yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch HD General] alper1:
I have this problem to. My volume button down is also broken, and I'm no longer able to lower the sound. Sound buttons are one of the most important functions of a phone. I e-mailed HTC for this and they replied back that broken volume buttons aren't appearing on the Touch HD's. No warranty, no option to repair it. I've sended a lot of pictures of the broken button, but they didn't respond to my e-mail. Keep in mind when buying a phone next time: If you wan't better service and support I think you have to search for another company next time. Sorry, but I don't appreciate this kind of service. I have decided not to buy a HTC phone again. I'll try to find another brand who cares about service and keeping customers happy. HTC = game over for me now, even if they bring out the best phone in the world.

I am using the Ruu.exe file to flash a rom. This is the only way I have found. Only problem is I can't lower the sound immediatly when I need it and can't flash all roms because some doesn't have a RUU file included.

Good luck!
[Touch HD General] chihuahua:
Hi,

very bad situation! I don't know here in Italy what a HTC will answer me! For the moment I must try to put my phone in the original condition; I Flash the original ROM whit RUU and also a SPL (maybe) I MUST CHECK MY SPL VERSION... and I can't if I cant Reach a BOOTLOADER STATUS.... Nobody know if there are some other procedures or software to reach it?
[Touch HD General] sfuboy:
Was anyone able to figure out how to fix this issue?

Because this is my first post, i am not able to post a link of what i found.

On ebay itself, there is the button for sell, but i don't think that would fix it.
[Touch HD General] mac_es:
Ok,

Here you have, copy the exes to your device first.

EnterBootloader.exe will put your HD into bootloader (the installed one)

Manual-SPL.exe will put your HD whith an special bootloader allowing overwriting the HSPL
[Touch HD General] hayyan:
HelpMe - LCD problem

Dear Friends

Yesterday I dropped my blackstone and now there is no display at all (except one vertical light almost two inch width) and the remaining parts LCD is blank. but works perfectly as i feel vibration when i receive calls.Pls help me
[Touch HD General] Hakim Rahman:
you can try to learn HTC_Blackstone_Service_Manual that can be obtained from http://www.mikechannon.net/page1.html
[Touch HD General] hayyan:
Thanks for the reply, i checked this but the problem is i cant see anything on screen!! but i m sure there is no crack at all (no visible crack - what inside i dont know) any way thanks for the reply
[Touch HD General] artem10:
Many thanks. Had the same problem on my Blackstone (broken volume button) and couldn't get it into the Bootloader. You .exe file solved the problem!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazypenguin:
Hello!

I recently got my hands on an Orange Boston phone with Android 1.6. Unfortunately I couldn't resist and I rooted it and tried to upgrade the firmware. Because of some unforseen factors I couldn't finish the upgrade and lost also the backup images for boot and recovery. Due to that misfortune now my phone cannot boot and says that the boot image header is invalid. Could somebody help me with some backup images for boot, recovery (optionaly for userdata and system)? I suppose I will be able to upload them using fastboot. Thank you very much in advance!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aCx85:
Any one know where to get the Telus RUU? and how I can unroot my phone , going to see if that will fix my camera problem...
[Android Themes] schmickers:
Does anyone know of a stock AOSP-looking theme for the Galaxy S? I have metamorph. I really love the phone, but I really dislike the dark colour scheme and notification bar. U miss my light grey and orange!
[Android Themes] camalot:
I too dislike the the notification bar, really the "shade" more then the actual bar. I applied the "all black" for the shade, but I would perfer a semi-transparent shade. what ever samsung did though makes it ugly if its transparent. it has a white background for the "notification" section and the "quick buttons"
[Android Themes] junkdruggler:
Check out the vibrant section... We got all kinds of mm themes going on.. I'm here right now looking for something nice to port over...

I posted a vanilla bar morph there... Everything works but the clock text can't be changed from white..
[Android Themes] iammodo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=985735

its my theme
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ppeccin:
Hi,

Does anybody know just WHY the web browser (default one) has a separate brightness control?

It is very annoying, since I'm used to control the brightness setting globally using a widget or even the settings menu. Then when I enter the web browser it does not respect the global setting and uses his own... This is just wrong.

Does anybody have a means to disable this specific control? I mean, I want the browser to respect the global setting, of course....

Thanks!

Paulo
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Adevem:
hit the menu key. on the "brightness setting" just scale it to your liking. hope that's what you're asking lol.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BronzedDroid:
No he's asking why there is a seperate brightness control and how to disable it. Unfortunately I cannot help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sensi_:
just because there is... get a different browser if you dont like it i guess
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruscik:
We all know it is there but if you ask me two functions are missing so is there a way to enable them.

