User Jayant was nice enough to provide us with some info bound to be useful once we can get some custom roms made for the eXpo and IQ
just re-posting this here in the new forum
Emergency Download Mode:
1. Turn the handset off.
2. Remove USB cable if you have it attached.
3. Slide out the QWERTY keyboard.
4. Press 'SPACE' key on the phone. Keep it pressed.
5. Insert the MicroUSB cable into the device. Keep the 'SPACE' key pressed.
6. 'Emergency Download' logo is displayed on the screen.
Normal Download Mode:
1. Turn the handset off.
2. Remove USB cable if you have it attached.
3. Slide out the QWERTY keyboard.
4. Press 'ENTER' key on the phone. Keep it pressed.
5. Insert the MicroUSB cable into the device. Keep the 'ENTER' key pressed.
6. LG logo comes up followed by the Windows Mobile boot logo. Continue to keep the 'ENTER' key pressed.
7. 'Normal Download' logo is displayed on the screen.
What are the differences between these two modes?
your guess as good as mine
Emergency Download mode will flash the phone completely. Normal mode will backup the NVRAM before the flash, then reflash, reboot, wait for the phone to come back up (it will come back up into normal mode), and then it will restore the NVRAM.
Brian McFadden said:
Emergency Download mode will flash the phone completely. Normal mode will backup the NVRAM before the flash, then reflash, reboot, wait for the phone to come back up (it will come back up into normal mode), and then it will restore the NVRAM.
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whats the nvram?
jug6ernaut said:
whats the nvram?
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non volatile ram ... stays in mem even without power i believe
my Epic is stuck. I can get it into recovery and download mode, but i cannot get it to go back to regular due to none of the 4 buttons on the screen working so i cant press the home button to click "reboot system now". i also tried using odin and the pc will not recognize it. i used another epic and it showed a com port so it is not driver related. any idea on how to get this back to normal so i can get it replaced? or use it until a replacement comes
What?
I don't understand what you are trying to do with the home button. You should be using the real buttons on the sides if you can't boot android properly.
Isnt the enter button the home key?
No, the camera button is the enter key
ok... just tried the camera button... does nothing... any idea?
Either you're not doing it right or you're screwed. You're saying that your camera button doesn't function as an "enter key" for anything in recovery?
correct... it does not click anything tried to select each option and it does not respond to the camera key
Then you're stuck. If you can't odin and you can't select anything in the recovery, then you can't do much of anything.
try sliding up the keyboard and trying the enter key or the hard keys on there
I have in my possession a Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 inch, that will not go into recovery or download mode. When you hold the power and volume up button it starts regularly, despite the fact I have several other Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 inch tablets that do go into recovery. I cannot get it to go into download mode either, so I'm stuck as what to do. I have confirmed that the volume keys do indeed work, I can change the volume of music with them after the system has started.
My goal is to do a factory reset on the device, is there some trick I can do via USB to put it into recovery? Or maybe do a reset over USB?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Yeah it can via adb shell and you know you should hkld home button top?
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concerning button combination to recovery/download modes
apparently the home key is not needed on p5210 at least, only power &vol+ =recovery
power & vol- = download mode
edit; tab 3 7.0 does need 3 button combo
check root by opening terminal and typing su
if return with [userid]# then you have root
type whoami , should return uid0 or command: not found , means no busybox
at root prompt # , type reboot, or reboot recovery
okay so [edit] my thought is your home button may be boned or sticky/dirty
a side question, i need to know commands for following if they exist
i need to know what the BOOTLOADER outputs by way of log if there is one
i need another way to get mmcblk names as the cat /proc/dev device by name
isn't present on my tab.
i do apologize for unrelated questions, but couldn't see starting new thread for that
i don't mind pm's so please feel free. thanks for reading
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For download mode
Keep pressing
Power + volume down + home key until it vibrates
And for recovery
Power + volume up + home key until it vibrates
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MCorgano said:
My goal is to do a factory reset on the device, is there some trick I can do via USB to put it into recovery? Or maybe do a reset over USB?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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You can do a factory reset from The settings out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45941186
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same problem
i had the same problem but my tab also wont turn on . i cant even get to recovery mode or download mode. first thing i did before it happen is that i tried to reset it going to settings . then after that i didnt know what happened it wont turn on . please help ;(
I have the firetv rooted with xposed running and the xbmc launcher running. I tried to upgrade to beta xbmc 14 nightly but it did not work. So I then tried to uninstall xbmc fully with adb. Now my firetv will boot to the firetv animation screen and then go to black screen with the error: Acitivy org.xbmc.xbmc splash screen not found. I have tried to reinstall xbmc 13.1 for adb but it will not go thru. I've tried killing xbmclauncher (se.blunden.xbmclauncher.apk) with no luck. Tried to uninstall Xposed with no luck. I can connect to my firetv thru adb and can create a su adb shell, but can't get anything to work through adb. Please help this fool!
apazrjon said:
I have the firetv rooted with xposed running and the xbmc launcher running. I tried to upgrade to beta xbmc 14 nightly but it did not work. So I then tried to uninstall xbmc fully with adb. Now my firetv will boot to the firetv animation screen and then go to black screen with the error: Acitivy org.xbmc.xbmc splash screen not found. I have tried to reinstall xbmc 13.1 for adb but it will not go thru. I've tried killing xbmclauncher (se.blunden.xbmclauncher.apk) with no luck. Tried to uninstall Xposed with no luck. I can connect to my firetv thru adb and can create a su adb shell, but can't get anything to work through adb. Please help this fool!
