My power button failed on me (hardware, not the screenshot bug) so I completely removed it then went doh, I need that to turn the phone on! Anyways, other than adb turning the phone on, what kinda options do I have in order to get it to turn on?
Pulled from a Droid 2 thread, not sure if relevant.
3. So you need to SBF, but don't know how to get into the bootloader without the power button?
Simply plug the phone into your computer. Sometimes if the phone is already off, it will automatically boot into the bootloader. However if the phone is already on, just use the ADB command "adb reboot bootloader"
If your not good with ADB, simply pull your battery, replace it, and while holding the "up arrow" on your keyboard, plug the phone in and it will reboot into the bootloader.
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Here's the link.
EDIT: Just experimented, the "adb reboot" does work! Just plug the phone into the computer, and type adb reboot into the terminal/cmd prompt!
EDIT 2: Just saw you didn't want an ADB solution.
ground_sniper said:
My power button failed on me (hardware, not the screenshot bug) so I completely removed it then went doh, I need that to turn the phone on! Anyways, other than adb turning the phone on, what kinda options do I have in order to get it to turn on?
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I think you have to get back the powerbutton, else its a no-go on the sensation.
Send it back for repair will be a nice option
Lol, I guess I'll just wait until they start selling replacement parts for the Sensation. I can't go a week without my baby. /addiction to Robot Unicorn Attack
It's fine without one, just every now and then my phone crashes and goes into a reboot loop but I just updated my rom so I'm hoping for the best.
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The power button on my phone recently has stopped working. I need to get it warrantied, but I am running CM 10.2. I need to Odin back to stock, but I can not get into Download Mode or the recovery. When I go into Download mode, the initial screen pops up, the one where you choose to hit up to continue, or down to reboot normally. After I hit up, the screen goes black and nothing happens.
I really need to get back to stock, as Bestbuy are being dicks, and demanding I do a factory reset before they send my phone in.
Anything? I still need help on this.
Pompsy said:
Anything? I still need help on this.
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This has been covered at least 10 times in the past few months we need a sticky. Take your battery out hold your phone so the power button is facing a table or floor and slam that side a few times it should work again (Temporary). You might need to hit it on the surface really hard 10-20 times before it works. Just not to hard or else you might crack the screen. I used a mouse pad to soften the impact. This trick no longer works for me so I ripped the button off. After about a month of doing this I needed to use things that would only hit the button to make it work. About a month after that nothing worked so I just took it off the motherboard and now boot from a off state by plugging into the wall and enter odin mode deny the prompt and it kicks me into a workable state.
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This has been covered at least 10 times in the past few months we need a sticky. Take your battery out hold your phone so the power button is facing a table or floor and slam that side a few times it should work again (Temporary). You might need to hit it on the surface really hard 10-20 times before it works. Just not to hard or else you might crack the screen. I used a mouse pad to soften the impact. This trick no longer works for me so I ripped the button off. After about a month of doing this I needed to use things that would only hit the button to make it work. About a month after that nothing worked so I just took it off the motherboard and now boot from a off state by plugging into the wall and enter odin mode deny the prompt and it kicks me into a workable state.
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I can get into the system just fine. When I go into the recovery or download mode, it doesn't stay in that mode. I tried the banging thing, and it made my power button go from intermittently working, to not working at all.
keep doing it until it works. The button is sticking that is why it reboots/stopped working.
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I can get into the system just fine. When I go into the recovery or download mode, it doesn't stay in that mode. I tried the banging thing, and it made my power button go from intermittently working, to not working at all.
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It sounds like your power button is physically broken, and it is activating intermittently, which is stopping the phone from entering download mode. My only experience with this problem is my own phone but ultimately mine got so bad that I had to rip the button off the motherboard, as ThePagel did. Your symptoms sound the same as mine.
You can try this procedure to get into recovery, which works for me without a power button. You will probably have the same problem you are having now with the phone rebooting on its own before you actually get into recovery, because the power button is activating.
1. Take the battery out of the phone and unplug it from USB power.
2. Plug in USB power.
3. While holding down the volume-down button and the Home button, insert the battery (this is a little tricky).
4. The phone should start and warn you that you are entering Download mode. If you want to use Odin to return to stock, do that now.
5. If you want to get into Recovery instead, press Volume Down to reboot and then *immediately* push and hold Volume Up and Home simultaneously. The phone should reboot into recovery. Mine does.
If that doesn't work, and you can't get a new phone without returning it to stock, then prying the power button off the phone's motherboard may be your only solution.
Guys!
This would be my 1st time here. I've never faced any sort of problem with any of my android devices but this one.
My phone got lost a week back. So, I used "android device manager" to wipe/lock the phone but I think it didn't as the phone was switched off all this while.
