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[Q] Can't go into downloading mode

when i turn off my I9000
I press volume down + home +power button
but it just restart again and again
i tried to press volume up + home + power button
but it's same.
i bought it from australia optus store yesterday.
what can i do if i want to root it?_?

SUNNY911002 said:
when i turn off my I9000
I press volume down + home +power button
but it just restart again and again
i tried to press volume up + home + power button
but it's same.
i bought it from australia optus store yesterday.
what can i do if i want to root it?_?
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Wait a few seconds after turning it off.. Because the unit doesn't shut off immediately after the screen and lights turn off, and that can make it iffy getting into download mode..

andrewluecke said:
Wait a few seconds after turning it off.. Because the unit doesn't shut off immediately after the screen and lights turn off, and that can make it iffy getting into download mode..
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i tried to take out the battery and put it back again
and it's same..

is there anyone can help me to solve this problem?

you have 2 choices
1. for fast solution, return the phone to the store
2. if you can wait, samsung said it'll release a fix later on in september possibly the same time with Froyo2.2

AllGamer said:
you have 2 choices
1. for fast solution, return the phone to the store
2. if you can wait, samsung said it'll release a fix later on in september possibly the same time with Froyo2.2
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you mean give it back to the store or change a new one?
and the fix in september can fix the problem? that's not a hardware problem?
if than, can one change my rom without downloading mode
cause i want change to a hong kong verson
thanks a lot

please help me
what can i do ?_?

returning it to the store is the best solution.
no one can confirm if samsung will actually release a fix, but it's expected as they are aware of the problem.

AllGamer said:
returning it to the store is the best solution.
no one can confirm if samsung will actually release a fix, but it's expected as they are aware of the problem.
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AllGamer gives the best advice here Sunny.
It may be something simple but I have not heard of anyone else who could not restart their Galaxy S in the method you are using.

Beards said:
AllGamer gives the best advice here Sunny.
It may be something simple but I have not heard of anyone else who could not restart their Galaxy S in the method you are using.
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Thanks a lot, i will try to change a new one tomorrow.
or can i fresh the rom by other method?
and there is a post said some galaxy s cant use 3button
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/Vibrant_GT-I9000M

Personally, I've been able to make it into download mode, but not recovery mode. I'm 80% sure I need recovery mode for my root, could I be wrong? And forgive me if these are the same thing, but I don't think they are. I think there is a way to root with the download mode, but the translation for it sucks and I seem to be missing files AFAI can see.

There is a way to get into recovery mode without the 3-button access. I had to go through the same thing with my Bell phone. You need to download the android standard development kit (SDK) and possibly samsung usb drivers. With this from command prompt you can force your phone into recovery/download mode. Here are a few helpful links:
[New member, need to be approved before I can post links. I'll PM them to you if I can and update my post whenever I receive approval.]
I also really recommend you put your SDK right in the C: directory as it simplifies cmd commands. Also make sure to update the SDK when you download it, it's going to want to do it anyways. The above articles aren't very clear if you aren't familiar with cmd commands so I'll quickly explain it. If you put the SDK folder in your C: directory (no subfolders like my documents for example) then you need to get into it by typing " cd \sdk\tools " (at the command prompt screen) before issuing the following commands as described in the video and articles. Hope this helps.

Using the SDK will only really help if your phone's not bricked. If it is, 3 finger recovery is the only real way to help get you back on your feet.

HI all
i tried to return it to the store
but they said it's not a hardware problem
and it is not a necessary for user.
they didn't change it for me.
what can i do
and i found a way to root it..
if i want to fresh the rom without download mode.
what can i do?

