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Only tested on SP-FROYO 1.2 with patched Market.
Install rom manager from market. Choose HTC "buzz" aka wildfire when asked and flash recovery. Now choose "boot into recovery" in rom manager.
Amon-Ra´s recovery is now replaced with new recovery.
This is nice
buenso80 said:
Only tested on SP-FROYO 1.2 with patched Market.
Install rom manager from market. Choose HTC "buzz" aka wildfire when asked and flash recovery. Now choose "boot into recovery" in rom manager.
Amon-Ra´s recovery is now replaced with new recovery.
This is nice
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Hmm, i'm going to give this a try
Rom manager is realy cool
hope it works fine
it's better than normal recovery by Amon-RA?Oo What can I do with that rom?
just tryed on HCDR.ROM v1.5 , work , tryed nandroid , and its back up all thing !vill try later to flash !
Also tried on HCDR.ROM v1.5, flashing worked
I noticed that unless you start recovery via ROM manager, you still get the one you had before
Sent from my HTC Tattoo using XDA App
HCDR.Jacob said:
Also tried on HCDR.ROM v1.5, flashing worked
I noticed that unless you start recovery via ROM manager, you still get the one you had before
Sent from my HTC Tattoo using XDA App
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hi
whats special about this i did see this on the market
just wanted to know what special or better than what we already have
you can for example scroll down and push down agin to get on top agin. so it scrolls around.
you can flash roms in folders. for example you have a folder structure like this:
SDcard/-install-/roms/Puzzlerom/all_files_related_to_puzzlerom
SDcard/-install-/roms/AnotherROM/all_files_related_to_AnotherROM
You can "start" your flash from android, so you can use your touch screen to chose what rom to flash. Start rom manager and select file to flash. rom manager will ask if you want to backup you rom and if you want to wipe. it will reboot in to recovery and do your choise made in android. for example, do backup, wipe, and then reboot phone to system auto.
This is just a little thing it can do.
danne_jo said:
you can for example scroll down and push down agin to get on top agin. so it scrolls around.
you can flash roms in folders. for example you have a folder structure like this:
SDcard/-install-/roms/Puzzlerom/all_files_related_to_puzzlerom
SDcard/-install-/roms/AnotherROM/all_files_related_to_AnotherROM
You can "start" your flash from android, so you can use your touch screen to chose what rom to flash. Start rom manager and select file to flash. rom manager will ask if you want to backup you rom and if you want to wipe. it will reboot in to recovery and do your choise made in android. for example, do backup, wipe, and then reboot phone to system auto.
This is just a little thing it can do.
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hi
thanks for the kind explanation ill try its the same thing i see in the market right(it says ROm manager by clockworkMod in the market site) i haven't added any market patch im using Jacobs 1.4 and i can see a rom manger in the market its free its the same thing right
Edit : what i see in the market is not for our phone ie it does not have recovery for our phone it is not listed in recovery images given tattoo or click is not mentioned
haree said:
hi
thanks for the kind explanation ill try its the same thing i see in the market right(it says ROm manager by clockworkMod in the market site) i haven't added any market patch im using Jacobs 1.4 and i can see a rom manger in the market its free its the same thing right
Edit : what i see in the market is not for our phone ie it does not have recovery for our phone it is not listed in recovery images given tattoo or click is not mentioned
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Select the one for wildfire
Sent from my HTC Tattoo using XDA App
can anyone upload or send me the update.zip i suppose rom manager download to the root of sd-card?
This is a guide to start that recovery manualy (works on desire)
Shutdown phone
Press and hold "volume -(down)"
Press power ON still holding "volume -(down)" pressed.
A white boot meny will load. you can now release "volume -". Wait a few sec for it to load fully.
Use Volume up and down to navigare.
Chose "recovery" and press Power button to chose it.
A image with an red triangle will appear.
Press volume up and power on same time.
A new meny till appear
Use Volume up and down to navigare.
Chose "Apply sdcard:update.zip" and press Power button to chose it.
Now you should be in clockwork recovery
Noticed dident work on tattoo, have diffrent hboot.
You can flash recovery via rom manager. It's the easiest way
danne_jo said:
can anyone upload or send me the update.zip i suppose rom manager download to the root of sd-card?
