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Can't access bootloader menu

Howdy XDA, lurking for a few weeks now, first time posting.
I have a Vodafone Smart 2, which runs pretty much the same hardware as the Alcatel V860. I previously rooted it myself, removed crapware, blah blah. This worked fine until I updated the firmware through the Firmware Upgrade Manager, which restored all the crapware on my phone and somehow removed my root privileges.
Now, when I try to root using the same method I used to root the phone previously, I run into an error. Normally, I would root from a zip file on the SD card through the bootloader/recovery menu. Now, when I try to access this menu, I'm greeted with a message stating: 'All data will be lost, continue?' in various languages.
This obviously doesn't allow me to root my phone through the familiar method, which was, as far as I know, the only method to root this particular type of phone. I have tried using the sdk manager but this came up as a dead end.
I would be extremely grateful if anybody can give me any information or ideas as to how to root this phone again?
Cheers.

Maybe you're pressing the wrong buttons? I remember that if I pressed volume down + power button instead of volume up a different thing happened.

Scorpius666 said:
Maybe you're pressing the wrong buttons? I remember that if I pressed volume down + power button instead of volume up a different thing happened.
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Hi there, thanks for replying.
Normally I would hold the power & the volume + buttons, which would bring me to the bootloader menu. Doing so now just brings up the 'All data will be lost, continue?' message.
Interestingly enough, holding the power & the volume - buttons causes the phone to freeze on the android startup logo, which leaves me with no other option than the pull the battery and try again.

Can't you use adb reboot recovery or sth like that?
Sent from my GT-I9100 running CM10

MemoryController said:
Can't you use adb reboot recovery or sth like that?
Sent from my GT-I9100 running CM10
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Hi there, using the command 'adb reboot-recovery' simply refreshes the list that first comes up when you execute adb.exe within Command Prompt.
I am able to reboot using the 'adb reboot' command though, so the drivers must be in working order.

seanmaxwell99 said:
Hi there, using the command 'adb reboot-recovery' simply refreshes the list that first comes up when you execute adb.exe within Command Prompt.
I am able to reboot using the 'adb reboot' command though, so the drivers must be in working order.
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Hi there
do what you did using "adb reboot" dos command, but type in " adb reboot recovery " instead while the phone is on, phone goes off and on into boot menu , where you can do your rooting(update.zip) from sdcard.
hope that helps you,

Nexus S boot problem

Here's the problem..my Nexus S power button isn't working, so I was using other hardware keys to shut down, turn on and such. Now I got into a problem. I installed chainfire3d drivers and now the phone won't boot and since my power button is broken, I can't access recovery. I can get into fastboot but the volume up/volume down buttons won't work so I can't select the option "RECOVERY" plus my PC doesn't recognize that my phone is in fastboot (I'm using Windows 8, 64bit.)
Can someone help me with this, if it's possible? How do I get into recovery?
Thank you in advance.

SlashSpeed said:
Here's the problem..my Nexus S power button isn't working, so I was using other hardware keys to shut down, turn on and such. Now I got into a problem. I installed chainfire3d drivers and now the phone won't boot and since my power button is broken, I can't access recovery. I can get into fastboot but the volume up/volume down buttons won't work so I can't select the option "RECOVERY" plus my PC doesn't recognize that my phone is in fastboot (I'm using Windows 8, 64bit.)
Can someone help me with this, if it's possible? How do I get into recovery?
Thank you in advance.
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There might be several solutions to your problem. According to what youve written it seems that the powerbutton is stuck in the "ON" position, right? Meaning that the phone turns on when you insert the battery. It would also mean that in bootloader you cant select anything because the powerbutton is "pressed". Sadly if this is the case, having properly working drivers wouldnt help since phone wont be detected until the powerbutton is in the "OFF" position.
Case 1: powerbutton in "ON" position
Solution 1: Send your phone to repair. Sadly you will have to pay for that since your warranty is void (unlocking the bootloader voids the warranty as far as i know". Having the button unstuck would allow you to choose recovery with volume buttons and accept with power.
Solution 2: Since your warranty is void, do it yourself. NS disassembly is quite easy and theres nothing to be afraid of. In this case theres just some dust so once you také it appart and clean the powerbutton it should work again. Having the button unstuck would allow you to choose recovery with volume buttons and accept with power.
Case 2: powerbutton in "OFF" position
There are plenty of tutorials around here on getting drivers to work. General advice would be reinstall the drivers, try different ports, try to do it from other computer.
Hope this helps, good luck

