Flashing without power button - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
My Nexus One has a broken power button, can someone advice how can I flash the phone without using the power button.
I can manage to boot the phone into bootloader by removing-inserting the battery and pressing the volume button simultaneously but unable to select recovery as it need the power button to be pressed.
Appreciate if anyone could please help.
Thanks,
Colin

you need to ask @simms22 he´s flashing for years w/o a power button!

Have you tried ROM Manager from the market? Allows you to flash ROMS from an app. I don't think you need the power button.
Also there are some programs that allow you to reboot directly to recovery. I use switchpro.
Lastly, there is always ADB. A little searching yielded: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625950

Thanks for the prompt reply, the information are really helpful. I need to "digest" them first coz am still a newbie.
My intention is to flash the new 2.3 update.zip when its available later, and not likely to flash with other ROM until I know how to do it. Need to learn more first
Thanks again.

first off, you need the root booter app and the lockscreen widget(to turn your screen off). you can reboot and boot into recovery also using the terminal emulator on your phone. in the terminal type su(press enter) reboot recovery(press enter). that will get you into recovery. you could also boot into recovery using fastboot or adb.
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...or just install quick boot from the market.
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...or just install quick boot from the market.
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quick boot works well to. there are a few more market apps that do the same as well.

Out of curiosity, how does one turn on the n1 without the power button?

Pull and reinstall the battery - may take a few attempts. Also pulling and reinstalling the SIM will force it...
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ChronoReverse said:
Out of curiosity, how does one turn on the n1 without the power button?
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I have been wondering this too, hearing about the inherant failure of the power button, cheers danger-rat

simms22 said:
first off, you need the root booter app and the lockscreen widget(to turn your screen off). you can reboot and boot into recovery also using the terminal emulator on your phone. in the terminal type su(press enter) reboot recovery(press enter). that will get you into recovery. you could also boot into recovery using fastboot or adb.
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Thanks for the advice. Just wondering why I need to turn off the screen? I am currently using LockBot so that I can turn on the screen using trackball/volume, and screen off with the timer.
I tried Lock Screen Widget (along with LockBot) but can't get the phone's screen to turn on with trackball/volume.

colins said:
Thanks for the advice. Just wondering why I need to turn off the screen? I am currently using LockBot so that I can turn on the screen using trackball/volume, and screen off with the timer.
I tried Lock Screen Widget (along with LockBot) but can't get the phone's screen to turn on with trackball/volume.
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lol, i pressed the new thanks button, didnt notice it there...
im using cyanogenmod. it has an option to wake the device with the trackball. so all i needed was something to turn the screen off

simms22 said:
first off, you need the root booter app and the lockscreen widget(to turn your screen off). you can reboot and boot into recovery also using the terminal emulator on your phone. in the terminal type su(press enter) reboot recovery(press enter). that will get you into recovery. you could also boot into recovery using fastboot or adb.
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I am now trying to flash the 2.2.2 update with the update.zip in the root dir of the sd card.
I have rooted my phone and tried terminal emulator command and ADB but somehow the phone reboots to the screen with exclamation mark in a triangle + android. What have I done wrong?

Try to Press Power and Volume Up when the warning triangle icon appears.

I installed ROM Manager and ClockworkMod recovery, and I can flash the update already. Thanks guys for the help.

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[Q] Green arrow circles upon startup !!!

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Have the Incredible S PG32130 s-off ad rooted, after updating the youtube application it asked for a restart, after the restart its stuck on a green arrows circle with a download arrow in the middle, can't go to the hboot menu, and if I try to boot into recovery the phone wold vibrate three times and the orange led would light, tried to flash an ruu but with no success, a usb connection error, when the phone is completely off and connected the computer it would display the green arrows screen...
Thanks for you help in advance.
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Hate to ask such a basic question but are you definitely holding the *down* volume and power key? I think I had something similar happen to me once (and only once) but I think I'd been holding the up volume instead of the down and thought that must have caused it...
Yes danny, im sure im holding the volume down, no matter what I do , the phone would boot to this only screen
Have you tried ADB?
Have you tried booting in the hboot via fastboot?
yes did try ADB, but computer won't recognize the phone
Looks like the recovery image on your device does not exist or is corrupted. Install the recovery image (ClockWorkMod) via the bootloader or via fastboot. Both are easy methods. Just search for the installation process in the forums.
I'm really sorry nobody with a bit more experience has managed to find anything much to suggest so far, I really feel for you! Googling around a bit I found this for another HTC phone - might be worth trying.
Pull the battery, hold down the volume up key and stick the battery back in and press the power button keeping the volume up held down. After that (apparently that does a different type of boot again), pull the battery once more, this time hold down the volume down button and stick the battery back in. Hit the power still holding the power down and see if that lets you back to recovery...
It's not much but better than nothing ands worth a try. The other site it was mentioned on it worked for getting back to the recovery menu but it was a different device...
Thank you danny for mentioning this, i already tried that too, i think the device is bricked , i am going to try a box one of my friends has, then ill post what will happen here..
thank you again for all who shared their knowledge
That must be a new method of bricking a device. Never heard anything similar. One should think twice before updating YouTube lol
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can you try one more thing?
- Get a ROM with the recovery image contained in the zip file. The name should be recovery.img. If not get a recovery image for IncS and copy it over into the ROM's zip file
- Then rename the ROM zip file to update.zip and put it on the SD card
- Then boot the phone using the Vol Down+Power button to go into HBOOT
See if HBOOT will detect this update.zip file and automatically flash the ROM.
Nothing but that screen i am able to get, no hboot no recovery, i used the ORT box, to fix the hboot, and now working like charm
I've never encounter a situation where after youtube.apk update you need a reboot..
Are you sure it was 'just' the youtube you changed. Also was it offical via Playstore?

