Hi
I'm new here and got huge problems with my iconia a500 my volume buttons don't work they are loose when im buy it but they works without a problem but my grandfather made a mistake and throw it on the floor after that the button works at all but 2 days after they dont work. Is there a way to handle the tablet from my windows computer with a terminal or something else? Without these buttons i can't root or install a recovery i think.
I'm sorry about my crappy english
connect and use a USB keyboard
I tried this app LiGux Shutdown tool and it worked for me. Has on screen options for entering into recovery, etc.
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Hey people, I usually upgrade roms on my blackstone, been 2 years now, all fine, until yesterday after a task 29.{Ypsmav rom} My phone didn't want to start, eternal freeze on start up with the htc logo ..
Can you kindly help me please.Tried several HR, to no avail..
This happend to me, this is what i did to fix it:
Take the batery of the phone
Wait a few minutes and put the batery back on
With the USB Cable unplugged press the Volume Down button and then the Power Button
Plug the USB into the phone (Don't do anything else to the phone)
Run the ROM you downloaded
Select Task 28 and upgrade.
It worked with my Touch HD
task 29 completely formats your phone, including the rom partition, so of course it cannot boot into windows mobile, there is currently no windows mobile on it!
as already pointed out, you need to flash a rom again.
Hm, Got it resolved . Thxs anyway
Hey guys!
I hope it´s ok to use this thread for my question...
I have a big problem with my old Blackstone... I didn´t use it for a long time (because I got a HTC Desire and a Galaxy Tab). Now i started the phone, but it won´t boot. It stucks at the boot screen (HTC Smart Mobility)...
So far so good... So I thought, I´ll do a Hard Reset... Then I saw that the VOL-Buttons are broken... So, HardReset with VOL-Button won´t work.
Is it possible to flash the phone via USB (ActiveSync doesn´t work...)?
Or is the phone broken?
Thanks in advance for help!
Cya
without the use of the volume buttons, it is next to impossible to get the device working again, since your device does not boot into winmo nor can you access the bootloader mode to flash it. your only chance would be to get the volume keys working again, have you tried using them without the back cover and pressing them really deep?
Hey.
Yeah, I've tried to get the Buttons work again, but keys are definitly broken. Something seems to miss on the buttons, so I think the are broken...
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since you do have another phone, you might want to consider giving away/ selling your blackstone.
lately, i think there are more and more threads with people that have problems with their displays and/or digitizers and they might be willing to buy it for parts or you could donate it to the developers of xdandroid, so they finally have a device to test it on.
or you could search and download the htc blackstone service manual pdf and disassemble the device yourself to fix the buttons.
Blackstone freeze on startup after task 29
frsb said:
this happend to me, this is what i did to fix it:
Take the batery of the phone
wait a few minutes and put the batery back on
with the usb cable unplugged press the volume down button and then the power button
plug the usb into the phone (don't do anything else to the phone)
run the rom you downloaded
select task 28 and upgrade.
It worked with my touch hd
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it worked for me too bundle of thanks
whatsup.. big problem on my hands and iv'e Looked everywhere on here as much as i can to Find a solution to my problem.. witch brings me to here. -
Problem: My transformer TF101 was working and and fully functional Just a Couple of days ago,until it Froze up then Died while i was using it.. (note: it IS rooted and has a custom rom on it as well) .. so,i started it back up by just pressing on the power Button ,aaannndd it just got as far as the asus "inspiring innovation" welcoming screen.. and it stay there and goes no where else..
Iv'e tried different solutions like pressing power and holding volume up or volume down to get into recovery.. but all it does is Shut off,i TRIED (though i don't think i did it correctly) to do the NVflash (mine is compatible) but my PC will not Recodnize my Transformer's USB.. iv'e downloaded the USB utility as well and still nothing..
Can someone tell me what to do or at least help me out to get this sucker fixed.. its depressing not using my tablet lol. .. any help is awesome,thanks -
To get into recovery it's:
Push and hold Vol down plus power button
When you see words at top left corner
Immediately push Vol up within 5 sec
Try that and see if you can get into recovery
awesome man,its so retarted i forgot that lol.. but i have run into another Problem unfortunately.. i did exactly what you said and it froze i believe at the "booting recovery kernal image" screen :/
any suggestions ? or should i just turn it off again and Redo it?.
