Guys any idea why the physical volume key of my ZU is not working?
i dont really exposed my ZU on the water, it just suddently stopped working.
Any idea if this could be a faulty product? i need to press the screen button to make it work, but the physical volume
down key doesnt work. I need this to work when i want to flash my phone to install custom roms.
please help me.
Probably a hardware issue, but you can try to reboot, do a factory reset, but i doubt it'll do anything. You'll probably have to swap the volume button.
If you are running DooMKernEL you could try Xperia Reboot app to boot into recovery. Be sure to have busybox installed.
adfurgerson said:
If you are running DooMKernEL you could try Xperia Reboot app to boot into recovery. Be sure to have busybox installed.
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Doing this wouldn't fix your volume button btw
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Hey guys,
A few months ago I rooted my phone and put the Cyanogen Mod rom in it.
Everything was working perfectly..until recently.
My touchscreen is not responding...and the touch pad is also not working.
The phone boots fine but I can't click on anything because the touchscreen is not working.
Anyways, I decided to reflash the rom thinking its a software issue rather than hardware.
But, How do I get back into recovery again?
Usually I would just use Rom Manager to boot to recovery but I can't access this app because I can't navigate to it using my touchscreen or touchpad.
I read that its Vol down plus holding power. I did that but phone continues to just boot normally. Am i doing something wrong.
Please answer.....Thanks...
it is vol down plus power, but you got the order reversed. hold vol down, then press power. once that's done, select recovery.
I tried your method as well (Volume down + Power) but no luck. I think my volume key doesn't work or something.....any suggestions?
I made some progress
Instead of volume down + power (which didn't work) I used back button + power which got me into recovery.
Only problem now is that I need to select recovery. I cant seem to do that because my volume down button doesnt respond when I press it.
Is there any other way to go down in this menu screen....the keyboard is not working at this screen and also it says this message: touch screen - failed
please help
Perhaps android commander can get you to recovery. google android commander and install it on your computer, turn your phone normally and plug it into the computer after its done. Run android commander and select your app, i do recall an option for reboot to recovery.
Yes, thanks for the tip. Android commander is great.
I tried using it to get to recovery. It wouldnt work though. I get the red triangle.
Then I tried flashing a rom using android commander. It worked....the rom installed fine.
Problem now, though, is my touch panel, volume keys, and track pad don't work. They didnt work even before I reflashed this rom.
In Hboot it says touch screen: failed.
Im not sure whats going on.
Is there any way to fix my touch screen. Am i missing something?
edoble said:
Yes, thanks for the tip. Android commander is great.
I tried using it to get to recovery. It wouldnt work though. I get the red triangle.
Then I tried flashing a rom using android commander. It worked....the rom installed fine.
Problem now, though, is my touch panel, volume keys, and track pad don't work. They didnt work even before I reflashed this rom.
In Hboot it says touch screen: failed.
Im not sure whats going on.
Is there any way to fix my touch screen. Am i missing something?
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This is a hardware issue. So no matter what you flash this is going to continue since its not software related
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Hi,
I've just rooted my Sony Ericsson xperia neo, unlocked the bootloader using Sony's website, and just installed CWM using the 'install-cwm1' script in the usual 'CWM-Install.rar' file used for installing Clockworkmod recovery.
Everything has worked fine so far, and I have root access and unlocked bootloader. The script pushes all the files correctly to my Neo and seems to install CWM just fine. However, I can't seem to boot my phone into CWM at all.
I've tried holding volume down and power, volume up and down and power, and the back key and power, but none of them get me into the CWM menu at boot, they just boot the phone as normal.
Anyone got any suggestions, or am I missing something really obvious here? I did a search on the forums and couldn't seem to find anything about this problem.
Thanks for your help,
Rory.
rjoem said:
Hi,
I've just rooted my Sony Ericsson xperia neo, unlocked the bootloader using Sony's website, and just installed CWM using the 'install-cwm1' script in the usual 'CWM-Install.rar' file used for installing Clockworkmod recovery.
Everything has worked fine so far, and I have root access and unlocked bootloader. The script pushes all the files correctly to my Neo and seems to install CWM just fine. However, I can't seem to boot my phone into CWM at all.
I've tried holding volume down and power, volume up and down and power, and the back key and power, but none of them get me into the CWM menu at boot, they just boot the phone as normal.
Anyone got any suggestions, or am I missing something really obvious here? I did a search on the forums and couldn't seem to find anything about this problem.
Thanks for your help,
Rory.
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you have to continuously pressing the button down immediately the Sony comes to screen
Nope
3kay945 said:
you have to continuously pressing the button down immediately the Sony comes to screen
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Tried this, still just boots as normal.
Try to flash a custom kernel.. They are pre rooted and have CWM already installed!
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Dont press the buttons at the same time.
Press the power button untill it starts to turn on. then keep pressing and letting go and pressing (Very quickly) the BACK button whilst the boot screen appears.
Or you can install xperia reboot options from the market (There is a free version in the x10 thread from DooMLoRD, who developed the app). That has the option to reboot into recovery, so if you have cmw installed correctly it will boot into it without having to press any buttons.
This is DooMLoRDs link to xperiarebootoptions app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123576
At the bottom of the OP are two free versions
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then keep pressing and letting go and pressing (Very quickly) the BACK button whilst the boot screen appears.
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I think that in version which he installed(using install-cwm1.cmd) it's volume down for enter.
Madfysh said:
I think that in version which he installed(using install-cwm1.cmd) it's volume down for enter.
