Sorry for posting so much, i feel like a retard. Anyway, how do I know what bootloader i have or am running?
killerbeans said:
Sorry for posting so much, i feel like a retard. Anyway, how do I know what bootloader i have or am running?
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Press and hold the record button then plug in usb cable or charger.(the cable to the phone must be electrified ) Then you will see.
Or press and hold the record button and camera button and the same time, then press the power(red) button.
Got it
Thanks for your help!
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Hi everyone I have the att sx56 and the serial cable. I am kinda new to this stuff. I dont know how to put this phone on to Bootloader mode. Thanks for your help
whoknowsbull said:
I dont know how to put this phone on to Bootloader mode.
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Press and hold the power button. While doing this, momentarily and gently press stylus in largest of two holes on the bottom.
http://xda-developers.com/bootloader
hi all,
after using task29 my system is now pretty much down. it's stuck at the htc screen as described in various threads an tutorials. usually this problem could be solved by using the bootloader (pressing volume down an power) i guess.
BUT:
Bootloader is not loading at all! i tried all variations of pressing an holding the buttons. the phone just vibrates once and a black htc screen appears...thats it. hard reset by holding all 3 buttons doesn't work either.
has anybody experienced this problem and found a way to solve it?
by the way: i was running goatrip 4.9 an had severe battery drain. so i decided to do it all new from scratch by using task29....went kind of wrong
please excuse my poor english!
yours, gamble87
any ideas?
after using task 29 you have wiped youre phone so it wont boot!!!
take youre battery out put it in hold volume down and keep holding and just press the power button dont keep holding the power button just press it.
What 3 buttons to hard reset!!! maybe you should of read up a little bit more first mate
believe me i've tried that a thousand times now . holding volume down and holding/pressing power (tried both). i also tried with and without being connected via usb. even tried with leaving the battery out a whole day and then reinserting it. no success....
with all 3 buttons i meant volume down + volume up + power button. at least this is what you read in the forums and see in various tutorials on the tube to do a hard reset when you're not using the sense menu...
i've been searching this forum for about 10 hours now...everyone else is able to manage this problem by getting into the bootloader, but not me. in fact this exactly is my problem, it just won't load....maybe theres a hardware problem...volume buttons broken perhaps. i really don't know
i'm trying to describe my problem as good as i can but i fear theres only a little left from what i learned at school
Gamble87 said:
hard reset by holding all 3 buttons doesn't work either.
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Demon_man said:
What 3 buttons to hard reset!!! maybe you should of read up a little bit more first mate
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Gamble87 said:
with all 3 buttons i meant volume down + volume up + power button. at least this is what you read in the forums and see in various tutorials on the tube to do a hard reset when you're not using the sense menu...
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thats not how you hard reset.
There is no situation where you hold power.
To hard reset
Press, hold and keep holding volume UP and volume DOWN - you may find you get a much better press by removing the battery cover.
Tap AND RELEASE power, DO NOT keep power pressed.
I will repeat the part about removing the battery cover to get a better press, and also add that pressing first one violume, then the other also helps, rather than trying to press them both together.(Its one piece of plastic is the volume rocker, it isnt really meant to be pressed at both ends) Press one end till you feel the click of the button connecting, and then press the other end, till you feel the connection, and only then TAP AND RELEASE power.
samsamuel said:
To hard reset
Press, hold and keep holding volume UP and volume DOWN - you may find you get a much better press by removing the battery cover.
Tap AND RELEASE power, DO NOT keep power pressed.
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thanks for your advice, but as i said, this is exactly what i tried...tried both just to be sure. both doesn't work....
heh, OK, just checking, your initial posts said you HELD all three buttons, hence myself and demon_man querying it.
Best of luck, sorry cant help.
Gamble87 said:
thanks for your advice, but as i said, this is exactly what i tried...tried both just to be sure. both doesn't work....
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Have you tried flashing a stock rom yet? Might, maybe fix it... otherwise, sounds like your device is dead...
dotnetguyaz said:
Have you tried flashing a stock rom yet? Might, maybe fix it... otherwise, sounds like your device is dead...
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hmm can i do this without getting into the bootloader? is there a way?
because i think the device won't scan my sd-card when its not in bootloader mode...thats what i read so far...
Gamble87 said:
hmm can i do this without getting into the bootloader? is there a way?
because i think the device won't scan my sd-card when its not in bootloader mode...thats what i read so far...
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Crap, right. I missed that. Not sure what to tell you at this point aside from returning your device (if they can't get into bootloader either and cannot hard reset it, then they can't fault you for a custom rom). Just play real dumb if/when you return it.
dotnetguyaz said:
Just play real dumb if/when you return it.
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yeah i will "what custom rom? i just switched my phone off and it never started again! evil htc!"
Gamble87 said:
yeah i will "what custom rom? i just switched my phone off and it never started again! evil htc!"
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Well, leave off the evil HTC part... we like HTC (to an extent)... lol
no more ideas?
