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Galaxy Nexus Booting into Fastboot

Hi! My volume down button on my Galaxy Nexus is not working (i broke it while opening the phone). I recently flashed a rom and tested a mod which as it turns out was incompatible with it. Now I'm stuck on a boot animation with no way as far as I know to get into fastboot/recovery as I cant use the Vol+,Vol-, Power combination. Is there any other way I can get to recovery/fastboot or another method to flash a rom ? Thanks

If you can boot into recovery, hook it up to a PC and use ADB to reboot into fastboot.
adb reboot bootloader
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martonikaj said:
If you can boot into recovery, hook it up to a PC and use ADB to reboot into fastboot.
adb reboot bootloader
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I can't get into recovery isn't the only way to get to recovery through fastboot ? My rom doesnt boot so I can't get there throught the power menu. And ADB is not working while the phone is stuck in a boot loop

modstorm said:
I can't get into recovery isn't the only way to get to recovery through fastboot ? My rom doesnt boot so I can't get there throught the power menu. And ADB is not working while the phone is stuck in a boot loop
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Out of luck then unfortunately.

So the only way is fixing the volume keys ?

modstorm said:
So the only way is fixing the volume keys ?
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I think you could also buy (or make) a USB jig that will force the GNex into download mode on power-up, and then you can use Odin to flash the stock images.

As it boot loops continuously attempt to adb reboot recovery. Even though the system doesn't fully boot I've had this work before. My first Nexus had the same issue with the volume down. Once you manage recovery use the adb method to boot to fastboot, and flash what you need to. Hope this works/helps.
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[Q] How do I revert ODIN to custom bootloader and recovery?

I have a toro/i515/Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (the CDMA/LTE one) running a mostly stock (but rooted and with busybox) Jelly Bean JRO03O (Android 4.1.1).
I screwed up my build.prop (and can't boot normally), so I attempted to boot into CWMR 6. To my surprise, cold booting holding the Vol + button started to proceed with a normal boot. So I cold booted with the Vol - button held.
And that shocked me even more. I'm staring at ODIN Mode. WTF? When did ODIN get on my phone? What happened to the bootloader where I could select booting into recovery, or the bootloader, or normal booting?
I've been scouring Google and this forum, and many other forums, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to boot this thing into a custom recovery so I can fix my build.prop through adb.
I'm at a loss. I suck at using ODIN (I only started using it recently when I bought my GTab2 10.1 GT-P5113).
How am I supposed to hack my phone when I can't use ADB, fastboot, or a custom recovery (booting normally hangs also)?
The only thing I don't want to do for a repair is a full wipe. I don't have a way of backing up my data without ADB.
I've tried enclosing various boot, bootloader, and recovery images (img files) into tar files (archives) and sending them to the phone via ODIN using the PDA and/or the BOOTLOADER button(s). I've tried to see if Wug's Toolkit would talk to my phone via ODIN.
Nothing seems to change.
Help!!! Please!!!
Any of the following will do:
1. Tell me how to get adb working.
2. Tell me how to revert ODIN back to the normal boot/bootloader (that works with fastboot) - this would be best. ODIN sucks.
3. Tell me how to get to my files via ODIN.
Please help. This sucks.

*sheepish grin* - I forgot about holding BOTH Vol + and Vol - at the same time while cold booting.
(I can at least get into fastboot mode now)...

From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
Or
From fastboot, flash stock but dont flash userdata.img.
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The very same thing happened to me today.
I was on 4.2 JB (custom stock rom, only rooted) and I received a software update....it failed at doing it and then said something about not losing root. I checked YES and boom....wont boot. Stuck at ODIN...
Odin recognizes it but fails at flashing.
Fastboot works and boots into cwm recovery....but it wont boot into android...
What should I do...?
Sorry if I am rude by asking here.

dragoncius said:
The very same thing happened to me today.
I was on 4.2 JB (custom stock rom, only rooted) and I received a software update....it failed at doing it and then said something about not losing root. I checked YES and boom....wont boot. Stuck at ODIN...
Odin recognizes it but fails at flashing.
Fastboot works and boots into cwm recovery....but it wont boot into android...
What should I do...?
Sorry if I am rude by asking here.
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From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
i said this on the post before yours.

bk201doesntexist said:
From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
i said this on the post before yours.
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But there is nothing in my phone....
Internal is empty.
How can I flash something on the phone...
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dragoncius said:
But there is nothing in my phone....
Internal is empty.
How can I flash something on the phone...
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dont hijack other people's threads;
read the stickies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959

bk201doesntexist said:
dont hijack other people's threads;
read the stickies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
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Sorry. Didnt mean to hijack...just thought it is the same problem. Already read threads.
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dragoncius said:
Sorry. Didnt mean to hijack...just thought it is the same problem. Already read threads.
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use adb to push a rom while on a custom recovery. it seems you need to read them again, and pay attention to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959

