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please help me un-brick my phone

ekh... bought a nexus one off craigslist. it was already rooted. i used it for a day and then decided i didnt want to keep it, so i decided to do a hard reset. it's now stuck on the screen with the four different colors (nexus symbol) and the unlocked lock on the bottom. i've done the clear storage by holding the volume down (or trackball) and pressing power. i've tried to go through all those settings and cleared everything, but it still wont load..
any ideas? do i need to re-flash the original rom? can i flash a rom if it doesnt boot up? please help, as this is my first android phone and i've had it all of 24 hrs.. thanks
omar

Omar,
Please read the second sticky post in the forum "[ROM] Original Shipping - Tutorial" This has all the files and will tell you the steps to return your phone to the original shipping rom.
You can skip to step 5 once you download the necessary files. To get into fastboot mode on the phone do the following:
1. Power off the phone
2. Hold down the volume down key and press the power button (continuing to hold the volume down key)
3. Release both and it should boot into a white screen with the top, highlighted, option being fastboot
4. Press the power button to enter into fastboot mode. The screen should say fastboot-usb in red
Once you see fastboot usb you can begin to erase and flash the roms per the instructions.
FYI: The fact that your phone is booting to the four colored X logo means that your phone is not bricked. It is simply in some sort of boot loop. A bricked phone will show nothing on the screen and will not connect to the computer in any way shape or form.

if anyone can help me via AIM i would really appreciate it. i think i'm just about there, just need a little more info
username: omaralt

i'm trying to figure out this fastboot thing.. i got the USB thing to work, so now my computer detects the phone. i downloaded fastboot but it keeps giving me some error message that it cant find some file... any ideas from there? thanks
omar

ok.. found and downloaded the sdk, and now when i open fastboot, it just closes right away.. wtf am i doing wrong?

You are running fastboot from a command prompt right?
To open a command prompt type "cmd" into run.

Posting a thread in the right forum might get you some help. =]

Hope you have a custom recovery (most likely). Hold volume down and push the power button. Then on the white screen, press volume down once and select Recovery by pressing Power. Hopefully, you'll have Amon Ra's recovery. If so, then you will be sent into this recovery screen where you can turn on USB mode which will allow you to connect to your computer so you can download a ROM onto your SD Card. Do that.
Then you disconnect...wipe everything under the 'Wipe' settings...then Flash the new ROM. You should be good to go from there!

SiNJiN76 said:
Hope you have a custom recovery (most likely). Hold volume down and push the power button. Then on the white screen, press volume down once and select Recovery by pressing Power. Hopefully, you'll have Amon Ra's recovery. If so, then you will be sent into this recovery screen where you can turn on USB mode which will allow you to connect to your computer so you can download a ROM onto your SD Card. Do that.
Then you disconnect...wipe everything under the 'Wipe' settings...then Flash the new ROM. You should be good to go from there!
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thanks for your help. i got to the point where i turn on USB mode. i downloaded the original rom... how do i download it to my SD card? i just dragged there, is that right? and then once i wipe, how do i flash? thanks
omar

you guys are awesome.. ended up putting it into USB mode, dragging a rom i downloaded to SD card (still in .zip) and flashed it there. thanks
omar

So everything works now?
omaralt said:
you guys are awesome.. ended up putting it into USB mode, dragging a rom i downloaded to SD card (still in .zip) and flashed it there. thanks
omar
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[Q] HTC Hero Bootloop

A friend of mines son was installing roms on his HTC Hero and bootlooped it. I've followed all the methods I could find to put this thing in a flash mode, or a recovery mode but all it does is flash the HTC logo. Home/End seems to be the way to get into the recovery mode but it does nothing.
Can you put this thing into a flash only mode and at least get it to its original state? It is unknown as to what exactly he did to it. I was told that he had been installing lots of roms and eventually one made it do this.
I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682551&page=2 but pushing the volume up/end keys only makes it vibrate 3 times then sit idle not doing anything.
thanks.

