So it finally happened - the power button stopped working completely.
This wasn't much of an issue until now , but now I have to flash a new ROM.
So my only question now is how do I reboot into recovery without using the power button?
you can use apps
Duke_X said:
So it finally happened - the power button stopped working completely.
This wasn't much of an issue until now , but now I have to flash a new ROM.
So my only question now is how do I reboot into recovery without using the power button?
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if you can use your phone normally, just install an app like rom manager. it should allow you to boot into recovery without using power button.
Solution
Many thanks!
I found the solution after Googling a bit.
Just open the Terminal Emulator and type su to give superuser access
Then just type reboot recovery and viola! You're done!
Duke_X said:
Many thanks!
I found the solution after Googling a bit.
Just open the Terminal Emulator and type su to give superuser access
Then just type reboot recovery and viola! You're done!
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You can do it from a computer too.
Must have android ask and place "adb reboot recovery"
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Duke_X said:
So it finally happened - the power button stopped working completely.
This wasn't much of an issue until now , but now I have to flash a new ROM.
So my only question now is how do I reboot into recovery without using the power button?
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But how will you turn your device on normally in case it powers off ? I would like to know as i feel mine is also going to have a power button failure sooner than later.
nayneshdev said:
But how will you turn your device on normally in case it powers off ? I would like to know as i feel mine is also going to have a power button failure sooner than later.
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you can power it up by connecting the charger and quickly connect/disconnecting. by doing this your device will get little jerk and it will power on
also you can reboot by giving the jerk by quickly putting battery out-in [when device is on]
:highfive::good:
or simple GoToServiceCenter
Yep, jerking it by attaching the charger when the battery is removed seems to be the only way to switch it on once your power button gives up.
Anybody has any other ideas?
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Hi everybody,
This is my first post here and I seriously hope someone can help me.
I unlocked my phone and was attempting to root it and flash Cyanogen's MOD. I flashed Armon_RA's recovery image into recovery partition using fastboot, but when I try to access it I'm getting an image of an android with a warning sign, which I can't post yet because I'm a newbie and mod's have to check my account... Once there the only thing I can do is remove the battery.
I've downloaded Armon_RA's img twice and from different sources and the same thing happens.
In terms of what I did, I tried to follow a step-by-step guide at androidandme.com, combined with Cyanogen's official Wiki.
I appreciate any kind of help,
Thanks!
BTW I'm on Ubuntu 9.10, in case it helps.
Took me like 4 times to flash the recovery before I got the care bear screen. Just keep flashing!
I just got it working right now and was about to post it had been fixed.
Thanks anyway!
Sorry for undigging this thread, but this thread is the first one which shows up when I searched for "android recovery warning".
I have spent the entire day trying to fix my Nexus One's recovery (I got stuck on the screen with a warning sign as well), with no success. Trust me, I tried (almost) everything possible to flash a new recovery/restore stock recovery.
What did work, though, was running fastboot flash recovery recovery.img 5 times in a row (remember to boot your phone in fastboot mode before sending these commands). That did the trick, and now I'm able to boot in recovery mode (Clockworkmod, by the way).
Thanks!
That warning ! IS the stock recovery.
albundy2010 said:
That warning ! IS the stock recovery.
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This.
Some people seem to be confused about what the recovery looks like.
albundy2010 said:
That warning ! IS the stock recovery.
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GldRush98 said:
This.
Some people seem to be confused about what the recovery looks like.
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So how can I do a hard reset from this stock recovery when there's no menu commands, how do you use the stock recovery?
I have an unrooted S On nexus one that I need to hard reset because it boot loops for some reason, but didn't want to have to root it.
orangekid said:
So how can I do a hard reset from this stock recovery when there's no menu commands, how do you use the stock recovery?
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Push the power button and volume up buttons at the same time
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Two buttons together ...
It is a common misconception that you have to push two buttons at the same time to activate some features. Trying to push them at exactly the same time is hit and miss and causes people to have issues.
In every case the combination is always hold one button down and then click the other button once ... much easier than clicking both together.
In this case I believe the combo is hold down power and then click Volume-Up once. (I may have it reversed).
OzCDN said:
It is a common misconception that you have to push two buttons at the same time to activate some features. Trying to push them at exactly the same time is hit and miss and causes people to have issues.
In every case the combination is always hold one button down and then click the other button once ... much easier than clicking both together.
In this case I believe the combo is hold down power and then click Volume-Up once. (I may have it reversed).
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It most likely is reversed. At least when you want to access the bootloader you want to hold down the volume down button (or maybe it is either volume button) and then turn on the phone. And with fastboot, you hold down the trackball as you turn on the phone.
I believe the volume up and powerbutton at the same was to "ok" the phone to apply an update.zip that was stored on the card (I remember doing that when I was running the Froyo build leaks from google).
