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So here is my problem. I have been rooted on my Thunderbolt since I got it, though I never ended up putting on any new roms or anything (was more into it with my D1, but I regress). Anyways, today I notice my power button has crapped out on me. It still sticks out fine and I can very easily press it, but it does nothing. Currently my only way to turn the screen on and off is to unplug it, not a viable solution long term.
I decided that since I have insurance I will just take it in and have Verizon replace it for me. Which means I need to go to stock. Downloaded the PG05IMG file and placed it on the root, went through adb and got all the way to the bootloader. Except I can't select any menu options with he power button! So I was stuck. Decided to try and flash the PG05IMG file using Rom Manager, which got me back to stock but with root permissions (where I was before essentially).
So, is there some way for me to actually unroot this phone completely while avoiding the bootloader? Perhaps I downloaded a stock with root access rom instead of a normal one by mistake, but I was following exactly an unroot tutorial. Just worried, since the phone is almost unusable as a mobile device right now and it will take the Verizon guy all of 5 seconds to scroll down my app drawer and see SuperUser.
Thanks for any help, love XDA
well...
you could either take it to a local cell phone repair shop and have them fix the button....
or...
if your phone somehow got lost or stolen, there's always that route.......
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Have you tried using something like a pen or paperclip to press the power button? Not a long term solution but could get you back to stock if it works.
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I have been trying with a sewing needle right now. Same idea as the paper clip, but I can't seem to find where the contact point is. Either that or it isn't the button that is bad but instead the contact. Don't know how to get around the latter problem.
Think I got it
So using adb and going into the bootloader never worked, still needed to click the power button to select the options. However, getting into the bootloader by holding volume down and doing a battery pull got me through and started the process automatically.
After it flashed I checked again and I have S-ON and no super user
I've searched the forums and consulted Google and for the life of me cannot find anywhere how one actually figures out the HBOOT version of their HTC Flyer. I have Honeycomb, if it makes a difference.
Shut your Flyer down completely. Be sure fast Boot is turned off in the power settings from your Settings menu.
-Wait for about 10 seconds after you powered down.
-Hold the Volume Down button for about 3 seconds.
-Keep holding Volume Down and then press and hold down Power simultaneously.
-So you should be holding Volume Down and Power at the same time.
The tablet should now boot into Hboot menu.
Your Hboot should be listed near the top.
***I kinda exaggerated the wait times and time you need to hold the buttons. It really should take just a few seconds of holding the buttons. But until you get the hang of the timing, this should be fool proof.
Thanks, worked perfectly. Also, is there any sort of tutorial for using HTCdev Unlock Bootloader for the Flyer? I swear that there's no useful documentation for doing anything dev-related on this device anywhere.
what is your end goal? HTC Dev unlock is in most cases not the best solution
I'm trying to root and get S-Off on my Flyer, but revolutionary doesn't support my HBOOT. Any information I can find about doing it seems to assume that you're already an expert going in.
KalosCast said:
I'm trying to root and get S-Off on my Flyer, but revolutionary doesn't support my HBOOT. Any information I can find about doing it seems to assume that you're already an expert going in.
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Are you on honeycomb or gingerbread
Sent from my HTC Flyer P510e using xda premium
I'm on Honeycomb.
you need to downgrade to gingerbread s off then use the s off hc method. there are a couple different routes to do so, and all do require a bit of knowledge or at least solid reading comprehension to accomplish
So ive been wondering since on this phone with the built in battery you cant do battery pulls for things like bad flashes or just to fix issues, what exactly is the workaround for fixing issues. Im not anywhere near the level of some people on here when it comes to flashing roms and fixing issues so ive been very curious about this cuz i really wouldnt know what to do if i flashed a rom got and got a bootloop...the only thing i could think of waiting for the battery to run out.
So whos got answers
here ya go
http://bit.ly/KTZyYG
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Way to be completely unhelpful. Did you look at your own google search? No answer.
I think it is a legitimate question.
Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds. This should restart the phone.
actually it is in there. it's the 6th result down, and it happens to be another thread just like this in this exact forum, but I thought we were all big boys and girls and knew how to search.
