Hi guys,
So my Nexus One has suddenly become unresponsive to my touches
It'll boot up but wont respond via touch screen or trackball, so I can't unlock it or wake it after sleep.
It'll wake once plugged in.
ADB won't recognise it either.
The power button is broken, but I can get into HBoot by holding trackball (so it is working!) and putting the battery in and out.
Is there some way to go from HBoot to recovery so I can flash an old backup without the power button?
Or any other way to get into recovery?
Please don't let my baby die :'(
Thanks.
Oh and I think ADB isn't working because I have debugging disabled :X
My only current suggestion to to try to install Blackrose's hboot as you can select **** with the trackball instead of the powerbutton. From here you can boot into recovery like normal from hboot. I do not know of any command (if you can even enter any in) to reboot straight to recovery, my bad. But you say trackball is not working?
Can use the trackball to enter HBoot so it is working. It's just that neither the screen or the trackball work once the phone has booted up and at the lock screen.
Is there some .zip I can place on the SD card and then boot into HBoot which will automatically run and either take me to Recovery or factory reset?
EDIT: since the power button is broken I can't select any options in Hboot, only scroll through them using the volume keys.
Alright, I thought I had read this.
Going to try the passimg.zip trick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...des_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
Sweet that worked
Now have Froyo (brings back the memories...) Now to try a Nandroid back up.
Edit: Ok so that passimg.zip DOES unroot the phone too, so going to start the rooting process again.
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my phone is not starting in recovery mode but the phone is starting perfectly fine can somebody help me!!??
how are you "trying" to get into recovery mode?
im hitting the home and power button but it stays stuck on the g1 home screen
is the phone powered down (completely off) before you press both buttons at the same time while holding both until the g1 splash screen shows up?
yes its completly off it stays stuck on the g1 splash tough and when i power the phone normally it works fine
are you sure you are pressing both home (second to left button) and the power (far right button) at the same time and holding it till the g1 splash screen?
also try removing the battery and leaving it out for a little while after you power it down. then try again.
also is the phone plugged in as you are attempting to do this?
i tried all of that and no its not connected. i tried doing an update with jf updater and it would try getting root access but oncce again it would just freeze on the g1 splash
oh ic...
well you should stated that in your OP.
try re-flashing the build you want.
wipe before you do so for good measure.
how can i do that? if i cant get into the root screen? would i have to re root my phone again
well from what you've told me so far, sounds like there was a problem when or while you were updating through jf updater.
since i don't know exactly what you did or did not do to your phone.
just go ahead and re-root your phone using the dreaming file.
start from scratch.
that for sure will solve your problem.
what if its going straight to hboot mode when im pressing the camera+power button
when i turn the phone on pressing the camera+power button its taking me straight to the hboot mode
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what if its going straight to hboot mode when im pressing the camera+power button
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what do you mean what if...?
if you are trying to re-root your phone then umm i would suggest you reading the guide step by step that is linked in the HERE link i have in my sig.
reflash your recovery image.
Definitely reflash. Something went haywire. Hopefully you don't need to get a new phone
If your G1/HTC dream's home button stops working, here is a fix (kinda). Whenever you turn your phone on it takes you to recovery (Home+Power=Recovery), here is a fix I found after an hour of Googling and ****.
Method number two got me back into my phone, but if it turns off I need to be at a computer using fastboot to turn it on.
It's better than nothing, Rogers is pissing me off. A week after the 1 year warranty and this breaks on me. Anyone know any permanent fixes or is it a hardware issue.
RichieDaze said:
I have the same problem with the home key being stuck after humidity entered my phone. Which boots me straight to recovery mode. I have managed to recover my phone with the following steps:
YOU MUST HAVE ADB AND FASTBOOT INSTALLED IN YOUR PC!!!
1) If your phone has the home button stuck, you can't update or confirm anything with the Cyanogen Recovery! Because you need the Home button to confirm. So you must revert your Recovery back to JF's Recovery to use the recovery properly in this case.
