Feel dumb, how boot into recovery - Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm sure the answer is here somewhere but I can't seem to find it How do I boot into recovery with the hardware buttons? I've read you push volume up when the LED lights up on startup, but my LED doesn't light up. I've tried power and volume up and down, power and up, and power and down. No luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Crewville96 said:
I'm sure the answer is here somewhere but I can't seem to find it How do I boot into recovery with the hardware buttons? I've read you push volume up when the LED lights up on startup, but my LED doesn't light up. I've tried power and volume up and down, power and up, and power and down. No luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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If you haven't installed it, you can't boot in it
You need to root your device first

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Sprint HTC One won't turn on, flashing Home and Back buttons.

I was coming from Cyanogenmod nightlies, and was trying to flash stock, but the phone just randomly shut off and it won't turn back on. When I hold down the power button the only response I get is the home and back buttons will blink white for the duration of me pressing down the button. Thank you for any possible help.
atkinsman said:
I was coming from Cyanogenmod nightlies, and was trying to flash stock, but the phone just randomly shut off and it won't turn back on. When I hold down the power button the only response I get is the home and back buttons will blink white for the duration of me pressing down the button. Thank you for any possible help.
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Can you get into the boot loader?
Keep holding down power button. Button lights will blink for about 12 secs, then let go of power and hold down vol down until bootloader pops up.
via ONE.
CM10 won't load. home and back buttons lit constantly
Blackcircle said:
Keep holding down power button. Button lights will blink for about 12 secs, then let go of power and hold down vol down until bootloader pops up.
via ONE.
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Hi. This just happened to me as well, trying to flash CM 10.1.3 to get a GPS lock from a sense rom. Problem is, I can't get to the bootloader and the menu/back lights don't stop flashing. So there's no point where they stop flashing and I can then use the volume button to get to the bootloader. And they stay lit even when I am not pressing anything. I could use some help here.. hate to think I've bricked this very expensive slab of metal. Thanks.
Same problem.
Somebody please help.
EDIT:
Solved. Bright light trick.
Shine a bright light on it and press + hold power and vol down. Make sure the twin sensors aren't covered.
Thanks guletz - you just saved me a call (or a visit) to the Sprint store.
Phone in call...
guletz said:
Same problem.
Somebody please help.
EDIT:
Solved. Bright light trick.
Shine a bright light on it and press + hold power and vol down. Make sure the twin sensors aren't covered.
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Will this work (Reset and/or bright light) if the phone is in a call. I am stuck listening to a recorded message and can't hang up
k-rock said:
Thanks guletz - you just saved me a call (or a visit) to the Sprint store.
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This is also happening to most of the sprint 4.3 custom roms. Not sure if everyone is building on top of the same rom image or fimrware issues...let me know if anyone is getting the same issues after flashing any of the sprint custom roms.

ONE Freeze during installing, how to Reboot?

During installing the ROM, my One freeze in AROMA, but now i Can't Reboot?
How to do it?
Thks
dodadent said:
During installing the ROM, my One freeze in AROMA, but now i Can't Reboot?
How to do it?
Thks
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Hi,
Hold down your Power and both Volume buttons until the lights stop flashing and it turns off, try this under a bright light if it fails to work.
If neither works, plug into your PC and use
Code:
adb reboot
I try, but same. volume up+power, both+power...
I cant connect with USB
dodadent said:
I try, but same. volume up+power, both+power...
I cant connect with USB
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Try keep the power button pressed for at least 30 sec. Or volume DOWN+ POWER the same time
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
dont plug your phone in. put it under a bright light and hold power+volume down. make sure your finger isnt covering the light sensor
it Can't boot....Hold power button and volume down, it not booting..
I try with HTC One toolkit to reboot, but i have message: ERROR: DEVICE NOT FOUND.
What is p?
This a trick that has worked for me every time, with the Aroma freeze.
First hold down volume button, right after hold down the power button.
The Home and Back button will flash, count it to 12 times let go of power button and push it back in, while constantly holding the volume button down.
This should get you back to hboot. Hope this works for you, has always for me
thnks Xstop, but same, at me not working,,,
Will reboot if battery die?
just keep trying it and make sure your fingers are not covering the light sensor
There is only one solution that I read here which worked for me.
Hold the device under direct light (like from a strong bulb or something) and keep holding the power button, and the device will turn off. Afterwards, hold the power button as well as the Volume Down button and it will boot into bootloader.
I am not sure why that works, but it does. The sensors need to be receiving the light directly, I guess?
TarekElsakka said:
There is only one solution that I read here which worked for me.
Hold the device under direct light (like from a strong bulb or something) and keep holding the power button, and the device will turn off. Afterwards, hold the power button as well as the Volume Down button and it will boot into bootloader.
I am not sure why that works, but it does. The sensors need to be receiving the light directly, I guess?
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Worked...Thnks a lot
I use "Flashlight" from SGS3, and reboot for 5 sec...
Yeah, that's what I did, too. Lol.
Glad it worked.