1. Linking my contacts with facebook contacts that do not have mobile phone number present. I can only link facebook accounts if any phone number is added.

2. Linking contacts with FB pages, for example my gym has a facebook page and I would liek to link that to the gym number.

Thx
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spikerosoft:
click new contact, scroll right to the bottom and click link with facebook

it comes up with all your facebook friends and you can have them in your contacts list without any other information

this way the contacts show up in the manila facebook tab and you get their status and album updates :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruscik:
No they do not. I can not link any of the FB pages they just do not show up.

Half of my friends do not show up as well.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spikerosoft:
try the refresh button.... always works perfect for me

mayby try when on a wifi connection?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruscik:
I'll play with it today however even if it works it is not the best way. I do not think that pim backup or outlook save facebook linking information.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Hey guys I think I actually did it. I was going to install the JPC Froyo Rom, and somehow booted into recovery in the ROM. Now whenever I turn the phone on it boots into recovery, and none of the button combinations work for putting it into Download mode so I can flash back to stock. On the i9000 thread it says that if you get into this situation you cannot flash back. Any of you guys run into this issue? If not then it looks like I'll be trying to convince an ATT rep to give me a new phone :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g0dzilla32:
Try powering off... Then hold vol up and down buttons then plug in usb.... That happened to me... Your not bricked
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anilkuj:
Connect to adb and run reboot command
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Nope

Nope sorry guys I know all of what you just said. As for plugging in USB while holding volume buttons, it'll just go to that battery charging screen, and adb doesn't work because it doesn't boot past recovery. Sorry guys but yes it was bricked. It's okay though because I just went to ATT and since they can't identify the problem they just replaced the phone ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lasimo0:
Thought mine was bricked one night, too. Same scenario. Tried dropping the SIM and SD card out even though I didn't think it would make a difference, but it did. Got to download screen and reflashed with ODIN.

Good luck.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madjsp:
If you pull the battery, then put the battery in. hold both volume buttons buttons, and then plug the phone into the computer, it didn't boot to download?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashman2002:
Im curious if you even tried to use the Odin one click thread :confused:

There are 4 or 5 ways in that thread on how to get to download mode. And how exactly does this relate to development...just another curious thought. Well, you are getting a new phone, just hope that ATT or Samsung don't try to figure out the cause of your phone being "bricked". ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
AGAIN!

Okay after this I swear I won't be messing around with Froyo anymore. Here's the story: I got into download on the replacement captivate. Tried to install JPC froyo, but it never started flashing so I unplugged it from Odin and then tried to turn it back on. It goes to the normal "connect phone to computer" screen. However no attempts to get back into download mode have worked. Holding both volume buttons and power until second black screen doesn't work, booting while holding volume down doesn't work, holding both volume buttons and then inserting USB cable doesn't work. I think I'm stuck in this screen unless there's some incredible way I have yet to try. Anybody have any ideas? I would greatly appreciate feedback from the experienced users (Zilch25, designgears, kaik, reaver117), because I think I'd be pushing it trying to get it replaced a second time in such rapid succession

To flashman2002:

I put it in this section because it's in the development section that most flashing and such occurs so I thought there would be the greatest knowledge base. And yes I've pored over the one click thread and none of the methods mentioned there have any effect!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisWasATriumph:
Jeez, I just scared the **** out of myself. I ran the remove lagfix script and it rebooted my phone but it was just a black screen. So I take the battery out. Bad Idea. It showed the ATT screen but just black after that. I could get it into recovery mode but not download. Then I messed some more and would only show a vague disconnected pic.

Finally I got it into download by doing this: (had odin open before hand)

1. took everything out including sim and usb cable.

2. quickly inserted battery and held volume buttons and very quickly inserted usb.

I'm pretty sure its the speed that matters because I tried about 4 times and only when I did it really fast did it work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Nope. Unless you can do this with godly speed I dont think it'll work. I just got to the "Connect Phone to Computer" screen again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisWasATriumph:
You had the usb in before anything appeared on the screen right?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Yeah originally. I can get to that screen now by just putting the battery in and holding power button. It seems to behave exactly like it normally would, just can't get out of it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisWasATriumph:
What screen? The screen you want has a big yellow triangle and says download.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
No it's on the phone...!...computer screen. That's what I'm saying, it's been stuck here for a while and none of the methods described on the one click thread work. I've been here before and just holding volume buttons and holding down power for it to boot twice and releasing would do it. Not so anymore. Can't get into download mode doing anything!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisWasATriumph:
Well I read In the SRE thread I think that there are reports of newer phones not responding to any button combos. Bad batch they said not on purpose...

