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[Q] No access to recovery or download mode

I wanted to root my sons phone
SGY GT-S5360L, 2.3.5, S5360LUHKI1, Kernel 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #1, GINGERBREAD.UMKJ2
Unfortunately i cannot enter recovery or download mode with the 3 buttons combo, so i dont know how to flash a custom kernel to get rooting. Anybody could help? How can i get access to recovery and download?

claus1953 said:
I wanted to root my sons phone
SGY GT-S5360L, 2.3.5, S5360LUHKI1, Kernel 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #1, GINGERBREAD.UMKJ2
Unfortunately i cannot enter recovery or download mode with the 3 buttons combo, so i dont know how to flash a custom kernel to get rooting. Anybody could help? How can i get access to recovery and download?
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sure thing, just flash this in stock recovery no need for CWM, it works and gets your phone rooted

deathnotice01 said:
sure thing, just flash this in stock recovery no need for CWM, it works and gets your phone rooted
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Sorry how do i get to stock recovery? Volume up, power and home gives nothing.
Also volume down, power and home does not enter download mode.

is that a custom kernel?where did he get that?tell me...is it work?
btw, youre a senior member. please don't be a bad example for newer member here. please put your answer in faq section next time. to root your sons device, you may use super one click from shortfuse if you can't get into recovery nor odin mode.

kurotsugi said:
is that a custom kernel?where did he get that?tell me...is it work?
btw, youre a senior member. please don't be a bad example for newer member here. please put your answer in faq section next time. to root your sons device, you may use super one click from shortfuse if you can't get into recovery nor odin mode.
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LOL, it works, it was actually the first file i ever flashed on my Y, gets nonrooted phone rooted right away without any need for a CWM

deathnotice01 said:
LOL, it works, it was actually the first file i ever flashed on my Y, gets nonrooted phone rooted right away without any need for a CWM
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no...what i mean is the kernel in his son's phone. i've used the same method to root my phone too. (lol)
@clauss: tell me...where did your son got that kernel. we're developing a new kernel for SGY at this moment. that kernel could be helpfull for us.

kurotsugi said:
is that a custom kernel?where did he get that?tell me...is it work?
btw, youre a senior member. please don't be a bad example for newer member here. please put your answer in faq section next time. to root your sons device, you may use super one click from shortfuse if you can't get into recovery nor odin mode.
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Thanks a lot that did root my phone, now i can use Titanium backup to restore some apps and databases. I know i should not ask that here, but how could i gain access to stock recovery or download mode to flash a custom rom?

claus1953 said:
Sorry how do i get to stock recovery? Volume up, power and home gives nothing.
Also volume down, power and home does not enter download mode.
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if the three combo doesn't work
maybe you can try to use only 2
(volume up + power)
not sure, but you can try

myconfusedo said:
if the three combo doesn't work
maybe you can try to use only 2
(volume up + power)
not sure, but you can try
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isn't that a combo button for mini?
@clauss: have you turn off your phone before using 3 combo button?it should be work on any stock SGY

kurotsugi said:
is that a combo button for mini?
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and so does Gio
i"m not sure it will work on SGY
but still, he could try

kurotsugi said:
isn't that a combo button for mini?
@clauss: have you turn off your phone before using 3 combo button?it should be work on any stock SGY
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Duh...now i feel dumb... i was doing it like on my SGS i9000 where i just restart with the 3 buttons pressed. Now i turned the phone off and it works, both recovery and download. Really many thanks to you and all who answered.

I think. You're hard bricked. You need a jig
Sent from my GT-S5360

jeffcleds said:
I think. You're hard bricked. You need a jig
Sent from my GT-S5360
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that's funny, Man
he was doing wrong, that's it

he already solve his problem, jeff. I think you've confused with so many new information in this forum. he doesn't need a jig.