This is a guide to start that recovery manualy (works on desire)
Shutdown phone
Press and hold "volume -(down)"
Press power ON still holding "volume -(down)" pressed.
A white boot meny will load. you can now release "volume -". Wait a few sec for it to load fully.
Use Volume up and down to navigare.
Chose "recovery" and press Power button to chose it.
A image with an red triangle will appear.
Press volume up and power on same time.
A new meny till appear
Use Volume up and down to navigare.
Chose "Apply sdcard:update.zip" and press Power button to chose it.
Now you should be in clockwork recovery
Noticed dident work on tattoo, have diffrent hboot.
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Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
HCDR.Jacob said:
Also tried on HCDR.ROM v1.5, flashing worked
I noticed that unless you start recovery via ROM manager, you still get the one you had before
Sent from my HTC Tattoo using XDA App
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just select update.zip in amonRa then it will boot up
buenso80 said:
just select update.zip in amonRa then it will boot up
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I know I noticed that not long after I posted :')
HCDR.Jacob said:
I know I noticed that not long after I posted :')
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Sorry. But nice you figured it out.
buenso80 said:
Sorry. But nice you figured it out.
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Haha no need to be sorry for being helpful ;D
I cant enter in recovery mode.Why?
sasans said:
I cant enter in recovery mode.Why?
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But have you installed the recovery? Can you describe what is your problem?
And please stop spaming everywhere with the same question!
Cheers
Hello there!
I believe I must be doing some stupid mistake, but I have done this over and over and still no success :S
I have rooted my HTC Tattoo (Vodafone PT), installed ROM Manager, selected it as a Wildfire and installed recovery.
All is good there.
Now the problem is when I try to install HCDR v.17 using ROM Manager, I always get a verification failed :/
Any help?
Best regards!
Me too,I have same trouble...
root already by universal androot,then use rom manager and choose wildfire
it shows Successfully downloaded Clockworkmod recovery,but still can't enter
recovery mode,after that...I re-entry rom manager,it shows recovery broken~
My god~what can I do?
hello everybody,,,,
i'm new to android stuff ,, anyway ive installed a rom on my sgs2 and now i want to shif to another rom somehow everytime i want to get my phone into download it just get into recovery mod and odion keeps failing i tried to get my phone back into refractory data and that even went worse now ,, can you pls help me and tell me how to get the new rom i've over the one i previously installed !
thank you
Vol down + Home + Power is Download mode.
Vol up + Home + Power is Recovery mode.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
didnt work,,,,, it keeps going to recovery mod
it worked but vl. button down. thanks
If you've installed a custom ROM, you may already have (or can download) the ClockWorkMod app and should be able to boot into download from that. Alternatively, beg, borrow or steal a USB jig and plug that in when powered down? Apologies if you've looked into all these option already and none are of any help. Good luck.
hi 2 all
I want to brief how made brick my tab step by step
first of all i had an Acer_A500_4.010.43_COM_GEN1 3.1 stock rom on my tab that i upgrade it to 3.2 Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN1 by tablet then i decided to root my tablet for installation custom rom and i downgrade to 3.01 rom by this typic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227 method 1 i reverted successfully and after rooting i installed and tested this 3 roms (taboonay 2.2-thor 14.2&light speed 1.07) but each one had some problems like google map or gps or rotation screen so i installed a 3.1hc stock rom Acer_A500_4.010.41_COM_GEN1 and rooted that worked good but i had mistake and i forget erase update.zip file from my sd card
4days ago Mistakenly I turn on my tablet with recovery mode and iconia automattically gone to update mode (rom installation) i did nothing but this opration was stopped at 80% and my wrong was here i could not be patient and shut down my tab by power button and i bricked my tablet
after that i test all method for unbrick it like not stable rom , Chinese and whitout Chinese roms using of stock rom like Acer_A500_4.010.38_COM_GEN1
without any success only in not stable rom processes gone to 95 % and then stoped and nothing
after update to chinese rom it stopped at 30 % with yellow triangle sign
and then happend something bad and i loose my CWM
NOW if i want to go to recovery mode by pressing power+vol down keys Iconia show me a message
secure boot: image SOS checksum fail!
