I just had my prime wipe itself because of the way i put it down! I was ready to go to bed and put it on my nightstand on its edge. A few minutes later I hear a loud vibration and i look up to see a screen is showing saying its wiping all user data.
It tuns out if you hold the volume down button it goes into some kind of recovery mode and the if you press volume down twice it confirms the wipe. Bad news is that if you set it down on its left edge the volume down button gets held down and automaticly confirms the wipe.
So I learned my lesson but I wanted to post this as a warning to everyone else.
Hmmm, wonder if one could obtain root while in this stock recovery mode...
the thought did cross my mind. At least if i had root i could get a solid backup.
I want to go into that mode but I'm scared I'll accident reset it
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Pretty much my phone wigged out started flashing between the lock screen and the keypad to unlock, so i took the battery out and it resolved the problem, but let to another. In which my phone is now stuck in safe mode and i can not get out of it for the life of me, ive done everything, called tech support and motorola but they told me to do everthing i already did, so they are sending me a replacement, but my question is there any other way to fix the problem besides, factory reset/data wipe, power down power on holding vol up and down etc.
What is safe mode
What is on the screen
all the normal screens it just has a tab in the lower left hand corner that says safe mode, doesnt allow you to use and apps, well downloaded apps, you can boot into safe mode by powering down and then powering on by holding down vol up and vol down and power button, and they told me to that to see if it would take it out of safe mode but it didnt happen
Ive been messing around with this for a few days now with no luck.
My was acting sluggish a few days back so i restarted it. Well low and behold Im getting the "Starting RSD protocol support" message on top of the dual core logo now.
I've searched around, and have have tried all i can think of. I have SBFed the phone multiple times, using the tutorial here, with no luck.
After SBFing the phone it just returns to the same state.
The battery IS fully charged, so we can rule that out. Maybe, just maybe, the volume toggle is stuck but it clicks up and down with no issues.
Anyone have any ideas? Ive been pulling my hair out on this one. Phone is on Verizon prepaid so its grandfathered in at 95/month UNLIMITED data , and they dont seem to willing to let me switch back to my Droid X or anything else for that matter.
Thanks in advance for anyone with ANY ideas or suggestions.
edit as a side note i have been rooted for 6 months no issue/and am on Eclipse. I had not changed any settings in a few months and had not installed any apps in a few week. This was pretty out of the blue.
My first thought (before I read you had this thought also) was that your volume up button might be stuck. Or the trigger inside anyway. If thats the case, you will probably have to find a way to get that button off but I have no idea if thats possible without breaking your phone. Other than that, I dont know what else could cause it. Especially if you SBF and it still does it.
Try this to see if you have a faulty volume button. Turn the phone off and turn it back on while holding the volume DOWN button. I forget what the first option is but it will say something at the top. first of all, if your volume button is stuck in the up position, it might start whatever the first option is. If not, press the volume down button until you get to Android Recovery. Then press up. If you do this, I'm guessing your volume up button is working as it should. Pressing up will start the recovery. When you see the triangle image, press volume up and volume down at the same time. try wiping cache and data and restart and see if that does anything.
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My first thought (before I read you had this thought also) was that your volume up button might be stuck. Or the trigger inside anyway. If thats the case, you will probably have to find a way to get that button off but I have no idea if thats possible without breaking your phone. Other than that, I dont know what else could cause it. Especially if you SBF and it still does it.
Try this to see if you have a faulty volume button. Turn the phone off and turn it back on while holding the volume DOWN button. I forget what the first option is but it will say something at the top. first of all, if your volume button is stuck in the up position, it might start whatever the first option is. If not, press the volume down button until you get to Android Recovery. Then press up. If you do this, I'm guessing your volume up button is working as it should. Pressing up will start the recovery. When you see the triangle image, press volume up and volume down at the same time. try wiping cache and data and restart and see if that does anything.
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Yeah, I should have included that, it wont go into recovery by pressing the down button while turning on. Guess it might be the actual switch. Anyone have any ideas on that?
edit And suprise if you hold the up button while turning on you get the RSD support msg! (if its working properly) Its gotta be something hardware at this point. i hope not...
Yeah, if you hold Up while powering on, it will start RSD automatically. If you hold down, it gives you other options to scroll through. It could very well be hardware related if that isnt working. Unless someone else has anything else to say about it.
So I had loved my Razr and my fiance got my a 4S so i ditched the razr and for some reason went to the iPhone. I just found my Razr in a drawer in my garage and its time to go back to my Droid, I missed it so much.
Thing is I plugged it in and let it charge for an hour or two and its stuck on the Moto insignia/dual core boot screen.
It was rooted/rommed when i was using it but it was in perfect working order when i put it in the box. Is my phone bricked out of no where or something? Is there something that we could try to use to bring it back to life?
Any suggestions?
go to recovery and wipe it.
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So I had loved my Razr and my fiance got my a 4S so i ditched the razr and for some reason went to the iPhone. I just found my Razr in a drawer in my garage and its time to go back to my Droid, I missed it so much.
Thing is I plugged it in and let it charge for an hour or two and its stuck on the Moto insignia/dual core boot screen.
It was rooted/rommed when i was using it but it was in perfect working order when i put it in the box. Is my phone bricked out of no where or something? Is there something that we could try to use to bring it back to life?
Any suggestions?
