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Hey guys, sorry for a new post. I did a search and wasn't totally sure about what i found so i figured i'd start a new post and get some help.
I bought a nexus off a guy for cheap but it was stuck at the fast boot (?) screen
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the trackball doesnt work so i cant select anything. the only thing i can do is pull the battery out to shut it down. what can i do to fix this phone? I have no idea what to do to an android. I switched yesterday from wm6.5 so you're going to have to explain everything.
thank you!
You search the forums. That's what you do.
Trackball might be effed up. Replace that
That phone is unlocked
You get to that screen by holding down the trackball when you press power. (Like the above poster said)
Make sure the volume buttons or the trackball are not stuck in a pressed state.
I thought to navigate that screen you use the volume button and power button to select. Trackball doesn't work in that menu
Rellikzephyr
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thanks for the helpful comments guys. :]
i meant to also add that none of the buttons work either, volume or power button. i tried to flash amonra's recovery thru cmd prompt but i couldnt do much after that. i couldnt get into the adb prompt. it says the device isnt found, although fastboot promt found the device fine. anyway so after i flash the amonra recovery img i can't get into recovery mode. holding the power and vol down button gets me to the hboot (i believe it is?) but again, i cant navigate the menu with any buttons to put it into recovery mode so i'm pretty much stuck here.
and just to clarify, I have done a few searches as i've said and I didnt feel sure enough that the problems mentioned were my problem so that is why I'm asking for help here.
You should not go to any forum and feel bad for posting or have to say over and over that you did a search. There are many people that can do better and some will show up, hopefully with answers that are not painful to someone who has purchased a new phone... cheap. I would flash amon ra which you can do adb without using any of the phone hardware buttons and then see where you are at. There are many posts on installing amon ra and the instructions are also in the offical thread. With any luck you just have a hosed recovery and the flash will get you rolling.
Can you not navigate the fastboot/hboot screen with the volume buttons? If not then you're gonna run into serious problems. Make sure both the volume buttons and trackball are clear. You can clean the trackball by pressing it in with a piece of cloth and pushing it in different directions while pressed in, this should clear most of the junk on it.
You can also clean the volume buttons and power button a little better by removing the battery cover. Good luck bud.
trackball+power -> fastboot mode.
volume+power -> recovery mode. if you see androids on skates you have the stock recovery.
trackball+volume+power held = reboot
Recovery, boot etc can be flashed from fastboot only.
just to clarify, the first thing that pops up when i press just the power button is the fastboot. i dont have to press anything else, just power.
i flashed amonra recovery img while i was on fastboot mode from my computer (cmd i used was fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img) and it was successful.
Then i tried to put it into recovery mode w the command adb shell reboot recovery. It said that the device wasn't connected.
when i input the cmd fastboot devices i see my device connected, but when i input adb devices it says its not connected.
So i figured I'd put it into recovery mode on my phone by pressing volume+power. I get to the hboot screen with the three androids on skateboards (i realize the screen looks the same as fastboot but the selectable options here are different) but the volume buttons, trackball, power buttons don't work so i can't select "recovery" on the phone.
so this is where i'm stuck
It sounds like you have a stuck or f..d up trackball.
P_
I have the same problem has anyone figured out a solution?
Fastboot scree
GldRush98 said:
You search the forums. That's what you do.
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Hi guys, sorry i have a nexus one i bought it and try to install and new rom. Was working at the beginning but now i am stuck with the bootloader screen. I tried everything don't know what to do. Is my phone dead and nothing else to do??
Please really need a big help there.
Can you make selections on the screen, by following the instructions on the screen?
can you help me
charnsingh_online said:
Trackball might be effed up. Replace that
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sorry i can get some help from you to move from fastboot screen?
nsdragons said:
just to clarify, the first thing that pops up when i press just the power button is the fastboot. i dont have to press anything else, just power.
i flashed amonra recovery img while i was on fastboot mode from my computer (cmd i used was fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img) and it was successful.
Then i tried to put it into recovery mode w the command adb shell reboot recovery. It said that the device wasn't connected.
when i input the cmd fastboot devices i see my device connected, but when i input adb devices it says its not connected.
