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[Q] HTC One M7 stuck with no boot loop

Hi,
I'm a total noob to android unlocking etc and I've got my phone stuck on a "This build is for development purposes only" screen, when trying to root I used an AIO toolkit and accidentally flashed the boot.img file instead of the recovery.img file.
(I googled a lot and I'm not the only person that's done it luckily)
In the other thread that I found the person's phone was stuck in a boot loop which I would have been able to fix by holding down the volume button to get back into the HBOOT menu...
Mine seems to be stuck just giving me a white screen and I have no way to power off (and nothing to flash the boot.img file with again when I finally do manage to reboot)
Can anyone help?

Any suggestions welcome, I urgently need my phone for tomorrow as I'm travelling :crying:

Hold power button for 20 seconds should turn off.

Because you flashed the wrong kernel,you have to find the stock kernel,or restore by using an ruu but the issue is that you Dont have any info about your phone like software number and stuff ... You'll have to flash all the kernels to find which one is appropriate for your phone ...

I've tried holding the power button numerous times
Thanks joey, I googled for some ruu's and found a thread with a few different ones for the htc one, I'm not exactly sure what an ruu is but I'll hope for the best

I tried running an ruu and it doesn't detect my phone, anything else?

arcanein said:
I tried running an ruu and it doesn't detect my phone, anything else?
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Bright light trick?
Shine a bright light on it and press + hold power. Make sure the twin sensors aren't covered.

sauprankul said:
Bright light trick?
Shine a bright light on it and press + hold power. Make sure the twin sensors aren't covered.
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i'm astounded but that worked haha thank you

The number of people who don't know of that FEATURE is too damn high.

OMFG that worked. Unbeliveable!!!
sauprankul, you , Sir, are the saint!

[Q] HTC One stuck on bootloop/no hardware keys

Hi, wondering if you guys could help me.
My HTC One is stuck on bootloop. I tried to install a GPE rom with S-ON and now it get's to the first screen of the setup and restarts itself. The problem is the volume keys are defunt therefore I can't get into recovery to flash another rom.
Is there anyway I can force the phone to boot to recovery or to hboot ? I tried to «adb reboot recovery» on boot but with no luck.
Really appriciate any help.

Put it under a light and try to longpress Power and vol-.

HI Guich, thanks for the reply.
I did try what you suggested: shined the flash from another cellphone on the One, at the top where the sensors are, and long pressed power+volume-. If I hold the buttons the phone will just restart endlessly and if I let go of the power button and hold the (defunt) volume- the phone will try to boot as standard.
What would the light do to the phone ? Is it supposed to trigger some of the sensors ?
Thanks!

deerxmoose said:
HI Guich, thanks for the reply.
I did try what you suggested: shined the flash from another cellphone on the One, at the top where the sensors are, and long pressed power+volume-. If I hold the buttons the phone will just restart endlessly and if I let go of the power button and hold the (defunt) volume- the phone will try to boot as standard.
What would the light do to the phone ? Is it supposed to trigger some of the sensors ?
Thanks!
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His intention was to re-verify whether you were pressing the volume down key and not the volume up key. There are no hidden sensors im aware of. if nobody else can give u a solution, the only choice wud b a motherboard replacement frm HTC itself

deerxmoose said:
HI Guich, thanks for the reply.
I did try what you suggested: shined the flash from another cellphone on the One, at the top where the sensors are, and long pressed power+volume-. If I hold the buttons the phone will just restart endlessly and if I let go of the power button and hold the (defunt) volume- the phone will try to boot as standard.
What would the light do to the phone ? Is it supposed to trigger some of the sensors ?
Thanks!
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Umh, if you longpress power and vol- it will boot?
Strange.
If you longpress under the light, theoritecally, it have to boot into the bootloader...

raghav kapur that's what I trying to avoid
Guich it boots because the volume button is broken.
I think my only chance is to, some how, force the phone to get into recovery or hboot whilst booting I just don't know how I could do that without the volume buttons.

Just another bit of information.
When I've got the phone connected to the pc, Windows tries to install an MTP device but never gets to finalize the installion because the phone reboots. If I leave the battery flat and then plug it in, with the charging animation on the phone, Windows tries to install an 'unkown device'.

deerxmoose said:
raghav kapur that's what I trying to avoid
Guich it boots because the volume button is broken.
I think my only chance is to, some how, force the phone to get into recovery or hboot whilst booting I just don't know how I could do that without the volume buttons.
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deerxmoose said:
Just another bit of information.
When I've got the phone connected to the pc, Windows tries to install an MTP device but never gets to finalize the installion because the phone reboots. If I leave the battery flat and then plug it in, with the charging animation on the phone, Windows tries to install an 'unkown device'.
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Ah, sorry, my mistake.
If you've a broken vol- you don't have a lot of chance...
It's an unknown device because it don't boot.

