Can't hard restart! - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just flashed PAC ROM and the teamSeven AOSP kernel and now it's stuck at the PAC loading screen. I've tried holding down the power button for 30 seconds, holding volume down + power, and holding volume up + power, but each time, the back button and home button just start blinking - no restart.
What should I do? o.o Not sure how to get back into recovery if I can't restart the damn thing

Got it working again! Apparently adb (on the phone) loads right away after the HTC splash screen so I was able to reboot that way.
Man it really freaked me out that a HARDWARE reset did not work.. what if adb never loaded?

You need to have some light on the proximity sensor.

This is one of the most weirdest ways of hard rebooting lol! But I find it odd on my HTC One I could reboot it regardless of having light or even covering the proximity sensor switch.
BenPope said:
You need to have some light on the proximity sensor.
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HTC ONE aroma 2.56 wont' turn off

I'm trying to run the trickdroid tweak using aroma 2.56 installer and it crashed. I hold the power button but the device won't turn off
vick20 said:
I'm trying to run the trickdroid tweak using aroma 2.56 installer and it crashed. I hold the power button but the device won't turn off
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Just keep holding it, it takes a bit. The capacitive buttons will flash for a bit but keep holding it and it'll go dark eventually, then try try again. I think it took my six tries for trickdroid with full revovery wipes in between each one...
BableMan said:
Just keep holding it, it takes a bit. The capacitive buttons will flash for a bit but keep holding it and it'll go dark eventually, then try try again. I think it took my six tries for trickdroid with full revovery wipes in between each one...
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the capacitive buttons light up but still it doesn't turn off. I'm at the part where it says mounting partitions
I had this problem too. What you have to do is have the all in one toolkit and plug your phone to you computer. Then open the toolkit and press "reboot into recovery" it should reboot your phone back to recovery mode. Then proceed to installing your Rom. Remember to not use the touchscreen at ALL when using aroma or your phone will freeze up
crzykiller said:
I had this problem too. What you have to do is have the all in one toolkit and plug your phone to you computer. Then open the toolkit and press "reboot into recovery" it should reboot your phone back to recovery mode. Then proceed to installing your Rom. Remember to not use the touchscreen at ALL when using aroma or your phone will freeze up
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aroma has a nasty issue right now where you can use the touch screen to make your selections for options and stuff, BUT sometimes(more often than not) the aroma app will freeze. even if you dont use the touch screen and use the vol/power buttons to make your selections it has more like a 15% to freeze. It has something to do with the way their database is setup i think. if all else fails and your phone freezes. hold down the power button for roughly 15 seconds. this simulates a battery pull. while holding down the power button you should see your back and home buttons flash. Once the flashing has stopped it means the phone should be off. at that point push the power button again for like .5 seconds and the phone should power on. if you want to get into the bootloader to access recovery hold down the vol down button while pushing the power button for the .5 seconds and it should load the bootloader and you can select to enter recovery.
someone else feels my pain. This happened to me Saturday. No matter what my phone wouldn't shut off and adb wouldn't work. I had to just let the battery die.
syaoran68 said:
aroma has a nasty issue right now where you can use the touch screen to make your selections for options and stuff, BUT sometimes(more often than not) the aroma app will freeze. even if you dont use the touch screen and use the vol/power buttons to make your selections it has more like a 15% to freeze. It has something to do with the way their database is setup i think. if all else fails and your phone freezes. hold down the power button for roughly 15 seconds. this simulates a battery pull. while holding down the power button you should see your back and home buttons flash. Once the flashing has stopped it means the phone should be off. at that point push the power button again for like .5 seconds and the phone should power on. if you want to get into the bootloader to access recovery hold down the vol down button while pushing the power button for the .5 seconds and it should load the bootloader and you can select to enter recovery.
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Yes normally you can hold the power down but in his case and when it happened to me I held the button down for at least a minute and it did not turn off
crzykiller said:
Yes normally you can hold the power down but in his case and when it happened to me I held the button down for at least a minute and it did not turn off
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You have to try it every 20 seconds again and again, though its a tough process and you need to be patient
THE FIX!!!
Danzigerstr said:
You have to try it every 20 seconds again and again, though its a tough process and you need to be patient
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My friends I have found a fix. Refer to my post in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41878023#post41878023
You need to hold the sensor in front of a very bright light source (did mine in front of a light bulb) and THEN hold the Power button for 15 seconds.
It will reboot. I can almost guarantee it. :good:
droidoes said:
My friends I have found a fix. Refer to my post in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41878023#post41878023
You need to hold the sensor in front of a very bright light source (did mine in front of a light bulb) and THEN hold the Power button for 15 seconds.
It will reboot. I can almost guarantee it. :good:
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Holy! Thank you sir! flipped my light on, BANG thanks

Sprint HTC One won't turn on, flashing Home and Back buttons.

