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[Q] Bought an unlock code, phone stuck in grey screen

Hey people!
I bought an AT&T Motorola Atrix HD and an unlock code. I typed the code and pressed ok. No I see a grey background (stuck in power on screen). I see the status bar and the wifi sign but that's all. I can't even turn the phone off with the button. Please help me!
Thanks, Greg

This may sound a little stupid, but did you try a power cycle? phone off, phone on?
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Press the power button once (without holding it) like you're locking the phone. The screen will turn black, now press it again, you'll see the lockscreen now press and hold the power button till you see the power off option coming up.
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There's always power + volume up combo as well if you're jammed up
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[Q] how to enter stock recovery in JB

Hi all,
My phone is EU retail, locked, unrooted. I updated from ICS to JB via manual download of the update and installation via SD card as explained in one of the more popular threads here. Now after the JB update, I want to enter recovery in order to clear the cache.
With ICS, I was perfectly capable to enter the stock recovery. Press power + vol. down for a few seconds, and the (fastboot?) menu appreaed where I could select recovery. Then the dead robot shows up, I pressu vol. up + vol. down and I had the expected options. Now on JB however, this does not work. It does not matter how long i hold power + vol.down, it always boots the system. When I press power + vol. down and keep holding the two buttons, the green LED goes on and off, then the phone vibrates, showes the red M and seemingly starts to boot. Then the screen goes off and it repeats the 3 steps (LED, vibrate, red M) but then goes on to boot up the system...
Is this supposed to happen?

Same here. It looks like there is no Recovery installed at all, so will try to flash one tonight.
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I'm new to Motorola so need to ask...what is this stock recovery for? Is it the same as a typical 'custom recovery'? I've never heard of a manufacturer putting on in their ROM...so can I do a normal backup of a ROM or no? Thanks

AW: [Q] how to enter stock recovery in JB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37784402
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HSD-Pilot said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37784402
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Thanks, this releasing of the power button while still holding vol. down works reliable to get into fastboot. However, when I select recovery, the screen goes black? Something is not quite right with my phone...
Edit: I seem to get the hang of it. Now I finally get into recovery. When I select it from the fastboot menu, the screen gets black for a couple of seconds and then the dead robot appears. To get the options in recovery, I press both vol up + down at the same time twice. Initially, the layout in recovery is broken up. Just two blue lines at the top and a few characters in green at the left border. Once I press any of the volume buttons, the options finally appear.

Hmm I have not gotten into recovery on JB even once...can't get in.

help please!!
i have de same problem
when i push power button, the green led turns on for a few seconds and then the phone get off... i can not enter into recovery mode either
anyone know how to fix it or fix it already
thanks!! :crying:

The above tip doesn't work for me - either my timing is wrong or I don't understand the instuctions.
Someone else kindly explained it differently and eventually I got it working. That was posted in some other thread and I don't think it was directly related to recovery - I can't even find that post now!
I have found people saying they've got root on the RAZR M on locked bootloader Jelly Bean...but you need to access stock recovery which I can't do now.

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... That was posted in some other thread and I don't think it was directly related to recovery - I can't even find that post now!
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Do you mean this post?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37784402#post37784402

That's the original post...I don't fully understand it.
I am grateful to that poster for trying help people - so I don't want to be misunderstood! :good:
If I were to describe the boot process to someone, nothing 'vibrates' - so I don't understand that. My phone doesn't vibrate when boot begins, and no 'i' vibrates either. Also, there are two 'i's. There is the i in Intel and in Inside. I'm guessing it's the first i. Believe me, I have tried 10 combinations like 50 times. I know it can be done, but can't do it using that post.
Nope, someone else explained it differently and I got it the first time. It wasn't a recovery thread so it's hard to find now.

Your Razr does not vibrate after boot? This is strange. Ok, let me try to describe the process based on my Razr i. (As simple as possible)
1. The mobile is turned off
2. Press and hold the Vol- button
3. Now press and hold the Power button and observe the green light. It turns on at the same time I press the Power button. The green light is on for approx. 2 seconds than it turns off.
4. Just at the moment when the green light turns off my Razr vibrates twice within 1 second.
5. I need to release the Power button before the 2. vibration and at least 0,5 seconds later the Vol- button. This is the point to get in the fast boot menu.
Without any vibration you should try to release the Power button just at the moment when the green light turns off - followed by releasing the Vol- button 0,5 seconds later.