2) I have tried for weeks to make the system bypass the recovery and have succeeded. YOU MUST REBOOT YOUR PHONE FROM RECOVERY TO BOOTLOADER. So use ADB to reboot in to Bootloader mode ( adb shell reboot bootloader ). Now that your in Bootloader mode, use the FASTBOOT commands ( fastboot reboot ) and voila, it bypasses the recovery.Make a script on your Winbows or Linux to make it as easy as one click!
If I have helped, please say Hi to my Android or give me a link to a replacement Daughter board...
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I seem to have a similar problem.
But some how, it boots up properly once in a while. But even after it boots up, I cannot go anywhere except the home screen.
If the home button is stuck, this is expected right?
Dont you have this problem?
I suggest you take the phone apart and replace the broken button.
Another thing that might be a little EASIER (without actually *fixing* anything) is to write your boot.img into your RECOVERY partition. If you need recovery, you can always "fastboot boot recovery.img". Having the regular boot image in the recovery partition *should* make it boot normal with a stuck home button. This way you don't need fastboot to normal boot the thing.
I tried opening it.
I opened the screws on the back side. But I could not figure out how to get to the home button from inside.
For some reason, I can boot in properly. (It goes into recovery sometimes. But if I switch off and wait for sometime, I can boot normally.)
My main problem is that once I boot, I cant get anywhere from the main home screen.
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I tried opening it.
I opened the screws on the back side. But I could not figure out how to get to the home button from inside.
For some reason, I can boot in properly. (It goes into recovery sometimes. But if I switch off and wait for sometime, I can boot normally.)
My main problem is that once I boot, I cant get anywhere from the main home screen.
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That makes sense, since as soon as you launch anything, the stuck home button will return you to home.
You may want to try harder to take it apart. You need to remove the circuit board in the "chin".
Do you know how to get access to the chin?
I could not figure that part.
When I opened the screws on the backside, I could not see anything that would lead me to the chin.
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Do you know how to get access to the chin?
I could not figure that part.
When I opened the screws on the backside, I could not see anything that would lead me to the chin.
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Here's the service manual:
http://mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/HTC Dream SM (A04).pdf
It will walk you through a complete disassembly and reassembly.
Thanks a ton!!
I will try and see if I can do something about the button
Is there a better way than opening up the phone? The home button on my G1 stopped working, so, I unrooted the phone, but now it's stuck on the Triangle/Exclamation point screen. I've been able to do Alt S, (Alt+w doesn't work, I think the w is also broken), but I can't reboot because it asks for home and back button to reboot. Any other suggestions?
Ok guys, this is not a pretty solution but what you can do is re-map your phone so the camera button acts as a home key and home key does nothing. It's a hack but it's a simple one and sure beats the hell out of replacing the whole phone.
Here's a thread with directions.
I tried remapping my home button to the camera button and once in the os it works, but still boots into recovery everytime and doesn't let me wipe, flash,etc with the camera button. It aborts....
Also, a quick tip I learned......If u keep booting into recovery just go to console and type reboot android. It'll boot normally.
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App
with the remapping the keys make sure you push all the .kl files and if you want to remove the home button from working at all remove the home button line from the .kl file.
You should also make sure that you re-map your home button to do nothing, otherwise it will not work.
Thank u jj972 for that quick tip atleast I can get out of recovery mode....
I am trying to do an nandroid back up. The instructions say to power off, then hold the "Home Key" and the power button untill you see the triangle.
I am holding the picture of a house next to the menu key. Is that the correct key?
My unit just turns on normally even if I am holding mentioned key, which is the wrong key cause it should not have power until the phone is on and unlocked.
Thanks for help.
chrstdvd said:
I am trying to do an nandroid back up. The instructions say to power off, then hold the "Home Key" and the power button untill you see the triangle.
I am holding the picture of a house next to the menu key. Is that the correct key?
My unit just turns on normally even if I am holding mentioned key, which is the wrong key cause it should not have power until the phone is on and unlocked.
Thanks for help.
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On the Droid 2 you have to go through a different way.
1. Make sure you have Koush's bootstrap app for the Droid 2.
2. Make sure you are bootstrapped via Koush's app.
3. Reboot to recovery through Koush's app.
You navigate menus with the volume buttons. You select with the camera button, and you go back with the power/lock button.
you can also utilize the keyboard arrows, use ok to select and delete to back up.
