What if it bootloops? - AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

Alright, I currently have a HTC Aria running CM9, I was going to purchase an HTC One X from AT&T. However, I have one question. If I root it, and the device begins to bootloop or hangs for any reason, how will I stop it? I wouldn't be able to remove the battery....

reboot to recovery by manual, n do reset.. hehe

beni.tyar said:
reboot to recovery by manual, n do reset.. hehe
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How would you go about that? Just power button and down volume button? Sorry, on my current phone the volume is broke, so I have to do it through CWM

FlyinHi said:
How would you go about that? Just power button and down volume button? Sorry, on my current phone the volume is broke, so I have to do it through CWM
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also you can push power button for 10 seconds or more, with a bit of luck phone will turn off.
But after that you still need volume button ...

I understand now, I didn't realize that there was a kill switch and that after holding the power button down for 10 seconds, the device turns off.

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Recovery troubles

I'm trying to root my phone and every time the phone hangs at the hboot screen. So today I manually entered recovery pressing vol down and power. I wanted to do a factory reset and try rooting again since I already have the OTA installed. Once in recovery I cannot navigate with the volume buttons. I have to remove the battery to even restart the phone. Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with the phone?
are you mixing up cwm with the bootloader?
mudknot2005 said:
are you mixing up cwm with the bootloader?
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I have yet to get the phone rooted, so its not cwm. Am I not able to do a factory reset with the bootloader or whatever it is I get into holding volume down and power?
@OP:
When u come to HBOOT menu, give it ~20-30 seconds to be responsive. Then Press power button once or twice, and it should start responding.
diablo009 said:
@OP:
When u come to HBOOT menu, give it ~20-30 seconds to be responsive. Then Press power button once or twice, and it should start responding.
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^^^ what he said ...
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Pressing the voldown and power button doesnt take you to recovery, thats hbooot, and why dont you just do a factory reset from the settings?

[Q] CWM manual enter?

Hey there folks Im new to The SK4G, Coming from a Motorola Cliq, Been deving for that for about a year and decided to start deving for the sidekick though i already installed cwm though im wondering how I can enter Recovery without doing it thru software? thanks!
volume down + power on
Tried that though when I hold on the Vol down and power sk4g logo blinks and when i let go it boots the phone to the current ROM
John_2k2 said:
Tried that though when I hold on the Vol down and power sk4g logo blinks and when i let go it boots the phone to the current ROM
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so it just boots up normally like it would when you only pressed the power button?
Vol down, Vol Up, Power, Camera.
sduvick said:
Vol down, Vol Up, Power, Camera.
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yep that button combination worked thanks dude
Not a problem, if you have any questions feel free to pm me
your right i changed my post. dont know why i thought that! thanks for the quick catch

Simple "Boot To Recovery" App?

So I flashed CleanROM 3.0.
The problem is, I always mess up the button presses when rebooting to recovery. On my Atrix (CM7), and my Transformer (Revolver), there was a simple "boot to recovery" option.
Anyone know of a method to get this done on the HOX?
Not really being a noob, but my fingers aren't very coordinated...lol.
silentecho13 said:
So I flashed CleanROM 3.0.
The problem is, I always mess up the button presses when rebooting to recovery. On my Atrix (CM7), and my Transformer (Revolver), there was a simple "boot to recovery" option.
Anyone know of a method to get this done on the HOX?
Not really being a noob, but my fingers aren't very coordinated...lol.
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In Clean ROM, just hold down the power button and choose reboot > reboot bootloader.
Or download a reboot app from Google Play such as Quick Reboot.
Quick boot works well
This is a bit silly but I can't seem to be able to get into the bootloader if my phone is off.
I can get into it by when it's on by holding Vol Down when resetting it but holding Vol Down while holding the power button when it's off doesn't seem to be working. If I let go of Vol Down, it just boots up normally.
most of the time I'm booting to recovery my phone is connected to my computer because I've just put a ROM on SD card storage
so I just adb reboot recovery
Ragingsheep said:
This is a bit silly but I can't seem to be able to get into the bootloader if my phone is off.
I can get into it by when it's on by holding Vol Down when resetting it but holding Vol Down while holding the power button when it's off doesn't seem to be working. If I let go of Vol Down, it just boots up normally.
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Don't let go of volume down at all until it's in bootloader.
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Ragingsheep said:
This is a bit silly but I can't seem to be able to get into the bootloader if my phone is off.
I can get into it by when it's on by holding Vol Down when resetting it but holding Vol Down while holding the power button when it's off doesn't seem to be working. If I let go of Vol Down, it just boots up normally.
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Disable Fast Boot (settings > power).
Yeah disable fast settings but I always have problems too. What I do, I hold power and volume down, and if it doesn't work I let go of power FIRST. Then the next time I try it almost instantly boots into BL. But most ROMs have "reboot into recovery" option under the reboot when you hold down the power button while the phone is actually booted up. Every ROM I've tried on here does including CM9.
Turns out I wasn't holding it down for long enough, especially compared to my old Desire which was much quicker.
Thanks.
Thanks guys, I completely missed the option in the power menu while hitting restart lol.
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[Q] my phone won't respond

