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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] VigilanteM2:
[Q]Can't get into Recovery Mode,possibly due 2 "sticky" power button.It got worse

Couple of things first to lay down the situation.

I'm on BEAN Builds 19,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1973982

I'm also using ClockworkMod Recovery. Not sure what version.

Now my power button is one of those "sticky" ones, where it's not springy. This has caused me a few problems in which I can't seem to use the button to turn on my phone anymore. If the phone is off, I have to pull the battery, and then re=insert it to turn the phone back on. Also I'm not sure if button is "being held down", since it's so sticky, but the quick toggle options in the ROM for Restart and Recovery don't work. When I use the quick toggle for restart, my phone just turns off, and doesn't restart. As for recovery, I'll touch on that below.

Today I wanted to flash myself a new modem. So I tried to get into Recovery mode. I go into there once after a couple of tries, but the Power Button , being in the down position from the "sticky button", hit the option to restart the phone before I could flash anything/do anything. After a couple of tries of unsuccessfully getting into Recovery Mode the normal holding down buttons way, I decided to try the quick toggle in the rom to get into Recovery mode.

But just like hitting the restart option, it didn't do what I wanted it to do. My phone shut off, but that was it. Now when I try to battery pull and reinsert to get the phone to turn back on, all it does is show the Samsung Logo, turn black, and that's it. I'm assuming that it's trying to boot into Recovery Mode since that's what it was last told to do before I shut off my phone, and I also think that the "sticky power button" is throwing off the phone's attempts to do that.

Any help or direction would be great and much appreciated. Thank you for your time you took to read this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twistedillutions:
Bang ur fone on a table. Seriously ppl been doing that on ur situation to pop out the power button. Try to cover ur fone or put a cloth on table so ur fone wont get scratch and stuff
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnsgone:
I've got a very similar issue. Only difference is my power button is not stuck at all. However regardless of how I try to enter recovery/Download/ or simply to restart my phone I often times have to try 10 - 15 times before anything other than the Samsung splash screen into black screen of ??? Happens. Up until 5 minutes ago and hopefully for good something somehow decides to let the phone do as I had asked(told) it to do. Wish I had an answer or some help for you instead of reporting the same problem. Hopefully someone out there does.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Did you open up your phone and meter the button? If not its probably sticking. The button you see on the outside is just a contact not the actual button so it won't look compressed. Sounds like your problem is super sensitive button which is related to the sticking button in fact it was what happened to me beforeit started sticking.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnsgone:
No sir, I've not looked into that. Indeed I will now, and I thank you for your response.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnie2012:
hi all I have a query

all I want to know is what is currently the latest version of android kitkat 4.4.2 for my Samsung galaxy s4 i9505 uk BTU

currently its running: I9505XXUFNB9

but I may be mistaken but im sure I read the other day that Samsung had released another update for it ending in something like BE at the end

can anybody confirm, I think im just getting mixed up with all the numbers and letters

thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
This is your latest firmware
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zesh_ii@yahoo.com:
hi m on older version of kitkat my csc is also btu m facing hangs lags screen stuc etc on this firmware nw m using custom rom canu tell me who is the latest version of this sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gloris:
FNB9 is the latest stock firmware. There is an FNC4, but this is for the black edition (hence the BE).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Wipe system, data, dalvik, and cache. Then flash a rom. Bet it solves your problem

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theesotericone:
Or just wipe system and caches and reflash the ROM your on. I'd only wipe data if that fails.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
The 3rd error line seems to suggest there's a rom issue. Try and reflash
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exb0:
First of all, kudos for providing logcat without people asking. Gave you a thanks for that :p keep it up!

Second, I don't think the rom is save-able anymore. If you've dirty flashed another rom on top of it and it still wouldn't boot, it's pretty much dead. Just wipe your device and reflash. It shouldn't wipe your data partition, it will however wipe all your app data. If ADB is reachable, I think you can do an adb pull /system/ and it might just backup EVERYTHING in that folder and you'll be able to restore it one by one.

