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Hey guys, I'm normally silent in these forums 'cause I've never had a brick, just by reading correctly. This problem I'm having isn't a flashing brick! What happened is the following:
I know that the DHD in combi with my BT car radio is somewhat difficult (because of bad HTC coding). It seems that when I have my facebook friends in my contacts that the DHD starts slowing down and eventually hang when connected to the radio, because my radio tries to get every contact including it's info. Normally I do not sync my FB contacts with my DHD however I must have mistakingly done this.
Today I connected to my car radio and after getting out of the car my DHD showed that it was still connected (a sign that my DHD had the hang problem again). I turned of BT (took a hell of a time) and contiued on. When I came back I tried connecting the DHD again, however when I pushed the BT checkmark in settings it showed BT on, but no BT connection came up. So I went into BT settings only to find that BT wasn't turned on, then in the BT settings I checked turn BT on.
At that moment my DHD hang instantly, no inputs were registered at all. I waited a few minutes but nothing changed (I could still see the screen frozen at turning on BT). So I took out the battery and reinserted it, but when a pushed the power, the phone vibrated thrice and then did not boot, but only showed a flashing amber led.
I have rooted, S-offed and did the whole shebang to flash my DHD once. This was a long time ago and I haven't had any problems, all was OK. So at first I tried to search the forums, what might have happened. No post seems to be the same as my problem, because everyone is having these problems after an incorrect flash (my flash was correct, cause I've been using the ROM for more than 4 months!). Still I tried the solutions given in these posts (enter fastboot and flash again).
But it seems my DHD won't go into fastboot. When I hold VOLdown&power my DHD vibrates 5 times and shows a steady green led. So I thought maybe flashing a new ROM resolves the problem. If I cycle the battery and then connect is to my computer, my DHD goes into Clockwork recovery. From there I flased a new ROM to my DHD (update.zip method), but to no avail. I've factoryresetted, cleared al data, wiped battery stats, all to no avail...
As of this moment I'm at the end of my knowledge, I've done everything I know could have helped, but nothing did. Therefore I'm asking you, the Oracle of XDA (users), please does anyone have any clue what happened to my DHD and if so, how do I resolve the problem!
Thanks in advance for every little motivation/obligation you show be giving me your insights!
Info:
ROM: Android Revolution HD 2.0.9
CWM Recovery: 2.5.1.3
I've allready wiped battery stats as per this topic!
Additional thoughts: Might a hardware fault be the reason? Because it happened after some problems with BT, and also because I'm still able to correctly flash new ROMS with CWM though the problem remains?
Allright, so nobody know an answer I'm guessing... I've started the replacement process with my insurance company. However I'd still would like it if someone would know what the heck I did wrong...
Have you tried flashing a new radio, as that is what controls the hardware?
All a new ROM will do is update the RIL, not the radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597
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It does more than likely seem like a hardware fault so it cant really be solved with software changes. Although I still would have tried to flash an RUU which updates basically everything on the phone to bare stock.
Use an RUU via your pc (v2.36 or lower so you can root it again) to restore to an out of the box state.
Allright guys, thanks for your ideas! I'm however experiencing problems trying your idea's. fFashing a radio or flashing a stock rom are not possible, because I need a connection with my computer. This connection is not possible, if I start the phone normally (or with vol down) I get the amber flashing light or the green steady light. Both do not connect to my pc, I get some device "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSN" for which windows can't find any drivers. When I let the DHD go into QWM recovery, the RUU won't find the DHD.
So I've tried extracting the RUU rom en putting this on the SDCARD of the DHD, but when I try to install it via CWM Recovery it says that it's an invalid file...
I actually bricked mine on purpose, and the thing that happened when it got bricked was that no lights and no life at all we're visible on the phone...
Atleast you get shakes and lights, thats a good sign!
Sadly i don't know what has to be done to restore it, but maybe Jkoljo does, PM him about your problem, if you get an assistance and some solving, write back here for your solution for others to use in the future!
They hang out in the Android Revolution HD IRC Channel, thats where i would go tbh.. Live support ftw!
