as per topic, wondering if i can flash a rom if my volume button is spoilt?
my htc suddenly behaved weirdly and screen sporadically seems to keep pressing the back button (or at least it keeps backing when i am in some app) , then freeze. i have to press power button to off, wait a while and on it and it's back to normal, and after some time, reverts to freezing. not sure if it's because i force close apps too much tho. so i thought maybe i could try flashing a new rom. but my volume button isn't working so is it still possible to flash?
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If you are s-on you would need to first fix your volume botton(s) before trying to root your device. If you don't it would just jam you up. There are several threads on ways to fix your volume buttons.
If you are already rooted and have flashed roms before (which is not stated, thus unlickly), you could flash a touch recovery. However, I am unsure if the volume buttons could be used or are used in the touch version (which I believe it is) and since they are stuck, the button, it could act up on you.
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1. Repair your volume button (jam it in there or glue it in)
2. Root using AAHK (I'll post instructions later, out at the moment)
3. Flash 4EXT Touch Recovery
4. Profit??
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hmm, i could press the up volume long time ago if i press it hard enough, but it's all unresponsive now. gone as far as unscrewing the 2 screws at the batt area and unsure how to proceed with that volume knocker at the side below the batt compartment. so i stopped at that that time.
It's just that this sudden sporadic backing /screen freeze seems more of a bother so i thought perhaps i should try flashing, or should i try a factory reset?
yes i rooted before and is now at arhd 5+ but hadn't used touch recovery before- you mean ext4 app?
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Ahh you're rooted. So much easier now
Yeah grab the free one from the market and flash away
The paid one offers more features of you need em
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GuyInTheCorner said:
1. Repair your volume button (jam it in there or glue it in)
2. Root using AAHK (I'll post instructions later, out at the moment)
3. Flash 4EXT Touch Recovery
4. Profit??
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my vol knocker is still at the side, just unresponsive - not sure if jamming it there does anything??
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whateheck said:
my vol knocker is still at the side, just unresponsive - not sure if jamming it there does anything??
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Ahh...
I though it had come off (like mine has )
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You could try and prise is off and use a toothpick to navigate using the rocker
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yup, tried prising then so the lower part seems abit jutting out; the most it can do is slide a little up and down lol. there wasn't much info on this vol thingy and i saw one vid on disassembling the htc which kinda skims through this part and made it looked so easy (but i had no freaking idea what he did after unscrewing the screws) so i sorta left it as that and used a volume app instead
so I'm rooted and able to use the 4ext? the only 4ext i found in google play was the one i needed to pay but there was a link to the site where i could grab the free one though. supposedly if i didn't fix the volume button, am i able to use this to flash?
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yup, tried prising then so the lower part seems abit jutting out; the most it can do is slide a little up and down lol. there wasn't much info on this vol thingy and i saw one vid on disassembling the htc which kinda skims through this part and made it looked so easy (but i had no freaking idea what he did after unscrewing the screws) so i sorta left it as that and used a volume app instead
so I'm rooted and able to use the 4ext? the only 4ext i found in google play was the one i needed to pay but there was a link to the site where i could grab the free one though. supposedly if i didn't fix the volume button, am i able to use this to flash?
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The videos make it seem all to easy :/
Yeah just grab the free one and flash the 4EXT Recovery. Trust me you'll like it much better. Easier to use, more fluid and doesn't require the volume rocker for use
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Do you have ADB? You don't really need the Volume button if you're already rooted and s-off to flash ROMs.
Flash a recovery like 4EXT or even CWM Touch. 4EXT is better though. You can flash 4EXT through the app in the play store and for CWM Touch you can get it here.
If you do decide to go for CWM Touch, you'll have to flash it via fastboot. Read the forums on how to do that or let me know I'll post it later if you can't find anything.
After you flash a recovery and get ADB and HTC Sync on your system. Just use the command "adb reboot recovery" to reboot the device straight to recovery without having to press the volume button.
I've been surviving without the volume down button for a long time now. And I regularly flash stuff so I can say it's not that big a deal. It is kinda living on the edge.. But ADB always helps me out.
tks i should try the ext recovery later.
phone's acting up and the top menu icon keeps interchanging between the icons and date by itself more intermittently.
for the wipe, i just check all of the options? and it'll bring me back to the recovery menu when done?
