yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] leather.face:
Hi, I`m not ppero196 but how it works. Download this rar and extract on your PC. I always take the path to C:\Android\ . Then activate USB-Debugging on your device and connect your device to the PC. Open the cmd on your windows machine and type:

For download mode:

cd\
cd Android
adb reboot download

or for the recovery mode:

cd\
cd Android
adb reboot recovery

Have fun by the trying.

@ ppero196:

You write in the first post that:

Can you please fixed the command for reboot recovery? Thanks in advance.

Regards leather.face
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Sn0w0nS:
Thx it worked.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
All fixed
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tux95:
No button combination?

Hello guys,

I can boot into recovery, pressing, up, home and power for a long time. The "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini"-logo comes two times, and I press the three buttons all the time, until an "Android" comes. Than I am in Recovery mode. I haven't flashed or rooted my phone now, but is it not easier root and flash it via cutsom recovery mode?

Sorry for my bad English :/ If you habe some questions about my phone ask :D
[Galaxy S III Mini General] b_henry:
What firmware are you running ??
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tux95:
It is the Original Samsung 4.1.1.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] b_henry:
Can you post screenshot of "Settings->About device" page? Because on some devices (maybe from first batch) key combination just does not work.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tux95:
Here is the Screenshot. I hope it helps.

View attachment 1675082
[Galaxy S III Mini General] b_henry:
Thanks :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] xd.bx:
This is a great guide! In theory you can also do this:

- backup your lfs partition (/dev/block/mmcblk0p19) with adb+dd when the phone has booted normally, backup that file

- backup your lfs partition (/dev/block/mmcblk0p19) with adb+dd inside CWM, have the file on your PC as well

Now you can reflash the partition with Odin/Heimdall and have the phone boot into either mode. The reason is because this partition contains params.blk which itself contains the boot mode (along other important parameters). It is always a good idea to have a backup of this partition, as well as other partitions (notably efs = mmcblk0p11 and modemfs = mmcblk0p12).
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
Yeah.

But some user may find it too complicated.

I may add this in the future
[Galaxy S III Mini General] didinn1:
Just want to confirm the same

Pictures attached
[Galaxy S III Mini General] xsystex:
Thanks for this guide very helpfull
[Galaxy S III Mini General] b_henry:
didinn1, what firmware version was preinstalled on your phone when you bought it ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] didinn1:
b_henry it was 4.1.1
[Galaxy S III Mini General] b_henry:
What baseband version,XXALJL or newer? And 3-button access to recovery worked

before

upgrade to XXAMA2 or not?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] didinn1:
Sorry, I do not remeber, but it worked on 4.1.1 also
[Galaxy S III Mini General] xd.bx:
I'm thinking of a possible feature for the CM10 port: in boot.img, the init can detect if the home+vol.up is pressed and if so, reboot into recovery. In this way it become possible to switch even if the rest of /system is not working.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] b_henry:
This "feature" almost surely depends on bootloader version and probably only the devices which shipped with preinstalled XXALJL firmware are affected. Question is if the important part of the bootloader which detects if buttons are pressed and decides about starting recovery mode is upgradable in some way..
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
I have XXALJL firmware (4.1.1) and NO, i cannot boot into recovery via button combo.

Altough i might be doing something wrong.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Dahnark:
I can't enter in recovery mode...

I tried wipe file, if I don't use the file param, block on boot.

I tried quickboot, nothing.

Factory mode in setting, nothing the mobile block on boot...

If I don't use param, the mobile after each flash, block on boot... and block when I tried to reboot in recovery mode.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] xd.bx:
Not exactly. What I was suggesting was to detect inside boot.img (by the init process) which buttons are pressed, and if volup+home is pressed then reboot into recovery. This way, even if /system is completely borked it is still possible to reboot into recovery.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] _humi_:
+1

mine works to with the button combo
[Galaxy S III Mini General] aspot72:
Well my Mini has the button option. When bought it , it had 4.1.1 and it worked ok (Vol-Home+Power). Upgraded to 4.1.2 and still there... Also mine is 8190N, which I think points to NFC capability. But wondering what are other models like 8190L???
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
L - Latin America model

T - 16 GB NFC model
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ladislav.heller:
Recovery + root

Hi all!