So, some gentleman found my phone and returned it to me just today. I put it up for charging. It popped up 0% battery screen and turned on after 10-15min.
As soon as the boot animation(earth/buildings) finished it jumped to a black screen that is not going away. If I press the power button for a few seconds, it reboots and come back to the black screen after boot animation.
It has been on charging for last 3 hours.
So my questions are
1) Can I make back up of the data without turning it on/formatting it?
2) How can I make it to work?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Okay, heres an update!
I let the phone idle for 2-3 hours. The battery got drained out completely. I tried turning it on. The LED blinked a couple of times and stopped blinking. I put the phone up on charging and the LED came up(stable this time).
0% battery screen come up. Phone boots up automatically after 5-10min and get stuck on blank screen after boot animation.
BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
Has anyone here, faced this problem yet?
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Guys!
This would be my 1st time here. I've never faced any sort of problem with any of my android devices but this one.
My phone got lost a week back. So, I used "android device manager" to wipe/lock the phone but I think it didn't as the phone was switched off all this while.
So, some gentleman found my phone and returned it to me just today. I put it up for charging. It popped up 0% battery screen and turned on after 10-15min.
As soon as the boot animation(earth/buildings) finished it jumped to a black screen that is not going away. If I press the power button for a few seconds, it reboots and come back to the black screen after boot animation.
It has been on charging for last 3 hours.
So my questions are
1) Can I make back up of the data without turning it on/formatting it?
2) How can I make it to work?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Okay, heres an update!
I let the phone idle for 2-3 hours. The battery got drained out completely. I tried turning it on. The LED blinked a couple of times and stopped blinking. I put the phone up on charging and the LED came up(stable this time).
0% battery screen come up. Phone boots up automatically after 5-10min and get stuck on blank screen after boot animation.
BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
Has anyone here, faced this problem yet?
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Your phone might be stucking on a screen with blue coloured earth.
Looks like you have an locked bootloader. The process is really hard with that .
Try booting your phone to fastboot mode (press volume down+power key for sometime ). From fastboot menu scroll down to recovery option and long press volume up until the phone vibrates(here volume down works to scroll down and volume up work as OK button.) Now from CMD (adb) in your PC type the command "adb pull /data/apps/ C:\Moto/"without quotes, it should copy all your apps to the Moto folder in C drive. Then type the command "adb pull /data/data C:\Moto/data/"without quotes, it will copy all your apps data to given folder.
P.S. The whole process may take 2 hour so be patient .
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Your phone might be stucking on a screen with blue coloured earth.
Looks like you have an unlocked bootloader. The process is really hard with that .
Try booting your phone to fastboot mode (press volume down+power key for sometime ). From fastboot menu scroll down to recovery option and long press volume up until the phone vibrates(here volume down works to scroll down and volume up work as OK button.) Now from CMD (adb) in your PC type the command "adb pull /data/apps/ C:\Moto/"without quotes, it should copy all your apps to the Moto folder in C drive. Then type the command "adb pull /data/data C:\Moto/data/"without quotes, it will copy all your apps data to given folder.
P.S. The whole process may take 2 hour so be patient .
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Thanks for the reply!
So, now the problem I'm facing is that "when I type adb in the terminal, it shows an error message "adb server is out of date. Killing!"
And as for the phone, the phone goes blank after the blue colored earth. No response whatsoever!
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Thanks for the reply!
So, now the problem I'm facing is that "when I type adb in the terminal, it shows an error message "adb server is out of date. Killing!"
And as for the phone, the phone goes blank after the blue colored earth. No response whatsoever!
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Is your bootloader locked or unlocked. If you done nothing with your phone means it is locked.
Now coming to your point. The message "adb server is out of date, killing adb server" comes normally, no need to worry about that. Make sure when you type the commands when you're in recovery mode and not in fastboot mode, from fastboot you need to boot into recovery then only the adb will work.
If your bootloader is unlocked you should first flash a custom recovery then backup your phone from there. And you can get your phone working by doing a factory reset of it, in fastboot menu of your phone scroll to factory option and long click on volume up key and reboot your phone.
Got strucked in same problem.
Had to do factory reset to get it working.
Long story short. I finally got brave enough to root my phone. I did it successfully. then I think I killed it . http://forum.xda-developers.com/dro...-droid-razr-m-xt907-183-46-15-t3030852/page58
Then, while trying to get the Verizon wireless hotspot hack to work following these directions, http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-m/general/guide-faq-how-to-root-boot-unlock-t2869432, I got to step 2 and for some reason the changes wouldn't save. so after doing some searching, I read that another person had tried another superuser app and was able to save their changes. So, I downloaded the superuser app and took off the original super SU. Then I kept getting an error that said, I didn't have root access. So I downloaded the original app. I had before from the play store and proceeded to replace it. The app installed fine and then said that the device needed to be rebooted. I hit okayand the phone turned off.