and in normal booting I have a locked black screen with nonworking touchables button and android word at left top of screen and clock & 15% battery sometimes it show a message for shutting down
i cant go to setting menu for active my usb debugging and my pc do not recognize my tablet
i cant hard reset my tab because it hanged in 2 message for 30 mins and i cant go to recovery mode and customer services says your device is out of warranty because rotting that
but Fortunately I have my UID
excuse me for long story
any body help me please
thank all of you
that is amazing over 150 visit of this help request without any answer please give me a Proposal
thanks
I have a501 .....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419164
the chinese rom and checksum error are supposed to happen.
the chines rom is an old unstable version but is provided so we can root it to install cwm and flash a working rom.
after the checksum error you needed to power off and then using the buttons enter recovery mode and go to 'Fix checksum error' in advanced menu - after that reboot.
you should do the following:
a)go back and read the entire post on what to do because you missed the last part
or
b)try the backdoor method
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just read your entire post again...there's alot going on there isnt there?
have you tried flashing the update.zip again with 3.0.1 on it...get back to the chinese rom, from there install iconia root and root it. Then install cwm and you should be all good - if that doesnt work then use timmyDeans backdoor method it does it for you, all you need to do is install acer recovery installer to install cwm, backup the original stock recovery when the app asks you, you will need it to OTA Update successfully...
Doesn't flashing stock rom remove cwm?
bendystrawboy said:
Doesn't flashing stock rom remove cwm?
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yeh i just had trouble when i OTA'd last nite on the 2nd update, had to flash stock before it would install, but i may have restored the wrong one from acer recovery installer beforehand...a definite possibility!!!
by flashing from method 1 my racovery mode came back again and i can recover only from update.zip
but when i want to install Extract_unBrick_UPDATE it stop at 30% and my tab goes to turn off and when i press power button it turnnig on and turn off very soon and can not boot
I test non stable rom and flash with this rom proccess goes to 90% and stop
what can i do now? this is my tablet screen
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237922040/Photo_0007.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7237923010/Photo_0008.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237924301/Photo_0009.jpg
thank u
darvis said:
by flashing from method 1 my racovery mode came back again and i can recover only from update.zip
but when i want to install Extract_unBrick_UPDATE it stop at 30% and my tab goes to turn off and when i press power button it turnnig on and turn off very soon and can not boot
I test non stable rom and flash with this rom proccess goes to 90% and stop
what can i do now? this is my tablet screen
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237922040/Photo_0007.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7237923010/Photo_0008.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237924301/Photo_0009.jpg
thank u
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Unbrick it using my tool listed here, guarantee you it will fix your problems.
Just download it and follow the instructions in the readme.pdf.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20680452&postcount=137
timmyDean said:
Unbrick it using my tool listed here, guarantee you it will fix your problems.
Just download it and follow the instructions in the readme.pdf.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20680452&postcount=137
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hello master
i am so glad for your attention to my problem
i use from your rom before that pictures are shown above and my tablet show ((pass)) and pc show congratulation to me but u see nothing change but Hopefully that fix my cvm problem an now ican use from update.zip rom but my screen didn't any change and i cant do anything by tablet
I don't know anything about backdoor method is it useful for my problem ?
i have 2 problems
1-i cant wipe and erase my whole data even when i press vol+ and power keys and toggle lock screen button it shown two message for erasing cash but it do anything
2-my PC don't recognize my tablet i have to flash your rom with APX mode
i have a question do your rom need to CUPID file ? because there isn't any cupid file in your Rom
please help me sir because you are a greet master
thanks
darvis said:
hello master
i am so glad for your attention to my problem
i use from your rom before that pictures are shown above and my tablet show ((pass)) and pc show congratulation to me but u see nothing change but Hopefully that fix my cvm problem an now ican use from update.zip rom but my screen didn't any change and i cant do anything by tablet
I don't know anything about backdoor method is it useful for my problem ?
i have 2 problems
1-i cant wipe and erase my whole data even when i press vol+ and power keys and toggle lock screen button it shown two message for erasing cash but it do anything
2-my PC don't recognize my tablet i have to flash your rom with APX mode
i have a question do your rom need to CUPID file ? because there isn't any cupid file in your Rom
please help me sir because you are a greet master
thanks
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V3 which I pointed you to is STOCK 3.2.1 with root. Once you get there you will be stable. If you want CWM then you will have to install it. It is NOT in the flash because the flash is stock ONLY with root. But since you have root, you can install CWM.