cahir_cz said:
There might be several solutions to your problem. According to what youve written it seems that the powerbutton is stuck in the "ON" position, right? Meaning that the phone turns on when you insert the battery. It would also mean that in bootloader you cant select anything because the powerbutton is "pressed". Sadly if this is the case, having properly working drivers wouldnt help since phone wont be detected until the powerbutton is in the "OFF" position.
Case 1: powerbutton in "ON" position
Solution 1: Send your phone to repair. Sadly you will have to pay for that since your warranty is void (unlocking the bootloader voids the warranty as far as i know". Having the button unstuck would allow you to choose recovery with volume buttons and accept with power.
Solution 2: Since your warranty is void, do it yourself. NS disassembly is quite easy and theres nothing to be afraid of. In this case theres just some dust so once you také it appart and clean the powerbutton it should work again. Having the button unstuck would allow you to choose recovery with volume buttons and accept with power.
Case 2: powerbutton in "OFF" position
There are plenty of tutorials around here on getting drivers to work. General advice would be reinstall the drivers, try different ports, try to do it from other computer.
Hope this helps, good luck
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Hey, thanks for the help, much appreciated. I'll try to open the case and clean the power button if possible and see if it's gonna work then.
On the other note, after 3 hours of searching I finally found the right solution. When on the Google screen, Windows recognized the phone as "Nexus". I clicked on it in device manager and installed Android ADB interface driver (which I downloaded via SDK manager). Windows then recognized the device in cmd via adb and I could reboot into recovery with the command "adb reboot recovery".
What a relief! :victory:

SlashSpeed said:
Hey, thanks for the help, much appreciated. I'll try to open the case and clean the power button if possible and see if it's gonna work then.
On the other note, after 3 hours of searching I finally found the right solution. When on the Google screen, Windows recognized the phone as "Nexus". I clicked on it in device manager and installed Android ADB interface driver (which I downloaded via SDK manager). Windows then recognized the device in cmd via adb and I could reboot into recovery with the command "adb reboot recovery".
What a relief! :victory:
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Congratulations Never knew you can use adb while booting Good luck with the cleaning

Well I'm just..brilliant to say the least. After I fixed everything I tried to install the Chainfire3D driver again, this time with no EGL and well, same thing happened, no boot. Stuck on Google screen, just that this time, Windows recognizes the device as "google file-cd gadget usb device" not as "Nexus" or "ADB interface". Damn it...
Edit: Well, I'm clueless now...any help would be appreciated..

SlashSpeed said:
Well I'm just..brilliant to say the least. After I fixed everything I tried to install the Chainfire3D driver again, this time with no EGL and well, same thing happened, no boot. Stuck on Google screen, just that this time, Windows recognizes the device as "google file-cd gadget usb device" not as "Nexus" or "ADB interface". Damn it...
Edit: Well, I'm clueless now...any help would be appreciated..
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well get in to fastboot menu and original flash firmware
should i take u step by step? or u have some idea of fastboot?

uxmanz said:
well get in to fastboot menu and original flash firmware
should i take u step by step? or u have some idea of fastboot?
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I can get into the fastboot menu, but I can't use the volume up/down buttons and I don't think that my computer recognizes the device in fastboot at all, because of the broken power button. If you could help me somehow, then I would really be in your debt.

