I rebooted my phone just now and instead of booting back up it only boots to recovery. I did a fresh rom install but it won't boot.
I had noticed that the volume down button had been acting up recently. So, I think the volume down is pressed down constantly forcing the phone to recovery. I think this may have been caused by the really humid environment I'm currently in, however, before rebooting the phone was working relatively fine apart from the unresponsive volume down.
Is there anyway I can force the phone to boot to the rom in this situation?
please check this video
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and see if it helps.
dud3me said:
I rebooted my phone just now and instead of booting back up it only boots to recovery. I did a fresh rom install but it won't boot.
I had noticed that the volume down button had been acting up recently. So, I think the volume down is pressed down constantly forcing the phone to recovery. I think this may have been caused by the really humid environment I'm currently in, however, before rebooting the phone was working relatively fine apart from the unresponsive volume down.
Is there anyway I can force the phone to boot to the rom in this situation?
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That's a good idea--disabling the vol down button, and there may be a way.
I'm thinking you could pop the cover and clean out around the button--maybe unjam it if it's jammed. Maybe it could be lubed with a very light lubricant? Never heard of anyone lubing their phone buttons, I don't see why not.
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So today my "volume up" just stopped working. I was listening to some music on Spotify and when i tried increasing the volume nothing happened. It started working again after a bit, but eventually it just stopped again and hasn't come back.
I assumed it was just an Android bug, since I had the same issue with my power button just yesterday, but after a while it started working again and I haven't had an issue since. So, I rebooted my phone today and it was essentially stuck in fastboot (I previously installed custom ROMs on the phone, but I've been using stock ICS for a few months now). The first time, the phone just stopped there; i couldn't move my selector using any of the buttons. It was frozen. I then took out the battery and rebooted again, this time fastboot seemed to be working, but what was strange was that my "VOLUME DOWN" was acting as a "VOLUME UP" and the "POWER" button was acting as a "VOLUME DOWN". The button that's supposed to be "VOLUME UP" did nothing, so I had no way of executing any of my selections.
After that, I took out the battery again, put back in, and plugged the phone in through USB into the computer. When I booted it, fastboot was stuck again and my phone wasn't showing up in the device manager on my computer. I then unplugged my phone, took out the battery, put it back in, and when I booted it this time, it actually booted into Android without going into fastboot.
At this point, I was just happy I got into my phone, but the volume button is still not working and I am afraid of rebooting the phone in the case that I get into the same fastboot dilemma.
TL;DR: Volume up button gave out. Thought it was an Android problem since I ran into the same issue with the power button earlier. After rebooting, the phone kept getting stuck in fastboot but eventually booted into Android for some reason but the volume up button still doesnt work.
Is there anything I should do? Is this a hardware issue? Should I send in my phone for warranty even though the bootloader is unlocked? Should I find a software solution?
Seems hardware issue to me. Imo try to relock the bootloader and send it to warranty
fruitpunch36 said:
So today my "volume up" just stopped working. I was listening to some music on Spotify and when i tried increasing the volume nothing happened. It started working again after a bit, but eventually it just stopped again and hasn't come back.
I assumed it was just an Android bug, since I had the same issue with my power button just yesterday, but after a while it started working again and I haven't had an issue since. So, I rebooted my phone today and it was essentially stuck in fastboot (I previously installed custom ROMs on the phone, but I've been using stock ICS for a few months now). The first time, the phone just stopped there; i couldn't move my selector using any of the buttons. It was frozen. I then took out the battery and rebooted again, this time fastboot seemed to be working, but what was strange was that my "VOLUME DOWN" was acting as a "VOLUME UP" and the "POWER" button was acting as a "VOLUME DOWN". The button that's supposed to be "VOLUME UP" did nothing, so I had no way of executing any of my selections.
After that, I took out the battery again, put back in, and plugged the phone in through USB into the computer. When I booted it, fastboot was stuck again and my phone wasn't showing up in the device manager on my computer. I then unplugged my phone, took out the battery, put it back in, and when I booted it this time, it actually booted into Android without going into fastboot.
At this point, I was just happy I got into my phone, but the volume button is still not working and I am afraid of rebooting the phone in the case that I get into the same fastboot dilemma.
TL;DR: Volume up button gave out. Thought it was an Android problem since I ran into the same issue with the power button earlier. After rebooting, the phone kept getting stuck in fastboot but eventually booted into Android for some reason but the volume up button still doesnt work.
