I would like to encrypt my Z1 Compact. Before I proceed I would like to know if waking up the camera with the camera button still works. Now if the phone is locked, I can push the camera button for a longer time, and then the camera starts right away. I don't want to lose that feature.
Has anyone here encrypted his/her phone, and does this button still work?
Yes. The phone behaves as usual after the initial bootup during which the encrypted partition is mounted.
Iruwen said:
Yes. The phone behaves as usual after the initial bootup during which the encrypted partition is mounted.
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Hi, I'm having a major problem getting into recovery via the power-on+vol-down key combination on MM (20A/20B) - under no circumstances can I get into recovery from cold boot - I can reboot into TWRP recovery when the phone's booted, but recently I've had a couple of bootloops which never enter the OS and so I'm stuffed - both times all I could do is use LGUP to reflash 20B kdz and then re-root etc etc. I'm assuming under MM the key sequence has changed, or is it because I have an unlocked bootloader the sequence is different? I've owned a G2 and G3 and know the "normal" sequence of hold power+vol-down, wait for the LG logo and release then power+vol-down again, but this doesn't seem to work on a Marshmallow G4 (I've tried 100 times with different wait periods on the release etc)....
Its a real PITA not being able to cold boot into TWRP/recovery so can someone advise what the sequence now is (and PLEASE don't reply to tell me its "hold power+vol-down, wait for the LG logo and release then power+vol-down again"!).
Thanks!
I have the same issue and I had been running into same situation to entirely reflash my phone in order to get it boot again. The key combination never worked for me while on 20B; really frustrating if you run into whatever problems requiring to recover through TWRP and not being able to do so.
key combination working me....
If not
adb reboot recovery
Or if phone rooted.
Play store rebooter app
russtyd said:
I've owned a G2 and G3 and know the "normal" sequence of hold power+vol-down, wait for the LG logo and release then power+vol-down again
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And it never came to your mind, that maybe the entry to recovery might be different to an LG G3 or G2?
The way to enter recovery is:
Hold Vol- and Power until LG Logo appears
Release ONLY Power button for 1 sec
Then press it again and hold it
Recovery entered
I guess google can save lifes And nerves!!!!
Cheers bro
EDIT: Btw this has nothing to do with Marshmallow, Lollipop etc. It's the usual way to enter recovery on a G4 And I didn't read the OP entirely. It seems like you just had the wrong sequence. This one works for me on Masrhmallow 20B!
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And it never came to your mind, that maybe the entry to recovery might be different to an LG G3 or G2?
I guess google can save lifes And nerves!!!!
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Thanks... It did occur to me it might be different (which in the end is why I posted here!)... and I had googled, and the sequence is so stupidly close to the G2/G3 sequence its easy to see now the error of my ways (why the h*ll did LG have to change one key in the sequence)!
Thanks for the quick response Bro
russtyd said:
Thanks... It did occur to me it might be different (which in the end is why I posted here!)... and I had googled, and the sequence is so stupidly close to the G2/G3 sequence its easy to see now the error of my ways (why the h*ll did LG have to change one key in the sequence)!
Thanks for the quick response Bro
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You're very welcome! I have to admit, that it's really stupid to change it slightly from model to model, yeah :laugh:
I had to google it myself and needed several attempts to get it right. But now we both know and we can enter recovery whenever we want :good: Merry Christmas and a happy new year bro
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And it never came to your mind, that maybe the entry to recovery might be different to an LG G3 or G2?
The way to enter recovery is:
Hold Vol- and Power until LG Logo appears
Release ONLY Power button for 1 sec
Then press it again and hold it
Recovery entered
I guess google can save lifes And nerves!!!!
Cheers bro
EDIT: Btw this has nothing to do with Marshmallow, Lollipop etc. It's the usual way to enter recovery on a G4 And I didn't read the OP entirely. It seems like you just had the wrong sequence. This one works for me on Masrhmallow 20B!
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Thanks for your heads-up. Unfortunately if i try this combination a screen appears "Factory data reset" asking "No (Exit)" or "Yes".
Now I would assume if I enter "Yes" it would boot into recovery, but I am not sure whether this will completely wipe my phone.
Can anyone confirm that I´m on the right path here?
GalaxyFan88 said:
Thanks for your heads-up. Unfortunately if i try this combination a screen appears "Factory data reset" asking "No (Exit)" or "Yes".
Now I would assume if I enter "Yes" it would boot into recovery, but I am not sure whether this will completely wipe my phone.
Can anyone confirm that I´m on the right path here?
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Hold on. There are 2 options. If you installed recovery properly (I bet you did), indeed, clicking on "yes" will boot you into recovery. If you're a monkey, just like I was, and DIDN'T install recovery properly, yes, it will just wipe your data.