[Q] HTC One stuck in boot loop, can't use recovery/

Hello, I've recently just got this phone off someone to fix for them. It's in the constant bootloop. I can get into the bootloader, which is locked and has S-ON. However, if I try to navigate down it restarts as soon as it highlights recovery. If I navigate up, it will open up the show barcode, and exit out of it and sometimes highlight the image crc and attempt to display it. It restarts however very soon after. This phone has not been rooted or has been flashed at all.
Stuck of ideas at the minute on what to do to fix this guys phone, I don't believe he has warrenty on it either .
Any help would much be appreciated! Want to try and get this fixed.

adstheratz said:
Hello, I've recently just got this phone off someone to fix for them. It's in the constant bootloop. I can get into the bootloader, which is locked and has S-ON. However, if I try to navigate down it restarts as soon as it highlights recovery. If I navigate up, it will open up the show barcode, and exit out of it and sometimes highlight the image crc and attempt to display it. It restarts however very soon after. This phone has not been rooted or has been flashed at all.
Stuck of ideas at the minute on what to do to fix this guys phone, I don't believe he has warrenty on it either .
Any help would much be appreciated! Want to try and get this fixed.
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can you navigate to fastboot and get the phone into fastbootUSB mode ?

Seanie280672 said:
can you navigate to fastboot and get the phone into fastbootUSB mode ?
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That's the first option i'm able to get to at the top, I press the power button to select it however it just resets the phone. I presume this isn't suppose to happen and the fastboot hasn't work?
Wait, sorry. If I press Vol Up, then Vol down again, it auto selects it. However, I can't select the options in the new menu.
Sorry again, it also doesn't seem to have a fastbootUSB mode? Unless it does that when it restarts?

adstheratz said:
That's the first option i'm able to get to at the top, I press the power button to select it however it just resets the phone. I presume this isn't suppose to happen and the fastboot hasn't work?
Wait, sorry. If I press Vol Up, then Vol down again, it auto selects it. However, I can't select the options in the new menu.
Sorry again, it also doesn't seem to have a fastbootUSB mode? Unless it does that when it restarts?
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when you select fastboot, plug it into the computer, it should now say fastboot USB on the screen, if you cant get fastboot, you cant fix it, its knackered.

Seanie280672 said:
when you select fastboot, plug it into the computer, it should now say fastboot USB on the screen, if you cant get fastboot, you cant fix it, its knackered.
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Bugger. I'll mess with it a bit more in hopes of reviving it. Cheers for the help though

If "fastboot" turns to "fastbootUSB" you will probably be OK. Try entering RUU mode from fastboot with the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" If you get this far you will just need to apply a full RUU image, which will reinstall everything, including the boot loader itself.

dougeedug said:
If "fastboot" turns to "fastbootUSB" you will probably be OK. Try entering RUU mode from fastboot with the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" If you get this far you will just need to apply a full RUU image, which will reinstall everything, including the boot loader itself.
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I can't seem to get to that, the phone restarts itself pretty much around 5-7 seconds being in the bootloader itself.
The only other reason i can imagine this happening is maybe because the battery is knackered.

adstheratz said:
I can't seem to get to that, the phone restarts itself pretty much around 5-7 seconds being in the bootloader itself.
The only other reason i can imagine this happening is maybe because the battery is knackered.
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sounds like your power button is stuck

nkk71 said:
sounds like your power button is stuck
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Good point, the power button does seem a bit further in this one, than I have seen in other M7s. This may sound silly, but it clicks when I push it down, but have no idea how to properly bring it up.

adstheratz said:
Good point, the power button does seem a bit further in this one, than I have seen in other M7s. This may sound silly, but it clicks when I push it down, but have no idea how to properly bring it up.
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unfortunately, i have no idea how to fix the button, but if your phone is behaving as if it's being continually pressed that would explain the reboots.
to verify, just enter bootloader, don't do anything (but be in a well lit environment), if it reboots again and again, then the power button is stuck.

nkk71 said:
unfortunately, i have no idea how to fix the button, but if your phone is behaving as if it's being continually pressed that would explain the reboots.
to verify, just enter bootloader, don't do anything (but be in a well lit environment), if it reboots again and again, then the power button is stuck.
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Yep, I'll see about trying to fix the power button then. Here's hoping!

Also, sorry. I should've added in the op that it only turns on when it's plugged into something. If i unplugged it while it's on the htc screen or bootloader, it will stay on till it does the usual reset then stay off.