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chriv said:
*sheepish grin* - I forgot about holding BOTH Vol + and Vol - at the same time while cold booting.
(I can at least get into fastboot mode now)...
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After posting the above, I meant to indicate that this thread could be closed. I knew exactly what to do now that I could finally get into fastboot.
Maybe ODIN was on my phone all along, but I could almost swear that I used to get into fastboot by holding Vol - while cold booting, and that I could get into recovery by Holding Vol + while cold booting. I don't remember ODIN being there at all.
Anyway, the bottom line:
Fastboot loads with Vol + AND Vol - held down while cold booting.
I was able to reflash boot, bootloader, and custom recovery with fastboot.
I was able to boot into custom recovery from fastboot.
Once CWMR 6 was running on my phone in recovery mode, I was able to mount /system from the recovery menu, to use adb to pull /system/build.prop, to edit it, to use adb to push build.prop back to /system, and finally to use adb to change permissions on build.prop back to 644.
Am I crazy? Was ODIN always on my VzW GNex?
Was it always loaded when holding Vol - down during a cold boot?
Or were the Vol - and Vol + buttons (individually) originally used for booting fastboot mode and recovery mode?
If I had forgotten that, then I haven't be hacking my phone enough, as I haven't been in fastboot in a long time.

chriv said:
After posting the above, I meant to indicate that this thread could be closed. I knew exactly what to do now that I could finally get into fastboot.
Maybe ODIN was on my phone all along, but I could almost swear that I used to get into fastboot by holding Vol - while cold booting, and that I could get into recovery by Holding Vol + while cold booting. I don't remember ODIN being there at all.
Anyway, the bottom line:
Fastboot loads with Vol + AND Vol - held down while cold booting.
I was able to reflash boot, bootloader, and custom recovery with fastboot.
I was able to boot into custom recovery from fastboot.
Once CWMR 6 was running on my phone in recovery mode, I was able to mount /system from the recovery menu, to use adb to pull /system/build.prop, to edit it, to use adb to push build.prop back to /system, and finally to use adb to change permissions on build.prop back to 644.
Am I crazy? Was ODIN always on my VzW GNex?
Was it always loaded when holding Vol - down during a cold boot?
Or were the Vol - and Vol + buttons (individually) originally used for booting fastboot mode and recovery mode?
If I had forgotten that, then I haven't be hacking my phone enough, as I haven't been in fastboot in a long time.
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Odin is on every Samsung phone I believe
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question/comment to old post
This is an old post I'm responding to but my A500 has been bricked for over a year. I just read, click the lock button and when I did, on the screen is "Bootloader v0.03.12 ICS:: Starting Fastboot USB download protocol and found a related post referencing "Odin". I, too, want to know how that got onto my tablet. Perhaps from the update.zip? Now I can't find any relevant information nor files to download which aren't corrupt or tampered with. Can someone perhaps take a moment to outline a plan of action for me and the significant files? I will gladly "donate" to whomever and by "time". Thx (little grey haired old lady) Smiles4Miles, VMD
chriv said:
I have a toro/i515/Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (the CDMA/LTE one) running a mostly stock (but rooted and with busybox) Jelly Bean JRO03O (Android 4.1.1).
I screwed up my build.prop (and can't boot normally), so I attempted to boot into CWMR 6. To my surprise, cold booting holding the Vol + button started to proceed with a normal boot. So I cold booted with the Vol - button held.
And that shocked me even more. I'm staring at ODIN Mode. WTF? When did ODIN get on my phone? What happened to the bootloader where I could select booting into recovery, or the bootloader, or normal booting?
I've been scouring Google and this forum, and many other forums, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to boot this thing into a custom recovery so I can fix my build.prop through adb.
I'm at a loss. I suck at using ODIN (I only started using it recently when I bought my GTab2 10.1 GT-P5113).
How am I supposed to hack my phone when I can't use ADB, fastboot, or a custom recovery (booting normally hangs also)?
The only thing I don't want to do for a repair is a full wipe. I don't have a way of backing up my data without ADB.
I've tried enclosing various boot, bootloader, and recovery images (img files) into tar files (archives) and sending them to the phone via ODIN using the PDA and/or the BOOTLOADER button(s). I've tried to see if Wug's Toolkit would talk to my phone via ODIN.
Nothing seems to change.
Help!!! Please!!!
Any of the following will do:
1. Tell me how to get adb working.
2. Tell me how to revert ODIN back to the normal boot/bootloader (that works with fastboot) - this would be best. ODIN sucks.
3. Tell me how to get to my files via ODIN.
Please help. This sucks.
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[Q] A little question if vol up/down doesnt work