I THINK that's possible, I'm not very sure tho.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sigitm:
I tried reflashing a lot of different nightlies, but without success.

I successfully backed up the entire sdcard with an

adb pull /storage/sdcard0/

I backed up also the system folder as you said, but... what does it contains exactly?

I thought the app data was in /data/data... am I right?

I tried

adb pull /data

and also

adb pull /data/data

but nothing happens:

pull: building file list...
0 files pulled. 0 files skipped.

I'd like to be

totally sure

to backup all app data before wiping it.

Is there anything else I can do?

If I run a nandroid backup, will I be able to restore only app data after wiping?

Thanks in advance :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exb0:
I think you're not getting anything from /data/data because you're not root under adb. Try adb remount then try pulling it again.

If I remember correctly you can back up your data partition from recovery or fastboot but I don't really remember.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmacmil:
My HD (running 10.1.3 stable) has just started behaving strangely when I wake it up from sleep. The screen will flash then go black. Whether I push the Nook button or the power button, the same thing happens. It may do it 2 or 3 times before it comes on. Started doing this yesterday. Just now, it would not come on at all. I see the screen for a half second, then it goes black. Just wondering if it's already toast or if this is a known problem with a remedy.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2092952:
Probably software issue.

If your using a magnetic case (problem)

You could try disabling the lockscreen if its enabled.

Daydream could in my theory affect that time frame.

The backlight should last years longer. The gpu should as well. I can't think of any other hardware issue.

If you have an sdcard try cm11 [or the bn rom] and see what happens. OR full backup of current rom in cwm and flash cm11 to internal. Clean and restore 10.1.3 and be back to right where you left off.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinvid:
Yes I have the same flickering issues when trying to wake it up from sleep. I would have to press either button numerous times to get it to stay on and not black out. I'm on the same 10.1.3 stable. I am using a magnetic case but it happens without it. Before this happen, my slide to unlock screen would act up by not unlocking when I slide to unlock; it would just go back to the initial lock screen. Slide to unlock would not work so I turn off the lockscreen, now experiencing blackout screens when I try to wake it up by pressing either buttons. This problem happens infrequently but it is annoying.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmacmil:
I learned from another post that if it does not awaken when the magnetic case is opened the first time, close and open it again. This works for me 95% of the time. Sometimes there's 2 or 3 second lag but it almost always comes on.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhunt13:
Works like this on my HD+, too. Sometimes requires opening case cover twice, but the screen always comes on.
[Android Apps and Games] kevdliu:
EyeRelax is a quick and easy way to keep your eyes healthy. Taking a break every so often while using your phone is important and can help prevent eye strain, and EyeRelax lets you do just that. Specify how long you want your breaks to be, and how far apart they are, hit the start button, and EyeRelax will give you a heads up when it's time to take a break. If you want to take an early break, just shut off your screen and it will be automatically recognized by EyeRelax. A progress bar runs discreetly in your notifications for a convenient way to check how long you have. EyeRelax runs quietly in the background, allowing you to get your work done until it's time to rest your eyes.

Download:

Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TwinBlade.eyerelax
[Android Apps and Games] marwan.kallal:
Looks good

This is pretty awesome. Do you have anything you plan to add to it?
[Android Apps and Games] deko99:
Now THAT'S what i call useful!
[Android Apps and Games] Hankaws:
Good app! Now I know when I need to rest my eyes :D
[Android Apps and Games] Deleted member 5764281:
I found this app actually very useful when I am on my phone for hours on end less than 4 inches away from my eyes. Great notification system. 1+
[Android Apps and Games] DumF0rGaming:
Do you wanna translate your app to many languages?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2069390
[Android Apps and Games] m11kkaa:
4 inches? I hope that this is a typo xD

I couldn't even focus the image at this distance.
[Android Apps and Games] Makorus:
Sounds useful! Is there any noticeable battery drain?
[Android Apps and Games] Skeese:
Someone needs to create an app like this for Xposed!
[Android Apps and Games] arvansome:
Looks great! How does it warn you when you're near the 30 minute mark? Will it be possible to play a sound when the timer is at 30 minutes / just before it goes off?

