Ok hey xda! 4 a long time this vibrant been sittin at my crib. Power button gone...right down to the motherboard if ya tore 1 down u comprehend...anyway plug in this lg wall charger...instead of offline battery widget it actually boots my phone upon plugin...so I root it...z4root 1.3...rom manager...clockworkmod manual flash...bam just like that everytime phone boots it loads recovery menu and I got no ok button...is there anyway to just get a normal boot...I still have vol up and vol down...and if I understood the sdk solution I could do it. My ?...can anybody help a lil?
If I know right the home or back to utton is a ok select in clock work recovery.
motiv8d365 said:
Ok hey xda! 4 a long time this vibrant been sittin at my crib. Power button gone...right down to the motherboard if ya tore 1 down u comprehend...anyway plug in this lg wall charger...instead of offline battery widget it actually boots my phone upon plugin...so I root it...z4root 1.3...rom manager...clockworkmod manual flash...bam just like that everytime phone boots it loads recovery menu and I got no ok button...is there anyway to just get a normal boot...I still have vol up and vol down...and if I understood the sdk solution I could do it. My ?...can anybody help a lil?
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Ok hey hood rat! 4 a long time thiz poast hazent mayke senze 2 me. U no I b sitn n muh krib trien 2 make senze ov ur post and jus kant. Lyk 4 egzampuhl, wut duz an lg wall chargur have 2 do with ur vibrant?
Hope I helped!!
djquick said:
Ok hey hood rat! 4 a long time thiz poast hazent mayke senze 2 me. U no I b sitn n muh krib trien 2 make senze ov ur post and jus kant. Lyk 4 egzampuhl, wut duz an lg wall chargur have 2 do with ur vibrant?
Hope I helped!!
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Was that really called for?
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I don't think so. The okay is the power button..... At least on the Vibrant. On other phones it's the okay or enter button on the keyboard but never the home or back buttons. As a matter of fact the back button does what it's supposed to. Just my 2 cents.
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If I know right the home or back to utton is a ok select in clock work recovery.
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The OP might be screwed at this point. Unless you can remap the keys in recovery?
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ChoctawT said:
Was that really called for?
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Not really but very funny.
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Bottom two are forward and back the power is selection
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I don't think so. The okay is the power button..... At least on the Vibrant. On other phones it's the okay or enter button on the keyboard but never the home or back buttons. As a matter of fact the back button does what it's supposed to. Just my 2 cents.
The OP might be screwed at this point. Unless you can remap the keys in recovery?
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Dude, did you not read his entire post or do you just not understand ebonics?
HIS POWER BUTTON IS GONE!!! If you have ever flashed a rom before with clockworkmod, you would know that the "Power" button is the Ok button, which he doesn't have anymore.
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Ok ...is there anyway to just get a normal boot...I still have vol up and vol down...and if I understood the sdk solution I could do it.
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Have you done anything to the file systems? Do you think it will still boot with just a hard reset? You can reset if its been rooted with adb. Do you have the sdk installed on your computer? If not, install the android sdk from the code.google site, and find an adb tutorial on this forum with the search tool..
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I can 100% fix this for you. I have a few extra buttons in stock. If you send me the phone, I can solder you on a brand new one. You are not screwed...
Just PM me if you are interested....
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Hello everyone,
My vibrant is currently running bionix 1.3.1 and I cant get into recovery mode by using the 3 buttons combo. I have tried vol up down power, and vol down home power. But no luck at all. Every I mess up flashing I have to use odin to restore to defult then use rom manger to get into recovery mode. However I am able to get into download mode with vol up power buttons. Any idea whats going on and how I can fix this?
Thank you,
Yahase
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yahase said:
Hello everyone,
My vibrant is currently running bionix 1.3.1 and I cant get into recovery mode by using the 3 buttons combo. I have tried vol up down power, and vol down home power. But no luck at all. Every I mess up flashing I have to use odin to restore to defult then use rom manger to get into recovery mode. However I am able to get into download mode with vol up power buttons. Any idea whats going on and how I can fix this?
Thank you,
Yahase
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Ok..do you want to get into recovery mode or download mode?
That doesnt make sense, but doesnt the rom have the options in the power menu (long press power).
Cant you use Quick Boot?
You could use ADB....
I dont understand the problem maybe. You sure you are doing it right?
yahase said:
Hello everyone,
My vibrant is currently running bionix 1.3.1 and I cant get into recovery mode by using the 3 buttons combo. I have tried vol up down power, and vol down home power. But no luck at all. Every I mess up flashing I have to use odin to restore to defult then use rom manger to get into recovery mode. However I am able to get into download mode with vol up power buttons. Any idea whats going on and how I can fix this?