So i figured I'd put it into recovery mode on my phone by pressing volume+power. I get to the hboot screen with the three androids on skateboards (i realize the screen looks the same as fastboot but the selectable options here are different) but the volume buttons, trackball, power buttons don't work so i can't select "recovery" on the phone.
so this is where i'm stuck
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You cannot use ADB commands when you are in the bootloader (i.e., fastboot) screen. You need to be booted into the ROM or into the recovery for those commands to work.
What I find difficult to understand is how come your volume buttons work to boot into the bootloader, but don't work once you are there?
Try flashing each partition from a stock FRG33 ROM (from here). Unzip the files, and flash the boot, system and data images using fastboot (e.g., fastboot flash system system.img) and then try to reboot normally.
So I just unlocked the bootloader. I tried flashing the TWRP custom recovery. I accidentally installed the incorrect version (I'm sporting the 4.4 unlocked GSM version btw), so I thought no big deal, I'll just get the correct one. I find the correct one, the twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4 one, and flash that using fastboot. It looks like it works but at the beginning, it says "<bootloader> Variable not supported!" but it finishes. I try booting into recovery from the fastboot screen. It goes immediately to the unlocked bootloader screen and just stays there for like 3 minutes, then powers off, and goes back into android. Any help? I would love to get a recovery on here to root my device.
Edit: I've also tried mfastboot
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So I just unlocked the bootloader. I tried flashing the TWRP custom recovery. I accidentally installed the incorrect version (I'm sporting the 4.4 unlocked GSM version btw), so I thought no big deal, I'll just get the correct one. I find the correct one, the twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4 one, and flash that using fastboot. It looks like it works but at the beginning, it says "<bootloader> Variable not supported!" but it finishes. I try booting into recovery from the fastboot screen. It goes immediately to the unlocked bootloader screen and just stays there for like 3 minutes, then powers off, and goes back into android. Any help? I would love to get a recovery on here to root my device.
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Flash it with mfastboot
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flashallthetime said:
Flash it with mfastboot
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I should've said that I also tried that.
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I should've said that I also tried that.
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Yes
Try fastboot reboot-bootloader and unplug your phone , from there use the volume down button to move to recovery and the volume up button selects recovery, not the power button. You may have to reflash twrp again as it gets over written sometimes
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flashallthetime said:
Yes
Try fastboot reboot-bootloader and unplug your phone , from there use the volume down button to move to recovery and the volume up button selects recovery, not the power button. You may have to reflash twrp again as it gets over written sometimes
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Yea do what he says. Right after you flash the recovery go directly to the Recovery use the option in the Bootloader menu. The recovery gets erased if you flash it then reboot the phone.
flashallthetime said:
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Try fastboot reboot-bootloader and unplug your phone , from there use the volume down button to move to recovery and the volume up button selects recovery, not the power button. You may have to reflash twrp again as it gets over written sometimes
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yes, I was making that mistake!
So you do this:
1) mfastboot flash recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img;
2) fastboot reboot-bootloader; and
3) then get into recovery mode by pressing the Volume Down button to highlight recovery mode and pressing the Volume Up button to select the recovery mode.
Cozume said:
yes, I was making that mistake!
So you do this:
1) mfastboot flash recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img;
2) fastboot reboot-bootloader; and
3) then get into recovery mode by pressing the Volume Down button to highlight recovery mode and pressing the Volume Up button to select the recovery mode.
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Correct.
EDIT: wait don't do the reboot-bootloader command. Just go into recovery after flashing.
Gus194 said:
EDIT: wait don't do the reboot-bootloader command. Just go into recovery after flashing.
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OK, I thought I read somewhere you needed to do that, but if you don't, then don't do it. I did it that way and it worked for me.
Cozume said:
OK, I thought I read somewhere you needed to do that, but if you don't, then don't do it. I did it that way and it worked for me.
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So which way did it work, without fast boot reboots boot loader or directly to recovery?
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flashallthetime said:
So which way did it work, without fast boot reboots boot loader or directly to recovery?
