Hi folks.
I need a little help.
I rooted my Star N9599 MTK6589 to get rid of the malware that was recently reported on news sites. That went fine and I got the malware removed.
However I now want to try some different ROMs on the phone, but can't for the life of me get it to boot into recovery. It will show the jellybean jar image, reboot, then go ahead and load the current ROM.
After searching the forums for ways to boot into recovery(very useful, thanks for that)Here's what I've tried already
Power and volume up (most promising, it loads the jellybean image, looks as though its considering going into recovery but then simply reboots, repeats until volume + has been released, then boots up normally)
Power and volume - (takes me into factory mode)
Power, volume + and volume - (again takes me into factory mode)
Power and home (nothing)
Reboot into recovery via Rom Manager/CWM(same result as Power and volume +)
Reboot into recovery via Quick boot app (same result as power and volume +)
adb reboot recovery via adb (same result as power and volume+)
USB debugging is enabled, I've deactivated the fast boot optionon my phone as well.
I've read somewhere that some phones have been coded to reboot from recovery into standard boot automatically, same article advised that ADB should work around this but no such luck I'm afraid.
Any help or advice you could give would be greatly appriciated as I''m now reaching Phone vs Wall levels of frustration.
Thanks
There is no forum for your device on XDA. However, there is a pretty extensive thread [Q] Star N9599 MTK6589 Quad CoreWith S-Pen 5.7 Inch 720P HD Screen 3G Sma On Home > General discussion > Questions and Answers
There are devices which DO NOT come with a Recovery installed out of box. Yours could be such a case. At least that's what leads me to conclude with your experience. Now that does not mean you can't flash one. You can post in the above thread to see if anyone has flashed CWM Recovery for your phone. Since you have tried Rom Manager, it may have said there is a Recovery for your device.
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Hi all,
I moved to android from iOS 2 weeks ago, bought goophone S5 Pro. Octacore 1.7 Ghz. 1gb RAM. Yesterday I decided to install MIUI on it. Found one that is for my processor MT6592. Even though i wasnt sure if its for goophone s5. Long story short, I rooted my phone. With no problems. then I copied my new os to sd card. through computer Droit tools if not mistaking, i booted to recovery mod. Where i cleaned some chache and other staff and then selected the install rom from sd. After restart my phone went into bootloop.
Before i tried to go to recovery mod to do what is necessary for new rom installation. In off state i pressed power + volume UP key. the phone showed me boot options. Recovery, fast and normal boot. I could go up and down in the list, but when i was selecting any of them, nothing was happening. but I managed to go into recovery through Droid tools.
Now my phone is stuck in bootloop. My pc doesnt see me phone so i can use Droid tools again, only thing i can do is to press power and volume up. go to boot options, but cant select any of them. it says press Volume up to select, and volume down to choose. I can go through the list with up key, but when i press down, doesnt work. My volume key works fine. I tested it before when the phone was normal.
Any help to turn this brick into phone once again or i need to go back to iOS?
Thanks in advance!
Since we do not have a forum for your device, May I suggest posting in
Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
so that the right experts may be of help to you ?
Hi All,
I have china tablet:
Model: A70H
CPU: Allwinner A23
OS: Android 4.2.2
Spec like: Eken_A70h
I has encountered situations :
I use adb tools, then I type: "adb reboot-bootloader" command. As a result, the tablet has hang on bootloader screen can not exit, even I shutdown and reboot using the power button. I checked in the computer-device manager, I see : Android Bootloader Interface
I can not exit this bootloader mode, please help me. thank you!
After spending an entire afternoon researching this same issue, I have found what I think is the answer.....The Allwinner A23 tablet does not utilize hard reset keys. All the info that you read about on the internet about holding the power key with the volume up or down key, etc., does not work on these tablets. Strangely, at least for me, the answer was wonderfully simple - hopefully some of the developers here will test this on these tablets, as, if you look through the internet, these Allwinner tablets are getting more and more popular. So, the fix that worked for me:
Turn your tablet on (you will see the little Android icon or similar), and leave it on until the battery completely runs out. Now plug it in to your computer or power source and turn it on - for about 5 minutes or so, you will see the battery icon, which will turn off almost right away. Once the tablet gets the slightest charge - voila - the OS loads. It was like a miracle for me, and hope this helps you too.....
Not my tablet,, A23, QA88-V1.3 2014-04-14 (from tmart)
As you say vol+, vol-, vol both does nothing. Tablet has no home or back keys
After discharge, plugging in brings immediatly the little android figure, the boot logo
(both power and micro usb)
I got the boot lock by adb reboot bootloader,
perhaps I will have to use phoenix card
dmesg and lsusb do not change when it is plugged in
So fastboot devices find nothing
Any suggestions??
I take back what I wrote above, I put the tab aside for a month or 2, the battery was flat,
it magically booted (after a bit of charge). I don't know how long it has to be "flat", maybe a week?