Thank you,
Yahase
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You have to hold down BOTH the volume up and down button's, then press and hold the power button, once you see the "vibrant" in white letters pop up, release JUST THE POWER button...
I always have to use 2 hands to get into recovery....not talented enough to do it one handed.
Try it that way
Im sorry for the confusion...i wanted to get to the RECOVERY MODE by using the 3 bottons combo.
I know I can get into recovery mode by using ROM MANAGER or VOODOO WIDGET, or hit POWER button and reboot into recovery.
However, I want to try out CM7 room and the instructions said to use the 3 buttons combo. I have tried holding vol. up , down and power. Release power button and still holding up and down vol buttons, but phone just boot to bootlogo and not recovery mode.
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Are you holding power all the way until the Vibrant logo shows? All 3 should be held constantly... once you see the vibrant logo, you can let go of power only (maintain volume buttons).
You are probably doing this, just making sure.
s15274n said:
Are you holding power all the way until the Vibrant logo shows? All 3 should be held constantly... once you see the vibrant logo, you can let go of power only (maintain volume buttons).
You are probably doing this, just making sure.
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Yes, exactly whag you said. Its not working. Im so frustrated.
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The ota from jfd to, was it ji6? Supposedly fixed hwl'd phones.
You could try flashing that. Can't hurt... Worst case, it doesn't work just odin back.
s15274n said:
The ota from jfd to, was it ji6? Supposedly fixed hwl'd phones.
You could try flashing that. Can't hurt... Worst case, it doesn't work just odin back.
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Do have the link to that? Ill try it...thanks
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I hold all 3 buttons until the Vibrant word flashes once, then I let go of power only. Works every time.
Try that too.
Drewstein said:
I hold all 3 buttons until the Vibrant word flashes once, then I let go of power only. Works every time.
Try that too.
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I have luck with that. I have tried all that.
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Shot in the dark here but did you flash the speedmod kernel that was linked to the CM7 page. If so thats an i9000 kernel and I think that will screw up the 3 button combo.
CrazyCharlie said:
Shot in the dark here but did you flash the speedmod kernel that was linked to the CM7 page. If so thats an i9000 kernel and I think that will screw up the 3 button combo.
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I think I might have. Im not sure thought
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Try flashing one of the 2.3 compatible kernels built specifically for the Vibrant. That might solve your problem.
when i install a gingerbread rom, my 4 touch buttons dont work.. help?
dwight28 said:
when i install a gingerbread rom, my 4 touch buttons dont work.. help?
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Use power button to turn off screen and on but if it keeps happening, odin fresh and work up back to aosp rom
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xHoLyx said:
Use power button to press
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so everysingle time my phone boots back up i have to hold the power button and then use the 4 touch buttons?
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Use power button to press
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this worked only once.. can you go more into detals?
use my power button for what? instructions? thanks
It would help to have a more complete description of the problem. Specifically which GB ROM are you talking about? Exactly when and how are the buttons not working? etc.
drnihili said:
It would help to have a more complete description of the problem. Specifically which GB ROM are you talking about? Exactly when and how are the buttons not working? etc.
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every gingerbread AOSP rom. the "descriptive" problem is that the 4 touch keys just don't work. I touch it, doesn't light up or vibrate. just doesn't work.
Ive seen this to be a problem, and happened with any gb kernel I use. However, I just press my power button to put my phone to sleep. Wait a couple seconds. Power back on. Capacitive buttons work.
Can i safely flash Ultimate Gingerbang 0.2.1
A Community Rom
over UKB COMROM 2.1? Wipe data, dalvik, cache?
Thanks!!
hi people ,im new here so i may need some help here.. i have a samsung galaxy s2 and i just installed= [ROM][4.0.4][AROMA][OTA][TABLET MODE] D4 Rom v10 - D4 Theme Engine v4.0 [29/04/2012
the problem is that the menu button does notthing now...can i found a way to make it back a search button?
thank you !!!!
damian14 said:
hi people ,im new here so i may need some help here.. i have a samsung galaxy s2 and i just installed= [ROM][4.0.4][AROMA][OTA][TABLET MODE] D4 Rom v10 - D4 Theme Engine v4.0 [29/04/2012
the problem is that the menu button does notthing now...can i found a way to make it back a search button?
thank you !!!!
