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HTC Screen only on startup. Volume control faulty

I've got a curly one. I lost super user app so I was doing a restore through EXT4 boot as I have no working volume rocker.
The program got stuck and screen went black.
Upon restart , I get to the HTC screen of death and nothing else.
I cannot hold down volume and power button as volume button is shot.
Is there a way to connect through USB and fire up a recovery screen ?

i've got somewhat of the same issue - due to some water damage, my vol - button does not seem to function anymore. i would like to keep flashing ROMs, but am afraid of getting into a bootloop and not being able to access hboot. is there any way to bypass the vol- power button combo for getting into hboot?

I've got a faulty vol+ button here. No clue why.

ADB reboot recovery
My vol down is starting to go hmm I wonder what the fail rate is ? I smell a design flaw.
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Did a lot of reading on ADB recovery ... Installed Android SDK and rebooted into recovery where I was able to do a reinstall off the SD Card.... Happy chap here .... Thanks all

Installing ROM Manager from the market will also allow you to reboot your phone to recovery.

Agoattamer said:
Installing ROM Manager from the market will also allow you to reboot your phone to recovery.
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Yes but you have to be up and running to use it.
I use 4 ext boot which allows me to use recovery with out the need for a volume control. Just need power, menu and home . buttons.

RickEphraims said:
Yes but you have to be up and running to use it.
I use 4 ext boot which allows me to use recovery with out the need for a volume control. Just need power, menu and home . buttons.
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4ext is based on cwm. Cwm can use the soft buttons too.
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Broken power button!..Help!

Hello..
Any idea I can use volume button as power button??
My power button now broken..
I already tried anyunlock and fix power button broken but It cant solve my problems..maybe not compatible with ICS I think...
I want to flash CM9 but I cant root my phone without using power button...
anyone???

Try to open the cm9.zip with rom manager
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devgee said:
Try to open the cm9.zip with rom manager
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Then??after that???

The rom pre installation dialog will come up and ask you for various options like wipe dalvik cache
And then just click OK
But I can't guarantee you that this will work!!
How did you broke your power button
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I know of a method to remap your Power key to one of the volume keys, and one of the volume keys to the Search key. However, this remapping only sticks when the phone is booted into ICS. AFAIK the remapping won't help you once you're in the bootloader and trying to access recovery. It also requires root, which you said you don't have...
If you're still interested in this, PM me, and I'll edit this post with the aforementioned method.

devgee said:
The rom pre installation dialog will come up and ask you for various options like wipe dalvik cache
And then just click OK
But I can't guarantee you that this will work!!
How did you broke your power button
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Huh??I dont know....woke up from sleep...I cant use anymore..so sad..nexus s super fast phone

mine just crapped out too! what rom/kernel were you using? I recently installed pixie's and glados. The weird thing is that I can turn on the phone using the power button, but once on the power button does nothing.

vroomr4 said:
mine just crapped out too! what rom/kernel were you using? I recently installed pixie's and glados. The weird thing is that I can turn on the phone using the power button, but once on the power button does nothing.
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all just stock....
use all wake apps from market to wake your phone using volume button..
to turn off your phone use screen off from market..
my problems right now how can I root my phone with broken power button??

al_madd said:
all just stock....
use all wake apps from market to wake your phone using volume button..
to turn off your phone use screen off from market..
my problems right now how can I root my phone with broken power button??
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seems like my button just died completely. I was using stock for a while and the power button was acting up. Then I rooted and went with pixie, and this solved the power button issue. Then just yesterday it acted up again and today it was really erratic. and now it's pretty much dead. if you google "nexus s power button" you will see many people affected by this in the past few days.

i have the same problem, my power button is broken also cant bring it to the repair centre because i imported my phone. But as long as you already have clockwork recovery working properly, you can do pretty much anything: installing custom roms etc etc, in normal usage i use the app "fix broken power button" and that works flawleslly even on ICS.
and if you havent got clockwork recovery, i think there was a way to install it via adb fastboot, not sure how though....

Any idea how to root without power button??

Anyone willing to help me??

I can help
I too have a broken power button, and for me fastboot does not even work!
I have found a solution a made a script that all you need to do is launch with your PC! (credits to saurik for the exploit)
Hope this will help you
All you need to do, is run the script! Then, plug-in your phone (needs to be on with USD ADB DEBUG ON) and done!
You can download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?qhefhtgs20fdtsd
This will root your phone, and then you can afterwards flash ClockworkMod from the market and then reboot into recovery =)
A work of advice though, make sure to install CyanogenMod7 which has an option to unlock with volume button!
Peace be with you

constant reboot

my galaxy just wont boot anymore i can only see the boot logo and then restart again try to put it into download mode it boots into download mode but after a few seconds it reboot again into a boot loop.i tried to pull out the battery but once i put it back again it opens up and boot even if i didnt press the power button.Anyone encounter this same problem?any help is appreciated

Since the phone boots without pressing the power button it must be a hardware problem but you could try putting it into forced upload mode by pressing the volume up, home button, and power button. Then try flashing a ROM.
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Try to enter recovery mode ( volume up + volume down + home button + power) and wipe data
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gjhita1996 said:
Try to enter recovery mode ( volume up + volume down + home button + power) and wipe data
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remove the batt and leave your phone for 1-2 hours and then put it back again n see what happened..
try to get into recovery and wipe data/ cache / delvic-cache .. if its not worked then got to download mode and flash new rom...