I had the same problem entering into Emergency Mode or Recovery mode. I used this trick. Press Home buttton then without releasing Home press and hold at the same time Volume Up button and Power Button and when you see the Galaxy logo for 1 second release the two side buttons Volume and Power but still hold Home for 2 or more seconds till you see Android system recovery mode loading.
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SUNNY911002 said:
HI all
i tried to return it to the store
but they said it's not a hardware problem
and it is not a necessary for user.
they didn't change it for me.
what can i do
and i found a way to root it..
if i want to fresh the rom without download mode.
what can i do?
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erreterr said:
I had the same problem entering into Emergency Mode or Recovery mode. I used this trick. Press Home buttton then without releasing Home press and hold at the same time Volume Up button and Power Button and when you see the Galaxy logo for 1 second release the two side buttons Volume and Power but still hold Home for 2 or more seconds till you see Android system recovery mode loading.
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it's not work
but anyway thanks for your advice.
i just want to fresh my rom

I'll be getting mine from Virgin today (hopefully).
Looks like I'll be in the same boat as you. This is so sad .

@SUNNY911002
try the solution we found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754673&page=3

[Q] I think I bricked my phone :( :( - PLEASE help!

Hi,
I tried the regular fastboot method to load CWM recovery.
Whenever it got to the point of loading the recovering, it would just say "flashing recovery on the device...".
Then, when restarting bootloader and clicking on "recovery", it would just shut down the phone.
I decided to experiment to try fix the issue, and I came across this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928551
I downloaded the ZIP file and I ran the root.bat
It flashed some boot images and now my phone wont start
It is stuck on the "warning bootloader unlocked screen" and will not go any further.
Please help . I'm so scared that I've bricked my phone. Is there ANYTHING I can do?
Thanks in advance for the help!

The methods u used can't brick your phone
Reboot in boot loader by pressing the power button and volume - button at the same time. Just at the moment the phone shuts-down/reboot release the power button. It will boot in boot loader. After this flash cwm or twrp again and with the volume down button go to recovery. Select recovery with the volume up key and u are done. Cwm/twrp is flashed and will boot in the recovery.
In recovery I would install the ROM from Omar. It will restore your system and boot.IMG so it will work. Don't forget to wipe data.
If this doesn't work flash the home made fast boot files somewhere in the development section
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Hazou said:
The methods u used can't brick your phone
Reboot in boot loader by pressing the power button and volume - button at the same time. Just at the moment the phone shuts-down/reboot release the power button. It will boot in boot loader.
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Thanks - I tried that. I do let go of the buttons as soon as it starts to reboot itself, but it doesn't start the bootloader - it still just shows the screen "warning bootloader unlocked". I can not get back into the bootloader

Do u reset the phone with the 4 buttons and just when it resets does your phone reboots immediately?
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Hazou said:
Do u reset the phone with the 4 buttons and just when it resets does your phone reboots immediately?
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If I hold all 4 buttons, the screen goes blank, and the green light stays on. My PC then finds hardware called "MEDFIELD" but wont find drivers for it.
Does this help at all?

alkit said:
If I hold all 4 buttons, the screen goes blank, and the green light stays on. My PC then finds hardware called "MEDFIELD" but wont find drivers for it.
Does this help at all?
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The above applies when connected with usb.
If I press all 4 buttons without USB connected, it just reboots and gets stuck on the "unlocked bootloader" message again

alkit said:
Then, when restarting bootloader and clicking on "recovery", it would just shut down the phone.
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Just of curiosity - which button you used to select recovery - power button or vol.up button?
alkit said:
I do let go of the buttons as soon as it starts to reboot itself, but it doesn't start the bootloader
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You should let go only of power button and hold vol.down button (at least for me)
If your PC finds hardware - can you do fastboot devices to check whether it is actually recognized properly?
And last thing - which method you used to load recovery (and were you on ICS\JB)? You were rooted and used automated methods or you unlocked bootloader and wanted to root afterwards (manually through fastboot)?