talktojer said:
A friend of mines son was installing roms on his HTC Hero and bootlooped it. I've followed all the methods I could find to put this thing in a flash mode, or a recovery mode but all it does is flash the HTC logo. Home/End seems to be the way to get into the recovery mode but it does nothing.
Can you put this thing into a flash only mode and at least get it to its original state? It is unknown as to what exactly he did to it. I was told that he had been installing lots of roms and eventually one made it do this.
I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682551&page=2 but pushing the volume up/end keys only makes it vibrate 3 times then sit idle not doing anything.
thanks.
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The only way to effectively help you/him is to know how he got there, and what recovery/rom/kernel/theme/etc he is running. It would also help to know if this phone has an eng-spl fastboot or an s-off hboot.

il Duce said:
The only way to effectively help you/him is to know how he got there, and what recovery/rom/kernel/theme/etc he is running. It would also help to know if this phone has an eng-spl fastboot or an s-off hboot.
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theres no standard way to get to a flash mode with a sprint htc hero? what are some other key combinations i might try?

talktojer said:
theres no standard way to get to a flash mode with a sprint htc hero? what are some other key combinations i might try?
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you mean like this: hold home and then power?

il Duce said:
you mean like this: hold home and then power?
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yeah, so if that didnt work..screwed?

talktojer said:
yeah, so if that didnt work..screwed?
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Not really... in very rare cases has the hero been bricked.
If nothing else, you could always run the Sprint/HTC RUU through your computer, that will restore the Hero to "Out-of-Box" state. From there you could root back again and flash any ROM you would like.

With the phone turned off, press and hold the volume up button. Whole holding it press the power button. When you see the logo let go of the volume up button. If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

unCoRrUpTeD said:
With the phone turned off, press and hold the volume up button. Whole holding it press the power button. When you see the logo let go of the volume up button. If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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how do I get into this fastboot mode? I'd love to restore it to factory software, but I'm unable to figure out how to get the phone into a mode that the PC will recognize. Volume up/end vibrates 3 times but never actually turns on or shows a logo. just stays black. If I could get this thing back to its original state that would be great.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
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Anyone know how to do this? I can't figure out how to get into the fastboot mode. I run the ruu executable, and it says it can't find the phone. I'm sure I need to put it in some kind of flash mode, but seem to be unable.

Not to hijack your thread, but I'm having this same problem. I've run several ROMs including cyanogen 6.0 and 6.1 and today was installing the cyanogen 7 with 2.3 android. I wiped everything and flashed the rom and the gapps and the phone went into constant reboot cycles. I could at that point, hold the power/home and get it back to the recovery menu. I had the Amon RA recovery and thought I would try the 3.0 clockwork, so I flashed that recovery image...rebooted without a problem. I tried wiping and reflashing, but still the constant reboot. So I took the advice on the wiki and flashed the DecaFuct-12222010-691.zip kernel. My phone rebooted and did not start the cycling, so I thought it was an improvement. However, 1/2 an hour later, it's still sitting at the HTC logo and the power/home does not reboot into recovery. Nor does trying to adb find any devices.
Apparently I haven't posted enough on these forums to be able to post to the dev thread. But I've done some base development work on the phone and have been using adb for over a year now. Any help on getting back to a working phone would be greatly appreciated!
Lynne

Ah, a coworker manager to get the buttons to respond. Yay! At least I'm back to recovery and can push a different ROM. Tho not CM7 since it keeps rebooting constantly!

lrandolph said:
Ah, a coworker manager to get the buttons to respond. Yay! At least I'm back to recovery and can push a different ROM. Tho not CM7 since it keeps rebooting constantly!
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any idea what he/she did to get the buttons to respond? I still am unable to get into the recovery mode.

