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[Q] Volume down broken and bootloop - how to get to recovery?

Yea, the title almost says it all;
After I changed the screen on my GN the volume down button is not functioning (1 of the 3 solderings is loose).
That was not much of a problem since I could just turn the volume down with the slider that appears, when pressing the volume up button.
BUT
I was too excited to try out the Optimus 4X lockscreen, so I flashed it and ended in a bootloop.
And since my volume down button is broken, I ask:
How do I get into recovery to perform a restore?

...srsly?
recovery is vol up+power, not vol down+power.
sent from my i9250

mikkel-ol said:
Yea, the title almost says it all;
After I changed the screen on my GN the volume down button is not functioning (1 of the 3 solderings is loose).
That was not much of a problem since I could just turn the volume down with the slider that appears, when pressing the volume up button.
BUT
I was too excited to try out the Optimus 4X lockscreen, so I flashed it and ended in a bootloop.
And since my volume down button is broken, I ask:
How do I get into recovery to perform a restore?
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Afaik, without volume down button working you cannot enter bootloader OR download (Odin) mode. So basically, all you can do is try to fix the soldering.
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bk201doesntexist said:
...srsly?
recovery is vol up+power, not vol down+power.
sent from my i9250
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Are you sure? Vol up + power button doesn't boot recovery for me.

If u are not in bootloop mode u can just using adb command to reboot into recovery. But if u are having bootloop then u have to enter download mode and flash with odin. I forgot what button is power+volume up, but any mode whether it's download mode or recovery mode are not a problem in android world
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bk201doesntexist said:
...srsly?
recovery is vol up+power, not vol down+power.
sent from my i9250
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It is on the Galaxy S I9000, but not the GN
Petrovski80 said:
Afaik, without volume down button working you cannot enter bootloader OR download (Odin) mode. So basically, all you can do is try to fix the soldering.
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Yea, that is what I'm afraid of because I don't have any soldering equipment..

You can plug in and see if she's getting far enough in for an "adb reboot bootloader" but I'm not sure if that'll work.
Worth a shot!

Recovery is volume up + down + power. Volume up + power is Odin.
Allons-y

Xfanatic said:
Recovery is volume up + down + power. Volume up + power is Odin.
Allons-y
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*facepalm*

Can't you Odin push a ROM to the phone? And when you get in download ROM manager and recover your backup.

Jubakuba said:
*facepalm*
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Sorry for the misspeak. Volume down +power is Odin and volume up + down + power is fastboot, which will get you to recovery.
Allons-y

FrostyF7 said:
Can't you Odin push a ROM to the phone? And when you get in download ROM manager and recover your backup.
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No, because he cannot get into the bootloader, download mode OR recovery because of a faulty volume down key.

Petrovski80 said:
No, because he cannot get into the bootloader, download mode OR recovery because of a faulty volume down key.
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God this is a bad situation.

I got u a way, try adb reboot download in terminal. It works. After that u can flash with odin.
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crazyg4merz said:
I got u a way, try adb reboot download in terminal. It works. After that u can flash with odin.
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For adb to work, he must either boot into android or a custom recovery. He cannot do either.
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My bad, I forgot his phone is in bootloop. So this means no hope? It's so horrible because my galaxy gio have a not working volume up and down, this means I can't make it bootloop or I'll end up dead like him
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Can't get into Recovery

I recently got a second hand Gnexus. The phone's locked. I can get into fastboot mode but when I select recovery mode to wipe it stays at the google logo screen. Any suggestions?

al_fh said:
I recently got a second hand Gnexus. The phone's locked. I can get into fastboot mode but when I select recovery mode to wipe it stays at the google logo screen. Any suggestions?
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are you doing all of this?
hold the 'Volume Up' and 'Volume Down' buttons and press the 'Power' button to boot the phone into FastBoot Mode, then select 'Recovery mode' by pressing the 'Volume Down' button and then press the 'Power' button to enter CMW Recovery.

