How to boot in recovery when volume buttons are broken? - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
Here my big problem :
I have broken after too many fall down the volume buttons on the left side.
I have insert coin rom and after a small modification in recovery, my phone has not rebooted and it does not anymore.
The problem is now as I can't use volume buttons, I can't select / go in recovery...
Is there a fastboot command or something to do it?
Please help me.
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albundy83 said:
Hello,
Here my big problem :
I have broken after too many fall down the volume buttons on the left side.
I have insert coin rom and after a small modification in recovery, my phone has not rebooted and it does not anymore.
The problem is now as I can't use volume buttons, I can't select / go in recovery...
Is there a fastboot command or something to do it?
Please help me.
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boot into fastboot mode
type:
Code:
fastboot oem gencheckpt
make sure you have android sdk installed otherwise it won't work, and make sure your cmd directory is set into the right place

I Will try your commande as soon as possible ...
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You are awesome !!
Thanks a lot !!!
I never imagine that this command do this.

There's a thanks button you know otherwise help doesn't get publicly recognised

It's done.
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What's this? The thanks game?
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Supernova Extreme Rom - 450 apps and counting. .

Could use rom manager boot into recovery from there.

Droidzone said:
What's this? The thanks game?
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Supernova Extreme Rom - 450 apps and counting. .
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ya..its "say thanks to the person above you" game

Just to keep it rolling along
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deakodude said:
Could use rom manager boot into recovery from there.
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I don't understand your question ...
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deakodude said:
Could use rom manager boot into recovery from there.
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but rom manager sucks and anyone who uses it does so too. ROM manager burn in hell.
albundy83 said:
I don't understand your question ...
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it wasn't a question

But how can you boot into fastboot with the volume keys broken?

By pressing and holding back and then power button.
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You can boot into fastboot by long-pressing the power button and then clicking on reboot and then "Bootloader"

Meister_Panse said:
You can boot into fastboot by long-pressing the power button and then clicking on reboot and then "Bootloader"
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To boot into fastboot you have to press back and power button. And to navigate there you have to use volume buttons (which does not work here), except you connect your phone to usb and use fastboot commands to reboot etc.

or you could use an app called quick boot to get to recovery.

Rather than trying to get into recovery, consider getting the phone fixed. You can do things in recovery that could leave you with no option than to use volume buttons and then you're stuck. My advice, leave recovery alone
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Hanging on HTC Logo (Something Like Break :D)

Hi
I went to recovery and got all wipe and after all I want to change my Rom ....
after installing the Rom (CynogenMod) .... in the end in recovery write : No space left on device. and when i want to reboot the device... its rebooted but hanging on HTC Logo
and do not turn up ...
i dont know why ?????
and when i pres the key sound down + Power i cant go to fastboot ...
or another problem : the PC Cant recognized the device (i instal htc drive and android drive)
And About the phone : HTC Wildfire ... S-off ,,, rooted...
have any way to Have my phone again ?
Mohsen_gmh said:
Hi
I went to recovery and got all wipe and after all I want to change my Rom ....
after installing the Rom (CynogenMod) .... in the end in recovery write : No space left on device. and when i want to reboot the device... its rebooted but hanging on HTC Logo
and do not turn up ...
i dont know why ?????
and when i pres the key sound down + Power i cant go to fastboot ...
or another problem : the PC Cant recognized the device (i instal htc drive and android drive)
And About the phone : HTC Wildfire ... S-off ,,, rooted...
have any way to Have my phone again ?
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Use an ruu if you desperatly need your phone. Do you have MTD Partitions setup?
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Justice™ said:
Use an ruu if you desperatly need your phone. Do you have MTD Partitions setup?
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hmmm Whats MTD ?
and i think its should better to know this : when i pres key sound up + power ,,, phone shaked for 3 times (vibrate)and the light of battery shows green light ...
facing same situation here
with having no mtd Partitions on my sd
Where I can find ruu for wildfire ?
I AM THE HSS said:
facing same situation here
with having no mtd Partitions on my sd
Where I can find ruu for wildfire ?
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Look in this thread:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
elia222 said:
Look in this thread:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
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I cannot Access recovery mode.!
ps:When ever I press sound up key + power It turns on(but not lcd)and charge led gets green(sth like flash mode)
I AM THE HSS said:
I cannot Access recovery mode.!
ps:When ever I press sound up key + power It turns on(but not lcd)and charge led gets green(sth like flash mode)
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To get to hboot you need to press vol down + power key. From there you can select recovery using volume keys for scrolling and power key for selecting.
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Mohsen_gmh said:
hmmm Whats MTD ?
and i think its should better to know this : when i pres key sound up + power ,,, phone shaked for 3 times (vibrate)and the light of battery shows green light ...
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You need to use power and volume down to get into hboot and then recovery.
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Justice™ said:
You need to use power and volume down to get into hboot and then recovery.
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i use that key (power and volume down) ... but no action (Just Hanging On HTC Logo)
Mohsen_gmh said:
i use that key (power and volume down) ... but no action (Just Hanging On HTC Logo)
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Do you not even get into hboot?
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Justice™ said:
Do you not even get into hboot?
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Yes ... But Now I Cant (Press Key sound down + Power But ...nothing)
same issue
Hi
I have the same issue, on boot up it gets stuck on the HTC screen.
I can however get into HBOOT
when i try to use the recover option i get a message saying e: Can't open cache/recovery command.
How do i resolve this?
So i can use:
download.cyanogenmod.com/get/stable/gingerbread/update-cm-7.1.0.1-buzz-signed.zip
download.clockworkmod.com/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
I assume it has something to do with my SD card, is that correct?
All help appreciated, thanks
Did you try reflashing your recovery?
Lesicnik1 said:
Did you try reflashing your recovery?
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I should probably have mentioned before that i got this from my work already in this state.
I'm using android for the first time!
I assume the recovery file would have been on the sd card? if so its not there now.
Edit 1:
I've check over some other forums & they mention needing to create a gold card!
I don't have the gold card & when i try to make one it cant identify the CID.
Am i wasting my time with it & is this an already bricked phone?
Edit 2:
After playing around with buzz downgrade i finally recovered it! now back to a working phone!
Time to root it if possible.