Oh sorry. My bad xD
Sent from my GT-S5360

thats ok. I saw you as high spirited learner and you have read so much information lately. its normal if you got confused when trying to understand some technical term. maybe you should take it slower. too many new information could blow your head

yeah. blows my head too much. then forgot. -_-

OK I got lost, so how exactly did he root his L version? kurotsugi method or with deathnotice01rootaccess.zip?
I have the same model and kernel, and would like to root it.

i have a peculiar problem.. my galaxy young turns off every time after showing the galaxy y logo.. i can't enter into recovery mode by 3 key combo. but i can enter into download mode but the phone turns off after few seconds.. can't flash via odin.... i have tried the ''without battery method'' mentioned in a thread but same thing happens..
another peculiar thing is that ,, after inserting the battery the phone automatically starts but shutdown after few seconds showing 'galaxy y '' logo..
please help me...

Cpt.mactavish said:
i have a peculiar problem.. my galaxy young turns off every time after showing the galaxy y logo.. i can't enter into recovery mode by 3 key combo. but i can enter into download mode but the phone turns off after few seconds.. can't flash via odin.... i have tried the ''without battery method'' mentioned in a thread but same thing happens..
another peculiar thing is that ,, after inserting the battery
phone automatically starts but shutdown after few seconds showing 'galaxy y '' logo..
please help me...
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Send your phone to the service center.
Sent from my GT-S5310 using Tapatalk

Problem getting into recovery

Hey,
Thanks to this amazing forum, to replace the Galaxy S2 I soft-bricked (for sale if anyone interested pm me), I bought an HTC HD2 and managed to get HyperDroid onto it, it's been fantastic for the past couple of months however now I have an S3 and I'm trying to reset it or flash a new rom onto it.
If I hold the power button and choose reboot into recovery, it just reboots normally into hyperdoid.
When I went into ROM manager, I think it may of said there wasn't a CWM Recovery, anyway I told it to flash latest 3.1 and it is now saying that it is installed.
If I tell it to reboot into recovery via ROM manager same thing happens, boots like normal.
I just can't damn well get into recovery
Any help pretty please.
Howard

That's normal issue if you are using MAGLDR.
Shut off the phone and turn it on holding on the power key till You're in MAGLDR. Then choose 8 AD Recovery.

Wahey, thank you. However when I choose that it's saying error cannot load ramdisk image, any ideas?
ttersu said:
That's normal issue if you are using MAGLDR.
Shut off the phone and turn it on holding on the power key till You're in MAGLDR. Then choose 8 AD Recovery.
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wahoo, managed to reflash recovery using DAF and have now just flashed the new rom, now just sitting on an android splash screen (quite some time now but I'll let it take as long as it needs).
thanks again and wish me luck
howhard said:
Wahey, thank you. However when I choose that it's saying error cannot load ramdisk image, any ideas?
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Arf, U've got to reflash your Recovery I guess...

Reason For Problem ..... RoM Manager Corrupts Cwm When Used When MaGldr Is Installed.Never Run RoM Manager If You Use MaGldr.
(Apologies For All Capitalised Letters, Swype And Jb Sorcery Intermittently Don't Play Nice)

howhard said:
wahoo, managed to reflash recovery using DAF and have now just flashed the new rom, now just sitting on an android splash screen (quite some time now but I'll let it take as long as it needs).
thanks again and wish me luck
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What partition size did you flash? Did you make sure that the ROM you flashed required the same or a smaller partition size than you flashed?

Bricked? - Stock recovery boots. Bootloader No.