The serial number does NOT need to be saved in any file. Just follow the instructions.
timmyDean said:
V3 which I pointed you to is STOCK 3.2.1 with root. Once you get there you will be stable. If you want CWM then you will have to install it. It is NOT in the flash because the flash is stock ONLY with root. But since you have root, you can install CWM.
The serial number does NOT need to be saved in any file. Just follow the instructions.
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sorry sir
I used your v3 rom and install it by apx mode it installed and I saw ((pass)) on my tablet after botting and after acer logo and android word i have same problem yet
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238522040/Photo_0010.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7238522903/Photo_0011.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238523331/Photo_0012.jpg
however thank you very much for your attention
sincerely yours
darvis said:
sorry sir
I used your v3 rom and install it by apx mode it installed and I saw ((pass)) on my tablet after botting and after acer logo and android word i have same problem yet
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238522040/Photo_0010.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7238522903/Photo_0011.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238523331/Photo_0012.jpg
however thank you very much for your attention
sincerely yours
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Ok, now just download the stock image for your country and put it on your external sdcard. Use the power and volume + key which will launch stock recovery (which you now have flashed) and it will flash your tablet with the one located on your sdcard. This will have you back stock.
timmyDean said:
Ok, now just download the stock image for your country and put it on your external sdcard. Use the power and volume + key which will launch stock recovery (which you now have flashed) and it will flash your tablet with the one located on your sdcard. This will have you back stock.
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sorry sir
what did you mean about power and volume + key?
do you mean power and vol down keys for recovery mode?
darvis said:
sorry sir
what did you mean about power and volume + key?
do you mean power and vol down keys for recovery mode?
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You have a "volume" switch on top of your tab (long silver switch on left side)
You control volume from this. Vol+ make sound go up (the right side of it)
Press it on the left side, and volume goes quiet (vol-)
So, as he said, with the tablet OFF, hold the VOL+ side of the button, then select PWR (power)
You have 2 recovery modes.
1. CWM Recovery (vol- & Pwr) (after you have root and cwm installed)
2. Stock Acer recovery (vol+ & Pwr)
Step number 2 with the stock acer recovery, should install the stock rom you copied to your sd like TimmyDean said earlier.
Moscow Desire said:
You have a "volume" switch on top of your tab (long silver switch on left side)
You control volume from this. Vol+ make sound go up (the right side of it)
Press it on the left side, and volume goes quiet (vol-)
So, as he said, with the tablet OFF, hold the VOL+ side of the button, then select PWR (power)
You have 2 recovery modes.
1. CWM Recovery (vol- & Pwr) (after you have root and cwm installed)
2. Stock Acer recovery (vol+ & Pwr)
thanks a lot
Step number 2 with the stock acer recovery, should install the stock rom you copied to your sd like TimmyDean said earlier.
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thank u sir
but there is a question
1-in CWM recovery we can use from Update.zip files
but in Stock Acer recovery (vol+&power ) which one of files must be copied at sd card ?
darvis said:
thank u sir
but there is a question
1-in CWM recovery we can use from Update.zip files
but in Stock Acer recovery (vol+&power ) which one of files must be copied at sd card ?
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Answer me please
darvis said:
Answer me please
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Please rewrite what you are trying to do. I have no idea what you are talking about?
Are you asking about stock recovery and flashing form a SD Card? If so, copy update.zip to your SD card and then run recovery. If you have CWM, then use it to select the update from the SD Card.
It's not clearly as to exactly what you have loaded and what you are trying to do?
LASTLY: You cannot take a backup from CWM and have the stock recovery install it. Stock recovery will only install update.zip which must be signed by ACER.
TD
timmyDean said:
Please rewrite what you are trying to do. I have no idea what you are talking about?
Are you asking about stock recovery and flashing form a SD Card? If so, copy update.zip to your SD card and then run recovery. If you have CWM, then use it to select the update from the SD Card.