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i recommend a factory reset
If you have got to the point of desperation and no other help is forthcoming. I ran through this guide when I had an issue and it restored my AFTV.
It won't let me post the link. So have a look on firetvnews .com and you should see a way to restore the AFTV. Or read below, I just copied it:
If you’ve managed to brick your Fire TV or for whatever reason are unable to get to the settings menu to perform a factory reset, here is how to enter recovery mode without fully booting into the Fire TV’s operating system.
To do this you will need a USB keyboard with a “Print Screen” or “SysRq” key. Mac keyboards generally do not have this key so will not work. Before you get started, plug the USB keyboard into the Fire TV and unplug the Fire TV’s power. Now plug the power in and while the Fire TV is booting, you need to press the following 3 keys simultaneously: Alt + Print Screen + i
Pressing those 3 keys sends a “kill all tasks” command to the Fire TV. If you kill all tasks during boot up enough times, the Fire TV will enter Recovery Mode. So after pressing Alt + Print Screen + i, the Fire TV will flicker and restart the boot up process. While it’s trying to boot up a second time, press Alt + Print Screen + i again. Repeat this process several times until the Fire TV displays the message “The System Update was not successful.” When you see this message, you are now in Recovery Mode.
If you are having trouble getting into Recovery Mode, a good time to press Alt + Print Screen + i is as soon as you see the colorful boot animation. Pressing Alt + Print Screen + i should cause the screen to go black and the boot animation to restart. Press Alt + Print Screen + i every time the boot animation restarts. After 4 or 5 restarts, you should see a white Amazon logo followed by the “Update was not successful” screen. You can also try holding Alt + Print Screen + i through out the entire initial boot up process.
Once on the “Update was not successful” screen, press the Home key on your keyboard. This should bring up a menu in the upper left corner. Use the arrow keys to highlight the factory reset option and hit enter.
Yeah I've seen that factory reset method. I am almost at that point! I have a wireless k400, but it doesn't seem to work. I just need to get my hands on a wired keyboard. I was hoping there may be some better adb commands to accomplish removing xposed and xbmc launcher, but I guess probably not. Time to get a wired keyboard! Thanks for the quick responses! Cheers!
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Yeah I've seen that factory reset method. I am almost at that point! I have a wireless k400, but it doesn't seem to work. I just need to get my hands on a wired keyboard. I was hoping there may be some better adb commands to accomplish removing xposed and xbmc launcher, but I guess probably not. Time to get a wired keyboard! Thanks for the quick responses! Cheers!
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I would use command "adb shell pm list packages -f" that way you can see what apps are installed on the Fire TV and exact package name.....
Next uninstall with "adb uninstall com.amazon.app.name" (no directory or .apk specification needed)
I was playing with some Xposed mods yesterday and locked the fire TV up as well, uninstalling mod fixed it. (Xposed Additions Module)
apazrjon said:
I was hoping there may be some better adb commands to accomplish removing xposed and xbmc launcher, but I guess probably not. Time to get a wired keyboard! Thanks for the quick responses! Cheers!
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Only thing I can think of is to try an adb install of xbmc with the -r flag set, then an uninstall of Xposed before uninstalling XBMC. The -r should force a reinstall and get you back to a useable interface but otherwise, yep, sounds like a reset'll be required.
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Only thing I can think of is to try an adb install of xbmc with the -r flag set, then an uninstall of Xposed before uninstalling XBMC. The -r should force a reinstall and get you back to a useable interface but otherwise, yep, sounds like a reset'll be required.
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If adb is working, adb reboot recovery should get you into recovery so you can do the factory reset.
reboot recovery does get me into the update download page but no buttons on my remote or my wireless k400 seem to get me to recovery for factory reset. Any thoughts?
apazrjon said:
reboot recovery does get me into the update download page but no buttons on my remote or my wireless k400 seem to get me to recovery for factory reset. Any thoughts?
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Did you already uninstall all Xposed modules and the Xposed framework ?
trying that next. It seems that adb will only work right after I reboot for some reason. Going to try again right now.
Just went ahead and got a $10 usb keyboard from walmart. Still couldn't get the home button to work for getting my into recovery. Then i decided to press shift + home and it worked. I don't know if it was the key combo or just good timing with the home button. Who knows. Back to factory now! Time to rebuild. Everything was set up perfect! Just couldn't leave well enough alone, lol! Thanks for all the help. My adb would only work for one time at a time and wouldn't uninstal anything. Cheers!
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rbox said:
If adb is working, adb reboot recovery should get you into recovery so you can do the factory reset.