Is your tf nvflash compatible? (serial # B60 or previous and some B70).
Yupyup, I got a B40 -
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Hello all,
i have a very big problem to be solved. I know it has been discussed but i'm still unvailable to fix it. The problem is that i have magldr installed but my vol down button presses call button at the same time and vol up button presses home button at the same time, so i con not go back to windows mobile bootloader. Is there any way to force it from pc? It can be as difficult as possible i don't care i will handle it but i need to get back to windows mobile bootloader. So please guys help!
Another question is much simpler - when installing windows phone 7 to hd2 is it a must to enable 24mb + from services menu or it has no big difference? Because if it's not that important and without enabling it windows phone 7 would work fine - then i'm happy with that, because i am able to get to 5th menu in magldr 1 time from 50 tries but get to services (which is 8) and enable those additional mb(which are 5) is imposible without normally working volume buttons.
Sorry for bad english and please help me guys i know there is some way to fix my issues
hmm..
r0mka said:
Hello all,
i have a very big problem to be solved. I know it has been discussed but i'm still unvailable to fix it. The problem is that i have magldr installed but my vol down button presses call button at the same time and vol up button presses home button at the same time, so i con not go back to windows mobile bootloader. Is there any way to force it from pc? It can be as difficult as possible i don't care i will handle it but i need to get back to windows mobile bootloader. So please guys help!
Another question is much simpler - when installing windows phone 7 to hd2 is it a must to enable 24mb + from services menu or it has no big difference? Because if it's not that important and without enabling it windows phone 7 would work fine - then i'm happy with that, because i am able to get to 5th menu in magldr 1 time from 50 tries but get to services (which is 8) and enable those additional mb(which are 5) is imposible without normally working volume buttons.
Sorry for bad english and please help me guys i know there is some way to fix my issues
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i guess you should connect your turned off phone to the usb port and just keep presses the VOL DOWN..its gonna turn on by itself. In the RGB screen try to flash a winmo ROM..i think it will work..try that and let me know..
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i guess you should connect your turned off phone to the usb port and just keep presses the VOL DOWN..its gonna turn on by itself. In the RGB screen try to flash a winmo ROM..i think it will work..try that and let me know..
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no it does not, the phone understands input as vol down + call pause vol down + call pause etc so i'm unable to get to the bootloader. But i managed to install windows phone 7 so it works as a charm now and everything is ok, again thanks to XDA members! the thread can be deleted
Been trying for hours now to try and sort out an issue I am having. My S4 is damaged, the phone works but the screen and digitizer is broken. I want to check a few sms messages, access and control the phone from my PC and basically make a complete clone/image of my phone. I cannot for the life of my figure out how to do this.
I use windows 7, I have installed SDK tools, have ADB/fastbook etc. Device isn't found with ADB. Spent hours reading information about installing correct drivers, which I have done. No luck what so ever. The phone is not rooted, developers tools is not on, usb debugging is not on either.
I am starting to think this is a lost battle as I cannot sort this out.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Anyone? Is there no way to solve this problem? Tearing my hair out.
Best bet (given ADB doesn't work) would be to root the phone & get a custom recovery on (via Odin; this is might be very difficult if you can't somehow have the phone & PC recognise each other - you don't need to have had debugging on though) then do a nandroid backup (someone using the same recovery/version might be able to walk you through the button presses.
What S4 variant (model number) are we talking about ?
MistahBungle said:
Best bet (given ADB doesn't work) would be to root the phone & get a custom recovery on (via Odin; this is might be very difficult if you can't somehow have the phone & PC recognise each other - you don't need to have had debugging on though) then do a nandroid backup (someone using the same recovery/version might be able to walk you through the button presses.
What S4 variant (model number) are we talking about ?
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GT-I9505 is the model number that is displayed behind the battery. The screen is broke and so is the touchscreen (completely black). I tried to figure out via ODIN but that wouldn't recognise the phone either. I assumed you'd need to boot in recovery/download mode but because I cannot see anything on screen, when I do the volume down, home and power thing I do not know what to do next so the phone boots up normally. I know this because I have unread SMS and when phone loads my SMS tone goes off.