[closed] Phone won't boot, flashing buttons

My phone will no longer boot.
Pressing the power button does nothing.
When I hold down the power button for a period of time (seemingly infinite) and the home and back buttons blink. The screen itself does nothing.
When I hold the power button + up / down buttons (I've tried various combinations) then again, the home and back buttons blink and the screen itself does nothing.
Of course...I'm naturally concerned that the phone is bricked / dead.
I've done some googling and a little reading around and I think I can resolve the issue by botting into fast boot and using hasson2000's all in one toolkit.
....is it likely the phone can be put into 'fast boot' (I think this is what power + volume down does)?
I do I need to wipe "everything" including the custom recovery?
Thanks for your help.
MamaKin said:
My phone will no longer boot.
Pressing the power button does nothing.
When I hold down the power button for a period of time (seemingly infinite) and the home and back buttons blink. The screen itself does nothing.
When I hold the power button + up / down buttons (I've tried various combinations) then again, the home and back buttons blink and the screen itself does nothing.
Of course...I'm naturally concerned that the phone is bricked / dead.
I've done some googling and a little reading around and I think I can resolve the issue by botting into fast boot and using hasson2000's all in one toolkit.
....is it likely the phone can be put into 'fast boot' (I think this is what power + volume down does)?
I do I need to wipe "everything" including the custom recovery?
Thanks for your help.
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Try holding your phone over/under a bright light while holding down the power key or power/volume key it should boot..
bigdaddy619 said:
Try holding your phone over/under a bright light while holding down the power key or power/volume key it should boot..
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Will this trick the screen into coming on or something?
MamaKin said:
Will this trick the screen into coming on or something?
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It has something to do with the proximity sensor I don't know why it works but I have seen many members that used it and it worked every time haha
bigdaddy619 said:
Try holding your phone over/under a bright light while holding down the power key or power/volume key it should boot..
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bigdaddy619 said:
It has something to do with the proximity sensor I don't know why it works but I have seen many members that used it and it worked every time haha
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Sadly...It's not worked
Yep he's right. To prevent soft reboots in your pocket, htc made it so that you need a light in the sensor. Try holding the power button under a light, and be patient. If it doesn't work after 5 sec, keep waiting until it does. I have had to wait for 30sec-1m once, but it worked eventually
EDIT: you could also try if ADB works, in that case you'd just have to use adb reboot.
It worked!
Thanks guys
Sloth said:
Try holding your phone over/under a bright light while holding down the power key or power/volume key it should boot..
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strangely enough this has finally worked for me.
2ka said:
strangely enough this has finally worked for me.
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any way to disable the proximity sensor?
matze19999 said:
any way to disable the proximity sensor?
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Are you trying to disable the proximity sensor? If so follow the link below. It is done on an M8 but pretty much the same for an M7.
http://visihow.com/Turn_On_or_Off_P...lence_Speaking_in_TalkBack_Mode_on_HTC_One_M8
It works !!! u saved my phone

Help! my screen is not turning on

after a call, my screen turn dead. i can't get it to turn on. the volume buttons work, holding the power buttons does nothing either. the capacitive button light up and blink, but thats all it does.
khangkhung21 said:
after a call, my screen turn dead. i can't get it to turn on. the volume buttons work, holding the power buttons does nothing either. the capacitive button light up and blink, but thats all it does.
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try to hold power + volume down for 15 seconds while holding your phone under a bright light...
thanks herwegan, i tried that but it didn't work, or maybe i did something wrong. Adb still worked so i rebooted from there and it is fine now.

Help unbricking

Sry if this is an already answered question but i went through 10 threads and no solutions.
Im stuck at the boot logo and when i try power + volume down the capacitive buttons blink but nothing happens. Im new to htc but i have general knowledge on android and recoveries and adb
vdekjakalit said:
Sry if this is an already answered question but i went through 10 threads and no solutions.
Im stuck at the boot logo and when i try power + volume down the capacitive buttons blink but nothing happens. Im new to htc but i have general knowledge on android and recoveries and adb
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How long are you holding the buttons? The lights will flash for several seconds before booting to the bootloader.
Have you tried doing it with the device powered off?
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Im holding the buttons for atleast 60 sec.
Its stuck on the boot animation think. I dont know how to turn it off.
vdekjakalit said:
Im holding the buttons for atleast 60 sec.
Its stuck on the boot animation think. I dont know how to turn it off.
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Hold the Power button till the screen goes black, then release it & quickly press & hold the Power button & Volume Down to get into the bootloader
im holding the power button only for as long as i can and yet nothing. The capacitive buttons blink and nothing, no vibrations black screen. Just the boot image
vdekjakalit said:
im holding the power button only for as long as i can and yet nothing. The capacitive buttons blink and nothing, no vibrations black screen. Just the boot image
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Well, I have no idea then.... The phone should turn off after holding the Power button for ~10 seconds while the capacitive buttons blink... For how long are trying to turn off the phone? I would suggest you to let it in bootloop over night, so the battery gets drained & then try to go into bootloader in the morning when charging [emoji4]
I'm having the same issue. My volume down button barely works and when it does it's temperamental. I've done the same and had the same issues with the blinking lights. I've let the battery drain out and tried to redo it to no avail. ADB and Fastboot commands don't work either since it doesn't boot up far enough for the adb wait-for-device commands either, so I think mine is fully bricked. I have a Nexus 4 which I'm using but it would be nice to get my M7 working again as a backup/mess around phone

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