add to contacts then it will ask if u have new or existing acc hit either 1 then it will let u conect to wifi once conected go bac to dial screen hit s voice ( looks like microphone) but u hav to b connected to Internet tell it to open settings in settings go to home screen mode pick 1 and then your no longer stuck at activation lock until u factory reset agin .....
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Do you have any ideas on how to get the drop-down menu to work?

silverstar1323 said:
Do you have any ideas on how to get the drop-down menu to work?
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When my I535PP was working, I remember using this bypass. If you install apps that give Notifications and leave the phone on for a half a month or so strait and the bar should pop up. But if you hit the home button, or go to restart the phone your notification bar will go away, and send you back to the activation wizzard. I guess it's just the way it works. Use a home button alternative app. I mapped the hold down to settings and the tap to recently used apps, kinda like a task manager. Worked great until my wifi decided to stop working
Good luck, hope this helped!

Thank you! Your info is much appreciated! :cyclops:

silverstar1323 said:
Thank you! Your info is much appreciated! :cyclops:
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No problem, and just so you know this is the specific app I was using:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.home.button.bottom&hl=en
Enjoy!
PS: The app will also open while you're in the activation wizzard. Just let it sit there for a little bit when you first boot it up. If you have it set to open up settings you can hold it down and get into the settings without having to do the whole going to contacts and speech thing. Essentially skipping those steps. (Your phone might have to be rooted though)

Sokoloft said:
No problem, and just so you know this is the specific app I was using:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.home.button.bottom&hl=en
Enjoy!
PS: The app will also open while you're in the activation wizzard. Just let it sit there for a little bit when you first boot it up. If you have it set to open up settings you can hold it down and get into the settings without having to do the whole going to contacts and speech thing. Essentially skipping those steps. (Your phone might have to be rooted though)
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Awesome! ?

Phone stuck in a full screen app that cannot be closed? Touchscreen only works locked

Hello! Here's a problem that I believed no one has had before. Or at least I do not know what keywords to use on my Google searches to find anything similar that has happened to anybody.
It happened when I was looking at Instagram stories, suddenly a white bar appeared in the middle of the screen with the whole screen half faded to black behind it.
Here are two screenshots that I was only able to get by connecting the phone to my PC.
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The phone otherwise works normally, the touchscreen works only if the phone is locked because when I unlock it the white bar reappears and I'm not able to get to anything that's behind it.
I have pretty much tried everything:
Booting in Safe Mode does not close the bugged app (could be Instagram)
Wiping the cache does not close the app or remove the white bar
Reflashing the firmware with ODIN with the same version (phone is up to date with the last 7.0 stock rom) does not close the app, the white bar comes back as soon as it's turned back on and unlocked
Needless to say, restarting the phone does not work
The only solution I can think of would be a hard reset, and that would be fine if only I could press ALLOW when trying to backup all my data with Smart Switch, except I can't get to the ALLOW button because of the freaking white bar and therefore can't give Smart Switch permission to access my god damned phone.
If y'all have a solution I'd be forever thankful, otherwise I'll guess I'll have to hard reset without backing up anything. Which would really, really suck.
Isn't there a way to kill all apps at once? Without having to access the phone I guess lol

Okay I've made progress. When I activate the airplane mode and restart the phone it doesn't happen But when I turn the data/wifi back on, the white bar pops up.
So it's has to be a background app with internet access showing the empty white bar. At least I can back-up my data now tho, but I'm trying to figure out which app is causing this because this is freaking gamebreaking and has to be reported.

I have exactly the same issue, started yesterday morning. I tried restarting the phone a couple of times and it got rid of it for the day. But the white bar reappeared again this morning...
The bar doesn't appear if the phone starts on flight mode. I noticed that a small prompt saying "No connection, Can't download attachement" appears at the start up of the phone when in flight mode.
Can't reset the phone through the menu (needs connection to verify samsung account password which only brings back ). Had to hard reset by turning off the phone and restarting it by pressing the home + volume up + power buttons together.
So far no white bar reappeared.