Really not sure how to get around this.
You're going to have to get it into DL mode somehow (don't need to use home button on S4, just vol down/power); try a jig. Once you've done that, then you need to get the phone & PC to recognise each other. If you're having problems with that, prepare to continue to do a lot more reading/trying stuff if you're having PC-side driver issues (there's a lot of threads on here re: the issue). There's also an 'Odin troubleshooting' guide in S2 General by Hopper8 which is worth looking at as much of the stuff he suggests also holds true for the S4 (except the firmware stuff, which is obviously different).
There's not going to be any quick & easy in this instance, I'm afraid. It's going to be hard work.
Edit - Also..USB board/port on the phone might also be damaged, so when you reach the point of having tried everything on the PC-side & everything you can possibly try on the phone-side, replace the USB board/port on the phone. This is quick/easy/cheap (<US$20) to do & might just enable you to get things done where everything else has failed.
Extra edit - And...A jig working (getting you into DL mode) or not is probably a good test of whether the USB board/port on the phone is still good; I.E if the jig works, the board/port is probably still good, if it doesn't, the board/port might be shot as well.
The USB is fine because when I plug the phone in when in normal boot it recognises the data storage. I will try to boot in DL mode. Are there any gestures my S4 will do when booting in DL? Vibrations? As I cannot see anything on screen that will indicate it's worked. I think that once I can get the phone to work with ODIN/ADB I will be good to go as I am relatively tech savvy.
Nope. You're going to by flying blind so far as having no screen/no vibrations in DL mode goes. You're going to be relying on the jig working, and once you hook it up to the PC & fire up Odin, you'll know straight away whether you've got a successful connection up & running (as screenshots in the many Odin guides on here will show you).
I see, will just have to keep trying.
So on the S4 it's hold power and volume up, then wait? or do I need to press anything else afterwards? Or is it power and volume down?
Thanks
No luck with download mode. Girlfriend has a note 2, and her method is Vol down, home and power button. Screen comes up almost immediately with confirmation. Volume up needs to be pressed to confirm. Tried to replicate with S4, no avail.
No luck with starting S4 in download mode. I have followed video on youtube. Supposed to be Vol Down, Home and Power button. Wait till vibrate and warning screen, then press up. Because I cannot see the screen I cannot see the warning screen. But I Hold for 4 seconds, release just after vibrate and then press up, but phone seems to boot up in normal mode.
Ok, finally in download mode, now what? I know it works because it installed new drivers and device manager states a samsung modem. Need to try and clone and do what I need to do ASAP and taking to store tomorrow to exchange for new one.
Any last minute ideas?
Thanks
ODIN3 v1.85 shows a yellow box, this is good right? I downloaded CWM from http://galaxys4root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries/
What do I need to do next, do not want to make this worse, I just need to enable usb debugging or at least be able to use adb, I am good to go from there
Only a few hours left? Surely someone knows what Flash I need to do to allow me adb access???
Right, go into recovery mode...adb now works.
What do I need to do to enable debugging?
Edit:
I can't get adb to work... error: closed
any ideas
If you cant get adb to work in recovery then youre out of luck.
Incase this happens with new phone, always have a remote access app like Cerberus installed. MightyText is a pretty nice app too.
I see, ok no worries. Thank you anyways
Hey all! I work in a tech repair shop and im having a hell of a time with this lenovo thinkpad we got in. the customers child set the lock screen and then forgot what it was, they want it to be factory reset BUT the lenovo doesnt ship with a compatible USB cord, only a wall plug. i have tried using power plus volume up button, power plus volume down button, both volumes plus power (this puts me into a kind of recovery mode but nothing shows up on screen, its for flashing new roms im pretty sure, abx or adx mode or something like that) i just want to be able to reset this device. i have looked EVERYWHERE and i can find NO help whatsoever, i have tried EVERYTHING that i have found online (including powering it on and pressing the volume up key right as it vibrates, ive been trying this for about an hour and a half now with no luck.) i just wanna get this device out of the store asap because its starting to piss me off. thanks in advance for any help guys!
How did you make out? I am having the same issue with this tablet.
if you have usb debugging enabled and your computer whitelisted, you can get into recovery using adb commands