Divina Angelus said:
Just of curiosity - which button you used to select recovery - power button or vol.up button?
You should let go only of power button and hold vol.down button (at least for me)
If your PC finds hardware - can you do fastboot devices to check whether it is actually recognized properly?
And last thing - which method you used to load recovery (and were you on ICS\JB)? You were rooted and used automated methods or you unlocked bootloader and wanted to root afterwards (manually through fastboot)?
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You are a GENIUS!!! A LIFE SAVER!!! I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am. BOTH of your points fixed the phone.
I could never get into recovery becuase I was pressing the power button. I could never get into fastboot becuase I was holding both the power and volume down button.
So, for anyone using a RAZR I... please note the following SIMPLE things:
1) In the bootloader menu, the power button does NOT select the option. The VOL UP button selects the option
2) To boot into BOOTLOADER : Hold both power and vol down buttons until the phone restarts, and then RELEASE the power button, while still HOLDING the volume down button! It will then load the bootloader.
Again, THANKS so so much for reviving my phone for me. I was going crazy without a phone!

alkit said:
You are a GENIUS!!! A LIFE SAVER!!! I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am. BOTH of your points fixed the phone.
I could never get into recovery becuase I was pressing the power button. I could never get into fastboot becuase I was holding both the power and volume down button.
So, for anyone using a RAZR I... please note the following SIMPLE things:
1) In the fastboot menu, the power button does NOT select the option. The VOL UP button selects the option
2) To boot into BOOTLOADER : Hold both power and vol down buttons until the phone restarts, and then RELEASE the power button, while still holding the volume down button! It will then load the bootloader.
Again, THANKS so so much for reviving my phone for me. I was going crazy without a phone!
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I was going through everything you've faced yesterday. So yeah, glad I was of help to someone else as well)

This has never happened to me before but don't stress one bit because nothing ever permanently bad comes from this. You can forget about it being destroyed. These aren't iPhones, haha. You can get it going again pretty easy I hear. Just don't stress because there is no point and you WILL get help. Just listen to what these experienced dudes are saying and you should be back on track. Good luck!
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UPDATE: Nice! Glad to see you got the help you needed and everything's back on track!

Nice that it is solved. I gave u the solution on my first post, but nice that someone els did a better job in explaining it
There is almost no possibilities to brick your device if u only flash things like the boot, system, recovery or data partition. They can he solved very easy. If u flash the other partitions like the radio u can get a problem.
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Hazou said:
Nice that it is solved. I gave u the solution on my first post, but nice that someone els did a better job in explaining it
There is almost no possibilities to brick your device if u only flash things like the boot, system, recovery or data partition. They can he solved very easy. If u flash the other partitions like the radio u can get a problem.
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You are 100% right. I just re-read your post, and noticed that you did mention those 2 points. I must've just read over them really quickly and didn't pay attention to the details of which buttons to press. :angel:
Thanks a ton for your help! Really appreciate it! :highfive:

Brick/Bootloop Huawei P8 Lite 2017

Hello everyone, I saw a few posts on this forum about other bricked phones, but my case is different (if its not then please link me the thread, Thanks).
Story: Today I decided that my unrooted phone wasn't enough for me, so I said: "Why not root?" . I have to add that I owned a LG Magna 3G before this Huawei P8 LIte 2017 and oh boi was the rooting procedure WAY HARDER(the huawei procedure)... I did well with my LG, but not so well with my Huawei. To be honest I was almost done but because I couldnt boot into TWRP, I decided to follow a guide I cant find cause I followed so many that my History is a mess (if anyone requests I will do some digging though). The guy suggested to someone that couldnt boot into TWRP (like me) that he should falsh TWRP>relock his OEM>Shutdown>Press a combination to go into recovery mode>???>Profit. I did just that but my device is now a 180 Euro brick.
Probelm: My device bootloops. Every time I shut it down (hold power key for 10sec), it reboots and gets stuck on the famous "Your device has been locked and can't be trusted. To learn more, BLAH BLAH BLAH. Your device is booting now...
I tried several key combinations, but whatever I do, when I hold my power key for 10sec, The huawei logo pops up for a second or two and then I get stuck on this screen again...
Sadly, I seem to have no connection between my PC and my device (adb can't find any connected device).
I also want to add that, after I was promted to relock my OEM, I removed the USB cable whoopsie.
What Im looking for:
A way to regain contact between my PC (adb) and my phone
A way to shutdown my device for now (and not forever... just for the night)
Someone to tell me that he had the same issue and took the following steps (Need clear answers and steps)
Anything else whatsoever
I don't think it's necessary to provide the files I used, since the reason my device is like this is because of my own stupidity:silly:
Thank you for your time.