Let me spoon feed something that has already been discussed. If you hold the power button down for 10 seconds it will hard reset your phone.
If you want it to reboot into bootloader, hold vol-down while doing so and continuing to hold it until the bootloader comes up.
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actually it is in there. it's the 6th result down, and it happens to be another thread just like this in this exact forum, but I thought we were all big boys and girls and knew how to search.
Let me spoon feed something that has already been discussed. If you hold the power button down for 10 seconds it will hard reset your phone.
If you want it to reboot into bootloader, hold vol-down while doing so and continuing to hold it until the bootloader comes up.
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It was actually the first result?
Anyways, I know how to google and do my research but I hadn't even really thought about this question yet. Glad someone posted it up. Hate that lmgtfy **** lol. A simple one sentence answer would suffice. And you know, of course you could always add that lmgtfy link after you answer the question.
Thanks for the question!
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here ya go
http://bit.ly/KTZyYG
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lol i actually love LMGTFY .....anyway i tried to search this but nothing was coming up with my search but anyway thanks everyone for the info now ima deffo get this phone knowing that the fix for this was relatively easy
FattySparks said:
actually it is in there. it's the 6th result down, and it happens to be another thread just like this in this exact forum, but I thought we were all big boys and girls and knew how to search.
Let me spoon feed something that has already been discussed. If you hold the power button down for 10 seconds it will hard reset your phone.
If you want it to reboot into bootloader, hold vol-down while doing so and continuing to hold it until the bootloader comes up.
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Thanks because that really had me worried too, almost had me reconsider my preorder and wait for the GS3 to be released. However I'm still a bit unsure if it will work when you need it...
Someone force yourself into a bootloop or splash screen hang and give it a try for us.
Tell us your results afterwards.
sabreem said:
Thanks because that really had me worried too, almost had me reconsider my preorder and wait for the GS3 to be released. However I'm still a bit unsure if it will work when you need it...
Someone force yourself into a bootloop or splash screen hang and give it a try for us.
Tell us your results afterwards.
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i tried it in the middle of a boot and it worked perfectly.
one more thing
Let's see how hard this is too brick, of course we need a volunteer. root your phone, unlock the boot loader. Put the RUU on your sd-card, go into bootloader, while the RUU is flashing, somehow kill power to the phone, let me know what happens
I am rooted but I took all the precautions before the update such as unfreezing. I can't get into boot loader. No matter what kind of reset I'm stuck at the splash screen. Others have this issue and are completely stock. Any guidance is appreciated!
Have same problem coming from stock .28. Actually did a factory reset before update and it looked like update worked fine. Haven't been successfully able to boot into jelly bean. Can't even power off
same problem
me too stuck in to boot screen (asus logo on center nvidia logo in right bottom corner)
after jell bean update !
I'm there too - used Protato's method to the letter (I thought) - it looks like a brick, doesn't it.
OMG asus replied me
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for contacting ASUS Technical Service.
Hi, I'm very glad to help you. For the problem, please try to hold the power button down for 10-15 seconds to reboot the device.
If stills, I suggest you follow the instructions below to perform “Wipe Data” to restore the unit back to the factory default condition.
Warning: Wiping data will erase all user data. The data is irrecoverable after the wipe.
1. Press and hold down “power button” until the system shuts down.
2. Remove the SD card from Eee Pad.
3. Press and hold down “Volume down” button first, and then press and hold down the “Power” button until the below words appear on the screen:
“Checking for RCK..press key in 5 sec to enter RCK”
4. Do not press any button until there is a line “Press to execute, to cancel wiping data.” Press Volume Up button to execute the “Wipe Data”.
5. After the “Wipe Data” process is done, it will reboot automatically. Then Eee Pad should be able to enter the system successfully.
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problem is device not closing with power button. only restarts itself. volume up + power button closes screen but device still active because apx driver appears in my pc with universal naked drivers.
I have the same problem.
Tried rebooting by holding the power button.
Booting in recovery won't work either.
I can boot in APX, but from there i can' t do anything.
ADB wont recognise my prime...
Contacted Asus about my isue, but knowing asus it will mean waiting for few days, sending in my prime (rooted) and probably having to wait a month to get it back... (3rth RMA in 10 months...)