If the power button is clicking I doubt it is stuck.

adstheratz said:
Also, sorry. I should've added in the op that it only turns on when it's plugged into something. If i unplugged it while it's on the htc screen or bootloader, it will stay on till it does the usual reset then stay off.
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When the Device restarts while you're on the HTC Boot Screen, do the LED Buttons down at the bottom flash up a couple of times prior to the reset? If so, that would be conclusive with the stuck Power Button as that is (afaik) the normal behavior for a reset by pressing and holding Power.

nosmint said:
When the Device restarts while you're on the HTC Boot Screen, do the LED Buttons down at the bottom flash up a couple of times prior to the reset? If so, that would be conclusive with the stuck Power Button as that is (afaik) the normal behavior for a reset by pressing and holding Power.
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This is correct. A hard power down will flash the home and back keys before turning off.

nkk71 said:
unfortunately, i have no idea how to fix the button, but if your phone is behaving as if it's being continually pressed that would explain the reboots.
to verify, just enter bootloader, don't do anything (but be in a well lit environment), if it reboots again and again, then the power button is stuck.
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I've seemed to have someone fixed the phone now, it's getting into Android (after much stress trying to get it into it!). It does seem like it's the power button that is sticky, as it's locking the screen and constantly waking it up and bringing the power button menu up. Needless to say, i'm overjoyed that it's working. Now I need to find out how to fix the power button in it.

adstheratz said:
Now I need to find out how to fix the power button in it.
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That might actually not be quite the easiest task. If anything else fails, why not try bringing it as close to stock und untempered as you can go and hand it in for a warranty repair. With a little bit of luck they will not check the software as it is obviously a hardware button defect.

[Q] SOLVED. Stuck on boot screen with no way out

I'm stuck at the white boot screen with the green htc logo, the red dev text, and the word android on top of the red text.
I just unrooted and went back to stock using the latest ruu.
I'm unlocked and s-off.
I wanted to put on a recovery for it but when I did, the red text about the build being for dev purposes showed up.
I thought flashing the stock boot img would fix that.
It didn't. I can't reboot out, turn off the phone, get to bootloader or recovery, or anything.
Adb and fastboot can't see the phone is connected cause it's at the boot screen.
I tried holding Vol Up and Power for a minute and then tried shining a light on the front camera for a couple of minutes.
Is there any hope to fix this?

Zin0 said:
I'm stuck at the white boot screen with the green htc logo, the red dev text, and the word android on top of the red text.
I just unrooted and went back to stock using the latest ruu.
I'm unlocked and s-off.
I wanted to put on a recovery for it but when I did, the red text about the build being for dev purposes showed up.
I thought flashing the stock boot img would fix that.
It didn't. I can't reboot out, turn off the phone, get to bootloader or recovery, or anything.
Adb and fastboot can't see the phone is connected cause it's at the boot screen.
I tried holding Vol Up and Power for a minute and then tried shining a light on the front camera for a couple of minutes.
Is there any hope to fix this?
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the red text is normal after flashing a custom recovery, the other stuff might be you flashed the wrong recovery for your phone, I don't know what phone you have or what recovery you flashed, if it's a sprint phone it should be for m7wls.did you flash superuser after the recovery.to gain root

Aldo101t said:
the red text is normal after flashing a custom recovery, the other stuff might be you flashed the wrong recovery for your phone, I don't know what phone you have or what recovery you flashed, if it's a sprint phone it should be for m7wls.
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I have a sprint htc one m7. I flashed philz for this phone and it worked fine. So the problem was that I flashed the stock boot image on fastboot and for some reason, it got stuck on the boot screen when I tried booting in and I don't have a way of getting out of that boot screen. So far, i'm thinking that I might have to wait for the phone to run out of power and die so it can be off then charge it up and see if I can get into bootloader. But I was hoping there would be another way of getting out of boot screen.

Zin0 said:
I have a sprint htc one m7. I flashed philz for this phone and it worked fine. So the problem was that I flashed the stock boot image on fastboot and for some reason, it got stuck on the boot screen when I tried booting in and I don't have a way of getting out of that boot screen. So far, i'm thinking that I might have to wait for the phone to run out of power and die so it can be off then charge it up and see if I can get into bootloader. But I was hoping there would be another way of getting out of boot screen.
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hold power down and the captive lights should blink when they stop simultaneously hold volume down should get you to bootloader.

Aldo101t said:
hold power down and the captive lights should blink when they stop simultaneously hold volume down should get you to bootloader.
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Interesting, I never heard of that. So I hold down power and watch the lights blink until they're done, then hold volume down?

Zin0 said:
Interesting, I never heard of that. So I hold down power and watch the lights blink until they're done, then hold volume down?
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yep, when screen turns off hold power and volume down.

Aldo101t said:
yep, when screen turns off hold power and volume down.
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Alright cool. Do you know how long i gotta hold it for until they stop? They've been blinking forever since I've held power down.