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I only did it the one way like I posted and it was successful. Before that, I didn't realize that you had to hit Volume Up to select boot into recovery and was hitting the power button, which of course, did not put me into recovery, it did a normal boot. Once I posted here and realized what I was doing wrong, I did it like I posted above, including fastboot reboot-bootloader command, and it worked.
Cozume said:
I only did it the one way like I posted and it was successful. Before that, I didn't realize that you had to hit Volume Up to select boot into recovery and was hitting the power button, which of course, did not put me into recovery, it did a normal boot. Once I posted here and realized what I was doing wrong, I did it like I posted above, including fastboot reboot-bootloader command, and it worked.
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OK, don't feel bad , 90% of folks do that, they assume the power button enters recovery
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im on rooted 4.4, all works fine but the exchange,, trying to replace the email 4.4.2 apk, so my eschange will work, when i try to boot into recovery, i get "no command error"
can anyone plese help?
ericizzy1 said:
im on rooted 4.4, all works fine but the exchange,, trying to replace the email 4.4.2 apk, so my eschange will work, when i try to boot into recovery, i get "no command error"
can anyone plese help?
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what are you using to reboot into recovery?
here's the failsafe way to access recovery:
power off the phone, press and hold volume down + power for a few seconds then release to access bootloader menu. press volume down to highlight recovery, then volume up to select it.
Q9Nap said:
what are you using to reboot into recovery?
here's the failsafe way to access recovery:
power off the phone, press and hold volume down + power for a few seconds then release to access bootloader menu. press volume down to highlight recovery, then volume up to select it.
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thats exactly what i did and still got the error. even tried with adb, no luck
ericizzy1 said:
thats exactly what i did and still got the error. even tried with adb, no luck
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strange, are you unlocked and using twrp/cwm or locked and using slapmymoto? if you're unlocked, i'd recommend reflashing twrp/cwm recovery image, sounds like it may be corrupt. if you're locked, i can't help as i haven't messed with any of the locked device stuff.
im on a locked device, used slapmymoto, thanks for trying,can anyone else help?
Why do you need to be in recovery. You should have write protect off already. If you are trying to flash something you can't without safestrap and the zip needs yo be made for safestrap. Just manually move the emails and change the permissions
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Press Power + Volume Up at the same time when it shows "no command" (And if that doesn't work try Power + Volume Down )
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im on a locked device, used slapmymoto, thanks for trying,can anyone else help?
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If the button presses while rebooting to get to where you can select recovery doesn't work... You could try Quick Reboot -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot to reboot into recovery, or open a command prompt on your PC.. and issue the command.. adb reboot bootloader then pick recovery from there.. If those ways also error with that same message you are seeing now, then your phone doesn't has a problem with its recovery partition.
As others have said, if you are rooted with Write Protection disabled (SlapMyMoto v1 thread tells you to run MotoWPNoMo first, to disable write protection, then follow its process), you should be able to go in, rename the old APK, and replace it with the new one (and set the attributes the same) without needing to be in recovery.
Then again, if you rooted with SlapMyMoto .5 (before the MotoWPNoMo was available), or you never did the MotoWPNoMo process that would explain why you want recovery... you're trying to boot to "recovery" so that you can boot with the Write Protection disabled so you can make this change.
ericizzy1 said:
im on a locked device, used slapmymoto, thanks for trying,can anyone else help?
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Power off your Moto X
Next, boot into bootloader mode by holding Volume Down and Power
At the bootloader screen, use Volume Down and scroll to Recovery, then press Volume Up to select it
Once you rebooted into recovery mode you will see No Command. Hold Volume Up and press Power to show the recovery menu
apm_ said:
Power off your Moto X
Next, boot into bootloader mode by holding Volume Down and Power
At the bootloader screen, use Volume Down and scroll to Recovery, then press Volume Up to select it
Once you rebooted into recovery mode you will see No Command. Hold Volume Up and press Power to show the recovery menu
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That almost didn't work for me, till it did.
I was holding down volume up first, and about half a second to a second later the power button (while not having released volume up button). That didn't work.
I pressed both buttons exactly together, and it worked.