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Double check what model of phone you have. Most common cause of soft keys/menu keys/capacitive keys not functioning correctly is because you flashed a ROM not intended for your model of phone. (usually an SGH-I777 ROM on an I9100, or an I9100 ROM on an SGH-I777) Which is mild compared to the possibility of completely bricking the phone if the hardware is disparate enough.
That ROM you referenced ([ROM][4.0.4][AROMA][OTA][TABLET MODE] D4 Rom v10 - D4 Theme Engine v4.0 [29/04/2012]) is for the GT-I9100.
You only referenced the fact that you have a samsung galaxy s2. Well, there are over a dozen different models of Galaxy SII...
Look on the label under your battery. What does it say for Model?
thank you for answering,i do have the i9100 gt...
any ideas?thanks again!!
damian14 said:
thank you for answering,i do have the i9100 gt...
any ideas?thanks again!!
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Hmm. Do you have a lock screen, and a menu when you home power for 1-2 sec?
Flash another ROM. Or flash this one again.
Probably because your tablet mode rom doesnt use the menu button but soft key.
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Hmm. Do you have a lock screen, and a menu when you home power for 1-2 sec?
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Do you mean if I press the home button? If I press the home button it shows all the open applications or pages that are still open...
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damian14 said:
Do you mean if I press the home button? If I press the home button it shows all the open applications or pages that are still open...
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Sorry, that was an auto correct. I meant hold power, not home power.
atifsh said:
Probably because your tablet mode rom doesnt use the menu button but soft key.
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Thanks, The question is if there is a way, by settings, to change the menu button to be the search button again... Thanx again
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ctomgee said:
Sorry, that was an auto correct. I meant hold power, not home power.
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If I press the power button for half a second it locks the phone. If I press for 2 seconds I have a menu with :turning off, reboot, plane, etc...
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damian14 said:
If I press the power button for half a second it locks the phone. If I press for 2 seconds I have a menu with :turning off, reboot, plane, etc...
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I'm on the wrong track.
So you're saying the Menu soft key does absolutely nothing?
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I'm on the wrong track.
So you're saying the Menu soft key does absolutely nothing?
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When I press the menu button it doesn't matter if it's for a second or two... There is a menu with 6 options coming up :add, notifications, settings, search, etc
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damian14 said:
Thanks, The question is if there is a way, by settings, to change the menu button to be the search button again... Thanx again
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My bad, think you should ask this in the rom thread your using. May be the developer will help you out.
But this time fix your title to proper question.
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atifsh said:
My bad, think you should ask this in the rom thread your using. May be the developer will help you out.
But this time fix your title to proper question.
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I cannot comment there because I'm new here...
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damian14 said:
When I press the menu button it doesn't matter if it's for a second or two... There is a menu with 6 options coming up :add, notifications, settings, search, etc
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You said in your OP that it does nothing... But in any case, I agree with atifsh. Sounds ROM related. I'm on stock, and when I hold the menu button, if the search option is available, it will open.
Thanks anyway!
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After installing foxhound my phone asked me if I wanted to disable the stock recovery flash or something like that I really cant remember, I selected yes because I wanted the foxhound not the stock rom. Now my phone wont turn on at all. Please help!
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After installing foxhound my phone asked me if I wanted to disable the stock recovery flash or something like that I really cant remember, I selected yes because I wanted the foxhound not the stock rom. Now my phone wont turn on at all. Please help!
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Able to get into download mode (Volume - + Home Button + On/Off)?
The Firestorm7 said:
After installing foxhound my phone asked me if I wanted to disable the stock recovery flash or something like that I really cant remember, I selected yes because I wanted the foxhound not the stock rom. Now my phone wont turn on at all. Please help!
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Would be quite unlikely to hardbrick from recovery flash, especiallybif you flash right stuff for S3....can you get to download mode, even if you cannot, try download mode combo and plug phone to odin, does it wreckingnize it? Does phone show something (galaxy s3 bootscreen) or screen stays compleetely black?
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Screen is completely black and will not start using (Volume - + Home Button + On/Off), does not appear on my computer when connected, does not appear on Odin.
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if you can't get into download, it's a dead mobo
A usb jig will help you if you can get your hands on one.
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I live in a rural area and I dont know what a usb jig is or how its used.
This phone cost more than the moon and the stars!!!! How am i ever going to fix this!!!!????
Have you tried taking the battery out and putting it back in? I had a similar issue with my note 2. I flash something and it was just a black screen. Power button, home button, and volume button did nothing for me. I took out the battery and put it back in and I saw the samsung splash screen and went back to the black screen. So I had to take the battery out, hold down the volume, home, and power button and push the battery in. It was a pain to do. Having a second person may make it easier. But give that a go.
