[Q] Volume down broken and bootloop - how to get to recovery?

[mikkel-ol]

Yea, the title almost says it all;
After I changed the screen on my GN the volume down button is not functioning (1 of the 3 solderings is loose).
That was not much of a problem since I could just turn the volume down with the slider that appears, when pressing the volume up button.

BUT

I was too excited to try out the Optimus 4X lockscreen, so I flashed it and ended in a bootloop.
And since my volume down button is broken, I ask:

How do I get into recovery to perform a restore?

 

[beekay201]

...srsly?

recovery is vol up+power, not vol down+power.

sent from my i9250

 

[Petrovski80]

Yea, the title almost says it all;
After I changed the screen on my GN the volume down button is not functioning (1 of the 3 solderings is loose).
That was not much of a problem since I could just turn the volume down with the slider that appears, when pressing the volume up button.

BUT

I was too excited to try out the Optimus 4X lockscreen, so I flashed it and ended in a bootloop.
And since my volume down button is broken, I ask:

How do I get into recovery to perform a restore?

Afaik, without volume down button working you cannot enter bootloader OR download (Odin) mode. So basically, all you can do is try to fix the soldering.

---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:51 PM ----------

...srsly?

recovery is vol up+power, not vol down+power.

sent from my i9250

Are you sure? Vol up + power button doesn't boot recovery for me.

 

[crazyg4merz]

If u are not in bootloop mode u can just using adb command to reboot into recovery. But if u are having bootloop then u have to enter download mode and flash with odin. I forgot what button is power+volume up, but any mode whether it's download mode or recovery mode are not a problem in android world

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[mikkel-ol]

...srsly?

recovery is vol up+power, not vol down+power.

sent from my i9250

It is on the Galaxy S I9000, but not the GN

Afaik, without volume down button working you cannot enter bootloader OR download (Odin) mode. So basically, all you can do is try to fix the soldering.

Yea, that is what I'm afraid of because I don't have any soldering equipment..

 

[Jubakuba]

You can plug in and see if she's getting far enough in for an "adb reboot bootloader" but I'm not sure if that'll work.
Worth a shot!

 

[Xfanatic]

Recovery is volume up + down + power. Volume up + power is Odin.

Allons-y

 

[Jubakuba]

Recovery is volume up + down + power. Volume up + power is Odin.

Allons-y

*facepalm*

 

[FrostyF7]

Can't you Odin push a ROM to the phone? And when you get in download ROM manager and recover your backup.

 

[Xfanatic]

*facepalm*

Sorry for the misspeak. Volume down +power is Odin and volume up + down + power is fastboot, which will get you to recovery.

Allons-y

 

[Petrovski80]

Can't you Odin push a ROM to the phone? And when you get in download ROM manager and recover your backup.

No, because he cannot get into the bootloader, download mode OR recovery because of a faulty volume down key.

 

[FrostyF7]

No, because he cannot get into the bootloader, download mode OR recovery because of a faulty volume down key.

God this is a bad situation.

 

[crazyg4merz]

I got u a way, try adb reboot download in terminal. It works. After that u can flash with odin.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[Petrovski80]

I got u a way, try adb reboot download in terminal. It works. After that u can flash with odin.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

For adb to work, he must either boot into android or a custom recovery. He cannot do either.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[crazyg4merz]

My bad, I forgot his phone is in bootloop. So this means no hope? It's so horrible because my galaxy gio have a not working volume up and down, this means I can't make it bootloop or I'll end up dead like him

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[OneFreshDude]

Do you still need help?
Buy a jig. amazon . com/gp/product/B0053H73JQ/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A2FLTOLVOW7SND I haven't used this one myself but there's a comment saying that it works. :good:

EDIT: I bought one and it works perfectly!