Gamble87 said:
no more ideas?
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Hmm, i think you have tried everything. Getting in the bootloader is the key. If you cant reach that spot there mate, i think your phone is dead. Try sending it to HTC for repair.
This is really frustrating >.< i've powered down my devce held Vol - / Vol + and plugged in the cable while holding power then released when it vibrated. Did the same without holding power and still it keep bringing me into the recovery menu ._. anyone?
xXcybersniperXx said:
This is really frustrating >.< i've powered down my devce held Vol - / Vol + and plugged in the cable while holding power then released when it vibrated. Did the same without holding power and still it keep bringing me into the recovery menu ._. anyone?
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Hold Up, Down, Insert cable.
Hold Up, Down, Power. Hold till screen appears.
adb reboot download or bootloader - Havent tried that one, just off the top of my head.
If no, then you flashed something way wrong and need a jig, your doing it wrong, or if stock, phone is messed up.
xXcybersniperXx said:
This is really frustrating >.< i've powered down my devce held Vol - / Vol + and plugged in the cable while holding power then released when it vibrated. Did the same without holding power and still it keep bringing me into the recovery menu ._. anyone?
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Take battery out, hold volume down and plug the cable. You will enter to download mode. Put battery back.
fakhri said:
Take battery out, hold volume down and plug the cable. You will enter to download mode. Put battery back.
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I've never heard of that one.
Works. Thanks for sharing
MotoMudder77 said:
I've never heard of that one.
Works. Thanks for sharing
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Try! You will see.
fakhri said:
Take battery out, hold volume down and plug the cable. You will enter to download mode. Put battery back.
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I've known to pull battery and use normal sequence (vol+, vol-). This works sometimes when it won't boot with the battery in.
Just tested, and this works equally well with only vol- and also with only vol+, as well as with both buttons. Good to know.
creepyncrawly said:
I've known to pull battery and use normal sequence (vol+, vol-). This works sometimes when it won't boot with the battery in.
Just tested, and this works equally well with only vol- and also with only vol+, as well as with both buttons. Good to know.
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Wow, Creepy just learned something new! No surprise that I didnt know it then .
So the problem is, my hero won't boot, when i press the power button, it goes to HBOOT. I did some search and it only goes there if i hold the volume down and press the power button. I had this problem before, when i accidentally split some beer on my phone. Eventually it fixed, i guess it dried. I wonder if i connect the phone to my computer, can I use commands or something like that to boot. I have never used commands, I hope someone can help me.
Well to go to hboot on hero you need to press volume down button and power, is your volume down button sticked, you said you spilled beer on it.
kemoba said:
Well to go to hboot on hero you need to press volume down button and power, is your volume down button sticked, you said you spilled beer on it.
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yes but the beer accident was 6 month ago, now it got wet because of the rain yesterday :s I know it sticked, but can i somehow boot using commands or something. Do you have an idea?
Well you cant, that sticked volume I think will override all commands
Than the only thing left is to pray i guess
thanks btw
Take it apart and clean the volume buttons a bit
i will try it tomorrow, hope it will work. is it possible to disable the volume buttons? can that fix the problem? i mean i can live without that, i can change the volume in the music player...
so, i took it apart, cleaned it as much as i could, but didn't help
i will leave it alone for a few days and hopefully i will work again
Hmm, that is weird, did you try to root, S-OFF, update hboot on your phone prior to that accident ?
well, it's rooted, but i didn't do any of those two I think. I did it 1 year ago, so before the accident, and put a ROM on it.
a miracle happened! it's working again!!! :victory:
thanks for your help
Hello all.
Ok so i have a Tab that has a broken power button, i can get it to charge and everything but i wanna know if i can turn it on some how with out the power button ?
Tried to connect it to pc but it only starts charching, i tried a screwdrive to press on the button inside the shell but that dosent help either so please does any one have a clue on how i can get it on ?
And i dont have warrenty!
Thanks in advanced.
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I fixed it, i cracked it open and lay a little piecie of foil over the button so now it works.
JB_ said:
Hello all.
Ok so i have a Tab that has a broken power button, i can get it to charge and everything but i wanna know if i can turn it on some how with out the power button ?
Tried to connect it to pc but it only starts charching, i tried a screwdrive to press on the button inside the shell but that dosent help either so please does any one have a clue on how i can get it on ?
And i dont have warrenty!
Thanks in advanced.
EDIT:
I fixed it, i cracked it open and lay a little piecie of foil over the button so now it works.
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I bought a replacement button set (power, volume up/down) from a seller on eBay. Worked great.
Hi, where you buy replacement button set??
k1mu said:
I bought a replacement button set (power, volume up/down) from a seller on eBay. Worked great.
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hi, where you buy it? on ebay i not find it? thank you for reply.Jiri
orangebud23 said:
hi, where you buy it? on ebay i not find it? thank you for reply.Jiri
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Not sure exactly what model you have, but did you see these?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=samsung+galaxy+tab+power+button