SlashSpeed said:
Well I'm just..brilliant to say the least. After I fixed everything I tried to install the Chainfire3D driver again, this time with no EGL and well, same thing happened, no boot. Stuck on Google screen, just that this time, Windows recognizes the device as "google file-cd gadget usb device" not as "Nexus" or "ADB interface". Damn it...
Edit: Well, I'm clueless now...any help would be appreciated..
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Asking for it aren't you?
Chainfire isn't compatible with Jellybean. Seriously.
Google-file CD Gadget USB Device is what becomes detected as "Nexus" later in the boot process. Have you tired detecting devices with adb devices?

polobunny said:
Asking for it aren't you?
Chainfire isn't compatible with Jellybean. Seriously.
Google-file CD Gadget USB Device is what becomes detected as "Nexus" later in the boot process. Have you tired detecting devices with adb devices?
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Yeah...learned it the hard way..I'm too stubborn sometimes. Chainfire3D actually worked on CM10 on the Optimus Black, seems like here it wasn't the case..
Anyway, about that, yeah, I did and it doesn't detect it. Can I somehow turn the CD gadget USB device back into Nexus, like it was before or?

SlashSpeed said:
Yeah...learned it the hard way..I'm too stubborn sometimes. Chainfire3D actually worked on CM10 on the Optimus Black, seems like here it wasn't the case..
Anyway, about that, yeah, I did and it doesn't detect it. Can I somehow turn the CD gadget USB device back into Nexus, like it was before or?
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I believe you could always enter download mode and ODIN back to stock in the worst case scenario.

polobunny said:
I believe you could always enter download mode and ODIN back to stock in the worst case scenario.
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I tried that, but nothing happened, I couldn't enter download mod, probably because the power button is broken and it's probably on "ON".

SlashSpeed said:
I tried that, but nothing happened, I couldn't enter download mod, probably because the power button is broken and it's probably on "ON".
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If you can enter bootloader mode you can enter download mode.

polobunny said:
If you can enter bootloader mode you can enter download mode.
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I can enter download mode by holding down Volume Up and Volume Down together right? It doesn't work sadly..

SlashSpeed said:
I can enter download mode by holding down Volume Up and Volume Down together right? It doesn't work sadly..
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Make sure your phone is connected to your PC. Then hold VOL down and press power if I recall correctly. It might be both volume keys together that you hold, but either way you need to make sure you phone is connected to your computer.

polobunny said:
Make sure your phone is connected to your PC. Then hold VOL down and press power if I recall correctly. It might be both volume keys together that you hold, but either way you need to make sure you phone is connected to your computer.
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Tried both, with just volume down and volume down + up and nothing. My phone was connected to the PC. I can only enter the bootloader..

SlashSpeed said:
Tried both, with just volume down and volume down + up and nothing. My phone was connected to the PC. I can only enter the bootloader..
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If you hold the middle of the volume key while connecting the USB cable (not pressing power) do you see anything?

polobunny said:
If you hold the middle of the volume key while connecting the USB cable (not pressing power) do you see anything?
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I can't do that, because as soon as I plug in the battery the phone turns on..but yeah, I tried what you said and nothing.

SlashSpeed said:
I can't do that, because as soon as I plug in the battery the phone turns on..but yeah, I tried what you said and nothing.
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Ah obviously. I'm out of idea here, someone else might chime in. Other than making the power button work, you might have thrown yourself into a real problem this time.

polobunny said:
Ah obviously. I'm out of idea here, someone else might chime in. Other than making the power button work, you might have thrown yourself into a real problem this time.
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If nothing else helps, I guess I'll just send it to a repair center for the power button. I wanted to do that anyway and I sadly I have a real reason.. :/
Polobunny, I appreciate your efforts though.
Edit: Took my phone to a repair center, screw it.

[Help] Bricked my Nexus what's next? :(

Hi, this situation is kind of strange and I hope it's just the battery and not the whole goddamn phone.
What I'm dealing with at the moment is:
The phone doesn't boot
When plugged onto charger or USB cable it boots but stuck at Google logo after a blink and stays there. Also, Home, Back and other buttons are lighten.
When "forcefully" put into fastboot mode, e.g. after plugging it onto USB and instantly pressing Vol Up + Power it stuck there as well, volume rocker no more response neither does the power button. Also, I notice there are no commands at the end like "USB int" etc we see normally.
Fastboot or ADB returns no device found
Please help. I personally believe it could be due to battery, what do you guys think?
Thank you.