Also for the i9000 apparently you only have to hold the down volume key so since you flashed a i9000 rom try that if you haven't already.

You cant get into recovery right? Just holding volume and power then letting go of power after a bit?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g0dzilla32:
Adb reboot download...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Nope none of it works. I just got it replaced less then 3 hours ago and I already bricked it. I hope somebody finds out something that'll get this fixed. Maybe some way to force download mode through a computer application or something.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisWasATriumph:
Well theres adb like mentioned above but im pretty sure that requires at least recovery mode working.

Like i said before i was stuck on the same screen so maybe theres still hope.

If all else fails someone will figure out how to JTAG these things eventually...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphex13:
I know it doesn't help you out now, but when you remove the lag fix, just leave it set on the black screen. It's doing its thing. It will reboot when it's done. The home keys should still light up if you press them in this state...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Well thanks for your input anyway guys. Hopefully somebody figures something out. For now I guess I'll keep the SIM in my old iPhone 3G so I at least have a phone. Tomorrow I'll go to another ATT store in my area. Chances are the rep won't know what the hell that screen means and will replace the phone promptly.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
I hate to sound like a broken record but did you try adb?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
If you flashed Froyo then more than likely your button combo will be like the Vibrant version. Here's what worked for me.

Launch Odin, remove battery and sim from phone. Plug in USB. Hold the volume down button only. Plug in battery. That has worked for me after bad vibrant flashes. If not, try the same thing only hold the volume up button instead.

Does ADB work at all when in computer==!==phone mode? I've never tried.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] driike:
nope. adb doesn't work on that screen. i had sre flashed and while DL mode and recovery worked from adb, i couldn't get into them with hardware after i got the phone---!---pc screen, i think i had the bad batch. but adb won't recognize the phone on that screen
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
I've had issues with i9000 stuff before. Still haven't touched froyo, but when I got at that screen one time here's how I was able to fix it:

remove battery/sim/etc

open odin

replace battery

hold VOL DOWN button

plug USB

after first flash, hold VOL UP button

after second flash, should be in download mode
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisWasATriumph:
Haha, okay I wish I knew that before... Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
The only thing is that if I do that and only hold one of the volume buttons the screen won't flash black and then go back. It'll simply stay at the "Connect Phone to Computer" screen. It'll flash black if i hold both volume buttons and power, but otherwise no button combinations will trigger that flash
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Nobody has any other ideas? Well I talked to an AT&T rep today and they couldn't replace my phone in store since it was outside 30 days. I have to send it in to Samsung on Monday, and then I won't get it back for at least 5 business days. So here's to hoping that one of you guys'll figure out something before it's gone!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
maybe I got it backwards, try reversing the VOL key order

remove battery/sim/etc

open odin

replace battery

hold VOL UP button

plug USB

after first flash, hold VOL DOWN button

after second flash, should be in download mode

normally the phone's download mode should only be triggered by the two key presses, but I did it either the first way or this one when I came from i9000 to get it fixed
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Should I hold the Power key along with each of the volume keys when doing what you said? Because if i hold Power+VOL Up it will flash, but if i just hold VOL Up and plug in USB it won't flash at all.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zilch25:
You might be in an extra large cup of crap with this one. You flashed the JPC ROM (Which would have screwed you anyway), which changed your button combos to the I9000 ones (Which would ordinarily be just Vol down + USB), but you're stuck at the Phone/Computer screen.

Have you tried the ol':

take out battery

close odin

open odin

insert battery

vol up vol down

plug in USB method? That seems to be a bit more ingrained in the phone than the other combos.

Alternatively you can try variants of the "Hold volume keys and power until the phone turns on, then off, then on, then off then let go of power" method. Trying that method whilst holding the power down button instead of both might get you some love
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Yup no sort of VOL+Power button combination seems to have any effect. Well Zilch it looks like somebody beat you to that first brick ;). The only thing that I think might be able to do anything (not saying definitely) might be a desktop application that boots the phone into download mode. But seeing as adb can't be activated I'm not really holding out hope.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zilch25:
The funny thing is that I got JPC working =P I've also had my phone 'brick' messing with I9000 firmwares. Took a little doing, but I did get it back into download mode- just wasn't easy.

