Start Find 7 without using the hardware button. - Oppo Find 7 and 7a

Hey everyone,
I've got my phone startet now, but I still do need a kind of "backdoor", so I can restart the phone, if the button stops working again or if I loose this small plastic-piece again.
Furthermore it would be really cool if I would not have to dismantle the phone to turn it on
First of all I thought about ADB, but ADB doesn't recognize my device anymore.
I don't know why. My USB-Debugging is (and was) activated, but the PC isn't authorized yet (since it doesn't recognize the ADB it won't ask me for permission).
How can I fix this? I already tried to restart (pc and device), reinstall the drivers and kill/start the sever. Nothing worked.
But I'm also open for new ways.
I thought of some possibilities:
1. Change the "action_on_power_plug_connect": Is there a way to change the action my phone does execute when the power plug is connecting? Right now it's just starting to charge mode.
2. Boot on shedule/remote: Is there any app, which got the power to boot the phone, even if it is completely shut down?
I'm thankful for every single advice you can give me here.
Sincerly,
maj0r_tom
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DEVICE INFO:
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System: ColorOS 2.5.1i (Android Lollipop)
Root: Yes, SuperSU
Recovery: Stock Recovery
Hardware buttons working: None :]
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Hello everyone,
I've just repaired the broken display of my old Oppo Find 7.
Everything worked fine but one thing: The power button does not respond anymore.
It's a small piece of plastic, held in place by a bridge of metal.
When I press it onto the "sensor", it doesn't seem to recognize it.
Everything else is working perfectly - connecting a power source makes the phone start into loading mode.
Is there any way to start the phone without the physical button?
Maybe something beyond fastboot?
Or do you think that any phone-repair shop could help me there?
Sincerly,
maj0r_tom
Edit: The Volume Buttons do not work, too.
I've tried ADB. I could swear, that USB debugging is enabled (used Titanium Backup, it's asking for it on startup).
But ADB does tell me, that the phone is unauthorized.
Edit 2: Volume buttons repaired.
Edit 3: I got it.
The buttons didn't break - they just lost a small piece - a very ****ing small piece.
I did see it dropping from my Vol+ button and could insert it into the power button.
The phone startet, Debugging was enabled. Do I have to check anything else to activate ADB?

Hello, i don't know if my problem is the same but i have the power button don't work too. For restart my phone, i press VOL- when I charged the phone. He boot in recovery and next i reboot system. If a hardware solution is possible, tell me.

maj0r_tom said:
Hey everyone,
I've got my phone startet now, but I still do need a kind of "backdoor", so I can restart the phone, if the button stops working again or if I loose this small plastic-piece again.
Furthermore it would be really cool if I would not have to dismantle the phone to turn it on
First of all I thought about ADB, but ADB doesn't recognize my device anymore.
I don't know why. My USB-Debugging is (and was) activated, but the PC isn't authorized yet (since it doesn't recognize the ADB it won't ask me for permission).
How can I fix this? I already tried to restart (pc and device), reinstall the drivers and kill/start the sever. Nothing worked.
But I'm also open for new ways.
I thought of some possibilities:
1. Change the "action_on_power_plug_connect": Is there a way to change the action my phone does execute when the power plug is connecting? Right now it's just starting to charge mode.
2. Boot on shedule/remote: Is there any app, which got the power to boot the phone, even if it is completely shut down?
I'm thankful for every single advice you can give me here.
Sincerly,
maj0r_tom
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DEVICE INFO:
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System: ColorOS 2.5.1i (Android Lollipop)
Root: Yes, SuperSU
Recovery: Stock Recovery
Hardware buttons working: None :]
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OLD POST:
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Hello everyone,
I've just repaired the broken display of my old Oppo Find 7.
Everything worked fine but one thing: The power button does not respond anymore.
It's a small piece of plastic, held in place by a bridge of metal.
When I press it onto the "sensor", it doesn't seem to recognize it.
Everything else is working perfectly - connecting a power source makes the phone start into loading mode.
Is there any way to start the phone without the physical button?
Maybe something beyond fastboot?
Or do you think that any phone-repair shop could help me there?
Sincerly,
maj0r_tom
Edit: The Volume Buttons do not work, too.
I've tried ADB. I could swear, that USB debugging is enabled (used Titanium Backup, it's asking for it on startup).
But ADB does tell me, that the phone is unauthorized.
Edit 2: Volume buttons repaired.
Edit 3: I got it.
The buttons didn't break - they just lost a small piece - a very ****ing small piece.
I did see it dropping from my Vol+ button and could insert it into the power button.
The phone startet, Debugging was enabled. Do I have to check anything else to activate ADB?
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Hi, I think that an alarm application in ColorOS was able to start the phone if you had alarm setup.
But I'm sure this only applies to the ColorOS native alarm application, so no third party apps....