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whateheck said:
tks i should try the ext recovery later.
phone's acting up and the top menu icon keeps interchanging between the icons and date by itself more intermittently.
for the wipe, i just check all of the options? and it'll bring me back to the recovery menu when done?
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In 4ext there's an option to wipe all partitions except SD Card. Literally two touch flashing. So simple, I done it today in an computer lesson at school
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don't you have the option to reboot into recovery by long pressing power button? Beats adb fastboot recovery. My vol down rocker is broken and this for me its the best option.
Inspire 4g
Ohh,thanks
Hm nope,my power button doesn't show the boot into recovery option .
My screen was acting up so bad that
I wasn't able to do anything for a while and I thought it was a hardware issue so I went to do a factory reset instead to see if it'll be alright. But it still freezes the screen sometimes, more obvious when typing and it either jumps about /freezes. I guess it's the display issue or digitizer issue then ?
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Happens to me to. Maybe rom related? I just jump to lockscreen by hitting the power button and unlocking gets me out of the freezing or acting up. Try this. Open a command window on your PC. Get to adb devices and prepare an adb reboot recovery command. Don't press enter yet. Remove the battery and reinsert it. Start the phone and quickly connect your phone to PC. You'll hear the connection sound, as you hear this , start executing the command window . The phone will boot into recovery. There you could flash ice cold sandwich which hast the boot into recovery option .
Edit: You could also download this to enter recovery.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
Also suggest you flash 4ext recovery.
Inspire 4g
I could actually still move around after my factory reset. So can probably reinstall the 4ext to flash but doesn't seem to be Rom related since I had this arhd for more than half a year and this freezing suddenly occured a few days back
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Dunno man. This is what I do if I enter any bootloops as my volume rocker doesn't work. Hope everything gets sorted out. Here's my set up adjusting to life without a volume rocker
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Dunno man. This is what I do if I enter any bootloops as my volume rocker doesn't work. Hope everything gets sorted out. Here's my set up adjusting to life without a volume rocker
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GuyInTheCorner said:
Interseting home screen you got there.. colourful
OT: you can get some apps that allow you to choose which mode you'd like to boot into (hot reboot, boot loader, recovery & normal reboot) I can't remember what its called but if I find it I'll post some more
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Tnx man don't know if you r being sarcastic or what but its a theme called Goog Le Bean. Also apex ics glass theme for the icons and aokp wallpaper Apk. As for the app that let's you select how you want to reboot its Quick boot and its a couple of posts back.
Edit: widgets for sound is volume control widget . It is on playstore
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if4ct0r said:
Do you have ADB? You don't really need the Volume button if you're already rooted and s-off to flash ROMs.
Flash a recovery like 4EXT or even CWM Touch. 4EXT is better though. You can flash 4EXT through the app in the play store and for CWM Touch you can get it here.
If you do decide to go for CWM Touch, you'll have to flash it via fastboot. Read the forums on how to do that or let me know I'll post it later if you can't find anything.
After you flash a recovery and get ADB and HTC Sync on your system. Just use the command "adb reboot recovery" to reboot the device straight to recovery without having to press the volume button.
I've been surviving without the volume down button for a long time now. And I regularly flash stuff so I can say it's not that big a deal. It is kinda living on the edge.. But ADB always helps me out.
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You can do it very simply
On device:
1- Download ROM Manager (ClockWorkMod) OR 4EXT Recovery
2- Download and Flash Recovery for your device.
3- from the application select reboot on recovery
if you already have recovery, simply download ROM Toolbox Lite and browse down to Rerbooter, then root into recovery.
On PC, with USB Development active
1- if you already have download Android SDK
RUN -> cmd -> adb reboot recovery
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or Install Android Commander then Device -> Reboot -> Reboot in Recovery
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It's very simple :fingers-crossed:
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Hello.
My Htc myTouch 3G Slide volume keys aren't working... So, I can't reboot the phone in Recovery Mode..
I just wanted to upgrade my phone, but with this problem, I can't do that.
Can anyone help me?
Is there a reason you don't want to get a replacement phone from t-mo?
JTB
Well, i bought this phone through ebay...
I'm Portuguese...
OK. Is the phone rooted already or not?
JTB
Yes.. And it has CyanogenMod 7.0.0 RC1 rom.