Edit: While reading your above statement, it seems your drivers may be faulty in windows, redownload HTC Sync from htc.com, install, reboot, and try again.
The "Qualcomm CDMA ..." notification on the PC is a sign for the Qualcomm service mode. Also the 3 vibrates and the orange light is an indicator for that. You can enter this mode by pressing vol+ and power your device.
Stupid question, but is it possible that your vol+ button is stuck or something like that?
And you said you're able to enter CWM? how? I'm asking because you said you can't enter the bootloader.
I'll do some research when i get home today.
Meanwhile Try if ADB/Fastboot sees your phone
Edit: just checked my theory of the broken vol+ button: i held down my vol + button, took my battery out, reinserted it and powered up my phone. Result: 3 vibrates and a flashing orange light.
Then i did the same, but held down vol - ( vol+ still pressed). Result: your second phenomenon: a few vibrates and the green light stays on.
So I think this proves my theory because this is exactly what you described
I suggest you to play a bit with the vol+ button. Maybe the button will work again then
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Well, I'm gonna fire up IRC then and try get some help. It's indeed not bricked as far as I'm guessing cause I do indeed have lights and I'm able to boot into CWM!
Flussen said:
The "Qualcomm CDMA ..." notification on the PC is a sign for the Qualcomm service mode. Also the 3 vibrates and the orange light is an indicator for that. You can enter this mode by pressing vol+ and power your device.
Stupid question, but is it possible that your vol+ button is stuck or something like that?
And you said you're able to enter CWM? how? I'm asking because you said you can't enter the bootloader.
I'll do some research when i get home today.
Meanwhile Try if ADB/Fastboot sees your phone
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Right I'm guessing this is my problem! Just two days prior to resetting I started having problems with my VOL+ button (wouldn't work, only VOL- worked). So I'm guessing my hardware VOL+ button is broken and stuck to pressed...?
To answer your question about CWM: When I take out the battery so the phone is powered down, then reinsert the battery, connect the phone to the adapter or my computer (without pressing the power button), the phone boots into CWM after about 1 minute!
So after consolidating all the answers I'm guessing this is my problem: Hardware VOL+ is constantly pressed, therefore the phone boots consequently into Qualcomm service mode. Everything seems to be OK (flashing able to CWM), though just this little VOL+ problem puts my phone into an unusable brick...
The problem is that I'm not able to repair this myself (when I would try this, I'm guessing I'll break the seals therefore my insurance won't pay)... Anyone an idea how to circumvent the VOL+ button problem, without opening up my phone?
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Well, I'm gonna fire up IRC then and try get some help. It's indeed not bricked as far as I'm guessing cause I do indeed have lights and I'm able to boot into CWM!
Right I'm guessing this is my problem! Just two days prior to resetting I started having problems with my VOL+ button (wouldn't work, only VOL- worked). So I'm guessing my hardware VOL+ button is broken and stuck to pressed...?
To answer your question about CWM: When I take out the battery so the phone is powered down, then reinsert the battery, connect the phone to the adapter or my computer (without pressing the power button), the phone boots into CWM after about 1 minute!
So after consolidating all the answers I'm guessing this is my problem: Hardware VOL+ is constantly pressed, therefore the phone boots consequently into Qualcomm service mode. Everything seems to be OK (flashing able to CWM), though just this little VOL+ problem puts my phone into an unusable brick...
The problem is that I'm not able to repair this myself (when I would try this, I'm guessing I'll break the seals therefore my insurance won't pay)... Anyone an idea how to circumvent the VOL+ button problem, without opening up my phone?
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Do you have needles at home? The ones you use when you repair cloth.. Try using one very carefully behind the volume +, you could also take a bit of A4 Paper, cut out some of it and make it fit between the gap of the Volume button, and try getting dirt out of there.