It never turned back on. Pressing the power button for any length of time will not turn on the device. When I press the power button along with the down volume button and hold them after releasing the Motorola logo comes up and then the phone goes dark again. like it's off. It doesn't have any blinking indicator lights nothing. When it's connected or disconnected from the computer. My PC makes chiming sounds like normal, even though the phone looks like it's completely off.
When I plug it into a charger, it stays completely dark, with no indicator lights like it's off. While its plug-in if I push and hold the power button still nothing. if I push and hold the power button and the volume down button, while it still plugged in,the Motorola logo comes up and then nothing again like it's powered off. The second time I repeat that procedure. The battery indicator comes up showing that it's charging. And just to let you know that the first time when all this happened and I saw the battery indicator it was charged at 80% still, so that's not the problem.
so my question is, did I brick my phone? is it permanently bricked? Is there anything I can do about it? or should I just look for a new one?
thank you for any help you could offer.
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Long story short. I finally got brave enough to root my phone. I did it successfully. then I think I killed it . http://forum.xda-developers.com/dro...-droid-razr-m-xt907-183-46-15-t3030852/page58
Then, while trying to get the Verizon wireless hotspot hack to work following these directions, http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-m/general/guide-faq-how-to-root-boot-unlock-t2869432, I got to step 2 and for some reason the changes wouldn't save. so after doing some searching, I read that another person had tried another superuser app and was able to save their changes. So, I downloaded the superuser app and took off the original super SU. Then I kept getting an error that said, I didn't have root access. So I downloaded the original app. I had before from the play store and proceeded to replace it. The app installed fine and then said that the device needed to be rebooted. I hit okayand the phone turned off.
It never turned back on. Pressing the power button for any length of time will not turn on the device. When I press the power button along with the down volume button and hold them after releasing the Motorola logo comes up and then the phone goes dark again. like it's off. It doesn't have any blinking indicator lights nothing. When it's connected or disconnected from the computer. My PC makes chiming sounds like normal, even though the phone looks like it's completely off.
When I plug it into a charger, it stays completely dark, with no indicator lights like it's off. While its plug-in if I push and hold the power button still nothing. if I push and hold the power button and the volume down button, while it still plugged in,the Motorola logo comes up and then nothing again like it's powered off. The second time I repeat that procedure. The battery indicator comes up showing that it's charging. And just to let you know that the first time when all this happened and I saw the battery indicator it was charged at 80% still, so that's not the problem.
so my question is, did I brick my phone? is it permanently bricked? Is there anything I can do about it? or should I just look for a new one?
thank you for any help you could offer.
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Hello! Can you get into recovery or bootloader screen?
StrangerWeather said:
Hello! Can you get into recovery or bootloader screen?
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no I can't
rahmyers said:
no I can't
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Without access to the bootloader it is going to be difficult. I recommend you post your question in the dedicated help forum for your device, in case you can get some help from there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr/help
Good luck!
I have had my OPO for about 4 years and am currently running Lineage 18.1 with no issues. However the Power button on the phone stopped working and will not do anything. I inadvertently put it in Fastboot and cannot get out of Fastboot and reboot to normal. I have tried adb to see if I could do a reboot there but it is not detecting any devices. Before this incident the phone was unlocked, in developer mode with usb debugging set. Is there some other sequence to try. I have tried vol down and plug in usb, and vol up and plug in usb, and held vol up and down and plug in usb but none have worked. Any suggestions please.
Update: I just got Fastboot on the PC to reboot the phone. Yea. The Power button is shot. It has been in a case for years and I hardly ever use the Power button anymore. Don't know why it has failed, no abuse, maybe lack of use. Thanks anyway.
If I take the button out, does anyone know if the inner switch could be pressed with something to turn it on and off. I assume there would be somethin like that although I have not been inside one of these before. If I ever lose power on the phone I will not be able to turn it back on without the power button/switch.
(TLDR: OnePlus5, power button not responding, volume buttons physically damaged, USB debugging not turned on, can connect phone via USB to PC, but nothing more. Want to turn on USB debugging to boot via ADB. Or boot any other way, if possible.)
Hello everyone,
Let me tell you the short story of the horrible mistake I made today. I was not able to put my phone to sleep using the power button, which seemed odd. I had dropped it before, so I got suspicious. At some point, I managed to long-press the power button and went: "Oh, looks like the button is working. Lets just restart the phone, I am sure it will all be fine again." ...
Oh, boy – was I wrong. After shutting down the phone, I was not able to restart the phone using the power button. It was not responding, just like before, when I couldn't put the phone to sleep. It was at this point that I noticed, that my volume buttons are physically damaged. By now probably everyone can imagine where this is going. The power button does not respond, the volume buttons – which I need to boot into recovery mode – are physically broken. So I am now sitting in front of a black screen. I am not even 100% certain that it is off.
