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My Incredible is bricked. It powers on and stays at the white screen that says "htc Incredible" no recovery, no bootloader, nothing. All I did at the time was place a rom on the root of my sd card then tried to flash it. From there I got this damn white screen of death. Is there a way to possibly salvage this expensive paperweight or do I have to go buy another phone?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You can't even get into bootloader? (Reboot while holding power and volume down).
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adb is your best friend. adb reboot recovery, adb reboot. can use those instead of pulling battery
k_nivesout said:
You can't even get into bootloader? (Reboot while holding power and volume down).
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Try from a completely powered down state, as opposed to a reboot.
Edit: yes, I know that's what you meant, but he might not.
k_nivesout said:
You can't even get into bootloader? (Reboot while holding power and volume down).
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Completely powered down if I hold the volume and power button it vibrates 3 times and I get nothing after that just a black screen. The only way that I can get it to come on after that is pull the battery and and just use the power button only.
ACD168 said:
adb is your best friend. adb reboot recovery, adb reboot. can use those instead of pulling battery
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I am not a a veteran or expert at this so please go easy on me. What exactly is adb and how do I use it?
Got it fixed
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steaminhornedog said:
Got it fixed
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What was the fix?
steaminhornedog said:
Got it fixed
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Yes please explain the fix!
Not sure exactly. A friend of mine got me back into recovery somehow. From there I was able to flash my backup. I wish I knew how he did it.
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I'm in the same boat. I accidentally loaded an Incredible S ROM. I can get into hboot, but any of the options just take me back to the white screen.
Try plugging into the computer with the battery out. That could get you bootloader. It works like that on most androids.
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it didn't work. A buddy of mine said "If your hboot will let you switch into fastboot, then u can search on XDA there should be a way to wipe and flash a command line through usb if u can get fastboot" but I couldn't find anything on here about a command line. It does let me into fastboot.
Also it recognizes when the USB is connected.
Do you think that you could flash back to stock?
If you can get into hboot, you're all set. Go here and get the PB31IMG.zip file http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108
It's the RUU that will bring your phone back to stock. Put it on the root of your SD Card (use a card reader or any other way of connecting the sd card to your computer). Make sure it's labeled exactly PB31IMG.zip or it won't work.
Then put the sd card back in your phone. Get it back into hboot. After a few seconds it will ask if you want to update, press volume up to start the update. It will reboot and all will be fine again!
Thank you soooo much. It worked.
steaminhornedog said:
Completely powered down if I hold the volume and power button it vibrates 3 times and I get nothing after that just a black screen. The only way that I can get it to come on after that is pull the battery and and just use the power button only.
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Volume DOWN and power. Volume up and power does a hardware test where that is the response you should get. For it working.
I was performing a recovery last night after trying a couple of different ROMs using TWRP 2.5.0.0. This morning I tried to turn on the phone but there was no power to the screen. The most I could get it to do was have the power LED show when plugged in, or briefly show the charge screen when it's plugged in as well.
I am still able to get into Download Mode, so I tried going back to stock with LGNPST. I noticed under Model it shows Unknown. After flashing, it'll just bootloop to the LG screen and still won't even bother powering when unplugged. Before or after flashing, I was unable to get into Recovery Mode.
The last ROM I was on was SuperNexus, attempting recovery to Lifeless. Or at least I'm pretty sure it was Lifeless, as it was one of the few ROMS where camera natively works.
The only other clue I can give to this problem is that I told TWRP to recover EVERYTHING, including things like cache. This never gave me a problem before, so this is unusual. The backup, to my knowledge, didn't have compression. Another oddity I found before performing the recovery is that the recovery files were not immediately available. I had to tap on my storage directory and select internal storage.
I didn't find this topic with the keywords I searched for, so little scary if this is the first problem of its kind. Any ideas?
If LGNPST boot loops then all you have to do is factory reset.
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sharkboy0901 said:
If LGNPST boot loops then all you have to do is factory reset.