But that's the usual way to hardware-button-boot into recovery
How did you install it? There's an easy way to check if everything is set up correctly. Use this app to boot into your recovery from within android.
If it boots you into recovery then everything is set up straight and you can boot into recovery with hardware buttons a 100% by clicking "yes" and "yes" in the "stock" recovery.
EDIT: I know that's an awkward way, but it's the right 1 Cheers
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Hold on. There are 2 options. If you installed recovery properly (I bet you did), indeed, clicking on "yes" will boot you into recovery. If you're a monkey, just like I was, and DIDN'T install recovery properly, yes, it will just wipe your data.
But that's the usual way to hardware-button-boot into recovery
How did you install it? There's an easy way to check if everything is set up correctly. Use this app to boot into your recovery from within android.
If it boots you into recovery then everything is set up straight and you can boot into recovery with hardware buttons a 100% by clicking "yes" and "yes" in the "stock" recovery.
EDIT: I know that's an awkward way, but it's the right 1 Cheers
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It worked! Thank you mate! :good: :highfive:
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It worked! Thank you mate! :good: :highfive:
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You're very welcome :highfive:
Actually no loop, just sit on first screen then screen off. :crying:
Only thing i want is photos back from internal storage, anyway to do? Rooted already
Rooted by: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62075670&postcount=381
lg recovery mode seems not work in my device.
Recovery mode: Hold Power+volume till Lg logo then release all and hold power+volume again
Help! Bring it to fix, no data will remain
No chance to even recall data.
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joelky said:
Help! Bring it to fix, no data will remain
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Just wipe everything in recovery but don't wipe internal storge if you use cwm then just select option. Install new rom
Why are your photos only stored on internal storage? I guess people only value their data when they can no longer access it. Shame that people don't care enough for their data to back it up.
Hi
I have LG G3 which fall down and now is in reset loop.
reset and then load android after 1 second reset again and again.
I have data and picture on that.
How can i get backup from data and pictures and how can i change ROM?
BR
Seems like a hardware failure due to the drop, thus why you cannot power it on.
If you have a custom recovery (TWRP) try booting into that (if you're not sure then you probably don't have it), it would be able to get your files off to a PC. Though (again), if it's a hardware failure I doubt it's going to work.
Unfortunatly I get the same issue.
The LG G3 was only working properly when connected to the Power AC/DC.
It was an issue with the batterie (try Amazon with the BAtterie reference not that expensive ~15 Euros).
Cheers
Ariac Konrel said:
Seems like a hardware failure due to the drop, thus why you cannot power it on.
If you have a custom recovery (TWRP) try booting into that (if you're not sure then you probably don't have it), it would be able to get your files off to a PC. Though (again), if it's a hardware failure I doubt it's going to work.
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No, I don't have TWRP on this device.
Can i install now at this situation?
markazie said:
No, I don't have TWRP on this device.
Can i install now at this situation?
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Try boot to safe mode
1. Turn off your LG G3 phone.
2. Now boot the phone.
3. Once seeing the LG logo appears, long press on the VOLUME DOWN key until you see the home screen.
4. Your home screen will have Safe mode in the lower left corner.
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So guys I would really appreciate some help on this. I dropped my phone the other day and a very minor crack happened on the corner of the screen. Now every time I turn on my phone or reset it, it says that the phone has detected screen damage and goes on "Hardware Key Control Mode" and everything is disabled.
The rest of the screen looks totally fine and the crack is on the bottom corner where the hardware keys are, and those keys work fine as well. I believe the rest of the screen still functions but I cant remove this mode. I turned off the phone and pressed all 3 buttons and then tried disabling it but it goes back into "Hardware Key Control Mode" after restarting. Is there a way I can remove this somehow? I dont mind flashing if necessary. Would REALLY appreciate any help, thanks in advance.
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So guys I would really appreciate some help on this. I dropped my phone the other day and a very minor crack happened on the corner of the screen. Now every time I turn on my phone or reset it, it says that the phone has detected screen damage and goes on "Hardware Key Control Mode" and everything is disabled.
The rest of the screen looks totally fine and the crack is on the bottom corner where the hardware keys are, and those keys work fine as well. I believe the rest of the screen still functions but I cant remove this mode. I turned off the phone and pressed all 3 buttons and then tried disabling it but it goes back into "Hardware Key Control Mode" after restarting. Is there a way I can remove this somehow? I dont mind flashing if necessary. Would REALLY appreciate any help, thanks in advance.
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Your phone is likely detecting a damaged digitizer. The screen will be unable to detect touches even if you could disable this mode.