OzCDN said:
It is a common misconception that you have to push two buttons at the same time to activate some features. Trying to push them at exactly the same time is hit and miss and causes people to have issues.
In every case the combination is always hold one button down and then click the other button once ... much easier than clicking both together.
In this case I believe the combo is hold down power and then click Volume-Up once. (I may have it reversed).
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bassmadrigal said:
It most likely is reversed. At least when you want to access the bootloader you want to hold down the volume down button (or maybe it is either volume button) and then turn on the phone. And with fastboot, you hold down the trackball as you turn on the phone.
I believe the volume up and powerbutton at the same was to "ok" the phone to apply an update.zip that was stored on the card (I remember doing that when I was running the Froyo build leaks from google).
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OzCDN is correct, it is: hold down the power button and press volume up (the reverse does not work), but pushing them both together still works
i was reflashing my DHD to fix some issues i was having with it, but the reflash (from cm7 to virtuous unity) has left me in a boot loop and i'm not sure how to get out of it as one ofthe recent problems with my phone was that the vol-down key isn't working.
is there a way to boot into recovery and reflash again without the use of the vol-down key?
i've tried abd, but the phone restarts before a point where abd with pick it up so i think i might be a bit stuck.
any ideas?
thanks in advance.
Battery pull
Connect phone to PC
Command prompt...... type in adb reboot recovery
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yvibes said:
Battery pull
Connect phone to PC
Command prompt...... type in adb reboot recovery
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vibe666 said:
i've tried abd, but the phone restarts before a point where abd with pick it up so i think i might be a bit stuck.
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nope, no abd access, tried that already.
is there anything else i can try?
Have you tried ROM Manager?
chrisnash said:
Have you tried ROM Manager?
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as i understand, he is stuck at bootloop.
try to use something like pen or toothpick to press vol down button(if you dont have cover press) and then try to boot in recovery.
If you can turn on your phone, download 4ext and touch recovery
vibe666 said:
nope, no abd access, tried that already.
is there anything else i can try?
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you could always just try running an ruu, it will continue retying adb commands for a set period of time. so just start running through it while the device is in the boot loop.
was stuck in a boot loop that was occuring before abd could see the phone with a non-functioning vol-down key so i couldn't boot into recovery.
However, it turns out that i was able to get a pin under the vol-down key and lift it enough to use the pin to press it during power on and was able to then get into recovery and do a full reset and re-apply a fresh firmware and it's working fine now (minus the vol-down key still), but thanks for all the tips and suggestions.
I think I bricked my brand new Nexus 4 I was trying to follow the rooting directions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993331
I was using the Clokcworkmod and I was unable to see the super su folder in the sd connection. and i rebooted it anyways. Now after reboot the phone doesnt start up It just hangs at the X symbol at the startup.
As suggested, I also tried to reboot recovery, which also hangs
I'm super new to this, anybody, please help
I need 10 posts before I can post in the developer thread...so posting away
getsky said:
I need 10 posts before I can post in the developer thread...so posting away
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Just start again, sometimes it messes up, but you generally just start again with flashing the clockworkmod. Make sure the download wasnt corrupted by doanloading everything again though, although ignore the bit about adb rboot bootloader, you need to start the phone manually by use power + volume-down key combination to get into bootloader when its powered off and continue from point 5.
Thanks, I will give that a try
Ya dun goofd
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getsky said:
Thanks, I will give that a try
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Relac, its actually pretty hard to completely bust these things. Dont quote me on that though lol
Don't freak out. I'm sure you're fine.
Unlocking the bootloader on my N10 caused me to hang at the X. Wiping data fixed it for me. Try the following:
1. Reboot into Fast Boot
2. Select Recovery using volume rocker. Hit power to select. You'll get the android mascot with the red exclamation point.
4. Press Power and Volume Up at the same time.
5. Choose to wipe all data. Confirm the selection.
6. Reboot.
TheBishopOfSoho said:
Just start again, sometimes it messes up, but you generally just start again with flashing the clockworkmod. Make sure the download wasnt corrupted by doanloading everything again though, although ignore the bit about adb rboot bootloader, you need to start the phone manually by use power + volume-down key combination to get into bootloader when its powered off and continue from point 5.
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So I didn't originally flash the recovery image, just booted into it. So I tried that again, but there is nowhere to find the SU_BusyBox_Pack.zip. I tried the sideload method, but ADB can't find my device any more. It shows nothing when I do adb devices.
what else can I try ?
Were you able to try wiping data through the stock recovery?
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getsky said:
So I didn't originally flash the recovery image, just booted into it. So I tried that again, but there is nowhere to find the SU_BusyBox_Pack.zip. I tried the sideload method, but ADB can't find my device any more. It shows nothing when I do adb devices.
what else can I try ?
