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My phones screen won't wake.

My phones screen seems to shut off and not wake up. I can tell the phone is on though because the buttons light up. And if I press and hold the back button the flashlight turns on. Also the volume rockers seemed to work but the screen stays off. Occasionally it seems to turn back on but but it'll just go back off again. Rebooting the phone doesn't working and I've also installed two different ROMs on it. Any advice on how to solve this?

Relock bootloader with fastboot oem lock cmd and download and run the ruu according to your phone version and see if the problem persists. If you don't know how to get into fast boot hold power and volume down until buttons stop flashing and keep holding volume down till you get See the screen with skating HTC men. Or if you have a backup in recovery you can restore from recovery and see if that helps your problem.

WhatTheAndroid? said:
Relock bootloader with fastboot oem lock cmd and download and run the ruu according to your phone version and see if the problem persists. If you don't know how to get into fast boot hold power and volume down until buttons stop flashing and keep holding volume down till you get See the screen with skating HTC men. Or if you have a backup in recovery you can restore from recovery and see if that helps your problem.
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I was hoping I wasn't going to have to do that but I will if its my only option.

Kernel mods will do that also.
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Do you have backups in recovery, and like before you flashed roms? (stock rooted)

subarudroid said:
Kernel mods will do that also.
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Haven't messed with any kernels. I was running the latest CM10 nightly when it happened. Figured it was the rom so I switched to the stable version but problems still happened.
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Do you have backups in recovery, and like before you flashed roms? (stock rooted)
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No. No backups unfortunately.

My other suggestions would be to make sure you don't have a corrupt zip. Downloading from chrome or from you phone I've had issues. Ei8 or ie9 works well for me. Hope you get it figured out.
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Blank Screen Remedy?
h1m said:
My phones screen seems to shut off and not wake up. I can tell the phone is on though because the buttons light up. And if I press and hold the back button the flashlight turns on. Also the volume rockers seemed to work but the screen stays off. Occasionally it seems to turn back on but but it'll just go back off again. Rebooting the phone doesn't working and I've also installed two different ROMs on it. Any advice on how to solve this?
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That was happening to my phone. I found that if i applied pressure to opposite corners at the same time, the screen would come back. If i let go, the screen would return to black. Everything worked when I touched the screen, volume rockers, etc. I took it into AT&T and they gave me a new one under warranty. I was running CleanRom 5.1 at the time. I honestly do not believe my problem was caused by over flashing or any type of hacking. SO, try to flex or contort the phone in different directions and see if you can cause it to turn on and off.

I ended up having to use RUU. The problem seems to be fixed. Still don't know what caused it but at least it wasn't a hardware issue.

A thanks would be nice

WhatTheAndroid? said:
A thanks would be nice
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I appreciate you taking the time to help. And anyone for that matter but unfortunately the problem is still there. Might have to return it. Hopefully I won't get any issues from ATT for being rooted.

Poop. So much poop.

I was restoring a backup I made in recovery and it got stuck at restoring data. Like stuck, over an hour. I held the power and volume to go into fastboot and it didn't come up. Just blackness.
Nothing I try can get it to boot or have any screen. Suggestions or did I just brick it?
EDIT: Forgot to mention, my led notification light is green meaning I am charged. (I went into this 100% battery) and holding the power makes capacitive buttons flash like normal, just no screens)

Shut it off and try it again.
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ECEXCURSION said:
Shut it off and try it again.
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I was able to get it to the htc warning splash screen. Now after that it is a black screen that has a white/grey bar acrossed the top. Ugh.

So you can no longer access recovery or fast boot modes on your phone? If so, you may be screwed.
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KungPow90 said:
I was able to get it to the htc warning splash screen. Now after that it is a black screen that has a white/grey bar acrossed the top. Ugh.
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IF you can restart hold power and vol down till the capacitive buttons go off, then release the power and then hold vol down until bl comes up...(I know you tried this before but if it gets to the dev splash screen maybe you can get into bl and recov again.

KungPow90 said:
I was restoring a backup I made in recovery and it got stuck at restoring data. Like stuck, over an hour. I held the power and volume to go into fastboot and it didn't come up. Just blackness.
Nothing I try can get it to boot or have any screen. Suggestions or did I just brick it?
EDIT: Forgot to mention, my led notification light is green meaning I am charged. (I went into this 100% battery) and holding the power makes capacitive buttons flash like normal, just no screens)
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I read this thread and....I thought you needed medical assistance!
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Shryvone21 said:
I read this thread and....I thought you needed medical assistance!
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LMAO. Nope I'm all good. Got a headache though...
WhatTheAndroid? said:
IF you can restart hold power and vol down till the capacitive buttons go off, then release the power and then hold vol down until bl comes up...(I know you tried this before but if it gets to the dev splash screen maybe you can get into bl and recov again.
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I made it too bootloader and recovery. I tried flashing the backup I made before this mess and it succeeded but same thing happens when I boot up. I then tried a ROM I know is good and still no dice. Irritating...