Hello. I have a razr I and decided to unlock the bootloader. I tried the button combination power + volume down several times, but the phone just powers up normally (actually rhe screen flashes for a second, but doesn't go into fastboot mode. I trided using adb reboot fastboot but the device just reboots. What can I do about it?
NVM, just did it by fastboot reboot bootloader...
Ok, one more thing. It seems my device ignores the key combo, but I was still able to get into fastboot mode by using adb. However, I have tried to flash a custom recovery with no success.
I tred using the supplied installer and after rebooting I get to the open robot screen with the red exclamation mark. Then, after holding some keys (not sure if power or power + volume down I get into recovery, but it's still the stock android recovery. Then I tried flashing the recovery image from fastboot mode. It sait the recovery was flashed, but still cannot boot into recovery. What's wrong with my phone?
axlastro said:
Hello. I have a razr I and decided to unlock the bootloader. I tried the button combination power + volume down several times, but the phone just powers up normally (actually rhe screen flashes for a second, but doesn't go into fastboot mode. I trided using adb reboot fastboot but the device just reboots. What can I do about it?
NVM, just did it by fastboot reboot bootloader...
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Just incase you need to do it in the future:
Hold volume down, then hold the power button. When it begins to vibrate release the power button and keep the volume down button pressed until you get into fastboot.
AGISCI said:
Just incase you need to do it in the future:
Hold volume down, then hold the power button. When it begins to vibrate release the power button and keep the volume down button pressed until you get into fastboot.
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Alright. So how about the never appearing CWM recovery?
Hi guys,
I just unlocked my phone and tried entering recovery mode, but it won't work, it just boots normal.
Pressing 3 sec VolDown + Power
Pressing VolDown, then VolUp.
Android Logo appears and after a few seconds phone boots just normal.
Tried it now a thousand times.
Any suggestions?
Moto G, Android 4.4.4, Kernel [email protected]#1, system version 210.12.40.falcon_umts.Retail.en.DE, BuildNo: KXB21.14-L1.40
Timjim01 said:
Hi guys,
I just unlocked my phone and tried entering recovery mode, but it won't work, it just boots normal.
Pressing 3 sec VolDown + Power
Pressing VolDown, then VolUp.
Android Logo appears and after a few seconds phone boots just normal.
Tried it now a thousand times.
Any suggestions?
Moto G, Android 4.4.4, Kernel [email protected]#1, system version 210.12.40.falcon_umts.Retail.en.DE, BuildNo: KXB21.14-L1.40
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Shutdown your phone and after its completely down Press "Volume Down key +Power Key" for 5 Sec then release, As simple as that
lols21.10 said:
Shutdown your phone and after its completely down Press "Volume Down key +Power Key" for 5 Sec then release, As simple as that
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That is not helpful at all. I know how to boot to boot menu. I cannot enter recovery mode!
Timjim01 said:
That is not helpful at all. I know how to boot to boot menu. I cannot enter recovery mode!
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Ohhh srry flash stock recovery
I have a slightly different problem, I try to get into Recovery but in Recovery no options show up at all, all I see is the Android robot laying down with the '!' mark, with no options, sometimes it also says 'No command' with the Android.
Boot menu before you select Recovery works fine. (I'm completely stock)
jay2the1 said:
I have a slightly different problem, I try to get into Recovery but in Recovery no options show up at all, all I see is the Android robot laying down with the '!' mark, with no options, sometimes it also says 'No command' with the Android.
Boot menu before you select Recovery works fine. (I'm completely stock)
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Similar issue here: I unloacked the bootloader, and can't enter recovery mode of the stock Motorola recovery. Recovery mode stops with same picture as described above, robot lying on it's back. Does Motorola prevent loading the stock recovery when the phone is unlocked? I did not try to enter recovery with locked phone by the way, so can't tell if stock recovery didn't work in the first place.
Hi
That's the correct behaviour. Press volume UP+power, release power then volume UP, that v then shows the menu in recovery
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Finally I found correct way to do that
To be clear I will start from beginning
1. Power off device
2. Press Volume DOWN + Power buttons for 3 to 5 sec then release Volume DOWN and then Power
3. Now select Recovery. Android with /!\ will be shown.
[Lollipop]
4. Press Power and while pressing it tap Volume Up
[KitKat]
4. Press Volume UP for 5 sec while pressing Volume UP press Power button.
(don't release Volume UP before pressing Power)
You are now in stock Recovery
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3. Now select Recovery. Android with /!\ will be shown.