k786 said:
are you doing all of this?
hold the 'Volume Up' and 'Volume Down' buttons and press the 'Power' button to boot the phone into FastBoot Mode, then select 'Recovery mode' by pressing the 'Volume Down' button and then press the 'Power' button to enter CMW Recovery.
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I select recovery mode. But when it boots it stays stuck at the google logo. Been like that like 10 or more minutes.
Oh, yeah. I believe the phone's not rooted.

unlock bootloader, it will wipe the device.

al_fh said:
I select recovery mode. But when it boots it stays stuck at the google logo. Been like that like 10 or more minutes.
Oh, yeah. I believe the phone's not rooted.
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are you stuck at this? (look at the pic i attached)..if you are then press the up button and you will boot into recovery

bk201doesntexist said:
unlock bootloader, it will wipe the device.
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i think he is on stock recovery and just wants to wipe the device

I have the same problem. I get stuck on that icon and pressing volume up or down, doesn't bring the recovery menu. I'm on stock 4.1.2 rooted with unlocked bootloader. How do I get the stock recovery to work?
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M_Shaaban said:
I have the same problem. I get stuck on that icon and pressing volume up or down, doesn't bring the recovery menu. I'm on stock 4.1.2 rooted with unlocked bootloader. How do I get the stock recovery to work?
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press both up and down buttons together.. i cant remember the exact combo but i think thats it, i had this problem when i first got my gnex couldnt boot into stock recovery..

I had the exact same problem, it has to do with damaged partitioning, which is why re-flashing recovery will not work. For some users this helps, but in my case it did not help. Had to send the phone back to the distributor after only 8 hours of using my brand new phone.

k786 said:
press both up and down buttons together.. i cant remember the exact combo but i think thats it, i had this problem when i first got my gnex couldnt boot into stock recovery..
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I tried volume up, down, and both. Nothing happens!
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Hold power and both vol buttons, then when it loads the androud mech screen release the buttons, then Hold the power and press vol up once
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LiquidXed
Worked. Thanks a lot!
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Secret to Entering Stock Recovery

According to many sources stock recovery is finicky to enter. I figured out the secret.
Stock recovery is protected by an android on his back with a red triangle and exclamation point. Most places I looked the directions say to push volume up + volume down + power and try it several times until it works. While this may work eventually, there is an easier way and yes there is a trick to it.
Upon seeing the Android on his back with the red exclamation point,
1. press volume up + volume down + power
2. Let go of volume up and volume up only (you should be holding down just power and down)
3. Recovery has been entered.
No longer do we have to make several attempts!!!!

Huh? Who the hell can't get into recovery?
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how about try the right way, when you see the android hold power and tap vol up.

He has a point some people didnt or dont know how I suppose. Think of the nubs.

I press the volume - then the power button then the volume + . Then let go of them all ,works for me on my Verizon galaxy nexus

WEM97 said:
He has a point some people didnt or dont know how I suppose. Think of the nubs.
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he's right, there was a time(when i bought this phone) that i didnt know how, i had to look it up
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negrobembon said:
he's right, there was a time(when i bought this phone) that i didnt know how, i had to look it up
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And now anyone who searches it and ends up here will see it and not just mash buttons until it works.
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AW: Secret to Entering Stock Recovery
I don't get it... When I hit. Those buttons I get into the menu with the green android where I can select "start, recovery, download mode"
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pmcee said:
I don't get it... When I hit. Those buttons I get into the menu with the green android where I can select "start, recovery, download mode"
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When you get to the menu with the green android where you can select start, recovery, etc, you select recovery. If you are using the stock recovery, you should an Android with a red triangle and an exclamation point <== this is the main screen of the stock recovery. To access the menu, you hold power and then press volume up. Nothing else is needed - no other tricks.

pmcee said:
I don't get it... When I hit. Those buttons I get into the menu with the green android where I can select "start, recovery, download mode"
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What you are mentioning is the bootloader or fastboot mode, you can enter recovery from there.
Press power when you see recovery on the bootloader screen and then you will see the Android guy lying on his back with the red triangle if you have stock recovery. Then do what I said in the OP and you will have access to the stock recovery.

