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[Q] Help! Power Button Broken, Cant reboot into bootloader (calling all gurus)

Trying to return phone to stock and CANNOT enter the bootloader for it to recognize my stock image on the sd card because the darn power button is broken/stuck.
I try adb reboot bootloader and that sends me into FASTBOOT, NOT bootloader
any other way to get to bootloader (without use of the power button) or flash back the stock rom?
Thanks!

There is an app on market called quick boot that you could try. Hope it doesn't boot into fastboot too. Otherwise just try to flash an unrooted stock rom, that might work for what you need.
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I use an app called Widgetsoid, which includes the ability to make a widget that can reboot your phone, Can be set up so that you choose how to reboot (Recovery, Power off, etc).
Requires SU access to reboot with the widget, and please be aware that when I had a couple different roms, the widget simply failed to reboot at all -- for example it works fine when I'm running Darkside Sense 4.0, failed to work at all on meXdroidMod Ghost Chili's rom.
Hope this might help ya out

I found an app called button remapper thanks to I forgot who.
It will remap power,but...
It will not work to turn the phone on,and once you use it to get to recovery,you will need the power button to scroll through,so you'd still be in trouble if its completely broke.
Pm me and I could send you the file when I'm on the computer tonight.
If you want to try.
Or search for button remapper on xda.I don't think its in the market.
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Can't you use the trackpad in recovery to navigate?
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Dwill107 said:
Can't you use the trackpad in recovery to navigate?
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yeah, it's what you're supposed to do lol

saranhai said:
yeah, it's what you're supposed to do lol
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That's what I thought. Its how I get around in recovery, I hate our power button
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Oh come on.
How about if you go to install zip from sdcard,or wipe/reset,did I miss something where you can use the trackpad to go back,when there is no go back option?or like I was saying,you would need to hit that trusty power button to ho back.
I don't know,I might have missed it after flashing about 500times.
But pretty sure I use the power button all the time to go back after wiping data,then cache,power to ho back,wipe dalvik,power to go back,install zip from sdcard,power to go back,then reboot system.
Have I been doing it wrong?
Btw,this android keypad on tdj's 7.2 just fast.whoohoo.
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Oh yeah.lol that.smartbutt.
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Oh ummm.forgot about the back button.my bad.lol.
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sunlaw2 said:
Oh ummm.forgot about the back button.my bad.lol.
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You do realize there's an edit button, right? And power button does not function as a back key (or at least never has for me..
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Hardly ever say this,nut you do realize you can **** off! Edit that *****.
Edit:just kidding,but **** off.
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Getting a bit sidetracked here, I am trying to revert to stock ROM and cannot because the Power button is broken on this piece of crap and I cannot get to bootloader.
• adb reboot bootloader and that sends me into FASTBOOT, NOT bootloader and does not load image
• no option in Settings > Power or Settings > Applications to disable fastboot (I have gingerbread)
• using CWM recovered > Install zip from file does not work
Can anyone advise a way to revert to stock image without HBOOT, that actually works and does not require the power button?
P.S. this whole thing has really made be disenchanted with the mess that is android right now. Since it seems that it really android is not open or owned by google. Instead owned by the carriers. I should not feel like a criminal for wanting a basic android phone. Makes me almost want to scrap and get an iPhone.

Firstly, its not the Android OS that's the problem. Its your broken ass phone so calm down. If your thinking Android is not open, go ahead and get an iPhone and you'll see what a not open OS is really like.
Secondly...
I read you have Clockwork recovery installed. Flashing this image through Clockwork will at least make it look stock. It is said you will lose root but probably keep S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901477
You might also want to check out this program here before you try the link above. I havent used it but it seems like it might be something worth checking out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193915

@ajm
Why are you trying to revert to stock if you don't mind me asking? Are u sending it to HTC for them to fix it? They wont care if your rooted they will just wipe your phone and put in the mysense gingerbread rom. I highly advise u to contact HTC and check your warranty. I sent in NY CM7 mt4g and they fixed the power button for free.