Doswim said:
I have exactly the same issue, started yesterday morning. I tried restarting the phone a couple of times and it got rid of it for the day. But the white bar reappeared again this morning...
The bar doesn't appear if the phone starts on flight mode. I noticed that a small prompt saying "No connection, Can't download attachement" appears at the start up of the phone when in flight mode.
Can't reset the phone through the menu (needs connection to verify samsung account password which only brings back ). Had to hard reset by turning off the phone and restarting it by pressing the home + volume up + power buttons together.
So far no white bar reappeared.
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Yep, had to hard reset. I backed up everything twice (smart switch and TWRP) so I lost nothing fortunately.
I gave up on trying to figure out which app was causing it though, it hasn't happened again but god damn was it annoying, whoever is responsible needs to fix it asap.
(it wasn't instagram btw)

Hi, I'm having the same problem right now and seems like we are the only one who have it so there's no other solution other than keep the phone on airplane mode... but I can't back up my data using my cable and smart switch, and I don't want to lose any of them ( My phone can work without being on airplane mode but whenever I open wifi, the white thing return...
I tried to let the phone on safe mode to check if there's any app causes this problem but with the wifi on, the white bar reappears so I guess it's not the apps' fault :-s
Any ideas guys?

httly said:
Hi, I'm having the same problem right now and seems like we are the only one who have it so there's no other solution other than keep the phone on airplane mode... but I can't back up my data using my cable and smart switch, and I don't want to lose any of them ( My phone can work without being on airplane mode but whenever I open wifi, the white thing return...
I tried to let the phone on safe mode to check if there's any app causes this problem but with the wifi on, the white bar reappears so I guess it's not the apps' fault :-s
Any ideas guys?
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Why can't you backup your data with Smart Switch?

iamXerok said:
Why can't you backup your data with Smart Switch?
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I don't know why, the driver of the phone still exist on my laptop and there are folders too but when I clicked it, it's empty ( I looked through Properties ) and when I copied to another driver on my laptop, the window is frozen and closed itself I tried Develop Options to configure USB but it didn't work either...
And do you guys still have problem connecting wifi? Cause I'm still having it. I can put my phone on normal mode ( without airplane mode ) and send msg but whenever I open wifi and 4G, the white bar emerges...

httly said:
I don't know why, the driver of the phone still exist on my laptop and there are folders too but when I clicked it, it's empty ( I looked through Properties ) and when I copied to another driver on my laptop, the window is frozen and closed itself I tried Develop Options to configure USB but it didn't work either...
And do you guys still have problem connecting wifi? Cause I'm still having it. I can put my phone on normal mode ( without airplane mode ) and send msg but whenever I open wifi and 4G, the white bar emerges...
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Use Smart Switch to re-install the phone's drivers
I'm not having the problem anymore because I did a hard reset but I backed everything up with SS.

Wireless mode, does not enter - gear s3 sm-r760

Hello everyone, first of all I apologize for the writing errors, I'm using the translator.
I am having problems with my Gear S3 after trying to pass a ROM GEAR S3 R760XXU2BQH1 STOCK ROM_OXA_MULTI CSC.
It was passing through the Wifi-net -odin and in the middle of the process failed, so I restarted the clock and went to try to put it in download mode but it is locked in this screen "attached image" and does not appear the option of AP MODE.
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72292560&postcount=51
If you have the same problems with your (bricked) S3 then go to download wirelessly mode en as soon as you see the flower then push the power button 2 seconds en let it go for 1 second, than push it again for 2 seconds en let it go for one and so on til you get him in to download wirelessly mode. May take some attempts but it saves my ass a few times.
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Hold Power key for 2 seconds...
Release 1 second
Hold Power key for 2 seconds...
Release 1 second
.
.
.
.
This helped me few times. :good:
I have count 1 2 3 4 5 then released... hold... 12... release...
Hold long... release short...
Repeat...
Timing is important.
Best Regards

@adfree
I already did this for 20 minutes, but it did not work =/
adfree said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72292560&postcount=51
Hold Power key for 2 seconds...
Release 1 second
Hold Power key for 2 seconds...
Release 1 second
.
.
.
.
This helped me few times. :good:
I have count 1 2 3 4 5 then released... hold... 12... release...
Hold long... release short...
Repeat...
Timing is important.
Best Regards
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I already did this for 20 minutes, but it did not work =/
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Try maybe again...
After do this:
1.
Recovery
Maybe it reset.
2.
Check Download Mode...
Maybe you can upload Photo like this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73607036&postcount=1
Is Reactivation Lock on? Or off?
Easier Photo... so I can see all infos.
Best Regards

