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landon1850

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I got my hands on a G1 that has some buttons which don't work - the w, r, 6, 7, 0, and Home keys.

I was thinking I'd upgrade it to Cupcake and use the onscreen keyboard. But to do the upgrade right now, it'll have to be put in recovery mode a few times during the process.

I have a feeling I know the answer, but is there a way to enter recovery mode on a G1 without use of the Home key?

Thanks!

-Landon
 
landon1850 said:
I got my hands on a G1 that has some buttons which don't work - the w, r, 6, 7, 0, and Home keys.

I was thinking I'd upgrade it to Cupcake and use the onscreen keyboard. But to do the upgrade right now, it'll have to be put in recovery mode a few times during the process.

I have a feeling I know the answer, but is there a way to enter recovery mode on a G1 without use of the Home key?

Thanks!

-Landon
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Sorry but, I don't believe there is ... I have read several quides and seen nothing to this ... I would call TMO tech support (they have a larger database of possible fixes) and tell them your home key isn't working and is there a work-around ....

Good luck and please ... come back here and post your findings ...
 
landon1850 said:
I got my hands on a G1 that has some buttons which don't work - the w, r, 6, 7, 0, and Home keys.

I was thinking I'd upgrade it to Cupcake and use the onscreen keyboard. But to do the upgrade right now, it'll have to be put in recovery mode a few times during the process.

I have a feeling I know the answer, but is there a way to enter recovery mode on a G1 without use of the Home key?

Thanks!

-Landon
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the answer is yes you can set your phone to boot directly to recovery after the initial root just d/l this app from the market : Cyrket - Root Booter
 
noonehereyet said:
the answer is yes you can set your phone to boot directly to recovery after the initial root just d/l this app from the market : Cyrket - Root Booter
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No, he means the hardware HOME key doesn't work... So he cant Home+Power and therefore he can't get into the recovery menu .... but yes if he was already in Recovery ....the reboot appd takes over for you....
 
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