tw9 said:
Hi, I think that an alarm application in ColorOS was able to start the phone if you had alarm setup.
But I'm sure this only applies to the ColorOS native alarm application, so no third party apps....
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I have had same problem. I am not expert at all but can suggest you to check out your phone mother board. Problem might be there. Nothing will work if your phone motherboard is out of function. Thanks

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[Q] Tried to install Beatmod ICS, stuck on "screensaver" usb and recovery won't work

[Q] Tried to install Beatmod ICS, stuck on "screensaver" usb and recovery won't work
Hi guys,
I've watched the n00b video and been googling for the last few hours as well as reading through various pages on the XDA forum. I've found a lot of problems that are kinda similar and tried various solutions but don't seem to be quite getting there.
Basically I had Virtuous Affinity as the OS and clockworkmod installed (should be the most up to date versions of both, they were put on no more than a week ago) as well. I also had a backup of current OS and so on on the SD card, as well as the original zip of the rom.
I decide I want to give ICS a go and so I downloaded the betamod ICS and then loaded it. It asked me if I wanted to do a dalvik cache wipe, a dalvik cache + data wipe and a third option I don't recall. I went with the dalvik cache wipe (at the time I was under the impression that was the correct course of action) then put it back in my pocket while ICS installed.
I get my phone out of my pocket later and it's kinda stuck on what looks like (but logically isn't, I'm guessing it was meant to be a splash screen type thing while ICS installed or some such) a screensaver which just loops endlessly. The only thing you can really do is take the battery out and turn her on again, in which case you once again end up in the endless screensaver loop.
I've tried booting to recovery using volume - and the power button and unfortunately it just boots straight into the looping screensaver again.
Getting a bit worried and feeling adventurous I tried seeing what I could do with ADB, however the computer seemed unable to recognise that any device was connected with ADB devices not listing anything.
I've read up a lot and I'm at a loss as to what to do - there's a rom on the SD card and there also should have been a backup but I just can't get it into recovery.
I do have the ability to view the SD card on another device and interact with it, so if there's a potential SD fix, that's certainly not out the window.
But yeah, I'm clueless how to proceed here and very green at the whole rom business. Can anyone advise what I might try to do from here? I don't care what state I end up going back to, or if I lose my data, I can get all that back, I just want the phone in some semblance of basic operation.
I'll be keeping an eye on the thread, if I've left out any pertinent data ask away and thanks in advance for anyone with a clue how I can fix this mess .
EDIT: Post may be better off in ICS thread above and I do apologise if so, I would move it but I seem unable to delete it.
Remove battery for 5 seconds and then try again to boot into recovery using volume -and power button.
ik222 said:
Remove battery for 5 seconds and then try again to boot into recovery using volume -and power button.
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I have, it doesn't work. I've left the battery out for a fairly long period. Volume - + power still just brings it back to the "screensaver" loop.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Turn the phone off completely; pull the battery out for a bit then replace it and don't touch anything. Don't try to turn it on. Plug the phone by usb to your pc (still turned off). At the command prompt in the folder containing adb.exe type "adb reboot recovery" - the phone should power on and go to recovery where you can wipe properly and reflash whatever you want.
You should be able to boot to recovery using the volume down + power button combo (hold the volume-down key, then press and hold the power button and keep both held until you get to the bootloader menu); the only thing that's wrong with your phone is that you've flashed one ROM over another without wiping it first, so the ROM can't load but this shouldn't affect your bootloader or recovery.
Worst case you can flash a RUU which will restore it to the official firmware; you'll then need to re-root and re-install a recovery image to be able to flash custom ROMs again.
Very helpful post, thanks! I'll try all that and see how I go, I'll post if I still have trouble.
Yeah I dunno why I can't boot to recovery it's weird. The volume button wasn't working, so I removed it and am pressing in the volume down portion of the volume button with a pen while holding down the power button. It's possible perhaps I'm not successfully depressing volume down, but I'm 99% sure I am and that that's not it. I am however doing it as you and other guides advise, depress volume down, hold it and then depress power and hold both for about three seconds, no joy!