You have to hold Power and Volume Up button pressed to boot into erecovery, not only power, check it.

grgzz said:
You have to hold Power and Volume Up button pressed to boot into erecovery, not only power, check it.
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Sorry for replying after 2 hours, I didn't get a notification.
I tried:
1. Holding the buttons until I see the "your device is booting..." message
2.Holding the buttons until it vibrates
3.Holding the buttons until I see the Huawei logo
Thanks for your time anyway

You press Volume Up + Power simultaneously, when you see the Huawei logo you release Power and hold Volume Up only until it boots to erecovery.

grgzz said:
You press Volume Up + Power simultaneously, when you see the Huawei logo you release Power and hold Volume Up only until it boots to erecovery.
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Tried this several times, no result.
Is there a more drastic solution to my stubborn phone?

Aneom7331 said:
Tried this several times, no result.
Is there a more drastic solution to my stubborn phone?
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The most drastic solution is the DC Phoenix software, not for free, if i am right they ask 15€ for 72 hours.

Not going to bother with this one tho... if I am very desperate, I might try to "borrow" it, but Im gonna seek other solutions until then.
Thanks for your time

On the "your device has been unlocked" hold the Volume up button until you boot to eRecovery. From there connect to wifi and restore stock rom. Afaik, erecovery should boot on bootlooped device. Give it a try
If this doesnt work, plug in to pc, and hold volume up + power, on huawei logo leave power button and hold volume up until you get to erecovery

aciupapa said:
On the "your device has been unlocked" hold the Volume up button until you boot to eRecovery. From there connect to wifi and restore stock rom. Afaik, erecovery should boot on bootlooped device. Give it a try
If this doesnt work, plug in to pc, and hold volume up + power, on huawei logo leave power button and hold volume up until you get to erecovery
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Hello, thanks for replying
My device is now good, only gapps are missing but I don't care too much. Here is what happened:
So, I left my phone unplugged from any power source during the night (meanwhile the screen couldn't turn off), although I swear I did this 20 times already, when I booted my device after I came back from my University, my phone booted into eRecovery... I downloaded the latest package and it seems to work just fine now, the only problem is that the gapps need to be flased via TWRP (that I don't think I have anymore, how ironic).
Thanks to all of you who cared about giving me a solution :victory: Have a fantastic day

If you want to have a complete working system, i suggest you to try to update using erecovery again. It should download full firmware with gapps etc

Aneom7331 said:
Hello, thanks for replying
My device is now good, only gapps are missing but I don't care too much. Here is what happened:
So, I left my phone unplugged from any power source during the night (meanwhile the screen couldn't turn off), although I swear I did this 20 times already, when I booted my device after I came back from my University, my phone booted into eRecovery... I downloaded the latest package and it seems to work just fine now, the only problem is that the gapps need to be flased via TWRP (that I don't think I have anymore, how ironic).
Thanks to all of you who cared about giving me a solution :victory: Have a fantastic day
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aciupapa said:
If you want to have a complete working system, i suggest you to try to update using erecovery again. It should download full firmware with gapps etc
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Well, that was what we told you to do at first time. Erecovery can bring it back to life easily. Now as you have already been told erecovery flashes the complete firmware, including gapps.
You can also try to update it through the settings menu, in the system update settings you press the three dots menu on the upper right corner and select download latest complete package.

grgzz said:
Well, that was what we told you to do at first time. Erecovery can bring it back to life easily. Now as you have already been told erecovery flashes the complete firmware, including gapps.
You can also try to update it through the settings menu, in the system update settings you press the three dots menu on the upper right corner and select download latest complete package.
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I know you told me first but, the difference was that, my phone had to ran out of battery to do this. In the end of my last reply I said thanks to all of you who cared, including you, you cared the most actualy

Aneom7331 said:
I know you told me first but, the difference was that, my phone had to ran out of battery to do this. In the end of my last reply I said thanks to all of you who cared, including you, you cared the most actualy
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Well, at least it works now.

