I am running Cm11 nightly , can't remember the day i think it is 2/21. Well randomly today, the phone rebooted and went into a bootloop. I am not sure why it is doing this now. But even if i remove the battery, and replace it the phone will bootup automatically and continue the bootloop. I can not get into recovery, just Odin. I have read that people have been having trouble with the power button sticking, can anyone confirm this? Any other suggestions?
Thanks
Try volume up + home + power to get into recovery. When you see the blue text in the top left corner saying "rebooting recovery" let go of the power button but continue to hold home and Vol up
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Sandman-007 said:
Try volume up + home + power to get into recovery. When you see the blue text in the top left corner saying "rebooting recovery" let go of the power button but continue to hold home and Vol up
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If I do this, I see the blue text in the top left but then I get the Samsung loading screen and then it shuts off and reboots.
Aarron.Hulswitt said:
If I do this, I see the blue text in the top left but then I get the Samsung loading screen and then it shuts off and reboots.
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another option if you cant get into custom recovery is to flash it with a stock rom using ODIN, you will lose everything but it might be your only option as to recovering your phone.
I have figured out that it is a hardware issue. I can boot into the phone if I continuously press the power button as it is booting up. But once it gets fully turns on, the power screen will constantly come up and eventually the phone will just reboot and start the whole process over again. From what I can see, the power button circuit is stuck in on I believe.
Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Looks like I am just going to have to get a replacement.
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So... I've tried to update my rom and I've done it. Didn't like the ROM and tried to change it.
soooo. I messed everything up. My magic can't boot (it stalls on the boot screen showing "HTC Magic") and most important, I can't enter fastboot to restore a working ROM
Any ideas on this one before I go to HTC Support?
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So... I've tried to update my rom and I've done it. Didn't like the ROM and tried to change it.
soooo. I messed everything up. My magic can't boot (it stalls on the boot screen showing "HTC Magic") and most important, I can't enter fastboot to restore a working ROM
Any ideas on this one before I go to HTC Support?
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can you not get to the mode pressing home and power.
from there you should be able to use adb push to send new update to sd card
magpie2000k said:
can you not get to the mode pressing home and power.
from there you should be able to use adb push to send new update to sd card
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nope. Every key combined with the power button just boots the device and show the "htc magic" logo. nothing more.
I had the same sort of thing once. I removed the battery and before I put it back, I already pressed the home-key as well. Then it went into fastboot mode after I put it back in. With this way I could sent a new update.zip to the phone, flash it and then it was working again
Hope this helps
Machielh said:
I had the same sort of thing once. I removed the battery and before I put it back, I already pressed the home-key as well. Then it went into fastboot mode after I put it back in. With this way I could sent a new update.zip to the phone, flash it and then it was working again
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Well, it's not hard to send the update.zip. I can use a microSD 2 USB and copied it that way.
By the way I think it's the "return" key to enter fastboot. Not "home".
Tried the battery-removal trick. Didn't work.
Take out your battery, hold the volume down button and put the battery back in whilst you're holding the volume down. This in theory should bring you to fastboot. Just keep holding the volume down until you reach the fastboot screen. If after you put the battery in, nothing happens, keep holding the volume down and press the power button...
Should work...
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Take out your battery, hold the volume down button and put the battery back in whilst you're holding the volume down. This in theory should bring you to fastboot. Just keep holding the volume down until you reach the fastboot screen. If after you put the battery in, nothing happens, keep holding the volume down and press the power button...
Should work...
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didn't work
One other thing to try is to hold the two left most keys on the front of the phone (these are different depending on your phone brand) whilst holding power, this will take you to a recovery screen where perhaps you can do something from there?
I'm assuming you get to see a splash screen first and then you see the HTC Magic logo...
TigerTael said:
One other thing to try is to hold the two left most keys on the front of the phone (these are different depending on your phone brand) whilst holding power, this will take you to a recovery screen where perhaps you can do something from there?
I'm assuming you get to see a splash screen first and then you see the HTC Magic logo...
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the 2 most left keys are the "answer" and "home" buttons. tried it. still getting the logo.
the phone vibrates and shows the logo...
Turn it in for repairs.
regunus said:
the 2 most left keys are the "answer" and "home" buttons. tried it. still getting the logo.
the phone vibrates and shows the logo...
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Well, I am exlcuding the green call button and the red end button (which you use to run on your phone), but if it's freezing at the logo where it vibrates, then there is a problem.
I had a similar thing, but I was able to boot my phone into fastboot/recovery with the battery trick.
My two left buttons on my device are the home button and the menu button. Try holding this down when you put the battery back in. Unfortunately, the situation doesn't sound too hopeful.
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Well, I am exlcuding the green call button and the red end button (which you use to run on your phone), but if it's freezing at the logo where it vibrates, then there is a problem.