Need help booting into recovery (TWRP)

I'm a bit of a noob here and the first and last phone I ever rooted/installed ROMs on was the S4 which to say was fairly simple with lots of detailed threads. I have no idea how to get into TWRP to start flashing on my D415.
For the record I first used towelroot to root, then I successfully followed aSuperSaiyanG0D's thread and unlocked my bootloader, I then proceeded to use ROM Installer to flash shoxxy's TWRP.img to my recovery.
Is there a hardware button combo to get to recovery like the Galaxy? What do I do from here? I tried using reboot to recovery in ROM Installer and the LG logo pops up, then the Android guy for a second, then the LG logo again which is followed by loading up my phone normally. Thanks very much in advance!
modthis said:
I'm a bit of a noob here and the first and last phone I ever rooted/installed ROMs on was the S4 which to say was fairly simple with lots of detailed threads. I have no idea how to get into TWRP to start flashing on my D415.
For the record I first used towelroot to root, then I successfully followed aSuperSaiyanG0D's thread and unlocked my bootloader, I then proceeded to use ROM Installer to flash shoxxy's TWRP.img to my recovery.
Is there a hardware button combo to get to recovery like the Galaxy? What do I do from here? I tried using reboot to recovery in ROM Installer and the LG logo pops up, then the Android guy for a second, then the LG logo again which is followed by loading up my phone normally. Thanks very much in advance!
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Key combos to enter recovery are tricky. I'd use Terminal Emulator. You say you're already rooted.
Open Terminal Emulator, if you don't have it, download from the Play Store. Type:
Code:
su
reboot recovery
Key combos -> READ CAREFULLY ::
Power off device
Press and hold Volume Up + Power until LG Logo appears. While still holding Volume Up, quickly release and press and hold Power button until Factory Reset screen appears. Don't worry, this won't reset your device with any of the newer recoveries available. Use Volume Up/Down to navigate and Power to select. You must select 'Yes' twice before you will boot to recovery. It will take a few seconds after choosing "Yes" the second time before the recovery will boot.​I would also highly suggest enabling fastboot mode. There is a thread in the L90 forums just for that.
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Rereading your post it sounds like TWRP didn't get installed correctly. Download "Flashify" and use it to flash your recovery image. I know it works as I use it, LOL!
shinobisoft said:
Key combos to enter recovery are tricky. I'd use Terminal Emulator. You say you're already rooted.
Open Terminal Emulator, if you don't have it, download from the Play Store. Type:
Code:
su
reboot recovery
Key combos -> READ CAREFULLY ::
Power off device
Press and hold Volume Up + Power until LG Logo appears. While still holding Volume Up, quickly release and press and hold Power button until Factory Reset screen appears. Don't worry, this won't reset your device with any of the newer recoveries available. Use Volume Up/Down to navigate and Power to select. You must select 'Yes' twice before you will boot to recovery. It will take a few seconds after choosing "Yes" the second time before the recovery will boot.​I would also highly suggest enabling fastboot mode. There is a thread in the L90 forums just for that.
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Rereading your post it sounds like TWRP didn't get installed correctly. Download "Flashify" and use it to flash your recovery image. I know it works as I use it, LOL!
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Thanks so much! Hardware buttons worked well. You were right though, I had to fix with Flashify. :laugh:
shinobisoft said:
Key combos to enter recovery are tricky. I'd use Terminal Emulator. You say you're already rooted.
Open Terminal Emulator, if you don't have it, download from the Play Store. Type:
Code:
su
reboot recovery
Rereading your post it sounds like TWRP didn't get installed correctly. Download "Flashify" and use it to flash your recovery image. I know it works as I use it, LOL!
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Ok, I did what you sad here. But than I get purple screen which says something: DBI Apps Wachdog Reset!.
I'll put some pictures. Do you know what is the problem?
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Gear without recovery

