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[Q] This phone is making me nuttier than squirrel **** :(

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Hey,
So I have had this phone for about 16 months. I have always loved it. It wasn't rooted or anything like that but I started having issues with it,
Such as, not being able to end a call, pick up, random reboots.
The phone will not power on at all it does however show the battery being charged at 100% when I plug in adapter.
I also cannot get my PC to recognize it, have tried on multiple computers.
Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
XDAn00b
PS
This my work and business cell so I need it up and running asap even if cost me a few dollars.
I have over 1000 documents/payroll/emails and highly sensitive info
So if you could help there would most certainly be compensated for your time. I don't even care if you remote into my PC. I just really need this or I will lose my job.

I am assuming you tried to pull the battery and wait and put it back again
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Hi Cazey.
Take the battery out, replace it, hold volume down and power on. That should take you to the bootloader, a white screen with a few options on it, and probably 'locked' at the top if you haven't played around with custom ROMs yet.
If you can get that far, try selecting 'recovery' and doing a factory reset through there. Note you'll probably lose all the data on your internal memory. This is a bit of a last-ditch effort, so try any other suggestions first. I'm a PM away if you need anything further.
Justin

No...
If its locked its got HTC update recovery...
Maybe find the ruu and return it to stock for real...
Otherwise its a hardware issue...
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zombie.raised said:
I am assuming you tried to pull the battery and wait and put it back again
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Yes I have taken the battery out numerious times to no avail
juzz86 said:
Hi Cazey.
Take the battery out, replace it, hold volume down and power on. That should take you to the bootloader, a white screen with a few options on it, and probably 'locked' at the top if you haven't played around with custom ROMs yet.
If you can get that far, try selecting 'recovery' and doing a factory reset through there. Note you'll probably lose all the data on your internal memory. This is a bit of a last-ditch effort, so try any other suggestions first. I'm a PM away if you need anything further.
Justin
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I cannot even get into the bootloader, when I hold the power button down it does nothing, unless its charging and then it just turns into a black screen
rignfool said:
No...
If its locked its got HTC update recovery...
Maybe find the ruu and return it to stock for real...
Otherwise its a hardware issue...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 2
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I have also done this and it says the device is not recognized

OK...
Do you have an SD card... pull it out...
Remove and replace your sim card...
Maybe push on behind the sim card on the plastic...
Flex the phone a little length wise... A LITTLE
Then try again
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 2

The name of this thread lol
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[Q] HTC One, won't turn on..

To preface this, the phone is completely stock and unlocked. I've been using the phone now for about 3 weeks with absolutely zero problems. I plug it in to charge over night, wake up the next morning and it's completely unresponsive.
Won't turn on.
No LED notification light (Green or Amber)
Isn't recognised by my laptop as a disc drive either.
Any ideas, tips or suggestions as to how I can get it working again, short of calling the supplier and getting a replacement?
Thank guys.

With adb or fastboot you pc will recognize your phone?

Guich said:
With adb or fastboot you pc will recognize your phone?
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It might do but I have no idea how to do it.

Mine just did the same thing today, it discharged very quickly this morning and now it won't even charge at all. Not sure what to do....

My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.

hansmrtn said:
My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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This is a worrying trend.. So there are no other alternatives just request a repair/replacement?

It really is. I've already contacted my brother, whom is pretty high up in att, about the matter. I'd consider myself a veteran of android and I have had no progress on the fix, it seems only to be hardware. In layman terms, yes you'll have to get it replaced.
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hansmrtn said:
My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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How long would the repair take? And would they send you a replacement first, because now I have no phone.....
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I'd say about 2 weeks at most. But no, they'll repair or replace the phone depending on the issue. Likely replace.
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hansmrtn said:
I'd say about 2 weeks at most. But no, they'll repair or replace the phone depending on the issue. Likely replace.
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I have the T-Mobile version would I be able to go into a store and request a replacement ?
Only asking because I have never had an issue like this with any of my phones.
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drop ship
When speaking to the HTC rep., try tossing around the phrase "can you drop ship a replacement phone?" Ask for a manager if its existence is denied. Once you find someone with enough power to "drop ship" the replacement phone, they'll take your credit card, then immediately send you the replacement phone and a box to ship back the defective phone. If you don't return the bad device, they'll charge your card.

happened to me twice - try holding power button for like 1min - it should turn on then

I opened a thread about this problem, but seems only some people have this defect.