I'am a new S3 Mini user (moved from Galaxy Ace :D ).

I have following question:

Once I am in the factory recovery via the ADB method, can I directly root my phone from here? Or there is no such update.zip package which I can execute from factory recovery?

And yes, I saw the root methods described in general thread so please don't say: "Try methods described in general thread." :D

On my previous phone (Galaxy Ace) I was able to root the device from factory recovery. I did not need CWM or any other replacement for this.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
Nope.

You must install CWM first then the root. If you want that way.

Or use rooted rom.

Samsung locked stock recovery to only accept samsung signed zip
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ladislav.heller:
So the only reason why flashable ZIP packages doesn't work from factory recovery is the signature, right?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
Yep.

But if you check general section again a zip to root came out which can be installed via stock recovery.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] catanzaro27:
You can root it from stock recovery with a zip recently launched. You can find it in General thread.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini
[Galaxy S III Mini General] kicker63:
Root Zip don`t work on Stock Recovery only work`s with CWM.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] monchicchi:
hello, im new in android, and s3 mini is my phone..

what is this recovery mode for? thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Let's say your phone won't boot normal for some reason. Then you can enter recovery-mode to clear cache, or even restore the phone with factory reset.

If you flash a custom recovery to the phone there will be even more options like backup/restore, fix permissions, and many more.

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NEWS on the tre button combo not working:laugh:

Read from post 26.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] blackknightavalon:
You can enable the three-button combo by flashing Le Fleur ROM via ODIN. And if you flash a custom ROM over it as well as a different recovery the three-button method will stick.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
..And here you can find the supereasy method!

Only 2mb download to flash with Odin to enable keys to work. :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
Will update OP later
[Galaxy S III Mini General] PRRash:
Everytime i boot into stock recovery using Reboot app, i get this msg.. Is ths normal..?? Cuz i probably shul be on European CSC right. I'm on Faria's v5.1 rom

# manual mode #

-- applying multi-csc --

applied the csc-code : KOR

successfully applied multi-csc
[Galaxy S III Mini General] sodaks:
I can also boot into recovery mode by long pressing the Volume up + Home + Power at the same time for serveral times, the Recovery Mode came out. :victory:

Stock ROM : I8190NZSALL5
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
It doesn't matter now anyways.

We have fix that enables 3 button combo for everyone
[Galaxy S III Mini General] soon_malaga:
:highfive:

I love this post! jaja
[Galaxy S III Mini General] hellr22:
Thx man :victory:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Racun:
thanks its really help me:good::good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] vartical16:
Can you please post the link for android sdk
[Galaxy S III Mini General] dan_09:
1. Download and install Android SDK, < too large to install :crying:

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Here you go - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
[Galaxy S III Mini General] H3artbrok3n:
thanks for this!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] a13jo:
+1

Works great for me too!

Tnks man.

send from my S3 mini
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DUGUSO1983:
Pretty easy... no problem...

Enviado desde mi GT-I8190L usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Reyesteban:
If device is rooted is it possible to use an android terminal emulator or install the Quick Boot apk :p
[Galaxy S III Mini General] AssToast:
There's a 4way reboot mod in the forum somewhere
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
Yes. Damn I really really need to update the thread.