Probably Hard Bricked

I have a G973F that I managed to root and get TWRP installed. I attempted to install the BeyondROM but wouldn't make it past the logo screen so I attempted to flash the original firmware for my device using Odin. There were no errors when I flashed the firmware but the system still didn't boot. I tried to do a factory reset from the recovery menu and it seemed like it completed but now my device will only turn on with "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed" at the top. It does not attempt to boot the OS and turns off a few seconds after I release the power button. I have held the Bixby+Vol Up buttons to attempt to get into recovery, doesn't work. I have held Bixby+Vol Down buttons and plugged my phone into my computer to try and boot download mode, doesn't work.
I can't do anything at this point. Does anyone have a way I can use to recover from this?

Hi I got plenty of times this msg "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed". You don't have to worry about it. Just try to flash Official Stock and it will be fine.

GearCEO said:
Hi I got plenty of times this msg "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed". You don't have to worry about it. Just try to flash Official Stock and it will be fine.
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Unfortunately I cannot get to download mode to do that. My phone turns on flashes the notice and then turns off. If I hold the power button it will stay on but Download Mode and Recovery cannot be booted to.

erukami said:
Unfortunately I cannot get to download mode to do that. My phone turns on flashes the notice and then turns off. If I hold the power button it will stay on but Download Mode and Recovery cannot be booted to.
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Thats the tricky part but I know its hard. Try to press together Bixby + Power button. As soon as it goes off then suddenly press Bixby + Volume Down button and attach data cable. I got the same issue because you have only few seconds to do it. If you cant do it then try to get some help of your friend or relatives etc. I am damn sure you can do this. You take reponsibility of buttons and tell your friend to attach the cable once it goes off. And sorry for my bad english

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Thats the tricky part but I know its hard. Try to press together Bixby + Power button. As soon as it goes off then suddenly press Bixby + Volume Down button and attach data cable. I got the same issue because you have only few seconds to do it. If you cant do it then try to get some help of your friend or relatives etc. I am damn sure you can do this. You take reponsibility of buttons and tell your friend to attach the cable once it goes off. And sorry for my bad english
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Your English is great and it worked as you said. I totally thought I was out the cost of this damn phone. Was that documented somewhere or did you randomly figure that out?

Its even easier - you can keep the cable attached. Had some story ...)

erukami said:
Your English is great and it worked as you said. I totally thought I was out the cost of this damn phone. Was that documented somewhere or did you randomly figure that out?
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I never thought my English is good. Hehehehehe By the way I figure this out because it happens to me many times I guess. Anyways glad I helped.

Stuck on the Options Menu with Broken Power Button

My OP3T power button has stopped working. I am going to replace the phone with OnePlus Nord. As the release is nearly 1 week away I have been trying to live with this phone for some time. I keep the phone powered up all the time. But yesterday night I suddenly lost 50% of the battery over night down to 0. So the phone switched off.
Trying to power up the phone I looked up some options online. One of the ways was to plug it in to the charger and use the volume key. As my bootloader is unlocked the volume key took me to the options menu. There I can see all the options - Power Off, Restart, Recovery etc. I can't select any option because the power button is broken. And I can't go back to the main power menu as well.
how do I come out of that menu?
how do I power on the phone?