Then you can just reboot directly into recovery from the power menu. Boot the phone as normal, once everything is loaded hold power until you get the menu, select reboot, then select recovery.
Also, there is an adb command to do the same thing:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
HTH,
JTB
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Then you can just reboot directly into recovery from the power menu. Boot the phone as normal, once everything is loaded hold power until you get the menu, select reboot, then select recovery.
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Now i only get a phone and a triangle with an exclamation point. what should I do?
hit power and see where that gets you. Do you have custom MTD partitions on this phone?
Power button does nothing..
I think I don't..
it's power + the volume up key, i guess. Sounds like you have the stock recovery on your phone.
Pull the battery and restart the phone. Then load rom manager application (should be on your phone as I believe it is part of all CM roms). Select the option to flash clockworkmod recovery and then hit the reboot into recovery option.
JTB
I get the same image with the phone and the exclamation point. =S
I'm out of ideas. Sorry!
JTB
Do you know any website where I can buy the volume keys??
Did you flash clockwork mod through rom manager and reboot recovery through rom manager
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I get the same image with the phone and the exclamation point. =S
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If all that fails last resort would be to s off and manually flash a permanent recovery.
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Yes i flashed with Rom Manager...
What do you mean with "permanet recovery"?
You can use the froyo update from htc, you do it from your pc so you don't need your volume keys.
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You can use the froyo update from htc, you do it from your pc so you don't need your volume keys.
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BE CAREFUL! If you do this you may have trouble getting root and you will never be able to get S-OFF.
JTB
Well, I am a litlle noob on this world.
I really don't know what to do...
I just want to update my phone to CM7 nightly - build 36...
P.S: My phone has another problem... the earpiece speaker does not work too. Is this a software problem or not?
not sure, but it sounds more like hardware.
My G2 is rooted and It wont allow to access my recovery image.
Also: the phone takes awhile to boot up, I wiped and changed the rom already still the same results.
And it doesn't show any boot animations. I'm think this could be a hardware problem. Am I right?
Which recovery are you using? If you have 5.x its still very buggy and fails to boot to recovery a lot of the time. Downgrade back to 3.0.2.4, or use 4ext recovery.
On every boot? Cause the first boot is meant to take quite a while.
Please define how long exactly its taking, cause a minute or so is not unusual.
Boot animations would normally be a rom issue I think.
-Nipqer
If you are having trouble getting to recovery, you can 1) remove and re-insert the battery 2) hold down the volume down key, then press the power button on top of your phone 3) Let your phone boot to a white screen with colorful text 4) Use your volume up and down keys to highlight the recovery option 5) press the power button to select recovery.
Now that you are in recovery, you can either restore a nandoid back up you made previously, or flash another rom (you might be best off flashing a rom that is not Sense 3 or 3.5 unless you are sure you either have an HTC Desire Z (not a G2 phone) or you know that you have upgraded your G2 HBOOT to a Desire Z HBOOT).
Hope this helps you!
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Which recovery are you using? If you have 5.x its still very buggy and fails to boot to recovery a lot of the time. Downgrade back to 3.0.2.4, or use 4ext recovery.
On every boot? Cause the first boot is meant to take quite a while.
Please define how long exactly its taking, cause a minute or so is not unusual.
Boot animations would normally be a rom issue I think.
-Nipqer
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Every reboot it doesn't show the boot animations. and it also doesn't show the recovery screen at all. It's a display problem for sure I think.
Also the phone wont show the home screen until I tap the power button for like 2 minutes. (The LEDS pop up on the buttons, but the screen wont turn on)
I also changed the battery still no bueno.
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If you are having trouble getting to recovery, you can 1) remove and re-insert the battery 2) hold down the volume down key, then press the power button on top of your phone 3) Let your phone boot to a white screen with colorful text 4) Use your volume up and down keys to highlight the recovery option 5) press the power button to select recovery.
Now that you are in recovery, you can either restore a nandoid back up you made previously, or flash another rom (you might be best off flashing a rom that is not Sense 3 or 3.5 unless you are sure you either have an HTC Desire Z (not a G2 phone) or you know that you have upgraded your G2 HBOOT to a Desire Z HBOOT).
Hope this helps you!
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I wish it did mate. I've tried all those solutions unfortunately. Thanks anyways.