-AdMiRaL- said:
Your Razr does not vibrate after boot? This is strange. Ok, let me try to describe the process based on my Razr i. (As simple as possible)
1. The mobile is turned off
2. Press and hold the Vol- button
3. Now press and hold the Power button and observe the green light. It turns on at the same time I press the Power button. The green light is on for approx. 2 seconds than it turns off.
4. Just at the moment when the green light turns off my Razr vibrates twice within 1 second.
5. I need to release the Power button before the 2. vibration and at least 0,5 seconds later the Vol- button. This is the point to get in the fast boot menu.
Without any vibration you should try to release the Power button just at the moment when the green light turns off - followed by releasing the Vol- button 0,5 seconds later.
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CHAMPION!!!! I understand that perfectly and it worked first time!!! :laugh: :victory: :good:
I'm saving that on a file on my desktop. Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaampion!!

SharpnShiny said:
CHAMPION!!!! I understand that perfectly and it worked first time!!! :laugh: :victory: :good:
I'm saving that on a file on my desktop. Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaampion!!
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It was my pleasure to help you.

iam havin galaxy s3 mini and it is locked because of too many pattern tries and i dno m google a/c nor youtube. i tried bypassing it but couldnt!! atlast i thought of reset by entering recovery. bt wen i tried(power buttn+menu+vol up) it doesnt enter recovery!! i tried again still no gain. i kept holding fo few seconds it showd samsung logo and thn vibrate and again screen got off again logo...i released buttons, thn phone got ON. but didnt enter recovery mode
any help?? i want to reset my phone because its locked..
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sect0r8 said:
iam havin galaxy s3 mini and it is locked because of too many pattern tries and i dno m google a/c nor youtube. i tried bypassing it but couldnt!! atlast i thought of reset by entering recovery. bt wen i tried(power buttn+menu+vol up) it doesnt enter recovery!! i tried again still no gain. i kept holding fo few seconds it showd samsung logo and thn vibrate and again screen got off again logo...i released buttons, thn phone got ON. but didnt enter recovery mode
any help?? i want to reset my phone because its locked..
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Why did you post in Razr i forum? Wouldn'd it be more effective to post in Galaxy S3 mini forum?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1831

Phone frozen in aroma installer for trickdroid, won't reboot.

Any thing I can do besides wait for it to die? Icons flash but phone won't reboot no matter how long I hold power.

cdillio said:
Any thing I can do besides wait for it to die? Icons flash but phone won't reboot no matter how long I hold power.
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Okay I got it to show up in adb and rebooted it. Now I am stuck at the boot screen and I can't get to recovery, and it won't show up in adb.

just happened to me and adb does not work either.
Edit - Phew just fixed it. Had to install the driver again and got it to reboot with adb.

To reboot the phone without ADB, just hold down the Vol Up and power button for 9 seconds, the phone should shut down. If it doesn't try again. Might take a try or two but I've always been able to reboot that way after Aroma hard freezes.

jeb101 said:
To reboot the phone without ADB, just hold down the Vol Up and power button for 9 seconds, the phone should shut down. If it doesn't try again. Might take a try or two but I've always been able to reboot that way after Aroma hard freezes.
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Actually to force reboot into recovery it's power+ vol down.
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blackangst said:
Actually to force reboot into recovery it's power+ vol down.
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I didn't mean reboot into recovery, this is just to shut the phone down after it froze and you can't do anything else. Like when Aroma crashes. I don't know if it's a real button combo, but I found that it worked, it just happened that last night that I reinstalled my rom and tweaks for trickdroid, and it would freeze. I found holding down power and immediately pushing the Vol Up button, after 9 seconds it will shut down. If it doesn't, try again. It'll work, frustrating, but it works.
On a side note, is there a manual out there somewhere that has all the button combos?
Force shutdown, recovery, bootloader, Safemode, stuff like that.
No issues force shutting down the phone using what I did, or getting into fastboot & recovery and stuff, but would be nice if there would be a writeup or a guide on this.
Cheers

Sometimes the forced shutdown doesn't work. You can sometimes use adb to reboot but that doesn't always work either. You just have to let the battery die.