talktojer said:
any idea what he/she did to get the buttons to respond? I still am unable to get into the recovery mode.
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First, power off and remove the battery. Make sure the USB is not plugged in
This is why you get 3 vibrations and no power on. If it does this again, remove the battery and start over
With the power off and the USB unplugged, hold Vol Up and press power on (End key)
It should then boot into fastboot. (a white page with green letters) At this time, plug the USB in (should change from Fastboot to Fastboot USB) and run the RUU .5 or .6 from your computer.
AT some point the RUU install will say waiting for bootloader. When this happens, you will already be in bootloader (Fastboot USB)
This should work to get you back to fully unrooted stock ROM. From there, reroot, install a custom recovery and rom.
Let me know if this works

ccrosno said:
First, power off and remove the battery. Make sure the USB is not plugged in
This is why you get 3 vibrations and no power on. If it does this again, remove the battery and start over
With the power off and the USB unplugged, hold Vol Up and press power on (End key)
It should then boot into fastboot. (a white page with green letters) At this time, plug the USB in (should change from Fastboot to Fastboot USB) and run the RUU .5 or .6 from your computer.
AT some point the RUU install will say waiting for bootloader. When this happens, you will already be in bootloader (Fastboot USB)
This should work to get you back to fully unrooted stock ROM. From there, reroot, install a custom recovery and rom.
Let me know if this works
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here's what happens.
1. Remove battery
2. Replace battery
3. Press and hold volume up
4. While holding volume up, press and hold end key to turn unit on.
5. Unit vibrates 3 times and never powers on
This is without USB plugged in.
I asked the guy who owns the phone what he was doing, he said he had flashed ASOP Gingerbread or something and it never worked again.

talktojer said:
here's what happens.
1. Remove battery
2. Replace battery
3. Press and hold volume up
4. While holding volume up, press and hold end key to turn unit on.
5. Unit vibrates 3 times and never powers on
This is without USB plugged in.
I asked the guy who owns the phone what he was doing, he said he had flashed ASOP Gingerbread or something and it never worked again.
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Interesting. Mine only does the 3 vibrate thing when I have the USB plugged in and I am trying to enter Fastboot. I unplug the USB, remove the battery, replace the battery, hold vol up and press end. Bing, right into Fastboot.
Do you know if he has the ENG SPL/S-Off installed? If not, the issue may lay in that. Not for sure though.
Also, it may have to do with the way the phone was originally rooted, that has an affect on things as well. Some of the overclocked kernels have an affect on boot. Some Heros wont boot with the kernel set to over 691.
I have installed every build pf ASOP 2.3.2 GB that has been posted, now grated they each had there issues but none of them put me in a loop or froze the phone.
I would also suggest downloading android commander to your computer. Just Google android commander and you will find it. With this program you can boot to bootloader. If you are getting to the HTC screen then Android Commander should recognize the phone. It is a great program.

talktojer said:
Anyone know how to do this? I can't figure out how to get into the fastboot mode. I run the ruu executable, and it says it can't find the phone. I'm sure I need to put it in some kind of flash mode, but seem to be unable.
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Not sure, but you may try removing the sdcard and/or putting a different one in. Or when the phone first gets to the HTC screen press and hold the menu button and keep holding it.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1

unCoRrUpTeD said:
Not sure, but you may try removing the sdcard and/or putting a different one in. Or when the phone first gets to the HTC screen press and hold the menu button and keep holding it.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1
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ive removed the sdcard, results are no different.

ccrosno said:
Interesting. Mine only does the 3 vibrate thing when I have the USB plugged in and I am trying to enter Fastboot. I unplug the USB, remove the battery, replace the battery, hold vol up and press end. Bing, right into Fastboot.
Do you know if he has the ENG SPL/S-Off installed? If not, the issue may lay in that. Not for sure though.
Also, it may have to do with the way the phone was originally rooted, that has an affect on things as well. Some of the overclocked kernels have an affect on boot. Some Heros wont boot with the kernel set to over 691.
I have installed every build pf ASOP 2.3.2 GB that has been posted, now grated they each had there issues but none of them put me in a loop or froze the phone.
I would also suggest downloading android commander to your computer. Just Google android commander and you will find it. With this program you can boot to bootloader. If you are getting to the HTC screen then Android Commander should recognize the phone. It is a great program.
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android commander relies on adb..i've already tried adb and it can't see the device. already tried that the first night. I think I'm about out of options.