Welcome!
Sorry for my english. So many months ago i update my Gear software with Odin with working recovery. This is working well but i checked restart gear in odin. Yes i know this is my fault... So Odin is update my software and restart without recovery update. Now i can't back to recovery with long press power button. I only see restart... and black screen and... restart... and black screen. So no recovery, no odin, no cydia impactor... no connect to sdb.
Please help!
Have you tried reflashing twrp recovery with Odin?
Santaclauswitz said:
Have you tried reflashing twrp recovery with Odin?
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To reflash need recovery mode. Or no? In Odin when i plug the gear i no see green box. Only a text message. Connected. But this is not enught. USB debug mode on.
Does it still have the original operating system on it? Does it boot properly? If it does is it running tizen or android?
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Does it still have the original operating system on it? Does it boot properly? If it does is it running tizen or android?
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Yes it's working on custom Tizen rom. When i install this i messed up recovery i should think. My goal is to pair with my THL T6 Pro but Gear manager not working on it. I't stuck at white pair screen. Just wait...and wait... I try many solution. without success.
So now the only way to bring back to life is this: http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-root-galaxy-gear
But i unable to use this without odin. This is a story
What happens when you hold the power button down and it reboots? Are you pressing the power button lots of times?
Santaclauswitz said:
What happens when you hold the power button down and it reboots? Are you pressing the power button lots of times?
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Oh i forgot pressing power button many times. Now i see a menu with options. Thanks
I had the same problem. Im glad it was answered. SO after entering the menu, how does the device select that option.
From memory...... Pressing it moves the cursor long press selects whatever it's on.
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From memory...... Pressing it moves the cursor long press selects whatever it's on.
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I try this procedure now: http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-root-galaxy-gear
I'm on Tizen.
Set USB Debug on. Im on point 12. Open Cydia Impactor and try to send command but i see an error: No device
It is working many months later when i'm on Android. So the question is i downgrade to Android ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53237481&postcount=1 ) and after open Cydia Impactor and send su command?
Have you downgrade to android? You'd need to do that first. If you're on android you can check the connection using adb.
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Have you downgrade to android? You'd need to do that first. If you're on android you can check the connection using adb.
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Now on Tizen but i start downgrade to android! Thanks!
Start downgrading but ... On Gear downloading screen when complete the first Odin step i see an error:
Invalid Signature: Recovery
Invaild Signature: Boot
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Cool. Gear is on boot loop. No download mode... no recovery... no odin... no kies... Now the gear go to trash...

Moto X bootup issue

Totally stock XT1058 on Rogers, locked bootloader, no root, phone was encrypted under KK. Updated to 5.1 OTA a couple of weeks ago, and everything has been fine until today.
Installed a couple of app updates (Nova launcher, Falcon Pro, Google, Google keyboard), discovered my launcher had disappeared (as in exiting the play store left with me with no home screen or ability to access app tray). I rebooted in the hope this would help.
The phone now won't get into the launcher. Instead, the boot animations display, I get prompted for my PIN/encryption key, and the animation continues, but the screen stays blank. I've occasionally seen glimpses of the home screen, but it's non-responsive.
The phone is alive as I can call it and it will ring, but I can't answer. It is however running very warm.
I can power down the phone by long-pressing power button and touching the "Power off" prompt.
I can bring up the fastboot menu by holding volume down for a few seconds and tapping the power button:
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As it's unclear, the first two lines read:
Code:
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)
30.BE (sha-34b7ccb, 2015-04-22 12:57:17)
Below this is information about the memory, and that the Device is Locked, Status code 0.
Blue lines are the boot options.
However, selecting either the "Normal Powerup" or "Factory" options just kicks off the same sequence (i.e. boot animations, prompt for PIN/encryption key, more boot animations, blank screen). Selecting the "Recovery" option just gives me the broken android screen with "no command" (following the "External Reset" instructions here).
The screen obviously works, as I can enter the PIN and select the power off prompt.
Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot?
Might be a corrupted SystemUI. A factory reset should do the work.
I have a similar problem only I updated to the 5.1 with the official OTA today.
Phone also encrypted in KK but on first boot said data got corrupted and prompted for factory reset on screen which had an unresponsive button...
Reboot basically lead to asking for password and then the same situation of some animation then blank screen.
For me loading up the fastboot menu works but trying to go into recovery for wipe just leads to a screen saying No Command
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For me loading up the fastboot menu works but trying to go into recovery for wipe just leads to a screen saying No Command
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Yeah, that is what happens to me. Edited the original post to clarify this.
EmilianoTalamo said:
Might be a corrupted SystemUI. A factory reset should do the work.
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Selecting "Factory" just kicks off the boot to blank screen and a warm running phone again.
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Selecting "Factory" just kicks off the boot to blank screen and a warm running phone again.
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So playing around, I managed to factory reset my phone by just using fastboot to wipe my phone with the fastboot -w command.
It almost seemed like it didn't work but then I decided to try and let it reboot and I guess the wipe ended up being successful in the end.
Maybe it'll work for you?
TaroLaw said:
So playing around, I managed to factory reset my phone by just using fastboot to wipe my phone with the fastboot -w command.
It almost seemed like it didn't work but then I decided to try and let it reboot and I guess the wipe ended up being successful in the end.
Maybe it'll work for you?
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Good call, thanks - that worked.
For anyone having similar issues:
a) Power off the phone
b) Restart by holding the volume down key for a few seconds, then hitting power. This will boot you into the fastboot menu.
c) Connect the phone to your PC
d) On the PC, open a command prompt as an admin and issue the command "fastboot devices" to check the phone is visible
e) Issue the command "fastboot -w" to clear userdata and cache
f) Wait for the phone to reboot

