I just recently acquired a Droid X and the camera button doesn't work. I managed to get it stock rooted but I cannot flash custom roms since the cmr uses the camera button to select options. The Droid Eris had track ball problems so someone modded the recovery so the volume keys would scroll and the home key would confirm the selection. Can someone help?
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Easiest thing you can do is check and see if your phone still has a motorola warranty. If it does you can send it to them and they will repair it for free.
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately the device is out of warranty. I had this similar problem with my Eris an a gracious developer had helped everyone that had a defective device.
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are you in GB?
and if your just going to do backups and recovery
i think you can do them directly from ClockWorkMod's app
all you need is root
I'm on Gingerbread rooted stock. I have rom manager installed, clockwork mod recovery, and bootstrap 2 installed. When I tried to install rom from SD card from rom manager it went to recovery.
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oneders65 said:
I cannot flash custom roms since the cmr uses the camera button to select options. The Droid Eris had track ball problems so someone modded the recovery so the volume keys would scroll and the home key would confirm the selection. Can someone help?
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Same situation here.
I'm a noob so I can't post links yet, but googling BOARD_HAS_NO_SELECT_BUTTON clockwork recovery samsung pulls up a link to a rootzwiki.com post by koush suggesting what's required during the compilation of clockwork recovery to accomplish this (define BOARD_HAS_NO_SELECT_BUTTON as true.)
Where can one find an android developer type to create such a custom build for Droid X? I'll pay a small bounty.
Thanks for any pointers.
In CWM recovery just scroll through the options 3 times (keep clicking up or down volume) and it will say something about "Go Back Enabled" then you can use the power button to select.
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In CWM recovery just scroll through the options 3 times (keep clicking up or down volume) and it will say something about "Go Back Enabled" then you can use the power button to select.
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Thank you! Now I feel like a real n00b for not finding out about that feature in any my searches.
Booted into CWM recovery and tried it out. Sure enough, after three rounds in either direction, I get the message "Back menu button enabled." But I still can't select menu items. Here's what the Droid X buttons do (after "Back menu button enabled" appears):
* Menu, Home, Power: Toggles to blank (black) screen and back
* Back, Search: No action
CWM Recovery version v2.5.0.6
I tried this and it did not work for me. Did this work for anyone else?
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Check the last line of my post ;-) after you get the back button enabled message you use the power button to select, you no longer use the back button instead there's now an option to "go back" at the end of each list.
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gorf1000 said:
Check the last line of my post ;-) after you get the back button enabled message you use the power button to select, you no longer use the back button instead there's now an option to "go back" at the end of each list.
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Thanks for your infinite patience with a n00b, but after the "Back menu button enabled" message appears I still cannot select with any of the buttons (including power), and no additional menu options appear (see attached screenshot.) Pressing power button blanks the screen.
Are we discussing different versions? Mine is v2.5.0.6, installed via Droid X Bootstrapper app from the app store.
No Recovery Luck Yet
I still cannot get this to work either....
Sorry, that may be our problem. I'm using 5.0.2.0 installed with MIUI 1.12.30.
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Within rom manager download the latest recovery. Reboot into the old version and then choose to flash zip from sdcard. Navigate to clockworkmod download/download.clockwork.com/recoveries and then choose v5 blah blah. This should get you to newest one in that session and you can try the method above
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Reboot into the old version and then choose to flash zip from sdcard.
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Alas, we can't select from menus since our camera buttons are broken.
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Alas, we can't select from menus since our camera buttons are broken.
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Ya after I submitted it I remembered broken camera button! lol. My bad..Have you tried flashing the new recovery through Clockwork?
How far back version of cwm recovery will work?
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I have tried with latest v5 and still no scroll three power button option working.
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You can try this thread RZrecovery Try flashing the zip when your booted into your current ROM.
I have not tried this recovery. I wonder if this recovery uses the power button to make selections in recovery. Getting into cmr is not the problem. The problem is making selections in recovery because the camera button doesn't work.