It's not clearly as to exactly what you have loaded and what you are trying to do?
LASTLY: You cannot take a backup from CWM and have the stock recovery install it. Stock recovery will only install update.zip which must be signed by ACER.
TD
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Hello sir
in upper post u tell me i must go to recover mode by pressing power & vol+
but only i can go to stock recovery with pressing power & vol-(not vol+)
is there any other method for going to recovery mode by (vol+) ?
because Mr Moscow Desire said in his upper post (post no 14 of this thread)
if yes how ?
if not ..... just thank u
there is only one recovery on your device..
you should slowly repost your exact trouble.. then do EXACTLY as someone tell you to fix it..
There is only one recovery on your device . If YOU FLASH CWM RECOVERY .. it overrides the acer recovery.
so if you dont have cwm revovery .
nevermind repost your system rom you are using .. rather or not you know what recovery you have .. Then someone can help you...
LOST BLONDE BABE I AM .. GIGGLES
gOOD LUCK..
Sorry you're having difficulty.
Please go here and download the is tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539
Do EXACTLY what it says to do in the PDF
Hi everyone i have a htc hd2 here its running ice cream tostie V0.9_AOKP27
The touch screen seems to work when you want so im looking for a new rom but the volume keys dont work? I dont no if thats because of the rom i have got but looking for the newest release for the htc hd2 any rom if someone could direct me or help me out thanks
Check if your volume keys are working in clockworkmod, and if they are, flash a ROM of your choice.
Swyped from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
nope the volume keys dont work at all strange as many people have had the same problem is there a way of flashing via sd i have downloaded roms and tried to use through clockwork via sd but it just seems to boot up normal :S????
Mr118247 said:
nope the volume keys dont work at all strange as many people have had the same problem is there a way of flashing via sd i have downloaded roms and tried to use through clockwork via sd but it just seems to boot up normal :S????
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If your volume keys do not work, download the image of a touchscreen-based recovery and flash it using flash_image in ADB or Terminal. (flash_image recovery <file-name>
You can reboot to recovery if your ROM supports that as an option in the reboot menu, or through adb command (reboot recovery)
can u suggest a touch screen recovery program ?
Mr118247 said:
can u suggest a touch screen recovery program ?
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Look in the NAND section for clockworkmod based touch recovery. I remember seeing someone releasing it a while back.
Swyped from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
sorry didnt relise you responded would the nand option be in clockwork ?
touch recovery is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419733
ph03n!x said:
You can reboot to recovery if your ROM supports that as an option in the reboot menu, or through adb command (reboot recovery)
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this will work only if you have clk bootloader.If you are in magldr you dont have direct boot in recovery
i dont have clk boot i have magdlr any suggestions?
Never mind, I deleted whatever I posted.
STOP creating multiple threads asking for help for the same problem
STOP expecting others to help you the instant you ask a question
Did you do anything to the phone that might of caused it to stop working? On mine i opened it and saw that the button on the ribbon that's pressed by the key was moved and it wasn't pressing it (Had to put a tiny piece of foil and tape). When you press it do you feel it kind of click or it doesn't feel like its pressing the button?
the buttons seems to be pressing down ok im just looking everywhere to try a find a solution
hello friends..
im curretly having a hard time on this.. im using galaxy y, and i want to install cyanogen mod 7.2,
but my volume keys are not working. so i can't boot on recovery mode, and download mode.
and my phone is not rooted yet. :crying:
jamespopoy said:
hello friends..
im curretly having a hard time on this.. im using galaxy y, and i want to install cyanogen mod 7.2,
but my volume keys are not working. so i can't boot on recovery mode, and download mode.
and my phone is not rooted yet. :crying:
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I guess your volume keys are damaged.Go to the service center for repairing the phone.