Kevinthebox said:
@ajm
Why are you trying to revert to stock if you don't mind me asking? Are u sending it to HTC for them to fix it? They wont care if your rooted they will just wipe your phone and put in the mysense gingerbread rom. I highly advise u to contact HTC and check your warranty. I sent in NY CM7 mt4g and they fixed the power button for free.
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Sending it to t-mobile, not HTC for return (they already sent replacement); I thought they would mind??

silentsnow31802 said:
Firstly, its not the Android OS that's the problem. Its your broken ass phone so calm down. If your thinking Android is not open, go ahead and get an iPhone and you'll see what a not open OS is really like.
Secondly...
I read you have Clockwork recovery installed. Flashing this image through Clockwork will at least make it look stock. It is said you will lose root but probably keep S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901477
You might also want to check out this program here before you try the link above. I havent used it but it seems like it might be something worth checking out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193915
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Thanks, frustrated is all. Taking it out on Android OS, but really peeved at GOOG
- for having caved into the carriers by letting them bastardize the OS with their mods, forcing me to feel like criminal in modding and jumping through hoops to get a vastly better experience
- for not outbidding verizion on that wireless spectrum and becoming a carrier themselves
Was original N1 owner (first week) and will prob sqitch to galaxy nexus (as soon as they get on more carriers)
Thanks on the suggestions, tried to reflash through CWM several times and keeps giving me installation aborted.. will download again (in case is corrupted) and try again; Interesting other suggestion, will take a look at, but not much time, have to send back replacement tomor
Thx again

You can also try this. It is a nandroid restore somebody made. It seems a bit more involved because it looks like you need to use an older version of clockwork recovery. If I am correct you can find an older version of the recovery and flash it through rom manager, but dont quote me on that one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845756
When I had a MT4G and the EMMC chip died I hooked the phone to a 12 volt battery and fried it. I then called and told them I plugged the phone in to charge one night and the next morning it would not power on. They replaced it no questions asked and I never heard anything about it again.

My mom's power button went out as well. Tmo and HTC flat out refused a replacement MT4G, Saying it was a "known issue". I called them about 10 times total about this problem. They just want to sell me another phone. Full price. Since i've called them so many times they wont even do a Insurance claim.
If this is a "known problem" why the f isn't it being taken care of properly?
Has anyone else had this problem with customer service?

[Q] Problems after ROOT - Help

I'm not a total noob, I have been rooting and installing custom roms on my Xoom and other smartphones for about 2 years now and consider myself to be knowledgeable enough to go ahead and root my new S4.
Here's what's going on.
I'm having some major problems after rooting my S4 using djrbliss' Motochopper root method.
After rooting I installed Titanium Backup and did a complete backup of the device "all user apps and system apps" to a folder on my ext. SD card.
Over the coarse of a week I began to remove some of the AT&T bloatware.
I removed AT&T Navigator, AT&T Family Map, AT&T Mobile TV and AT&T DriveMode.
I kept MyAT&T, AT&T Smart WiFi and AT&T Messages for the time being.
I like using the Samsung Messages app more than the AT&T Messages app.
So I decided to uninstall AT&T Messages this morning and that's where all my problems started.
I started getting "Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped." messages constantly.
So I rebooted and I got the message that "Contacts has stopped working" and the same "Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped." Upon checking my contacts sure enough I would get a "loading" circle and my contacts would never load.
I then tried to reinstall AT&T Messages using Titanium Backup. I noticed that a system app called "Contacts Storage 4.2.2" was also uninstalled. But every time I tried to reinstall any apps I would get "Titanium Backup has failed to reinstall "x" number of apps".
So reading up on androidcentral someone said to do a Factory Reset, which I did, but now things have gotten worse.
The Samsung setupwizard keeps crashing and now I'm stuck in a virtual loop and can't get back into my phone.
I then downloaded the "[FACTORY STOCK] GS4 Stock Firmware Odin Package- Original Factory ROM" from that thread in an attempt to set my phone back to stock and hope that that will fix my problems.
I followed the instructions but when I get to step 5:
"Hold Volume Down + Home + Power until your device enters Download(Odin) Mode, then press volume up."
the phone does not go into "Download(Odin) Mode". Is Odin something that has to be installed on the phone first?
The thread never states this.
Please any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Odin mode is download mode for all intensive purposes. Odin itself is a computer program although there is a mobile version (mobile version doesn't currently work on s4)
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Mike on XDA said:
Odin mode is download mode for all intensive purposes. Odin itself is a computer program although there is a mobile version (mobile version doesn't currently work on s4)
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So the thread "[FACTORY STOCK] GS4 Stock Firmware Odin Package- Original Factory ROM" is a bogus thread?
The tread was written for the S4.

