I am flashing my brothers DHD (I have a Desire) from LeeDroid to Android Rev, but I seriously cannot remember how I got into recovery to do it? As standard, I have tried booting holding volume down as you would with the Desire, but it just boots normally.
Now I remember this happening before and I had to disable "fastboot" under settings > applications... but this option is no longer in the settings menu!
I figure I have to do this:
Clear partition/cache
Run SuperWipe
Install ROM
Install NoSense
Install Radio
But, how do I get started on this process. I just cannot get into recovery mode! Halp!?
Fastboot is now under Settings > Power.
Disable it then power off, hold down volume and power on.
Or if you've got ROM Manager installed, open it and select 'Reboot into Recovery".
hopscotchjunkie said:
Fastboot is now under Settings > Power.
Disable it then power off, hold down volume and power on.
Or if you've got ROM Manager installed, open it and select 'Reboot into Recovery".
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Strange... I managed to get into recovery randomly after unplugging the battery a few times when the phone wouldn't turn on at all! Anyway, good to know that Fastboot moved, it's weird, I googled and googled, but couldn't find anything!
I managed to install Android Revolution and NoSense which works great. Now to get Radio installed.
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Hello folks,
I installed the following rom today. Knowing that its a developer rom I realy wanted to try it out. And its working like a charm, but...
now i got 1 problem.
I cant get into the boot menu anymore.
Normally I had to press (power + volume down) to get into the boot menu. Its not responding anymore when i press those buttons.
But the power button also reacts completely different now.
Before I had to press the power button shortly to start the operating system. Now i have to hold it for a little while (which is of course very good, prevents from accidentally starting your device when its for example in ur pocket).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040121&highlight=sense+3.0
Any ideas how i can still get into the boot menu?
I got s-off and hboot data++
Thanks in advance.
Hi
Try Backbutton and Power or pull the battery and test it again whit power + vol down.
Pulling the battery out seemed to do the trick. Any idea how come? Do i have to pull out the battery everytime i want to go in boot modus now (as some sort of protection) or was the system just stuck?
Anyway thanks a lot!
Edit: Yes it seems that i have to pull out the battery everytime now. But the operating system seems to be starting a looooot faster.
i have the same Problem whit my Device- If i make it S-off i come never in my Recovery- Only whit (Phone On) Powerbutton > Reboot > Recovery - or - Pull Battery
So you can't reach bootloader from phone off by using the volume down and power buttons pressed together and held for a few seconds - without pulling the battery first?
That's odd.
I think this standard entry to bootloader should remain the same regardless if any rom you flash, as flashing roms doesn't touch the bootloader at all.
Sounds like it might be fastboot doing this - Settings, Applications, Fastboot tickbox.
If checked, I see the same behavior as what you've described here.
If I take the tick out of the box, booting takes longer, but I can get into recovery/bootloader every time.
I read very good thread about rooting my phone, and I am stucked on a first step.
Cant enter hboot menu with volume down + power. how is that possible?
My phone is s-off.
probably you have not disabled the "fast boot" option.
To do so you need to go into the settings, select " battery" and then uncheck the option " fast boot"..switch off, and try again..should work..
I was like you : enable to enter in boot menu.
That was because I was doing the wrong manipulation.
To enter to this boot menu, power off your phone, remove a few seconds you battery, plug it again.
Then, press Vol-. Hold it. Press power button during 1 second, always press Vol-. And release Vol- when boot menu appears.
If it doesn't work, remove your battery and try a new attempt.
You'll probably need to practice a little.
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probably you have not disabled the "fast boot" option.
To do so you need to go into the settings, select " battery" and then uncheck the option " fast boot"..switch off, and try again..should work..
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It helped. Now I have rooted Wildfire S
Any recommendation for custom rom?
I have HTC Wildfire S from Orange branded 2.3.5 and trayed all and can enter H-Boot - nothing many times use pull battery then Vol- + Power - many combinations also ,enabled or disabled Fast Boot in option and nothing always boot Normal to Android
Okay here's the run down. I'm on JB and rooted, and was about to apply the new FreeGee bootloader unlock, when I wanted, out of sheer curiosity, to check to see if I could get into the stock recovery by holding powering off and then holding Vol Down + Power. Ever since I rooted it didn't seem to work anymore, but I didn't have a need to boot into since manually applying the JB update.
Anyway, neither Vol Down+Power of Vol Up+Power worked, the phone just booted normally. So, I decided to use ADB to boot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery". It worked, and the stock recovery loaded up. I can scroll up and down using the volume keys, but for some reason cannot select any option by pressing the power button. If I hold the power button down, the phone will appear to restart, but it boots right back into the stock Android system recovery, where again, I cannot simply select any choice with the power button. ADB doesn't list the device since I'm in recovery, and I only have fastboot installed on my lapton running XP which isn't available at the moment (I'm on OSX 10.6).
I'm thinking pulling the battery may work, but I don't have my torx screw driver handy. Anyone have any ideas? Perhaps where to get fastboot for OSX (it appears to still be missing from Android SDK). Thanks.
EDIT: SOLVED - Turns out in stock recovery, the soft menu button (the one on the bottom right) is used to make the selection, not the power button like in the custom recoveries. Still not sure why the Power+Vol. Down doesn't work to boot into the stock system recovery.
Use the menu button to select now.
what dm said. they wont be lit up but they still work
Yeah, I figured that out almost immediately after posting this (feel dumb now). Thanks though.
Any idea why the key combo Vol. Down + Power no longer works to boot into stock recovery? Seems odd that it worked before when manually updating to JB.
Hello. Can you tell me another solution. I have similar problem. Stuck in recovery mode with faulty power button, and can't get out of there. It's not working with menu button. Is there a way to do it with SD memory card? Thanks.
Okay, so my problem is simple, I can't boot into recovery at all. Every time I try to boot up recovery, my phone shows the little Android dude and just gives me the option to "Start". Nothing else, even when I press the volume key down or up, does nothing! My phone is also looping on the CyanogenMod screen so I can't even go into the phone itself.
Also, when I try to use unroot my phone, it says "ADB can not be found", I install the USB driver manually, and it still says the same exact thing. I'm pretty much all out of options, hopefully someone here can help. I'll be very grateful.
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More info please.
What was the last ROM/kernel you flashed.?
What recovery are you using?
Did this just started after installing a ROM, kernel or mod..?
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Jay_8698 said:
Okay, so my problem is simple, I can't boot into recovery at all. Every time I try to boot up recovery, my phone shows the little Android dude and just gives me the option to "Start". Nothing else, even when I press the volume key down or up, does nothing! My phone is also looping on the CyanogenMod screen so I can't even go into the phone itself.
Also, when I try to use unroot my phone, it says "ADB can not be found", I install the USB driver manually, and it still says the same exact thing. I'm pretty much all out of options, hopefully someone here can help. I'll be very grateful.
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What buttons are you pressing to get into your bootloader? I assume you are holding the volume "down" button and pressing the power key. This gets you into Odin Mode and only allows you to boot the phone normally by pressing the power key for "start." You need to hold down the volume "up" AND "down" keys at the same time to enter the correct bootloader with the recovery mode option. Once you are booted into recovery just restore your phone to a nandroid backup you have created that you know works.
I installed MildWild Sense on my Desire. After that, I lost the volume down + power button combo to get into boot menu. When I press this combo, it jsut boots normally into the system. Now I'm stuck with this ROM.
How to get into the boot menu again? Please help me!
edit: fixed by getting out the battery then put it back, and used the "back & power" combo to access boot menu.
Next time go to settings/power and uncheck fastboot. And like u found out, just pull the battery for few seconds, vol - and power will work.