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[Q] Stuck in aroma, holding power for 15+ seconds doesn't work

Was attempting to install busybox through recovery ( from here).
The installer is based on aroma I believe and it froze during install. I see this is a common issue. Regardless, I was going to reattempt the install but I cannot get the phone to reboot. From what I've read, holding the power button for 15+ seconds should do a hard reboot. The capacitive button lights start blinking like they should but no matter how long I hold power, the phone won't reboot.
Do I need to wait for the battery to completely drain or should there be another way to force it out of this state?
Thanks

If it's plugged in unplug it, and make sure you're only holding power and not any other key until it reboots
Keep trying
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You are the second person another user yesterday was stuck at the white htc boot screen and could not get it to power down or reset. Wonder if there is some kind of issue here

superchilpil said:
If it's plugged in unplug it, and make sure you're only holding power and not any other key until it reboots
Keep trying
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Thanks. It isn't plugged in. Been trying this for about an hour now, sometimes holding power for over 2 minutes. The lights keep blinking as long as I hold the button. They stop after I release it.
Looks like I'll have to play the waiting game

atomiX_X said:
Thanks. It isn't plugged in. Been trying this for about an hour now, sometimes holding power for over 2 minutes. The lights keep blinking as long as I hold the button. They stop after I release it.
Looks like I'll have to play the waiting game
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Yep. Just checked on the person from yesterday and after it died he was able to get into recovery and then fix it. So it's something weird
Here is the thread not much info though but he had to let it die
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2247888
Also it resets around the 15 blink of the capacitive buttons so if it's blinking 30 times something is not right wait for it to die

nullkill said:
Yep. Just checked on the person from yesterday and after it died he was able to get into recovery and then fix it. So it's something weird
Here is the thread not much info though but he had to let it die
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2247888
Also it resets around the 15 blink of the capacitive buttons so if it's blinking 30 times something is not right wait for it to die
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Thanks for the link, didn't spot that one. I guess I'm having the same issue. I don't mind having a non-removable battery but it's unfortunate in this case. The screen is staying on so I hope the battery runs out earlier rather than later.

Try to push the Button several times and then hold it, or hold Power +vlm down ans release ans push vol again.. helped me many times i think... :thumbup: dont give up..

I tried just about every combination but nothing worked. On a positive note, the battery died and I was able to boot normally once again. No issues since.

Next time press and hold both volume up, down and the power button
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plmiller0905 said:
Next time press and hold both volume up, down and the power button
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I'm pretty sure I tried that because I read it somewhere else but if it does happen again, I'll make sure to double check.
Thanks

atomiX_X said:
I'm pretty sure I tried that because I read it somewhere else but if it does happen again, I'll make sure to double check.
Thanks
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Oh ok..I just know thats what used on my One X and someone here said that it worked on the One as well.
When I got stuck in Aroma while installing Android Revolution, I just held the power button for awhile and it rebooted itself
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Try adb reboot recovery using cmd prompt from your adb folder
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Like the other person said....
Its POWER button + volume down. At least 8-10 seconds.
Always worked for me
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fongz27 said:
Like the other person said....
Its POWER button + volume down. At least 8-10 seconds.
Always worked for me
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Well, another one to add. Stuck in Aroma, and Hard combinations doesn't work. TRIED ALL OF THEM.
Was stressing over, plugged the phone in, launched the ALL-IN-ONE, clicked the reboot command.
I thought the Hard button combination was hardware : that is now proven wrong. Ugh.

RedWave31 said:
Well, another one to add. Stuck in Aroma, and Hard combinations doesn't work. TRIED ALL OF THEM.
Was stressing over, plugged the phone in, launched the ALL-IN-ONE, clicked the reboot command.
I thought the Hard button combination was hardware : that is now proven wrong. Ugh.
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Adb reboot always works. Had to do it twice already to get out of aroma.
Hard combinations only work sometimes sadly.
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xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Adb reboot always works. Had to do it twice already to get out of aroma.
Hard combinations only work sometimes sadly.
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Doesn't work for me, it used to but since I've been trying to install Trickdroid 5.3.0 nothing works for me so I have to let the battery die, very irritating.