Allright, I've tried cleaning the VOL+ key but it still won't work. As a matter of fact I can feel a little "click" when pressing the VOL+ key, so I'm guessing the mechanical part of the key is working correctly. However when in CWM I can only use the VOL- key to switch thru the options, VOL+ is not registered by the phone. Therefore my assumption is that the there's a problem on the PCB with the VOL+ key, ergo a hardware fault... Insurance has been called and I'm up for a switch, now let's hope the insurance doesn't figure out I've rooted and installed another ROM than stock!
At least I wan't to thank all of you who've tried to help me! My ego has been saved, knowing it's indeed a hardware fault .
Cant you use adb within cwm to adb reboot bootloader?
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Allright, I've tried cleaning the VOL+ key but it still won't work. As a matter of fact I can feel a little "click" when pressing the VOL+ key, so I'm guessing the mechanical part of the key is working correctly. However when in CWM I can only use the VOL- key to switch thru the options, VOL+ is not registered by the phone. Therefore my assumption is that the there's a problem on the PCB with the VOL+ key, ergo a hardware fault... Insurance has been called and I'm up for a switch, now let's hope the insurance doesn't figure out I've rooted and installed another ROM than stock!
At least I wan't to thank all of you who've tried to help me! My ego has been saved, knowing it's indeed a hardware fault .
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I've got the exact same problem! I don't have insurance on it though. And, im a day late for warranty.
What am i supposed to do? Any suggestions? Will htc deny my request to fix it coz it had a custom firmware?
Any help of any sort is appreciated.
I had exactly the same problem, and I'm sorry to say that I had to have it repaired. My button would also "click", but not register.
Maybe if you are buy a new power button from eBay?
Realising this is an old thread, but still:
I was just experiencing the same problem after I did a reboot to let one of my friends borrow my DHD to turn off the PIN code check on his SIM.
It started with the blinking lights (black screen), then I pulled the battery and found that my DHD was only accessible through ADB in recovery mode.
Did a couple of "ADB reboot" without any success, then tried using "ADB reboot recovery", which seemed to work (still black screen though), and then I did a "ADB reboot".
Back to normal!
hi , i had this issue too , its bcz of the moisture ur cell phone has absorb and as HTC desire HD very sensitive with its volume rocker area , the first thing that will be affected with moisture is ur volumer rocker circuit , try making it dry with a hair dryer blower or place ur phone in a rice sack for a day .
i am sure it will work .
I've been working on this damn thing for nearly 3 hours now trying to install Lupus V6 kernel with NXT 1.3 ROM. I try to get into the recovery and for whatever reason it doesn't work, so I shut the phone off. Now the damn thing doesn't respond to anything. No button presses, the power button won't work, nothing is lighting up. Did I hard brick my phone? If so I guess I'm out $165, but it was too short of a ride.
Before anybody asks, I'm 99% sure the battery is fine, it was nowhere near dead during any of my flash attempts.
First off did you unlock the bootloader before you attempt to flash the kernel?
Can you get into flash mode by holding the Search button while connecting to the USB cable while the phone is off? If you can, follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2054486 Except that the guide said to exclude the kernel, do not exclude it since you are trying to restore it.
Bootloader was unlocked by Alejandrissimo, yes. The phone, unfortunately won't respond to any type of button pushing or combination and nothing occurs if I just attach the phone to my computer via USB.
Did you install the drivers that come with flashtool ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2054486 ) then check in Device Manager that it found your device by holding either search or back button when you connected it?
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Did all of that a long time ago. I'm hoping it's fixed now. I slid out the gamepad a couple times and just let it sit without a battery for a bit, and when I put the battery back in it booted again.
Is there ANY reason though why it would stop booting?
I've been searching through the forums for a while now and I've not found a fault like mine unless I've just completely missed it but I have an xperia play now when I got it, I was told it was dead but when I connected the usb cable it lit up with the amber light and when I press the power button I get a short vibrate but nothing more. Nothing comes on screen and the sony PC companion keeps popping up telling me that my xperia play is connected and it continues to do so every 10 seconds or so until I disconnect it, the sound it makes when a usb device is connected and disconnected can get rather annoying after a while.