Did you already try restoring all your user and systems apps from your tb backup?

Mhjeff301 said:
So the thread "[FACTORY STOCK] GS4 Stock Firmware Odin Package- Original Factory ROM" is a bogus thread?
The tread was written for the S4.
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What? AdamOutler is a reputable dev with a wealth of knowledge. That is in no way a bogus thread. Mobile Odin does not work on the S4. That is an Odin application that is self inclusive on the phone with no need for the computer. From what I read it requires a custom recovery to then write the stock images. We can't do that at the moment because of the locked boot loader and chain fire needs to update the app as well.
Odin (the computer version) is what is described in the thread you mention. That requires a computer for the program and a USB cable to be hooker to your S4. Be sure to follow all directions in the thread to a "T" for this process or any for that matter
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I hope you figure it out man... as a rule of thumb, i always disable first and then remove after i can prove to myself the phone is stable for a few days.

Have you tried just using Kies to restore the firmware? I had the same issue after doing a factory reset through the phone settings.
Here is the link to the guide on doing the Kies restore.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
If you still want to do it with Odin... To get your phone into download mode you hold down Volume Down and the Home button. Then while holding those down you press the power button until the phone vibrates and then let off only the power button.

SysAdmNj said:
Did you already try restoring all your user and systems apps from your tb backup?
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No not all my user and system apps, just the ones I uninstalled after I rooted.

SysAdmNj said:
Did you already try restoring all your user and systems apps from your tb backup?
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I hope you figure it out man... as a rule of thumb, i always disable first and then remove after i can prove to myself the phone is stable for a few days.
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Yea, that's what I should've done.
Should've freezed first, then deleted.

Mike on XDA said:
What? AdamOutler is a reputable dev with a wealth of knowledge. That is in no way a bogus thread. Mobile Odin does not work on the S4. That is an Odin application that is self inclusive on the phone with no need for the computer. From what I read it requires a custom recovery to then write the stock images. We can't do that at the moment because of the locked boot loader and chain fire needs to update the app as well.
Odin (the computer version) is what is described in the thread you mention. That requires a computer for the program and a USB cable to be hooker to your S4. Be sure to follow all directions in the thread to a "T" for this process or any for that matter
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Then what is AdamOutler talking about in his thread?
He doesn't say anything about needing to have a custom recovery installed on the S4 first.
I have followed the instructions to a "T", and when I get to step 5 the phone does not go into Download(Odin) Mode.
Do I need to do step 6 before step 5?
What am I missing here?