@adfree
1 - When I try to use Recovery, it only appears on this screen, I left it for about 30 minutes and it does not leave this screen
2 - The reactivation lock is disabled as in the image below!
adfree said:
Try maybe again...
After do this:
1.
Recovery
Maybe it reset.
2.
Check Download Mode...
Maybe you can upload Photo like this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73607036&postcount=1
Is Reactivation Lock on? Or off?
Easier Photo... so I can see all infos.
Best Regards
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All looks normal...
Reactivation Lock is OFF. :good: :good:
Warranty Void 0 (0x0000) :good: :good:
Official, Official looks also good...
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Try again to enter wireless mode...
As soon you see Picture... HOLD Power Key.
Release Key
Hold Key
Relese Key...
NOT stop... continue so long as you can
Timing is important...
-----------------
Battery is fully charged?
Maybe charge battery first... mabye this is your problem...
Maybe battery tooooo low.
Best Regards

@SilvinHo
Problem solved?
Best Regards

@adfree
unfortunately I could not solve this without having to disassemble, today I will disassemble it to make the USB cable connection, I hope this solves it
adfree said:
@SilvinHo
Problem solved?
Best Regards
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adfree said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72292560&postcount=51
Hold Power key for 2 seconds...
Release 1 second
Hold Power key for 2 seconds...
Release 1 second
.
.
.
.
This helped me few times. :good:
I have count 1 2 3 4 5 then released... hold... 12... release...
Hold long... release short...
Repeat...
Timing is important.
Best Regards
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I'm having the exact same problem with my S3. I can't get the wireless AP mode anymore and when I boot into Download mode it shows the same as original posters screen. Official/Official, Reactivation Lock off etc.
I've tried doing this hold release trick but it's not working for me. But I have no idea if I have the timing right and even your own post contradicts yourself. Eg "Hold power for 2 seconds, release 1 second". But then further below you say "I have count 1 2 3 4 5 then released... hold... 12... release...". That implies holding the power button for 5 seconds. So which is it? Any chance of a video or something to get a better idea of what the exacting timing should be?

@MrKeh
I mean really count in mind... not Seconds...
Depend on how fast you count...
You could try to use Stop Watch... if this helps you...
I have used only "Feelings"...
Summary...
1 Button
Hold longer
release Key
Hold shorter
release Key
Hold longer
.
.
.
It is only 1 Key... and timing question...
Question.
This Picture from post 1 is still for hours:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74648355&postcount=1
Or after few seconds gone?
If I remember correct.
My SM-R760 shows this Pic for few seconds... then goes black... (reboot)...
In worst case scenario... it is possible you have less luck...
And USB cable required...
Sorry.
Best Regards

@adfree
I guess I'll keep on trying more. But so far no luck. In any case I'll just try claiming warranty on it before I go messing around with soldering usb connections. Since the knox is not triggered and it shows samsung official in the download screen it will probably still pass their warranty checks at the service center.
To answer your question. The screen stays there until I hold down the power button to reset.

Hello, yesterday I left the Samsung technical support, I said that an update arrived and when I was updated gave an error and the clock did not start, let's see what they told me if they said that I changed via Odin and did not want to fix this. I'll open and try via USB cable, thanks for the tips. If I have any news, I'll let you know

Well I brought my Gear S3 to the Samsung service centre. I got a service document that says it's covered under full warranty and that it should be fixed by the end of the week. Yay for not having to open it up and solder a usb cable!