I tried reflashing it but that didn't work, I flashed it most recently with R800_4.0.2.A.0.79.ftf and before that with Xperia Play_Release_Generic UK.ftf but nothing seems to change it, at first I thought it could be hardware that was failing like the screen had died but that wouldn't explain it connecting and disconnecting from the laptop every 10 seconds or so and also in the past 2-3 weeks that I've been messing around with it, I've had the screen come on twice but I can't replicate what happened to make it work, it just seemed to come on randomly, I have however managed to kill it the same way each time by sliding the phone open and pressing the power button to lock screen, each time I pressed it with the phone slid up, it killed it back to no screen coming on and it connecting and disconnecting.
I can enter fastboot and tried to flash a kernel but it told me the phone needed to be rooted to do so and I can't find a guide telling me how to root it without having to change settings on the phone, which I can't do.
If anyone has had this problem before or can help it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Is it flashtool telling you that you need to be rooted? If so then your bootloader isn't unlocked.
Lordomn said:
Is it flashtool telling you that you need to be rooted? If so then your bootloader isn't unlocked.
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Yeah flashtool is telling me that when I'm trying to flash a new kernel. I assumed that the bootloader needed to be unlocked to enter fastboot? or that's at least what I've read while searching for a solution. Can it be unlocked without having to do anything on the phone?
So, today I've decided to root my Z1 Compact and install some custom roms. I've done this before on many other android phones without any trouble and today is the first time I ran into a brick (not sure whether it's soft or hard, I assume it's hard cause I cannot get into recovery anymore).
Basically, what I did was root the phone using Easyflash (the towelroot method), installed a recovery and then tried to flash PA the same way as I used to do on my other phones, but after the process my phone shut down and only gives a red blinking light while connected to the charger, powering on the device will only make it vibrate. The only thing that seems to "work" is when I hold the volume-up button + power and am connected to my PC, when I do that the device will show a blue LED, but other than that it's still unresponsive.
If anyone knows what to do here, or knows whether I should even bother or not, please tell me. I've tried searching and didn't come up with any relevant results.
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I've tried searching and didn't come up with any relevant results.
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"I've tried searching and didn't come up with any relevant results" = I'm lazy.
Try flashing a ftf file and report back. Xperias are different so you need to relearn a little. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2631291
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So, today I've decided to root my Z1 Compact and install some custom roms. I've done this before on many other android phones without any trouble and today is the first time I ran into a brick (not sure whether it's soft or hard, I assume it's hard cause I cannot get into recovery anymore).
Basically, what I did was root the phone using Easyflash (the towelroot method), installed a recovery and then tried to flash PA the same way as I used to do on my other phones, but after the process my phone shut down and only gives a red blinking light while connected to the charger, powering on the device will only make it vibrate. The only thing that seems to "work" is when I hold the volume-up button + power and am connected to my PC, when I do that the device will show a blue LED, but other than that it's still unresponsive.
If anyone knows what to do here, or knows whether I should even bother or not, please tell me. I've tried searching and didn't come up with any relevant results.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/help/lb757-how-to-update-to-rooted-108-t2822957
Just use my guide#5 to wipe the whole phone and reflash everything.
vol up + power will give you blue LED and it is fastboot mode. vol down + power will enter flash mode but no LED light.
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"I've tried searching and didn't come up with any relevant results" = I'm lazy.
Try flashing a ftf file and report back. Xperias are different so you need to relearn a little. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2631291
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This is the first thing I tried, but it doesn't seem to recognize my phone under windows (even after installing the drivers).
TheEndHK said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/help/lb757-how-to-update-to-rooted-108-t2822957
Just use my guide#5 to wipe the whole phone and reflash everything.
vol up + power will give you blue LED and it is fastboot mode. vol down + power will enter flash mode but no LED light.
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Thanks a lot for the guide, the stupid thing I did was holding the power button and volume down cause it used to be like that with my previous phones. It seems to be flashing now, so hopefully all is well!