My phone might be bricked. After many failed attempts to flash a custom rom (I really believe there is a hardware problem since I am a flashaholic since 2009), I managed to flash stock recovery (using cwm 6) so that I could go back to bootloader and flash original ZTE rom.
Now, I can boot to stock recovery, but not to the bootloader.
When pressing Vol+ with Power, instead of going to FTM mode, it shows a white screen with ZTE logo and then reboots back to recovery.
Unfortunately, /system is corrupt with no working rom.
Any ideas?

jastonas said:
My phone might be bricked. After many failed attempts to flash a custom rom (I really believe there is a hardware problem since I am a flashaholic since 2009), I managed to flash stock recovery (using cwm 6) so that I could go back to bootloader and flash original ZTE rom.
Now, I can boot to stock recovery, but not to the bootloader.
When pressing Vol+ with Power, instead of going to FTM mode, it shows a white screen with ZTE logo and then reboots back to recovery.
Unfortunately, /system is corrupt with no working rom.
Any ideas?
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Seriously... I FIXED IT.
But seriously... I was "Fighting" to solve this for 24 hours. The moment I make this post, I do some magic and phone works....
I really did some magic here I think

: o
jastonas said:
Seriously... I FIXED IT.
But seriously... I was "Fighting" to solve this for 24 hours. The moment I make this post, I do some magic and phone works....
I really did some magic here I think
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What did you do ?

Blazed2 said:
What did you do ?
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It's a while back to remember exactly but I think my Blade had a hardware problem with it's internal storage. It just worked after doing the steps correctly after a while and then it went back to be replaced....!
What problems are you having?

jastonas said:
It's a while back to remember exactly but I think my Blade had a hardware problem with it's internal storage. It just worked after doing the steps correctly after a while and then it went back to be replaced....!
What problems are you having?
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Same as you, can't launch into FTM mode, just to stock CMW mode and can't install any ROM.

Blazed2 said:
Same as you, can't launch into FTM mode, just to stock CMW mode and can't install any ROM.
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What happens when you try to install a ROM?

jastonas said:
What happens when you try to install a ROM?
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Just can't! It starts unpacking and then aborts with normally error 0 or 7.
Edit: Check thread [Q] ZTE Blade 2 - Bricked ? Or something You are subscribed to this thread if you can, I state there everything.
Thanks for your time

[Q] Help needed recovering my TF101 please

Hi there,
I have been running my TF101 rooted with TWRP recovery and Rayman's JB rom. I wanted to revert to a stock rom and tried this earlier today by flashing the stock ASUS ICS image zip from TWRP. I used the Version V9.2.1.27(WW) file which I am 100% sure is correct for my hardware.
This appeared to complete the install okay, but has left me with a system that won't boot and just sits at the ASUS boot screen with the spinning circle below the logo.
If I power up with the volume button down held I now don't have TWRP recovery and get the Android on its back screen. I've tried powering on with volume held up and have chosen the cold boot option but that is no different.
I have seen the easyflasher tool and thought that might help, but I am on OSX and Ubuntu without a Win 7 machine accessible!
Please can anyone point me in the direction of a solution? I have a backup file that I could restore if I could get back to having TWRP / CWM available
Sorry for a classic newbie question...
Thanks

Dont think you can install Original Firmware through Twrp or CMW... you need to be in APX mode to flash Org Firmware...

mlpinto said:
Hi there,
I have been running my TF101 rooted with TWRP recovery and Rayman's JB rom. I wanted to revert to a stock rom and tried this earlier today by flashing the stock ASUS ICS image zip from TWRP. I used the Version V9.2.1.27(WW) file which I am 100% sure is correct for my hardware.
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If your using the USA version the WW version is NOT going to work and will cause this exact issue. Also is yours with the 3G capability or not?
mlpinto said:
This appeared to complete the install okay, but has left me with a system that won't boot and just sits at the ASUS boot screen with the spinning circle below the logo.
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How much time did you let it "settle."
mlpinto said:
If I power up with the volume button down held I now don't have TWRP recovery and get the Android on its back screen. I've tried powering on with volume held up and have chosen the cold boot option but that is no different.
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To enter into recovery it is Power + Volume Down, then when the tiny text shows up it's volume up.
mlpinto said:
I have seen the easyflasher tool and thought that might help, but I am on OSX and Ubuntu without a Win 7 machine accessible!
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I would find a way to get to either machine and use Easyflasher, that worked for me when I installed the WW version on my TF101 US Variant.
mlpinto said:
Please can anyone point me in the direction of a solution? I have a backup file that I could restore if I could get back to having TWRP / CWM available
Sorry for a classic newbie question...
Thanks
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I hope that this helps.