You're probably better off getting the replacement than having to deal with the network lock hell you just put yourself in by flashing it lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Well if you don't mind I'm up for trying whatever it is that you did when you messed with JPC and other i9000 firmwares. Like I said I've got 48 hours until I can send this thing out, so if I can get it running I'd be grateful.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLShortFuse:
Just so you know, download mode does not use the power button. The phone gets the signal to turn on by the 5V triggered by the the usb connection. If you're pressing power, you're doing it wrong.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zilch25:
I was always able to get it back from JPC with the vol down + USB method =/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
No dice. Here's what I did:

1. Pulled battery and unplugged USB

2. Put battery back in

3. Pressed and held Vol Down

4. Plugged in USB

All this does is cause the phone to boot to "Phone..!..Computer" screen again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zilch25:
Have you opened Odin before plugging it in? It shouldn't make a difference, but I think it does =P
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Yup I closed Odin, then reopened it right before plugging in USB. Plugging in USB just causes it to boot to Phone to Computer. Hate to say it but I think I may be at a dead end here.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jngtt:
i have the same exact problem here, did some digging and it looks like the download mode access via the 3 key combo is disabled, its a faulty bug with newer phones, or a++ evil doing, your pick.

most of the launch phones have no problems going download mode with the recommended methods, i bricked 2 phones the same day one got fixed and the other well pc <--> ! <--> phone, i guess any phone that is older than 1 month will have no issues going to download mode, the newer ones is like 50/50, so far adb is the only way to fix it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
Try,

1. Remove battery & usb

2. Open odin.

3. Plug in usb.

4. Hold vol down.

5. Put battery in.

In that order. If vol down don't work try up. Don't touch power button. And make sure usb is plugged in and your holding button BEFORE you put in battery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jngtt:
did that, no show

http://mingersoft.com/blog/2010/09/samsung-galaxy-s-why-download-and-recovery-modes-are-missing/

and

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1524760
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Tried bobblx's method and it didn't work, but I don't think this is an issue of not having download and recovery modes, because when I first got it I had to put it into download to flash JPC, so download mode did exist. However getting back into download after that botched flash is the issue at hand.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
So has the vast well of knowledge that is XDA run dry?! Well guys if you can come up with anything else that might work I'll be glad to try it out before i send the phone out on Monday.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AhmadAlmousa:
I just had the same situation as yours

I tried every possible combinations and several solution

I did the following and it worked for me:

power it up ... plug the USB ... then using ADB type: adb reboot

it might worked for me because before booting it to recovery mode it was already in USB Debugging

I hope that helped :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVasyaK:
that helped me!!! thank you so much!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCutrer1:
Nope adb doesn't work because at the "Phone..!..Computer" screen it can't find the device. Looks like I might be screwed on this one.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cezar`:
Read First! (useless phrase): I am not responsible for any damage you will cause to your phone. No matter if is just bricking or throwing with it out of the window. Is not my fault :P

Step 0: Make sure you have Samsung Drivers intalled!!!!

No drivers, no way to get your phone back on its feet.

1. Just Take out the battery, SIM and SD Card. Make sure USB is not plugged.

2. Wait a bit ... lets say 1 minute (not really important but whatever).

3. Plug in the battery

4. Push the power button

5. Open Odin

6. No matter what message appears, plug in the USB.

Situation 1: Odin recognizes it: apply the patches that last time worked.

Situation 2: -Recommended- If you dont know what to apply or what to do take a look a this post . It will revert your phone to stock ROM (like it was when you got it)

Situation 3: Odin does not recognize it and you cannot see it in Device manager as Samsung Android Composite ADB Interface (and not even as a device with a question mark) then try booting like this:

1a: Take all out (SIM, SD, Battery, USB cable)

2a: plug in battery

3a: hold volume down + up (or up + down, doesn't matter) and insert USB

If you get the battery, then try again step 1a, 2a and the following:

4a: Hold volume down only + insert the USB.

If still no go then I dont know what to tell you my friend. Your phone is defect, because a normal Galaxy S cannot be bricked unless you find a way to flash the "BIOS" on the motherboard (on a separate chip), which, if I know correctly, is not writable (if someone knows better, please correct me and dont tell me Clockwork Recovery does that and flashes over the stock recovery, coz it doesn't. If it would, we would have it as an option when entering recovery mode for ever and we would have no way to see the stock recovery mode anymore)

PLEASE, WHILE YOU ARE DOING ALL THESE STEPS KEEP AN EYE ON WINDOWS DEVICE MANAGER AND ODIN!! IF ANY CHANGE APPEARS, MAKE A NOTE AND TRY TO REPEAT THE ACTION YOU TOOK TO MAKE THAT CHANGE APPEAR! You can even post it here, we might find it useful.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
Also, just a suggestion if you still have it. Go to google and search for the galaxy s heat trick for download mode. Some how you heat up the pcb and it works for some. Forgot where I read it though.

Actually, here.

http://androidforums.com/samsung-vibrant/166063-recovery-mode-heat-will-force-access.html