I've had this problem too, it's currently with HTC (UK) to repair or replace. It arrived on Tuesday, still awaiting to hear back.

If I hold down the power button it turns on....it happens when u charge and turn it on while stll plugged into the charger...happened to all 3 of my ones..this is a software thing nothing wrong with phone imo just don't turn phone on after full charge while plugged in
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gemini002 said:
If I hold down the power button it turns on....it happens when u charge and turn it on while stll plugged into the charger...happened to all 3 of my ones..this is a software thing nothing wrong with phone imo just don't turn phone on after full charge while plugged in
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It seems that my phone isn't dead after all. Holding the power button down does seem to work... It's a strange bug..

I don't get why people turn the phone OFF in the first place? I never turn my phone OFF at all. I sometimes restart the phone but that is it.

[Q] HTC One is bricked. As many informations as possible here.

// EDIT: If you want my phone and repair it for money checl this topic also please: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351805
Thx!
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Hi.
I have a HTC One silver 32GB from 8th April (Germany o2)
I unlocked Bootloader.
Rercovery on it.
Did backup of phone.
Flashed Trickdroid.
Deleted it and restored backup.
Thats what I did on begin of may.
Then after 2 weeks...
Was playing Real racing 3. Phone is as always hot. Battery must be like 50%
I put it on charger for 20 mins.
When I pull charger off. LED goes off as usual but phone does nothing anymore.
Can't enter bootloader. Can't start. Can't Soft reset. Nothing works. Booting to Bootloader via One-All-In-OIne Kit and USB Cable doesn't work since it can't detect phone.
Stupid company said that unlocking Bootloader voids warranty so..
What can I do? I will try to stop contract because there are European rules that in first 6 month they gotta do everything.
Ty for ur help.
EDIT: The repairing company did send me a pic of bootloader. Btw HOW did they get there?
Link here http://s7.directupload.net/images/130601/jegffwjh.jpg <---

try putting the phone under a bright light(dont cover light sensor with your finger) and hold power+volume down until it boots to bootloader

so... did it work?

skinsfanbdh said:
try putting the phone under a bright light(dont cover light sensor with your finger) and hold power+volume down until it boots to bootloader
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Whoa is that a thing for real?

nolimit78 said:
Whoa is that a thing for real?
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yes. lol
every time i say it i get "is this a joke"

Have you tried calling them? Samsung knew my phone was unlocked and rooted and it died and they replaced it under warranty
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD

uZzY94 said:
Hi.
I have a HTC One silver 32GB from 8th April (Germany o2)
I unlocked Bootloader.
Rercovery on it.
Did backup of phone.
Flashed Trickdroid.
Deleted it and restored backup.
Thats what I did on begin of may.
Then after 2 weeks...
Was playing Real racing 3. Phone is as always hot. Battery must be like 50%
I put it on charger for 20 mins.
When I pull charger off. LED goes off as usual but phone does nothing anymore.
Can't enter bootloader. Can't start. Can't Soft reset. Nothing works. Booting to Bootloader via One-All-In-OIne Kit and USB Cable doesn't work since it can't detect phone.
Stupid company said that unlocking Bootloader voids warranty so..
What can I do? I will try to stop contract because there are European rules that in first 6 month they gotta do everything.
Ty for ur help.
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If your phone won't turn on then how are they going to know it's been unlocked? Just send it back to them
R u in the UK?
PS: Just noticed your in Germany.

I can verify that the light trick works. Someone else on here said its because HTC wanted to prevent somebody from hitting those two buttons in their pocket and resetting the phone. So they make the phone be in a bright light in order for you to reset the phone in that manner
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skinsfanbdh said:
try putting the phone under a bright light(dont cover light sensor with your finger) and hold power+volume down until it boots to bootloader
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Didn't work. Used my HTC Wildfires Torch. Will use a stronger light later... Did u mean not to cover the 2 sensors on top right?
altimax98 said:
Have you tried calling them? Samsung knew my phone was unlocked and rooted and it died and they replaced it under warranty
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Already sent. I had to pay extra 30€ fee to get my unrepaired phone back btw. HTC also won't repair for me. Also asked the german HTC website. They tried to help me but HTC declined.........
Btw I edited my first post. A pic of my bootloader by the repairing company. Cos of that pic they declined to repair..
Link http://s7.directupload.net/images/130601/jegffwjh.jpg <---

