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For Those With Problems Entering Bootloader

Feel free to add this to the FAQ, I'm only making a thread of this because I know alot of people have found themselves unable to enter the bootloader using the Down Vol + Power Button combo that is normally supposed to work.
For some odd reason, it seems as if the volume button in some cases is swapped in hardware functions as it relates to the use of the phone when no software is present to run it.
Hence, if your down volume button doesn't work, try using the camera button + power button to enter bootloader mode instead.
Even if you've just Task 29'ed your device only to find that you can't enter bootloader mode normally, that method should work.

Poetique said:
Feel free to add this to the FAQ, I'm only making a thread of this because I know alot of people have found themselves unable to enter the bootloader using the Down Vol + Power Button combo that is normally supposed to work.
For some odd reason, it seems as if the volume button in some cases is swapped in hardware functions as it relates to the use of the phone when no software is present to run it.
Hence, if your down volume button doesn't work, try using the camera button + power button to enter bootloader mode instead.
Even if you've just Task 29'ed your device only to find that you can't enter bootloader mode normally, that method should work.
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I'll be darned, it does work! Thanks Poet' !!!
Otherwise, I had bad volume button issues (stopped working, ROM independent), that I solved by shoving the mini-usb power plug into the mini-usb slot really really hard for 20 seconds or so and wiggling it a bit while pressing against on the volume key on the other side.
I know it sounds strange, but it really worked. My keyboard issues also stopped after that. Theories?

WOW! My volume button is broken, and couldn't flash ROMs from microSD (didnt bother me tooo much), but it works again This is a god send! Thanks!

amandeepphull said:
WOW! My volume button is broken, and couldn't flash ROMs from microSD (didnt bother me tooo much), but it works again This is a god send! Thanks!
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Try my volume button fix above and see if it helps.

OMG
ring-bearer said:
Otherwise, I had bad volume button issues (stopped working, ROM independent), that I solved by shoving the mini-usb power plug into the mini-usb slot really really hard for 20 seconds or so and wiggling it a bit while pressing against on the volume key on the other side.
I know it sounds strange, but it really worked. My keyboard issues also stopped after that. Theories?
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Ive had problems with my Xperia volume keys for a month and this fixed it!! Thanks

ring-bearer said:
Try my volume button fix above and see if it helps.
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Thanks for the tip, but its physically phucked! Slight crack near the volume button, but only the volume button doesent work, sometimes it does work if pressure is applied to the case near the crack, but rarely Not too bad though, i can live with it, after all, we can change volume with the 6.5.X top bar as its not fidly, or even in 6.5 by disabling HTC notifications (which i hate anyway)
I did try ramming the mini usb power plug into it, different pressure while pushing it, moving it while it was inside etc, no such luck and i am a brute with this phone. I love how it can take a drop/punch/scratch. Built solid
a silly volume button doesent really decrease my fuctionality, or doesent do much to stop me changing volume! lol cant complain.

N33D FOR SPEED said:
Ive had problems with my Xperia volume keys for a month and this fixed it!! Thanks
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Glad to hear it!
It seems like I have to redo the fix technique about every 1-2 days, but it seems to always solve the problem. Very odd!

so damn cool
must be sticky!

simpleguy said:
so damn cool
must be sticky!
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agreed, will be considered in the planned reorg...when I find the time

Dudes with volume key unresponsive problems:
See my post in the general forum about how to solve the volume key problem. At least for me, turns out that very slight *downward* pressure on the USB port solved the problem. Crazy, I know.

ask 4 a favor
Hi guys,
is there any possible i ask (maybe) the same problem?
maybe i had the same problem here. it wont enter to the bootloader. my phone just won't turn on, i already try to use the power button and volume button (not working), try to use power button + Cam button (won't work either). btw when i charge my X1, the illuminations light didn't show up, when i try to charge w/o the battery only red light on the power button, but once i put the battery again the lights turn off. is there any possible that my phone totally dead? thanks guys, appreciate for your help.

where were you before i paid 125$ .
i had this problem weeks ago, i tried many things, posted many threads here in xda but with no use, i sent my x1 to the shop to be fixed, i paid 125$ to be fixed but the couldnt fix my volume key, do you imagine!!!!
they just booted my x1, installed the original window and sent it back to me with a heavy reciept
so thanks for your help, now i can flash as many roms as i want after i mtty

darkylight said:
where were you before i paid 125$ .
i had this problem weeks ago, i tried many things, posted many threads here in xda but with no use, i sent my x1 to the shop to be fixed, i paid 125$ to be fixed but the couldnt fix my volume key, do you imagine!!!!
they just booted my x1, installed the original window and sent it back to me with a heavy reciept
so thanks for your help, now i can flash as many roms as i want after i mtty
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LOL I'm srry I'm a huge lurker, I almost never post anything.

life saver!! thanks dude!!