Is there anything I should do? Is this a hardware issue? Should I send in my phone for warranty even though the bootloader is unlocked? Should I find a software solution?
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Hardware issue. The Nexus S has a known problem with the volume and power buttons failing after some time.
I'm having a bit of an issue with my S3. It started yesterday when my power button became more or less permanently pressed in. It can't be used to wake up or lock the phone, and the power menu would continually pop up. While this was annoying, I figured it wouldn't be a major deal, and I would reflash stock and take my phone to verizon. I went to boot into recovery in order to make a back up...and now I'm stuck. Since the power button is permanently pressed in, the phone can't boot into recovery (I'm pretty sure if you just keep holding down the power button when trying to boot into recovery it will just turn off the phone again since this is what seems like is happening). So now I'm just stuck in a loop where my phone can't do anything except attempt to boot into recovery and then turn off. No matter what way I try to turn the phone on, it will only try and boot into recovery (and fail) now.
So what are my solutions? Can I try and open up the phone and fix the power button? Is that extremely difficult? Is there a way I can flash my phone back to stock in its current state and take it back to verizon? Should I just take it as is and hope they help me? I'm at a loss here.
Hey guys,
This is a possible fix for anyone who is experiencing all of the following issues. If you are NOT experiencing all of these issues then my fix is most likely not the cause of your problem.
1) Can't boot into ROM (phone will get no farther than GALAXY S III logo)
2) Can't boot into RECOVERY (phone will try to boot into recovery but will never make it)
3) Can't boot into DOWNLOAD (you may get as far as the caution screen but phone will turn off)
4) Phone starts, then turns off after about 3 seconds.
The solution that worked for me involves the power switch. It turns out that the reason you are unable to boot is because your power button is constantly being pressed due to a "sticky" button. This is a hardware flaw with only a temporary solution.
Steps to FIX issue.
1. Use fingernail to gently remove POWER BUTTON from phone. Notice that the bumps in the middle of the button are a little off-center.
2. Use a pair of fine tip tweezers to gently PULL on the yellowish/white POWER SWITCH inside the phone.
3. Test the fix by reinserting the battery. If the phone doesn't auto boot then press the POWER SWITCH with the end of your tweezers.
4A. If phone continues to power cycle then return to step 2.
4B. If phone properly boots then reinsert the POWER BUTTON with bumps in the middle aligned with the POWER SWITCH. If you don't align the bumps then the button will not function properly.
Once again, if this fix did not work for you then your problem is most likely in software (bootloader) and not hardware.
Hope this helps someone. Cheers! :highfive:
Think this post might help
This is the problem I'm having from the sound of it. I haven't had any problems for the last three weeks I've been using LiquidSmooth and it doesn't act like a ROM problem. I noticed the power button wouldn't shut my screen off today out of the blue. I thought it was strange so maybe wipe cache and dalvik just in case... No Dice.
Stuck in a vibrating boot loop from there even after each attempted battery pull. However somehow I was able to finally get the phone to boot by holding the right button combo to get download mode... Waiting for it to restart right away then doing another battery pull... This let's it boot and has worked half a dozen times tonight...
Soooo... pull the power button off with fingernails? Serious? I've had the phone a month and a half maybe so would like to know this happens without breaking any additional connections or whatever if that makes sense... Thanks for the post.
Hi everyone!
I think my bootloop problem may be a unique one because it only occurs whenever I press the power button (and I've kinda searched other threads and couldn't find a bootloop issue like mine). But before I explain in depth, here are my specs:
Stock 4.4.4 rom
Rooted, with xposed + gb
ElementalX 1.00 kernel
This problem is a randomly occurring one; when my phone is fine and I press the power button, it almost usually goes into a bootloop. It can either stay on the google screen or last all the way up to the x-boot one. Sometimes from the x-boot screen, it'll reboot again. So I realized that if I randomly press the power button a few times (usually trial and error), the problem goes away sometimes and I boot normally again. However, if I hit the power button again for any reason, the bootloop issue relapses.
Also another thing to note is sometimes when my phone is switched on and operating normally and I press the button, it doesn't always reboot immediately. Sometimes it behaves as if the power button is held down and the power menu pops up in the lockscreen... then subsequently it boot loops.
So I'm not sure if this is a hardware issue to do with the button itself (because I very rarely ever drop my phone. Perhaps about 3 times in the past 8-9 months since Dec 2013?) or it's a software issue...which will mean I've to reflash my stock rom.