As long as you can see the google logo, your device is not bricked. GIve more useful information; like your computer operating system, the last thing you did before this happened, etc.

ej8989 said:
As long as you can see the google logo, your device is not bricked. GIve more useful information; like your computer operating system, the last thing you did before this happened, etc.
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Thanks. My OS is Windows 8.1 Update 1. The last thing was to install UPDATE-SuperSU to root so that I can install ROM Manager to update Recovery but the installation was aborted so I attempt to flash it via Fastboot with success. Then, wanted to install SlimKat but it couldn't let me mount USB storage so that I can put the .zip file. I, then stupidly click on install via ADB but didn't know how to go back so I pulled the battery and powered up; used ADP push command to transfer said the file, but again for some reason I had to pull the battery and since then I am in above position.
Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk

Put the device in bootloader and plug it into the computer, be patient, my phone is rather slow to get detected sometimes.. (Up to 30 min.) Check your drivers on the computer, try rebooting the boot loader from just pressing the power button (while in boot loader mode)..
If all else fails, read up on Wugs NRTK page and about ODIN...
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Setting.Out said:
Put the device in bootloader and plug it into the computer, be patient, my phone is rather slow to get detected sometimes.. (Up to 30 min.) Check your drivers on the computer, try rebooting the boot loader from just pressing the power button (while in boot loader mode)..
If all else fails, read up on Wugs NRTK page and about ODIN...
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Hi, device doesn't go into bootloader without plugging it to computer (I've to press required buttons BEFORE plugging OTG cable). And when it boots in fastboot mode it doesn't let me press any button either. I kept it plugged in for sometime as well when it when it was at Google logo; will try to do the same while in fastboot mode too and let you know. As for drivers, same computer was used before when it was working and it detected just fine immediately (gave me a pain to find the right drivers though - PDANet was a life saver).
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I should mention that I broke the OS before this happened by formatting /system folder and wiping other data from CWM recovery - I think, I also rebooted it without flashing the ROM as well.

BaghiXDA said:
Hi, device doesn't go into bootloader without plugging it to computer (I've to press required buttons BEFORE plugging OTG cable). And when it boots in fastboot mode it doesn't let me press any button either. I kept it plugged in for sometime as well when it when it was at Google logo; will try to do the same while in fastboot mode too and let you know. As for drivers, same computer was used before when it was working and it detected just fine immediately (gave me a pain to find the right drivers though - PDANet was a life saver).
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I should mention that I broke the OS before this happened by formatting /system folder and wiping other data from CWM recovery - I think, I also rebooted it without flashing the ROM as well.
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I recently had to update my drivers on my computer.. after it did an update, my phone wasn't recognized..
Try Wugs Nexus Root Toolkit,.. use the options for "bricked".. do this from the bootloader screen (power/volume +)...
I don't have experience with ODIN, so you'll need to read that forum/threads...

Setting.Out said:
I recently had to update my drivers on my computer.. after it did an update, my phone wasn't recognized..
Try Wugs Nexus Root Toolkit,.. use the options for "bricked".. do this from the bootloader screen (power/volume +)...
I don't have experience with ODIN, so you'll need to read that forum/threads...
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The problem is, even the Toolkit doesn't recognize the device no matter what. Even the keys for ODIN don't work, aren't they Home+VOL+ and Power?
EDIT1:
Kept plugged in for little longer as suggested but it heats up (it's too hot here) so I plugged out. Going to be running it off of Linux and lets see how it goes. :fingers-crossed:
EDIT2:
Tried Adam's UnBrickable method on Linux and even that couldn't find device. But that was to be expected since Adam clearly mentioned in his post that this tool isn't for those who see anything on their screen.

Whelp! Currently I can only see I:\ drive in device manager and that's all under portable devices and that's all. I see the same even in BIOS boot options, it's listed as "Google".

Guess need to close this thread now.