Mhjeff301 said:
Then what is AdamOutler talking about in his thread?
He doesn't say anything about needing to have a custom recovery installed on the S4 first.
I have followed the instructions to a "T", and when I get to step 5 the phone does not go into Download(Odin) Mode.
Do I need to do step 6 before step 5?
What am I missing here?
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You need to read what I write more carefully. I discussed mobile Odin in the top portion and explained about the recovery being necessary to use that.
The PC version of Odin does NOT require a custom recovery, unlocked boot loader or any of that good stuff.
As for steps do as he instructs. When you get to 5 and 6 where you seem to be having trouble, hold the button combo until you enter download mode, hit volume up to continue and then plug the micro USB into your phone (cable already plugged into PC before hand). Your device should be recognized by Odin
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RandomHandle said:
Have you tried just using Kies to restore the firmware? I had the same issue after doing a factory reset through the phone settings.
Here is the link to the guide on doing the Kies restore.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
If you still want to do it with Odin... To get your phone into download mode you hold down Volume Down and the Home button. Then while holding those down you press the power button until the phone vibrates and then let off only the power button.
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Thanks RandomHandle:
Your detailed explanation on how to hold and release the buttons was able to get me back on my feet.
The only difference is that the phone doesn't vibrate when you hold all 3 buttons down, the screen just goes black.
After it goes black I release the power button and keep holding down the volume down and home buttons, after a few seconds then the phone vibrates and then goes into downloading mode. I didn't use Kies, I stuck with Odin since I spent about an hour downloading the ROM.
Phewwww!
I was scared that I was going to have to go into the AT&T store and play dumb to try and exchange the phone.
Although the big unlock symbol and the word "Custom" underneath it would have shot me down.
:victory:

Mike on XDA said:
You need to read what I write more carefully. I discussed mobile Odin in the top portion and explained about the recovery being necessary to use that.
The PC version of Odin does NOT require a custom recovery, unlocked boot loader or any of that good stuff.
As for steps do as he instructs. When you get to 5 and 6 where you seem to be having trouble, hold the button combo until you enter download mode, hit volume up to continue and then plug the micro USB into your phone (cable already plugged into PC before hand). Your device should be recognized by Odin
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Hi Mike on XDA,
Random handle was able to help me out.
It's the way you press the 3 buttons that was hosing me.
AdamOutler needed to explain that just a little bit better.
You have to hold volume down + home + power, wait for the screen to go black, then release the power button only and keep holding down the volume down + home for about 5 seconds more, then the phone will vibrate and enter "ROM Install" mode. That's when the phone will warn you about installing custom ROM's, you then press up to proceed into "Download" mode or volume down to cancel.
Anyway after getting the S4 into "Download" mode I was able to reinstall the AT&T stock ROM and all was well.
Just a note: After re-installing the AT&T stock ROM your phone will be un-rooted again.

I rooted my cell after updating it to jb but my internal memory has turned permanentl

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Uh if it's rooted thendownload root explorer and then open internal memory and press mount as r/w not sure if it will work also I don't take responcibility of your device so do it on your own risk best of luck :thumbup:
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what do you mean internal memory has turned permanentl?

Need help too please!
I recently rooted my S3 i747 and then installed cyanogenmod 10. Keep in mind I am not a wiz at doing these things, however it did work. Here in lies my problems. 1. I hate this OS with a passion. Its just not what i thought it would be so I would love nothing more than to figure out how to remove it and return to stock firmware or another custom rom. 2. If i stay with this rom (for not being able to figure out how to remove it and install another) I am running out of storage internally. Its a great possibility I could have done something wrong. so with that being said, can anyone help me? I have tried more websites than I care to. thanks so much!

backup?
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I recently rooted my S3 i747 and then installed cyanogenmod 10. Keep in mind I am not a wiz at doing these things, however it did work. Here in lies my problems. 1. I hate this OS with a passion. Its just not what i thought it would be so I would love nothing more than to figure out how to remove it and return to stock firmware or another custom rom. 2. If i stay with this rom (for not being able to figure out how to remove it and install another) I am running out of storage internally. Its a great possibility I could have done something wrong. so with that being said, can anyone help me? I have tried more websites than I care to. thanks so much!
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did u make a backup before flashing cm?? did u flashed a custom recovery like cwm or twrp then flashed cm10?