KungPow90 said:
I made it too bootloader and recovery. I tried flashing the backup I made before this mess and it succeeded but same thing happens when I boot up. I then tried a ROM I know is good and still no dice. Irritating...
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Just to make sure: did you try wiping everything before you flashed?

Flash your boot.img too ....
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Just ruu from fastboot and start over. It should be fine. Don't forget to relock bootloader first.
Just for shyts, from recovery, wipe /system-/fac. reset/both caches- flash ROM, not a backup, and reboot.
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I FIXED IT!! had to flash recovery again and wipe everything from there. Beats having to start from scratch! Thanks guys
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Nexus 5 stuck in boot loop and cant access boot loader

i flashed the latest nightly of AOKP today and then restored all my apps and data with titanium backup. When the restore was complete it prompted me to reboot my device so i did. ever since then i have been unable to reboot my phone as it is stuck on the start up screen. i then tried to restore from a backup of my other rom and then found out that i couldn't boot into the boot loader as when i held down the power and + volume button the startup would begin and then the phone would turn off. any ideas on how to fix this.

What it's happening is your stuck in a boot loop.
When you are holding power and volume down the phone is only interested in the power button part. Which is why it's powering off.
Just keep the buttons held both power and volume down. When it powers off keep them held and you should come into the bootloader
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I have tried that but it just goes tocthe Google screen then turns off again

rdodds97 said:
when i held down the power and + volume button the startup would begin and then the phone would turn off. any ideas on how to fix this.
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Not sure if the quote is a typo or not, but it should be power and - volume. You can also try power and both volume buttons, which will take you to the secondary boot loader.

adrman said:
Not sure if the quote is a typo or not, but it should be power and - volume. You can also try power and both volume buttons, which will take you to the secondary boot loader.
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If the phone is turned on and you press both volumes and power keys then you get qhusb mode
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bitdomo said:
If the phone is turned on and you press both volumes and power keys then you get qhusb mode
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I assumed the op was able to completely power down by just continuing to hold the power button and possibly had the wrong button combo.

What do you mean by start up screen?
You see the screen tells you "Google" and it stays there?
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bitdomo said:
What do you mean by start up screen?
You see the screen tells you "Google" and it stays there?
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Yes but then it goes to the 4 coloured circles which move around and it stays there

rdodds97 said:
Yes but then it goes to the 4 coloured circles which move around and it stays there
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Hold your power button down for 30 to 60 seconds. You should be powered down. Then try to get into the boot loader. Vol down + power. Dues it get into bootloader?

adrman said:
Not sure if the quote is a typo or not, but it should be power and - volume. You can also try power and both volume buttons, which will take you to the secondary boot loader.
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I can now access recovery mode which is all I need. I have always thoight it was power and volume + but I must have been confused with my tablet z. Thank you all anyway for helping me

rdodds97 said:
I can now access recovery mode which is all I need. I have always thoight it was power and volume + but I must have been confused with my tablet z. Thank you all anyway for helping me
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Great news!
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Hi guys.
Sorry for bumping but I have the same issue and for me it wasn't fixed by going in recovery mode. I already tried deleting cash, and even tried getting back to factory settings. But still, when i restart the phone, the same loop keeps occuring.
At first it always just went to 'google' and then rebooted and rebooted. Now it just keeps stuck with the google logo (the 4 colour image).
Could someone help me possibly?
Thanks in advance
Kevin

cryptail said:
Hi guys.
Sorry for bumping but I have the same issue and for me it wasn't fixed by going in recovery mode. I already tried deleting cash, and even tried getting back to factory settings. But still, when i restart the phone, the same loop keeps occuring.
At first it always just went to 'google' and then rebooted and rebooted. Now it just keeps stuck with the google logo (the 4 colour image).
Could someone help me possibly?
Thanks in advance
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,
Try LG flashtool. Link in my signature. If you have the 32GB version of the american nexus 5 (D820) you can use the converted firmware without any problem. It was tested numerous time.
You can also try to reflash stock google rom in fastboot mode http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
If you are using LG flashtool and you get error about cant format userdata and/or cache or by checking the flashing log you see timeout errors then your phone have a fauilty emmc. If you are using the fastboot method and you see "remote: flash write failure" text in the CMD window then you have fauilty emmc. Your only option is to rma your phone if bought from google or claim your warranty from LG if your phone is not from Google and you have the receipt of your phone.