Anyway, as said, I'll try what you're recommending and see how I go. Thanks!
hopscotchjunkie said:
At the command prompt in the folder containing adb.exe type "adb reboot recovery"
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Curious what you mean by this? Cause there's no command prompt in the folder ADB is in. Do you mean in command prompt, be in the folder, i.e. c:\abd kinda thing? I tried just loading command prompt and typing abd reboot recovery, no device detected - no joy.
Ethicistabdiel said:
Curious what you mean by this? Cause there's no command prompt in the folder ADB is in. Do you mean in command prompt, be in the folder, i.e. c:\abd kinda thing? I tried just loading command prompt and typing abd reboot recovery, no device detected - no joy.
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Yeah that was what I meant; I've got a feeling that that only works when the phone is powered off if you had USB debugging activated on the phone beforehand, so if that's not working that might be why.
c:\adb
results in error: device not found.
ADB app itself is in C:\adb\platform-tools but when I try that it goes The System cannot find the path specified. I've tried cd/adb and I can get that far but I can't get to adb/platform-tools.
EDIT:
Okay, I managed to get to c:\adb\platform-tools but adb reboot recovery is still advising error: device not found. Guessing perhaps I didn't have usb debugging enabled. Are you able to suggest another work around at all? I'm happy to flash it to whatever, I don't mind losing data, just want to get it in working order again. I don't see how I can though when I seemingly don't have access to recovery or USB...hrmm, must be some way around.
Accidental double post, sorry.
You need to try get into recovery mode, where you can do a full wipe and see if that fixes anything.
Firstly, remove your battery then re-install it, your phone should still be turned off at this stage. Press and hold the volume down button, then additionally press and hold the power butter, until something appears on the screen. If the bootloader appears, you can then boot into recovery from there.
If the above fails to work, report back with your results and hopefully something else will be suggested.
Ethicistabdiel said:
c:\adb
results in error: device not found.
ADB app itself is in C:\adb\platform-tools but when I try that it goes The System cannot find the path specified. I've tried cd/adb and I can get that far but I can't get to adb/platform-tools.
EDIT:
Okay, I managed to get to c:\adb\platform-tools but adb reboot recovery is still advising error: device not found. Guessing perhaps I didn't have usb debugging enabled. Are you able to suggest another work around at all? I'm happy to flash it to whatever, I don't mind losing data, just want to get it in working order again. I don't see how I can though when I seemingly don't have access to recovery or USB...hrmm, must be some way around.
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Your only other option to get into recovery is the volume-down/power-on combination. Like I said, I can't think why that's not working unless it's related to your missing volume button (maybe it's not maintaining a constant pressure on the button when you're using whatever to press through the hole).
If you still can't get that to work, I would suggest finding a stock RUU and flashing that. It's an .exe file that runs from your PC and will return your ROM, bootloader and radio back to stock. Obviously that means you'll lose root and your custom recovery so you'll need to do all that again from scratch. There's a sticky in the dev section with a link to a thread with various RUUs (it's named something along the lines of "shipped & test ROMs" - I'll check that and link to it once I've dragged myself out of bed to the computer). You'll lose all your data, but if you took a backup beforehand you can restore that once you're back up and running.
//sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk; all errors entirely intentional.
Yeah I'm starting to think perhaps the down button is just broken.
What state should the phone be for the RUU, turned off with usb plugged in or turned on? Bearing in mind, that when on, all it will do is the "screensaver". Will it work in either of those states?
Thanks, will deffo research more when I get home. Appreciate the help immensely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824357&page=5
Guessing you mean that as far as the ruu thread. Am downloading a stock rom atm, with shaped internet till tomorrow, meh! Will see how I go. Have a feeling phone was probably Vodafone branded at stock though, so that could make for extra fiddling but yeah, fingers crossed.
If you are able too install a stock-rom you can work from their than install 4EXT recovery
touch than you doen't need the volume buttons.
I downloaded the most recent stock rom on the link above. When I try to install it though, phone off or on, it advises a USB connection error. Is this likely to be because I originally had vodafone stock and need to make a gold card, or should it still at least be recognising it? It does advise not to run any programs on the phone or anything when while installing the update, but of course, as long as my phones turned on it's stuck on the damned screensaver loop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-841890.html