I know how to use ADB. However, not if USB debugging is not turned on. I never did this on my private phone, as I had no use for USB debugging. I did turn on developer options at some point, but I never turned on USB debugging. The phone does get recognized by my PC, but not by ADB.
So here I am. The phone was working fine before I shut it off and I would like to at least turn it on to see what can be done from there. I am somewhat confident I would be able to boot it with ADB, but it seems there is no chance to do that, because USB debugging was never turned on.
Does anyone have an idea how to go about fixing this issue? As a last resort, I thought about visiting a repair shop, to see if the power button could be circumvented after removing the phone's shell. But are there any other suggestions, before I dump €50 to pay someone that has the tools to open up the phone?
Cheers,
Bunny
Take it to authorized service center and let them try to fix it.
BTW:
IMO the 1st thing of all things every user should do when he gets a new phone is to immediately enable USB debugging ( aka ADB ) this because ADB is the door to phone's Android. And the best part: it costs nothing.
jwoegerbauer said:
Take it to authorized service center and let them try to fix it.
BTW:
IMO the 1st thing of all things every user should do when he gets a new phone is to immediately enable USB debugging ( aka ADB ) this because ADB is the door to phone's Android. And the best part: it costs nothing.
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I probably wont spend the money on a repair shop. The screen is broken at multiple points. Who knows what is gonna happen when they open that thing up. I bought a very cheap temporary replacement and on the lookout for new options. Lesson learned. Turn on USB debugging – always.
A bunch of us here are pretty good navigating with with either a broken screen or broken buttons, but with both that's a challenge.
Some have even managed to enable ADB and authorization in the OS from TWRP.
If you already bought a replacement I'd open it up and see if you can get the buttons working again.
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Some have even managed to enable ADB and authorization in the OS from TWRP.
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Yes, it's easy to apply:
Android - Enable ADB from recovery
Android - Enable ADB from recovery. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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SMcC2 said:
A bunch of us here are pretty good navigating with with either a broken screen or broken buttons, but with both that's a challenge.
Some have even managed to enable ADB and authorization in the OS from TWRP.
If you already bought a replacement I'd open it up and see if you can get the buttons working again.
OnePlus 5 Volume and Power Button Replacement
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Yes, it's easy to apply:
Android - Enable ADB from recovery
Android - Enable ADB from recovery. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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After letting the power drain from the phone, I noticed that the power button is not actually malfunctioning. When I try to turn it on, I *do* get the message, that power is too low. The volume buttons are definitely physically beyond repair (would need to exchange), but the power button still works (as it looks like). So I can "turn on" the phone, but it does not boot correctly. (?) Does this new information tell us anything? I guess the biggest problem is that I can't make it into recovery mode without the volume buttons? I have tinkered around with the iFixit Toolkit in the past. I am not sure if I want to spend that time (and money, since I don't have the toolkit anymore).
Charge your phone for at least 30 minutes before trying to restart.
Charge your phone for at least 30 minutes before trying to restart.
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Charge your phone for at least 30 minutes before trying to restart.
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Yes, I did that. But it does not start. What I meant was: The fact that power button returns the "too low battery"-message, when the battery is empty, means that the button itself is not broken. I charged it overnight, but the phone remains in black-screen (and does not trigger the usual "vibration" upon turning on). So my conclusion is, that the button is working, but the still does not boot correctly.
AFAIK a phone only starts Android OS if its battery charge level is >= 5%.
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AFAIK a phone only starts Android OS if its battery charge level is >= 5%.
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Alright, but what does this tell me? The error message appears when I let the battery drain purposefully. The OS still does not start after charging overnight (without any error message, just black screen).
Battery might be defective.
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Battery might be defective.
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This...
Or a board may be damaged, etc...
If you think the power button is working have you tried holding it down for 30 seconds to see if the phone will reboot, or vibrate, or anything?
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Battery might be defective.
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Or a board may be damaged, etc...
If you think the power button is working have you tried holding it down for 30 seconds to see if the phone will reboot, or vibrate, or anything?
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Yup, I have tried holding down the button for minutes. Also, I believe the phone is charging. After leaving it connected over night, I need to wait approx. a full battery cycle to produce the "battery too low"-message again. The only thing the power button allows me to do, is produce the "battery too low"-message.
I guess the damage is more severe than I initially thought. I already bought a cheap, temporary replacement. I think I won't pursue this issue further. I guess I could try to flash it, but without recovery mode (no volume buttons) or USB debugging that sounds like quite an undertaking.
Thank you two for trying to help out!
Cheers,
Bunny