Now it is looped again, a failed recovery, it will only boot that
But phoenixcard can make a bootable sd, so you can see if it will be compatible before flashing
Lots of very obnoxious dl sites for this firmware,, qa88,, its hardly worth the trouble
I have been hammering on my tab for a few days now,,
the bootloader and recovery are crap software.
Maybe that's why there are no keypresses
My original, at least could get to recovery, but the vol keys were dead,
so all I could do was reboot
All 4 of the firmwares I have found bootloop when you try to go to recovery
(and there is no adb in any of these when bootlooped)
There are more than 4 out there, but when you md5sum , it's just a different name
Fortunatly most of these bootloops have been on a sdcard boot, so I just fire up
PhoenixCard again and rewrite the sd
If you play with this, you better have a good firmware and TEST it with a sd boot,,
and you will lose whatever config you have done
there are perhaps 2 more unique firmwares I haven't mange to get yet, I have hopes
(I prefer 4.4 to 4.2, but the with the navcity 4.4 the camera doesn't work,
I have edited script0 and init.sun8i.rc , maybe the order of module loads matter)
Most of the firmware is 4.2, only 2 4.4 (AFAIK)
BTW, this is a QA88ver1.3, JDQ39
Okay so I have a bit of a situation and looking for some helpful advice, I'm not a complete novice but I seem to have gotten myself VERY stuck.
The Specifications:
Samsung Note 3 (rooted)
TWRP
Safe Strap
Rebooted recently and was in TWRP and accidentally chose "Recovery", phone now continuously Reboots into Recovery Mode in the upper left of the screen. I've tried to do the Volume Up + Power + Home button to no avail and every other combination I can think of, resulting in The same .. Reboot Recovery Option in the top left after about 10 seconds it Vibrates twice and reboots again.
I can't access TWRP, can't access Stock Recovery, Can't plug it into a PC as it just reboots over and over again after it gets power. Read a few things about Fastboot (Don't know if Note 3 Supports that, and Maybe Odin but I can't see how I'm to flash anything if it just immediatly reboots as soon as I plug it in)
HELP!
XDA Visitor said:
Okay so I have a bit of a situation and looking for some helpful advice, I'm not a complete novice but I seem to have gotten myself VERY stuck.
The Specifications:
Samsung Note 3 (rooted)
TWRP
Safe Strap
Rebooted recently and was in TWRP and accidentally chose "Recovery", phone now continuously Reboots into Recovery Mode in the upper left of the screen. I've tried to do the Volume Up + Power + Home button to no avail and every other combination I can think of, resulting in The same .. Reboot Recovery Option in the top left after about 10 seconds it Vibrates twice and reboots again.
I can't access TWRP, can't access Stock Recovery, Can't plug it into a PC as it just reboots over and over again after it gets power. Read a few things about Fastboot (Don't know if Note 3 Supports that, and Maybe Odin but I can't see how I'm to flash anything if it just immediatly reboots as soon as I plug it in)
HELP!
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Hi, thanks for using XDA assist!
First, please create an account so you can post in other forums.
Here is your device's main forum area:
(You should bookmark this)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3
After creating your account, you can post your question here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help
The experts for your device are located there and will be able to help.
Good luck!
Hello All,
This is my first post at this forum.
I've come to a point where I'm on the verge of giving up.
A few days ago my Nexus 5 entered a boot loop without me doing anything special with it - it was just in my pocket.
All see is the google logo for a few seconds , then the screen goes down for a few more, and back to the google logo.
I'm able to go into fastboot by hold down the volume down (only) button when this happens, but the boot loop happens when I choose to boot into recovery mode.
My device has an unlocked bootloader.
I have fast boot access and no ADB (ADB wait-for-device doesn't work).
Went over a tutorial from androidforums.com and flashed a completely new image using fastboot.
The entire process worked, but the phone is still at the same state.
I've read that there is and issue with the power button on these devices - so I tried all methods of knocking it against stuff without success.
I've taken it to a lab nearby and the guy there was sure it was the power button. He said he fixed about 50 of these already - after a few hours he called me up and said he had replaced the power button 3 times and he's giving up.
in short , this is the current situation :
1. Device stuck in bootloop - only google logo is seen
2. can boot into fastboot (and have fastboot access from PC) but can't boot into recovery
3. flushing a stock succeeds but won't help
4. power button seems o.k.
I am about to call this a bricked phone and look for a new one but something inside me tells me that this might still be a software issue and can be fixed.
I would be happy to know if there is a way to know what is failing in the boot sequence. or maybe load a debug application on to the device to check the HW. I've yet to find any help in that direction.
I'm a software eng. working in the cellular comm. field, so I'm up for anything that anyone has in mind.
Thanks,
Ran.
XDA Visitor said:
Hello All,
This is my first post at this forum.
I've come to a point where I'm on the verge of giving up.