Gonna give that a go, fingers crossed!
D'oh, just found out my mobile was Three at stock and not Vodafone, the search continues .
Gah, I'm about tearing my hair out here, I want my damned phone back . Stuck using a $79 Huwawei Vodafone thing at the moment and it's so so so awful.
Anyway. I was under the impression that making a goldcard would mean I could RUU a non-Three stock rom on the phone. I made a goldcard following these instructions; http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-make-gold-card-for-htc-desire-hd/
Then I turned the phone on as the RUU advises, (meaning it's scrolling through the feckin' "screensaver") and start the process and once again get a USB connection error.
What's the better process at this stage, try and take it back to Three stock? I don't see how I can at the moment, the only Three stock I can find seems to be rom, not RUU, meaning I'd need to load from the phone, which I can't due to no recovery. Or should I keep trying to get the goldcard thing to work, maybe try some different RUU's or something?
I'm open to any other suggestions as well. Had a bit more of a fiddle around with my volume down button, no matter what I do though, I can't get recovery mode. Always boots first to the white HTC screen and then starts the infernal "screensaver" loop.
Ethicistabdiel said:
Yeah I'm starting to think perhaps the down button is just broken.
What state should the phone be for the RUU, turned off with usb plugged in or turned on? Bearing in mind, that when on, all it will do is the "screensaver". Will it work in either of those states?
Thanks, will deffo research more when I get home. Appreciate the help immensely.
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How come the volume down button be broken. When you were using Affinity Rom weren't you able to use your volume button for music. Remove SD card from phone then press "First - Volume down gently for 2 sec" & press-hold power button when it goes into bootload place your sd card back select option "REBOOT RECOVERY". I think your panicking too much just be patient nothing is wrong, i think your just hurrying it up...
The volume button didn't work before either. I had to manually adjust volume from settings. I thought it was just because of the dodgy plastic button on top, but using a pen to depress the button underneath doesn't work either.
Believe me, I've been trying to fix this for days now, every different way of depressing volume down in order to get to recovery has not worked. Short of taking the phone apart and seeing if I can see what's wrong with the button (doubtful with my level of expertise) then it ain't happening via that method.
Got a little bit hopeful with this;
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ruu-downloads
But that too requires my phone to be in usb debugging mode, which of course, it isn't.
Is there anyway to force the phone into usb debugging mode using some form of hack or some such? The thing is, it is powered and everything, I can turn it on, the screen works and all that jazz and indeed the phone will charge from USB and the computer makes a noise when I plug or unplug it, the phone itself however won't do anything other than the "screensaver" ICS installation loop. I guess I'm thinking where there's life there's hope and perhaps there's some way in that state I can get it to switch debugging on, though I think I'm reaching at this point .
Ethicistabdiel said:
The volume button didn't work before either. I had to manually adjust volume from settings. I thought it was just because of the dodgy plastic button on top, but using a pen to depress the button underneath doesn't work either.
Believe me, I've been trying to fix this for days now, every different way of depressing volume down in order to get to recovery has not worked. Short of taking the phone apart and seeing if I can see what's wrong with the button (doubtful with my level of expertise) then it ain't happening via that method.
Got a little bit hopeful with this;
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ruu-downloads
But that too requires my phone to be in usb debugging mode, which of course, it isn't.
Is there anyway to force the phone into usb debugging mode using some form of hack or some such? The thing is, it is powered and everything, I can turn it on, the screen works and all that jazz and indeed the phone will charge from USB and the computer makes a noise when I plug or unplug it, the phone itself however won't do anything other than the "screensaver" ICS installation loop. I guess I'm thinking where there's life there's hope and perhaps there's some way in that state I can get it to switch debugging on, though I think I'm reaching at this point .
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The only option i can think of is "Fix your volume button from your nearest Service centre". Without that you cant do anything. I am Sorry....