I was coming from Cyanogenmod nightlies, and was trying to flash stock, but the phone just randomly shut off and it won't turn back on. When I hold down the power button the only response I get is the home and back buttons will blink white for the duration of me pressing down the button. Thank you for any possible help.
atkinsman said:
I was coming from Cyanogenmod nightlies, and was trying to flash stock, but the phone just randomly shut off and it won't turn back on. When I hold down the power button the only response I get is the home and back buttons will blink white for the duration of me pressing down the button. Thank you for any possible help.
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Can you get into the boot loader?
Keep holding down power button. Button lights will blink for about 12 secs, then let go of power and hold down vol down until bootloader pops up.
via ONE.
CM10 won't load. home and back buttons lit constantly
Blackcircle said:
Keep holding down power button. Button lights will blink for about 12 secs, then let go of power and hold down vol down until bootloader pops up.
via ONE.
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Hi. This just happened to me as well, trying to flash CM 10.1.3 to get a GPS lock from a sense rom. Problem is, I can't get to the bootloader and the menu/back lights don't stop flashing. So there's no point where they stop flashing and I can then use the volume button to get to the bootloader. And they stay lit even when I am not pressing anything. I could use some help here.. hate to think I've bricked this very expensive slab of metal. Thanks.
Same problem.
Somebody please help.
EDIT:
Solved. Bright light trick.
Shine a bright light on it and press + hold power and vol down. Make sure the twin sensors aren't covered.
Thanks guletz - you just saved me a call (or a visit) to the Sprint store.
Phone in call...
guletz said:
Same problem.
Somebody please help.
EDIT:
Solved. Bright light trick.
Shine a bright light on it and press + hold power and vol down. Make sure the twin sensors aren't covered.
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Will this work (Reset and/or bright light) if the phone is in a call. I am stuck listening to a recorded message and can't hang up
k-rock said:
Thanks guletz - you just saved me a call (or a visit) to the Sprint store.
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This is also happening to most of the sprint 4.3 custom roms. Not sure if everyone is building on top of the same rom image or fimrware issues...let me know if anyone is getting the same issues after flashing any of the sprint custom roms.

[Q] Can't restart non-booting device!

Hi
ReVolt ROM is stuck on the flash screen on second boot up.
Long press of power button does nothing but flash buttons no matter how long I hold it for!
Phone isn't showing as connected to PC either so cannot use adb commands.
Do I have to wait for the thing to die??? If so thats annoying as its at 91%
Umh, for which version of One is this rom?
However, re-try with longpress of Power button
International. CID is HTC_001.
Tried power again. Held for about 20 seconds... Nothing.
Can you share the link of the rom?
I can't see it in htc one section...
TheMathMan said:
Hi
ReVolt ROM is stuck on the flash screen on second boot up.
Long press of power button does nothing but flash buttons no matter how long I hold it for!
Phone isn't showing as connected to PC either so cannot use adb commands.
Do I have to wait for the thing to die??? If so thats annoying as its at 91%
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Shine a bright light at the phone and hold down power for 20 seconds Seriously
Right... Seriously... How the hell did that work???? I'm stunned. Brilliant.
its becoming a known fact that putting it under a light while holding button combo is a real solution. it has something to do with the sensors to prevent an accidental button combo while in a pocket or bag