New Problem

Today I installed advanced task killer/manag er from the market as my phone was acting up lately. I set security to low and task killer to run when the screen is off. I rebooted and now im stuck on the white htc screen. I tried pulling the battery several timesand rebooting but still no boot. I cant boot into recovery because my volume down switch stopped working in the past week. Is the re any way around this I only have 1 phone and really need it working. Thanks in advance.
andy905 said:
Today I installed advanced task killer/manag er from the market as my phone was acting up lately. I set security to low and task killer to run when the screen is off. I rebooted and now im stuck on the white htc screen. I tried pulling the battery several timesand rebooting but still no boot. I cant boot into recovery because my volume down switch stopped working in the past week. Is the re any way around this I only have 1 phone and really need it working. Thanks in advance.
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Never seen this before. Why did the volume button stop work?
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addemod said:
Never seen this before. Why did the volume button stop work?
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Not sure, one day it worked and next day it didn't. Volume up works but volume down doesn't, the trackpad has also stopped working. The phone was ok before doing a reboot with the task killer.
andy905 said:
Not sure, one day it worked and next day it didn't. Volume up works but volume down doesn't, the trackpad has also stopped working. The phone was ok before doing a reboot with the task killer.
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Ok that's weird :S
Try press harder on the volume down or like hold the tumb on the minus symbol so it covers more then the minus symbol and push hard then hold the power button when it is off, it should boot in recovery.
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While phone is off press back button + power. That takes u to fastboot then use fastboot commands to boot recovery
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addemod said:
Ok that's weird :S
Try press harder on the volume down or like hold the tumb on the minus symbol so it covers more then the minus symbol and push hard then hold the power button when it is off, it should boot in recovery.
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His vol down button dont work so he cant navigate to recovery
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jmcclue said:
His vol down button dont work so he cant navigate to recovery
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I meant it was maybe just a glitch on the button so he had to push harder but, thx for replied to him xD
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Ive tried extra pressure on the volume down button but doesnt work, ill try the power and back buttons and see if that gets me anywhere. I appreciate all your replies guys.
andy905 said:
Ive tried extra pressure on the volume down button but doesnt work, ill try the power and back buttons and see if that gets me anywhere. I appreciate all your replies guys.
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I managed to boot into recovery but because the trackpad isnt working I cant select any options. This is damn frustrating. I should have installed a touch recovery. What are my options now?
andy905 said:
I managed to boot into recovery but because the trackpad isnt working I cant select any options. This is damn frustrating. I should have installed a touch recovery. What are my options now?
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So not even vol+ doesn't work? Really? You can choose with vol+ too
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addemod said:
So not even vol+ doesn't work? Really? You can choose with vol+ too
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I can scroll through recovery options using vol+ but I cant select any options. Im using clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.0. Is there another way to select by any chance.
andy905 said:
I can scroll through recovery options using vol+ but I cant select any options. Im using clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.0. Is there another way to select by any chance.
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Why can't you select? Use the power button at the top left.
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download PB99IMG (4ext recovery) and extract the recovery.img from it and put the recovery.img directly into ur C:\ drive. use fastboot commands and flash the recovery.img.
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
then
fastboot boot recovery
jmcclue said:
download PB99IMG (4ext recovery) and extract the recovery.img from it and put the recovery.img directly into ur C:\ drive. use fastboot commands and flash the recovery.img.
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
then
fastboot boot recovery
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Had a major stroke of luck this morning. While frantically trying all combinations of button pushes while in recovery a notification appeared that the back button had been activated with menu functions. The search button then acted as a select button like the trackpad. I was able to reflash my rom without losing any data or apps. :laugh: Thanks to everyone for all your suggestions. That was a close one.
andy905 said:
Had a major stroke of luck this morning. While frantically trying all combinations of button pushes while in recovery a notification appeared that the back button had been activated with menu functions. The search button then acted as a select button like the trackpad. I was able to reflash my rom without losing any data or apps. :laugh: Thanks to everyone for all your suggestions. That was a close one.
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Yay, I were just going to say that, that you can use the trackball or whatever it is called, you know between back and menu button. You can navigate there too
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addemod said:
Yay, I were just going to say that, that you can use the trackball or whatever it is called, you know between back and menu button. You can navigate there too
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The trackball also wasnt working and thats why I had such a headache, luckily clockworkmod seems to have extra button functions which allowed me to select. Thanks again.
andy905 said:
The trackball also wasnt working and thats why I had such a headache, luckily clockworkmod seems to have extra button functions which allowed me to select. Thanks again.
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Hah, I am glad you fixed it!
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boot recovery clockworkmod