I'm having the same problem in my SM-R770 Gear S3 Classic, with no luck in the process to enter in AP mode. The watch is stuck in the flower(tizen logo), when I enter in Download(wireless).
If someone have a hint, please help

Sorry...
The only new "idea" is... to check if battery is empty or how much "juice" is available...
Power off and check in Charger?
Is Gear S3 charging?
If yes...
Is it near 100 % or lower 30 %
Maybe battery tooo low to enable WiFi again...
Sorry, I have no idea.
Why this fails...
But please check battery power...
Maybe it is simple protection if battery toooo low...
Best Regards

adfree said:
Sorry...
The only new "idea" is... to check if battery is empty or how much "juice" is available...
Power off and check in Charger?
Is Gear S3 charging?
If yes...
Is it near 100 % or lower 30 %
Maybe battery tooo low to enable WiFi again...
Sorry, I have no idea.
Why this fails...
But please check battery power...
Maybe it is simple protection if battery toooo low...
Best Regards
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Battery was very low, but when I put in the charger, the red light of the charger blinks, and the watch doesn't charge.
I finally take the courage and disassembly the watch and use the normal odin
Now it's everything ok :laugh:
thanks @adfree :good:

@SilvinHo
 @MrKeh
Please, any progress?
Problem solved?
Best Regards

Today I have killed my SM-R732 shortly... with some Upload Mode "tests"...
Recovery not worked... seems do nothing...
And Gear S2 hangs at Logo...
So I played with every menu ...
and after Factory command... what ever this is...
My Gear S2 configured again... and is now alive.
Puhhhh.
Code:
Normal Firmware Combination BQC2 Combination CQK2
[COLOR="Red"]Select REBOOT MODE Select REBOOT MODE Select REBOOT MODE
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Continue Continue Continue
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Depend on Firmware... because param file related... what we see in this menu...
Maybe it is worth to try EVERY line, before give up...
Minimum attempt:
Recovery----> for Factory Reset
If not work...
Try also Factory command...
Look also into Upload and Upload (wireless) if avaliable...
Sometimes some info in Upload Mode on Screen visible... in red letter...
Maybe repeat few times... in different orders...
Only idea...
Best Regards

Hey guys,
I'm gunna jump into this aswell.. I've been trying to enable S-Pay on my watch like everyone else. Following the Flashing CSC file my device just stopped on the downloading screen and my computer said complete. So I restarted device and now RIP - getting the same issues as everyone else here. It seems i've bricked the device. It hangs on the Wireless download screen like someone posted in a screenshot earlier. It hangs on the Logo screen if booted up. It won't charge - screen lights up with lightning bolt and base will flash red. None of the startup options work. They mainly just hang on the following screen.
Any thoughts?

@_RainMaker
Can you give dteails about:
A.
SM-R760 or SM-R770?
B.
Fail on Combination Firmware or on normal BQC5 or BQH1...
C.
Look at my post before yours...
You have allready tried menu:
Factory command
Depend on your skills...
If nothing work...
First choice go to Service Cemter...
Or if you have no fear... connect wires like this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74841897&postcount=375
To have USB cable...
Pinout I can post... if you need.
Best Regards

I need help with this Alcatel Jitterbug smart phone

Hi Experts, I have a question about this Alcatel Jitterbug A622LJBS1 smart phone (This is the model that specifies the back part) and the battery says Alcatel One Touch. This phone belongs to the company greatcall and this has a modified android.
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The problem I have with this phone, is that I do not have the original chip or sim card of the company, and this asks me for an activation as shown in the image:
My questions are: Is there an original ROM of this device? or if I can put the Rom of another model? or how can I solve the activation of the phone?
From already thank you very much!

I WAS GIVEN ONE OF THESE A WEEK AGO.
It is more simple than you would believe. At first I thought it would need a rom too. Or maybe I could root and bypass somehow.....
Nope,, I put in a non working Verizon Sim Card and when you get to the activAvation screen where it asked for a email or gmail account SLOW DOWN AND READ THE SCREEN...
You can simply skip adding an account..... then the phone booted right up for me and i set it up as i pleased.
Um, If im missing something, well, I did to a factory reset,then a hard reset..... I BELIEVE HAVING THE SIM CARD WAS ALL IT NEEDED.
Now I have full access, have turned on Developer Mode, it also has the OEM unlock feature, so im assuming this TRAC PHONE is going to have a built in recovery..... The only trac phone I messed with before is still in a box and will never recover from the brick i DROPPED ON IT.