Hey one Galaxy Nexus user can't unlock bootloader because he's pc does not recognize driver files so fastboot and ADB does not work.
He is using Yakjuxw 4.1.1 and he wants to unlock bootloader to be able flash Jelly Bean 4.2.1 but all the methods does not work so this may be the only one way to root he's Nexus is to flash root*.zip via stock recovery!
but he has methods like flash via ADB/USB but when he selects "from USB drive" - Android cannot find the .zip file so he is not able to flash it, so how he can flash the root files from internal storage via stock recovery?
can someone tell me?
also the fake backup rooting didn't work too when he tried it.
He lives in Estonia and I live in Finland so it's really hard to help him via msn.
Thanks.

negrobembon said:
he's right, there was a time(when i bought this phone) that i didnt know how, i had to look it up
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You're right, I didn't know how and had to look it up too! Thanks for the info!

Is this working on 4.3?
Edit:: yes it works
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Just rooted, how to do I get to recovery ?

Brand new Note 2 tonight, I just rooted it. But silly me, how the heck do I get into recovery the first time ? Normally I'd have the power menu option, but not yet. I am confused how to restart into recovery.
I tried hold the power button + vol down key, nothing

Power + Volume Up + Home after the phone completely shut down.

Since you're rooted download Quick Boot from PlayStore... there's an option to reboot into Recovery partition without the 3-button process.

Zorachus said:
Brand new Note 2 tonight, I just rooted it. But silly me, how the heck do I get into recovery the first time ? Normally I'd have the power menu option, but not yet. I am confused how to restart into recovery.
I tried hold the power button + vol down key, nothing
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If your only rooted you still need to install a recovery that's not stock. Either CWM or twrp of your planning on doing any flashing of roms.
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Just get rom manager? If you don't want an app that does it for you, power off the phone then hold power+volume up+home
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[Q] i need help right away please

i was trying to flash a cyangenomod rom but idk what happen and now everytime i turn it on it goes to the cyanogen boot screen and i cant use my phone and i really need to plz help me get my phone back to normal
iv pulled the battery and still cant do the power key plus volm n home button and still wont go off :crying::crying::crying::crying:

dougie1792 said:
i was trying to flash a cyangenomod rom but idk what happen and now everytime i turn it on it goes to the cyanogen boot screen and i cant use my phone and i really need to plz help me get my phone back to normal
iv pulled the battery and still cant do the power key plus volm n home button and still wont go off :crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Hold Volume up&home +power until the phone vibrates, then let go of just the power button (continue holding vol up&home).
Once you're in recovery you can flash a different rom, restore a backup, etc.
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Make sure your battery is charged to at least 70%. Once done try entering recovery again by holding down vol up + power + home key at the same time until you see the blue text on the upper left hand corner and then let go. If this doesn't work you should be able to enter download mode with vol down + power + home key. If so I'd recommend flashing back to complete stock using ODIN on your pc and start from scratch.
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I think people make it more complicated than it needs to be. Press the power button. When the phone vibrates, release it. Hold home+vol up until you see the recovery booting blue text, then release those.
Holding the power button puts the phone in a boot loop. Something I used to do on occasion until I learned it in fact didn't need to be held at all.

you can do this too...wipe data and factory...sometimes happening when i flasshing via odin

Towle said:
Hold Volume up&home +power until the phone vibrates, then let go of just the power button (continue holding vol up&home).
Once you're in recovery you can flash a different rom, restore a backup, etc.
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how do i delete the flash bc it come on but i cant use google or anything

dougie1792 said:
how do i delete the flash bc it come on but i cant use google or anything
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gapps..
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LuigiBull23 said:
gapps..
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im very new to this lol
how do i get that

Gapps grab what pertain to the rom you are trying (4.2.2 rom --> 4.2.2 gapps)

mt3g said:
Gapps grab what pertain to the rom you are trying (4.2.2 rom --> 4.2.2 gapps)
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you must install rom and gapps for your android version without reboots.