Zin0 said:
Alright cool. Do you know how long i gotta hold it for until they stop? They've been blinking forever since I've held power down.
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hmmm, they should only blink about 10 times, does the screen turn off?
try putting it under a bright light when they are flashing.

Aldo101t said:
hmmm, they should only blink about 10 times, does the screen turn off?
try putting it under a bright light when they are flashing.
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I used the flashlight from my other phone on it but it blinks as long as I hold it down, it doesn't seem to stop. And no, the screen doesn't turn off, it's still the same boot screen.
EDIT- It probably was the damn light lol. I happened to plug in the One to the charger and there was a lamp next to it, so I put it under that and held the power and volume down key and the screen went dark and booted into fastboot and I smiled greatly Thank you! Now the beginning starts.

Zin0 said:
I used the flashlight from my other phone on it but it blinks as long as I hold it down, it doesn't seem to stop. And no, the screen doesn't turn off, it's still the same boot screen.
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hmmm, don't know what the heck's going on there.

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hmmm, don't know what the heck's going on there.
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I didn't either till that blessed lamp came into my sights. I thought I had to pull the plug. But nah, life's way better. So I don't know how to get back the previous boot image i had before i flashed this one.

Zin0 said:
I didn't either till that blessed lamp came into my sights. I thought I had to pull the plug. But nah, life's way better. So I don't know how to get back the previous boot image i had before i flashed this one.
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gotta get to the bootloader somehow.??

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gotta get to the bootloader somehow.??
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Nah. To the boot image version before the one I flashed. But I just ended up running the ruu again and it set up everything. So i'm saved now. Thanks for your help.

Zin0 said:
Nah. To the boot image version before the one I flashed. But I just ended up running the ruu again and it set up everything. So i'm saved now. Thanks for your help.
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good to hear,lol, glad you got it up and running

Cant't boot to fastboot mode

I'm trying to install a custom ROM onto my Xperia XZ1 Compact but I got stuck in the beginning. The first step would be to unlock the bootloader. I followed multiple tutorials but none of them worked for me, because I can't get my phone to reboot into fastboot mode. I tried two ways basically:
1. Turn off device, hold Volume down button for 2 secs, plug USB while holding the button. Nope, nothing happens, the only thing I get is the green led is on, I guess indicating that the phone is being charged.
2. Turn off device, plug USB and launch the command adb reboot fastboot (My computer is running Linux but I think it doesn't matter). The phone turns off but does not restart. If I just do adb reboot it reboots in normal mode. I also tried adb reboot bootloader but it just turns off the phone.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

neils_f said:
I'm trying to install a custom ROM onto my Xperia XZ1 Compact but I got stuck in the beginning. The first step would be to unlock the bootloader. I followed multiple tutorials but none of them worked for me, because I can't get my phone to reboot into fastboot mode. I tried two ways basically:
1. Turn off device, hold Volume down button for 2 secs, plug USB while holding the button. Nope, nothing happens, the only thing I get is the green led is on, I guess indicating that the phone is being charged.
2. Turn off device, plug USB and launch the command adb reboot fastboot (My computer is running Linux but I think it doesn't matter). The phone turns off but does not restart. If I just do adb reboot it reboots in normal mode. I also tried adb reboot bootloader but it just turns off the phone.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks
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It seems that this issue is now solved. Black screen with green led on means that your phone is in fastboot mode. Do not expect any feedback on the screen.

neils_f said:
It seems that this issue is now solved. Black screen with green led on means that your phone is in fastboot mode. Do not expect any feedback on the screen.
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Green = Flash mode, Blue = Fastboot mode.

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Green = Flash mode, Blue = Fastboot mode.
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I see, thanks. Anyway something is going really bad here, I wish I had never started this. I have managed to unlock the bootloader but the phone does not work now. It hangs at the XPERIA logo and does not respond to power button. It only responds to power + vol up + vol down which restarts the system and hangs again at logo

neils_f said:
I see, thanks. Anyway something is going really bad here, I wish I had never started this. I have managed to unlock the bootloader but the phone does not work now. It hangs at the XPERIA logo and does not respond to power button. It only responds to power + vol up + vol down which restarts the system and hangs again at logo
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Restore your phone with THIS. Which guide did you follow to unlock your boot loader? https://developer.sony.com/develop/...d/unlock-bootloader/how-to-unlock-bootloader/

SXUsr said:
Restore your phone with THIS. Which guide did you follow to unlock your boot loader? https://developer.sony.com/develop/...d/unlock-bootloader/how-to-unlock-bootloader/
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I'm restoring the phone right now, thanks for the tip. Fingers crossed. Yes, I followed the guide you linked above.