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Sorry, meant "only command flag in ADB you might try before going for a full restore"
I thought the OPs core problem was that xposed was telling his system to use a nonexistent app as the launcher, and he wasn't able to get the app back in even for long enough to uninstall Xposed, reboot, and then uninstall XBMC.
Smithy71 said:
Once on the “Update was not successful” screen, press the Home key on your keyboard. This should bring up a menu in the upper left corner. Use the arrow keys to highlight the factory reset option and hit enter.
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I've got a gray screen and can't get rid of it. I'm rooted and have elmerohueso's Launcher installed. All has been working perfect until the other night when I got a "low memory" pop up with a request to uninstall some apps. After that, the screen grayed and that was that. I've gotten to the“Update was not successful” screen but cannot get the menu to show up. I'm using a usb keyboard and have tried home, shift + home, and every other combo I can think of but the menu will not show up.
Anyone have another suggestion?
When you are on the update unsuccessful screen, press alt + sys rq + i to reboot back to the update screen again and then press home to bring up recovery menu. That's what I did on my keyboard
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If you have got to the point of desperation and no other help is forthcoming. I ran through this guide when I had an issue and it restored my AFTV.
It won't let me post the link. So have a look on firetvnews .com and you should see a way to restore the AFTV. Or read below, I just copied it:
If you’ve managed to brick your Fire TV or for whatever reason are unable to get to the settings menu to perform a factory reset, here is how to enter recovery mode without fully booting into the Fire TV’s operating system.
To do this you will need a USB keyboard with a “Print Screen” or “SysRq” key. Mac keyboards generally do not have this key so will not work. Before you get started, plug the USB keyboard into the Fire TV and unplug the Fire TV’s power. Now plug the power in and while the Fire TV is booting, you need to press the following 3 keys simultaneously: Alt + Print Screen + i
Pressing those 3 keys sends a “kill all tasks” command to the Fire TV. If you kill all tasks during boot up enough times, the Fire TV will enter Recovery Mode. So after pressing Alt + Print Screen + i, the Fire TV will flicker and restart the boot up process. While it’s trying to boot up a second time, press Alt + Print Screen + i again. Repeat this process several times until the Fire TV displays the message “The System Update was not successful.” When you see this message, you are now in Recovery Mode.
If you are having trouble getting into Recovery Mode, a good time to press Alt + Print Screen + i is as soon as you see the colorful boot animation. Pressing Alt + Print Screen + i should cause the screen to go black and the boot animation to restart. Press Alt + Print Screen + i every time the boot animation restarts. After 4 or 5 restarts, you should see a white Amazon logo followed by the “Update was not successful” screen. You can also try holding Alt + Print Screen + i through out the entire initial boot up process.
Once on the “Update was not successful” screen, press the Home key on your keyboard. This should bring up a menu in the upper left corner. Use the arrow keys to highlight the factory reset option and hit enter.
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how to connect usb keyboard same time usb power? fire tv have no usb port
roy0175 said:
how to connect usb keyboard same time usb power? fire tv have no usb port
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OTG Y Cable! It's an OTG cable that can also deliver power to the FireTV while you are using it with a mouse, keyboard, etc...
Hi,
sadly I broke my one plus after dropping it the other day, the phone is still working but the screen is completely cracked and wont turn on.
Do I have any chance of accessing my data?
Info:
Android OOS 10.0.16
Bootloader unlocked
TWRP Recovery 3.4.0.2 HotDog
ADB sadly unauthorized...
ADB Shell in TWRP (seems useless tho)
I tired accessing the data via adb in twrp but as we know the decryption is not working.
I was thinking maybe booting a patched boot image would allow me to access the data via adb?
Any ideas would be appreciated I tinkered with the phone for a few ours.
Thanks
Replace screen?
I assume pc can't see your internal sd?
HueyT said:
Replace screen?
I assume pc can't see your internal sd?
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Yeah I cant see the internal SD sadly.
I already got a replacement 7t so I wont be repairing the screen.
I just found a solution thats working for me mileage may vary:
Requirements:
USB Debugging enabled but the phone was NOT authorized
Win 10 with a ADB terminal ready
Type C cable (the original one is prefered)
USB OTG Adapter
A USB Keyboard
Turn On Sound if your Phone is silent this will help you since we are flying blind
1. Open a terminal type "adb devices"
2. Restart your phone (hold Power + VolUp for about 15 sec it should vibrate
3. Connect the OTG Adapter with they keyboard and press spacebar, next type your PIN and press enter (as far as I know your out of luck if you have a pattern setup
4. DONT TOUCH the screen. Connect your Phone to the PC
5. One the Phone will be a popup asking if you want to allow USB Debugging
6. Connect the OTG Adapter again and be careful not to touch the screen.
Press TAB once and press spacebar to permanently remember the PC.
Next press TAB twice and press Enter.
Thats it!
If you did it correctly you can connect back to the pc and the phone should be authorized.
Now to backup the Data from the phone just type
adb pull /mnt/sdcard .
this backups all data to the current folder
If your screen is still working than this is much easier of course, I had to give it 5 to 6 tried before I got it working!