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Thanks, for the explanation! Only remaining odd thing: my device reboots to system OS instead of recovery when selecting recovery in the bootloader. I'm only able to go into recovery by:
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fastboot boot recovery
I have the same exact problem where I could not go to recovery mode.
When in fastboot screen, I select Recovery by pressing volume up button and instead of phone going to recovery mode, my phone restarts to lands to lock screen.
When you say that you are able to go to recovery by -
Code:
fastboot boot recovery
What does it mean?
Which directory I have to be in to execute this command?
jheller said:
Thanks, for the explanation! Only remaining odd thing: my device reboots to system OS instead of recovery when selecting recovery in the bootloader. I'm only able to go into recovery by:
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fastboot boot recovery
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My moto g is having the same problem, let me try the method you mentioned down here
My moto g is having the same problem, let me try the method you mentioned down here.
It is really odd though that you have to follow steps which are not mentioned in fastboot mode to get to the recovery mode.
bhavin192 said:
Finally I found correct way to do that
To be clear I will start from beginning
1. Power off device
2. Press Volume DOWN + Power buttons for 3 to 5 sec then release Volume DOWN and then Power
3. Now select Recovery. Android with /!\ will be shown.
4. Press Volume UP for 5 sec while pressing Volume UP press Power button.
(don't release Volume UP before pressing Power)
You are now in stock Recovery
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Timjim01 said:
Hi guys,
I just unlocked my phone and tried entering recovery mode, but it won't work, it just boots normal.
Pressing 3 sec VolDown + Power
Pressing VolDown, then VolUp.
Android Logo appears and after a few seconds phone boots just normal.
Tried it now a thousand times.
Any suggestions?
Moto G, Android 4.4.4, Kernel [email protected]#1, system version 210.12.40.falcon_umts.Retail.en.DE, BuildNo: KXB21.14-L1.40
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Press volume up for 10 seconds and then just tap power button once and release both
My phone won't go past the android with ! in a triangle. I have tried pressing the up button for 15 secs and then the power button but nothing happens.
I have a Consumer Cellular XT1064 with unlocked bootloader which I flashed to retail Rom. Then I was able to go to stock recovery normally with pressing up 15sec and power, and manually flash the 5.0 OTA update. Now a few weeks later when I want to flash the second OTA update, I can't go into recovery.
Any help please.
Trekker56 said:
My phone won't go past the android with ! in a triangle. I have tried pressing the up button for 15 secs and then the power button but nothing happens.
I have a Consumer Cellular XT1064 with unlocked bootloader which I flashed to retail Rom. Then I was able to go to stock recovery normally with pressing up 15sec and power, and manually flash the 5.0 OTA update. Now a few weeks later when I want to flash the second OTA update, I can't go into recovery.
Any help please.
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https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/99808/p/30%2C6720%2C9151/reg/1229018/kw/cache%20partition try this
Stock img?
I've been having this issue too. Can someone post the recovery.img for the latest stock recovery? I want to try and flash it and see if I can get into recovery then.
The key combination to enter recovery at the distressed android screen has changed for Lollipop!
Hold the power button for a few secs and tap the up key!
Hit thanks if this helped
Trekker56 said:
The key combination to enter recovery at the distressed android screen has changed for Lollipop!
Hold the power button for a few secs and tap the up key!
Hit thanks if this helped
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You are the man! Thank you(I also hit the thanks button).
Trekker56 said:
The key combination to enter recovery at the distressed android screen has changed for Lollipop!
Hold the power button for a few secs and tap the up key!
Hit thanks if this helped
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This key combination does not work for me
angelgzg said:
This key combination does not work for me
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Try holding the volume up and tapping the power button at the /!\ Android screen
Trekker56 said:
The key combination to enter recovery at the distressed android screen has changed for Lollipop!
Hold the power button for a few secs and tap the up key!
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Worked on the first attempt. This is the correct key combination in the Android 5.0 build.