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I got stuck after just booting into recovery as well and immediately exit. Just use the volume key and change it until you see recovery, without going into it, I just fastboot flash recovery recovery.img from pc, then factory reset.
nyijedi said:
Don't freak out. I'm sure you're fine.
Unlocking the bootloader on my N10 caused me to hang at the X. Wiping data fixed it for me. Try the following:
1. Reboot into Fast Boot
2. Select Recovery using volume rocker. Hit power to select. You'll get the android mascot with the red exclamation point.
4. Press Power and Volume Up at the same time.
5. Choose to wipe all data. Confirm the selection.
6. Reboot.
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Yes that seemed to work. Thank you Thank you Thank you
I almost had a heart attack
getsky said:
Yes that seemed to work. Thank you Thank you Thank you
I almost had a heart attack
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Ha. No problem, man. I'm glad it worked. I've been there before.
nyijedi said:
Unlocking the bootloader on my N10 caused me to hang at the X. Wiping data fixed it for me. Try the following:
1. Reboot into Fast Boot
2. Select Recovery using volume rocker. Hit power to select. You'll get the android mascot with the red exclamation point.
4. Press Power and Volume Up at the same time.
5. Choose to wipe all data. Confirm the selection.
6. Reboot.
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hi,
first timer here. i tried to get root using clockword mod following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2019273, but failed and get android mascot with the red exclamation point. following the above till #4 : Press Power and Volume Up at the same time, didn't bring me anywhere but turn off the device.
what should i do to get root ?
thank you,
With 2.0.2 I can see all open apps by pressing square button. But I have to close 1 by 1. With 2.0 and 2.0.1 I could close all in 1 time by pressing cross button... Any solutions because with 4 gb ram the phone keeps a lot of open apps in memory.
But isn't that the point, keep apps in ram so it helps performance, drop them when more ram is needed. I would have the ram full all the time as long as it performs perfectly.
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Enable google app & you could see a cross button
me too. same concern. Google ia enabled already on app managemnt
Reboot into safe mode then reboot as normal. This should bring it back up. Worked for me.
gads83 said:
Reboot into safe mode then reboot as normal. This should bring it back up. Worked for me.
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safemode nailed it! thanks
I cant reboog into safe mode how you guys are doing it in OPT?
coldman1977 said:
I cant reboog into safe mode how you guys are doing it in OPT?
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1. Power down the OnePlus
2. Hold the power down button until Android starts to boot up
3. As soon as Android starts booting up let go of the power button
4. Then immediately start holding both the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons
5. Continue holding both Volume buttons until it boots into the OS
Once it fully boots up just reboot the phone as normal. No need to do anything else.
:thumbup:
It worked thanks a lot!
Nice one.
Didn't work for me
I rebooted into Safe Mode but the close all recent app option still doesn't appear. I have the Google app uninstalled, do I need to install it for this option to show up?
Yeah I would try that
no luck yet
Installed Google app, restarted in Safe Mode and still no close recent apps option.
What OS are you running?
gads83 said:
What OS are you running?
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Oxygen OS 2.0.2
shannanea said:
Oxygen OS 2.0.2
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OK and you followed this?
1. Power down the OnePlus
2. Hold the power down button until Android starts to boot up
3. As soon as Android starts booting up let go of the power button
4. Then immediately start holding both the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons
5. Continue holding both Volume buttons until it boots into the OS
Once it fully boots up just reboot the phone as normal. No need to do anything else.
gads83 said:
OK and you followed this?
1. Power down the OnePlus
2. Hold the power down button until Android starts to boot up
3. As soon as Android starts booting up let go of the power button
4. Then immediately start holding both the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons
5. Continue holding both Volume buttons until it boots into the OS
Once it fully boots up just reboot the phone as normal. No need to do anything else.
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I have already booted in Safe Mode and rebooted the device. Still doesn't work.
Maybe try and reflash the OS and see if that fixes it.
Hi all, I have been using CM for a long time, but I accidentally deleted the system and data and all the partitions, now I am trying to recover and I am not able to recover. What strikes me is that I try to enter the TWRP mode, I can not, or even Download Mode, nor can I run the adb command (because the phone is off). What happens is that also my power button has problems, when I put the battery, the cell phone turns on automatically, the question that I ask is will it interfere in not booting in recovery and download? Incidentally, when I put the battery at the same time I click on the Home and Volume-, it opens the warning screen on custom Os, but when I press the volume+ button nothing happens besides restarting and flashing in the bootlogo.
Desperately I need your help.
There's not much you can do without download mode. And if the power button is the problem, then I suggest fixing it somehow.
Pwnycorn said:
There's not much you can do without download mode. And if the power button is the problem, then I suggest fixing it somehow.
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Fixed
Power Button problem!
Everything is fine now