talktojer said:
android commander relies on adb..i've already tried adb and it can't see the device. already tried that the first night. I think I'm about out of options.
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Interesting you say that. Here are 2 snips taken at the same time. One of my ADB shell showing no devics found and the other of my android command shell clearly showing connection to the device.
Try the android commander. It is a great program and it is GUI based.
Let me know
Edit: Even stranger, although ADB shows no devices, if I type LS, a list of the phone directories shows up.

ccrosno said:
Interesting you say that. Here are 2 snips taken at the same time. One of my ADB shell showing no devics found and the other of my android command shell clearly showing connection to the device.
Try the android commander. It is a great program and it is GUI based.
Let me know
Edit: Even stranger, although ADB shows no devices, if I type LS, a list of the phone directories shows up.
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You would actually do
adb devices
You don't do it from inside adb.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1

[Q] What is the Nexus one power button fail rate?

Hi everyone!
I just purchased a slightly used N1 for my dad for fathers day, and the guy was telling me about how N1s have a problem with their power button. He told me it hasn't happened at all with the phone I purchased, but I wanted to ask XDA..
"Do you have a nexus one with a failing power button? & how long have you had the nexus one?"

18 months and no failure. A free app called Quickboot in the market allows you to power down with a soft button, lengthening the click-life.

Ya I use trackball wake, widget locker and quickboot so I never have to touch my power button except to turn it on from power off or to select in bootloader. The thing is is that nexus one power buttons fail after a while but it depends how much you press it if it's once every 5 minutes ya it'll die faster you can't know if it will die soon there is not really an average dying rate.
BTW: I've had mine 10 months

Power Button failure
I am desperate about my power button status, is completely out of order. I am on latest nightlies but due to FC of launcher, i had to power off my n1. Because of my power button I can not restart or access recovery mode, now it is in bootloop.
Is there any solution???

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Power Button failure
I am desperate about my power button status, is completely out of order. I am on latest nightlies but due to FC of launcher, i had to power off my n1. Because of my power button I can not restart or access recovery mode, now it is in bootloop.
Is there any solution???
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Is your bootloader unlocked??
If yes then try fastboot flashing if not then do passimg instructions are in the wiki (under unroot/restore) http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One/Guides_%26_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus

Thank you Dude Random 21,
Yes, my N1 is already rooted, bootloader unlocked, however s-on not s-off. I dont quite understand why is always s-off for more than a year, but i can do everything as rooted device. I read somewhere that my N1 is not completely unlocked, this may be other story
In my situation now the power button do not properly operate as required, so I cannot shut down, ie power down my phone, for recovery option.
Help!!!

You can power down just to turn it on you'll need to plug in your charger (to your computer if you'll be flastboot flashing anyway) and then remove your battery and reinsert it (while holding trackball so you boot into fastboot) you may have to try it multiple times to get it to work.

my power button works fine after 15 months, but that is because i purposely use track ball wake and rarely ever touch the power button. and i use quickboot app as well. i just dont feel like even dealing with the possibility.
so really just root, install cyan 7 or some other ROM with trackball wake, and save the hassle.

18 months, and I use it constantly. I've installed Quickboot, but never use it. I've enabled trackball wake, but never use it...
I'm prepared for when it dies - which will probably be later this evening, now that I've said this...

My power button died after 3 months of use... I'm currently using "anyunlock".

15 months and no issues whatsoever.
P.S. I have never used trackball wake...
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tempaznx said:
Hi everyone!
I just purchased a slightly used N1 for my dad for fathers day, and the guy was telling me about how N1s have a problem with their power button. He told me it hasn't happened at all with the phone I purchased, but I wanted to ask XDA..
"Do you have a nexus one with a failing power button? & how long have you had the nexus one?"
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No problem here, but I have been careful. I normally use "Power Off and Lock" to turn it off and Trackball to wake. Owned just over a year at this point.
I worry about the trackball wearing out, but I figure if it does it won't kill me, as I don't really use it for much anything else. Love my RGB notification disco ball though, I WILL miss that, even if I don't physically use the trackball itself.