It starts if you put the battery in? And won't stay in download mode? Maybe a faulty power button, constantly pressed? Maybe worth checking, opening up our G3 is really easy.

If none of these options work, take it in for repair
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Force upload to flash
(Vol^ + home + power button)
(If it works then you are on the easier side)
Start the phone in force upload and then connect the usb through odin
Flash zero fill.tar
Wipe data, cache and dalvik
Reboot in download
Flash another rom.
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Abhijeetsinghvsf said:
Force upload to flash
(Vol^ + home + power button)
(If it works then you are on the easier side)
Start the phone in force upload and then connect the usb through odin
Flash zero fill.tar
Wipe data, cache and dalvik
Reboot in download
Flash another rom.
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It reboots after a few seconds in download mode. Would you try flashing in that situation? Serious hardbrick risk that.

martialaw said:
It reboots after a few seconds in download mode. Would you try flashing in that situation? Serious hardbrick risk that.
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You cant flash a rom if the phone isnt in download mode. Odin wont recognise it.
Press thanks if I helped.

'Download mode' (vol DOWN + home + power ) and 'Force Upload mode' (vol UP + home + power ) being two different modes have slightly different capacities.
Mostly when download mode doesn't work, the force upload does work in case of flashing ROM.
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But it looks like a hardware problem so all he can do.is replace the power button
Press thanks if I helped.

Abhijeetsinghvsf said:
'Download mode' (vol DOWN + home + power ) and 'Force Upload mode' (vol UP + home + power ) being two different modes have slightly different capacities.
Mostly when download mode doesn't work, the force upload does work in case of flashing ROM.
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Apologies, I did not know that force upload mode even exists! You really got me there... what purpose has this mode?
I know it's OT, short comment or link will satisfy me^^

Fast Boot, Power button not working running Paranoid ROM v1.991

I recently flashed a Paranoid ROM (nightly build v1.991, Aug 21) downloaded using GooManager.
All worked fine initially, until recently the power button stopped responding/working.
I tried rebooting the phone by taking the battery out (I did not have to press power button, since it auto-starts), but it did not help.
I could enter the fastboot mode while rebooting by pressing Power button + Volume up button.
However in fastboot mode, the volume rockers (which work everywhere else, eg: recovery) along with power button, were not responding , also "fastboot devices" command did not recognize any device.
Now, to re-flash the Paranoid ROM or a stable ROM, I needed the power button in CW Recovery.
So I was left with a single option of flashing the Touch-CW recovery without fastboot mode.
I managed to do that using Terminal app (the one that opens the shell from the underlying kernel) from the ROM itself.
Now I could flash ROM using the Touch-CW recovery.
I tried re-flashing the Paranoid ROM, flashing a stable CM ROM but none helped.
Latter, I tried various drivers (PDAnet, Samsung, raw adb drivers from Android SDK) and toolkits to get the fastboot mode working but to no avail.
Note: The "adb" commands work correctly when the Nexus S is connected in USB debugging mode.
But no matter what the fastboot mode and the power button do not work!
Please help!
Details of device:
Nexus S, I9023, (SLCD version).
Kernel: 3.0.38-CyanogenMod
Jelly Bean v4.1.1,
Paranoid Android v1.991.
Update 1:
Recently I have updated to paranoid 2.0 (September 7) build. The problem still persists.
Update 2:
Nexus S has been bricked, I suppose!
It now does not start and gives no response to pressing of any combination of the keys(hard and soft).

bitflipster said:
I recently flashed a Paranoid ROM (nightly build v1.991, Aug 21) downloaded using GooManager.
All worked fine initially, until recently the power button stopped responding/working.
I tried rebooting the phone by taking the battery out (I did not have to press power button, since it auto-starts), but it did not help.
I could enter the fastboot mode while rebooting by pressing Power button + Volume up button.
However in fastboot mode, the volume rockers (which work everywhere else, eg: recovery) along with power button, were not responding , also "fastboot devices" command did not recognize any device.
Now, to re-flash the Paranoid ROM or a stable ROM, I needed the power button in CW Recovery.
So I was left with a single option of flashing the Touch-CW recovery without fastboot mode.
I managed to do that using Terminal app (the one that opens the shell from the underlying kernel) from the ROM itself.
Now I could flash ROM using the Touch-CW recovery.
I tried re-flashing the Paranoid ROM, flashing a stable CM ROM but none helped.
Latter, I tried various drivers (PDAnet, Samsung, raw adb drivers from Android SDK) and toolkits to get the fastboot mode working but to no avail.
Note: The "adb" commands work correctly when the Nexus S is connected in USB debugging mode.
But no matter what the fastboot mode and the power button do not work!
Please help!
Details of device:
Nexus S, I9023, (SLCD version).
Kernel: 3.0.38-CyanogenMod
Jelly Bean v4.1.1,
Paranoid Android v1.991.
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That's normal, because your power button is broken, that has nothing to do with the ROM. If you take a moment and search the web you'll see it's a very common problem for Nexus S.
Send your phone for repair if it's under warranty or if you're ready to afford the repair from Samsung. Otherwise you can fix it yourself if you have experience with small electronics, although I would advise against it.