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ironhide602 said:
did u make a backup before flashing cm?? did u flashed a custom recovery like cwm or twrp then flashed cm10?
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Well what I did was follow along a youtube video... Which in turn may not have been the best idea. I remember doing some sort of back up on clockwork or something like that. I tried to go to recovery mode and restore but that didnt help. Im not sure what all I did to be honest. :/

RicciLeigha said:
Well what I did was follow along a youtube video... Which in turn may not have been the best idea. I remember doing some sort of back up on clockwork or something like that. I tried to go to recovery mode and restore but that didnt help. Im not sure what all I did to be honest. :/
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edit... Pull the battery on your phone and put it back in. Hold up vol, home button and Power till you see the little words in the top left corner. It should say booting recovery really small. at that point take your finger off of the power button only and it will boot into Recovery.
If you have CWM recovery or TWRP you are golden...
Or else... see below
Find your phone in it's section you should be able to find a method using Odin to flash it back to stock and then you can read up and find the way to do everything you want.
Just do your research and look through the forum for your phone type/carrier and you should be able to find all of the information that you are looking for.
Search and you shall succeed!
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Sewrizer said:
why do you guys make things so complicated? the guy wants his phone back to stock.
The only thing you have to do is to go to www.sammobile.com/firmwares. Then put your phone number i9100 in the search box and choose any of the roms below. They are all stock, 2.3/4.x.x etc. The rom is in a zip file, however, you have to extract the tar file inside it.
Power off your phone then, while holding vol down, press and hold power.
Open odin in your pc then connect the phone to pc while being in download mode. press the pda button in odin and insert the .tar rom whoch you have just extracted. press start and you are done.
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Way to jump in 5 days later and after a ton of pm's... and he only wanted more memory to run aps not stock.
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Sewrizer said:
Sorry, I didn't look at the date, but that would have been a good fix.
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Well returning to stock is just as easy as finding a stock ROM in his phones thread and flashing it, it'll be better in the long run that way as well because maybe he'll learn something.
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Wrong update path?

I'll just start with how I flashed from the beginning
I337UCUAMDB - May 2, 2013
CASUAL
Stayed there for a while.
Last night I wiped:
/data, /cache, /dalvik, and /system
Flashed Hyperdrive RLS12
Flashed RLS12 - AT&T Compatibility Pack
Rebooted
It seemed to boot fine, but when I unlocked the screen the Google keyboard immediately force closed, then system quit responding so I couldn't even click the Ok button on the force close dialog for a couple minutes. Even after this, everything was very slow. I quickly realized that most of my hardware buttons were misbehaving. Either they only worked when I long pressed them, or they didn't work at all, except for the Home button.
I suspected that the AT&T Compatibility zip was the kernel I would need to make this Verizon-based ROM work on my phone but I wasn't sure if that's true or if I would need a separate kernel zip to flash.
Afterwards I ended up using Odin twice to return to stock MDB and then CASUAL to get root and recovery back.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Have you read it's thread and directions for at&t users ?
Normally if you had a wrong kernel it wouldn't even boot. Honestly if you are new I'd stick to at&t or i9505 ported ROMs. MDB allows you free reign to try all the ROMs.
I suspect you got a bad download or something was missing.
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I'm not new to flashing per se but I broke this phone two weeks after I bought it and just recently got it fixed. I included everything because I wasn't sure where something may have gone wrong. Maybe I came from the wrong base or something. I'll link to this thread in the ROM thread
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What recovery are you using?

TWRP from CASUAL
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Well you didnt have to odin bud. Just make a backup of the rom your on in twrp. Leave it on your sd. I backup to external bc it takes too much space on internal. And try flashing the rom again. Maybe redownload it bc it might be a bad download. I too had the keyboard force closing so I reflashed and only checked swype keyboard in the installer so no more keyboard fc. If you have an issue after flashing the rom just boot recovery and restore your backup instead of using odin.
The hardware button issue and slowness is from force closing. When something fc"es the whole system kinda freezes up and becomes unresponsive. Just dont install any keyboards from the aroma except swype. Try it that way and let it sit for a few minutes after booting. I also suggest using ktoonsez 4.3 tw kernel. You can find it under origional development and flash in recovery after roms installed
As far as how you flashed everything was done right. You can try not wiping manually and just choose full wipe in the aroma installer.
Hope everything goes well if not then just come back here and let us know so we can help
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Also get the app greenify and greenify everything but your launcher

I had issues getting it up and runing as well. took me downloading it a couple times and probably flashing it 4 times. Not sure what was going on. rather than ODIN, I would do a battery pull, hold VOL+ and power and force it into recovery and reflashed. a few times...