how to boot clockworkmod to restore back system.. i have stuck on logo???
Press volume down + power button and hold the volume down until it goes to bootloader and from there choose recovery
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shiwa2 said:
Press volume down + power button and hold the volume down until it goes to bootloader and from there choose recovery
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not work .. can you give me a screenshot.. i have try many time but cannot enter cwm recovery.. please?????
can you boot into hboot?
with phone powered off, hold volume down and hit power
if it goes to the htc splash screen you have bigger issues
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demkantor said:
can you boot into hboot?
with phone powered off, hold volume down and hit power
if it goes to the htc splash screen you have bigger issues
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yeah.. i have try . but splash htc logo and stuck . there is another way???
log onto freenode and you will get realtime help, without hboot you may have very little luck getting your phone working again
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paradoxgogo said:
yeah.. i have try . but splash htc logo and stuck . there is another way???
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Do you know what version of CWM you're running? There were a few versions that hung on the 'htc' screen and would take a few reboots to fully boot.
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If you can get into hboot , or able to see 'adb devices' show your device you may be able to type:
adb reboot recovery
and cause it to reboot into recovery from your terminal if you are finding difficulties with using the button method.
The splash is sometimes indicative that you don't have a rom installed at all (i.e.: if you did a clean wipe and such), but worse case scenario, you don't have recovery installed either in which case you may have to install it via fastboot (at the bootloader screen)
kbeezie said:
If you can get into hboot , or able to see 'adb devices' show your device you may be able to type:
adb reboot recovery
and cause it to reboot into recovery from your terminal if you are finding difficulties with using the button method.
The splash is sometimes indicative that you don't have a rom installed at all (i.e.: if you did a clean wipe and such), but worse case scenario, you don't have recovery installed either in which case you may have to install it via fastboot (at the bootloader screen)
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can you give any link to do that or something else.. i really need it. im newbie dont know anything
and i use android speeddaemon fantasia rom..
adb (android debugging bridge)is an executable program for a pc (or linux or apple) to communicate with your android phone. it is unlikely adb will work if you cant even access your hboot but you can try.
if you rooted your phone yourself than you should have the drivers installed and adb.exe also installed on computer, along with knowledge on how to use it.
if you didnt/dont have it, google android sdk for the package, and google adb for dummies (or something like that) for more instructions if the sdk doesnt provide you with enough.
but like i said it is unlikely to work and if you want any chance of fixing your phone i suggest logging onto freenode to get real time help
anyway thanks.. i have resolved my problem with battery pull first and then press vol down + power button
paradoxgogo said:
anyway thanks.. i have resolved my problem with battery pull first and then press vol down + power button
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If that was your fix, you most likely have the buggy CWM version. Update your CWM recovery to the latest version or flash 4ext recovery (which I've never heard of hanging like that)
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[Q] dark screen after flash