sloWmotion01 said:
I WAS GIVEN ONE OF THESE A WEEK AGO.
It is more simple than you would believe. At first I thought it would need a rom too. Or maybe I could root and bypass somehow.....
Nope,, I put in a non working Verizon Sim Card and when you get to the activAvation screen where it asked for a email or gmail account SLOW DOWN AND READ THE SCREEN...
You can simply skip adding an account..... then the phone booted right up for me and i set it up as i pleased.
Um, If im missing something, well, I did to a factory reset,then a hard reset..... I BELIEVE HAVING THE SIM CARD WAS ALL IT NEEDED.
Now I have full access, have turned on Developer Mode, it also has the OEM unlock feature, so im assuming this TRAC PHONE is going to have a built in recovery..... The only trac phone I messed with before is still in a box and will never recover from the brick i DROPPED ON IT.
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Thanks for your comment, the friend problem is that I do not live in the United States, my dad gave me this phone so I do not have access to any of the companies in that country, so I asked if you could change the ROM to jump the Activation step.

Try a Hard Reset, not a factory reset..... Hold the power button and vol button Up button until the phone reboots.... if it takes you to the recovery then wipe it from there and also wipe the cache. then reboot with any cdma sim card and see what that does for you.... I also now have the active dialer codes of the phone... My favorite APP for any phone is MIXPLORER. It lets me disect the apk's and thats where all codes are hidden with exception of the unlock codes of course. I still havnt figured that out.
If that doesnt work for you then I will let you know that the phone is the same, AND (SHOULD )be compatible with alcatel one-touch pixie 3. However, My first attempts at unlocking the bootloader have failed, if its locked... suppose i should check that.....
I will be putting CM12 or Lineage Os On this phone soon..... or Ill brick it trying......
Good Luck to you.
If no sim cards work for you then order a Verizon sim on the internet.... or I could send you the one I have...

Same problem plsssssss how can I get your simcard

i have a jitterbug smart 2 off ebay and it takes forever on the setup screen after factory reset and then i wait like twenty minute and this sceen pops up and says setup failure please contact customer support and refer error code 2, that was the first error code, i tried again and got the second code which was error code 5 after i switched the sim card, third time and still nothing but the long finishing setup screen and setup failure, please help

Try this!
I can tell you a temp fix. I am here now on smart2 jitterbug.
Force reboot. When phone is starting , it takes it a moment to kick into finish setup mode. Quickly drop down notifications, go into settings, choose apps, choose show system apps, quickly empty cache and disable setup wizard. There are 2 different ones. One it into let you disable, but you can first stop, and clear cache. You may have to make a few attempts. I'm assuming your on wifi, so walk as far as possible without disconnecting but enough to lag your connection is helpful, in the effort. Also I disabled the permissions the apps had also alter system and perform on top of other apps. I just did this. There is a way to disable other apps I know. I haven't had an opportunity to do this yet.

Bitcrumbs said:
I can tell you a temp fix. I am here now on smart2 jitterbug.
Force reboot. When phone is starting , it takes it a moment to kick into finish setup mode. Quickly drop down notifications, go into settings, choose apps, choose show system apps, quickly empty cache and disable setup wizard. There are 2 different ones. One it into let you disable, but you can first stop, and clear cache. You may have to make a few attempts. I'm assuming your on wifi, so walk as far as possible without disconnecting but enough to lag your connection is helpful, in the effort. Also I disabled the permissions the apps had also alter system and perform on top of other apps. I just did this. There is a way to disable other apps I know. I haven't had an opportunity to do this yet.
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This seemed to work for a moment for me. I disabled both setup wizards and I was finally able to use the phone for an extra 2 minutes or so but then the phone just rebooted on it's on. When it came back up, the same "Finishing setup" crap started after about 20 seconds. I checked the Setup Wizards and they were both still disabled, so how can the "Finishing Setup" still be running?
Update: actually the 2nd setup wizard app can't be disabled. I tried to force stop it but it doesn't seem to stop. Any suggestions?

My battery went dead and when I booted back up I had to wrestle with it again. On the wizard that doesn't let you disable it, did you clear the cache? Where it says storage, you go there and clear cache and data. My gboard started error looping me, I force close and temp disabled then cleared cache and data and re-enabled. This fixed it. Now this is only a temp solution to use the jitterbug. And stop the setup loop. I have a lot of experience bypassing for locked phones, and I knew this technique from a bypass. I will experiment more, and look for a permanent solution. I have never rooted a phone before and this seems like a good specimen.
The technique I was speaking of involved disabling Google play services, play store, and device manager, also. Re installing a new device manager and play service. It let you get through and add an account to the phone, without forcing you to add the account, you lost access too...