uZzY94 said:
Didn't work. Used my HTC Wildfires Torch. Will use a stronger light later... Did u mean not to cover the 2 sensors on top right?
Already sent. I had to pay extra 30€ fee to get my unrepaired phone back btw. HTC also won't repair for me. Also asked the german HTC website. They tried to help me but HTC declined.........
Btw I edited my first post. A pic of my bootloader by the repairing company. Cos of that pic they declined to repair..
Link http://s7.directupload.net/images/130601/jegffwjh.jpg <---
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If they can get to bootloader, so can you, go in sun, hold power and vol down for as long as you get in bootloader, thats it go in recovery, wipe everything, put any custom rom on and thats it!!

This works!
skinsfanbdh said:
try putting the phone under a bright light(dont cover light sensor with your finger) and hold power+volume down until it boots to bootloader
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I tried this a last ditch attempt, and IT WORKED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH

dryspuri said:
If they can get to bootloader, so can you, go in sun, hold power and vol down for as long as you get in bootloader, thats it go in recovery, wipe everything, put any custom rom on and thats it!!
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How long press hold both?
Today its very sunny so.. also where are the light sensors, are they the two left to the front camera?
Ok tried twice 30 seconds vol-down and power.. nothing happened.

uZzY94 said:
How long press hold both?
Today its very sunny so.. also where are the light sensors, are they the two left to the front camera?
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sensors are on top of the phone two black dots opposite front camera, keep on pressing power and vol down till you see bootloader screen

dryspuri said:
sensors are on top of the phone two black dots opposite front camera, keep on pressing power and vol down till you see bootloader screen
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30 seconds outside at sun vol down and power enough? or do i got to do it longer. Because it didnt work.
Did again 4 min 30 sec. not working..

uZzY94 said:
30 seconds outside at sun vol down and power enough? or do i got to do it longer. Because it didnt work.
Did again 4 min 30 sec. not working..
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I think you did hard bricked your phone!!, in that case HTC should accept and replace your handset!

uZzY94 said:
30 seconds outside at sun vol down and power enough? or do i got to do it longer. Because it didnt work.
Did again 4 min 30 sec. not working..
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If HTC got to your bootloader then you are not bricked..... keep trying
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altimax98 said:
If HTC got to your bootloader then you are not bricked..... keep trying
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I really tried as good as everything. And I can not call the repairing company to ask how they got into the bootloader... lol.
I gonna try to get the contract off tomorow tholugh.
Anyone has ideas?

Have you tried having it plugged into the computer and doing the bright light trick?
I know it was an OMAP processor but it worked on my Galaxy Nexus
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Outdoor light did not work for me. I had to hold the phone directly above a light bulb. As soon as I did that it booted right up and has been fine ever since. It went into the shut down mode you described as I was copying files to a USB drive via an OTG Cable.

Got the same issue... Light doesn't work (Tryed LED Flashlight normal Bulb or Halogen....) Last Try could be light from my car...
@uZzY94
Where did you send Phone to reapir ?

[Q] Did my phone brick itself?

I flashed Paranoid Android after wiping ARHD 10.2, everything installed perfectly, phone was working great until I was listening to Pandora and checking Facebook..then my SIM card became unreadable and I had to take it out and put it back in, when I turned my phone back on it had gone from 42 percent battery to 4 percent, then 2, then dead. I charged it for a little while before going out for dinner, I came home and it wouldn't turn on, and it won't charge now whatsoever.
What the ****?

Alright, this will sound silly but place the phone in front of a light so that the sensor picks it up then try to turn it on. Will have to hold the power button for a while but it should turn back on. Or, if it won't, also try booting into your hboot. Reason for this is so you can't accidently turn on your phone in your pocket or something like that. It's been a while since I read this, I could be wrong but this won't hurt your phone so just give it a try
Sent from my One using xda premium

g33mt4z said:
Alright, this will sound silly but place the phone in front of a light so that the sensor picks it up then try to turn it on. Will have to hold the power button for a while but it should turn back on. Or, if it won't, also try booting into your hboot. Reason for this is so you can't accidently turn on your phone in your pocket or something like that. It's been a while since I read this, I could be wrong but this won't hurt your phone so just give it a try
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Light sensor trick didn't work. The phone won't even charge, let alone turn on.
I can't boot into recovery, nothing.

