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Help, N5 hardware buttons only working in recovery

I have a Nexus 5 whose buttons quit working yesterday. The power and volume buttons will not work at all or respond to anything at all. Strangely, I can hold the power and volume buttons and it will throw the phone into recovery and the buttons work fine there. However, no response whatsoever while booted into the OS.
Prior to this happening the phone was stock, not rooted, locked bootloader.
In an attempt to fix it, I have done a FDR--didnt work.
I also flashed Android 5.0 and Android 4.4.4 factory images thinking it might have been a corrupted file or something. However, having done that a couple times it still isn't working. Any ideas?

Sounds like a hardware problem to me. Are you still under warranty? I'd rma the device
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jd1639 said:
Sounds like a hardware problem to me. Are you still under warranty? I'd rma the device
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Out of warranty. I hesitate to call it hardware because it works while I am in the bootloader screen and the buttons allow me to put the phone into bootloader. Just won't work in OS

mdandashly said:
Out of warranty. I hesitate to call it hardware because it works while I am in the bootloader screen and the buttons allow me to put the phone into bootloader. Just won't work in OS
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So, all the buttons work if your in the bootloader or recovery? I'd try flashing the factory image and see if they work then. It'll wipe your device so back up first.
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jd1639 said:
So, all the buttons work if your in the bootloader or recovery? I'd try flashing the factory image and see if they work then. It'll wipe your device so back up first.
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Correct. The buttons do not work at all in the OS. But if I press them to take me into bootloader/recovery if I hold em down they will get me there. Once in bootloader/recovery, they work flawlessly.
I tried flashing factory images of both 4.4.4 and 5.0. Did not work.

mdandashly said:
Correct. The buttons do not work at all in the OS. But if I press them to take me into bootloader/recovery if I hold em down they will get me there. Once in bootloader/recovery, they work flawlessly.
I tried flashing factory images of both 4.4.4 and 5.0. Did not work.
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Try booting into safe mode and see if that does anything.

theesotericone said:
Try booting into safe mode and see if that does anything.
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I can't boot into safe mode. That requires holding the power button until the power dialogue comes up. Then pressing and holding "power off."
The button does not work, hence I cannot go into safe mode. If I hold the power button long enough, it will eventually reboot the phone though.

mdandashly said:
I can't boot into safe mode. That requires holding the power button until the power dialogue comes up. Then pressing and holding "power off."
The button does not work, hence I cannot go into safe mode. If I hold the power button long enough, it will eventually reboot the phone though.
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Enter safe mode with the phone off.
Press and hold power until you see the google logo. Then release power and press and hold volume down until booted. You should be in safe mode.

Same Problem!
mdandashly said:
I have a Nexus 5 whose buttons quit working yesterday. The power and volume buttons will not work at all or respond to anything at all. Strangely, I can hold the power and volume buttons and it will throw the phone into recovery and the buttons work fine there. However, no response whatsoever while booted into the OS.
Prior to this happening the phone was stock, not rooted, locked bootloader.
In an attempt to fix it, I have done a FDR--didnt work.
I also flashed Android 5.0 and Android 4.4.4 factory images thinking it might have been a corrupted file or something. However, having done that a couple times it still isn't working. Any ideas?
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Hello mdandashly,
Did you solve the problem? I have exactly the same and don't know what to do... Please tell me if you have any ideas how to fix it!

Lost root and have bootloop...bricked?

Hi,
really need help...I was about to sold my old HTC Sensation XE, rooted and had viper 5.2.1 on it - deleted everything from SD card, but wanted to be sure nothing remained on my phone so I made factory reset (i think I shouldn't to this)..
Now when I turn phone On it loads HTC logo, then Viper logo and restarts and then again HTC, Viper restart...
When I hold power button + vol.down nothing happens (HTC->Viper and restart) + all the buttons are flashing...
Did I bricked my phone for good or is there a way how to reflash everything?
Thanks

hawkeeyee said:
Hi,
really need help...I was about to sold my old HTC Sensation XE, rooted and had viper 5.2.1 on it - deleted everything from SD card, but wanted to be sure nothing remained on my phone so I made factory reset (i think I shouldn't to this)..
Now when I turn phone On it loads HTC logo, then Viper logo and restarts and then again HTC, Viper restart...
When I hold power button + vol.down nothing happens (HTC->Viper and restart) + all the buttons are flashing...
Did I bricked my phone for good or is there a way how to reflash everything?
Thanks
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v u puled out the battery.....
if not helped then flash recovery through fastboot and then flash viper rom again

is this possible when Im not able to access HBOOT menu or do anything with power + vol down?

