Root phone without buttons?

Help Fairphone 3
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Dear Fairphone users,

I have been using an FP3 for 5 years and although it still works I have been noticing lag after updating to A13. Problems that I have seen reported around the forum. I am used to custom roms that can boost performance of android devices and I did so with previous phones. However, I remember the need to use some physical buttons to navigate through some menu’s, or to go to bootloader menu (typically volume down and power buttons). My main problem is that these buttons stopped being functional some months ago. The only one working is Volume Up. This is not a problem when using the phone with apps like Wave Up.

My question is straightforward: can I access and navigate the bootloader somehow connecting the phone to a computer via USB and therefore avoid the use of the physical buttons?

Thank you very much for your help!

Cheers

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Hi, have you found your way ?

It is possible with ADB tools:

“adb reboot bootloader”
“fastboot reboot”

Are the commands youre looking for.

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Hi there!

Not at all. I wrote here as the last resort.

So, as I understand using those commands and some others I could do things such as installing a custom rom or doing a backup from the bootloader?

I will try playing around with those commands. Thanks!

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Yes, there are more precise documentation on the various commands but ADB tools will allow you to flash zips or images and to use the bootloader as well.

Good luck !