Have you tried a different charger, cable or wall port or all three?

TarekElsakka said:
Have you tried a different charger, cable or wall port or all three?
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Yes, tried two chargers in two outlets along with USB only charging, none work. Both chargers worked this morning.

That happened to me today. Literally the exact same thing.
My solution:
Step 1. PANIC LIKE A MOTHA F******
Step 2. Contemplate spiking unibody sexiness into pavement because unibody is functionally retarded.
Step 3. Take a deep breath and remember why you love her...
Step 4. Hold down power button for 10 seconds or longer.
Step 5. Plug usb cable that came in your box into your device.
Step 6. Quit whimpering, people can hear you.
Step 7. Plug into PC. Watch for tiny red light at top of phone.
Step 8. Wait about 30 min.
Step 9. ??????
Step 10. PROFIT! !
Sent from my squash patch.

Followed your steps for 30 seconds of holding the power down, plugged in stock USB to phone, plugged into PC. Nothing. Black.
Sent HTC an e-mail, my phone shouldn't over-heat and brick while using Facebook and pandora and that's it. I'm about to swap this **** for a S4 and stop being a HTC fanboy. I'm upset.

Not every unit provided by manufacturer can be perfect. By the end of the day its electronics and something can go bad. If you feel s4 is better than get a s4. HTC One will be happy to leave you. I'm sorry for being rude and sarcastic but it is what it is.
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app

You shouldn't quickly jump to conclusions in my opinion. Just get a replacement set and see how it goes. If it still has problems then you can go for S4 or whatever device is out there. Of course in the end it's your decision but I'm just saying that you shouldn't cloud your decision just because of one defective set.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Bump, any other suggestions?

PapaRhino said:
Bump, any other suggestions?
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Did you charge it overnight using the stock HTC charger and cable? That is about all I can thing of. Something in the ROM appears to have drained the battery flat, which is not normally possible.

This is device #4 that has died completely on a 10.1 rom

18th.abn said:
This is device #4 that has died completely on a 10.1 rom
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Makes me wonder if they didn't do something to the safe charging capabilities, although I would think that stuff is in the hardware, not the ROM.

It seems if it was the base that's being used we would have a LOT of devices going down so can't really speculate the cause. I shouldn't have posted above in such a suggestive manner.

I don't imagine the rom would be stopping the phone from charging as the kernel etc is not loaded until after hboot, charging is dealt with well before this sequence in the boot process.
To be fair it sounds like a hardware failure, maybe an overheating issue, possible caused by the rom and many other factors but that's the risk you take flashing experimental 3rd party software to your device. I don't thing you will ever know, your not even getting a uart mode which to me says fried PCB..
Send it in for repair and play dumb

18th.abn said:
This is device #4 that has died completely on a 10.1 rom
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Mine had the exact same too, using cm-10.1
Just overheated, drained dead and didnt want to turn on or charge anymore
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This is indicating that for the time being, there is something seriously wrong with 10.1 builds and it's dangerous to flash them...
It's a shame that the cause for the error cannot be found once the device is bricked...

Same with my phone. Using slimbean. Phone died and unfortunately htc said i installed 3rd party software and i need to pay the repairs.
I didnt know how they knew that i had a 3rd party software where my phone cant even charge or turn on
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jadmask3rlm said:
Same with my phone. Using slimbean. Phone died and unfortunately htc said i installed 3rd party software and i need to pay the repairs.
I didnt know how they knew that i had a 3rd party software where my phone cant even charge or turn on
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You should raise that question with them to see if you can find out how they are getting the phone to turn on

MacHackz said:
You should raise that question with them to see if you can find out how they are getting the phone to turn on
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I tried to ask them but they said they have somekind of hardware or software that can detect. Anyways im in a no win situation bec i knew all a long that if i flash 3rd party software its a goodbye to warranty
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[Q] HTC Vivid Bricked?