Yep, experiencing this right now! the button combo doesn't work, adb wont recognize the phone, waiting for it to die

skedi said:
Yep, experiencing this right now! the button combo doesn't work, adb wont recognize the phone, waiting for it to die
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put your phone under a bright light then hold power+volume down.

skinsfanbdh said:
put your phone under a bright light then hold power+volume down.
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Holy lord, it worked! Wtf? Haha! How the hell did the light have anything to do with it?! That's bananas!

skinsfanbdh said:
put your phone under a bright light then hold power+volume down.
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u sir , is the hope of this world . thanks
adb got stuck , buttons wont respond but nothing can ever stop this guys magic.:good:
u r the bro of the bros. Xda won't be Xda without you anymore

hahaha... omg... that light thing worked! Can someone explain why that works???? lol.

The leading hypothesis is that HTC built in a safe guard against you accidently managing to push PWR + VOL DWN when your phone is in your pocket.
I really wish I could remember who I got that fix from--that guy deserves a medal!

unremarked said:
The leading hypothesis is that HTC built in a safe guard against you accidently managing to push PWR + VOL DWN when your phone is in your pocket.
I really wish I could remember who I got that fix from--that guy deserves a medal!
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Yea I know I deserve it
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I have learnt my lesson the last time when I flashed in aroma when I figure out the bright light thing and promised never to take that chance again if i do use aroma to flash anything I dont even touch the screen I use the power button to select and vol up and dwn keys to navigate and make sure I'm at 10% battery in case I get stuck
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wow......... i was going nnuts untill i found this thread!

Crap...this worked for me too! Amazing...

unremarked said:
The leading hypothesis is that HTC built in a safe guard against you accidently managing to push PWR + VOL DWN when your phone is in your pocket.
I really wish I could remember who I got that fix from--that guy deserves a medal!
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Hey what's sup
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gunnyman said:
Sometimes the forced shutdown doesn't work. You can sometimes use adb to reboot but that doesn't always work either. You just have to let the battery die.
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Usually when the phone is stuck like that it is registered in ur pc as the phone being off so nothing works when the phone is frozen in aroma lol the only thing that works on the phone is the sensor in that case. I am not too sure but I know for sure the sensor have something to do with the light adjustment of ur screen light when ur in the sun it gets brighter when ur in the dark it gets dimmer even putting the phone to ur ear the sensor tells the screen to turn off and on. Even with the soft keys they don't light up until night time. So when ur phone freezes like that the only thing that knows the screen is actually on is the sensor and if ur in the dark the sensor would not detect it as being on until u put it in some light which makes the power button shut the phone off. This works on HTC Butterfly and the htc one series plenty ppl asked me about it lately on the one x and so on
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skinsfanbdh said:
put your phone under a bright light then hold power+volume down.
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You. Are. A. Genius. Just f***ing incredible. My phone was stuck on the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen for 15+ minutes with no button combinations working. Flip on the light in my room and BAM the phone reboots. You're a genius

Awesome!
Awesome! Thanks!!!

Nice Tip
Thank you for sharing this i was allready getting crazy about this Problem.