A few days ago my Nexus 5 entered a boot loop without me doing anything special with it - it was just in my pocket.
All see is the google logo for a few seconds , then the screen goes down for a few more, and back to the google logo.
I'm able to go into fastboot by hold down the volume down (only) button when this happens, but the boot loop happens when I choose to boot into recovery mode.
My device has an unlocked bootloader.
I have fast boot access and no ADB (ADB wait-for-device doesn't work).
Went over a tutorial from androidforums.com and flashed a completely new image using fastboot.
The entire process worked, but the phone is still at the same state.
I've read that there is and issue with the power button on these devices - so I tried all methods of knocking it against stuff without success.
I've taken it to a lab nearby and the guy there was sure it was the power button. He said he fixed about 50 of these already - after a few hours he called me up and said he had replaced the power button 3 times and he's giving up.
in short , this is the current situation :
1. Device stuck in bootloop - only google logo is seen
2. can boot into fastboot (and have fastboot access from PC) but can't boot into recovery
3. flushing a stock succeeds but won't help
4. power button seems o.k.
I am about to call this a bricked phone and look for a new one but something inside me tells me that this might still be a software issue and can be fixed.
I would be happy to know if there is a way to know what is failing in the boot sequence. or maybe load a debug application on to the device to check the HW. I've yet to find any help in that direction.
I'm a software eng. working in the cellular comm. field, so I'm up for anything that anyone has in mind.
Thanks,
Ran.
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Hello, and welcome to XDA!
It does sound like a hardware issue and it could be the power button, except for one thing: wouldn't a held down power button in fastboot cause a shutdown as well? Maybe not, but I thought I'd ask that.
At any rate, better to get an opinion from someone who actually has the deivce. Please create an account (so you post in other forums) and then post in this thread (can copy and paste from here):
> Google Nexus 5 > Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [HELP THREAD] Nexus 5
Hope this helps, and good luck!
Hi guys,
I currently have some issues with my beloved N5. I try to be as specific as I can (therefore the text will be a bit longer)
First things first: My device is experiencing the well known "stuck power button problem".
But I also do have problems which are not related to that one (at least thats what I believe).
Overview:
CM 13.1
ElementalX Kernel
TWRP on 3.0.20
Main issue: I can not start my phone regularly. When not plugged in, it just does not respond at all.
If it is plugged in I can get into the bootloader with only pressing Volume down (because the power button is stuck inside). Weird fact #1: in bootloader the power button should work to confirm a specific task like Start, or boot into recovery but it doesnt. Also: the phone is steady in the bootloader and does not keep rebooting.
Therefore I wanted to perform a backup (nandroid or at least all media) and reflash my ROM to see whether it is more of a software issue. I tried booting into TRWP which is not working (device shuts down after Google logo (might be because of the power button issue?).
I know that I can flash the recovery again through adb or the Nexus ToolKit but obviously I want to save my data first.
As far as I know there is no option as adb pull or through the recovery to save those only being in bootloader mode, am I right?
Question: Can I dirty flash without losing data? If thats not the cure, what else could help?
Other facts to know: while running
Code:
adb devices
I get that the
Code:
"adb server version (36) doesnt match this client (35): killing...
but then:
Code:
*daemon started successfully*
(same in Nexus Toolkit).
If I continue with
Code:
adb backup
it says: no devices / emulators found. Altough the nexus toolkit (and fastboot devices) say:
Code:
FASTBOOT: 03181238e07723e0 fastboot
If you made it until here thank you for reading :good: and I would be even more pleased if someone could help.
Best,
McRacoon
I have this problem to , i cant use my volume and power button in ROM / TWRP ,
I got lost, which data you want to save ?
fastboot flash boot recovery.img | fastboot reboot than gets you to recovery from where you can save data.
@Redchi: not really exactly my problem but if you can get into recovery you can use your touchscreen in TRWP?!
@icrunchbanger thanks for your reply.
I want to save all my data like videos, pictures, whatsapp chats etc.
I know how to flash the recovery (again). The question was whether I can save any data without a working recovery (just from the bootloader). Imo it is not possible but maybe you guys know how to do so.
If I reflash the recovery I still can not enter it as the phone reboots itself every 5 seconds due to the stuck power button. The reflashing operation is not finished (Nexus Toolkit says: "Waiting for your device" and times out after a while) and the battery icon pops up every 3 seconds.
Edit: and yes I tried several workarounds to unstuck the power button like flicking against the button, tapping on table, cleaning etc. The only thing I haven't done is tearing the motherboard apart and replacing the whole button itself.
I recommend removing the motherboard, applying pure alcohol around the area, and then quickly pressing and releasing the power button? If this doesn't work, I suggest replacing the power button.
i can use button to get bootloader + TWRP , but my Button volume up down and power cant use in Rom or TWRP, i do no this software or hardware ,? my nexus normaly use but not have button , I use mikey or double tab to wake get screen on , i use apk to get volume , sorry bad english