Hello all! i usually don't come over to this side of xda, i'm more of a Samsung guy lol
my friend gave me her nonworking HTC Vivid and told me to try and revive it for her. she said that the screen is broken, but i don't believe that's the case. every so often when i press the power button, the screen lights up (black), and when it's charging (as it is now), the screen is also lighting up (black) and the LED light is orange. any help would be appreciated
also as a side note: does anyone know if you can take out the SIM tray? just curious. thanks all

Okaham said:
Hello all! i usually don't come over to this side of xda, i'm more of a Samsung guy lol
my friend gave me her nonworking HTC Vivid and told me to try and revive it for her. she said that the screen is broken, but i don't believe that's the case. every so often when i press the power button, the screen lights up (black), and when it's charging (as it is now), the screen is also lighting up (black) and the LED light is orange. any help would be appreciated
also as a side note: does anyone know if you can take out the SIM tray? just curious. thanks all
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is the LED light blinking when charging? take out the battery and put it back in. Then hold the power button and vol down and then release the power button and see if you can get into the bootloader

bilibox said:
is the LED light blinking when charging? take out the battery and put it back in. Then hold the power button and vol down and then release the power button and see if you can get into the bootloader
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no, the LED light stays on constant. i've tried both of those methods many times before, no go

OK... Let's try this... Just to give us a better idea...
Pull the battery...
Pull the sim card...
Pull the sdcard...
Replace the battery... Try to turn it on...
Now... Does it vibrate?
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4

rignfool said:
OK... Let's try this... Just to give us a better idea...
Pull the battery...
Pull the sim card...
Pull the sdcard...
Replace the battery... Try to turn it on...
Now... Does it vibrate?
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neither SIM or SD Card is in the device, pulled battery and tried to turn it on, no vibrate or anything, however the screen alternates between off and black screen

OK... Next round...
Was it stock... Locked bootloader?
Hmm...
Have you tried plugging it into USB and booting it?
Are we sure the battery has a charge... And I'm asking because if you have CWM on there it will not charge while off...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4

rignfool said:
OK... Next round...
Was it stock... Locked bootloader?
Hmm...
Have you tried plugging it into USB and booting it?
Are we sure the battery has a charge... And I'm asking because if you have CWM on there it will not charge while off...
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the device was completely stock, no root or anything, i tried plugging it in and booting, no go
oh, just tried to do that, the device vibrated however, still a black screen
EDIT: okay i'm almost 100% sure that the device is on now, however i'm still getting a black screen?

Okaham said:
the device was completely stock, no root or anything, i tried plugging it in and booting, no go
oh, just tried to do that, the device vibrated however, still a black screen
EDIT: okay i'm almost 100% sure that the device is on now, however i'm still getting a black screen?
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OK... If we think the device is on... Let's plug into your computer and see if adb can see it...
I am beginning to lean towards a loose connection somewhere...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4

rignfool said:
OK... If we think the device is on... Let's plug into your computer and see if adb can see it...
I am beginning to lean towards a loose connection somewhere...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4
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"adb devices" does not respond with anything, computer can't see the device

Okaham said:
"adb devices" does not respond with anything, computer can't see the device
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OK...
We got one more try here...
Make sure you have the fast boot drivers for the phone...
Make sure you have the right RUU
Pull the battery... Put it back...
Hold vol- and press power...
Count to 30...
Plug the phone in...
Try to run an RUU...
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rignfool said:
OK...
We got one more try here...
Make sure you have the fast boot drivers for the phone...
Make sure you have the right RUU
Pull the battery... Put it back...
Hold vol- and press power...
Count to 30...
Plug the phone in...
Try to run an RUU...
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can i get the links to the drivers and RUU? thanks, really appreciate your help

Okaham said:
can i get the links to the drivers and RUU? thanks, really appreciate your help
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Link...no...
But... The fastboot stuff is bundled with HTC Sync... And you can find an RUU on goo.im
As long as HTC didn't make them take it down... I think it might also be available on the HTC website
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rignfool said:
Link...no...
But... The fastboot stuff is bundled with HTC Sync... And you can find an RUU on goo.im
As long as HTC didn't make them take it down... I think it might also be available on the HTC website
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4
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I have a raider that did this very thing
get a stock charger plug it in for a few minutes and you maybe surprised
I didn't believe it either
but it worked I have meet a few people that say the same thing