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How would I factory reset if I cannot get into Recovery Mode?
Hiyoto said:
How would I factory reset if I cannot get into Recovery Mode?
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Can you ADb install/side load the recovery ? Can't remember the exact commands but I'm certain a quick Google should tell you,
Something to note, I think the phone's dependant upon USB power on the observation that the LG screen cuts out as soon as I pull the plug.
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Can you ADb install/side load the recovery ? Can't remember the exact commands but I'm certain a quick Google should tell you,
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If he did lgnpst he isn't rooted or unlocked.
I think you should connect the charger on the wall for a good while, same thing happened to me I thought I bricked so I left it on the charger for like an hour and then I was able to get into recovery.
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Can you ADb install/side load the recovery ? Can't remember the exact commands but I'm certain a quick Google should tell you,
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The only mode I can get into so far is Download Mode. Does that state receive ADB commands, or does it only talk with LGNPST?
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The only mode I can get into so far is Download Mode. Does that state receive ADB commands, or does it only talk with LGNPST?
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I didn't think it out good enough like sharky said your not rooted or unlocked so it wouldn't work.... Sorry 4 bad advice
Just tried flashing a TinyBeen recovery as those have traditionally been more reliable for me than stock recovery. Still a no-go for booting into Recovery. I go through the key-presses and it'll go to a black, unpowered screen. I'll press the keys for Recovery mode and it goes back into its bootloop. Screen for loop this time is charge indicator.
Try holding down the power button and the volume down button, after the led lights flash release the power button while still holding down the volume down button. That should get you to stock recovery to factory wipe
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turn off the phone completely, then hold the vol down, power, and where the home button is at the same time til the captive lights flash then let go. this will get you into stock recovery where you can do a factory reset. this will erase ALL DATA is the only downside
sharkboy0901 said:
If he did lgnpst he isn't rooted or unlocked.
I think you should connect the charger on the wall for a good while, same thing happened to me I thought I bricked so I left it on the charger for like an hour and then I was able to get into recovery.
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Were you on a nearly dead charge? My phone was left on my computer the entire night. My USB ports maintain power after shutdown so I'm able to charge of my PC. My battery should have a full charge. I'm wondering if it needs a genuine battery pull or if memory has been corrupted as LGNPST doesn't recognize what it is anymore.
kmull4 said:
Try holding down the power button and the volume down button, after the led lights flash release the power button while still holding down the volume down button. That should get you to stock recovery to factory wipe
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damn you for being 3 minutes faster than me!!!!! lol
javskies said:
turn off the phone completely, then hold the vol down, power, and where the home button is at the same time til the captive lights flash then let go. this will get you into stock recovery where you can do a factory reset. this will erase ALL DATA is the only downside
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Recovery Mode is unattainable on either stock or TinyBeen recovery.
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Were you on a nearly dead charge? My phone was left on my computer the entire night. My USB ports maintain power after shutdown so I'm able to charge of my PC. My battery should have a full charge. I'm wondering if it needs a genuine battery pull or if memory has been corrupted as LGNPST doesn't recognize what it is anymore.
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Yes I was on a nearly dead charge, no led nothing not even download mode.
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Recovery Mode is unattainable on either stock or TinyBeen recovery.
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Not true, I factory wiped from stock recovery after I lgnpst using this method. The directions are in irc.
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kmull4 said:
Not true, I factory wiped from stock recovery after I lgnpst using this method. The directions are in irc.
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For myself and this particular hardware recovery is non-functional.
Attempted a reflash to stock in order to try recovery one more time. Still a no-go. Once the capacitive lights are lit, it just powers down. What would cause LGNPST to not recognize the hardware?
Le sigh... I think it's officially a paperweight unless LG is willing to take another look at it. At least it's on stock, so I have a small chance.