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OK,,, But the advice still stands, dont press both buttons at once.
And the app will let him know if it is installed properly
here's my problem,
my phone keeps on restarting whenever i reboot it.
ive tried full wipe, wipe partition and wipe dalvik cache.
ive also tried flashing custom rom via cwm and stock rom in odin which is I9100XWLS8_I9100FOPLS3_FOP
in cwm, power button isn't working..
when trying to choose a zip file, pressing power button
isn't working but touch function works well.
in odin just flashed stock rom this morning, but when it tries to boot, same problem occurs, it keeps on restarting..
i hope someone could help me ..
What you have, is a bootloop, which occurs when you don't do a full wipe before flashing a new rom..
And maybe the cwm you use doesn't support the clicking of the power button..
hezokulet said:
here's my problem,
my phone keeps on restarting whenever i reboot it.
ive tried full wipe, wipe partition and wipe dalvik cache.
ive also tried flashing custom rom via cwm and stock rom in odin which is I9100XWLS8_I9100FOPLS3_FOP
in cwm, power button isn't working..
when trying to choose a zip file, pressing power button
isn't working but touch function works well.
in odin just flashed stock rom this morning, but when it tries to boot, same problem occurs, it keeps on restarting..
i hope someone could help me ..
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Maybe POWER button is faulty.Try to flash DorimanX Kernel.
i have manage to boot my phone,
turn on phone, while booting, i have to hard press the upper button of powermenu.
when it booted, i try to lock my phone (screen off) using powermenu and it wont work. powermenu option didnt showed up too..
but when i tried to screen off using the icon in dropdown toggle, it works fine.
yesterday after work i went to a technician, he said nothings wrong with it, and the only problem is the program.
but i already flashed it in stock rom and custom roms, i did full wiping to flash a clean rom.
this morning, i was thinking that the problem was the efs folder, but when i look into the efs folder in root system there it was.
i hope someone will help me..
When in recovery try the menu button.
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in recovery all keys are working except for the powerbutton .
And what happens when you select an action and press home?
Siyah v6 works that way.
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gastonw said:
And what happens when you select an action and press home?
Siyah v6 works that way.
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pressing home button works fine too.. the only problem is the power button key, ive tried a keytest and it dont really work.
Does it work as normal. If you push power will it turn screen of and on? You could use twrp as It dont use buttons edit: I read power button dont work at all?? Go to a better tec.
Also that efs bit is lock screen not power button. If it was gone it would still turn screen on and off and work just no lock screen:thumbup:
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Does it work as normal. If you push power will it turn screen of and on? You could use twrp as It dont use buttons edit: I read power button dont work at all?? Go to a better tec.
Also that efs bit is lock screen not power button. If it was gone it would still turn screen on and off and work just no lock screen:thumbup:
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when phone is on .. power button is totally not working .. but when it is off i had to hard press it until booting is finished .
thats what im thinking, going to a better techy might solve my problem .
Dose it turn the phone on and off? Does it work at any time on or off? I don't get what hard press is?
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Dose it turn the phone on and off? Does it work at any time on or off? I don't get what hard press is?
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i mean long press / hold pressing the power bitton until its finished from booting ..
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Dose it turn the phone on and off? Does it work at any time on or off? I don't get what hard press is?
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i mean long press / hold pressing the power button until its finished from booting ..
Hello everyone,
Just tought i'd give the forum a try. I'll try to explain my problem clearly.
The volume down button on my s3 does not work:
- The volume does not go down when i press it
- It does not feel physically wrong when you press it however. Everything clicks fine.
When I boot the phone, i get safe mode. That leads me to think that the system detects the volume rocker button as pressed down
when it boots. Hence:
- Volume Up + Home + Power doesn't work, and i cannot access recovery
- When i boot by holding the Home button, i get a screen that tells me to press Volume Up if I want to install a custom rom, and volume Down if
I wish to restart the phone. Press volume up or volume down does not do Anything at all, so i have to go ahead and restart the phone.
Is there any way to force boot into normal mode? A trick, or some software perhaps?
Thanks all !
mine boots into safe boot sometimes but I dont press anything, why dont you try to wipe it???
You need to replace the component. Very easy and cheap fix. Not sure where you are but here I can get the part for about 1 USD.
PS, I have reported your post to the mods to be moved to the Q&A section :good:
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mine boots into safe boot sometimes but I dont press anything, why dont you try to wipe it???
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How will he wipe if he cannot access recovery ?
wangdaning said:
You need to replace the component. Very easy and cheap fix. Not sure where you are but here I can get the part for about 1 USD.
PS, I have reported your post to the mods to be moved to the Q&A section :good:
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What component replace? please help...
thanks
Should just need to replace the flex cable.
hey guys.. i finally decided to change the laggy stock rom to the latest cm11 mod
installation was okay and all.. when the phone started, it kept saying keyboard stopped working
okay i figured that i copied the wrong gapps .. now comes the real problem,
i tried to boot into recovery by holding power and up/down both didnt work
is there a tool to flash the cmw into my phone from my pc then patch the right gapps?
my phone is pretty useless now so please any answer should help thanks.
This is an idea i give you, i don´t know if your home button or power button are working fine but i had that problem when i started this rom installing addiction, my home button was a little damaged so if i want to enter to recovery i have to press it hard. Maybe you should give it a try pressing harder the buttons. Just an idea.
@medothe1: you are more efficiant, if u use the usual buttons to start recovery: power & louder & menu.
When logo bootloader appears, release power-button.
Can get to settings