Fastboot Mode Issue

Dear All,
Please help me regarding fastboot. When I press 3 keys (vol-up, vol-down and power key) while phone is off. I see the black and white screen written boot modes. From there when I select AP Fastbood device is restart with red Motorola logo and end up on home screen.. I have tried several times to turn off the device and repeat this process but no issue still there..
Moreover, if I did not select any options from boot modes than device automatically rebooted after 3 or 4 seconds..
Please help me out.. I want to unlock the boot loader root and install custom ROM..
Currently Model Number is XT925 and device is completely stock.. never rooted before...
thanks and regards,

akkay1 said:
Dear All,
Please help me regarding fastboot. When I press 3 keys (vol-up, vol-down and power key) while phone is off. I see the black and white screen written boot modes. From there when I select AP Fastbood device is restart with red Motorola logo and end up on home screen.. I have tried several times to turn off the device and repeat this process but no issue still there..
Moreover, if I did not select any options from boot modes than device automatically rebooted after 3 or 4 seconds..
Please help me out.. I want to unlock the boot loader root and install custom ROM..
Currently Model Number is XT925 and device is completely stock.. never rooted before...
thanks and regards,
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After you use the volume down key to highlight "Fastboot", do you then press the volume up key to select it? If you just sit there and wait it will reboot normally. You must press the volume up key after you've highlighted the menu option.

akkay1 said:
Dear All,
Please help me regarding fastboot. When I press 3 keys (vol-up, vol-down and power key) while phone is off. I see the black and white screen written boot modes. From there when I select AP Fastbood device is restart with red Motorola logo and end up on home screen.. I have tried several times to turn off the device and repeat this process but no issue still there..
Moreover, if I did not select any options from boot modes than device automatically rebooted after 3 or 4 seconds..
Please help me out.. I want to unlock the boot loader root and install custom ROM..
Currently Model Number is XT925 and device is completely stock.. never rooted before...
thanks and regards,
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try this,
-install adb on your pc
-plug in phone when powered up
- open a command prompt in your adb dir
- type in: adb devices then enter. it should show your phone in the prompt. also check your phone, there may be a popup to acknowledge.
- rerun adb devices until it shows your phone properly or you cant proceed
-now type in: adb reboot bootloader
if it works, the phone should reboot to the fastboot screen.
if it doesnt stick in fastboot, im sorry but i dont know what else to tell you to try.

Thank-you for the Response
bweN diorD said:
try this,
-install adb on your pc
-plug in phone when powered up
- open a command prompt in your adb dir
- type in: adb devices then enter. it should show your phone in the prompt. also check your phone, there may be a popup to acknowledge.
- rerun adb devices until it shows your phone properly or you cant proceed
-now type in: adb reboot bootloader
if it works, the phone should reboot to the fastboot screen.
if it doesnt stick in fastboot, im sorry but i dont know what else to tell you to try.
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Thankyou so much for the reply, i followed your instructions and finally get in fastboot mode and unlocked the boot loader. However, is there any way from which I can go into recovery.. because through hardware way I am unable to go in recovery. Thanks
EDIT: I have tried entering command adb reboot recovery, then phone was rebooted and there was green android on screen with chest open.. thats it... i have waited for few minutes and rebooted the device mannually.