@Dude Random21 and Danger-rat
You can power down just to turn it on you'll need to plug in your charger (to your computer if you'll be flastboot flashing anyway) and then remove your battery and reinsert it (while holding trackball so you boot into fastboot) you may have to try it multiple times to get it to work.
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I got to white screen with 3 robotic skaters, ie screen with options: fastboot, recovery, clear storage, and simlock. As I said before, my power button does not work any more, so that I can not push pwr botton for activating recovery mode.
I tried other option using method of recovery image at http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One/Recovery_Images. After typing the cmd "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" the notification is " waiting for device". I think adb cannot see/ regconize my n1, so that I cannot enter recovery mode.
Please enlighten me.

To use fastboot, your bootloader needs to be unlocked and the phone needs to be at the fastboot screen (hold trackball while powering up - looks like the same white 3 android screen, but the menu is slightly different)
If your bootloader isn't already unlocked you may be out of luck (you need to use the power button as part of the unlocking process).
You can use adb to boot into recovery, but you need to be in either recovery (pointless), or booted normally to use adb (won't work from hboot).

I started having problems 5 months after purchase and Videotron replaced it. My wife's N1 just started playing games, also after 5 months.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Thank you danger-rat,
To use fastboot, your bootloader needs to be unlocked and the phone needs to be at the fastboot screen (hold trackball while powering up - looks like the same white 3 android screen, but the menu is slightly different)
If your bootloader isn't already unlocked you may be out of luck (you need to use the power button as part of the unlocking process).
You can use adb to boot into recovery, but you need to be in either recovery (pointless), or booted normally to use adb (won't work from hboot).
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Ok, I got to the fastboot screen with menu option: fastboot USB..., bootloader, reboot, rebootbootloader, and power down. So 2 question:
In my case, my bootloader is considered as unlock??? If it is unlock how can proceed further ?????, because for selection one of options my pwr button does not work.
With ADB method: this method does not required using the pwr button: I tried as instructions
For unlocked bootloader - using fastboot
The following won't work unless your bootloader is unlocked.
1. Download Amon_RA's Recovery from one of the versions above.
2. Rename Amon_Ra's Recovery Image to simply recovery.img.
3. Download this file - Stock Recovery Remover - and copy it to the root of SDcard.
4. Toggle on USB Debugging (Settings » Applications » Development). Power off the Nexus One.
5. Boot into bootloader mode. (Hold volume down & power button until you see white screen with skateboarding androids)
6. Connect the Nexus One to the computer.
7. On the computer... Open a command prompt/terminal & navigate to the Android SDK Tools folder.
8. Type in the following commands (assuming recovery.img is in the current directory):
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot recovery
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The result is the notifications:" wait for device" and i waited for hours...
In both cases, I cant go further, any way out???

If your phone has the padlock on the static x screen it is unlocked. It also tells you in fastboot if its locked.
Anyways as I think danger stated you need to use fastboot commands when the phone is in fastboot mode connected to the PC etc. It is a not a adb command. Its fastboot devices...etc
I'm the end you will issue the fastboot flash recovery command. Then fastboot boot recovery....
If you're unlocked your fine. You don't need power button. If you're locked you're ****ed
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Yes, I confirm that there is a padlock, and I understand that my N1 is unlock.
I redid cmd: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and fastboot reboot recovery
But nothing happen. It is my N1 bricked???
My last hope is to replace Power Button.
Any suggestion???

First, make sure your phone is connected by typing:
fastboot devices
If that works, then try flashing the recovery. Post any error messages, rather than saying "it didn't work"...

Using Nexus One from April 2010 - power button working fine. Bought Nexus One directly on google site.

[Q] Screen not responding to touch in TWRP

I was trying to root my one for the first time. I followed someone's tutorial online, and everything was perfect at first, until I got into using TWRP for recovery. I used version 2.5. After I got into it, the touch screen is not working. I stuck in the lock screen now, not able to unlock, not able to restart, not even able to power off. After some digging, I found out that probably I should have used the version 2.6 instead in the first place. Now my question is, do I need to wait until the power drains out before I could do anything else, or if there is anything I could do to restart the phone and do this recovery process again with TWRP v2.6? Thanks.