[closed] Phone won't boot, flashing buttons

My phone will no longer boot.
Pressing the power button does nothing.
When I hold down the power button for a period of time (seemingly infinite) and the home and back buttons blink. The screen itself does nothing.
When I hold the power button + up / down buttons (I've tried various combinations) then again, the home and back buttons blink and the screen itself does nothing.
Of course...I'm naturally concerned that the phone is bricked / dead.
I've done some googling and a little reading around and I think I can resolve the issue by botting into fast boot and using hasson2000's all in one toolkit.
....is it likely the phone can be put into 'fast boot' (I think this is what power + volume down does)?
I do I need to wipe "everything" including the custom recovery?
Thanks for your help.
MamaKin said:
My phone will no longer boot.
Pressing the power button does nothing.
When I hold down the power button for a period of time (seemingly infinite) and the home and back buttons blink. The screen itself does nothing.
When I hold the power button + up / down buttons (I've tried various combinations) then again, the home and back buttons blink and the screen itself does nothing.
Of course...I'm naturally concerned that the phone is bricked / dead.
I've done some googling and a little reading around and I think I can resolve the issue by botting into fast boot and using hasson2000's all in one toolkit.
....is it likely the phone can be put into 'fast boot' (I think this is what power + volume down does)?
I do I need to wipe "everything" including the custom recovery?
Thanks for your help.
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Try holding your phone over/under a bright light while holding down the power key or power/volume key it should boot..
bigdaddy619 said:
Try holding your phone over/under a bright light while holding down the power key or power/volume key it should boot..
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Will this trick the screen into coming on or something?
MamaKin said:
Will this trick the screen into coming on or something?
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It has something to do with the proximity sensor I don't know why it works but I have seen many members that used it and it worked every time haha
bigdaddy619 said:
Try holding your phone over/under a bright light while holding down the power key or power/volume key it should boot..
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bigdaddy619 said:
It has something to do with the proximity sensor I don't know why it works but I have seen many members that used it and it worked every time haha
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Sadly...It's not worked
Yep he's right. To prevent soft reboots in your pocket, htc made it so that you need a light in the sensor. Try holding the power button under a light, and be patient. If it doesn't work after 5 sec, keep waiting until it does. I have had to wait for 30sec-1m once, but it worked eventually
EDIT: you could also try if ADB works, in that case you'd just have to use adb reboot.
It worked!
Thanks guys
Sloth said:
Try holding your phone over/under a bright light while holding down the power key or power/volume key it should boot..
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strangely enough this has finally worked for me.
2ka said:
strangely enough this has finally worked for me.
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any way to disable the proximity sensor?
matze19999 said:
any way to disable the proximity sensor?
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Are you trying to disable the proximity sensor? If so follow the link below. It is done on an M8 but pretty much the same for an M7.
http://visihow.com/Turn_On_or_Off_P...lence_Speaking_in_TalkBack_Mode_on_HTC_One_M8
It works !!! u saved my phone

Help unbricking

Sry if this is an already answered question but i went through 10 threads and no solutions.
Im stuck at the boot logo and when i try power + volume down the capacitive buttons blink but nothing happens. Im new to htc but i have general knowledge on android and recoveries and adb
vdekjakalit said:
Sry if this is an already answered question but i went through 10 threads and no solutions.
Im stuck at the boot logo and when i try power + volume down the capacitive buttons blink but nothing happens. Im new to htc but i have general knowledge on android and recoveries and adb
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How long are you holding the buttons? The lights will flash for several seconds before booting to the bootloader.
Have you tried doing it with the device powered off?
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Im holding the buttons for atleast 60 sec.
Its stuck on the boot animation think. I dont know how to turn it off.
vdekjakalit said:
Im holding the buttons for atleast 60 sec.
Its stuck on the boot animation think. I dont know how to turn it off.
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Hold the Power button till the screen goes black, then release it & quickly press & hold the Power button & Volume Down to get into the bootloader
im holding the power button only for as long as i can and yet nothing. The capacitive buttons blink and nothing, no vibrations black screen. Just the boot image
vdekjakalit said:
im holding the power button only for as long as i can and yet nothing. The capacitive buttons blink and nothing, no vibrations black screen. Just the boot image
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Well, I have no idea then.... The phone should turn off after holding the Power button for ~10 seconds while the capacitive buttons blink... For how long are trying to turn off the phone? I would suggest you to let it in bootloop over night, so the battery gets drained & then try to go into bootloader in the morning when charging [emoji4]
I'm having the same issue. My volume down button barely works and when it does it's temperamental. I've done the same and had the same issues with the blinking lights. I've let the battery drain out and tried to redo it to no avail. ADB and Fastboot commands don't work either since it doesn't boot up far enough for the adb wait-for-device commands either, so I think mine is fully bricked. I have a Nexus 4 which I'm using but it would be nice to get my M7 working again as a backup/mess around phone

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