Selhati said:
I have the same problem.
Tried rebooting by holding the power button.
Booting in recovery won't work either.
I can boot in APX, but from there i can' t do anything.
ADB wont recognise my prime...
Contacted Asus about my isue, but knowing asus it will mean waiting for few days, sending in my prime (rooted) and probably having to wait a month to get it back... (3rth RMA in 10 months...)
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Do you think they will care if its rooted at this point? I want to RMA mine now this is just the cherry on top. I opened up my prime before but didn't tweak it at all. Hopefully I won't get a 300$ bill after this.
Has anyone figured out how to get pass this issue?
Has anyone figured out how to get pass this issue?
Stuck on splashscreen
I am also experiencing the same issue with my Prime. My tablet had flashed Jelly Bean without a flaw while rooted with a deodexed file I found from one of the developers. It worked great throughout the day and it remained rooted but when I decided to reboot my tablet, it got stuck in the splash screen. Now it will not boot up at all. It is just stuck on the Asus splashscreen. I hope someone figures out how to fix this issue.
Jeez guys, we're all in the same boat, and so far i'm feeling we're F#CKED,
Stuck on asus logo, cant get to the bootloader by pressing volume down and power, can only get to APX mode, and nothing is fixing it, I contacted Asus also, but my bootloader is unlocked, so all im expecting is "Were sorry, your device is out of warranty because it's unlocked" fml.
Brandonxcore said:
Jeez guys, we're all in the same boat, and so far i'm feeling we're F#CKED,
Stuck on asus logo, cant get to the bootloader by pressing volume down and power, can only get to APX mode, and nothing is fixing it, I contacted Asus also, but my bootloader is unlocked, so all im expecting is "Were sorry, your device is out of warranty because it's unlocked" fml.
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I have tried all the steps listed to fix my prime and nothing seems to work. I feel that were screwed but hopefully someone can prove me wrong. I'm tempted to buy a Nexus 7 now or tf700. If we don't fix our tablets I will have no choice but to get one of them.
Brandonxcore said:
Jeez guys, we're all in the same boat, and so far i'm feeling we're F#CKED,
Stuck on asus logo, cant get to the bootloader by pressing volume down and power, can only get to APX mode, and nothing is fixing it, I contacted Asus also, but my bootloader is unlocked, so all im expecting is "Were sorry, your device is out of warranty because it's unlocked" fml.
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they'll RMA it for free even if you're rooted/unlocked. they have no way of telling.
EZPIMP69 said:
I have tried all the steps listed to fix my prime and nothing seems to work. I feel that were screwed but hopefully someone can prove me wrong. I'm tempted to buy a Nexus 7 now or tf700. If we don't fix our tablets I will have no choice but to get one of them.
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I think if everything goes to crap, I'll get a Nexus 7. It's really going to hurt not having a keyboard dock since I use my Prime as a laptop. Reason why I don't really want to get an infinity is because Asus still hasn't ironed out all the issues with the Transformer line. Plus if I hork out another $500 and get burned by a new product come Christmas, I am not going to be happy. Hoping that my Prime will be ok but ya, the worst usually happens to me.
I found this post. I am going to try and see if it works for me. Others are saying that these steps fixed their prime. I'll let you know how it goes for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773280
Any new ideas on how to get this fixed? Stuck on the Asus splash screen alo.
EZPIMP69 said:
I found this post. I am going to try and see if it works for me. Others are saying that these steps fixed their prime. I'll let you know how it goes for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773280
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Well I tried the steps in the link provided but had no luck since it requires fastboot. My tablet won't turn off or go into fastboot. The only way I think we can repair this is with NVflash but Asus needs to provide the files needed to complete a factory flash. This **** sucks.
EZPIMP69 said:
I found this post. I am going to try and see if it works for me. Others are saying that these steps fixed their prime. I'll let you know how it goes for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773280
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So what was the result?
Count me in
Just another report of this happening to me. Stuck in the Asus "perfection" logo.