Locked until OP updated to remove future confusion
[Galaxy S III Mini General] enensales:
thank you sir for the guide. newbie here.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] m4rek22:
---

I downloaded Android SDK, then extracted content and placed it into C:\Android

Then I pluged in my s3 mini via USB (turned on, USB debugging on)

Opened cmd, typed:

cd\
cd Android
adb reboot recovery

and it says: 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

What is wrong ? Thx
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
Look in path section. http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Android_SDK#Windows
[Galaxy S III Mini General] aavvaallooss:
Doesn´t works for mine

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Currently, on CyanogenMod 10.1 (Maclaw), 3-buttons-combo doesn´t work for me!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
[HOW-TO] Enable Three Button Combo [RECOVERY]
[Galaxy S III Mini General] dcrst75:
Thanks for thread.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] i0zjh02:
Cant hard reset - please help

Hi I recently bought a S3 Mini with a broken screen to repair for my daughter. Have replaced the screen but now when I boot the phone there is a pin set and I need to hard reset the phone. Cant get it to boot into download mode or recovery mode with the 3 buttons. Phone boots to the pin screen whatever I do and only thing that works is the emergency dialler

If I connect the phone via usb its recongnised by the PC but I just get an empty window in explorer. Tried "adb reboot recovery" but says device not found (assume because i cant enable usb debugging?)

Any ideas how to hard reset the phone :( as I'm running out of things to try

Thanks for any help you can provide
[Galaxy S III Mini General] i0zjh02:
no idea as phone is new to me and cant get into it to check :(
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
You can't boot into download mode? What have you tried and what happens?

Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM10.1
[Galaxy S III Mini General] i0zjh02:
I've tried "Vol -" & "Menu" & "Power" and all options I can find of holding them all or releasing them all or releasing power when the samsung logo appears but never get anything but eventually except a second more graphical Samsung logo (assume it must be a sim free phone as no operator logo?) and then eventually it gets to the enter pin screen (If I keep hold of the buttons all the way through It also says safe mode at the bottom of screen.

Same if I use Vol+ and try and enter the bootloader menu
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
You don't get this before the samsung animation? Does the phone vibrate after a few secs when you try download mode?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] i0zjh02:
Yes I get that one first and then a second animated Samsung logo but the phone never vibrates
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Ok. I started to think you missed all images in param.lfs and that could been the cause for no grafics in download mode, but if the phone doesn't vibrate when you try download mode, then I don't know. It should make a small vibrate after about three sec's when holding vol+/home/power, to tell user that it's booted.

I was thinking if you could try push buttons for a few sec's, then push vol up, and connect it to computer, open odin to see if it's there.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] i0zjh02:
ok will try that - do I let all the buttons go when I press Vol+ or just change from Vol- to Vol+ ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Make sure drivers are installed and kill anything with kies in taskmanager.

First press vol- home and power. Hold them down togeter for about four second and let go. Press vol+.

Open odin, connect phone to computer.

Could it be a broken button? Like home not working or something.

You could open the phone again and make sure all connectors is alright.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] i0zjh02:
ok will try that later - buttons are ok as they work in emergency dialler ie vol up & down work, home goes back to pin entry screen and power turns phone on so Im pretty sure they're ok.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] i0zjh02:
OK not sure what I did differently but managed to get into download mode and have hard reset now to get rid of PIN and wipe device - Thanks for help
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Penzio:
Hi, i try this ADB method but when i connect my phone and run "adb reboot recovery" i get error "device not found"

Do i have to boot my phone in to download mode and then run adb command or what ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ppero196:
Enable USB debugging.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Penzio:
I enabled USB debugging but still error displayed

C:\Program Files\Android>adb reboot recovery

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

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nevermind my pc was slow and phone driver was not installed jet but after install i managed to reboot recovery :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] BinNassER:
got error

hi guys

when typing adb reboot recovery i got this error (error: device not found )

plz help

thank you
[Galaxy S III Mini General] roncato:
upp :D

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what sir?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tom3073:
first sorry for my english. i hope you understand what i mean.

Where did unpack the zip file. have you installed the kies Software? have you usb debbuging activated

When you did installed the Kies Software you must closed the processes from Kies in the Taskmanager.

Then you can open the cmd.

open the Folder you have unpacked the zip file.

then:

reboot recovery

our phone must now start in to the recovery Modus.

with volume up and down you can go up or down.

With power its enter.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] danielsinnema:
THANKS!

Thanks mate! Now I´m able to flash custom roms!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] mulugol:
Sony Xperia Neo V Recovery

Hi.