Also I am currently running the latest CM7.
Try starting up rom manager. It had an option to reboot into recovery. It might work.
Further check if there is a file called PC10IMG.zip in the root of your sdcard. Delete it when it's present.
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Try starting up rom manager. It had an option to reboot into recovery. It might work.
Further check if there is a file called PC10IMG.zip in the root of your sdcard. Delete it when it's present.
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Also tried that... and PC10IMG.zip was deleted quite awhile ago.
this is bananas.
Hi!
I have a similar problem here!
I sent my Desire Z in for repair (display was not working), they replaced the main board and shipped it back with the stock Gingerbread ROM.
I downgraded to the stock Froyo ROM and rooted it again (including S-OFF, flashing HBOOT, CWM recovery etc.)
I wanted to restore a backup (done before sending it in) using CWM, but when I select the "backup/restore" menu item all I get is a black screen with the CWM logo in the middle. When I press the power button it goes back to CWM's main menu.
It's the same with version 5.0 and 3.0.
I was able to restore the backup from the ROM Manager, but I don't want to install any other ROM right now because if something goes wrong, I won't be able to restore.
Is there something I can do?
Thanks!
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Well, I feel like a moron.
The power button is not to select menu items in CWM. When I press the trackpad instead of Power all is fine
Should I install CWM 5 again or keep 3? What do you recommend?
From all I've read CWM is still buggy. I'd use 4EXT Recovery instead. It has fantastic support and contains all the options in CWM and more. Link is in my signature.
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Im also facing the same problem before this. Im unable to go into recovery by manual that mean by using vol down + power. Just boot normally & using the rom manager to boot into recovery. Problem solve.
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Hey guys
I'm running MrGarak's fantastic MIUI rom however I've found that the kernel is booting my phone into that white HTC diagnostic screen by default. Unfortunately my volume down button is dead and so I can't navigate the menu; the only way I can boot my phone at the moment is to boot it connected via USB as that makes it boot to Recovery and I can reboot from there.
Any ideas? I think this and another rom I tried both used LordMUE's kernel, could that be the reason the boot preferences don't default to just booting the OS?
Any help and/or pointers would be greatly appreciated
So you can access bootloader and recovery!
So just flash another kernel. What's your problem?
Put a zip on your SD (with a SD reader or ADB pull), then go in recovery, navigate with the 4 keys under the screen (or vol+ and power)... and flash.
What is strange for me is that it seems to happen sudenly... so how do ou know it's the kernel. Anyway...
I have clockwork recovery, and can navigate it using the soft keys (home menu etc). You should also he able to use the vol up key to get to the bottom of the list, (depending on the recovery you're using I suppose)
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_david_94 said:
I have clockwork recovery, and can navigate it using the soft keys (home menu etc). You should also he able to use the vol up key to get to the bottom of the list, (depending on the recovery you're using I suppose)
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Unfortunately it boots into the white HTC area (dunno what it's called). The one where you can see if your phone is S-OFF or not.
Also, I'm not sure what is to blame... but I've only just recently noticed that my phone cold boots this way so I assumed it was a recent rom that I applied. Will test this theory later.
Sounds to me like your volume down button is stuck in.
Definitely not a ROM issue, as it has nothing to do with the bootloader.
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Hey, i had this issue like a month ago. You can check my previous threads. It's hardware I'm 100% sure. Basically if you're in warranty you need to flash the stock rom with S-On so you can get a new phone. You can get it to boot but it's really a pain. You have to play with the volume up when first turning on your phone. It took me about an hour. Then when it boots you'll be in a "Safe Mode" (no clue whats limited all seemed fine to me). Then do your backup if you wish.
Also note: Flashing the S-On rom is a PAIN, took me about 2-3 hours of rebooting, holding vol up, tapping vol up, to get it to boot right, but with patients you'll get it to go.
Good luck to ya.
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Hey, i had this issue like a month ago. You can check my previous threads. It's hardware I'm 100% sure. Basically if you're in warranty you need to flash the stock rom with S-On so you can get a new phone. You can get it to boot but it's really a pain. You have to play with the volume up when first turning on your phone. It took me about an hour. Then when it boots you'll be in a "Safe Mode" (no clue whats limited all seemed fine to me). Then do your backup if you wish.