my dhd become dark screen after flash trickdroid v4.0.now already use more 40 min...
wat can i do now???
Reboot into recovery and flash again if still the same problem try flashing another ROM.
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adilrenzu said:
Reboot into recovery and flash again if still the same problem try flashing another ROM.
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i try take out the batt and open again but it still same...
i try wait a while ...
btw how to reboot into recovery ?
i try press up volume + power into recovery mode but it still cant function
akasi91 said:
i try press up volume + power into recovery mode but it still cant function
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Volume down + power.
Sent It From Outer Space
mrjhnn said:
Volume down + power.
Sent It From Outer Space
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thx so much!!!
now i try flash other rom but it have same problem
the main problem is my screen become dark after show the HTC word with white screen after reboot
i can open Hboot page can open recovery just cant move into the system..
so someone tel me wat happen with my phone..
=(
akasi91 said:
now i try flash other rom but it have same problem
the main problem is my screen become dark after show the HTC word with white screen after reboot
i can open Hboot page can open recovery just cant move into the system..
so someone tel me wat happen with my phone..
=(
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Booting in hboot means tht the phone is some what ok n is not bricked. Just Flash a stock rom n see if it hpns again. And keep the charger plugged in whn booting just to b sure. By the way which rom did u flash after trickdriod 4.0
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[Q] Hard Bricked One XT with broken HBOOT

Hello,
I have a One XT (s720t), the China Mobile carrier version of One X. After I installed CWM Recovery 6.0.1.5 and do a nandroid backup of the official rom, I flashed a custom rom. Everything went fine, the new rom worked properly except the mobile network(CMCC use it's own TDSCDMA network). So I tried to restore the original rom with CWM. Guess what? The game is up, rebooted and stuck at splash. It could not jump out of bootloop, power + volume down button did not bring me to HBOOT but reboot again which means I could not use fastboot to recover it!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone knows what's the problem? Thanks for any suggestion.:crying::crying::crying:
wrong forum ?
and the problem is that you didn't HOLD the power button and volume down properly
Hi Vcek, thanks for your reply. But I'm not a newbie for rooting devices and flashing rom. I do hold the power and vol down button properly just as I root it and use CWM to backup original rom before.
Vcek said:
wrong forum ?
and the problem is that you didn't HOLD the power button and volume down properly
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shilka said:
Hello,
I have a One XT (s720t), the China Mobile carrier version of One X. After I installed CWM Recovery 6.0.1.5 and do a nandroid backup of the official rom, I flashed a custom rom. Everything went fine, the new rom worked properly except the mobile network(CMCC use it's own TDSCDMA network). So I tried to restore the original rom with CWM. Guess what? The game is up, rebooted and stuck at splash. It could not jump out of bootloop, power + volume down button did not bring me to HBOOT but reboot again which means I could not use fastboot to recover it!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone knows what's the problem? Thanks for any suggestion.:crying::crying::crying:
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this is not the one XL forum!
My phone is one X, not one XL. T just point out it's a carrier version.
Anyway, thanks for your reply!
matt95 said:
this is not the one XL forum!
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Try holding the power button until the phone shuts off. Them try again. or, try connecting your phone to ADB and running an ADB reboot recovery command
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Thanks damastah, but such method doesn't work. Because:
1. hold power button just let it reboot again but not shutdown.
2. the phone could not recognized by my computer. So neither ADB nor fastboot can help it.
damastah said:
Try holding the power button until the phone shuts off. Them try again. or, try connecting your phone to ADB and running an ADB reboot recovery command
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shilka said:
Thanks damastah, but such method doesn't work. Because:
1. hold power button just let it reboot again but not shutdown.
2. the phone could not recognized by my computer. So neither ADB nor fastboot can help it.
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Install htc drivers and re flash the recovery... If fastboot doesn't work you are pretty much ****ed
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Thanks matt!! As I mentioned before, I'm not a newbie. I guess my hox's hboot is broken, so no hboot no fastboot no adb no poweroff.......
matt95 said:
Install htc drivers and re flash the recovery... If fastboot doesn't work you are pretty much ****ed
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shilka said:
Thanks matt!! As I mentioned before, I'm not a newbie. I guess my hox's hboot is broken, so no hboot no fastboot no adb no poweroff.......
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take a screenshot of the hboot mode, i doubt that it is broken... there should be a method to go in there...
Thanks matt, but I can't access to the hboot screen which display the version of hboot/radio and other devices parameters.
matt95 said:
take a screenshot of the hboot mode, i doubt that it is broken... there should be a method to go in there...
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