MasterDecker said:
If your using the USA version the WW version is NOT going to work and will cause this exact issue. Also is yours with the 3G capability or not?
How much time did you let it "settle."
To enter into recovery it is Power + Volume Down, then when the tiny text shows up it's volume up.
I would find a way to get to either machine and use Easyflasher, that worked for me when I installed the WW version on my TF101 US Variant.
I hope that this helps.
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Hi,
Okay problem solved, but I'm not sure how. I originally left the machine with the spinning circle for a couple of hours. Later in the day I did a cold boot and after 5 mins it boted into the stock ICS.
Thanks for the suggestions and help!

Soft-Bricked Samsung Galaxy A500FU with broken home button

Well this is my first post here.I flashed cm 14.1 on my devices with gapps through twrp.I managed to get to recovery with the adb drivers (as I mentioned I have a broken button so pressing Volume Down+Power+Home won't work).Everything was ok but due to the critical bugs of this rom (was still in development) I decided to downgrade to cm 13 which had less bugs.So I tried getting into recovery but everytime I gave the command in it would reboot to the system (not even in stock recovery).So I decided to flash the stock rom with odin and then try entering recovery mode.After flashing I actually realised that I f*cked up cuz I couldn't wipe the system data/davik cache,due to the fact that my home button is broken and so i cant access my stock recovery.Now my device is in bootloop...I already have a usb jig and it will just make it boot into download mode where i cant really do much.Any help would be appreciated.

RemainCalm said:
Well this is my first post here.I flashed cm 14.1 on my devices with gapps through twrp.I managed to get to recovery with the adb drivers (as I mentioned I have a broken button so pressing Volume Down+Power+Home won't work).Everything was ok but due to the critical bugs of this rom (was still in development) I decided to downgrade to cm 13 which had less bugs.So I tried getting into recovery but everytime I gave the command in it would reboot to the system (not even in stock recovery).So I decided to flash the stock rom with odin and then try entering recovery mode.After flashing I actually realised that I f*cked up cuz I couldn't wipe the system data/davik cache,due to the fact that my home button is broken and so i cant access my stock recovery.Now my device is in bootloop...I already have a usb jig and it will just make it boot into download mode where i cant really do much.Any help would be appreciated.
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And the stock rom doesn't boot ?

McFy said:
And the stock rom doesn't boot ?
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No my phone is in bootloop.Random vibrations occur now and then.

RemainCalm said:
No my phone is in bootloop.Random vibrations occur now and then.
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So flash twrp and then reboot on twrp using adb I thought it work on dl mode
Say if that have work and hit tank please

McFy said:
And the stock rom doesn't boot ?
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McFy said:
So flash twrp and then reboot on twrp using adb I thought it work on dl mode
Say if that have work and hit tank please
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Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Will try though

RemainCalm said:
Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Have you try ? O hope is still a way to unbrick may be try to repair your botom if you can
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McFy said:
RemainCalm said:
Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Have you try ? O hope is still a way to unbrick may be try to repair your botom if you can
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Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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RemainCalm said:
McFy said:
Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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Yes maybe samsung can repair it depend of your country ...
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RemainCalm said:
McFy said:
Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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jimbomodder said:
RemainCalm said:
Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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Thanks for replying .I gave my a500fu who is a better geek than me to try and fix it.I will either get back my phone and try this or just tell him to do this.Thanks again I hope you are the one that saves my potato :fingers-crossed:
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jimbomodder said:
Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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Didnt work phone boots back to system.

RemainCalm said:
Didnt work phone boots back to system.
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Then you'll need to fix home button, it's not part of screen. It's got its own circuit underneath