Damn, maybe the device is too low to access recovery. The only the thing I can think of is taking off the back and do a manual battery pull. If that doesn't solve the problem then send it in. Good luck man
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Hiyoto said:
Le sigh... I think it's officially a paperweight unless LG is willing to take another look at it. At least it's on stock, so I have a small chance.
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Pwr Off (by holding onto power button for like 30 seconds). Vol down + power... wait until buttons light up. Immediately release power button while still holding vol down. You will boot into stock recovery. Select Factory Reset.
Hi, I have an e980 stock rooted and unlocked with freegee, I can enter recovery from the ROM reboot menu but I can not figure out how to boot into recovery from power off, I followed a tutorial that says to press any key before the capacitive keys light on, but my lights never turn on.
Any help would be great, thanks very much.
Erik
ricco333 said:
Hi, I have an e980 stock rooted and unlocked with freegee, I can enter recovery from the ROM reboot menu but I can not figure out how to boot into recovery from power off, I followed a tutorial that says to press any key before the capacitive keys light on, but my lights never turn on.
Any help would be great, thanks very much.
Erik
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I have been told, but I'm not sure, since I don't have my device yet, that holding the volume down button and home gets you recovery, but I agree that there really ought to be an FAQ with questions like:
How do I?
Get to download mode?
Get to recovery?
Factory reset?
Flash a stock ROM?
Flash a custom ROM/Recovery, etc.?
ricco333 said:
Hi, I have an e980 stock rooted and unlocked with freegee, I can enter recovery from the ROM reboot menu but I can not figure out how to boot into recovery from power off, I followed a tutorial that says to press any key before the capacitive keys light on, but my lights never turn on.
Any help would be great, thanks very much.
Erik
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Hold power, volume up and home all at the same time. LG will disappear, as soon as it reappears release them and it will put you into the recovery menu.
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holding power-volume down-home takes you to the hard reset then you press power to confirm reset or any other key to exit hard reset. I just need the combo to go to recovery from power off.
Thanks for the response, I'll keep waiting to see if someone else got it.
Erik
Edit: Awesome!! Psal217050 that did it, thank you very much!!!
Erik
Complete guide needed!
psal217050 said:
Hold power, volume up and home all at the same time. LG will disappear, as soon as it reappears release them and it will put you into the recovery menu.
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Many thanks man.It's working...I was searching this for hours!
It is true that someone has to post a complete guide on this subject for different devices and generally how to install custom recoveries,Roms etc. on different devices. Till now there is not a complete guide for this. For example Lg G Pro users, like me, have to find out that they must use FreeGee to install a custom recovery to their phone.
I hope that someone will do it one day.
Again many thanks! +1 Thanks from me
psal217050 said:
Hold power, volume up and home all at the same time. LG will disappear, as soon as it reappears release them and it will put you into the recovery menu.
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Does this apply to all types/versions of CWM recovery? Don't want to end up resetting my phone so am just using third party app.
Is there no recovery on our phones? I am stock no root or anything and can not go into recovery?
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psal217050 said:
Hold power, volume up and home all at the same time. LG will disappear, as soon as it reappears release them and it will put you into the recovery menu.
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So I have been trying to do this for two days. Every time I begin from battery pull to pressing: vol up+home button+power button. First LG symbol shows then LED home button flashes and then device shuts off before second LG symbol.
Boziumtrip said:
So I have been trying to do this for two days. Every time I begin from battery pull to pressing: vol up+home button+power button. First LG symbol shows then LED home button flashes and then device shuts off before second LG symbol.
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No need to press home key, just vol up and power key and release only power key once first lg logo appears on the screen, and make sure you do have a recovery, otherwise install rebooter app from market
dante_67 said:
No need to press home key, just vol up and power key and release only power key once first lg logo appears on the screen, and make sure you do have a recovery, otherwise install rebooter app from market
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Thanks that helped. I got into recovery, now i just need to get it to see the .zip.