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So I am trying to install update.zip to root my vibrant but the power button is broken with JI6 z4mod patched kernel. I am trying to root the phone and I have the update.zip in both sdcard and sdcard/sd folders. I am looking for a way to install update.zip in recovery mode without power button.
Is this possible using ADB on a nonrooted device? I have already tried this without success....
Also, I can't use adb remount since I dont have root access.
Code:
adb shell recovery --update=sdcard/update.zip
Anyone out there found a solution to this? The power button on my Nexus One is completely shot, and luck would have it that I voided my warranty to replace a smashed digitizer shortly before it started to act up, so no love from HTC.
I get by with WidgetLocker, which allows wake-via-trackball, so I haven't yet sprung the US$50 to buy a replacement power button/upper circuit board on eBay. I wanted to apply the Gingerbread update.zip to my phone, but I haven't yet found a way to do that without having to use the power button somewhere in the procedure.
Advice?
Google Nexus One
Android 2.2.2 FRG83G
Rooted using SuperOneClick v1.7
Thanks!
you don't "install a update.zip"
You leave it on your external SD Card that you mount on your computer. and thts that.
Okay read your question one more time..
Here's what you do.
This rooting method doesn't require you to go into Recovery at all.
Use a program called "super one click root" it some-how which idk, puts a superuser app on your app drawer, and if the superuser app is there, your rooted. so try that. I'll edit this post if i find the link. hold up.
found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Are you able to
adb reboot recovery
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Are you able to
adb reboot recovery
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That will work to get into recovery, but then how does he select anything in the menu?
Ahh, so simple, yet I neglected.... This seems tough
I am not familiar with this mod z4 kernel... Is there not a revert?
Why don't you root with super one click, then use rom manager from koush to install a new kernel?
No power button needed. (I think)
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Is the physical power button broken, or is it software broken?
If it's software wouldn't an odin to jfd fix it? To access d/l mode without power button, run "adb reboot download".
If its the physical button...i don't know if this works on stock recovery but I was able to use the back button to select in clockwork red. I didn't have the stock recovery long enough to remember if it works on it.
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Yeah, if you are stuck on a kernel with bad button mapping then you should probably just odin out.
jamaroufi said:
Why don't you root with super one click, then use rom manager from koush to install a new kernel?
No power button needed. (I think)
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Agreed, I think through ROM manager you have to select flash rom or something to that effect, but it will let you flash any .zip including a new kernel
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Wow I created this thread 4 months ago. Great to see the community has evolved and a lot of folks are here to help
::facepalm::
I'm mad I didnt notice the OP date smh....hope it worked out for you.
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jamesd86 said:
::facepalm::
I'm mad I didnt notice the OP date smh....hope it worked out for you.
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same lol i thought this was a recent thread.
haha, it's alright, glad you didn't create a new thread. It's all consolidated in here now
I am assuming this may be something simple to most but I can't figure it out.
In the rooted version of GB I just flat out can't get into CWR.
I have tried all different button combos at startup as well as the Reboot into recovery option in Rom Manager and just can't get there.
Suggestions?
Use the droid 2 bootstrap,i was having problems with the rom manager one too, the droid 2 bootstrap works fine
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D2 bootstrap worked for me as well
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D2 bootstrap worked for me as well
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Gotta mirror? Site link is down.
Just get it from the market, you have to party but at least it's going to a great dev
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I wholeheartedly agree he is a great dev! And for that I have already donated a considerable amount of cash to his beer fund.
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Just get it from the market, you have to party but at least it's going to a great dev
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I'm sorry...I just had to comment because this made me laugh. I'm assuming you meant 'pay' but just the mere thought of having to party for an app made me chuckle. I'll party for apps all day lol.
See my signature for free apps.
Problem solved. Thanks everyone
I found out that if you turn off debugging on the phone the DX Bootstrap will work fine.
Phone Hangs on Motorola Logo
Hi folks,
I flashed a ROM through ROM Manager and told it to back up, wipe, etc... it went through all the steps... backed up the old ROM... installed the new one..
