Cannot Get Into Bootloader - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello
Im currently trying to flash a new radio but I cannot enter the Bootloader for some reason. Now when I press down and power on I go straight into ClockworkMod Recovery and not bootloader so I cannot access Fastboot. Any ideas or am I being a complete idiot here.
Cheers
EDIT: Well have managed to enter bootloader but damned if I can figure out how to bring the command prompt up lol

First remove battery then hold volume down key and power key. Probably U have enabled "fast boot" in phone settings -> application.
On bootloader moving through volume up and down key. Approve the choice power key.

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Thats done the trick mate thanks very much.

Marshall1975 said:
EDIT: Well have managed to enter bootloader but damned if I can figure out how to bring the command prompt up lol
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Well that all depends on what operating system you have on your computer. If I can assume Windoze 7 press the start key, type in "cmd" and press enter.
You should now have the elusive command prompt. Now you just gotta do "cd /path/to/fastboot" followed by your fastboot commands.

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[Q] Splash screen help

Let me start by saying yes i'm fully rooted, ok now with that outta the way, im trying to a load new splash screen as explained here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=722717, but the issue i'm having is where he say "Boot your phone into fastboot (hold vol up key while powering phone on, select fastboot)", shouldn't it be power and volume down, also when i go to cmd to type" fastboot devices" to see if the computer is recognizing my phone my first command line that comes up says C:\Documnents and Setting\Tom Harman>, i have a filling that should not be there, but either way it's not showing it's connected, should i have the phone set to charge only, or disk drive or what am i not doing right.
39 views, come one some has got to have something, searching has turned up no good results.
You check with this line.. adb devices. Will have a bunch of numbers and if it does your all good.
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see i can't even get there since my first cmd line is C:\Documnents and Setting\Tom Harman>, i put in fastboot device, and it says not a internal or external command.
Boot the phone with volume up and it should bring you to a white screen with info about your phone. Select fastboot from the menu. When it talks about cmd, use windows explorer to navigate to the Android SDK folder on your computer. Find the tools folder and highlight the folder name and hold shift then right click and select open new command window here. Then type fastboot devices in the cmd window.
nukedukem said:
Boot the phone with volume up and it should bring you to a white screen with info about your phone. Select fastboot from the menu. When it talks about cmd, use windows explorer to navigate to the Android SDK folder on your computer. Find the tools folder and highlight the folder name and hold shift then right click and select open new command window here. Then type fastboot devices in the cmd window.
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when i try this way of holding power and vol up, it buzz's 3 times and does nothing, then i have to pull battery just to start over, but if i hold power and vol down i can select fastboot, and it takes me to the red highlighted fastboot usb, but nothing about cmd.
You must navigate to the android-sdk-windows\tools folder. The path can be different for everyone. The location is where you extracted the android sdk to. Mine is at the root of the C drive.
Make sure USB debugging in Settings/Applications/Development is turned on and reboot into the bootloader (power+vol down)
Type this:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools press enter
(The path you just typed should be displayed here)
Now type: fastboot devices
This should display something like HTxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If it does, it worked. Just type your commands to flash the splash image.
Hope this helps
That's strange, did you flash an eng hboot? How did you root?
tomh1979 said:
when i try this way of holding power and vol up, it buzz's 3 times and does nothing, then i have to pull battery just to start over, but if i hold power and vol down i can select fastboot, and it takes me to the red highlighted fastboot usb, but nothing about cmd.
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Thats referring to the command prompt terminal on your computer
dglowe343 said:
You must navigate to the android-sdk-windows\tools folder. The path can be different for everyone. The location is where you extracted the android sdk to. Mine is at the root of the C drive.
Make sure USB debugging in Settings/Applications/Development is turned on and reboot into the bootloader (power+vol down)
Type this:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools press enter
(The path you just typed should be displayed here)
Now type: fastboot devices
This should display something like HTxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If it does, it worked. Just type your commands to flash the splash image.
Hope this helps
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that's the first time it confirmed my device, but it failed to flash, says remote not allowed.
nukedukem said:
Boot the phone with volume up and it should bring you to a white screen with info about your phone. Select fastboot from the menu. When it talks about cmd, use windows explorer to navigate to the Android SDK folder on your computer. Find the tools folder and highlight the folder name and hold shift then right click and select open new command window here. Then type fastboot devices in the cmd window.
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i just followed what you said and held the UP VOLUME KEY and the power button at the same time, my phone vibrated 3 times, n now wont charge, or turn on, or work with volume down n power button... thanks a lot for the misleading info
nukedukem said:
That's strange, did you flash an eng hboot? How did you root?
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the only way you could root the ota 2.2, which i have been able to do everything else from change roms, load boot animations, just can't do this, lol.
vikramjatt11 said:
i just followed what you said and held the UP VOLUME KEY and the power button at the same time, my phone vibrated 3 times, n now wont charge, or turn on, or work with volume down n power button... thanks a lot for the misleading info
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just pull the battery, it'll be ok, i did that a few times too, lol.
If you power up the phone with the volume up held it should boot into fastboot. I was wrong about selecting fastboot earlier, I thought you had to select it, but it will boot directly into fastboot.
IDK how the 2.2 root is done, it sounds like you don't have an eng bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752832&highlight=engineering+hboot
found the problem, it lies in the hboot, should be .76, but is .79, time to revert.

