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Flashing without power button

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.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

danger-rat said:
...or just install quick boot from the market.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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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.

[Q] Green arrow circles upon startup !!!

Community !!!
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
Sent from my Incredible S using XDA

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?

Recovery mode loop after using flash stock + unroot on Nexus root toolkit...

As the title says, I can't get it to boot in to recovery. I've tried re-doing the root via the root toolkit and flashing another recovery etc, each time it just goes back to the android robot with a swirl in his stomach.
Before it was just when I was accessing recovery but now it won't even boot, I've tried searching / the things suggested (fastboot format userdata/ cache) but they aren't working for me.
Thanks for any help and I apologise if I've missed anything obvious here but I've searched for about an hour and found nothing.

could it be possible that you arent fastboot flashing a recovery to your phone properly? why would you have to redo root anyways? the android with a swirl in its tummy sounds like the stock recovery..

Synthesthesia said:
As the title says, I can't get it to boot in to recovery. I've tried re-doing the root via the root toolkit and flashing another recovery etc, each time it just goes back to the android robot with a swirl in his stomach.
Before it was just when I was accessing recovery but now it won't even boot, I've tried searching / the things suggested (fastboot format userdata/ cache) but they aren't working for me.
Thanks for any help and I apologise if I've missed anything obvious here but I've searched for about an hour and found nothing.
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To flash a recovery with fastboot, you must type the following:
fastboot flash recovery (name of) recovery.img
If you're not typing it correctly, that would explain why.
As far as the use of a toolkit, I don't ever recommend their use on a nexus device. Completely unnecessary.

Evolution_Tech said:
To flash a recovery with fastboot, you must type the following:
fastboot flash recovery (name of) recovery.img
If you're not typing it correctly, that would explain why.
As far as the use of a toolkit, I don't ever recommend their use on a nexus device. Completely unnecessary.
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Thank you I'll try that. I've just been trying to flash the recovery via the toolkit, I'll try it with command prompt.

Synthesthesia said:
Thank you I'll try that. I've just been trying to flash the recovery via the toolkit, I'll try it with command prompt.
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it has to be done using fastboot while you are in the recovery. or, if you already have root, you can use the app, like flashify, to flash a recovery.

simms22 said:
it has to be done using fastboot while you are in the recovery. or, if you already have root, you can use the app, like flashify, to flash a recovery.
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The issue is that I can't get in to recovery. And I can't even boot it up now so neither of those really help me. Thanks for the reply though.

Synthesthesia said:
The issue is that I can't get in to recovery. And I can't even boot it up now so neither of those really help me. Thanks for the reply though.
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can you boot into your bootloader? when you do, connect your phone to your computer, start up fastboot, then type.. fastboot devices(press enter)(a identification number for your phone will appear). then type fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img(recovery name being thd name to your file). afyer this, scroll down using your volume keys, press recovery, and itll boot into the recovery.

Evolution_Tech said:
To flash a recovery with fastboot, you must type the following:
fastboot flash recovery (name of) recovery.img
If you're not typing it correctly, that would explain why.
As far as the use of a toolkit, I don't ever recommend their use on a nexus device. Completely unnecessary.
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I've flashed the recovery the way you've described and it completed properly, but it's still doing the android guy with spinning when I try to load in to recovery :/
simms22 said:
can you boot into your bootliader? when you do, connect your phone to your computer, start up fastboot, then type.. fastboot devices(press enter)(a identification number for your phone will appear). then type fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img(recovery name being thd name to your file). afyer this, scroll down using your volume keys, press recovery, and itll boot into the recovery.
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Yes I can get into the bootloader, I've just tried it and I still can't get in to recovery.

Synthesthesia said:
I've flashed the recovery the way you've described and it completed properly, but it's still doing the android guy with spinning when I try to load in to recovery :/
Yes I can get into the bootloader, I've just tried it and I still can't get in to recovery.
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How are you trying to get to recovery? Try this:
Fastboot flash recovery as described earlier. Immediately after flashing, from your phones bootloader screen, use the volume down button to select recovery mode, then press power to select.

Evolution_Tech said:
How are you trying to get to recovery? Try this:
Fastboot flash recovery as described earlier. Immediately after flashing, from your phones bootloader screen, use the volume down button to select recovery mode, then press power to select.
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Exactly as you wrote it. After I've flashed the recovery, I press volume down, press the power button on recovery and it loads into the black screen with the green android guy with the spinning thing.

Synthesthesia said:
Exactly as you wrote it. After I've flashed the recovery, I press volume down, press the power button on recovery and it loads into the black screen with the green android guy with the spinning thing.
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Is the android laying down? When that screen appears, hold power and press volume up once.

Nope he's standing up
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I just did that and it says "formatting /data..." in yellow but it's not doing anything else yet.

Synthesthesia said:
Nope he's standing up
I just did that and it says "formatting /data..." in yellow but it's not doing anything else yet.
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Then for whatever reason, it is factory resetting.

So do I just leave it? I left it for around 30 minutes before and it did nothing.
And it's on that yellow formatting still...should I just leave that to do it's thing too?
Edit: It's completed the yellow formatting and I've rebooted the phone and it's booting up now. It's booted up before however so I'll have to see if it works in recovery...