The only thing I have found is that I can turn off the screen following this steps:
Connect it to the power
With a pin press and hold the reset button
Keeping pressed the reset button disconnect the power connector,
Connect the power bak again (always pressing the reset button) and wait about ten seconds before finally release the reset button.
At least now I don't see that dreadful screen reminding me that I have an useless glowing brick in my desk.
Hopefully someone finds a way to unbrick it because I will be costly having to RMA the prime back to the US where I bought it.
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It did not work since I can't boot into fastboot to begin the process.
Let's collect info about the problem.
Let's try to find a common issue of why we got bricked answering some simple questions and hoping someone with better knowledge can use this information to help us. Here are some questions, you can add any information that you consider relevant.
How did you upgrade to JellyBean: I used this method
Unlocked? NO
Rooted"? YES. Because it was necesary in order to update to JB using the procedure linked above
Additional relevant info: My prime have the famous "unknown serial" problem that was never resolved by ASUS. Because of this, it has never received OTA and always have been updated with the firmwares from the ASUS website. This time instead of waiting for ASUS to publish JB in the support website I used the procedure above. Appart from this I have always keep it "stock".
Dear Whom Can Help,
My sincere apologies if this thread feels redundant, but other threads dealing with restoring this phone are starting from steps well beyond an initial, and/or are using jargon that is at opaque at best from an outsider...
To reduce to salient points:
I bought a used HTC Evo 4G LTE through Glyde.com to port it over to Ting. The previous owner must have been one of your folk, a phone modder / tinkerer / developer / what have you, because it came in an obviously altered state. (Something called Beanstalk loading, terminal apps, etc.)
I don't want any of this. I respect those that want to root and modify their phone, and as a security and a network design consultant I understand the concepts behind all of it, but I also know when and where I want to apply my time. And I don't want to spend it learning about rooting and messing with my phone. And even if I do want to root it someday, I want to root it from scratch myself, not hope that the last person to have the phone didn't put anything nefarious on it (unlikely) or just did stuff I don't understand (likelier).
So I want the phone back to a completely clean factory state. But I don't know any of the precepts and assumptions that all the "unrooting" conversations I've seen have and make. (Basically, all the unrooting stuff assumes you were the one that rooted it, and so already know the jargon.)
Here's where I'm at:
HTC Evo 4G LTE. The phone is in TMRP v2.3.1.0. There are no packages to restore. There is no external microSD card (I can certainly buy one if it's required). I cannot even reboot, as there is "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?"* I can connect the phone via USB to my Windows laptop, if I would need to copy files to it or something.
So, I'm looking to, whether within TWRP or copying a ROM and rebooting the phone or whatever, have the phone back to naked, like I bought it fresh and new, state.
Can someone help me do this? The other questions along these lines point to websites like shipped-roms.com that have pretty names listed like Runnymede and Puccini, but nowhere to explain that my phone is Shooter or Supersonic or what have you. And while I'm pretty computer-savvy, I don't pretend to have any idea what the referents are to statements like "Like how do I get back to fully stock? Or should I be trying to re-root to RUU again? Moonshine doesn't recognize my device in fastboot us..."
I appreciate anyone's time, so I don't have to return this phone. I have already spent a good three-plus hours trying to tackle this, and I fear when I die and my life is flashing before my eyes, this time will be the most boring of the whole lot of it.
Thanks greatly for anyone's time,
Me
* Now, I am aware that I pretty much brought the phone to a worse place, with no OS / no restore points or whatever you kids these days call them, probably while I was trying to restore it to a factory default, which I thought was going to be as simple as clicking on the factory reset option within Android. In any case, yes I made it worse. But I'm at where I'm at, and it's still the dude's fault who sold me a phone without reverting it.
Power the phone completely off. Once off, press the volume down+power button and list all the info displayed on the screen. Then we'll go from there.
If you need to get your phone up & running right now, click the last link in my sig.
Also, I've never flashed to a different carrier, but I believe your phone must be rooted to do so, so at this point you just need to get your phone up and running by flashing a ROM.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
Thanks for your insanely quick reply. Luckily, I just got this phone and haven't activated it yet or anything, so there's not a huge time pressure, though I may have to return it.