[Q] how to go in boot menu without pressing volume down key

hi..my desire's volume down key is defective & its not working..
so is there any apps. or any other method to go in boot menu without pressing volume down key.
plz help
i want to install another rom in my phone
push power + vol down!
ashuonweb said:
hi..my desire's volume down key is defective & its not working..
so is there any apps. or any other method to go in boot menu without pressing volume down key.
plz help
i want to install another rom in my phone
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You should install 'Quick boot' from the market. You need root access to use this app. You can also connect your phone to your PC and use ADB to reboot the phone in bootloader mode with the following adb command: adb reboot bootloader.
You mean the hboot menu? Press and hold back and power button, and when fastboot screen appears, press power button. Now you are in hboot.
You can install "ROM manager" , it can reboot into the Recovery(CWM)
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
thanx to all above for your valuable reply..
but i am having problem that my usb connection get automatically disconnected whenever i click on.exe file of rom
plesae help
ashuonweb said:
thanx to all above for your valuable reply..
but i am having problem that my usb connection get automatically disconnected whenever i click on.exe file of rom
plesae help
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As far as I know, there isn't any .exe file in an android operating system. And for your problem, you should do something like this:
1. If you're on Windows:
- make sure that you have the android sdk downloaded;
- make sure the drivers for HTC Desire are installed on your pc / laptop
- go to platform-tools, hold the SHIFT button from your keyboard pressed and, while holding it, press the right mouse button in that folder. The right click menu will appear, but having an extra option "Open Command Window Here" or something like that;
- connect your phone cable to your pc / laptop;
- plug the cable into your phone;
- in the command prompt window opened earlier write "adb shell reboot recovery" to go into recovery, "adb shell reboot" to simply reboot or "adb shell reboot bootloader" to boot into the bootloader;
2. If you're on Linux:
- open terminal;
- cd /to/the/android/sdk/path;
- cd /platform-tools;
- use the commands I wrote above, the ones including adb;
If your existing rom allows it, if you press and hold power button, choose restart, then you can get a mini menu with the option to boot into recovery. You can then use the recovery to flash the new rom.
Another option is 4ext recovery - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408936
It will install a new recovery on your phone - but it is pretty cool. You can use the touchscreen to navigate rather than volume buttons (handy if your volume is stuffed) You can also use the app to launch the recovery.
I am also having a similar problem .I was trying to install superuser in a .zip file ,but now I have ended up in a boot loop ,I am not able to go to the boot menu .................
Can anybody help me.
aditya p said:
I am also having a similar problem .I was trying to install superuser in a .zip file ,but now I have ended up in a boot loop ,I am not able to go to the boot menu .................
Can anybody help me.
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Take the battery out, then boot in hboot (if your volume buttons are not working, press Power+Back button, then select Bootloader), then recovery and restore your backup (you should have done one) or reflash your rom.