Gnex: bricked or dead? Please help.

Hey guys, I just inherited a non-functioning gnex. The previous owner said the phone was working fine until it fell of a ledge whilst in a bag. There is no obvious physical damage to the phone chassis or screen.
When I try to power on the phone, it vibrates once but nothing further seems to happen and the screen stays black. Several minutes later though, it starts making some of the android system noises seemingly at a random. If I press either of the volume buttons, it makes the standard volume up or volume down ringer noise. But nothing else really happens other than a continuation of some of the system noises. Sometimes it seems to load a media file or a game once the phone has been powered on with the battery in. When connected to a windows machine, the device mounts and the contents of the phone are uncorrupted.
I've tried different combinations of the power buttons+volume rockers to get into recovery or fastboot, but so far no luck.
I've also tried the OMAP flash but can't get the computer to recognize the phone as a omap4460 for more than a couple of seconds. I've tried the Samsung drivers and the universal naked driver.
The only thing I haven't tried is ODIN (which I'm assuming won't work without being able to enter fastboot or recovery?), which might be last act of desperation before giving up. I'll update accordingly.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I think you have a damaged screen.
try to put phone in odin mode, pull battery out, reinsert it, press volume down with power button for 3 seconds, connect to pc, open odin, see if odin recognize your phone.
Yep it sound like everything is working except for screen. You can try to open it to disconnect and reconnect the screen: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Nexus+Teardown/7182/1 (not sure exactly how) if it doesn't work you can order a replacement screen (eBay or such) and do it yourself (expensive and not easy) or give it to a repair shop (expensive but easy).
Sounds like it's a damaged LCD, not cheap...
I'd buy it off you if its the vz nexus (For parts.)
Thanks guys, I suspect it's the screen also. I haven't gotten around to Odin yet but that will likely be my final attempt at trying to revive the phone.
If it is just screen damage though, would that prevent me from entering recovery mode?
I should've probably already mentioned that this the international version of the gnex (i9250m from Bell Canada), so no LTE.
horseycraze said:
Thanks guys, I suspect it's the screen also. I haven't gotten around to Odin yet but that will likely be my final attempt at trying to revive the phone.
If it is just screen damage though, would that prevent me from entering recovery mode?
I should've probably already mentioned that this the international version of the gnex (i9250m from Bell Canada), so no LTE.
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I'd recommend fastboot. Same thing, less steps, though you will need adb...
(If its available for your model, if not odin would be your only choice. )
Odin has a few more steps...
Long story short you wouldn't know if the screen is dead sadly, with out a replacement, best of luck!
Any insight on how to get into ADB or fastboot? As stated in the OP, the power button combos don't work. Furthermore, I don't have a way of enabling debugging mode.
I still haven't tried Odin, I won't have access to a windows pc for a few more days. I'll update accordingly.
Getting into fastboot is very easy:
Turn off. Since you can't see anything pull battery and reinsert to make sure.
Press volume up, volume down and power at the same time for few seconds.
You feel a vibration like it does on every boot.
That's it, you are in fastboot mode.
To verify, plug into computer and type fastboot devices
If it writes something like this:
0149BD34ABCDABCD fastboot
then you are in fastboot mode.
If it doesn't work, check the drivers. Remember that you need to install the drivers once for every mode (in Windows). fastboot? drivers. MTP? drivers. ADB? drivers. ADB in custom recovery? drivers. Download mode? drivers. OMAPFlash? drivers again. And different modes have different drivers too.

Panasonic DMC-CM1 Factory Reset

hello
i searched the whole internet but there are not much informations about this Phone so i thought i make a new Thread
about the panasonic DCM-CM1 Factory Reset.
please write here any informations and experience you have about the Panasonic DMC-CM1
i never saw someone on youtube google or any other side or anyone who can tell me how to do a Factory Reset with this phone
today i called 5 Panasonic service numbers but noone can help, i also called about 10 Phone Service points for repair no one can help.
i tryed so much with this phone and i finaly found that the CM1 have a Secret key combination to connect it with USB as a Android ADB Interface without having acces to the phone cause it is screen locked.
1 .Turn Phone off
2. press Camera + Volume-up + Power ( Hold )
3. while Holding connect USB. (Hold)
4 .the LED should go green for maybe 2 seconds release all bottons while the led is green before it turns off and then the LED must still green.
then windows found a Android ADB Interface
if im in android SDK Tools i the phone will be found in fastboot!
if i type Fastboot Devices
the other thing i know is how to start in Save mode.
but this is nothing to help with a lost pin.. it only starts the phone without apps that have been installed by the user.
maybe for deinstalling a app or a buggy app.. dont know..
start phone at the screen for the pin or at the home menu..press the power botton hold for 2-4 seconds or so it ask for Shut down Restart and so.. just press and hold Shut down. and then it ask you if you want to start in Save mode. then press yes.
2 weeks ago i wanted to make a Screen lock with a pin for more secure.. i cant remeber the pin anymore thats why i want to make a Factory reset i think im not the only one. so any information would be nice
if there is someone who made Factory Reset with this phone or was able to start in fast boot or anything.. please share the infos with us!
thank you.