EDIT:Flashing ended succesfully but upon booting the phone the only thing I get is a flashing red led, so I'm assuming it's a hardware defect or I did something terribly wrong while flashing a custom ROM.
EDIT2: After holding volume up + power it shut down and then rebooted
I swear, troubleshooting a phone was never this hard/confusing on my HTC/Samsung phones :V but I'm glad it's not a paperweight
I agree that it's very confusing first, but that's mainly because there are so many old, confusing, wrong or incorrect guides. Once you understood how things work in general you start to like it. After getting used to it, I actually feel more comfortable than with my old devices.
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Thanks a lot for the guide, the stupid thing I did was holding the power button and volume down cause it used to be like that with my previous phones. It seems to be flashing now, so hopefully all is well!
EDIT:Flashing ended succesfully but upon booting the phone the only thing I get is a flashing red led, so I'm assuming it's a hardware defect or I did something terribly wrong while flashing a custom ROM.
EDIT2: After holding volume up + power it shut down and then rebooted
I swear, troubleshooting a phone was never this hard/confusing on my HTC/Samsung phones :V but I'm glad it's not a paperweight
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If you can get in flashmode and also successfully flashed .ftf but still a no go then you should send it back to Sony.
It's working fine, it just seemed like the phone was still on after flashing. I turned it off by holding power and volume up, and it works fine now.
First off, I did do a search, but as far as I can tell no one has had this problem so far.
This is all after modding using a tool kit: (i can't include the url but it is the toolkit by neisor on the oneplus forums)
tldr: phone stuck in bootloop, computer wont recognize the phone, maybe because it keeps shutting off and then booting to the 1+ logo, then shutting off again, would drivers help? what can I do about the volume up button?
So for a while my volume up button hasn't been working, and the mega unbrick post shows that I need to hold the volume up button for at least 25 seconds and while holding, plug my phone in. I have also seen some posts that say the volume up button could be a software issue, and the button itself could be working, and it is just not registering, as well as someone saying that you could take the back off and manually press the button, instead of using the bar on the outside of the phone (would this work?). I have gotten the button to work in the past by pressing the volume up button to the side instead of straight in, but I haven't been able to get it to work since my phone got bricked.
Another issue: my phone is stuck in a boot loop, I can't access fastboot, and I'm unsure of recovery because my volume up button is not working. would it be worth it to deal with the constant vibrating to try to get it to recovery?
I have been able to shut the phone off by holding the power button for something like a minute and a half, though.
This is my first post, and if I have broken any rules I am very sorry, but I need help and am tired of not having a phone.
Thank you everyone,
Mark
Edit: this is what I did to root the phone:
1. download the toolkit
2. unlock bootloader (when fastbooting the phone said unlocked at the bottom, and a message about not being secure showed every time I rebooted the phone)
3. flashed twrp (no issues, still booted, recovery went to twrp. for some reason I had to flash multiple times as every now and then recovery would revert to stock op, although I did make a backup through twrp)
4. send supersu zip file to phone, install using twrp (phone would not boot, op logo stayed on phone for 2 hrs + until I rebooted to fastboot and tried to reinstall the backup I made, still nothing)
5. Try magisk (still stuck on op logo)
6. try to go back to stock, accidentally lock bootloader (now the phone is stuck in bootloop, don't know what to do from here as I cant get to fastboot and am unsure of recovery's accessibility.)
If you are sure you have a broken volume button, you need to replace it first in order to get the phone fix.
Correction:
Fastboot/bootloader = Power+Vol Up
Recovery = Power+Vol Down
This happened to me except I didn't even get anything appear on the screen -- the phone just periodically vibrated with the screen not even light up. I tried the reset toolkit which is meant to flash your phone back to normal using Qualcomm drivers or something, but that didn't work either. Eventually I had to send it to OnePlus who fixed it for free in under a week! They said the motherboard had failed.
I hope you get this fixed!
Thanks
150208 said:
If you are sure you have a broken volume button, you need to replace it first in order to get the phone fix.