vicky_ag said:
My OP3T power button has stopped working. I am going to replace the phone with OnePlus Nord. As the release is nearly 1 week away I have been trying to live with this phone for some time. I keep the phone powered up all the time. But yesterday night I suddenly lost 50% of the battery over night down to 0. So the phone switched off.
Trying to power up the phone I looked up some options online. One of the ways was to plug it in to the charger and use the volume key. As my bootloader is unlocked the volume key took me to the options menu. There I can see all the options - Power Off, Restart, Recovery etc. I can't select any option because the power button is broken. And I can't go back to the main power menu as well.
how do I come out of that menu?
how do I power on the phone?
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Without the power button you're screwed
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BillGoss said:
Without the power button you're screwed
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I left the phone as it is and once the power discharged I could experiment again. And I have tried these things. Writing them down in case people need help:
1. using this method:
https://www.techjunkie.com/how-to-turn-on-and-off-oneplus-3-with-broken-power-button/
But then using the volume down button doesn't do anything for me. The phone boots up and waits on the first screen - which says bootloader is unlocked. And then it goes to the second screen - which says drm-verity error message. And then it goes to the Oneplus Logo and gets stuck. Trying to use the volume down to cancel doesn't work. When I connect the phone to my pc, it gives me error - "usb has malfunctioned". I tried using a friend's Ubuntu just in case of issues with Windows 10. Ubuntu doesn't recognize the phone at all. So that is a no-go.
2. Same method as above instead using the volume up button. The phone doesn't boot up at all and neither it is recognized by the computer.
3. Call up Oneplus support center for button replacement. If you are in Bangalore, India you are out of luck. OP has stopped supplying OP3T parts for over a year now.
I thought there might be a way to get into fastboot mode using just volume keys and then I could do "fastboot reboot". It looks like I am wrong.

vicky_ag said:
I left the phone as it is and once the power discharged I could experiment again. And I have tried these things. Writing them down in case people need help:
1. using this method:
https://www.techjunkie.com/how-to-turn-on-and-off-oneplus-3-with-broken-power-button/
But then using the volume down button doesn't do anything for me. The phone boots up and waits on the first screen - which says bootloader is unlocked. And then it goes to the second screen - which says drm-verity error message. And then it goes to the Oneplus Logo and gets stuck. Trying to use the volume down to cancel doesn't work. When I connect the phone to my pc, it gives me error - "usb has malfunctioned". I tried using a friend's Ubuntu just in case of issues with Windows 10. Ubuntu doesn't recognize the phone at all. So that is a no-go.
2. Same method as above instead using the volume up button. The phone doesn't boot up at all and neither it is recognized by the computer.
3. Call up Oneplus support center for button replacement. If you are in Bangalore, India you are out of luck. OP has stopped supplying OP3T parts for over a year now.
I thought there might be a way to get into fastboot mode using just volume keys and then I could do "fastboot reboot". It looks like I am wrong.
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Nice find!
Thanks for sharing this info.
So I decided to test the method and found:
- it works just as well with plugging into a computer as into a charger.
- you can take your finger of the volume-down button as soon as you feel the phone buzz and the phone boots into recovery
- if you keep the button pressed until you see the dm-verity screen (on unlocked bootloader) nothing happens until you take your finger off and then it'll reboot into recovery
- it does not work using volume-up, in other words it won't boot into fastboot. In fact trying to do this seems to prevent the volume-down method from working. Having tested volume-up I couldn't get volume-down to work until I had actually booted up (using power button) and then powered off.
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BillGoss said:
Nice find!
Thanks for sharing this info.
So I decided to test the method and found:
- it works just as well with plugging into a computer as into a charger.
- you can take your finger of the volume-down button as soon as you feel the phone buzz and the phone boots into recovery
- if you keep the button pressed until you see the dm-verity screen (on unlocked bootloader) nothing happens until you take your finger off and then it'll reboot into recovery
- it does not work using volume-up, in other words it won't boot into fastboot. In fact trying to do this seems to prevent the volume-down method from working. Having tested volume-up I couldn't get volume-down to work until I had actually booted up (using power button) and then powered off.
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Thank you for testing that. I am confused though. On booting up I get two screens followed by the Oneplus logo. The first screen says "phone has been unlocked" and second is the drm-verity screen. Do you see only the drm-verity screen?
When I use the volume down button I get stuck on the Oneplus logo. The phone doesn't boot into recovery. Does that happen when you experimented with the volume up button? I mean if you use volume up first and then tried volume down does it get stuck on the logo?