Edit: It didn't load the images correctly for me, so now i see that there will be a popup window.
[Android Apps and Games] kevdliu:
What do you mean? If by xposed you meant the Xposed framework this app doesn't need xposed to work. Is there a feature that you want needing xposed?

The app will vibrate and post a notification 30 seconds before break and show the dialog when it's time for a break.
[Android Apps and Games] xfullmetal17:
I've a suggestion for a future build... A "computer" option, where the timer can run in the background, and then give a notification after 30 minutes, then again after the 30-second break. (Or whatever time values one might change it to). For those of us that spend lengthy amounts of time staring at a large computer screen.
[Android Apps and Games] TECH NIQUE:
This app has potential, keep up the good work.
[Android Apps and Games] okdodo:
looks good, thanks for sharing
[Android Apps and Games] hetahir:
2.3.6

Is it available for android 2.3.6??

SGY rooted
[Android Apps and Games] EvilAaron:
This, I actually thought I would want it for this then arrived to see it was for using mobile device. Handy for many but myself I don't spend that much continuous time staring at phone, usually gets broken up with breaks cause I am mobile while using it thus forced breaks. Computer is a problem for long stretches no breaks here though. :)
[Android Apps and Games] shaheen916:
Now thats very useful app. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Skeese:
No sorry, I meant build it as an Xposed module...
[Android Apps and Games] StormTrooper89:
no xposed for this please. ART is around the corner and xposed didnt support it.
[Android Apps and Games] TECH NIQUE:
really useful app. Done a video on it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2fyp2PZoo4&feature=youtu.be
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black-Tigress.TLB:
I have an OG Motorola Droid that was working just fine until I disable a few system apps (which stated "safe to remove") with the System Cleanup app.

Ever since that, the phone dropped to 1%.

When I went home, it died. I hooked it up, charged it a bit (around 20% I believe) - and it was working just fine.

And it all of a sudden went back to 1%.

I tried the Battery Calibration app, it claimed that the phone was still at 1%.

Then the phone Randomly died - BUT when I turned it back on, it was claimed to be charged at 56%.

I tried using it, and it dies Again. Then when I turned it back on, it was claimed to be at 1%.

I went into the CWM-Based Recovery, did a factory reset, wiped Everything (including battery stats), reinstalled the Jelly Bean rom I have on my android and it's kernel and gaaps, and when the phone turned back on, it claimed to be charged at 60%.

Then, it turned Back off.

I turned it back on, claims to be at 1% again.

If I try to charge it, it seems to Stay at 1%.

I swear - I Know the battery is still charging, as it's very warm. I have no idea why this keeps happening.

None of this had happened Until I used System Cleanup.

Even though I did a factory reset, are the disabled apps still disabled?

Also, is there anything else I can do besides buy a new battery? What if the battery isn't the reason why this is happening?

Please help me, and thank you.

(Status Report: I tried to get into the CWM-Based Recovery without the charger to see what happens - it loads up, but shuts down about 3 minutes afterwards.

I have just now removed the battery for about 5 minutes, just put it back on the charger, and now it's at 5%...

Turned the phone off - it wouldn't come on unless I plugged it in. Plugged it in, and now it's at 60%.

Did it again, now it's back to 1%.

Did it again, now it's at 56%.