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When you plug in the charger can you see phone charging or that green cell?
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The Firestorm7 said:
I live in a rural area and I dont know what a usb jig is or how its used.
This phone cost more than the moon and the stars!!!! How am i ever going to fix this!!!!????
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try this...
Klick
skim32 said:
Have you tried taking the battery out and putting it back in? I had a similar issue with my note 2. I flash something and it was just a black screen. Power button, home button, and volume button did nothing for me. I took out the battery and put it back in and I saw the samsung splash screen and went back to the black screen. So I had to take the battery out, hold down the volume, home, and power button and push the battery in. It was a pain to do. Having a second person may make it easier. But give that a go.
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Didnt work
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Didnt work
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When you take out the battery and out it back in, do you see the screen come on for a bit?
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I tried to install cm-10.1-M2 using CWM, latest version. I selected to have it wipe everything and to back up the original ROM. It failed because it couldn't "find" the ZIP. Something to do with the obnoxious way Samsung treats internal memory as "sdcard" and the actual sdcard as "external_sd." I said ****it and copied the ZIPs over to the internal SD and tried again. Did not wipe the second time. Now it is stuck on the Cyanogenmod boot screen and will NOT boot into CWM for nothing. Am I just screwed? Is there something I'm missing?
Solved: I was using the wrong button combo for recovery mode (it's power, volume up, AND volume down) and you have to do the factory reset/wipe AFTER flashing the ROM, not before. Thanks to everyone! I may feel stupid but I have a working phone with sweet sweet 4.2.2 now. :good:
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How are you trying to achieve booting onto recovery?
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Go back into recovery and do a complete wipe. Then see if she will boot.
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
How are you trying to achieve booting onto recovery?
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I've tried volume up + power + home plus a ton of variations. Everything I've found online says it should be volume up + power + home though.
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I've tried volume up + power + home plus a ton of variations. Everything I've found online says it should be volume up + power + home though.
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Listen how new are you to this? I'm not being smart just wanna help are you pressing up the power and middle button once you feel the power come on it should vibrate then let go of the power while remaining to hold the middle and volume. If you hold them all it never worked for me just a tip.
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stinkyp00t said:
I've tried volume up + power + home plus a ton of variations. Everything I've found online says it should be volume up + power + home though.
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jridda10121 said:
Listen how new are you to this? I'm not being smart just wanna help are you pressing up the power and middle button once you feel the power come on it should vibrate then let go of the power while remaining to hold the middle and volume. If you hold them all it never worked for me just a tip.
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I've got to wonder what we are working on here. My I717 has neither a home or middle button. Op ... Do you have the Note or the Note 2. Also wondering if you flash the proper rom for your phone.
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Power off your device. Then press the power button again and immediately hold both the volume up and volume down buttons until after the Samsung logo disappears. It should be really fast.
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
I've got to wonder what we are working on here. My I717 has neither a home or middle button. Op ... Do you have the Note or the Note 2. Also wondering if you flash the proper rom for your phone.
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Your right I'm used to being in favorites with xda app thought this was a s3 sorry. Misread.
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
I've got to wonder what we are working on here. My I717 has neither a home or middle button. Op ... Do you have the Note or the Note 2. Also wondering if you flash the proper rom for your phone.
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Thanks for working with me. On my phone, home is not a physical "clicky" button, it's one of the soft buttons along the bottom of the front to the left of the back buttom . I tried to link to a photo but I'm too new to be allowed to post outside links. If volume up + power +home isn't it, how do you boot it into recovery?
It's definitely a Note 1 AT&T and an I717. As for the ROM, I used the latest quincyatt from get.cm
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Hold down the volume button in between the up and down so you are pressing both and power. Once you feel the vibration release the power button. Another user in this thread had mentioned this but it seems it was over looked
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Adonisd said:
Power off your device. Then press the power button again and immediately hold both the volume up and volume down buttons until after the Samsung logo disappears. It should be really fast.
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I could have sworn I had tried that but... well, it worked. I feel stupid but I am grateful. I neglected the factory reset/wipe step after flashing the ROM. It's working now. Thank you very much.
rquiett said:
Hold down the volume button in between the up and down so you are pressing both and power. Once you feel the vibration release the power button. Another user in this thread had mentioned this but it seems it was over looked
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Yes, I missed it at first but I did eventually see, tried it, and it worked. Thank you all for your help. I can't believe I couldn't work that out on my own...
Panic mode .. lol ... Now finish by adding the word Solved into your title. Glad you got it.
Glad we could help!
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