As the title says, my volume buttons doesnt work, i can live with that but i got a small problem .. i have MW Redux ROM installed on my Desire and if i want to change it to something else, the only way is to press the Power Button and go to Reboot to Recovery. Okey, but if i will flash a new ROM and something will go wrong, or the ROM doesnt have the Reboot to Recovery option, how can I go to recovery without this option or power up the phone and then press the buttons? I know if the ROM is installedn,there are apps to reboot to recovery BUT if i will be in the recovery mode itself and something go wrong like endless bootloop etc.. and i want to change the ROM or fix the problem in recovery, is there another way to go into recovery mode, like through a PC or something? Thanks
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Power + back button wil get you to bootloader but you won't be able to select recovery. You can, however, go from bootloader to fastboot usb and enter recovery via adb on your computer
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donkeykong1 said:
Power + back button wil get you to bootloader but you won't be able to select recovery. You can, however, go from bootloader to fastboot usb and enter recovery via adb on your computer
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Okay i will try that later on , thanks bro !
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same problem
i have same problem you can any recovery manager app for installing recovery & reboot into recovery
download fastboot commander for flashing nandroid backup in fastboot mode
just backup your rom via recovery and save it to PC if you bricked your phone just press back power button to going fastboot mode connect usb cable and flash boot system data with fastboot commander
and use rec man for recovery

Galaxy Nexus stucks at bootloader from google

Hi guys
When i start the phone it stucks at google boot screen
When i run CWM recovery it cannot mount and wipe
I tried the toolkit but it dont works

3498BoyZ said:
Hi guys
When i start the phone it stucks at google boot screen
When i run CWM recovery it cannot mount and wipe
I tried the toolkit but it dont works
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your recovery still work??
adb sideload your rom.zip

nope recovery stucks and adb doesnt works
when i try with fastboot it gives me an error

3498BoyZ said:
nope recovery stucks and adb doesnt works
when i try with fastboot it gives me an error
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* no odin boot?? power + volume down?
i dont know the correct command for that but i suggest u use this toolkit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389107
first, try advanced utilities > modified boot.img.
(download stock or rename any suits boot.img)
if still not work, just use the 'back to stock' command

what is odin boot ?

3498BoyZ said:
what is odin boot ?
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?? thats another kind of bootloader for nexus. odin works by long press volume down + power button. try it. functions to return back to stock version. same as flashing. use this tool if u can boot to odin bootloader ~
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-restore-to-stock-unbrick-galaxy-t2065470

Help getting TWRP onto my g4

Ok so I've had the fone a while now and finally unlocked the bootloader but as I'm knew to all this on lg can someone point me to a simple root method for marshmallow 20a I think if one exists or some other method of flashing TWRP onto my phone.
Thanks in advance
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Found this is there any reason I can't use this method to install TWRP so I can then flash a cm13 based rom
http://www.droidviews.com/root-lg-g4-and-install-twrp-recovery/
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I've unlock my bootloader, and successfully flashed TWRP like this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O64GfQORCaE
But I can't get in recovery mode.
I'm trying to root like so http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/development/kernel-t3232651 because I've already have 6.0 and I'm stuck....
Anyone can help please??

Edit: You don't actually need to use fastboot commands... it's just annoyingly counter intuitive.
Here's what works to boot into recovery after it's been flashed:
Turn phone off
Hold power and volume down
Release power for a half second when the LG logo appears then press and hold again
Unit will boot to white LG recovery asking if you want to wipe all data
Confirm yes twice
Unit will boot to TWRP recovery
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I had this problem earlier. You have to use fastboot commands to boot into it.
Change twrp-2.8.7.0-h815 to match your twrp file name
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0-h815.img
Fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0-h815.img

ajscott said:
I had this problem earlier. You have to use fastboot commands to boot into it.
Change twrp-2.8.7.0-h815 to match your twrp file name
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0-h815.img
Fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0-h815.img
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Excellent!!!
So after that I flash the .zip or .img that's in the folder? (total new with rooting)
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rooted!
but it doesn't read my sdcard and bluetooth...

When I was installing twrp and CM13 on my G4, I tought that I can't access twrp either. When pressing vol down+power I got to the default screen with only option to factory reset. So I used the above command to access it. But I noticed, that if I go through that factory reset thingy, it will go to twrp without factory reset. So after you get to factory reset recovery, answer yes to the first question and then yes to the second one and you'll get to twrp.

So to get this straight
1 adb reboot bootloader
2 fastboot flash recovery.....
3 fastboot boot TWRP......
Then I can backup my current setup and then flash any Rom from there just like with my Samsung using TWRP after that then I can enter recovery via the power and volume down buttons?
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Would I be better to flash a stock based rom with modem and bootloader first
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eddyctweets said:
So to get this straight
1 adb reboot bootloader
2 fastboot flash recovery.....
3 fastboot boot TWRP......
Then I can backup my current setup and then flash any Rom from there just like with my Samsung using TWRP after that then I can enter recovery via the power and volume down buttons?
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Even after installing CM13 I still got default recovery with vol down+power, but was able to enter twrp when rebooting from CM13 using something like twrp manager.
But as I said above, you get to twrp by going through "factory reset" from default recovery. It will not do factory reset.
I personally went with Genisys 3.6 ROM after trying CM13 for a few days. Picture quality suffered too much for my liking, and miracast support was also lost with CM13. With Genisys ROM everything works well.