...someone please help me, lol!)
[General Topics] ELITAZER:
I have been searching a long time for the best tab without calling after vigousrous searching and benchmarks I found out that http://www.flipkart.com/lava-e-tab-...FQJFW5ZU6&otracker=ch_vn_tablet_main_Featured Deals_prd_title LAVA ETAB XTRON plus has the most powerful gpu even better than tegra 3 and cpu is very much respectable, is there any other tab I should thnk about, whatever you say, cash on delivery is a must..^^^^^battery is not bad, very good pixel density, one of the best builds... I want absolute value for money... what is the price of zync quad 8.0, I head that it has octa core mali mp
[General Topics] teonagode:
Defenitively the Tegra Note 7,it costs around 200$.
[General Topics] ELITAZER:
I'm indiafor prices check flipkart, snapdeal...In india it is 17k..around 1.5 times the price in US
[General Topics] jeyd02:
yhm

uhmm i wonder are android HD games really that fun to play specially on a screen, unless you connect a controller to your phone.
[General Topics] batna.antab:
Definitely the nexus 7 2013 edition.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikazees:
Ok so I was running paranoid android 3.99 and I've been getting the OTA notices that I need to update. I did that just today, and it downloaded the update and apparently installed it. Then I was stuck in recovery (reboot just kept sending it back to recovery). So I did some googling, decided I should not have tried to OTA and decided I should try to go back to stock and properly flash the rom.

This was my first attempt going back to stock. I downloaded what I thought was the correct nakasi file for my 2012 Nexus 7 (Wifi only, grouper I believe). I got adb and fastboot installed and started sending the prompts. It appears 'fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img" worked properly, but when I tried "fastboot -w update image-nakasi-jwr66v.zip" I got an error and the tablet just kept rebooting into recovery; it would not load past the "Google" screen.

So I put the tablet down (with 98% charge), took my kid to baseball practice and came back an hour later to work on it. The tablet had turned off. Now it appears dead. It does not show a charge symbol when plugged in, and will not power on with "power" or "power and down button." As a result, adb/fastboot does not recognize it.

I thought I had soft bricked it, but now I'm scared I might have hard bricked it. It looks like maybe I installed the wrong nakasi file (the one I installed ended in "v," but the one I just saw from Google ends in "y").

I will try letting it charge overnight and seeing if it will boot in the morning. In the meantime, any ideas, or should I just consider this brick a sign that I should upgrade to the new Nexus (and be more careful)?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erovia:
Where did you get the stock image? All the official one can be downloaded from here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#nakasi

If you can boot into bootloader, you can flash the proper image with fastboot, of not, then your device is hardbricked.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
If you are worried about a flat battery then you can check it with a voltmeter the voltage should be between 3.6 and 3.7 if the tablet won't charge the battery you could manually charge it THIS IS DANGEROUS the n7 regulates the voltage and current to the battery but if you uses 500mA charger and tape the wires onto the battery and only give it about 30 mins you should be ok . Check the temp of the battery as you do this if it starts to get hot unplug wait for it to cool and go again.

Programming is a race between engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikazees:
Thanks for responding. I charged it overnight, to no avail. I don't think it was hard-bricked, but probably is now that it shutdown and won't recharge or boot.

I unfortunately did not get the file from this site or google, as I should have. I got it from another site I have used before, which was linked to a youtube video on how to return to stock. I thought I followed it exactly, but maybe not.

there is one final thing I'm thinking. when I plug it in to my computer, I am getting the "ding-dong" sound like it's connected. Still, adb/fastboot don't appear to be picking it up. Anything i can do to get it recognized?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
It doesn't sound good try plugging it in and holding in the power button for one minute use your watch it can take anything over 30 second's that works on a fully functioning n7 with a completely flat battery to get it to charge not sure if it will work on yours. A bricked device should have the same characteristics as a brick if your computer detects something well a brick can't do that otherwise back to my suggestion of manual charging
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iBolski:
You may be in what is called APX mode. Sounds like you might have overwritten the bootloader with the wrong image, which usually means bad news, especially if you can't get into fast-boot mode to write over the image.