Thanks for the quick reply. However, I'm able to start the phone in fast boot mode by holding down the power and volume buttons.
Also, any thoughts about the buttons not working in fastboot mode?
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bitflipster said:
Thanks for the quick reply. However, I'm able to start the phone in fast boot mode by holding down the power and volume buttons.
Also, any thoughts about the buttons not working in fastboot mode?
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Again, known problem. With a quick search you're able to find answers to these questions.
Whenever the power button breaks, often enough it will stay stuck as pressed in thus activated. Fastboot can only react to one button press at a time thus will act as if the power button was being held. The volume rocker will not be able to work as long as the power button is "held". And since it's broke, it's continually held, so you can't scroll.
You can technically and in practice live with the power button not working. Many people manage to do so.
-From within Android, you can reboot to recovery using either an app or an embedded menu in many custom roms. Using a touch recovery such as CWM 6.0.1.0 or 5.8.0.2 you can use it without any problem.
-To wake up your phone from sleep you can use volume rocker wake embedded in some custom roms.
-To put it to sleep you can use shortcut apps/widgets, a notification bar shortcut, let the timeout do it's work or use a proximity/light sensor app.

Thank you once more.
I am already doing well without the power button, by using volume rocket to switch on the display and touch CW recovery.
To clarify that power button is functional, I tried to enter fast boot mode by only holding down the volume up key, but couldn't enter it as power button was not pressed.
Also the volume rockers work properly in recovery, hence if the power button was continuously being pressed , they would malfunction.
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bitflipster said:
Thank you once more.
I am already doing well without the power button, by using volume rocket to switch on the display and touch CW recovery.
To clarify that power button is functional, I tried to enter fast boot mode by only holding down the volume up key, but couldn't enter it as power button was not pressed.
Also the volume rockers work properly in recovery, hence if the power button was continuously being pressed , they would malfunction.
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Does it work properly EVERY time (and I mean that) while in Android?
Fastboot and recovery are different beasts though. I've not heard of problems in recovery when the power button was stuck, unlike fastboot.
It's possible your power button hasn't failed you completely yet. They tend to be flaky at first then one day just out right stop working. Sims22 on these boards has one that works if he smacks his phone a bit, to give you an example.

yeah they work every time as I described.
Actually I'm trying to put back stock ROM in it , with stock kernel and everything else stock.
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I'm also having this issue. I'm able to get into boot loader. But volume cursor doesn't seem to work. It how ever works fine however in another other time.
I want to Odin. Since I restores everything completely to stock. How ever I cannot get into download mode at all. Tried adb. Different apps. And hold volume up/down while plugging USB
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BuLLeT_PrOOf_wAlleTz said:
I'm also having this issue. I'm able to get into boot loader. But volume cursor doesn't seem to work. It how ever works fine however in another other time.
I want to Odin. Since I restores everything completely to stock. How ever I cannot get into download mode at all. Tried adb. Different apps. And hold volume up/down while plugging USB
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I also tried ODIN and Nexus Root Toolkit. But was locked in fast boot mode. Then I pulled off the battery to reboot, and that was the last time the Nexus worked.

I recently opened up the nexus to verify that the power button is functional, it is working correctly.
I guess time for the Samsung service center guys to work on it.
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Nexus 5 D820 Bricked

Hi all,
My Nexus 5was running stock Android M till last week and I wanted Android N. So I rooted my phone installed TWRp and loaded android N by @santhosh. Everything went well but at times some apps kept crashing including TWRP. So I decided to to do a clean wipe. I did a clean wipe from recovery but after that my phone is not booting up. It's stuck on bootloop.
I am not able to boot into recovery mode also is there any way to save my phone?
Pardon my English.

Are you able to access the bootloader (hold power button + vol down until the phone boots)

I suggest using NRT to flash a stock ROM.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/go...olkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-8-3-t2517778

ErXBout said:
Are you able to access the bootloader (hold power button + vol down until the phone boots)
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No i can't. It will go to bootloader When I press volume down + power but only for a second or so.. After that it'll bootloop.

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audit13 said:
I suggest using NRT to flash a stock ROM.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/go...olkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-8-3-t2517778
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But my phone is not detecting when I Connect on my laptop

Cool Dad said:
No i can't. It will go to bootloader When I press volume down + power but only for a second or so.. After that it'll bootloop.
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Sounds like a dead power button?
Not sure, never had this problem.
But that is a common issue

The fact that the phone is not detected by the phone makes it difficult to re-flash a stock ROM.
If it is a power button issue, I recommend removing the motherboard, cleaning around the power button with pure isopropyl alcohol., quickly press and release the power button using a bit more pressure that usual, replace the motherboard, and try again.