Hello falks..
my HTC one x phone won't respond ..
this happened when I maybe disabled one of the system features by the Carot app ..
Now when I open the phone, I get a BLANK screen .. and I can't access any of the phone features .. and when I press the power button, it just restart and the same thing happen again and again.
I couldn't upgrade the system through my computer, because when I plug it, it says CHARGE only ! and I can't change it.
ssiiggaa said:
Hello falks..
my HTC one x phone won't respond ..
this happened when I maybe disabled one of the system features by the Carot app ..
Now when I open the phone, I get a BLANK screen .. and I can't access any of the phone features .. and when I press the power button, it just restart and the same thing happen again and again.
I couldn't upgrade the system through my computer, because when I plug it, it says CHARGE only ! and I can't change it.
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Can you get into TWRP?
Hold the power button for ~10-15 seconds (lights should start flashing) and hold down volume down.
You can let go of power when you see the HTC screen, but not volume down
absolutelygrim said:
Can you get into TWRP?
Hold the power button for ~10-15 seconds (lights should start flashing) and hold down volume down.
You can let go of power when you see the HTC screen, but not volume down
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yes, I was able to do so. But what should I do NEXT ?
ssiiggaa said:
yes, I was able to do so. But what should I do NEXT ?
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What ROM were you on? I suggest reflashing the ROM.
don't forget to flash the boot.img, then the ROM
absolutelygrim said:
What ROM were you on? I suggest reflashing the ROM.
don't forget to flash the boot.img, then the ROM
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It worked.. Thank YOU :good:
ssiiggaa said:
It worked.. Thank YOU :good:
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there's a button for that :crying:

[Q] Help, Phone isn't booting up

Hello all,
Slight problem...i just rooted my phone (ATT) did all that good stuff...and then when and flashed cleanROM's rom....cleared all the cashe etc....and now it seems that all my phone does it show the HTC start up page and go black. if i hold the power button, the lights on the bottom flashes about 7-8 times and then goes to the HTC start up page again. can someone help me get my phone working again?
Fastboot install the boot.img included in the Rom.zip
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or even better still, s-off then you won't need to worry about flashing boot.img ever again!
i can't get the phone into the bootloader or recovery. Is there another way i can get into that?
Azn_Noob said:
i can't get the phone into the bootloader or recovery. Is there another way i can get into that?
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To get into bootloader hold vol- while holding the power button. Don't let go until it reboots. It will now be in bootloader
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unforseenenemy said:
To get into bootloader hold vol- while holding the power button. Don't let go until it reboots. It will now be in bootloader
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You need to let go of power, but keep holding vol down. If you don't let go of power, nothing will happen (except the phone shutting off).
The most surefire way (works in just about any situation) is to hold power and volume down. Don't let go of volume down until I say so later. The capacitive buttons will flash after about 5 seconds. Then the buttons will stop flashing, the screen will turn off (if it was on). After that, release the power button, but keep holding volume down until the white bootloader screen shows up.
If the screen turns on at all, the phone will always be able to go to bootloader. Failure to get into bootloader is almost always a matter of the user not performing the button sequence properly, rather than an issue with the phone.

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