Hi,
I can boot into recovery mode with ROM Manager app but not with button sequence.....I have tried all methods except vol+pow+home... any Ideas or help would be much appreciated. phone is LG E980 AT&T version rooted.
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I have tried now vol+home+power but still no success... LG logo appears 1st time but does not re-appear until i release the power button and then it boots into the original rom.
aqazi81 said:
Hi,
I can boot into recovery mode with ROM Manager app but not with button sequence.....I have tried all methods except vol+pow+home... any Ideas or help would be much appreciated. phone is LG E980 AT&T version rooted.
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I have tried now vol+home+power but still no success... LG logo appears 1st time but does not re-appear until i release the power button and then it boots into the original rom.
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Power+Vol Up, keep them pressed, and then when LG logo appears press volume down twice. Works for me.
not working...
aqazi81 said:
Hi,
I can boot into recovery mode with ROM Manager app but not with button sequence.....I have tried all methods except vol+pow+home... any Ideas or help would be much appreciated. phone is LG E980 AT&T version rooted.
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I have tried now vol+home+power but still no success... LG logo appears 1st time but does not re-appear until i release the power button and then it boots into the original rom.
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What kind of recovery do you have? I.e. stock, cwm, or twrp?
With my phone off, I press vol. up + home + power until the LG logo appears then disappears. At that point I let go of them. Never failed to get into recovery that way no matter what recovery I used.
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hawkwind212 said:
What kind of recovery do you have? I.e. stock, cwm, or twrp?
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Its stock recovery.
I don't know that my bootloader is locked or not, I bought this phone rooted. Can I flash recovery without knowing bootloader status? What risks are involved if the recovery installation goes wrong?
Why are you trying to go into the stock recovery? I mean you can't install anything with it as far as i know. If you're trying to install the custom recovery, you will need to unlock the bootloader first, then root the phone. It sounds like you are new at this stuff.
If you can still get into your OS, try root and install the custom recovery from there. Else if you don't have the OS anymore, you may have to reinstall the stock ROM by getting into the download mode.
my phone cannot boot into stock recovery mode by buttens even with some third party apps it boots. i dont know what the problem is??? I'll be thankful if someone can give me the exact procedure..
Lg optimus g pro E980
ShadySquirrel said:
Power+Vol Up, keep them pressed, and then when LG logo appears press volume down twice. Works for me.
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No, this doesn't work either. It will boot into the AT&T
Hi All,
One of my friend got M8 and one fine day phone went to bootloop automatically and then he rebooted the phone into bootloader and did a sideload of custom rom/may be stock back (he don't know actually) but he said he flashed TWRP. Now after flasing the ROM the phone never started.
Issue is now the computer also did't recognise the device. If I plugin into the wall charges sometimes orange LED glows and sometime not.
It also not booting/ Not going to bootloader. Please help me to fix the phone as it's a imported version from US and indian service center will not help this.
Many thanks in advance,
Mahesh
Did you try volume UP and power until the 3 soft keys stop flashing? That is the equivalent of a battery pull. After the soft keys stop flashing then try to boot to recovery or bootloader. I haven't used ADB Sideload, but I would try using the microSD card to flash a new ROM.
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i suppose you tried volume up and power together?
Yeah you'll have to get an SD card and then put a ROM on the SD card with an adapter from your computer...hold down both volume keys and power button for 10 seconds and then hold down vol down and power right after and go to recovery, wipe and flash
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treetolber said:
Did you try volume UP and power until the 3 soft keys stop flashing? That is the equivalent of a battery pull. After the soft keys stop flashing then try to boot to recovery or bootloader. I haven't used ADB Sideload, but I would try using the microSD card to flash a new ROM.
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Yes mate, I tried that combination power+vol. down. Nothing happens.
And it won't power on in any way?
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Press and hold Power + Volume up for about 10-15 seconds. Does anything happen?
treetolber said:
And it won't power on in any way?
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no. nothing.
exad said:
Press and hold Power + Volume up for about 10-15 seconds. Does anything happen?