[Q] Nexus stucked on google logo

Hi I'm a new member so I hope this is the right section. My nexus 7 2013 is stucked at the google logo screen, I can enter in fastboot mode but not in recovery mode, if I try the device reboots and it stucks on google logo again. I've not usb debug activated. Can anyone help me?
Francesco Amato said:
Hi I'm a new member so I hope this is the right section. My nexus 7 2013 is stucked at the google logo screen, I can enter in fastboot mode but not in recovery mode, if I try the device reboots and it stucks on google logo again. I've not usb debug activated. Can anyone help me?
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Hey, trust me, I feel your pain! I've been dealing with this issue for a week. I could get into the bootloader, but recovery wouldn't work and no matter what I flashed, I couldn't get past the google logo.
Today, I tried it again and it worked. I was able to get it to reinstall and boot.
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
Just download the file there, boot your nexus into the bootloader, connect it to your computer, and click the "dead_nexus7" file.
That's what worked for me. I have no idea if it'll work for you because I tried the exact same thing probably a dozen times and it never worked until now..
Good luck!
nexusjas said:
Hey, trust me, I feel your pain! I've been dealing with this issue for a week. I could get into the bootloader, but recovery wouldn't work and no matter what I flashed, I couldn't get past the google logo.
Today, I tried it again and it worked. I was able to get it to reinstall and boot.
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
Just download the file there, boot your nexus into the bootloader, connect it to your computer, and click the "dead_nexus7" file.
That's what worked for me. I have no idea if it'll work for you because I tried the exact same thing probably a dozen times and it never worked until now..
Good luck!
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Sorry but I have to follow the guide or only your suggestion?
Francesco Amato said:
Sorry but I have to follow the guide or only your suggestion?
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Follow the guide, but skip step 5 and do 6 instead. Since you can't get into your OS, you can't have debugging enabled, so step 5 won't work. Step 6 is for people who can only get into the bootloader.
nexusjas said:
Follow the guide, but skip step 5 and do 6 instead. Since you can't get into your OS, you can't have debugging enabled, so step 5 won't work. Step 6 is for people who can only get into the bootloader.
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It doesn't work, when it sends bootloader it fails and says FAILED <remote:Bootloader is locked.> then it reboot into bootloader and says erasing 'system' but it doesn't do anything... :crying:
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Francesco Amato said:
It doesn't work, when it sends bootloader it fails and says FAILED <remote:Bootloader is locked.> then it reboot into bootloader and says erasing 'system' but it doesn't do anything... :crying:
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You have to unlock the bootloader.
Go to the folder and open a command prompt from there. Usually you can right click and say open command prompt. If that's not an option go to start > run and type cmd. Hit enter. Type "cd <path of folder>" -- mine, for example would be "cd C:\Desktop\Nexus7_2013_KTU84P_Restore" (no quotes) - then hit enter.
Then type: fastboot oem unlock
hit enter.
On your nexus, a screen will pop up. Use the volume key to navigate to the option that says you want to unlock it. Hit the power key once to select that option.
When it's done, go back into the bootloader and open the dead_nexus7 file on your computer.
nexusjas said:
You have to unlock the bootloader.
Go to the folder and open a command prompt from there. Usually you can right click and say open command prompt. If that's not an option go to start > run and type cmd. Hit enter. Type "cd <path of folder>" -- mine, for example would be "cd C:\Desktop\Nexus7_2013_KTU84P_Restore" (no quotes) - then hit enter.
Then type: fastboot oem unlock
hit enter.
On your nexus, a screen will pop up. Use the volume key to navigate to the option that says you want to unlock it. Hit the power key once to select that option.
When it's done, go back into the bootloader and open the dead_nexus7 file on your computer.
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When I press the power button on yes the device stuckes and I can't do anything:crying:
This recently happened to me. I returned it to Asus and they replaced the main board. I've read elsewhere that this isn't terribly uncommon.
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[Q] quick question re Fastboot mode...

I am blanking... is booting to the hboot screen and selecting FASTBOOT, pressing the power button (to enter fastboot mode), the same thing as entering adb reboot bootloader (from a terminal window running ADB obviously)?
I don't think it is... but then that's my question: How can you get to "fastboot mode" on your phone via ADB?
Thanks!
Please stop making threads for any other little issue that comes in mind. Keep it in 1 thread, cleaner and easier to follow !
Mr Hofs said:
Please stop making threads for any other little issue that comes in mind. Keep it in 1 thread, cleaner and easier to follow !
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:laugh: Yep, I also just had a thought. Going to make a new thread about it right now just to tell everyone that I'm gonna go make coffee.
syntropic said:
I am blanking... is booting to the hboot screen and selecting FASTBOOT, pressing the power button (to enter fastboot mode), the same thing as entering adb reboot bootloader (from a terminal window running ADB obviously)?
I don't think it is... but then that's my question: How can you get to "fastboot mode" on your phone via ADB?
Thanks!
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adb reboot bootloader = power into hboot and select fastboot
they both boot the bootloader (fastboot)
also as these guys said, easier to follow in one thread buddy

Is it possible to lock the bootloader without using the volume buttons?

the volume buttons on my device don't work, and my android is on 8.0.0, I am wanting to upgrade to 9.0.5, but the device will not let me update with the bootloader unlocked, so I wonder if there is any way to do this without having to use the volume buttons, thanks in advance
andrevianaa said:
the volume buttons on my device don't work, and my android is on 8.0.0, I am wanting to upgrade to 9.0.5, but the device will not let me update with the bootloader unlocked, so I wonder if there is any way to do this without having to use the volume buttons, thanks in advance
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I'm having the same issue today, try this. I will be performing the same thing today and will update you on how I do.
EDIT: Didn't see that you said your volume doesn't work. Whoops. There might be a way to reboot into ADB recovery. Try putting your device into Developer Mode, turn on Advanced Reboot, and when you hold down the power, press "Reboot" and then "Bootloader". Then just use ADB.
AwlsomeAlex said:
EDIT: Didn't see that you said your volume doesn't work. Whoops. There might be a way to reboot into ADB recovery. Try putting your device into Developer Mode, turn on Advanced Reboot, and when you hold down the power, press "Reboot" and then "Bootloader". Then just use ADB.
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what is ADB? how to use it?
andrevianaa said:
what is ADB? how to use it?
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Go and turn on Advanced restart, click bootloader once holding the power button when the device is on then proceed to go to fastboot and type in the command
"fastboot oem lock"
then:
"fastboot erase userdata"
You will lose all your data (I think).
I need to do this to unlock bootloader but power button not working to select option any ideas plz?

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