hawkeeyee said:
is this possible when Im not able to access HBOOT menu or do anything with power + vol down?
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Like said above, pull out the battery for 10 seconds n put back in then ul be able to boot into bootloader with vol down + power

didn't helped

hawkeeyee said:
didn't helped
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U must be doing it wrong or ur volume button is dodgy. Ur phone being in a bootloop should not affect getting into bootloader once uv pulled the battery.

I'm sure it was working before (my girlfriend used it a never told me she is not available to lower the sound)
why are bottom buttons flashing while holding power + vol down?

hawkeeyee said:
I'm sure it was working before (my girlfriend used it a never told me she is not available to lower the sound)
why are bottom buttons flashing while holding power + vol down?
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I dunno, mine does that if im in a bootloop n i try a hard reset. Dont worry. The vol button mite work but she mite just need to give it an extra push, no harm in cleaning it coz the sensations r bad for dust getting in there. K pull the battery out for a min n put back in then press and hold vol down (hard) and press n hold power button. U should get to bootloader, keep trying till u do. As long as u pull the battery out u should get there at some point.

Sometimes I also have to pull the battery out twice to make it go into bootloader. Just make sure you have enough charge in the battery too.

no luck... tried it around 20 times and nothing... communication via fastboot is not working..
so I guess there is no other way how to enter recovery as vol down and power
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hawkeeyee said:
no luck... tried it around 20 times and nothing... communication via fastboot is not working..
so I guess there is no other way how to enter recovery as vol down and power
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Dunno bud should work. U can try adb commands but dunno if that will work tho. So boot ur phone normaly and when its at boot animation, plug in ur phone to pc and open command window n type
adb reboot recovery

hawkeeyee said:
no luck... tried it around 20 times and nothing... communication via fastboot is not working..
so I guess there is no other way how to enter recovery as vol down and power
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try this
switch the phone normally
when you see the htc logo or the viper logo type the command adb reboot bootloader
have your device already connected

error: device not found
drivers for win installed, when phone is powered off I can see him in win as removable disk...
asking if I'm doing this as I should:
downloaded Android SDK and made initial set-up as wrote here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112

hawkeeyee said:
error: device not found
drivers for win installed, when phone is powered off I can see him in win as removable disk...
asking if I'm doing this as I should:
downloaded Android SDK and made initial set-up as wrote here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
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Use this tool for fastboot setup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

still same

hawkeeyee said:
still same
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K, pull the battery out n back in, then leave the battery cover off ur phone and press the vol down button then press n hold the power button (both same time) see if that boots into bootloader.

nope, tried that 30x already

hawkeeyee said:
nope, tried that 30x already
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what windows OS do you have?

win 7, 64bit

hawkeeyee said:
win 7, 64bit
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try the latest htc drivers from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217396

GT-P5110 unable to reboot directly to recovery after twrp installation

full stock, unrooted, GT-P5110
... connect to odin (3.12 PC)-> uncheck auto reboot -> install twrp -> PASS -> unplug cable from usb
but all I seem to be able to do is reboot into system.
I :-
hold power button for 1 sec, 2 secs, 3 sec.... trying to just turn it off (instead of reboot)
hold vol down + power button,
hold power button + tap volume down,
just hold vol down,
tap power button (does nothing), only long press restarts.
hold power button till screen goes black and then hold vol down + tap pwr button
hold power button till screen goes black and then hold vol down + hold pwr button
hold power button till screen goes black and then hold vol down on its own
search forum
pull hair out
type this
each time reinstalling twrp
any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
thanks

