How to hard-reset my Nexus4? I can not turn my Nexus4 and want to hard-reset my phone.
If it's on and you can't turn it off just hold the power button for 10 seconds. If it won't boot, get into bootloader by powering on and holding volume down.
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Phone is super slow and the sound is messed up. I want to switch the phone back to original state with WM installed.
I cannot seem to get the phone back in tri color mode.
Power + Volume brings aMAGLDR V1.13
What am I doing wrong? Is there any other way to force the phone in tri color boot mode?
Thanks,
make sure phone is off then only press volume - button and then press power button.
it sounds like your waiting to long to hold the vol down and power button. you need to do that before the splash screen pops up, if the splash screen shows up its already to late. pull the battery out & then place it back in..hold power for just a split second and then press vol down. im not sure why but this seems to boot a little quicker for me doing it this way then holding power and vol down at the same time from the start.
Still no luck.
Remove the battery.
Press and hold "Vol down" key
Press Power for 2 sec.
Wait for 10 + sec. nothing happens.
Press and hold "Vol down" key
Press Power for 4 sec.
Wait for 10 + sec. nothing happens.
Press and hold "Vol down" key
Press Power for 8 sec.
Wait for 10 + sec. nothing happens.
Phone powers up.
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aMAGLDR V1.13
Build: Feb 1 2011 03:46:07
by Cotulla 2011
Guy....just HOLD VolDown and press SHORT power button.
Are you sure your volume down button works?
It doesn't matter if you short press or long press the power button it works either way the main thing is the phone has to be completely off before first pressing and holding the volume down button and while it is still down press the power button and keep the volume down pressed until bootloader screen appears.
You can also try, with the phone off or on, press the volume down button and then press something into the reset button under the battery door quickly and keep holding the volume down button.
If none of these work let me know exactly what happens after you try these. Where does it go, does it start Android?
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It looks like the problem is the volume button.
I let the phone boot normally.
I noticed if I press the volume up button then the animation for vluome come up on the screen but if I press the volume down button animation does not appear.
Therefore, when I hold the volume down and press reset button, phone boots normally. I guess I am out of luck?
I am not sure how to bypass this problem but there have been others with your same problem search the other general forums for volume down button broken or something like that and I am sure there is some way to remap your buttons
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I don't think that you can remap it so it works on that early time on bootup.
baboog said:
Phone is super slow and the sound is messed up. I want to switch the phone back to original state with WM installed.
I cannot seem to get the phone back in tri color mode.
Power + Volume brings aMAGLDR V1.13
What am I doing wrong? Is there any other way to force the phone in tri color boot mode?
Thanks,
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Try to hold down both UP + DOWN vol and then press POWER. Keep on holding it until you see the TRI color screen. This is a hard reset method, hope this works.
Just curious what ROM you currently running on the phone?
when in magldr can you scroll down? if so then the volume down works. magldr wont let you charge the phone in an off state so if you can scroll down. shut off phone or pull battery and wait like 15 seconds, than hold down the volume button than plug the phone in and you should be in tri-color screen if not than you need a new phone. hope this helps a little.
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Now everytime the phone boots I see a "Google" Logo, and then of the 4-color ball, then a never-ending!!!
the problem: i can't acces in menu recovery or fastmode by swithed the phone off and pressed and hold the power key with volume down, any display menu, just logo google and bulls color
help me
For fastboot, power off the phone and hold volume up, volume down, and power.
audit13 said:
For fastboot, power off the phone and hold volume up, volume down, and power.
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I tried all combinations possible, without result
always google logo and the 4 balls in color, and if I still press both button the phone restarts.
Unless you can get into fast boot or recovery, there isn't much you can do because you probably need to either perform a factory reset or refresh a stock ROM.
Is there some kind of hard (power) reset/shutdown method for this phone that I am just not aware of? This is probably the most infuriating phone I've ever worked with as it constantly wants to power back on even when it's shut down normally or when I do what should be a hard shutdown by holding the power button down. Makes getting out of a bootloop impossible until it finally decides to stay off.
Just one of the many reasons that I hate sealed in batteries.
I believe once or twice I have successfully held the power and down volume until it got me to the recovery screen when I was stuck with a boot loop or other non shutdown event.
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Hold power and as soon as screen goes out release and hold Vol Dn, release when bootloader starts then use Vol keys to select shutdown and press power.
acejavelin said:
Hold power and as soon as screen goes out release and hold Vol Dn, release when bootloader starts then use Vol keys to select shutdown and press power.
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Well if I can get to the bootloader then mission accomplished, I've just never worked with a phone that will turn itself back on like this one seems to at least half the time. Holding the volume button down as soon as it cuts off seems to help send it to the bootloader if it does decide to power back on.
Yup... Should do the trick.
To be honest, in all the phones we have had there was never a way to force them off, except if it had a removable battery. Huawei, Moto, HTC, Samsung, Nokia... All would reboot if you held the power long enough.
hi
my little brother made a pattern lock and forgot the pattern, after many tries the phone erased everything
he doesn't know the email he used it on phone or the password
now it boots welcome screen and asks for the old email, i did tried make new but it doesn't works.
so i figured i should just wipe everything with hard reset
from what i read and saw some videos, i should turn off and then connect to power then wait a little, then press power and vol up for 10 seconds then release my finger from the power button.
i tried it many many times but it doesn't works.
any help?
Switch off your phone,then connect the charger to your phone and quickly press and hold volume up and power buttons,after the screen is blinking a bit release power button,but hold volume up until you are in recovery mode.
it doesn't works, it's like the vol up doesn't work when the phone is switched off, but when i power on the phone and finish booting i can vol up.
i can enter download mode (vol down + power) but it doesn't do anything.
Marius.Petran said:
Switch off your phone,then connect the charger to your phone and quickly press and hold volume up and power buttons,after the screen is blinking a bit release power button,but hold volume up until you are in recovery mode.
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it doesn't works, is there other way for hard reset?
ok, managed boot to recovery mode, did wibe out data, after i restarted, it asked me the email that been used on the same device before format, however my little brother can't even remember the email he used.
Send it to Care Center...they will fix it
my OP6T is bricked and I have to turn it off to repair it with the volume + - command.
How do I turn it off? There is a special combination of buttons?
Hold volume-up, volume-down, and power buttons simultaneously. After a few seconds, it should reboot. Immediately after rebooting, hold volume-down and power buttons to get to recovery. Select power off in recovery.
Nsane457 said:
Hold volume-up, volume-down, and power buttons simultaneously. After a few seconds, it should reboot. Immediately after rebooting, hold volume-down and power buttons to get to recovery. Select power off in recovery.
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I already tried but when I press turn off it has put the recovery mode back and now it's bricked on the screen where there is the message that says the phone is bricked.
Thanks anyway.
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I already tried but when I press turn off it has put the recovery mode back and now it's bricked on the screen where there is the message that says the phone is bricked.
Thanks anyway.
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I just went through this same thing last night with my OP6. Make sure the device is unplugged from the computer, or any other power sources. Select Power Off and immediately hold the volume + button for 5 seconds and while still holding volume + plug it into your PC.
It's okay I turn off and my phone is good now.