SM-T705 Bootloop

Alright. I've not used this device for a while but now I'm trying to fix it. So far :
1. Device goes on a constant bootloop.
2. I can boot the device if I hold onto the power key. If I let go, it just turns off immediately
3. Can't select anything in bootloader since if I let go of power key (which is to select) it just turns off
4. Tried factory resetting, it's now reset but problem persists
5. When in Download mode, it seems to be able to keep itself on however Odin doesn't seem to detect it. (Windows chimes that a new device is connected (sound only); no warning that device is "malfunctioning", doesn't show up in device manager)
6. Banging the side with the power button also didnt work lol
Extra:
If I put tape on the power button it is able to run perfectly fine. Any ideas?
I'm honestly guessing its a sticky power button. Battery problem is probably not the cause since it's able to hold up normally in Download mode.
Any help is appreciated, really damn confusing. I've never seen a post as such, so if I get this resolved hopefully others can repair theirs aswell.
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Same issue
Exactly the same issue here.
I've even replaced the battery, didn't help.
Did you repair it somehow?

Question Bricked my Prixel 6 after flashing stock rom

Hi there,
I am looking for some guidance on my bricked Pixel 6 Pro.
I transfered the data from my old pixel, but then decided to do a full flash to refresh. Downloaded the stock image from google, used the fastboot-all script to flash the phone, but as soon as it was done, I never reboot. my phone is looking completely dead since.
Attempt # 1
- black screen, with no sound to any actions of response to any key combination (power or volume keys).
- tried holding the power button for 60 secs, no response
- tried holding power and volume down, no response
- tried holding power and volume up, no response
- when I plug the phone on charge, no response. neither the charging display.
Atempt # 2
- Only time the phone shows some sign of life, is when I connect the phone to my PC, it makes a sound of detecting a device, but then instantly it get a disconnect sound, (in 2-3 sec).
- I tried holding the power button, while plugged in. it makes a sound of usb detection, (but no visual response on the phone) after holder for 30 secs, it makes another sound of usb detach.
- While I am experimentating with PC connection, I also tried fastboot reboot command, it only shows waiting for a device and nothing happens, either on the console or phone.
Not sure, if I have bricked the bootloader, and if yes, what can be done? Any guidance in this regards will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
Call whoever you bought the phone from and do warranty claim.
I struggled with a soft bricked / bootlooping phone after removing Magisk. Although my phone at least booted to bootloader and a connection via fastboot was working, the factory images wouldn't flash properly. Google support couldn't help me and I thought I had to send it to repair.
In the end I could solve the issue by switching to the Android SDK 31. I know your case is different, because your phone is bricked worse than mine was, but you could give it a try.
Baumhouse said:
I struggled with a soft bricked / bootlooping phone after removing Magisk. Although my phone at least booted to bootloader and a connection via fastboot was working, the factory images wouldn't flash properly. Google support couldn't help me and I thought I had to send it to repair.
In the end I could solve the issue by switching to the Android SDK 31. I know your case is different, because your phone is bricked worse than mine was, but you could give it a try.
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rao_hamza said:
Hi there,
I am looking for some guidance on my bricked Pixel 6 Pro.
I transfered the data from my old pixel, but then decided to do a full flash to refresh. Downloaded the stock image from google, used the fastboot-all script to flash the phone, but as soon as it was done, I never reboot. my phone is looking completely dead since.
Attempt # 1
- black screen, with no sound to any actions of response to any key combination (power or volume keys).
- tried holding the power button for 60 secs, no response
- tried holding power and volume down, no response
- tried holding power and volume up, no response
- when I plug the phone on charge, no response. neither the charging display.
Atempt # 2
- Only time the phone shows some sign of life, is when I connect the phone to my PC, it makes a sound of detecting a device, but then instantly it get a disconnect sound, (in 2-3 sec).
- I tried holding the power button, while plugged in. it makes a sound of usb detection, (but no visual response on the phone) after holder for 30 secs, it makes another sound of usb detach.
- While I am experimentating with PC connection, I also tried fastboot reboot command, it only shows waiting for a device and nothing happens, either on the console or phone.
Not sure, if I have bricked the bootloader, and if yes, what can be done? Any guidance in this regards will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
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rao_hamza said:
Hi there,
I am looking for some guidance on my bricked Pixel 6 Pro.
I transfered the data from my old pixel, but then decided to do a full flash to refresh. Downloaded the stock image from google, used the fastboot-all script to flash the phone, but as soon as it was done, I never reboot. my phone is looking completely dead since.