[Q] Wont turn on, No LED

I'm running a rooted phone with Venom Rom and TWRP. Last night I decided it would be a good idea to make a backup of my phone. So I restarted to recovery using the option in Venom and then made a backup in twrp. When it was done, I rebooted my phone and it got stuck at the HTC startup screen. I reset it and this time once the screen went black, it stayed black. Now I cannot turn it on no matter how long I hold the power button for and the charging led does not turn on when its plugged in. When I plug the phone into a pc, the pc will me the connected noise but I cannot get to the files or anything. I tried removing my sim card and I still cant boot up. Any ideas?

wolfhunter9154 said:
I'm running a rooted phone with Venom Rom and TWRP. Last night I decided it would be a good idea to make a backup of my phone. So I restarted to recovery using the option in Venom and then made a backup in twrp. When it was done, I rebooted my phone and it got stuck at the HTC startup screen. I reset it and this time once the screen went black, it stayed black. Now I cannot turn it on no matter how long I hold the power button for and the charging led does not turn on when its plugged in. When I plug the phone into a pc, the pc will me the connected noise but I cannot get to the files or anything. I tried removing my sim card and I still cant boot up. Any ideas?
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Press and hold power+vol down buttons, while connecting/disconnecting it from your pc..
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n1234d said:
Press and hold power+vol down buttons, while connecting/disconnecting it from your pc..
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What do you mean while connecting/disconnecting? I plugged my phone into the pc and held the power and volume button and all it did was play the connect and disconnect noise several times.
EDIT: So I think i just fixed it, I held the power button and both volume buttons down for 7 minutes and it finally turned on, but it is showing 5% battery, even though when it shut off it had 40%

wolfhunter9154 said:
What do you mean while connecting/disconnecting? I plugged my phone into the pc and held the power and volume button and all it did was play the connect and disconnect noise several times.
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See, the same thing happened to me sometime back.. What I did was shine a flashlight on the light sensor while holding the power+vol down buttons, that didn't seem to work
Then what I did was hold the button combination for around 10secs till the buttons below the screen flash, then connect it to your pc while keeping the combination pressed... Eventually your phone lights should stop blinking and you should boot to hboot..
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n1234d said:
See, the same thing happened to me sometime back.. What I did was shine a flashlight on the light sensor while holding the power+vol down buttons, that didn't seem to work
Then what I did was hold the button combination for around 10secs till the buttons below the screen flash, then connect it to your pc while keeping the combination pressed... Eventually your phone lights should stop blinking and you should boot to hboot..
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Good, now charge the phone till 100 and let it discharge completely before charging it back to 100.. This should recalibrate the battery, and should start giving you the right percentages..
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mitves monroe
Ok, thanks a lot!

Mi A2 power button suddenly not working and No Command

Hey guys. I own a Mi A2 since November without any issues. But this morning, suddenly the power button is not working. I thought something is wrong with the switch, but when i double tap it, it takes me to camera app (short cut button) which explain the button works fine, but i cant turn off the LCD/lock the screen. Then I restart the phone by long pressing the power button and it resets, but then after Android One logo, a "No Command" pop up on the screen. As I'm confused, i long press the power button again, and it's restarting just fine. Is there something wrong? I am not modifying/installing/routing the phone at all. Well I'm just curious what happened as it's really worrying me. Thanks!

Same issue
I have the EXACT same problem, plus my volume up button doesn't work, and sometimes the system randomly increases the volume. I was wondering if you have found a solution to this problem and would like to share it with me, I hope you'll see this and respond to it.
Thank you very much in advance.

Adhito said:
Hey guys. I own a Mi A2 since November without any issues. But this morning, suddenly the power button is not working. I thought something is wrong with the switch, but when i double tap it, it takes me to camera app (short cut button) which explain the button works fine, but i cant turn off the LCD/lock the screen. Then I restart the phone by long pressing the power button and it resets, but then after Android One logo, a "No Command" pop up on the screen. As I'm confused, i long press the power button again, and it's restarting just fine. Is there something wrong? I am not modifying/installing/routing the phone at all. Well I'm just curious what happened as it's really worrying me. Thanks!
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Bug with your system ...remove the short cut for jumping to camera with double tap ..in fact remove ALL extra functions there that isn't acting as power butty
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yusuf192 said:
I have the EXACT same problem, plus my volume up button doesn't work, and sometimes the system randomly increases the volume. I was wondering if you have found a solution to this problem and would like to share it with me, I hope you'll see this and respond to it.
Thank you very much in advance.
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Your problem is different ..if volume is increasing by itself it means your button is physically getting stuck ..
Open your device and check if something is putting pressure on the buttons or making them getting stuck
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