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nops mate
Odd how it starts bootlooping so you automatically install TWRP and flash a rom and don't think 'why was it bootlooping in the first place?'. Now you voided the warranty
Sorry bud. It's bricked.
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Did he tried htc one m8 toolkit? It has options to push to the device command to reboot, or enter recovery.
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It just uses adb, which will not work in his phone in this state. Toolkits are never a good idea for troubleshooting.
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exad said:
It just uses adb, which will not work in his phone in this state. Toolkits are never a good idea for troubleshooting.
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so any chance to get it alive ???
Mahesh
mahesh_9j said:
so any chance to get it alive ???
Mahesh
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Just one question, are you having a bootloop or the device wont power on at all? Do you feel any vibration while holding Power+VolDown?
Did you unlock your bootloader before this happened? If you didnt, you can still return it...
blackice666 said:
Just one question, are you having a bootloop or the device wont power on at all? Do you feel any vibration while holding Power+VolDown?
Did you unlock your bootloader before this happened? If you didnt, you can still return it...
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It's not powering up at all. No vibrations. As its a Developer edition so bootloader was factory unlocked.
Mahesh
mahesh_9j said:
It's not powering up at all. No vibrations. As its a Developer edition so bootloader was factory unlocked.
Mahesh
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I think you should return it where u bought it. It looks like bricked....
mahesh_9j said:
It's not powering up at all. No vibrations. As its a Developer edition so bootloader was factory unlocked.
Mahesh
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Try power button + volume up/down on the same time.
install philz recovery
Onem8 said:
Try power button + volume up/down on the same time.
install philz recovery
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tried that, but nothing happens.
Also I while putting the ph on wall charger/laptop usb port some times the orange led glows and sometimes not....not able to understand what is this..??
Mahesh
mahesh_9j said:
tried that, but nothing happens.
Also I while putting the ph on wall charger/laptop usb port some times the orange led glows and sometimes not....not able to understand what is this..??
Mahesh
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I tried to root my HTC Desire 820. While rooting it with supersu i checked reboot system instead of wipe cache/delvik (which is probably why it wasn't detected as rooted). I noticed it, so I went back in, and while choosing .zip directory i went away for ~5mins and now my phone doesn't boot (LED doesn't blink either); battery is well over 80% and charging. What should I do?
savagecheeze said:
I tried to root my HTC Desire 820. While rooting it with supersu i checked reboot system instead of wipe cache/delvik (which is probably why it wasn't detected as rooted). I noticed it, so I went back in, and while choosing .zip directory i went away for ~5mins and now my phone doesn't boot (LED doesn't blink either); battery is well over 80% and charging. What should I do?
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Reboot a couple more times, or is that blank screen caused by the TWRP screen saver?
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Reboot a couple more times, or is that blank screen caused by the TWRP screen saver?
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Well if I had to guess I'd say it's a screensaver because I didn't really press anything; I can't access it in anyway, unless there is a special type of button combination?
savagecheeze said:
Well if I had to guess I'd say it's a screensaver because I didn't really press anything; I can't access it in anyway, unless there is a special type of button combination?
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Try holding power and VOL+ together for some times. It should then bring up the HTC boot screen. Then the device should start boot normally again.
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Try holding power and VOL+ together for some times. It should then bring up the HTC boot screen. Then the device should start boot normally again.
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So I guess Volume down doesn't work that way? I tried pressing vol- and power but it didn't work, haven't thought about vol+. Thanks a lot for saving my ass.
savagecheeze said:
So I guess Volume down doesn't work that way? I tried pressing vol- and power but it didn't work, haven't thought about vol+. Thanks a lot for saving my ass.
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You are welcomed?.
For most of the Android device that has a non-removable battery (not by screws), VOL+ and Power button is a universal trick to force reboot/shutdown your device.
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i have question if im tired of this save screen becouse ii failed root phone, how to fix this? i can't enter on recovery mode its annoying...