akkay1 said:
Thankyou so much for the reply, i followed your instructions and finally get in fastboot mode and unlocked the boot loader. However, is there any way from which I can go into recovery.. because through hardware way I am unable to go in recovery. Thanks
EDIT: I have tried entering command adb reboot recovery, then phone was rebooted and there was green android on screen with chest open.. thats it... i have waited for few minutes and rebooted the device mannually.
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That's the entry to stock recovery. You have to push a combination of buttons from there to get into recovery. I forget the button combination, it has been posted many times, try searching or wait for someone else to jump in with the answer.
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Not sure where to post this question been reading so many post my eyes are tired......
- XT926 upgraded to kitkat 183.46 last week via flash in RSD from JB 4.1.2
- Root went well DONE (Towel root .apk)
- Unlock went well DONE (Motopocalypse .apk) yes fastboot shows the #3
- Flashed TWRP 2.7.1 DONE (did it using the adb in motopocolypse)
- Backed up my current stock ROM in TWRP seemed to go well the program confirmed the backup was successful...So I thought
- Got confident and wanted to try flashing CM11 (Kitkat version)
- After flashing CM11 my phone got stuck at boot like many others have.... no problem I backed up my stock ROM in TWRP.....So I thought
- Went to restore my stock ROM using TWRP and yup you guessed it like many others the restore failed half way through
Not a big deal starting fresh can be a good thing BUT I really need my old text messages and all I have is a USB backup of the phone (Internal/SDcard) on my PC and of course the TWRP back-up on the SDcard that won’t restore ...... Is there any way to get these messages back to my phone????

wonka144 said:
Not a big deal starting fresh can be a good thing BUT I really need my old text messages and all I have is a USB backup of the phone (Internal/SDcard) on my PC and of course the TWRP back-up on the SDcard that won’t restore ...... Is there any way to get these messages back to my phone????
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Not sure how to help you with your immediate problem at hand, but going forward, I definitely recommend the sms backup + from the Google Play Store. Nice thing with that app is, you can link it to your gmail account, and all your text messages are backed up to your gmail.

[Q] Bootloop - how to recover file?

Hello
My Nexus 5 is all of a sudden stuck in a bootloop, see video at https://plus.google.com/+AlexanderSkwar/posts/YY6VieTVq7Z
I guess, the power button is broken, or something like this. Google will replace the device, but there's one file on the device, which I'd need access to — my Libra database…
Well, would anyone have an idea, how I could get access to it? When I connect USB cable (or use Qi charger), the system boots but then directly reboots. I cannot adb to it. I also get thrown out of the fastboot (power + volume down) menu right away.
Ideas? Anyone? :crying:
Thanks,
Alexander

Do you have a custom recovery installed? do you have adb and fastboot set up in your computer?

alexs77 said:
Hello
My Nexus 5 is all of a sudden stuck in a bootloop, see video at https://plus.google.com/+AlexanderSkwar/posts/YY6VieTVq7Z
I guess, the power button is broken, or something like this. Google will replace the device, but there's one file on the device, which I'd need access to — my Libra database…
Well, would anyone have an idea, how I could get access to it? When I connect USB cable (or use Qi charger), the system boots but then directly reboots. I cannot adb to it. I also get thrown out of the fastboot (power + volume down) menu right away.
Ideas? Anyone? :crying:
Thanks,
Alexander
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Well maybe removing the power key or fixing it without replacing the motherboard would work, but if you that you will lose your warranty :

el_daYa said:
Do you have a custom recovery installed? do you have adb and fastboot set up in your computer?
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Yes, I do have a custom recovery setup. Yes, I do have adb and fastboot setup on my computer.
No, I don't get into fastboot or the custom recovery. If I try to, it will reboot right away, as shown on the video. [emoji30]

bitdomo said:
Well maybe removing the power key or fixing it without replacing the motherboard would work, but if you that you will lose your warranty :
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Uhm, well, losing my warranty is of course also something, I would not want [emoji26]

Try plugging the phone to the computer then run "adb devices" if it recognizes it try to from adb reboot into bootloader or tell it to reboot into recovery. dont know what else to do. It looks like you are going to learn some sleight of hands my friend.

el_daYa said:
Try plugging the phone to the computer then run "adb devices" if it recognizes it try to from adb reboot into bootloader or tell it to reboot into recovery. dont know what else to do. It looks like you are going to learn some sleight of hands my friend.
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I do know my way around adb
adb devices will only show the device , if it is booted. It does not boot - what happens, is visible in the Google+ post, which contains a video.
I tried plugging it in and it is not shown. Also not with the fastboot command (ie. "sudo fastboot devices" shows nothing. Adb also does not find the device). That is, what I meant with "I cannot adb to the device".

Then I am afraid you'll need assistance from a higher level my friend, sorry I wasn't much help.