Hey all
I've recently joined the bricked, "stuck at Google logo" club ... I have a locked bootloader and OEM unlock disabled so there's no chance for flashing anything. At first, I wasn't even able to go to Recovery mode, every time I tried that it'd just show the Google logo and freeze there. After following the instructions from this thread, I am able to enter in Recovery mode (though not always), but none of the buttons work. I can't move through the options and I can't even select the "Reboot system now" option with the power button.
I can't seem to find anything similar with google search so, here I am, posting and hoping someone knows what's up.
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Okay, so my problem is simple, I can't boot into recovery at all. Every time I try to boot up recovery, my phone shows the little Android dude and just gives me the option to "Start". Nothing else, even when I press the volume key down or up, does nothing! My phone is also looping on the CyanogenMod screen so I can't even go into the phone itself.
Also, when I try to use unroot my phone, it says "ADB can not be found", I install the USB driver manually, and it still says the same exact thing. I'm pretty much all out of options, hopefully someone here can help. I'll be very grateful.
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More info please.
What was the last ROM/kernel you flashed.?
What recovery are you using?
Did this just started after installing a ROM, kernel or mod..?
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Jay_8698 said:
Okay, so my problem is simple, I can't boot into recovery at all. Every time I try to boot up recovery, my phone shows the little Android dude and just gives me the option to "Start". Nothing else, even when I press the volume key down or up, does nothing! My phone is also looping on the CyanogenMod screen so I can't even go into the phone itself.
Also, when I try to use unroot my phone, it says "ADB can not be found", I install the USB driver manually, and it still says the same exact thing. I'm pretty much all out of options, hopefully someone here can help. I'll be very grateful.
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What buttons are you pressing to get into your bootloader? I assume you are holding the volume "down" button and pressing the power key. This gets you into Odin Mode and only allows you to boot the phone normally by pressing the power key for "start." You need to hold down the volume "up" AND "down" keys at the same time to enter the correct bootloader with the recovery mode option. Once you are booted into recovery just restore your phone to a nandroid backup you have created that you know works.
Can't find anything on these forums or with google on this issue:
Unlocked HTC 10 purchased directly from HTC last week, received yesterday, running with AT&T SIM. Trying to unlock bootloader with HTCDEV but when I boot to bootloader or download mode there is no option for fastboot! Volume down + power brings me to download mode, my options are system info, show barcode, reboot to bootloader, reboot to download mode, reboot, power down. Tried reboot to bootloader. Phone reboots, says ***LOCKED***, ***S-ON*** and I have the options for reboot, reboot to bootloader, boot to download mode, boot recovery mode. I've ensured USB debug is ticked and OEM unlocked is allowed. I'm afraid I'm missing something obvious but I've used fastboot a fair bit on my m8 so I know what I'm looking for. I put a call in to HTC and their "special Bootloader Unlock team" is supposed to email me in the next 3 to 5 business days.
Tried a hard reset, didn't help.
All I could find on Google is some folks discussing an issue in earlier models of HTC phones - in those cases something about unticking fastboot in the "battery" menu of settings seemed to help but I can find no such options in the marshmallow variant on my phone. The HTCDEV site offers:
"If you have difficulty, power up normally, go to Settings->Battery and deselect Fast boot. Power down and try again." Must be referring to something from an older device because Settings --> Battery does not exist and Settings --> Power does not have a "Fast boot" option I can find to deselect.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks...
It's has been renamed to "download mode" since M9 I think.
theres no fastboot option, it was changed to download mode on recent htc devices
once you're in phones in download mode & you have fastboot open on your pc
type "fastboot oem get_identifier_token"
the rest should be pretty easy
Htcdev explains all that on the first page of instructions as well.
Oops, got it...
metalfan78 said:
Htcdev explains all that on the first page of instructions as well.
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Thanks guys, sure enough I was connected all along. I should have been able to figure that one out!
I'm not so sure Htcdev "explains all that" though. On the contrary, their instructions were the source of confusion! The first page says to "Use the Volume buttons to select up or down. Highlight Fastboot and press the Power button." Their note of clarification does not help, launching into a discussion of enabling OEM unlock. They ought to update that. Why on Earth would it be clear to me that connecting in 'download mode' instead of 'bootloader mode' voids their specific instruction to "select fastboot and press the power button"?
Anyhoo, all set with a freshly unlocked bootloader, thanks again.
Hello there...
Can you Please tell where the download option is available in HTC devices?
aashish981 said:
Hello there...
Can you Please tell where the download option is available in HTC devices?
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Some custom ROM's allow you to reboot to download mode via the power menu. If you're stock, power off the phone. Once it's off, hold volume down+power. Once the black HTC screen appears release both buttons. The phone will boot into download mode.