[Q] Power Button Not working. Plz help

Okay so my power button just randomly stopped working after some random time. it doesnt work ANYWHERE. to lock my screen, to unlcok my screen, in recovery mode i cant press anything cuase it doesnt WORK. i no its a hardware issue becuase of this. i did google this but found nothing. what can i do to fix it.
i tried a battery pull and putting it back and going to recovery to factory reset but as soon as i put my battery in my phone starts up. i can enter recovery but the power button doesnt work so i cant press anything.
my warranty is over by a long shot ( had it since it released) so cant return it.
any help would be appreciated. all i need is a way to turn my phone on and off nothing about the recovery and stuff. but if you do find someting for it that would be even more amazing.
and has this happened to anyone else, just wondering is all if this is common or rare.
thnx in advance.

it has happened to many captivates. search 'captivate power button' on xda.
What ROM are you running on your phone?
Answer to that question has a lot to do with your next steps for software workaround.
One approach; you could read up on ways to clean the power button and see if that works. Or send it off to mobiletechvideos.com and he will fix it for a reasonable fee.

laughingT said:
it has happened to many captivates. search 'captivate power button' on xda.
What ROM are you running on your phone?
Answer to that question has a lot to do with your next steps for software workaround.
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i am running Aocp 5 android 4.2.1
hve been running it for a few weeks now and no problem till now

Okay, start by seeing if you can clean the power button, that may fix it for now. Again, search 'captivate power button' to find some threads about ways to clean it.
With the ROM you are running, I believe you have a version of CWM that allows to use the Cappy's dedicated menu keys, menu, home, back and search, to navigate and select recovery items.
Assuming your power key is stuck on, remove the battery, hold the up and down volume buttons and reinsert the battery to get into recovery. This will allow you to test keys, wipe, and any other function in CWM.
With the phone on and fully booted into JB, go find volume rocker wake in the system setting options and make sure it is active. Hitting the up/down key will wake the screen when it sleeps. Add the sleep/lock toggle to your notification bar menu and you have a way to instantly lock the screen without the power key.
If you still have a bad power button stuck in on position, then you will need to take out the battery to turn it off.
Hope this helps.

laughingT said:
With the ROM you are running, I believe you have a version of CWM that allows to use the Cappy's dedicated menu keys, menu, home, back and search, to navigate and select recovery items.
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Thnx for the help but Which button does what?

Menu = Down. Home = Up. Back arrow = Back. Search = Select.
This is the way it is in KK4 Corn Kernel. Not sure about the recovery in AoCP though... Home may = Select. ??
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THANK YOU!!!!!!
4-2ndtwin said:
Menu = Down. Home = Up. Back arrow = Back. Search = Select.
This is the way it is in KK4 Corn Kernel. Not sure about the recovery in AoCP though... Home may = Select. ??
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THANK YOU BOTH (4-2ndtwin AND laughingT) SOOOOO MUCH
IF I HAD THE CHANCE I WOULD DONATE TO YOU BUT I CANT CUZ IM ONLY 14
SRY.

No prob. Glad to help.
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No prob. Glad to help.
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+1

Now to turn off phone?
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.

Jack Jake said:
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.
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Get a app or widget for it.

Jack Jake said:
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.
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This is happening because your power button is stuck in the on position. Did you try to clean it as suggested earlier.
BWolf56, I'm not aware of an app or ROM that completely prevents power up on insertion of battery when the power button is stuck on. If there is such an app, I'd like to hear about it. I think maybe the power switch goes to the broadcom power management chip, so I don't understand how the app could work unless the phone never came on at all. SOD symptoms would be the result.

laughingT said:
This is happening because your power button is stuck in the on position. Did you try to clean it as suggested earlier.
BWolf56, I'm not aware of an app or ROM that completely prevents power up on insertion of battery when the power button is stuck on. If there is such an app, I'd like to hear about it. I think maybe the power switch goes to the broadcom power management chip, so I don't understand how the app could work unless the phone never came on at all. SOD symptoms would be the result.
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Oh that would be impossible, the OS isn't loaded so even less the apps
I was suggesting a app to turn off the phone/lock screen. There are widgets for that in the market.