Thanks for the replies guys. I used Odin because my external SD is full..I need to buy a bigger one.. anyway I'll download a new copy while I'm getting ready for work and try flashing it on the way.
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Can't upgrade from 2.2

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Help, I downgraded from 2.3 to 2.2 for various reasons,but now when I try to upgrade again I just get the pink screen ,if I try using the option from settings/storage,it says key data couldn't be backed up , the installation will stop. Also if I boot into the system it runs fine for about a minute then locks up completely so I can't even continue to use it in 2.2 can anyone advise ?
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Try to put the 2.3 dload folder to a sd card, then remove the battery, plug in a USB cable to the computer and the phone, volume up+down+power (if I remember right lol). See if it will update that way.

no, that's the usual way I've been flashing it, I can get to the image folder ,but it won't boot into recovery either
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totsy1972 said:
no, that's the usual way I've been flashing it, I can get to the image folder ,but it won't boot into recovery either
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Odd. Maybe try to flash the ICS pink screen unlocker? I had weird issues at some point too, then I flashed that and the problems went away. Afterwards flash ICS.

Just tried that,still no luck,it doesn't even get to the unpacking screen,it just stays pink. beginning to think its beyond repair
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totsy1972 said:
Just tried that,still no luck,it doesn't even get to the unpacking screen,it just stays pink. beginning to think its beyond repair
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I think it's still possible to fix it. I was loosing hopes too, but I messed around with it anyway and got it working. Just try different dload's, different methods and maybe you'll get it running. Maybe other users will have some ideas too.

CrysisLTU said:
I think it's still possible to fix it. I was loosing hopes too, but I messed around with it anyway and got it working. Just try different dload's, different methods and maybe you'll get it running. Maybe other users will have some ideas too.
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I've been trying all different ways, this is what I get when trying it from storage menu
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@Moihack maybe you have any ideas? You've written this to me before:
Moihack said:
As long as your phone still gets power and pink/blue screen shows there is nothing to be afraid of yet,since this isn't a hardbrick.
Contact me on hangouts telling me what you have done resulting in the above issue.
I have bricked my u8800pro in every possible way both soft and hard brick (thank god warranty was still active back then).
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Hi there!
I think when you upgrade from software menu there is an option for data back-up.
Uncheck this option and the error should go away.
Also what do you mean with this: "Also if I boot into the system it runs fine for about a minute then locks up" ?
What do you mean it locks up? Touchscreen is not responsive for example?
My suggestions:
1) Do a factory reset and then check if you can upgrade
2) Try re-installing your recovery(use cwm 5.0.27 by geno for best compatibility) or even replace the whole image folder with the froyo one from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2146856
Your phone is not beyond repair that's for sure. Since it boots fine.

Moihack said:
Hi there!
I think when you upgrade from software menu there is an option for data back-up.
Uncheck this option and the error should go away.
Also what do you mean with this: "Also if I boot into the system it runs fine for about a minute then locks up" ?
What do you mean it locks up? Touchscreen is not responsive for example?
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I haven't noticed an option for data backup,will check again later on. And yes when it locks up touch screen becomes unresponsive and none of the buttons respond either. Also when I try to enter recovery ,both custom and stock, it displays the kernel logo then vibrates with a black screen for a second then back to kernel logo and continues to boot.
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Ok guys,I copied over the stock image folder and now it works ok, however I still can't upgrade from froyo. At least I can use it again though so thanks for your help, its much appreciated. Incidentally, there wasn't an option to back up data when upgrading, but that error has now gone, except it now just reboots instead, so I will just keep trying.
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[Edit] Finally I've managed to upgrade to GB , had to put both step 1 and step 2 in the same dload folder and it worked. So cheers for the tips

You've put all steps in one folder?

DarkSkyGhost said:
You've put all steps in one folder?
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Steps 1&2 in dload folder ,step 2 renamed to UPDATE_G.APP.
Didn't use step 3 as I was updating to ICS after that
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