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Turn it off, then turn it on pressing all buttons together, when you see a different screen use the VOL DOWN key to reach the RECOVERY option and then use the VOL UP key to select it. After that a logo of Android will appear on the screen, now you have to press both volume buttons at once to enter recovery menu. Now just go to WIPE CACHE and WIPE DALVIK (this is in the Advanced option). After this just go to REBOOT NOW and you're done!
Ps. In the recovery menu you have to use the power button to select things.
I don't know how much do know about these kind of stuff so I made myself very clear and put it step-by-step for you don't get lost in the procedure!
Glad you came back to the green side of the force! LOL
Help!
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Turn it off, then turn it on pressing all buttons together, when you see a different screen use the VOL DOWN key to reach the RECOVERY option and then use the VOL UP key to select it. After that a logo of Android will appear on the screen, now you have to press both volume buttons at once to enter recovery menu. Now just go to WIPE CACHE and WIPE DALVIK (this is in the Advanced option). After this just go to REBOOT NOW and you're done!
Ps. In the recovery menu you have to use the power button to select things.
I don't know how much do know about these kind of stuff so I made myself very clear and put it step-by-step for you don't get lost in the procedure!
Glad you came back to the green side of the force! LOL
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I am having the same problem and I am getting all the way to the Android logo screen but when I hit the Volume Up and Down at the same time nothing is happening. Help please!
So the power button on my GS3 is fried. (I am pretty sure at least)
Anyways at this point that is not really the problem. So a few hours ago I was able to boot my phone back up without the power button by taking the battery out and putting it back in. However, silly me wanted to boot into recovery to try something, but now my phone won't even boot. When I take the battery out and put it back in, it boots to the screen where it says "booting recovery" on the top left and then stops working. If I try to go into download mode, it shows the screen asking me if I want to go into download mode and regardless of if i press volume up or volume down the phone stops working.
I'm hoping there is some nifty work around for this. Should be fun Thank you in advance!
EDIT: In short, I am looking for a way to cancel booting into recovery.
Sounds like you will have to replace the power button before you get to see if the emmc chip is corrupt. Unplanned shut down can corrupt the partition being written: system, data or recovery.
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I updated to Lollipop a several days ago through Kies. My battery life was not good so I did a factory reset. I reinstalled my apps and set up the phone the way I wanted it and it worked properly for a couple of days, still not happy with battery life. Yesterday I found that when I set the phone on the wireless charger the wireless charging notification came on lighting up the screen and the screen would not shut off. I googled it and all I find is to go to developer options and uncheck the stay awake which I have done, it was not checked so I checked and unchecked it same thing happens. I restarted the phone several times. I made sure Daydream is off. I uninstalled the last apps I installed. I tried to plug the wire into the phone to charge it same thing happens. I found that if I unlock the phone then set it on the charger it will time off ok, but if a notification comes in the screen lights up and does not shut down. I found that if I push the power button the screen goes off and stays off until a notification comes in and the screen lights up and stays on. My next step is to factory reset again but I wanted to see if anyone has another suggestion before I reset. Any help will be appreciated.
You may try wiping the cache. I'm assuming you didn't have this problem before the factory reset and not immediately after the factory reset. Now this is just a suggestion but I'd try this before I did a factory reset. I'm guessing you are not rooted and you are running stock so your recovery will be stock. To enter recovery power off your phone then while off hold the volume up, power, and home button at the same time. Hold and you'll see "Recovery Booting" in the upper left. You can let go of the buttons now. You should have stock recovery now booted up. Using the volume keys scroll down and pick "wipe cache partition" Use the power button to select. Once it's done and it won't take long. It will be on "Reboot" go ahead and select that. With any luck that may solve your problem.
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You may try wiping the cache. I'm assuming you didn't have this problem before the factory reset and not immediately after the factory reset. Now this is just a suggestion but I'd try this before I did a factory reset. I'm guessing you are not rooted and you are running stock so your recovery will be stock. To enter recovery power off your phone then while off hold the volume up, power, and home button at the same time. Hold and you'll see "Recovery Booting" in the upper left. You can let go of the buttons now. You should have stock recovery now booted up. Using the volume keys scroll down and pick "wipe cache partition" Use the power button to select. Once it's done and it won't take long. It will be on "Reboot" go ahead and select that. With any luck that may solve your problem.
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You are correct that I did not have the problem before or after the factory reset and I am on stock and not rooted. I am trying your suggestions now and will report back thank you.
Thank you for the suggestions however it did not solve the problem, but after I wiped the cache I found that the T-Mobile My Account was staying in the notifications and showing that I was close to my 3GB high speed data. I turned off the notifications and now I have a normal working phone again that shuts off the screen when charging.
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Thank you for the suggestions however it did not solve the problem, but after I wiped the cache I found that the T-Mobile My Account was staying in the notifications and showing that I was close to my 3GB high speed data. I turned off the notifications and now I have a normal working phone again that shuts off the screen when charging.
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Glad to hear it. Yeah, I would have suggested shutting off those notifications just so they don't bother you. Anytime I want to know what T-Mobile has to say I just open up the app and look. I'm on wifi 90% of my time so I don't see using my quota anytime soon.
My sister updated her phone and somehow keep screen on while charging got enabled as well.
I had to enable developer settings (double tap build number 5 times) and uncheck keep screen on while charging.
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My sister updated her phone and somehow keep screen on while charging got enabled as well.
I had to enable developer settings (double tap build number 5 times) and uncheck keep screen on while charging.
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Same thing happened to my wife's phone.
Little surprised to see this enabled on a pure stock device.