Jack Jake said:
Okay so my power button just randomly stopped working after some random time.
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I had a very similar problem with my Epic 4G Touch (Sprint S2) - my phone would randomly reboot, and it kept getting worse and worse. Thought it was the ROM, the overclock, etc. I flashed back to (almost) stock, went back to original clock speeds. Eventually, I noticed that even brushing past the power button would wake the screen, and about 10 seconds later the phone would reboot.
Long story short, I bought a replacement power switch, soldered it in place, and have had zero problems since!
Several eBay sellers offer the switch you'll need.
(They don't include the skills needed to solder it in place. It's a tiny switch - about 4mm x 2mm x 1.5mm, and you'll need a good quality fine-tipped soldering iron and a steady hand. Do you have a friend who's good at soldering?)

awoolf said:
Long story short, I bought a replacement power switch, soldered it in place, and have had zero problems since!
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well thanks for the reply, but i dont need it anymore. my friend conveniently had a GNex (old) and gave it to me as a present. so i dont use my captivate that much anymore.

Can you change the bootloader? - Hard reset no longer working, Any insight?

So I have been trying to overcome the issue of power + vol up (held for 10, 15 seconds\ and more) not working on my device. No matter how long I hold the two it just won't reset the device.
At first I figured it could be kernel as that is the lowest code that I've knowingly changed.
Changing to back to stock kernel did not fix it.
I thought it could be any sort of thing so I redownloaded the NL 434 firmware and then also universal generic 434 firmware and flashed back to completely stock with flash tool, doing all wipes and excluding nothing.
Neither of those firmwares fixed the issue, the hard reset function still won't work on my device.
Additional info:
Both buttons function fine individually and can see no obvious reason to suspect it's a hardware fault (though see that it is feasible, just less likely).
I can confirm that it was working initially.
I have an unlocked boot loader.
The last time I can remember it functioning was prior to boot loader unlocking - the first thing I flashed after unlock was cm10.1 and I got stuck in sideload mode with no hard reset to get me out lol
Otherwise the device is fully functional. For the time being I am back on KA07 xperia revolution rom, with advanced stock kernel (cwm) from DooMLoRD.
If anyone has any suggestions or insight it would be greatly appreciated if you'd drop a comment :good:
EDIT:
I've restored back to 350 with EMMA, but to no avail . It did however tell me that my boot version is : 1264-2309 S1_Boot_Lagan_1.0_2
Is there anyway to change the bootloader :S

After getting home I tried re-locking the bootloader which didn't work.
really starting to wonder if I should be taking it back in as hardware fault.. wonder how that will go since I unlocked the BL

If anyone would be so kind as to do a quick test for me, would you please be able to go into service mode (open dialer type *#*#7378423#*#*) then go into service tests and select the buttons and switches one (I think that's what it's called )
When you hold down the volume up or down button, is it registering as 1 press, or several, continuous presses?
Cheers

DreadPirateDan said:
If anyone would be so kind as to do a quick test for me, would you please be able to go into service mode (open dialer type *#*#7378423#*#*) then go into service tests and select the buttons and switches one (I think that's what it's called )
When you hold down the volume up or down button, is it registering as 1 press, or several, continuous presses?
Cheers
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Not entirely sure what you are asking, keyboard and switch, volume up only shows as volume up and volume down as just volume down, regardless if you hold it down or press it over and over again, or if you just press it once. Not sure if I am an idiot, but I couldn't work out how to test the keyboard from there.Although one interesting part is that is states it is not a test for the softkeys, but tests them fine

danw_oz said:
Not entirely sure what you are asking, keyboard and switch, volume up only shows as volume up, regardless if you hold it down or press it over and over again, or if you just press it once. Not sure if I am an idiot, but I couldn't work out how to test the keyboard from there.Although one interesting part is that is states it is not a test for the softkeys, but tests them fine
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Yeah that was the menu I meant.. couldn't remember lol. Ok so when I would hold down volume up it plays a repetitive tone and the text on screen states "vol up", then "vol up vol up" for the longer I hold it (and the beep/sound keeps replaying... confusing sounding I know
When you hold the volume up botton down, does it just beep once and display vol up (exactly like if you were to press it once and release)?
Basically if I were to press it once, the phone would make a sound and the screen would display "vol up"
If I hold it down however it will register as a new press and the "vol up vol up" texts keeps refreshing as-though it was a new key press.
Also thank you very much for checking it out :victory:

DreadPirateDan said:
Yeah that was the menu I meant.. couldn't remember lol. Ok so when I would hold down volume up it plays a repetitive tone and the text on screen states "vol up", then "vol up vol up" for the longer I hold it (and the beep/sound keeps replaying... confusing sounding I know
When you hold the volume up botton down, does it just beep once and display vol up (exactly like if you were to press it once and release)?
Basically if I were to press it once, the phone would make a sound and the screen would display "vol up"
If I hold it down however it will register as a new press and the "vol up vol up" texts keeps refreshing as-though it was a new key press.
Also thank you very much for checking it out :victory:
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Yep exactly as you say here.
Volume up once shows just volume up beeps once, twice shows volume up twice and beeps twice . Holding it down beeps over and over again and shows volume up twice.
Pressing volume down once from here (volume up volume up) shows volume up volume down, press volume down once more now shows volume down twice.
Hope this helps

danw_oz said:
Yep exactly as you say here.
Volume up once shows just volume up beeps once, twice shows volume up twice and beeps twice . Holding it down beeps over and over again and shows volume up twice.
Pressing volume down once from here (volume up volume up) shows volume up volume down, press volume down once more now shows volume down twice.
Hope this helps
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Yeah it helps that I can probably assume that my buttons work fine.. I was thinking maybe they weren't registering as long pressed or something but apparently not this is really frustrating. Especially when an app freezes and I just have to sit there indefinitely till it comes back online or the battery goes flat
And I have no idea if it's something I did or something with the phone.
All I know for sure is that brand new it did work as I hard reset a couple times. Then I unlocked the bootloader and have no memory of it working since then... It makes no sense to me why completely returning to stock and relocking the bootloader has no effect though.

DreadPirateDan said:
Yeah it helps that I can probably assume that my buttons work fine.. I was thinking maybe they weren't registering as long pressed or something but apparently not this is really frustrating. Especially when an app freezes and I just have to sit there indefinitely till it comes back online or the battery goes flat
And I have no idea if it's something I did or something with the phone.
All I know for sure is that brand new it did work as I hard reset a couple times. Then I unlocked the bootloader and have no memory of it working since then... It makes no sense to me why completely returning to stock and relocking the bootloader has no effect though.
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Yeah, I could imagine. You will have to find a cool fast battery draining game to help you along .
Not sure that it would be related to you unlocking the boot loader, otherwise I am sure quite a few would have mentioned that before now.
Do you even get the first vibrate confirmation? Have you tested the vibrate from the same service test menu?

danw_oz said:
Yeah, I could imagine. You will have to find a cool fast battery draining game to help you along .
Not sure that it would be related to you unlocking the boot loader, otherwise I am sure quite a few would have mentioned that before now.
Do you even get the first vibrate confirmation? Have you tested the vibrate from the same service test menu?
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That what I'm thinking - can I seriously be the only one having this problem. And why the hell does everything else work perfectly fine lol.
And no I don't get any sort of response (vibration or anything). Normally it just results in the volume turns up then the screen locks or display just times out but even after a minute of holding pwr + vol up nothing happens and the phone is simply in sleep mode. Otherwise vibration works fine.. currently I'm restoring the backup I made of the out of the box stock rom.. that's pretty much the absolute last thing I can think of that might do anything. Trouble is I don't remember if I made the backup before or after unlocking the bootloader.. can't remember if I flashed a custom kernel to get CWM or installed it otherwise...

DreadPirateDan said:
That what I'm thinking - can I seriously be the only one having this problem. And why the hell does everything else work perfectly fine lol.
And no I don't get any sort of response (vibration or anything). Normally it just results in the volume turns up then the screen locks or display just times out but even after a minute of holding pwr + vol up nothing happens and the phone is simply in sleep mode. Otherwise vibration works fine.. currently I'm restoring the backup I made of the out of the box stock rom.. that's pretty much the absolute last thing I can think of that might do anything. Trouble is I don't remember if I made the backup before or after unlocking the bootloader.. can't remember if I flashed a custom kernel to get CWM or installed it otherwise...
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I would recommend re unlocking the bootloader, the problem is a kernel level driver or hardware but it is definitely around that level.
Did you have any problems, or errors when you first unlocked the bootloader? Maybe Doomlord could give you some of his incredible knowledge on the subject

Sorry but are you trying to reboot the phone from a frozen state?
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Maddhouse said:
Sorry but are you trying to reboot the phone from a frozen state?
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No the phone is 100% operational outside of the hard reset not working. It is just when I get stuck in a app that freezes or when CWM recovery tricks out and freezes I have to leave the phone for ages till either it a)unfreezes after an hour or so somehow, or b) the battery dies and it shuts off after a couple or more hours.
When your phone is out of action every second day simply cause you can't turn it off it gets pretty annoying haha. If it had a removeable battery I could easily live with it and just rip the batt out no dice.