you can try the following but make sure to have a backups as im not responsible for any data loss or phones blowing up
deodex your rom if its not already deodexed - you can find guides on this by searching
install samsung usb drivers on your pc
root your phone via your pc - you can try using this
now download root explorer via playstore
download system app installer via playstore
download quickpanelsettings.apk
download my status bar from http://d-h.st/k1H
unzip my statusbar and copy contents to sd
install quickpannelsettings.apk with system app installer
with the root browser copy lidroid-res.apk to system/framework
set permission of file to rw-r-r
with the root brower copy SystemUI-apk to system/app replacing the file currently there (you may get force closes now just carry on)
set perrmission of file to rw-r-r
now restart your phone
once restarted you should have a new status bar
pull down the status bar and swipe the toggle icons left and the last but one toggle is restart
press that and you will have the option to reboot into recovery mode (download mode doesnt work on galaxy y via this method)
This will only work on stock based roms
if you want to return to stock rom flash stock rom via odin
you can put your phone into download mode by using a usb jig if your buttons do not work
Its best to get your keys repaired if you can though
marcussmith2626 said:
you can try the following but make sure to have a backups as im not responsible for any data loss or phones blowing up
deodex your rom if its not already deodexed - you can find guides on this by searching
install samsung usb drivers on your pc
root your phone via your pc - you can try using this
now download root explorer via playstore
download system app installer via playstore
download quickpanelsettings.apk
download my status bar from http://d-h.st/k1H
unzip my statusbar and copy contents to sd
install quickpannelsettings.apk with system app installer
with the root browser copy lidroid-res.apk to system/framework
set permission of file to rw-r-r
with the root brower copy SystemUI-apk to system/app replacing the file currently there (you may get force closes now just carry on)
set perrmission of file to rw-r-r
now restart your phone
once restarted you should have a new status bar
pull down the status bar and swipe the toggle icons left and the last but one toggle is restart
press that and you will have the option to reboot into recovery mode (download mode doesnt work on galaxy y via this method)
This will only work on stock based roms
if you want to return to stock rom flash stock rom via odin
you can put your phone into download mode by using a usb jig if your buttons do not work
Its best to get your keys repaired if you can though
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how can use rescue root bro?
jamespopoy said:
hello friends..
im curretly having a hard time on this.. im using galaxy y, and i want to install cyanogen mod 7.2,
but my volume keys are not working. so i can't boot on recovery mode, and download mode.
and my phone is not rooted yet. :crying:
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Ok first root ur phone from computer itself. Check for it....
Then install rom manager from playstore and reboot recovery from it.
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jamespopoy said:
hello friends..
im curretly having a hard time on this.. im using galaxy y, and i want to install cyanogen mod 7.2,
but my volume keys are not working. so i can't boot on recovery mode, and download mode.
and my phone is not rooted yet. :crying:
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Dude its better u get it repaired. Coz even if you do enter recovery, u need volume keys to navigate.... Unless you have touch recovery.
But to install touch recovery too u need to enter normal one. So volume buttons are must !
jamespopoy said:
how can use rescue root bro?
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Not used it before - any root method via pc should work
tony_stark_noob said:
Dude its better u get it repaired. Coz even if you do enter recovery, u need volume keys to navigate.... Unless you have touch recovery.
But to install touch recovery too u need to enter normal one. So volume buttons are must !
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good point - totally forgot about that!
you will need to get your phone repaired if you want to use recovery
Well, if you have damaged Volume keys then you will be able to go to recovery but you will not be able to navigate in menus.
You can use rebooter app from play store(free) or use adb shell reboot recovery.
But to use recovery you will have to get your volume keys repaired (there is not any touch recovery for sgy yet)
Sent from my GT-S5360 Gadget of Mass Destruction using xda-app
Using CWM........Busybox Commands........No I use my hands
another Method
I had the same problem because on my Galaxy Y the Volume Up key is also broken. Repairing is no option because it is simply not worth the
money (no warranty left). Here is a solution:
First you have to disassemble the phone until you get to the Volume keys. (Only 4 screws to remove) Here you can test them if they are really
broken. If they are you have to remove them completely. This is no problem because they don't work and if you would like to repair these they
need to be exchanged. Don't do this if you have any warranty left, you will loose it!! They are only soldered with
two points and you can easily remove them by slightly moving them forth and back until they break. Now you can use the volume key with every
piece of metal just by touching the two solder points left on the phone.
Starting in reboot mode via ADB you can now use the volume keys with the opened phone to do what ever you want.
It's clear that you take these steps on your own risk, for me it worked great, I'm now on a custom rom with a lot better user experience.