First in the world solution for fully bypass the setup
Follow this one by one
1 - put a sim card with a pin code and boot the phone
2 after boot you will get a swipe screen lock ( or press power button to turn of and on the screen )
3 - go down and press emergency call two times
3 - put pin code and phone dialer will open
4 - put this code *#*#4636#*#*
5 - testing tab will show go to usage stastics
6 - use back button from the testing tab not the phone back button
7 - settings tab will show up go to wifi and connect to internet
8 - go security and make a screen lock from setting + enable unknow sources installation
9 - turn off the screen and on with power button
10 - screen lock will show up press two time on camera and put screen lock
11 - take a picture + swipe the camera to go to captured picture
12 - press on share button and go to email not GMAIL ... log to outlook email
13 - no need to send the pic ... use back button on touch to back to email main front ( not back button on phone )
14 - download shortcuts maker apk from another phone or pc
15 - use another outlook accout to send apk app to the phone email
16 - after receive apk install it + open
17 - find setup wizard you will see to two apps
18 - press the second one and swip down to the last one
19 - press try and finish the setup
20- launcher will activate
21 - DONE
( if you got the frp ... after you connect to wifi ... a lot of methods to bypass it )

hello am having alcatel A622GL and i want to unlock it but when i insert sim card it give sim hot plug and is CDMA not having GSM

lakhssas said:
First in the world solution for fully bypass the setup
Follow this one by one
1 - put a sim card with a pin code and boot the phone
2 after boot you will get a swipe screen lock ( or press power button to turn of and on the screen )
3 - go down and press emergency call two times
3 - put pin code and phone dialer will open
4 - put this code *#*#4636#*#*
5 - testing tab will show go to usage stastics
6 - use back button from the testing tab not the phone back button
7 - settings tab will show up go to wifi and connect to internet
8 - go security and make a screen lock from setting + enable unknow sources installation
9 - turn off the screen and on with power button
10 - screen lock will show up press two time on camera and put screen lock
11 - take a picture + swipe the camera to go to captured picture
12 - press on share button and go to email not GMAIL ... log to outlook email
13 - no need to send the pic ... use back button on touch to back to email main front ( not back button on phone )
14 - download shortcuts maker apk from another phone or pc
15 - use another outlook accout to send apk app to the phone email
16 - after receive apk install it + open
17 - find setup wizard you will see to two apps
18 - press the second one and swip down to the last one
19 - press try and finish the setup
20- launcher will activate
21 - DONE
( if you got the frp ... after you connect to wifi ... a lot of methods to bypass it )
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code *#*#4636#*#* not working

I know I'm late to this party, but I picked up the Jitterbug Smart2 and kept getting stuck at the "Finishing Setup" part; I left the original SIM card in that came with the phone, tried my Verizon SIM, and after a couple minutes it'd go back to that "Finishing setup" crap. This is what I did to get around/stop that annoyance:
Boot the phone, as soon as you do enable 'Developer options' (by navigating to System->About>then tapping "Build number" 5 times. If you're lucky, you can go back to the Dev options and enable "USB Debugging" (if not, reboot the phone then immediately go to Developer Options->Enable "USB Debugging"
Once USB Debugging is enabled, reboot again...
On the next reboot, I went straight to Apps->click the three dots in the right hand corner and select "Show system apps".
If you can, go down to "Setup Wizard" and disable it - make sure it's the one without an icon, not the on with the wizard hat
It may take you a few times to get there, but once your do, open up a command line with ADB running and connect the phone. It should prompt you to all the connection on the phone, tap "Remember this computer" on the phone, then run the following commands one at a time:
adb shell settings put global setup_wizard_has_run 1
adb shell settings put secure user_setup_complete 1
adb shell settings put global device_provisioned 1
Enjoy! I am still trying to figure out how to unlock the bootloader, as every attempt to reboot to fastboot/bootloader just straight reboots the phone.