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I was trying to root my one for the first time. I followed someone's tutorial online, and everything was perfect at first, until I got into using TWRP for recovery. I used version 2.5. After I got into it, the touch screen is not working. I stuck in the lock screen now, not able to unlock, not able to restart, not even able to power off. After some digging, I found out that probably I should have used the version 2.6 instead in the first place. Now my question is, do I need to wait until the power drains out before I could do anything else, or if there is anything I could do to restart the phone and do this recovery process again with TWRP v2.6? Thanks.
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try doing a hard reset and flash the latest TWRP in recovery mode.
hard reset:
hold your phone under bright light ( i personally use a torchlight for this)
press power + vol down button
i had the same panic attack just few days ago

office usirmr
kevin0634 said:
I was trying to root my one for the first time. I followed someone's tutorial online, and everything was perfect at first, until I got into using TWRP for recovery. I used version 2.5. After I got into it, the touch screen is not working. I stuck in the lock screen now, not able to unlock, not able to restart, not even able to power off. After some digging, I found out that probably I should have used the version 2.6 instead in the first place. Now my question is, do I need to wait until the power drains out before I could do anything else, or if there is anything I could do to restart the phone and do this recovery process again with TWRP v2.6? Thanks.
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It is because your phone has updated firmware with the updated touch drivers. twrp 2.5 does not support the new drivers as 2.6 doesnt support the old drivers either. Download official 2.6.3.0 img file. reboot into boot loader. If you are stuck on twrp hold power button until phone turns off "10-15" sec. Hold vol down and power to get into boot loader. click fastboot. Use your computer in terminal or command
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7.img
obviously you have to be in the directory with the img file. Search twrp in google to get newest img file

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It is because your phone has updated firmware with the updated touch drivers. twrp 2.5 does not support the new drivers as 2.6 doesnt support the old drivers either. Download official 2.6.3.0 img file. reboot into boot loader. If you are stuck on twrp hold power button until phone turns off "10-15" sec. Hold vol down and power to get into boot loader. click fastboot. Use your computer in terminal or command
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7.img
obviously you have to be in the directory with the img file. Search twrp in google to get newest img file
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I have exactly the same problem.
But I can't hard reset the HTC ONE via volume down + power button...
Can't access the phone via USB attached cable and the common tools... :///
Do I have to wait till the battery is empty or is there a further solution?

Try opening the back cover and removing your battery and connecting again(btw its easy to remove the battery on a non removable battery mobile,unless you have a finger print scanner at the back side)...now switch on the mobile........you cant charge your mobile while it is switched off....so you have to charge your battery in the frozen twrp screen and later you have to remove and connect the battery to operate your mobile(you can charge your phone normally when it is switched on)...i tried this,works fine with my HTC 826..................
BTW if someone found a solution,,please help us to remove the frozen twrp screen....I think this would help

lol same problem, i powered off the phone, then power up it, (redmi 9 lancelot) and its in chinesse lol, hten i forgot to change the leanguege and reboot it, now waiting ;-;

Fire 7 shows blank screen when it boots??

Hello. So a while back I got a Fire 7 5th Gen tablet for Christmas. I rooted it using KingRoot downloaded from Chrome, then one day I was so stupid, you know how many places tell you to not install TWRP. Well, I did it anyway, and while booting to it, it shut off for a couple days. When I was finally able to get it back on, well on first hand, I don't think it's in a bootloop, but it will show amazon, the fire goes on longer that normal (about a minute), then after that's done it just shows a blank screen with only a tad bit of light with it. Please, help. I also have a Fire HD 7 that I can't get past the password because I accidentally erased the keyboard and it won't pop up and another fire 7 that will show amazon, shuts off, shows amazon, cuts off, and continues in the same sequence. Any ideas?

Restore the newest firmware.

Pix12 said:
Restore the newest firmware.
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hi! I have the same problem when my unrooted fire 5th gen suddenly froze and I got black screen, how do i do this?