The phone stuck after trying to install rom

Hello! I have tried to install the THE GALAXY PROJECT rom
first I intalled TWRP
I try to wipe the phone and I got a massage:
"failed to mount data internal"
afterwards I anyway tried to intalled the rom and after the Installation done the phone try to reboot and failed. I got some massage about permission and with botton to reboot, and I clicked.
anyway now my phone stuck on circle with lightning.
I try to enter recovery mode or download mode and didn't make it.
please help.
(sorry for my english, I'm not a native)
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jd14771 said:
At some point, the Download mode trigger as changed.
to get download mode:
-Turn phone OFF
-HOLD VOLUME DOWN + BIXBY
-Plug phone into computer with USB cable while HOLDING the above BUTTONS.
-You should be in Download Mode.
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thank you.
before I saw you comment I click on POWER + BOTTON DOWN.
now my phone stuck on the first screen (samaung galaxy note9..)
I want to try you suggestion but how I turn the phone OFF? he stuck on screen.
also I'm trying to Hold VOLUME DOWN + BIXBY and connect the cable like you said and nothing happened..
if I holding VOLUME DOWN + BIXBY + POWER the screen changed to black for second and again show me the 'samaung galaxy note9' screen.
yamar8 said:
thank you.
before I saw you comment I click on POWER + BOTTON DOWN.
now my phone stuck on the first screen (samaung galaxy note9..)
I want to try you suggestion but how I turn the phone OFF? he stuck on screen.
also I'm trying to Hold VOLUME DOWN + BIXBY and connect the cable like you said and nothing happened..
if I holding VOLUME DOWN + BIXBY + POWER the screen changed to black for second and again show me the 'samaung galaxy note9' screen.
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your initial issue was that you DIDINT format data when you first flashed twrp. please read dr.ketans guide in the guides and discussion thread.
when the phone reboots by holding vold down and power, very very quickly swap to the DL button combo(vol down + bixby) and plug cable. reflash twrp 3.2.0.0 and follow the instructions. ( when odin fisnishes flashing twrp in the AP slot, DONT let phone boot to home screen or at all. immediately hold vol up +bixby +pwr to enter twrp recovery. then swipe to allow modification and go directly to wipe menu and format data. type yes when asked. go to reboot menu and choose reboot to recovery and flash
N960F_DS_N_PIE_Root_for_OEM_issue_devices_V5.zip)
again please read the guide attentively
jd14771 said:
follow these steps, you must be fast and diligent with the button combinations:
-first, plug phone into computer
-Second, HOLD POWER + VOLUME DOWN until device restarts, as SOON as the screen goes black you must let go of all buttons and immediately hold VOLUME DOWN + BIXBY
-you should be in download mode.
the phone has to be OFF and plugged into a computer BEFORE you hold VOLUME DOWN + BiXBY in order to enter download mode. You can not trigger this while the phone is on.
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Thank you so much! it is worked!
I am in download mode.
now I will install the twrp again.
bober10113 said:
your initial issue was that you DIDINT format data when you first flashed twrp. please read dr.ketans guide in the guides and discussion thread.
leave cable plugged it.
when the phone reboots by holding vold down and power, very very quickly swap to the DL button combo(vol down + bixby). reflash twrp 3.2.0.0 and follow the instructions. ( when odin fisnishes flashing twrp in the AP slot, DONT let phone boot to home screen or at all. immediately hold vol up +bixby +pwr to enter twrp recovery. then swipe to allow modification and go directly to wipe menu and format data. type yes when asked. go to reboot menu and choose reboot to recovery and flash
N960F_DS_N_PIE_Root_for_OEM_issue_devices_V5.zip)
again please read the guide attentively
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thanks, I'm trying now.

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