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hello everyone,
the power button and the volume-down-button have both little or even no more function. I did not turn off the phone for several days now, knowing that I would not be able to turn it on again. I searched the internet for help, enabled usb-debugging and downloaded adb-files. I was able to connect to my phone and did the reboot command to see if it was working. it did.
my question is: once the phone turns off for any reason, will I be able to enter a boot mode (recovery, fastboot, download-mode: whatever they call it, I couldnt tell the difference) that allows me to turn on my phone or do I have to do additional steps..? At one page in this board (http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/how-to-boot-lg-g3-fastboot-mode-t3087445) I read that isnt as easy for the lg g3 as it is for other android phones to get into the right boot mode. is that thing necessary or can I use that "download mode" for using adb and starting the phone.
what commands do I have to enter to start my phone once it is in that respective mode?
hope you can help. looking forward to your answers..!
regards
silvan
Hello,
I own a OnePlus 3, running stock firmware (up to date). I never tinkered much with it*: it has never been rooted and the bootloader stayed locked.
Yesterday I have been welcomed by a white on black text saying “The dm-verity is not started in enforcing mode and may not work properly – your device will boot in 5 seconds”. Letting it continue the boot sequence shows the 1+ logo and then the phone becomes unresponsive with a totally black screen (pink notification led on though).
Pressing volume key on the dm-verity message reveal more options : Power off, Restart, Recovery, Fastboot, Back to previous page.
Recovery seems to restart the phone and bring me back to the dm-verity message.
Fastboot options (Start, Restart bootloader, Recovery mode) do nothing or bring me back to the dm-verity screen too.
What I have tried so far :
- Booting it with power button+vol up or power + volume dows ;
- Testing that is is seen by the fastboot command from my laptop (it is) ;
- Opening the phone and disconnecting the battery for several minutes and reconnecting the battery (does nothing).
Did I missed something ? Is there a way to have it working again and back-up my data ?
Any help greatly appreciated !
Rodoro said:
Hello,
I own a OnePlus 3, running stock firmware (up to date). I never tinkered much with it*: it has never been rooted and the bootloader stayed locked.
Yesterday I have been welcomed by a white on black text saying “The dm-verity is not started in enforcing mode and may not work properly – your device will boot in 5 seconds”. Letting it continue the boot sequence shows the 1+ logo and then the phone becomes unresponsive with a totally black screen (pink notification led on though).
Pressing volume key on the dm-verity message reveal more options : Power off, Restart, Recovery, Fastboot, Back to previous page.
Recovery seems to restart the phone and bring me back to the dm-verity message.
Fastboot options (Start, Restart bootloader, Recovery mode) do nothing or bring me back to the dm-verity screen too.
What I have tried so far :
- Booting it with power button+vol up or power + volume dows ;
- Testing that is is seen by the fastboot command from my laptop (it is) ;
- Opening the phone and disconnecting the battery for several minutes and reconnecting the battery (does nothing).
Did I missed something ? Is there a way to have it working again and back-up my data ?
Any help greatly appreciated !
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It might be a hardware issue since you did not meddle with it. If so, you will have to go to the service center.
Before that, it is worth trying out the various Unbrick Tools available in the OP 3 forum. Search for them and try a few. Sometimes it requires repeated attempts before the phone responds. I know because i have gone through the unbrick procedure earlier. Please note that the tool is different for 3 & 3T.
Best of luck!
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Before attempting anything, backup your data to the PC with adb commands (as it is working now, according to you). It is possible and search for it.
TNSMANI said:
It might be a hardware issue since you did not meddle with it. If so, you will have to go to the service center.
Before that, it is worth trying out the various Unbrick Tools available in the OP 3 forum. Search for them and try a few. Sometimes it requires repeated attempts before the phone responds. I know because i have gone through the unbrick procedure earlier. Please note that the tool is different for 3 & 3T.
Best of luck!
EDIT:
Before attempting anything, backup your data to the PC with adb commands (as it is working now, according to you). It is possible and search for it.
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Thanks for your feedback TNSMANI, I’ll give those unbrick tool a try. As for adb it’s not working unfortunately… but that was expected given I never bothered activating USB debugging. Fastbook commands do work but I can’t do much with them regarding data recovery.
Hi everyone, I'm currently trying to enter to recovery mode but every time I try to it says "No Command". I have read online and everywhere it says just hold power then press volume up quickly, but this doesn't work. I have tried this so many times and still doesn't let me pass it.
Also I tried this on my Pixel 2 and 7 Pro and both let me go pass with the button combination.
I cant root the pixel and have flashed a new version of android from Google's online rescue mode but nothing has changed it.
I can't enter the phone because my Dad had it and forgot the passcode and cant remember his email. So I cant enter through ADB.
I understand this is a lot but any help would be great!