Unluckily - this is going to sound like incompetence but I swear it's not - I powered off and rebooted but it's simply hanging on the "HTC quietly brilliant" splash screen, rather than listing any system attributes. This may be because the volume down button (I've just noticed now) may not be depressing properly - up has an actual 'click' feel, but down does not.
I'll keep trying to reboot it with the volume down button depressed.
Thanks much for your response!
ACK
No problem. Click the bottom link in my sig and let's get you up and running so you actually have a working ROM on your phone.
Also, if you can get back to TWRP recovery, choose the option to reboot to bootloader, then list the info on that screen.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
Also, I've never flashed to a different carrier, but I believe your phone must be rooted to do so, so at this point you just need to get your phone up and running by flashing a ROM.
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Ting is a Sprint MVNO, and normally doesn't require rooted phones, just a Sprint-compatible one. There's a little work you have to do on the front-end to activate it with Ting, but it's usually minor. I was worried that the rooting that was done to do this phone could actually **prevent** activation with Ting, which was one reason I was looking to restore to factory state.
It shouldn't affect you being able to flash to Ting.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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No problem. Click the bottom link in my sig and let's get you up and running so you actually have a working ROM on your phone.
Also, if you can get back to TWRP recovery, choose the option to reboot to bootloader, then list the info on that screen.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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Audible sigh. No luck on the reboot - I hold power for ten seconds, screen goes black, then a vibration and the "HTC quietly brilliant" splash screen, but it stays there. Holding the Volume Down button before, during, or after seems to have no effect; again, it may be because the volume down button is bad - I can feel volume up click, but volume down is mushy. (Since it wasn't my phone until today, I don't actually know if the button was working or not.)
ACK
Once the screen goes black hold the volume down button in. If nothing happens, well, there are obviously other issues.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
Once the screen goes black hold the volume down button in. If nothing happens, well, there are obviously other issues.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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The phone simply reboots to the splash screen.
I guess I'll just return the phone to the seller. Thanks for your time!
softyelectric said:
The phone simply reboots to the splash screen.
I guess I'll just return the phone to the seller. Thanks for your time!
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Make sure fastboot is UNchecked in setting->power then try again.
If fastboot is checked it won't go to bootloader
bigdaddy619 said:
Make sure fastboot is UNchecked in setting->power then try again.
If fastboot is checked it won't go to bootloader
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I appreciate that, but with all due respect I don't know what that means... there's nothing to check or uncheck. I was once in TWRP, if that's where the 'fastboot' option was, but after FinZ28's recommendation to "Power the phone completely off. Once off, press the volume down+power button and list all the info displayed on the screen", the phone simply boots to the "HTC quietly brilliant" splash screen and does nothing else. I can't re-access TWRP, or anything else, for that matter.
Thanks for your time!
Ok try this, power down let it go completely off then press the power button and vol down button release the power button after 3 seconds while still holding the vol down and see if it will boot to bootloader
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Make sure fastboot is UNchecked in setting->power then try again.
If fastboot is checked it won't go to bootloader
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The phone doesn't have a ROM installed, it seems.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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The phone doesn't have a ROM installed, it seems.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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yeah i figured that out after reading the Op lol
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Ok try this, power down let it go completely off then press the power button and vol down button release the power button after 3 seconds while still holding the vol down and see if it will boot to bootloader
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Thanks. I tried that / trying right right no, to no avail. I hold "power" and "volume down", let go of "power" while still holding "volume down", and it simply goes to the "htc quietly brilliant" splash screen. It stays there until the battery dies.
When the phone's battery died, and I plugged it in again, the three 'hard' buttons at the bottom did flash, but then again the phone goes to the splash screen and stays there, seemingly no bootloader / other information.
Originally Posted by FinZ28 View Post
"The phone doesn't have a ROM installed, it seems."
No ROM, I wouldn't think; there was one when I first got the phone yesterday, but clearly I inadvertently deleted it when trying to revert the phone back to a clean slate. My bad on that, though the seller should never have sold me a rooted phone with a bunch of unknown apps on it in the first place (at least without indicating it was a rooted phone, which I wouldn't have chosen to purchase in the first place).
Thanks for your time!