I'll look for the link after this initial posting and add it after. Download the proper firmware and place the .zip into the same folder as platform-tools (the folder you use to use ADB.) Follow the steps below first, to possibly resolve issues before flashing firmware.
1) power down device. If you can't, press the power button and hold until device turns off.
2) When it's off, first press the volume down button and hold it, then press and hold the power button until the recovery screen comes up.
4) Scroll to 'wipe cache partition.' Select it with the power button. You won't lose any user data or files, yet.
5) Select reboot.
6) If problem is still there, follow steps 1-2 again.
7) Scroll to factory reset and select with power button. You WILL lose all user data and files.
8) Wipe cache partition again (I do this often if I go through resets).
9) Select reboot.
10) If problem STILL persists...Repeat steps one and two. Plug in tablet to PC. Select "make an update vis ADB" or something similar.
11) type: adb sideload xxx.zip (x being the firmware file).
12) That should do it assuming your device is recoverable.

DragonFire1024 said:
I'll look for the link after this initial posting and add it after. Download the proper firmware and place the .zip into the same folder as platform-tools (the folder you use to use ADB.) Follow the steps below first, to possibly resolve issues before flashing firmware.
1) power down device. If you can't, press the power button and hold until device turns off.
2) When it's off, first press the volume down button and hold it, then press and hold the power button until the recovery screen comes up.
4) Scroll to 'wipe cache partition.' Select it with the power button. You won't lose any user data or files, yet.
5) Select reboot.
6) If problem is still there, follow steps 1-2 again.
7) Scroll to factory reset and select with power button. You WILL lose all user data and files.
8) Wipe cache partition again (I do this often if I go through resets).
9) Select reboot.
10) If problem STILL persists...Repeat steps one and two. Plug in tablet to PC. Select "make an update vis ADB" or something similar.
11) type: adb sideload xxx.zip (x being the firmware file).
12) That should do it assuming your device is recoverable.
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It doesn't pop up on the computer whenever a plug it in + i can't boot it into recovery, attempting to do so will cut it off and it will cut back on.

WilliamTheKingAS said:
It doesn't pop up on the computer whenever a plug it in + i can't boot it into recovery, attempting to do so will cut it off and it will cut back on.
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See this thread..
If I recall, I don't think a notice pops up when you plug it in in recovery/fastboot. Try plugging it in and let it get a full charge from a wall outlet. Then try to power it back on into recovery while it is still plugged in. Don't plug it into your PC until you get past the recovery screen and select add update from adb. You might have to do that a few times. I had a similar problem on my XT907 phone where it would reboot every time I got into the recovery screen and I eventually was quick enough to get into fastboot to do what I needed.

DragonFire1024 said:
See this thread..
If I recall, I don't think a notice pops up when you plug it in in recovery/fastboot. Try plugging it in and let it get a full charge from a wall outlet. Then try to power it back on into recovery while it is still plugged in. Don't plug it into your PC until you get past the recovery screen and select add update from adb. You might have to do that a few times. I had a similar problem on my XT907 phone where it would reboot every time I got into the recovery screen and I eventually was quick enough to get into fastboot to do what I needed.
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No, like I can't get into recovery AT ALL.

Pix12 said:
Restore the newest firmware.
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I can't get into recovery to do so

WilliamTheKingAS said:
I can't get into recovery to do so
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I would wait and see if anyone else comments. I have not yet had the unfortunate experience of being totally cut off from recovery. Sorry I couldn't help

I've even tried talking Amazon to giving me a replacement. I'm pretty sure his name was Ajit and he said I was off the 90 day warranty, so sadly I don't even know what to do. I did learn something though. Whilst trying to boot it into recovery it becomes stuck on the Amazon logo. What if it's in recovery, but just not showing any recovery screen. This is all I know what I can do??

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So my theory is that there is access to recovery, but when you're in it, it only shows Amazon until you force it off. Could this possibly help anyone fix their own fire 7 5th gen. Because if you find out anything hit me with it. It could be helpful to others reading this post.

WilliamTheKingAS said:
No, like I can't get into recovery AT ALL.
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There is no recourse if you can not access the 'stock' recovery environment. The persistent Amazon logo simply indicates the device is stuck in the early stages of booting. Sorry for your loss.