Also note: Flashing the S-On rom is a PAIN, took me about 2-3 hours of rebooting, holding vol up, tapping vol up, to get it to boot right, but with patients you'll get it to go.
Good luck to ya.
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Ah, I'm definitely beyond warranty. The thought of vol+down being stuck down makes a lot of sense!
I'll just take it to one of the dodgy Asian repair shops, if it's a hardware issue I'm sure they'll know what to do.
Cheers for your help everyone!
I flashed couple roms before, and today i decided to try a new one.
wipe data and such, flashed rom.
reboot, after waiting 10mins its still on the bootscreen.
pulled battery out. reboot, still same problem.
Thing is my - volume downbutton isnt working. Its broken for a long time only volume + upbutton is working.
any know how i can get into recovery?
What exactly did you do? And what recovery do you got?
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Muikkuman said:
What exactly did you do? And what recovery do you got?
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i flashed to ARHD. and i use 4ext cus my volume aint working and use rommanager to get into recovery.
still got stuck after loads of times trying holding power and volume down.
Would it be possible to make an .exe program that can be run from a pc as to make the cell boot into recovery? Would be interesting.
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Would it be possible to make an .exe program that can be run from a pc as to make the cell boot into recovery? Would be interesting.
Sent from a dream.
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yeah this would be interesting.
ok i got into recover mode, after millions power + volume down.
had to get the volume buttons out, see this youtube vid ( search for "HTC Desire HD Disassembly Video") at 2:27.
its the hardware thats not working, i cleaned, blowed the dirt away. volume down wont work.
just hope when i use other roms it wont get stuck anymore. i always use rom manager to get back to recovery.
would be nice if theres anoter way to get into recovery without using hardwarebuttons.
here some info to get the volume keys out
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try these:
open battery lid.
carefully rise the manufacturer sticker and you can gain acces to the volume sensors.
pull from one side carefully here is a coaxila atached to the motherboard
you can see if the volume button is broken or only get loose from the frame
or merelly dirty, blow air from your lounges or compressed air spray
these could work
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Hey guys, back with a new problem.
So the wife has been having issues with her power button for a while now, and its getting to the point where it is pretty much intolerable. Last time she killed her battery it took almost a half hour of button mashing to get her phone to boot back up, and I'm worried that next time she kills the battery, I wont be able to get it to boot again.
Does anyone know a way to boot the G2/Desire Z without a working power button (other than disassembling the phone and shorting the contacts in the power button)?
Her contract is up next month, but I'm sure she'll drop it, kill the battery, or have to do a battery pull between now and then, so any help is appreciated!
I'm not sure but I think I had my g2 powered down and pluged it into my laptop and it booted.
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like the above mentioned, there was a flaw in one of the clockwork recoveries (can't recall the version off hand) that when the phone was powered off and you plugged it in it would automaticaly turn on. for you this wouldn't be a flaw so search the forum for someone complaining about this and just install that recovery. of course you will have to be rooted first if you aren't already
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I had that booting issue with the Clockwork Mod touch recovery for our phones. Guess it can be helpful in this situation. This is the thread with recovery info and this is how to flash recovery.
Not sure if the files linked to in our recovery thread still work but here is link to CWM-Touch 5.8.1.0
Couldn't she do adb reboot or no?
Chancee said:
Couldn't she do adb reboot or no?
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not if the phone is powered off already. need to be on to use adb
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In Mimistry ROM you can wake and unlock your phone by pressing a trackball.
andriens said:
In Mimistry ROM you can wake and unlock your phone by pressing a trackball.
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Firstly, I think you mean Andromadus Mimicry, not mimistry
Secondly, trackpad wake/unlock is a feature in most custom roms.
Thirdly, wake is completely different to booting, which is what the question was about. A (maybe somewhat vague) analogy would be, you've lost the ignition key for your car, and you're trying to start the engine by shifting to first gear.
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like the above mentioned, there was a flaw in one of the clockwork recoveries (can't recall the version off hand) that when the phone was powered off and you plugged it in it would automaticaly turn on. for you this wouldn't be a flaw so search the forum for someone complaining about this and just install that recovery. of course you will have to be rooted first if you aren't already
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I think the version you're looking for is Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5, which should be available in the Rom Manager app (under flash older/other recovery). can't find a working link for the img itself.
-Nipqer