Now when I go on to the recovery menu, it gives me the android on his back with a red triangle you described before. What do I do now?
Thanks for all of the help by the way!

Synthesthesia said:
Now when I go on to the recovery menu, it gives me the android on his back with a red triangle you described before. What do I do now?
Thanks for all of the help by the way!
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Hold power and press volume up once. Sounds like custom recovery wasn't installed though. Try again.
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More evidence for my case against toolkits.

If I've just installed an OTA update, that means recovery must be working okay, correct?
I got "No command" in white with the android on his back, pressed up and power and got this (which I think is recovery right?):
If that's 100% fine, am I now alright to lock the bootloader (I'm selling the phone on not trying to get custom etc, I'm trying to remove them!)
Thank you for the help again!

Synthesthesia said:
If I've just installed an OTA update, that means recovery must be working okay, correct?
I got "No command" in white with the android on his back, pressed up and power and got this (which I think is recovery right?):
If that's 100% fine, am I now alright to lock the bootloader (I'm selling the phone on not trying to get custom etc, I'm trying to remove them!)
Thank you for the help again!
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If you're selling, look at this first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3104504

Thanks for that, I'll do that now. Am I okay to re-lock the bootloader now? I did it before and that's when things seemed to mess up for me...
To re-iterate to make it simple, I've flashed stock + wiped, flashed recovery, updated to 5.1, got recovery working and am now in the process of removing my account and then factory restoring it via the backup menu in settings.

Synthesthesia said:
Thanks for that, I'll do that now. Am I okay to re-lock the bootloader now? I did it before and that's when things seemed to mess up for me...
To re-iterate to make it simple, I've flashed stock + wiped, flashed recovery, updated to 5.1, got recovery working and am now in the process of removing my account and then factory restoring it via the backup menu in settings.
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Be sure to remove all security passwords, pins, locks. Also your Google account. Enable developer options, allow OEM unlock, then go ahead and relock.

Something very bad happened to my phone!!!

SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS HAPPEND!! I was trying to install the resurrection remix rom and for that, I
(someone suggested this) Went to wipe, factory reset, typed yes, then came back, advanced wipe, and wiped system and cache.
this went fine but after that when i went to flash the rr rom it got failed.in a second,
i panicked and went to.reboot then system, and now i am stuck at the mi logo screen, i press and hold the power button, the.device vibrates and comes back to the mi logo
I press and hold the power.and volume up button to go to twrp, again the device vibrates and comes at the mi logo.
i can go to fastboot mode but not twrp
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!!
i dont know what to do now

Hold volume up and down at the same time, then press power button. When the phone boots to MI logo, release power button and wait a moment, it should boot to twrp. Also, you tried to flash RR oreo rom? If yes, you need to install this twrp: https://sourceforge.net/projects/teamghost/files/santoni_twrp/twrp_santoni_oreo.img/download
When you boot to twrp, press install and then on install image or something like that. Here you should select the img file you downloaded. After this you can flash any rom.
In case you have already this twrp, then try to download again the rom.

LonerDarke said:
Hold volume up and down at the same time, then press power button. When the phone boots to MI logo, release power button and wait a moment, it should boot to twrp. Also, you tried to flash RR oreo rom? If yes, you need to install this twrp: https://sourceforge.net/projects/teamghost/files/santoni_twrp/twrp_santoni_oreo.img/download
When you boot to twrp, press install and then on install image or something like that. Here you should select the img file you downloaded. After this you can flash any rom.
In case you have already this twrp, then try to download again the rom.
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Thanks I'm able to access twrp now, this is my twrp in the picture
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Also i didn't do factory reset but, i formatted data

Prathu_ said:
SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS HAPPEND!! I was trying to install the resurrection remix rom and for that, I
(someone suggested this) Went to wipe, factory reset, typed yes, then came back, advanced wipe, and wiped system and cache.
this went fine but after that when i went to flash the rr rom it got failed.in a second,
i panicked and went to.reboot then system, and now i am stuck at the mi logo screen, i press and hold the power button, the.device vibrates and comes back to the mi logo
I press and hold the power.and volume up button to go to twrp, again the device vibrates and comes at the mi logo.
i can go to fastboot mode but not twrp
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!!
i dont know what to do now
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Dont be panic. Just simply. Go to you tube srarch how to fix. Error 7. And then you cn flesh rom
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emailofavinash5 said:
Dont be panic. Just simply. Go to you tube srarch how to fix. Error 7. And then you cn flesh rom
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I think you get error 7 while installing watch this video

Prathu_ said:
Thanks I'm able to access twrp now, this is my twrp in the pictureView attachment 4432049
Also i didn't do factory reset but, i formatted data
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just copy the rom in your device in internal storage/sd card or connect USB OTG with the ROM in it and then flash the rom.
if you are tring flash oreo rom then first you will have use latest twrp recovery.

The probelm you're facing is given by your old TWRP recovery (3.0.3.0). You have to flash latest recovery before flashing any new roms.
Download latest TWRP img for redmi 4x santoni, and flash it through old TWRP (using options flash image). At the end of the process reboot to recovery again and then do a full wipe (data, dalvik, cache and system) and install rom and gapps.

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.