The power & volume button's flex cable got broken and it takes time to get a new one. Is there any way to powern on the phone without the buttons?
My phone is unlocked and rooted.
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Hey,
My dad has an HTC One mini (m4 I think) which accidentally went in the wash for a minute or two before noticing. We sent it in for repairs and now the power button and volume down button don't work any more.
So, how do I get into recovery without these buttons so I can install a custom ROM to use the capacitive buttons or volume up key to turn the phone on and off?
Thanks
MrPutuLips said:
Hey,
My dad has an HTC One mini (m4 I think) which accidentally went in the wash for a minute or two before noticing. We sent it in for repairs and now the power button and volume down button don't work any more.
So, how do I get into recovery without these buttons so I can install a custom ROM to use the capacitive buttons or volume up key to turn the phone on and off?
Thanks
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What I would do if I were you. I'd install a kernel with s2w/dtw functionality.
As for getting it into recover: Use ADB.
I was running the latest stock image (MMB29V) since yesterday on my Nexus 5 and today I used the Nexus root toolkit as always to root the device. Well TWRP flashed once and it said it copied the root files to the device. I had it in my pocket for a few minutes and after that it went into a crazy constant boot loop. It will stop eventually but if I keep the charging cable in it won't stop. I cannot get into recovery because I get the "Start" screen but I cannot advance because it reboots too quickly. I have found a few you tube videos where people push the power button like they are playing the old school game "Track and Field" but this does not work for me nor do I think it's a power button issue. I think I stupidly might have hit some kind of button combo while I'm my pocket believe it or not. I pulled the cover off and was hoping to pull the battery but Im not a fan of doing that since its not a simple task. Any help appreciated. This phone is dead to me and that is NOT good. I need to get this working.
TIA
Bill
Will the phone stay in fastboot mode or does it quickly restart?
Possible power button problem?
audit13 said:
Will the phone stay in fastboot mode or does it quickly restart?
Possible power button problem?
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It quickly restarts. I want to say its not a problem with the power button because it has been fine for a few years now w/out issue and only happened after rooting earlier today. Right now the only way I can even get the phone to turn on is the plug the charging cable in and then the restarting commences. Does it sound like a power button issue? Possibly but its hard to believe, I dunno. Waiting on a call back from Google tech support to see if they are any help.
It could be a power button issue. You'll have to remove the motherboard to find out.
Once removed from the housing, quickly press and release the power button several times in a row using more pressure than normal. While the motherboard is out of the phone, clean around the power button with pure alcohol.
audit13 said:
It could be a power button issue. You'll have to remove the motherboard to find out.
Once removed from the housing, quickly press and release the power button several times in a row using more pressure than normal. While the motherboard is out of the phone, clean around the power button with pure alcohol.
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Is there a write up on that here somewhere? Guess I will have to search around for it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/nexus-5-power-button-broken-heres-to-t3049747
audit13 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/nexus-5-power-button-broken-heres-to-t3049747
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Did NOT want to screw up my phone so I sent it to LG. Took a few weeks but it cost me 78.00 total for them to repair the power button issue. Whatever they replaced also fixed the low volume issue I was experiencing as well so it worked out.
Hi All,
I am having a bit of trouble with my Galaxy S6 device. I am unsure if this was the cause of my issue, though yesterday I had dropped my phone from a short distance. When I had picked my phone back up it was powered off and would not turn back on. This is not the first time my device has powered down from a fall, and this is not the first time I had difficulty rebooting my device.
My phone does not appear to be responsive to any attempts, nor does it indicate by LED that it is charging. When I dropped the device, I was just then taking it off the charger as the battery was at full/near full.
I have tried holding the power button, holding the power button and volume buttons, holding the power button and each of the volume buttons on their own, as well as holding the power button, volume down button, and the home button. I have not had any luck with any of these solutions, nor was the device responsive to any of these solutions.
When I plug the phone into its charger, the power brick does appear to be warm, though this may just be wishful thinking on my part. I have tried the power brick that came with the device as well as a third party power brick.
At this point I am going to try to get into recovery via ABD, but I am not confident that my device will even be recognized by my computer.
Many of my online accounts have an authenticator from my phone tied to them, I am desperate to get access to this again. Is there anything else that I have failed to try?
Many Thanks.
EDIT: I would also like to make note that I have taken very good care of my device and that there is no outward physical damage to the device. With this being said, is it possible that the drop could have rendered an issue with the internal components? Perhaps my device was still on and the screen just went out on me? Though would this also render the LED indicator inoperable as well? Perhaps the battery was jostled loose? Though in such as tightly packed unit, would this even be possible?
Hey people, my phone randomly went off when i was using camera. When i try to turn it on it's just vibrate once in 60 seconds. I tryed - volume and power button, + volume and power button, all three buttons together like 50 times now and nothing, i never put custom rom on phone, so bootloader is locked. Is there any way i can sideload rom,img or ota file. because im sure it's something with software
You can try OTA. Have you ever dropped your device especially in any substance? Does the phone say "Google"? You may need to buy a new digitizer for the device unless you can prove it fully works. I have seen google pixel digitizers break by seeing it flex very lightly.
I have an Oneplus Nord Indian version which broke into pieces during an accident. Now my display is not working. Before replacing the display I just wanted to make sure that the phone is still working. So I plugged it in and it vibrated for a second. I thought that the phone is booting without a problem. But after sometime when i put a sim card in the phone it doesn't seem to be working. When I unplug the charger and then replug it the phone doesn't give out any sound or vibration. So I thought about force restarting the phone. But to my surprise holding on the power button for a long time doesn't do anything because I already know that the phone will vibrate if it starts to boot up. So I went in and checked every flex cable connection. And when I replugged the battery again the power button worked, the phone vibrated but again after sometime the power button just doesn't seem to be doing anything. So I held the VOL + button and power button together and this worked, everytime when I hold those buttons together, the phone responded with a vibration. So I thought about flashing it with the MDM Tool as the data in the phone was not important for me. The flashing completed without a fuss and the phone vibrated again. And guess what, Its still the same. No charging sounds, none of the sim card works , no vibration when plugged in , the alert slider isn't doing anything. The only thing that the phone will respond to is by holding the Volume Up button and power button together. So my question is, whether this is because of not having an display connected or is the mainboard faulty here ? Because replacement displays are damn expensive and I'm not ready to buy it unless I'm absolutely sure that the phone only needs a new display. And is there any other way to make sure that the phone is working or not ?
I had a similar situation. I closed the trunk of the car and the phone was on the bumper and I hit it with the trunk lid. the glass cracked, but with a long press on the power button there was a vibration. I bought a new screen and replaced it. and everything works great
gorro8 said:
I had a similar situation. I closed the trunk of the car and the phone was on the bumper and I hit it with the trunk lid. the glass cracked, but with a long press on the power button there was a vibration. I bought a new screen and replaced it. and everything works great
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That's what I'm afraid of, if the phone is good it must vibrate when power button is long pressed which indicates that the phone is rebooting. Thanks for your reply mate. Appreciate it.