Power + volume up + down all together
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Maddhouse said:
Power + volume up + down all together
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He has tried that if you read the OP

danw_oz said:
He has tried that if you read the OP
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I thought i couldnt see it, what post number is it?

Maddhouse said:
I thought i couldnt see it, what post number is it?
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The very first

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The very first
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So I have been trying to overcome the issue of power + vol up (held for 10, 15 seconds\ and more) not working on my device. No matter how long I hold the two it just won't reset the device.
Can you change the bootloader? - Hard reset no longer working, Any insight?
So I have been trying to overcome the issue of power + vol up (held for 10, 15 seconds\ and more) not working on my device. No matter how long I hold the two it just won't reset the device.
At first I figured it could be kernel as that is the lowest code that I've knowingly changed.
Changing to back to stock kernel did not fix it.
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Maddhouse said:
So I have been trying to overcome the issue of power + vol up (held for 10, 15 seconds\ and more) not working on my device. No matter how long I hold the two it just won't reset the device.
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Yeah thats the one

Maddhouse said:
Power + volume up + down all together
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Already tried that but no luck.
Stranger still is that I've began to notice that in flash mode the LED briefly flick green once then turns off when entering flash mode. Flash mode is still active, it just appears as though the phone is off :/

[Q] Is there a way to turn on htc one without the power button

My power button is broken is there a way to turn it on . i read an saw some videos on the web that it was possible with some phones using a JIG is that also possible on htc one or other methods to force boot. Please help

harry801 said:
My power button is broken is there a way to turn it on . i read an saw some videos on the web that it was possible with some phones using a JIG is that also possible on htc one or other methods to force boot. Please help
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poke something in the hole to turn it on..then install viperx and in tweaks use volume key to wake it

hellothere74 said:
poke something in the hole to turn it on..then install viperx and in tweaks use volume key to wake it[/QU
Sorry for the stupid question do you mean a usb cable and then download viperx to my pc if yes do you have a download link for me. Thx so much for your help
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poke something in the hole to turn it on..then install viperx and in tweaks use volume key to wake it
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can you please be more specific about this because my powerbutton is really broken and cant poke something in it i allready open the backpanel and push the little (dot) button and still no power. Is there no other programs to force start it. like using JIGS for s 2

hellothere74 said:
poke something in the hole to turn it on..then install viperx and in tweaks use volume key to wake it
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can you please be more specific about this because my powerbutton is really broken and cant poke something in it i allready open the backpanel and push the little (dot) button and still no power. Is there no other programs to force start it. like using JIGS for s 2

Try holding one of the volume buttons while pressing power. A friend of mine had the same problem and we found this workaround accidentally.
No idea why it worked.

apptum said:
Try holding one of the volume buttons while pressing power. A friend of mine had the same problem and we found this workaround accidentally.
No idea why it worked.
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Thx for the tip but allready did that ant dont work. I also allready open the back cover for better pressing. is there maybe something that i can do with my pc that can force start it ? i saw something in youtube for the galaxy s2 they was using a JIG and a another way was using a flash software. Is there something like that for the htc one. please im desprate

[Q] Constant Black Screen, Need help.

I have a constant black screen on my HTC One Mini 2, havnt dont any updates or changes to the system files. It just all of a sudden stopped working, when I press the lock button and press near the bottom of the screen I can fell the vibrations from the lock screen. I cant reboot it as it wont turn off without getting past the lock screen. Can anyone suggest any help? Also could someone link the RUU as I cant find it anywhere, I have been searching for hours and I cant find it.