I want to try one of the ROM's here, but I can not reboot into recovery. My phone is Xperia Neo V (MT11i).

Properties:

Android 4.0.4

Kernel 2.6.32.9

Firmware: 4.1.b.0.587

It is ROOTED.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] mauam:
Wrong thread bud. This is for galaxy S3 mini.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cipher666:
Tnx for info.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] sohoman1:
thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Knorpe:
Working :D

Thank you, its working! If you are on cm or any other ROM with 4 way reboot, you can enable it in settings and you can boot into Bootloader or recovery or system from the reboot button menu.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Yunus34Tr:
I found new way

I Found this way it is worked on me i dont have root and my s3 mini is international model.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47875486#post47875486
[Galaxy S III Mini General] slim971:
Thanks, works fine !!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
My 3 button combination worked since I bought the phone... I didn't have to do this..
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eswarvf:
ok ok but many have to do it
[Galaxy S III Mini General] fmlrocha:
It's working!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] dvorakjiri:
It´s working!

Thank you
[Galaxy S III Mini General] macieek1235:
Yea it works :victory:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samnettt:
3 button Combo works for me

Hi Guys.

i'm latest stock firmware.

3 button combo works fine here.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Agustinm:
Excelent! Many thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] neoexplorer:
thank u..............
[Galaxy S III Mini General] zatloide:
I have cm11 and three button on my device doesn t work

.is possible to activate?

Sorry 4 my english
[Galaxy S III Mini General] badalmic:
Thanks

That worked and have this going. Looking good! Thanks too seedrom193, Shaan, and all of you other contributers!:good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eimon:
USB Jig
[Galaxy S III Mini General] toggler:
works, thanks!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] wmiki75:
I have unable to enter the recovery

I try to upload, with ODIN, pda: recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.7-golden.tar.md5, but nothing.

Odin shows it is passed.

GT-I8190_TWRP_2.8.0.1.tar.md5, the same effect:

I press VUp+Home+On button, the phone shows Samsung s3 mini logo, and nothing else.

I try I8190.tar.md5, but nothing.

What can i do?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] JoniSerenius:
Reserved

Nothing is impossible with the power of friendship ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] fc3211:
@tux95

[MENTION=5013930]tux95[/MENTION],

Thanks dude, I was stuck at the Galaxy 3 splash screen and could not get into TWRP until I followed your instructions to hold down home, vol up and power. You saved my life, man!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] savvy1968:
I could boot into a three way menu after I installed Virginity14 Rom, , poweroff, reboot & recovery but now it no longer works.

I think it naffed up after I installed xposed framework which I need for xinternalsd.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Sent from my GT-I8190
[Galaxy S III Mini General] bara2.alrob:
I have installed Lolipop Rom on my Samsung s3 mini and faced some issues first baseband unknown and I can't get into recovery mode options I have tried all the method using Odin and others but it just doesn't work . I need to get into my recovery mood to restore stock Rom or reinstall CM12 . Can anyone please help me ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] savvy1968:
Lolipop would run too slow on this system leave it well alone until you get a better phone.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] BarnOwl:
There is an option in CM12.1 under developer options where you can choose advanced restart.

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Did you try it? I am running CM12.1 now on the S3 Mini. Running great!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Jessi H.:
I want to reset the device, because it has a bootloop. I also can't start in recovery with Vol up + Home + Power. I tried to flash the fimware and the recovery. Odin both shows succesful. But it doesn't help. Have anybody an idea?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Viper The Ripper:
Hi [MENTION=4594949]ppero196[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3245411]tys0n[/MENTION]! :)

Could you guys give a hand? I'm asking for an Universal Rooting Method through stock 3a recovery

I think those files should work as they's signed files... did you know it? did you try it?

Thank au very much

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A friend had a S3 mini and want to get easily root permissions, atm he's enjoying holyday time and I can't test it

Thank U very much
[Galaxy S III Mini General] craftm:
I have a GT-I1890L.

Can't enter in Recovery or Download, my smartphone just start the OS normally.