Now it hangs on Boot at the Motorola Logo. Won't go any further and the phone will not boot back into Clockwork Recovery. All that happens is the default Blue recovery panel comes up and only lets me select to flash update.zip.
This of course does not work and installation aborts.
Any ideas here?
Thanks,
Chris
maly01801 said:
Hi folks,
I flashed a ROM through ROM Manager and told it to back up, wipe, etc... it went through all the steps... backed up the old ROM... installed the new one..
Now it hangs on Boot at the Motorola Logo. Won't go any further and the phone will not boot back into Clockwork Recovery. All that happens is the default Blue recovery panel comes up and only lets me select to flash update.zip.
This of course does not work and installation aborts.
Any ideas here?
Thanks,
Chris
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When you get into stock recovery, perform a factory reset/wipe multiple times. It works the same as Clockwork on this aspect.
I have the same problem. Ron manager never got me into cwm. I can use bootstrap to get into cwm but it will only allow me to use the volume buttons. When I use the power button it will appear to work but all that happens is the screen flashes. I have Uninstalled Rom manager but I think I have to delete the cwm file for it to actually function. Anyone have some ideas.
Hi there, I got my Transformer about a week ago and the Powerbutton was somehow not ok, it took some power to lock/unlock screen etc yet i didnt really care. now it wont function at all (to turn it of i had to push it against a damn wall).
So i understand its a problem with the button and not the software and I want to go and replace it, problem is that two days ago i flashed modaco's rom. is there any way to return to STOCK WITH the broken powerbutton? how can i go to recovery in that case anyways?
also, maybe i can remap the button to "both volume buttons pressed" or something of the sort?
thanks in advance!
Connect to pc/mac with the android sdk install. Send these commands to it.
Adb reboot recovery
Or
Adb reboot.... It will reboot hold down volume button and it should go into recovery.
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I see, now remains the problem of how to flash it to stock firmware.
I think you can put the stock update zip on the root of your sd card and flash it in recovery.
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But the problem is when choosing what to do in recovery mode. The choice is made by pressing the power button.
When you reboot into honeycomb with the update on the root of the card you should get a notification of a system update. Try that.
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david279 said:
When you reboot into honeycomb with the update on the root of the card you should get a notification of a system update. Try that.
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Are you sure it safe to just apply an update on a custom ROM? I don't wont it completely bricked.
Oh your rooted. Didn't know that. Kinda don't know now.
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Flash the attachment, reboot your device. This will give you stock recovery
Next you need to download one of the FOTA update (any version will do) from ASUS's site and rename it EP101_SDUPDATE.zip and put it in the root of your MicroSD. Now you need to boot into recovery and press volume up within 5 seconds so it'll flash the recovery ROM.
Hey guys.
Sooooo sorry if i am missing something obvious.. Im trying to do a backup after a fresh rooted .605 from Tom Tools thread.
Rooted fine. (see superuser)
Downloaded Rom Manager
Clicked Flash Clockworkmod Recovery
Chose Droid X
Said it did
Reboot into recovery just boots back to the OS.
Is there something between here and there I need to do?
just downloaded bootstrapper for droidx....now it boots to a black screen.
mrhunters said:
just downloaded bootstrapper for droidx....now it boots to a black screen.
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You must use Droid 2 Bootatrapper instead of the Droid X version.
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ok thanks. got that , got into recovery... now the camera button doesnt (or any other button) select an option. i can just toggle up and down using vol keys
looks like my camera button is broken and I just called to find out my warranty expires in 6 days! I'm not usually a lucky person so that is pretty lucky for me
Will revisit this with the new phone
ok so this might have to be a new thread but.
I unrooted since it will be going back on Monday.
I need to get rid of SU and from what i read i have to sbf or use maderstcok - OTA 2.3.340 update.zip
Both guides NEED the camera button......
Is there another way?
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ok so this might have to be a new thread but.
I unrooted since it will be going back on Monday.
I need to get rid of SU and from what i read i have to sbf or use maderstcok - OTA 2.3.340 update.zip
Both guides NEED the camera button......
Is there another way?