Moses148 said:
I have a constant black screen on my HTC One Mini 2, havnt dont any updates or changes to the system files. It just all of a sudden stopped working, when I press the lock button and press near the bottom of the screen I can fell the vibrations from the lock screen. I cant reboot it as it wont turn off without getting past the lock screen. Can anyone suggest any help? Also could someone link the RUU as I cant find it anywhere, I have been searching for hours and I cant find it.
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1- by lock button do you mean power button?
2- volume down and power will reboot. (takes 10 seconds) Lot of people asked htc to fix this security issue but still exists
2- no RUU available yet only stock TWRPrecovery
note - sounds like you phone got hardware problems. if still in guarantee, send it to HTC

kativiti said:
1- by lock button do you mean power button?
2- volume down and power will reboot. (takes 10 seconds) Lot of people asked htc to fix this security issue but still exists
2- no RUU available yet only stock TWRPrecovery
note - sounds like you phone got hardware problems. if still in guarantee, send it to HTC
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Thx for the reply, this is driving me mad.
1. I did mean power button, my bad.
2. Have tried the Volume down and power button, nothing happens. Pretty sure it doesn't even reboot.
3. Although a hardware issue is a likely cause, I have found that alot of people with HTC phones have had this issue and have fixed it with a factory reset (why I wanted the RUU, which is a bummer that there isn't one).

Moses148 said:
Thx for the reply, this is driving me mad.
1. I did mean power button, my bad.
2. Have tried the Volume down and power button, nothing happens. Pretty sure it doesn't even reboot.
3. Although a hardware issue is a likely cause, I have found that alot of people with HTC phones have had this issue and have fixed it with a factory reset (why I wanted the RUU, which is a bummer that there isn't one).
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OK try this:
(you need htc drivers and adb/fastboot tools - extract to a folder and open command line)
in comand line type:
adb devices (if detected continue)
adb reboot (this will reboot your phone)
or
adb recovery (this will reboot into recovery mode where you can factory reset)

kativiti said:
OK try this:
adb devices (if detected continue)
adb reboot (this will reboot your phone)
or
adb recovery (this will reboot into recovery mode where you can factory reset)
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The device is recognized when plugged in and by windows explorer, but the adb devices command does not list the device, any ideas? Also thx for the help so far.

Moses148 said:
The device is recognized when plugged in and by windows explorer, but the adb devices command does not list the device, any ideas? Also thx for the help so far.
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make sure you have latest htc drivers installed. use htc sync to get them. check in device manager if Android Device>my HTC is listed

kativiti said:
make sure you have latest htc drivers installed. use htc sync to get them. check in device manager if Android Device>my HTC is listed
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Device manager is picking up the device as HTC One mini 2, and it says the driver is up to date, but the adb still says there isnt a device connected.

Volume up + power button is the combination to make it reboot, not down...

gibihr said:
Volume up + power button is the combination to make it reboot, not down...
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OMG that worked, thx for that. Everywhere was saying power button and volume down (not just kativiti). I feel like a moron. Thx you both.

Moses148 said:
OMG that worked, thx for that. Everywhere was saying power button and volume down (not just kativiti). I feel like a moron. Thx you both.
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Glad you managed hope it fixes the problem.
I never actually read the message in phone when pressing vol- and power. It says:
"To restart your phone press vol+ and power for 10 seconds" LOL

HTC One mini 2 blank screen
kativiti said:
Glad you managed hope it fixes the problem.
I never actually read the message in phone when pressing vol- and power. It says:
"To restart your phone press vol+ and power for 10 seconds" LOL
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Hi Guys,Anyone know how to fix the htc one mini 2 blank screen problem.My phone has been blank since 2 days back. I have tried the power+vol+ keys but its not working. I can hear the phone restart and i can receive calls and I hear notifications on my phone but i cant see anything...Please help the phone is only like 5 months

vic2305 said:
Hi Guys,Anyone know how to fix the htc one mini 2 blank screen problem.My phone has been blank since 2 days back. I have tried the power+vol+ keys but its not working. I can hear the phone restart and i can receive calls and I hear notifications on my phone but i cant see anything...Please help the phone is only like 5 months
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Send back to HTC. you have one year warranty.

thanks mate! this save my life!

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marriusf81 said:
thanks mate! this save my life!
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Hi...what did you do to fix it.I cant take mine back cause i bought it while i was in another country and there is no htc store where i am...the phone is just sitting at home...I really dont know what to do.

vic2305 said:
Hi...what did you do to fix it.I cant take mine back cause i bought it while i was in another country and there is no htc store where i am...the phone is just sitting at home...I really dont know what to do.
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Dont take to HTC store.
Contact HTC online they will take care of you.
Collect and deliver. If its Hardware fault its free. (in my experience)

Sorry mate for the late answer. Vol up + power button pressed together.