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On the Droid 2 you have to go through a different way.
1. Make sure you have Koush's bootstrap app for the Droid 2.
2. Make sure you are bootstrapped via Koush's app.
3. Reboot to recovery through Koush's app.
You navigate menus with the volume buttons. You select with the camera button, and you go back with the power/lock button.
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Ok, got it from the Market and it installed. I started it and did not know what to do, so I hit the first button, then the second button, then went to Backup/Restore and chose backup.
It is working as i type this.
Thank you so much
yes you would select backup. Once you do this it will backup to you backup folder on your sdcard. If you were to need to go back, you would utilize the restore option and select whichever backup you wanted to use.
if your phone is boot looping or anything to get into recovery:
-start up phone
-let the phone go to the bootscreen (the droid eye screen after the M logo)
-pull the battery out while in the bootscreen
-after a few seconds replace battery and boot up phone
-phone will boot into clockwork recovery
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if your phone is boot looping or anything to get into recovery:
-start up phone
-let the phone go to the bootscreen (the droid eye screen after the M logo)
-pull the battery out while in the bootscreen
-after a few seconds replace battery and boot up phone
-phone will boot into clockwork recovery
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Good advice. I believe there is a flag that gets set when you shut down the phone, and it only gets reset when you successfully boot. That way, if you boot loop, when you try to boot again it goes to recovery.
This also manifests itself sometimes when you flash a rom. Everytime you boot, it first goes into clockwork recovery, which is annoying, but fixable. This problem occurs because you need to bootstrap again which allows the flag to get reset when the OS loads.
only bootlooping when connected USB
I dont know what happened I simply had my phone attached to my pc in USB mode (after transferring music to the sd card via "media sync") and when I switched to 'charge only' and attached my head phones, my phone went into a boot loop. i unplugged USB cord and bootloop stopped... anyone run into this at all? kinda frustrating since now i apparently can now longer attach to my pc.
any help would be greatly appreciated
win xp
OTA stock 2.2
rooted w/bootstrap installed
i already attempted recovery
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update
apparently it was a problem w/my pc! it was giving me problems disconecting or even accessing my portable hdd as well.
so: Problem Solved
Hey guys,
So i am trying to put into recovery mode off reboot because i had a rom install that didnt run properly. When i do the volume down method, it goes to the HBoot screen, and immediately starts calculating some stuff on the screen, it doesnt let me scroll up and down to any other options. Am i missing something?
calculating stuff? when you get into hboot you should be able to push the volup or voldown to scroll to recovery and then press power to select. otherwise pull your batt. and put it back in then just plug the phone into a wall outlet or usb. if your on CM it will boot CM up automatically. (sort of a glitch, but in your case it might save you instead haha)
the calculating is just the bootloader looking for an update.zip. a few seconds after it finishes you should be able scroll down to recovery.
Problem Solved
When i let the update.zip load. It said to let it update, or press power to reboot.
It kept fast booting.. I think thats what the problem was.
Solved the problem by starting without the SD card mounted. Then once it loaded I was able to arrow up and down. Popped SD back in and was able to properly recover.
Thanks
hey guys just wanted to share and also for you all to keep in mind, today i turned off my g2 to changed the battery to a fully charged one (as i do everyday) thing is when i pressed the power button bootloader screen comes up! and it didnt said hboot, but fastboot instead
i removed the battery and tried again and same thing, tried to boot recovery, same result, vol +down and power button got me to hboot but after it checked my sd card for updates couldnt scroll through the menus
after being completly freaked out and searching xda for a recovery image i remembered that my trackpad didnt worked but last night was pressing by itself lol so i booted the phone up again to that fastboot menu and started pressing the trackpad hard and it work now i could scroll thought the menus selected reboot and everything is fine now
im posting this for you all just in case something similar happens
ty for sharing
can anyone one confirm that pressing the power button and the trackpad at the same time cause the phone to boot into bootloader with the fastboot selected?
its happening to me everytime i reboot my phone, i think the trackpad will eventually stop responding so i need to either remove it or fix it
I can confirm that trackpad + power button = fastboot menu.
Sent from my G2 running Cyanogenmod 7.
thanks a lot