I tried using the cmd command and Android SDK, mysmartphone restarted but still not enter in recovery mode...

Any suggestion?

I can't enable root because I can't enter in download/recovery mode.

=(.

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Volume Up + Power almost work, but I enter in the screen:

Up left: rst_stat 0x0000000

Center: POWER RESET or UNKNOWN UPLOAD MODE.

What should I do?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] fantastikuss:
S III mini Recovery Mode: Press POWER, than hold VOL-

Hello Guy's,

a way to got to Recovery Mode of GT-i8190 S3 mini:

1. Press Power

2. When the Samsung logo appears press and hold VOLUME- Button

:)

greetings

JotWe
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Droehnemeier:
Just tried that two times, doesn't work with my device :'(
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] take55:
Hi,

on my Xperia S there was no stock quickpanelz so I used the 'Notification Toggle' app to help out and I was quite happy with it because there were many options to modify the setup.

I miss that option a lot on the stock quickpanel here, specially the option to change the order of the quickpanel, so that I can have the ones I use most right at the beginning. Is there a way to do that?

Or is there a way to turn off the quickpanel to replace it with that other app one?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] gregbradley:
follow my T/TX signature link to find a nice 14 notification panel mod that an be used.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] teddy_irish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=967nio2LF7s

With best of wishes to all this creative community! Happy Christmas and shiny 2013!

:fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sergeyotro:
I like this guys, really.
[LG Revolution] svscott26:
Okay I just got a free Revo and currently have a Droid X. I want to use the Revo but the stock setup sucks, I want to root and get a stable/functional Rom on here. What Rom would that be? Also would I bide able to hack to use WiFi teather?

Thanks
[LG Revolution] The Kraken!:
There is really only one custom ROM for the Revo, called Broken Out. I'm using version 1.1, but there is a version 2 available. There seems to be mixed results with all versions for users. I think it works well of you don't overclock it and get things how you want then, then allow a few days for the system to kind of sort itself out. After that I recommend just leaving it alone and not doing constant tweaking. The Revo just doesn't like a lot of change for some reason. Also, for best performance and stability, try to leave about a gig of memory free and 100 mb of ram free by not having too many apps set up to constantly run. And yes, you can do wifi tethering. I haven't used it lately, but have used foxfi. It worked fine, but I believe they've changed it so that the free version only works for short intervals at a time now. I imagine there are better alternatives.
[LG Revolution] svscott26:
Thanks for the quick response, do you think it's worth switching from a RD.
[LG Revolution] The Kraken!:
I'm not sure I've come across that term. What's an RD?
[LG Revolution] svscott26:
Sorry an DX (droid x)
[LG Revolution] The Kraken!:
Well, if you're really into customization, probably not. On the other hand, if 4g speeds are important to you, then yes. Also, though I don't know how much memory the DX has or how much you need, the Revo's 16 gigs of storage is a nice element as well.
[LG Revolution] crazymonkey05:
I owned a DX and its a good phone no costomisability cuz of locked BL but the revo has a little more ram and a lot more memory that can be used for everything not just apps like the DX so yea there both pretty lacking in the SW development area but yea good switch at least my bro thinks so...
[LG Revolution] svscott26:
I've been using the revolution for about one week now and although kagg

Sent from my VS910 4G
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] fullmetal509:
Hello there!

I just got my Nexus 7 and im very happy with it! I wasn't sure if there was a topic about sharing home screens already or not but It would be nice to see others creativity so I can get ideas on setups for this large screen!

Here's mine Simple:

Rom: Clean Rom3

Launcher/Theme: Nova Launcher Prime and Vexillum

UCCW: Sense4 Clock Mod

PS. Sorry for my Grammar! :rolleyes:

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] HISOON:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1740482
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] azoller1:
Ya noob.....lol just search next time
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] fullmetal509:
Opps haha! *Delete*

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ArcticFish:
/facepalm

Sent from my 4.2.1 xLoud Paranoid Grouper with Motley Kernel
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] 14u2c:
Mines for the evening:D