To reboot to recovery you need to hold volume UP + power.

john99ap said:
To reboot to recovery you need to hold volume UP + power.
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well that's strange, as, on my device, from off:
Volume UP + power takes me to download mode... I have done this several times and it asks me to confirm by then pressing down.
AND, from off
Volume DOWN + power takes me to recovery.
and doing a search, via google and xda all agree with me.
.. but thanks
I never said I couldn't get into recovery... I cannot get from odin into recovery without it first rebooting and therefore wiping my flash.
edit: So I tried it anyway, and got back into download mode, which in a way is kinda good news as, my logic, if I can get back into download mode from a reboot then I should be able to get into recovery from a reboot.

Same same but slightly different
Dizzee said:
well that's strange, as, on my device, from off:
Volume UP + power takes me to download mode... I have done this several times and it asks me to confirm by then pressing down.
AND, from off
Volume DOWN + power takes me to recovery.
and doing a search, via google and xda all agree with me.
.. but thanks
I never said I couldn't get into recovery... I cannot get from odin into recovery without it first rebooting and therefore wiping my flash.
edit: So I tried it anyway, and got back into download mode, which in a way is kinda good news as, my logic, if I can get back into download mode from a reboot then I should be able to get into recovery from a reboot.
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I am having the exact same problems and tried exactly the same things. I am just not able to install twrp because of this. ( I read that it overwrites the recovery with the stock one when you are not going straight into recovery mode after installation) I am stuck at the “Samsung Galaxy note 10.1” screen if try to go straight into recovery.
What is strange though is that with my device: VOLDown (towards the power button) + Power button takes me to download mode and the other combination supposedly to the recovery mode.
This is so frustrating. Done this so many times with other devices but this one just does not give up… I just want to get rid of all bloatware and other crap…..

DonnieCorleone said:
I am having the exact same problems and tried exactly the same things. I am just not able to install twrp because of this. ( I read that it overwrites the recovery with the stock one when you are not going straight into recovery mode after installation) I am stuck at the “Samsung Galaxy note 10.1” screen if try to go straight into recovery.
What is strange though is that with my device: VOLDown (towards the power button) + Power button takes me to download mode and the other combination supposedly to the recovery mode.
This is so frustrating. Done this so many times with other devices but this one just does not give up… I just want to get rid of all bloatware and other crap…..
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I've given up, for now, tried every combination I could think... I have a sneaky feeling it must be rooted first. It is the only thing I haven't tried doing.

I am now trying to root it first
Dizzee said:
I've given up, for now, tried every combination I could think... I have a sneaky feeling it must be rooted first. It is the only thing I haven't tried doing.
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I am currently doing just that! Using the files from autoroot . chainfire . eu (can not post links yet haha) . I will let you know how it went!
UPDATE:
It worked! I rooted my device first. After that I flashed my recovery via the TWRP app. I also must say that my device is the GT-N8010 (p4notewifixx). I got confused of all the different models. Still I think it will work with your model aswell! Good luck!

oneplus one bricked

Hi i have a bricked oneplus one 64gb that is bricked and i do not know how to unbrick it i was installing a custom kernel and changed a setting and it would not go back to the rom it does not boot into fastboot mode or recovery

If you wait a little bit after power on, does the OpO start with Odin?

Mad07 said:
If you wait a little bit after power on, does the OpO start with Odin?
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no

What's happen?
What can you see?
Does you can boot to any menu?
Volume up and Power on (Hold both Keys a while) or Volume down and Power On?

Mad07 said:
What's happen?
What can you see?
Does you can boot to any menu?
Volume up and Power on (Hold both Keys a while) or Volume down and Power On?
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I cannot get into fastboot mode or recovery and there is nothing on the screen and there is vibration

I believe, that the PC will recognize the phone.
In this case search in the forum to bring back the OPO back to live with the original Firmware. I wasn't in the the same situation (only one time the recovery was broken
E.g.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732

Try to bring it to the factory condition
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541

How to enter recovery mode on 9860?