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Thank you for testing that. I am confused though. On booting up I get two screens followed by the Oneplus logo. The first screen says "phone has been unlocked" and second is the drm-verity screen. Do you see only the drm-verity screen?
When I use the volume down button I get stuck on the Oneplus logo. The phone doesn't boot into recovery. Does that happen when you experimented with the volume up button? I mean if you use volume up first and then tried volume down does it get stuck on the logo?
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This is the first screen I get (picture) after volume down, then I end up in TWRP (I'm not using stock recovery). Also, I'm running a custom rom.
I never get any response if I use volume up.
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BillGoss said:
This is the first screen I get (picture) after volume down, then I end up in TWRP (I'm not using stock recovery). Also, I'm running a custom rom.
I never get any response if I use volume up.
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I got the power button fixed from unofficial shop. And the first thing I did was to test the volume button to recovery process. I'm on TWRP but the official OOS Rom. And it still doesn't work. I am stuck on the Oneplus Logo. Next I tried rebooting directly to TWRP using the Reboot app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stephansmolek.reboot&hl=en_IN
And while it takes me to TWRP I am stuck on the TWRP logo screen. On searching I found this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/help/twrp-stuck-splash-screen-t3541037
So, the process works only if the phone can get past the TWRP splash screen.
If not, the phone will get stuck on the OnePlus logo and the only choice is to get it repaired. And repairing will happen at unofficial shops because Oneplus has stopped shipping OP3T parts.

vicky_ag said:
I got the power button fixed from unofficial shop. And the first thing I did was to test the volume button to recovery process. I'm on TWRP but the official OOS Rom. And it still doesn't work. I am stuck on the Oneplus Logo. Next I tried rebooting directly to TWRP using the Reboot app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stephansmolek.reboot&hl=en_IN
And while it takes me to TWRP I am stuck on the TWRP logo screen. On searching I found this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/help/twrp-stuck-splash-screen-t3541037
So, the process works only if the phone can get past the TWRP splash screen.
If not, the phone will get stuck on the OnePlus logo and the only choice is to get it repaired. And repairing will happen at unofficial shops because Oneplus has stopped shipping OP3T parts.
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Glad you managed to get the button repaired.
Fyi, I've never had issues with TWRP and f2fs formatted data partition. In fact, that's what I have currently.
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BillGoss said:
Glad you managed to get the button repaired.
Fyi, I've never had issues with TWRP and f2fs formatted data partition. In fact, that's what I have currently.
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I tried re-installing TWRP and found this:
https://twrp.me/oneplus/oneplusthree.html
This means that swiping to allow system modifications will prevent you from being able to boot if you are using the stock kernel. In order to bypass dm-verity's boot prevention, you will have to install a kernel that has dm-verity disabled in the fstab.
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Maybe, the stock kernel is the issue? I am on [email protected] A custom rom might have another kernel? And the process works on stock recovery on stock kernel?

vicky_ag said:
I tried re-installing TWRP and found this:
https://twrp.me/oneplus/oneplusthree.html
Maybe, the stock kernel is the issue? I am on [email protected] A custom rom might have another kernel? And the process works on stock recovery on stock kernel?
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You could use the patched kernel from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/dm-verity-disable-oxygen-os-t3922324/post79357241
Alternatively, if you install Magisk it will automatically patch the kernel.
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Magisk it will automatically patch the kernel.
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Just for accuracy: magisk doesn't patch the kernel (would be a bit tough to supply binary positions for each and every single kernel - yes, they differ from build to build - but some files in the boot partition. Droping the tripped verity bit is done by magisk after booting the kernel (that's why magisk will fail on that as soon as the safetynet api starts to use hardware backed checks for bl status - hopefully we can work around that with patched kernel sources).