My phone doesn't reboot anymore?

I am running CM 11 M5 but I think it has nothing to do with it as I have been running it for sometime and this only started happening yesterday.
When I reboot my phone it goes into bootloader and it is stuck meaning I can't do anything. When I take out the battery and insert it again within seconds it automatically goes into bootloader and is still stuck. The way I get back into the phone is by pressing power + volume down button immediately after inserting the battery. Then it boots normally.
I have done a factory reset of my rom. And if I reboot into recovery it does manage to do that, however when I reboot from recovery it goes back to the bootloader.
What could be the problem here? Regularly rebooting this old phone is almost necessary to keep the performance acceptable so this is really important for me.
Thanks in advance.

Can you replicate it after clean flash of the ROM?
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smit.sanghavi said:
Can you replicate it after clean flash of the ROM?
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Ahhh I thought about doing this but since my power button is very hard to work with I decided to just do a factory reset. Oh well I'll get down to it tomorrow.
Should I install a touch recovery for the Nexus S? Even my volume buttons are starting to die. Or would you say I should not attempt to change recovery right now?

Gambler_3 said:
Ahhh I thought about doing this but since my power button is very hard to work with I decided to just do a factory reset. Oh well I'll get down to it tomorrow.
Should I install a touch recovery for the Nexus S? Even my volume buttons are starting to die. Or would you say I should not attempt to change recovery right now?
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Flash a touch recovery from fastboot or from recovery. It's an absolute necessity.
Also, I've been using SlimKat (Build 3) and never had to reboot to regain performance. Use it if you want...
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Loop boot without a root. Help needed.

Suddenly my phone (z710e) jumped into a loop boot.
It's not rooted, no custom stuff, no custom bootloader.
It loads fine, but after 1-2 seconds reboots.
I've already tried to unbrick it with no result, computer can't see my phone.
Help with an advice or a link or anything useful will be great!
Thanks!

S1R1N said:
Suddenly my phone (z710e) jumped into a loop boot.
It's not rooted, no custom stuff, no custom bootloader.
It loads fine, but after 1-2 seconds reboots.
I've already tried to unbrick it with no result, computer can't see my phone.
Help with an advice or a link or anything useful will be great!
Thanks!
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If i remember correctly you can wipe cache from the stock recovery. Boot into hboot by holding down volume down and power. Use the volume buttons to highlight recovery and press power. Then you will see a little android or a red exclamation in a triangle. Press the volume buttons and power until options appear on the screen. If it gives you wipe cache, them wipe it. Other wipe options may/will remove your personal data so use caution and know the risks
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heavy_metal_man said:
If i remember correctly you can wipe cache from the stock recovery. Boot into hboot by holding down volume down and power. Use the volume buttons to highlight recovery and press power. Then you will see a little android or a red exclamation in a triangle. Press the volume buttons and power until options appear on the screen. If it gives you wipe cache, them wipe it. Other wipe options may/will remove your personal data so use caution and know the risks
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unfortunately power+volume doesn't work.. it just boots as usual (

S1R1N said:
unfortunately power+volume doesn't work.. it just boots as usual (
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did you remove first the battery and then put it back?

S1R1N said:
unfortunately power+volume doesn't work.. it just boots as usual (
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Okay, remove your battery then replace after 10 seconds. Then hold volume down first, then while volume down is still depressed begin holding power as well. If you see the htc splash screen then it has failed. Battery pull and try again. Have you ever used adb on this device?
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heavy_metal_man said:
Okay, remove your battery then replace after 10 seconds. Then hold volume down first, then while volume down is still depressed begin holding power as well. If you see the htc splash screen then it has failed. Battery pull and try again. If it fails after 3 battery pulls then your device has fast boot enabled in its settings. Have you ever used adb on this device?
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it doesn't matter if you have fastboot enabled
you can still have access to the bootloader when removing battery and putting it back

heavy_metal_man said:
Okay, remove your battery then replace after 10 seconds. Then hold volume down first, then while volume down is still depressed begin holding power as well. If you see the htc splash screen then it has failed. Battery pull and try again. Have you ever used adb on this device?
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I've tried to remove battery and reboot before, nothing changed.
adb - no, did not used

Solution was - to disassemble it and assemble... After that phone booted normally. :victory:
Thank you all for your replies!