Unless it's still under warranty, you can't do much. I had this same problem when I attempted to upgrade to Kit Kat. Not sure what happened, but my tablet was hosed and it only shows up as an APX device. Luckily, it was still under warranty and I was able to RMA it with Asus and they replaced the motherboard free of charge. My purchase date happened to be 11 months prior, so I had about a month left on my warranty. Got lucky.

Try what is suggested in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30002160&postcount=10

It might help, it might not. Some have reported trying for a few hours eventually helped get it out of APX mode, but I tried it with mine for days, and nothing helped.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Angrysuefly:
How can I go back to stock rom?? I installed 4.4.2 kitkat using update.app method, i backed up before updating but idk how to use the backup :( HELP ME PLEASE! :(
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] alex.79:
First restore stock recovery and after that you can use local update via dload folder.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Angrysuefly:
Can you please give me download link for everything i need? I beg you! :( I tried to download the firmware from huawei offical site and now it gets stuck in android logo, any soltuions? :(

EDIT: im sorry for all typos, im a bit panicing D:
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] warea:
Well if you have problems with restoring backup, then isn't it better to just learn to backup ?

And did you flash kitkat stock rom or custom rom ? if its stock rom, then your already in stock recovery. And you just need to get the appropriate stock rom you want and use the same update.app method.

Download links are available here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2566453
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Angrysuefly:
I 1st had kitkat, then I installed stock rom but now it just stucks in android logo.. So how i can install with update.app method if i cant procceed from android logo?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] warea:
Which specific kitkat rom and which stock rom did you use ?

And there is a method to flash stock rom by pressing the hardware keys. After you put proper stock rom in dload folder of SDcard, then:

2.Place your stock version on your SDCard in 'dload' folder, make sure it's named UPDATE.APP

3.Turn off your device

4.Press and hold Volume - and +

5.Press Power but still hold Volume - and +

6.It will now install stock, and also reboot.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Angrysuefly:
I flashed this kitkat http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2630935

and this is the stock rom i flashed http://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-phones/support/downloads/p6-u06-en.htm#anchor

Nevermind, i followed your steps and its working now!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] makisupa:
Wish I had a photo, but I remember seeing some Today screens that inidicated the number of voicemails, e-mails and SMS messages on the very top of the screen where signal strength, the clock, volume, etc indicators are. Can someone tell me what app(s) do this?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gregski:
Well, there's Phone Alarm. But that is on your Today screen, not up on the top bar. But you can put it up next to it, like this...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] makisupa:
I feel as if I've seen it in the area above where you've placed PhoneAlarm. Does Wisbar do what I'm looking for?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
It's not this one is it?

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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] makisupa:
^^^ It is! ^^^

What is it?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dougsdir:
dunno but the website tat pic came from was:

http://www.vijay555.com
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
The screenshot shows a couple of plugins I wrote, and some other tricks.

Ok, basically, I used my app called VJToggleToday to minimise the StartBar and Bottom bar down to maximise screen space.

Then, I used a custom PhoneAlarm skin I wrote. Using VJToggleToday, that can now "replace" the standard OS Start Bar.

It's all explained here, and the skins etc are available:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=27331&highlight=vjtoggletoday

VJToggleToday is being re-written for WM5 - go to the end of that thread for the current alpha release.

I haven't converted the PA skin to the WM5 version yet. I'm in the process of doing it now.

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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] makisupa:
Thanks! I look into this; however, the links to your alpha release of VJToggleToday don't seem to work.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
Try this one:

http://www.vijay555.com/vj/releases/vjtoggletodayii/vjtoggletodayiialpha.exe

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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] makisupa:
Thanks! Hopefully your full release will offer the option to keep the lower menu bar.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
makisupa: use the configuration screen (or edit the registry directly), and just set the softkeys to 26 pixels as default. Then the softkeys will stay, but you can hide the start bar (top bar) as you wish.

In the current alpha release, both bars can be sized to whatever size <=26 pixels you want.

Access the config by launching it with the command line -config

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