Tried to press power+volume up, doesn't work. Is there any other way?

tainka said:
Tried to press power+volume up, doesn't work. Is there any other way?
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connect to computer while doing and it works

You can boot into recovery without having to plug into a computer by holding power + volume up, and then once you get to the "this device is unlocked, press power key to continue" screen, rather than just waiting for that screen to disappear, press the power key and then you should be taken to recovery... at least, that's how I was able to do it

ShotSkydiver said:
You can boot into recovery without having to plug into a computer by holding power + volume up, and then once you get to the "this device is unlocked, press power key to continue" screen, rather than just waiting for that screen to disappear, press the power key and then you should be taken to recovery... at least, that's how I was able to do it
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Its an issue after latest update, so we have to connect to PC and then Power + Vol Up

inningsdefeat500 said:
Its an issue after latest update, so we have to connect to PC and then Power + Vol Up
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Ah gotcha, that makes sense, I've never been able to get recovery booting via power + volume up, until I randomly tried pressing the power button at the device unlocked screen, and for some reason doing that took me into recovery

ShotSkydiver said:
Ah gotcha, that makes sense, I've never been able to get recovery booting via power + volume up, until I randomly tried pressing the power button at the device unlocked screen, and for some reason doing that took me into recovery
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What is the unlocked screen? Never saw this

Are you powering off your phone first? If so wait a few seconds after then hold down both power + volume up buttons at the same time and hold for 10 seconds. It still works for me doing it this way.

xfaega said:
Are you powering off your phone first? If so wait a few seconds after then hold down both power + volume up buttons at the same time and hold for 10 seconds. It still works for me doing it this way.
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Yes, I tried a few times when phone is off. But it butting up like always to the os.

Volume Up + Power, Splash Screen, Continue pressing the volume up button works for me..

tainka said:
Yes, I tried a few times when phone is off. But it butting up like always to the os.
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Try this. Hold the volume up button first then the power button. See if this will work.

Thanks, i succeeded with the cable method

edwardob said:
connect to computer while doing and it works
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Oh man!! you saved my life!! Lots of thanks.

Very helpful!
edwardob said:
connect to computer while doing and it works
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This works like a charm. I was about to give up my phone because of this predicament, I didn't want to have any issues restoring my phone in the future in case. THANKS A BUNCH!

It's kinda strange but it is bootloader issue. I am on BTK3 firmware (latest Android 10 release) and i'm experiencing such misbehave of key-kombo to enter ot recovery mode since September or October FW update. Has jus tried to downgrade bootloader to initial firmaware (ATGM) by flashing BL in odin and now i can enter recovery by only pressing vol-up + bixby. It work always. Cables, headphones... nothing needed. just keys-combo.
Then i tried to update BL to latest Android 10 (BTK3) and again recovery mode doesn't work. Only if N9860 connected to PC by cable and even with that it doesn't work for me 10 out of 10 times.
Can someone text/call Samsung support to report this issue ?
BTW thanks to @Mentalmuso for helping me!

Same things happen to Android 11.
Tried to flash on my N9860 old BL over Android 11 firmware (was installed before that, all files AP, BL, CP, CSC), flash was ok, but system was unable to load. constantly bootloops. but i was able again to enter recovery without cable and etc. Tried to wipe cache and factory reset from default recovery but no luck - bootloop.
I thought that game over and old BL is not compatible with new android 11.
But then i wanted to try do the same but with custom binaries (@Mentalmuso TWRP and kernel) and ta-da - system loaded from the first try. For me it's surprise. Now i have Android 11 latest FW for TGY (CUA3) with initial BL from the box (ATGM) and everything looks like working fine. No error in OS, no random reboots (at least after 30 minutes of test) and recovery can be simply loaded only by key combo, without any cables, headphones and PC.
I'm happy now =)
Strange thing is that after fladhing old BL system did not show error message that vbmeta changed and some error in vbmeta header. It was showed always on Android 10. But i flashed twrp again (it has vbmeta inside .zip) to be safe lol.