Attempt # 1
- black screen, with no sound to any actions of response to any key combination (power or volume keys).
- tried holding the power button for 60 secs, no response
- tried holding power and volume down, no response
- tried holding power and volume up, no response
- when I plug the phone on charge, no response. neither the charging display.
Atempt # 2
- Only time the phone shows some sign of life, is when I connect the phone to my PC, it makes a sound of detecting a device, but then instantly it get a disconnect sound, (in 2-3 sec).
- I tried holding the power button, while plugged in. it makes a sound of usb detection, (but no visual response on the phone) after holder for 30 secs, it makes another sound of usb detach.
- While I am experimentating with PC connection, I also tried fastboot reboot command, it only shows waiting for a device and nothing happens, either on the console or phone.
Not sure, if I have bricked the bootloader, and if yes, what can be done? Any guidance in this regards will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
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Bootloader unlocked?
cultofluna said:
Bootloader unlocked?
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If I remeber correctly flashing factory images forces you to unlock the device. So yes, the bootloader of rao_hamza's device should be unlocked.
From memory you can revive it through QPST and orher Qualcomm utilities, however hard part is to get the files. the phone is too new and many shops dont have the unlock tools yet.
" While I am experimentating with PC connection, I also tried fastboot reboot command, it only shows waiting for a device and nothing happens, either on the console or phone. " - this is still good news, as phone is being detected by windows, try to install Qualcomm drivers and see if you can get it to boot into EDL. GOOD LUCK.
Pixel 6 uses Google's own new Tensor chip - so no Qualcomm tools
Like @Baumhouse I went through something similar. Two things for me: it took way longer to hold power and volume down than any other phone I've owned. I was seriously concerned I wasn't going to get there. Two, the factory images all made it to fastbootd and then failed all because I hadn't updated to the latest SDK.
Just throwing this out in hopes you don't have to send it back.
What @ridobe said. Make sure you're using the latest official Google Platform Tools (there's a link in my thread at the top of my signature below if you need it, or just Google for it). If I had a nickel every time someone didn't update the tools when they went to use them...
roirraW edor ehT said:
What @ridobe said. Make sure you're using the latest official Google Platform Tools (there's a link in my thread at the top of my signature below if you need it, or just Google for it). If I had a nickel every time someone didn't update the tools when they went to use them...
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This and a bad/wrong cable seem to be the most common culprits
ridobe said:
Like @Baumhouse I went through something similar. Two things for me: it took way longer to hold power and volume down than any other phone I've owned. I was seriously concerned I wasn't going to get there. Two, the factory images all made it to fastbootd and then failed all because I hadn't updated to the latest SDK.
Just throwing this out in hopes you don't have to send it back.
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Any idea how long you had to hold that button combinaiton? I tried longer, maybe 60 sec, but still no response from the phone.
tids2k said:
From memory you can revive it through QPST and orher Qualcomm utilities, however hard part is to get the files. the phone is too new and many shops dont have the unlock tools yet.
" While I am experimentating with PC connection, I also tried fastboot reboot command, it only shows waiting for a device and nothing happens, either on the console or phone. " - this is still good news, as phone is being detected by windows, try to install Qualcomm drivers and see if you can get it to boot into EDL. GOOD LUCK.
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What is EDL? and had the Google usb drivers installed, to get the fastboot working.
Baumhouse said:
I struggled with a soft bricked / bootlooping phone after removing Magisk. Although my phone at least booted to bootloader and a connection via fastboot was working, the factory images wouldn't flash properly. Google support couldn't help me and I thought I had to send it to repair.
In the end I could solve the issue by switching to the Android SDK 31. I know your case is different, because your phone is bricked worse than mine was, but you could give it a try.
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Yes, I don't know who to get into a bootloader in this situation, if that were working I would have some hope.
If you can get to the bootloader you can use google's flashing website, flash.android.com. I just use that to go back to stock, even with an unlocked bootloader.
pysklona said:
If you can get to the bootloader you can use google's flashing website, flash.android.com. I just use that to go back to stock, even with an unlocked bootloader.
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Thanks @pysklona. you are right, but the problem is I can't get into the bootloader. This is what I am seeking help for.
rao_hamza said:
Thanks @pysklona. you are right, but the problem is I can't get into the bootloader. This is what I am seeking help for.
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Sorry, misread the post.
@pysklona came here because I'm in the same boat, hard-bricked my device after running the flash-all script. Was using the most recent version of platform tools and the brand new cable that came with the phone.
Was getting the same result, attaching it to a windows pc makes the attached device chime, but disconnects after a few seconds. It came up first as "Setting up Pixel ROM Recovery". I let it sit overnight and now it doesn't auto-disconnect and I get a serial device under com3 on windows. Attaching it to macos gives me a "Pixel ROM Recovery" device. Despite "recovery" in the name, I think it's actually in EDL mode, not recovery mode. No devices come up for adb or fastboot on windows, linux or macos. Screen is completely blank no matter what.
Not being a Qualcomm chip makes this whole process from here a bit of an unknown, but will assume the process for recovery is more or less the same. Looking into QPST/MsmDownloadTool/OpenPST, although as pointed out, I'm not sure any of those tools will work since this isn't a qualcomm chip. MsmDownloadTool is for oneplus, but maybe something can be modded.
ootri said:
@pysklona came here because I'm in the same boat, hard-bricked my device after running the flash-all script. Was using the most recent version of platform tools and the brand new cable that came with the phone.
Was getting the same result, attaching it to a windows pc makes the attached device chime, but disconnects after a few seconds. It came up first as "Setting up Pixel ROM Recovery". I let it sit overnight and now it doesn't auto-disconnect and I get a serial device under com3 on windows. Attaching it to macos gives me a "Pixel ROM Recovery" device. Despite "recovery" in the name, I think it's actually in EDL mode, not recovery mode. No devices come up for adb or fastboot on windows, linux or macos. Screen is completely blank no matter what.
Not being a Qualcomm chip makes this whole process from here a bit of an unknown, but will assume the process for recovery is more or less the same. Looking into QPST/MsmDownloadTool/OpenPST, although as pointed out, I'm not sure any of those tools will work since this isn't a qualcomm chip. MsmDownloadTool is for oneplus, but maybe something can be modded.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I just returned the device and got myself a new one.
anyways, i am not sure what is causing this hard brick. thats is something we all should be careful about it.
same thing here. pixel 6 from google store. magisk installed on the december update and i downgraded to the november one using the flash-all.bat script. phone reboots and am told the software is corrupt
reboot back into fastboot mode, run the script again. and get this software is corrupt message again
this time I cant' even boot into fastboot/bootloader mode. and plugging the phone into windows gives me the "pixel rom recovery" message
phone seems dead (black screen, not responding to hardware buttons)
any other solutions than to get it replaced?
Hmm, maybe plug it in to a PC via USB to supply it with power (maybe the battery is down) and just do a very long press of the power button - at least 30 seconds - until the phone starts up. If it does and isn't in fastboot you could try "Power-VolDown" to get into fastboot...
If it just doesn't react to all of this and waiting a bit (in case the battery was at 0% and needs some minimal charge) I think a replacement is the only way to go....
Enddo said:
same thing here. pixel 6 from google store. magisk installed on the december update and i downgraded to the november one using the flash-all.bat script. phone reboots and am told the software is corrupt
reboot back into fastboot mode, run the script again. and get this software is corrupt message again
this time I cant' even boot into fastboot/bootloader mode. and plugging the phone into windows gives me the "pixel rom recovery" message
phone seems dead (black screen, not responding to hardware buttons)
any other solutions than to get it replaced?
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You could try Official Google Android Flash Tool. It's merely another method of doing what you effectively tried, but from what I've read, it's helped some folks. Sadly, others have reported that the Official Google Pixel Update and Software Repair hasn't been updated for the P6P yet.
If that doesn't help, hang in there. There are others in here who will likely have even better advice.
roirraW edor ehT said:
You could try Official Google Android Flash Tool. It's merely another method of doing what you effectively tried, but from what I've read, it's helped some folks. Sadly, others have reported that the Official Google Pixel Update and Software Repair hasn't been updated for the P6P yet.
If that doesn't help, hang in there. There are others in here who will likely have even better advice.
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appreciate the links. right now, I can't even get into fastboot/bootloader mode. so neither of those tools detect the phone.
@s3axel the battery definitely isn't low. I charged it up before all this specifically so that I know it had plenty of juice (was at 93% or something).
I'm thinking maybe after letting the battery die, charging it back up will let me boot into a special boot mode
but any other ideas, please, I'm all ears

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