I had a similar thing, but I was able to boot my phone into fastboot/recovery with the battery trick.
My two left buttons on my device are the home button and the menu button. Try holding this down when you put the battery back in. Unfortunately, the situation doesn't sound too hopeful.
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did you try powering on while holding only the home button?
Alright so here's the issue. I was about to flash the latest CM using ClockworkMod, before it restarted it asked for superuser permissions which I had already granted before which seemed odd to me. I set down my phone after this to let it do its thing after this and when I picked it back up it was off and wouldn't come back to life. It's bricked.
When I try to power it on, it shows the Samsung logo and then goes black and then nothing. If I hold down the vol+, power and home to get to recovery it will show the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo then goes black, then shows the samsung logo again, then goes black and stays there. If I do vol-, power and home, it asks to press vol+ or vol-, so I press vol+ to get to Odin. It shows the Odin screen for about 5 seconds and then it goes black and stays black.
So basically, I can't boot, get to recovery, or get to odin long enough to actually use it. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
Sounds like it is time for a replacement. I had a Thunderbolt that did the same thing and couldn't fix it because the phone will not stay on long enough to do anything.
Hi,
I think I bricked my phone. I tried to root it using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
I installed CWM recovery, but when I tried to boot into recovery the screen left saying "Entering recovery.... This build is for development purpouses only etc..." Same after few reboots holding power button for ~ 10 seconds.
So I left my phone on that screen during the night, thinking maybe it takes some time to enter recovery
But in the morning the phone was dead and I can't turn it on.
The screen blinks for a second (see video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI-gy-hhXq0&feature=youtu.be ) and thats it. Holding Power, Volume down + Power doesn't help.
Any solution for this?
when you plug your phone to a charger does the red light come on?
you need to get into bootloader again. Saw your video, but what happens when: while holding volume down you press the power button for a second (while still holding volume down until bootloader starts?
Sometimes it does, sometimes it only comes on when i hold the Power + Volume down and goes off when I release Power button, bur then comes on again after a couple of minutes...
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Sometimes it does, sometimes it only comes on when i hold the Power + Volume down and goes off when I release Power button, bur then comes on again after a couple of minutes...
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So if I read you right, you can get into bootloader? Reflash recovery, then flash a Rom and fastboot a boot.img
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No, I was talking about red light. The screen doesn't turn on at all, just a short flash.
emiliukas said:
No, I was talking about red light. The screen doesn't turn on at all, just a short flash.
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I don't know man, maybe someone else will help out here. Hold power button for like 30 seconds. You might have to send it in to be repaired.
This might be the stupidest quetsion ever but, I'm totally helpless.
I need to access the recovery, I flashed a rom which stucks at the boot screen, I need to flash another yet I cannot shut this thing of. I keep pressing the power button for 10secs, 3buttons starts to flash and screen goes dark. When I let it go, it restarts.
How can I power of this device without accessing the OS?
Desefun said:
This might be the stupidest quetsion ever but, I'm totally helpless.
I need to access the recovery, I flashed a rom which stucks at the boot screen, I need to flash another yet I cannot shut this thing of. I keep pressing the power button for 10secs, 3buttons starts to flash and screen goes dark. When I let it go, it restarts.
How can I power of this device without accessing the OS?
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Hold it until the buttons stop flashing, about 20 seconds.
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I keep pushing the button for way longer than that. Still it reboots.
Take a look
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Little late to the party, but I've found the best way to get into boot loader wiht any consistency is to hold the volume down and power button for five seconds or so, then let go of the power button (while holding volume down), then tapping the power button. Boot loader should pop up
Hope this helps!
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This solves it all!
So my power button has stopped working. It started by constantly turning the screen on and off, then bringing up the power menu again and again. I left it overnight to sort itself out. When I woke up, the phone had managed to reboot into safe mode, and then I tried to reboot back to normal. Now, the power button (and volume) is completely non-functional and the phone is stuck in (stock) system recovery.
Is there any other way to get the phone to reboot normally without use of the physical buttons?
I'd like to be able to do a more recent backup before I get the phone replaced. Thanks.
Have you tried pressing or holding the yellow Off button under the microSD/nanoSIM flap?
Bro0z3r said:
Have you tried pressing or holding the yellow Off button under the microSD/nanoSIM flap?
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Yes. It would reboot to the same recovery screen.
The phone eventually booted normally. I think there was water in the power button, causing it to register button presses on its own and eventually not responding to the button at all. It must have dried over time because the button works fine now.
Then do a backup and do it quickly, 'cause you don't know what it's gonna do next...
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Then do a backup and do it quickly, 'cause you don't know what it's gonna do next...
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Yup! All backed up and waiting for the replacement in the mail.