Ekkoria said:
Your phone is likely detecting a damaged digitizer. The screen will be unable to detect touches even if you could disable this mode.
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Hmm is there any way to disable it though? Because the hardware keys that are on the screen where it is cracked are working fine... also on the log in screen when you swipe to unlock I can see the background moving when i swipe over it.
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Hmm is there any way to disable it though? Because the hardware keys that are on the screen where it is cracked are working fine... also on the log in screen when you swipe to unlock I can see the background moving when i swipe over it.
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I'm not aware of any way to disable it outside of flashing a custom ROM. Do you have TWRP installed, and if so, can you use your touch screen in recovery?
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I'm not aware of any way to disable it outside of flashing a custom ROM. Do you have TWRP installed, and if so, can you use your touch screen in recovery?
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No I did not install TWRP yet. Should I try doing it now? Will I need any touch screen features while doing it?
I installed TWRP on my phone using the phone itself. I don't think there's any other way to flash it, but i could be wrong.
Ekkoria said:
I installed TWRP on my phone using the phone itself. I don't think there's any other way to flash it, but i could be wrong.
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Oh ok, thanks for your help. I will give it a go tonight, some people are saying you can install it using ADB driver commands from cmd prompt. I just hope that after installing a custom rom the Hardware key control feature will go away, because I was reading somewhere that it is stored in a different partition or something.
FireFistAsce said:
Oh ok, thanks for your help. I will give it a go tonight, some people are saying you can install it using ADB driver commands from cmd prompt. I just hope that after installing a custom rom the Hardware key control feature will go away, because I was reading somewhere that it is stored in a different partition or something.
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Hey again, So yea I tried everything . Im trying to use the ABD cmds but since I cant swipe on the screen its not letting me to press "allow" for usb debugging mode, so i cant root then install TWRP .Im stuck here. Is the phone garbage because of this "Hardware Key Control Mode" ? I cant find any way to turn it off or remove it completely. The screen only has one minor crack, and that location near the hardware keys is working fine.
FireFistAsce said:
Hey again, So yea I tried everything . Im trying to use the ABD cmds but since I cant swipe on the screen its not letting me to press "allow" for usb debugging mode, so i cant root then install TWRP .Im stuck here. Is the phone garbage because of this "Hardware Key Control Mode" ? I cant find any way to turn it off or remove it completely. The screen only has one minor crack, and that location near the hardware keys is working fine.
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Any one else know what I can do about this issue? there must be some sort of workaround? it is a software issue.
I accidentally flashed wrong Recovery for my A3 2017. I now get a message that i need Samsung Smart Switch from Samsung for emergency recovery.
But this f**cking program doesnt even install. On Samsung site its a dead link. I found another one, program doesnt install...
Any ideas? Is my phone bricked?
http://www.samsung.com/global/download/smartswitchwin/
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http://www.samsung.com/global/download/smartswitchwin/
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i have it already...smartswitch doesnt help too :crying:
Is the phone recognized in ADB/Fastboot?
kasa ssg said:
Is the phone recognized in ADB/Fastboot?
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i installed ADB. For first time. Using this site.
https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
im in a command line area with ADB now...but i dont know what to do
https://gyazo.com/e1d3b6dcce3a18211bbcb85fd9467e28
How to switch off my phone? I tried a lot of key combo's, but it keeps coming back to a blue/green screen with this warning message....
Anyone?
wogooo said:
How to switch off my phone? I tried a lot of key combo's, but it keeps coming back to a blue/green screen with this warning message....
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I don't think there is one to force it to power off, I think there's only one to force it to reboot which is POWER + VOL DOWN (held down for a few seconds) on the A5, it's probably the same on the A3. Then immediately as the screen turns off you have to switch to the key combination for download mode or recovery. If if you just release the keys it will try and boot normally.
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I don't think there is one to force it to power off, I think there's only one to force it to reboot which is POWER + VOL DOWN (held down for a few seconds) on the A5, it's probably the same on the A3. Then immediately as the screen turns off you have to switch to the key combination for download mode or recovery. If if you just release the keys it will try and boot normally.
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thx!! im in download mode now
Im in Recovery now. When i try to wipe it says it cant mount /data, /cache, etc.
Also Restore doesnt work because of this. I tried to Repair. System seems to be repaired, but /data fails to repair. Also unable to repair cache.
What to do?
(needless to say i first flashed the correct Recovery )
In Windows Explorer i see only external sd
Somehow i seemed to fix /data en /system. But not cache and dalvik.
I restored a nandroid backup and it boots until LOS animation now. But there its stuck. (but at least i passed Android logo now)
Installation passed pretty good, only in the end it said cache wasnt mounted.
Any ideas?
alright no clue how but its fixed now lol