Correction:
Fastboot/bootloader = Power+Vol Up
Recovery = Power+Vol Down
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thanks for the correction, I will keep trying the volume buttons, if it doesn't work by the end of today I will search for a new volume button.
Thanks again,
mark
Ouch
badabdba said:
This happened to me except I didn't even get anything appear on the screen -- the phone just periodically vibrated with the screen not even light up. I tried the reset toolkit which is meant to flash your phone back to normal using Qualcomm drivers or something, but that didn't work either. Eventually I had to send it to OnePlus who fixed it for free in under a week! They said the motherboard had failed.
I hope you get this fixed!
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Damn, that sucks, and besides being unfixable (doubt it), this is my biggest fear. I'm in the US and really don't want to have to ship my phone to china to have it fixed. If you are in the US as well do you know if there is a OnePlus branch I can send it to in the US?
Thank you,
Mark
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Damn, that sucks, and besides being unfixable (doubt it), this is my biggest fear. I'm in the US and really don't want to have to ship my phone to china to have it fixed. If you are in the US as well do you know if there is a OnePlus branch I can send it to in the US?
Thank you,
Mark
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There seems to be one in Texas. Anyway, contact OnePlus and they may try to solve it over the air.
Apart from that, did you install the Qualcom drivers properly? Even with your faulty power button, try to hold it down for 40+ seconds (for the phone to switch off) and then immediately hold down the volume up button for 10 seconds and then plug in the phone to the PC. I know I am merely repeating the instructions of Naman Bhalla in his Mega Unbrick Guide but it is crucial to do them correctly especially the installation of the drivers. Try these steps repeatedly because for some people, the phone gets recognised after repeated attempts. Or else replace the power button and then try these steps.
I had to use the Guide last month and successfully resurrected my dead phone.
MarkTheFur said:
... what can I do about the volume up button?
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Can you boot into recovery by pressing power+volume down buttons?
Update: Got phone to show on computer as qualcomm under coms and ports
So last night I went ahead and held volume up for about 20 seconds, then plugged the phone in, keeping the volume up button pressed the entire time. my phone stopped bootlooping and showed up as a qualcom device! So I have downloaded the new driver the stock os, and am going to proceed to try to unbrick my phone.
Wish me luck,
Mark
Yes, I did, and its working so far
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There seems to be one in Texas. Anyway, contact OnePlus and they may try to solve it over the air.
Apart from that, did you install the Qualcom drivers properly? Even with your faulty power button, try to hold it down for 40+ seconds (for the phone to switch off) and then immediately hold down the volume up button for 10 seconds and then plug in the phone to the PC. I know I am merely repeating the instructions of Naman Bhalla in his Mega Unbrick Guide but it is crucial to do them correctly especially the installation of the drivers. Try these steps repeatedly because for some people, the phone gets recognised after repeated attempts. Or else replace the power button and then try these steps.
I had to use the Guide last month and successfully resurrected my dead phone.
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I still need to turn off the signed drivers features ( a huge bi*ch, I have to use another computer to contact microsoft or something to get my computer to load when I turn off safe boot or whatever its called), but once I do that I can install the driver and attempt to reinstall the stock os. Hopefully everything will go well.
Thank you,
Mark
Not as far as I know
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Can you boot into recovery by pressing power+volume down buttons?
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So far recovery has not been loading, just the bootloop, but I have gotten the phone to power off by pressing the power button for 40 seconds, and the volume up button plus plugging in does make the phone register as qualcom 9008 or something like that. Basically everything is going well so far, and the faulty vol button seems to have been a software bug, as it does work when plugging it in. I will try to get to fast boot, but it did not work last time.
Thank you,
Mark
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So far recovery has not been loading, just the bootloop, but I have gotten the phone to power off by pressing the power button for 40 seconds, and the volume up button plus plugging in does make the phone register as qualcom 9008 or something like that. Basically everything is going well so far, and the faulty vol button seems to have been a software bug, as it does work when plugging it in. I will try to get to fast boot, but it did not work last time.
Thank you,
Mark
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Glad to hear that there is some progress. Best of luck and keep us informed.