Anyone with a similar issue please help! It's kinda driving me nuts cos I can't even unlock my phone without triggering a bootloop...:crying:
ultimaflux said:
Hi everyone!
I think my bootloop problem may be a unique one because it only occurs whenever I press the power button (and I've kinda searched other threads and couldn't find a bootloop issue like mine). But before I explain in depth, here are my specs:
Stock 4.4.4 rom
Rooted, with xposed + gb
ElementalX 1.00 kernel
This problem is a randomly occurring one; when my phone is fine and I press the power button, it almost usually goes into a bootloop. It can either stay on the google screen or last all the way up to the x-boot one. Sometimes from the x-boot screen, it'll reboot again. So I realized that if I randomly press the power button a few times (usually trial and error), the problem goes away sometimes and I boot normally again. However, if I hit the power button again for any reason, the bootloop issue relapses.
Also another thing to note is sometimes when my phone is switched on and operating normally and I press the button, it doesn't always reboot immediately. Sometimes it behaves as if the power button is held down and the power menu pops up in the lockscreen... then subsequently it boot loops.
So I'm not sure if this is a hardware issue to do with the button itself (because I very rarely ever drop my phone. Perhaps about 3 times in the past 8-9 months since Dec 2013?) or it's a software issue...which will mean I've to reflash my stock rom.
Anyone with a similar issue please help! It's kinda driving me nuts cos I can't even unlock my phone without triggering a bootloop...:crying:
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Might want to send it in for repair. Mine had the same symptoms about a month ago--spontaneously displaying the power menu, boot loops where I'd need to do a hardware reboot (or whatever it's called, vol up + power) and sometimes it won't wake the screen when I press the power button and act as if I turned it off. Tried to reflash recovery and change roms, same banana. Then suddenly it won't go out of bootloop, sometimes gets to the x-boot and sometimes only until the Google logo. Sent it for repair and lo and behold, hardware problem. I think this is really inherent on some older Nexus 5's with the wobbly power button.
I suggest you do a nandroid backup while you have the chance. Never had a chance myself
kisetsu17 said:
Might want to send it in for repair. Mine had the same symptoms about a month ago--spontaneously displaying the power menu, boot loops where I'd need to do a hardware reboot (or whatever it's called, vol up + power) and sometimes it won't wake the screen when I press the power button and act as if I turned it off. Tried to reflash recovery and change roms, same banana. Then suddenly it won't go out of bootloop, sometimes gets to the x-boot and sometimes only until the Google logo. Sent it for repair and lo and behold, hardware problem. I think this is really inherent on some older Nexus 5's with the wobbly power button.
I suggest you do a nandroid backup while you have the chance. Never had a chance myself
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sigh, i reflashed stock rom and the problem persisted. i can't even stay on the bootloader screen without it rebooting itself all over again. i guess it's an old nexus 5 hardware problem like you said :/ thanks for sharing!
ultimaflux said:
sigh, i reflashed stock rom and the problem persisted. i can't even stay on the bootloader screen without it rebooting itself all over again. i guess it's an old nexus 5 hardware problem like you said :/ thanks for sharing!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...lease-stop-talking-hardware-versions-t2597276
Sounds like the power button is getting stuck, or shorting out.
I have Android 4.4.4 (I know) with DirtyUnicorns on it, and as the title says I woke up and it was stuck at the DirtyUnicorns screen and it does the vibration it usually does 2-3 seconds before actually starting except it does it on repeat and never goes anywhere. It's not a power button issue (even though I had that in the past but right now it seems to works fine).
Safe Mode works fine, I haven't updated Android (unless it did while I was sleeping), and I don't know how relevant it can be but I dropped it earlier today breaking the screen.
I actually just restarted the phone right now and it booted fine for like 5 seconds, then it restarted (wtf lol?).
Hopefully you can help me out even though I'm not too much of a tech geek.
For me, it sounds like power button issue.
You can check it quickly, the next time, it starts, try holding the volume down button - if it takes you to recovery. Then you know
Yes, it does indeed take me to safe mode. As I said I don't think it's got to do with the power button, it doesn't randomly reboot or anything.
It wouldn't boot to safemode if it was the power button issue. I suspect either hardware damage, or rom corruption.
daedric said:
It wouldn't boot to safemode if it was the power button issue. I suspect either hardware damage, or rom corruption.
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Do you think a factory reset is worth trying?