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You shouldn't need the camera button to SBF.
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you need it to get to stock boot loader....
at least thats what the guide says.?
mrhunters said:
you need it to get to stock boot loader....
at least thats what the guide says.?
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If on Gingerbread, holding both volume keys and pressing the power button gets you into bootloader mode. I believe it's different if you're on Froyo.
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that worked... sbf'ing as i type this.
Motorola FLIPSIDE MB508 hard reset
To perform a Factory Data Reset
1. Open the Applications TrayÂ
2. Touch Settings
3. Scroll down and touch Privacy
4. Scroll down and touch Factory Data ResetÂ
5. Touch Reset Phone
If you are unable to navigate through the menu to perform a factory data reset, you can follow the steps outlined below:
1. Power off your phone
2. On the hardware keyboard
3. Hold the X key and then hold the power button
4. When you see the Moto symbol you can release the power key
5. Hold the X key until you see a triangle with an exclamation point
6. Press the key labeled Fn (lower left corner of the keyboard in landscape, upper left in portrait) and the T key at the same time
7. You will now see a menu on the screen
8. Use the hardware keyboard cursor keys (lower left in portrait mode) to move the blue highlight to the various selections. You want to highlight "wipe data/factory reset"
9. Press the return key (to the right of the OK key with the phone in portrait mode) on the hardware keyboard to select the option that is highlighted.
10. Use the cursor keys to highlight YES from the next menu.
11. Press the return key to complete the selection
12. The phone will begin to reset. WAIT until it says it is complete
13. When it is complete you will see the the menu again, select "Reboot system now" with the cursor keys
14. Press the return key to reboot the phone.
Enjoy
using custom recovery will provide more useful functions
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using custom recovery will provide more useful functions
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Not for those of us unlucky ones (maybe I'm the only one) that the custom recovery will NOT work for. No matter what I try, it wont mount data/recovery, so no backup can be made or flashing a custom rom. Plus I have a new problem. Had to rsd the sbf back and now I can't even gain root on the phone.
What os are u on now? Also what methods have you tried?
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What os are u on now? Also what methods have you tried?
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I've got the froyo on it. When trying to root, I've used the method that worked for me originally, superoneclick. It just keeps not responding on my windows 7 machine but didn't use to. As for the recovery, I did exactly as laidaxins post but it would give me that above error on the phone. I have tried getting help from laidaxin and winsuk to no avail. I even tried getting ahold of romracer to build a proper recovery since I can donate my flipside for the cause, but haven't gotten a response from him at all.
Use z4root go to 4shared.com and search for it there. Then download and install it. Make sure usb debugging is on and unknown sources is checked. Then run z4root and let it sit. Let me know if that works for you.
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Use z4root go to 4shared.com and search for it there. Then download and install it. Make sure usb debugging is on and unknown sources is checked. Then run z4root and let it sit. Let me know if that works for you.
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Gotta be a member to download.
Edit: found the apk here on xda. Doesn't work. At step acquiring root shell, it just closes out. Upon reboot, no superuser. Wasn't meant to be I guess. It was rooted at one time, but guess it just got tired of being told who the boss is.
Just join its free lol
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Just join its free lol
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Lol. As I said tho I found it but it doesn't work. :thumbdown:
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Lol. As I said tho I found it but it doesn't work. :thumbdown:
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super one click is the easiest way to root ( i used the newest version and 100 % success)
and u must root before install any custom recovery
phapsubongtoi said:
super one click is the easiest way to root ( i used the newest version and 100 % success)
and u must root before install any custom recovery
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That didn't work either like it did in the past on my win 7 machine. The program stops responding on killing daemon server.
Superoneclick doesn't always work. That's why I recommend using other options. Also there is a one click root for the Droid x Droid 2 etc on droidforums I have used it on many different Motorola's with a lot of success.
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Superoneclick doesn't always work. That's why I recommend using other options. Also there is a one click root for the Droid x Droid 2 etc on droidforums I have used it on many different Motorola's with a lot of success.
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Would it be droidforums.com?
Yes
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