thanks for advice also had this issue and solved
RedWave31 said:
Well, another one to add. Stuck in Aroma, and Hard combinations doesn't work. TRIED ALL OF THEM.
Was stressing over, plugged the phone in, launched the ALL-IN-ONE, clicked the reboot command.
I thought the Hard button combination was hardware : that is now proven wrong. Ugh.
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I know it sounds weird, but there's reports that shining at light at the sensors and/or working in a very bright room seems to help with the soft reset procedure. I have no idea why and it sounded like coincidence to me, but what do you have to lose? lol

I also faced the hanging aroma problem and holdon the power button for a long period of time (15 seconds) worjed for me the firs time i tried, the second time it bad some problems, but i kept pressing the power button.for 15 seconds and it finally turned off.
Hoep this helps.
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unremarked said:
I know it sounds weird, but there's reports that shining at light at the sensors and/or working in a very bright room seems to help with the soft reset procedure. I have no idea why and it sounded like coincidence to me, but what do you have to lose? lol
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I tried everything what was mentioned here, the only thing that I haven't done was pressing the power button in bright light conditions, so that was the last thing that I could try. I can confirm, it's working

Phone not responding to ANYTHING (screen off)

Hey everyone, i have kind of a big problem. Yesterday i rooted my phone. Fot S-off and everything not problem. Flashed Slim Bean rom and i was a happy camper. Went to work and phone was working fine. Hours later, i tried to unlock my phone by pressing the power button and nothing happened. i tried holding the power button to make the phone shutdown and the keys lit up and kept on blinking but nothing happened. I tried calling the phone and from another line and although on the other phone it sounds like its one, my one wont ring or anything. I got home and tried to fastboot reboot but the damn thing is not on debugging mode apparently, so it just says waiting for device. I need HELP ASAP!!!!!! Thanks in advanced!

If the buttons blink, keep holding the power button until they stop blinking (this will take over 10 seconds!). That will force a hard reboot.

moises319 said:
Hey everyone, i have kind of a big problem. Yesterday i rooted my phone. Fot S-off and everything not problem. Flashed Slim Bean rom and i was a happy camper. Went to work and phone was working fine. Hours later, i tried to unlock my phone by pressing the power button and nothing happened. i tried holding the power button to make the phone shutdown and the keys lit up and kept on blinking but nothing happened. I tried calling the phone and from another line and although on the other phone it sounds like its one, my one wont ring or anything. I got home and tried to fastboot reboot but the damn thing is not on debugging mode apparently, so it just says waiting for device. I need HELP ASAP!!!!!! Thanks in advanced!
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Hold the phone directly over a bright light and try to reboot. I can't explain why this procedure works but it did for me and several others. Just make sure the light is shining on the two sensors on the top left corner of the phone.

Marcm15 said:
Hold the phone directly over a bright light and try to reboot. I can't explain why this procedure works but it did for me and several others. Just make sure the light is shining on the two sensors on the top left corner of the phone.
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The phone uses the light sensor to make sure the phone isn't in your pocket or some other place and isn't getting reset by accident.
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Be very careful flashing AOSP based roms. There have been several users reporting "bricks" while using these roms. Both a solution and a cause are unclear.

Marcm15 said:
Hold the phone directly over a bright light and try to reboot. I can't explain why this procedure works but it did for me and several others. Just make sure the light is shining on the two sensors on the top left corner of the phone.
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Dude, thank you so much for that, it solved my issue! I don't know why I didn't think of it!!

If the buttons are flashing, I would consider that a response.
Just saying.

eyeisdasteve said:
The phone uses the light sensor to make sure the phone isn't in your pocket or some other place and isn't getting reset by accident.
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moises319 said:
Dude, thank you so much for that, it solved my issue! I don't know why I didn't think of it!!
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Glad it worked for you. The explanation given above makes sense as to why it works...

[Q] Battery died and now screen too dim

I have searched the forum, and Google and AndroidCentral and haven't been able to find a possible solution to my problem. I am hoping someone here can help.
Phone HTC Vivid
The battery died last week and every since then the screen is so dim I can barely see it. It will charge and hold a charge all day, everything else works fine, vibration works, I just cant see the screen unless in a dark room.
Never done anything to alter software. I did replace the LCD screen, digitizer and motherboard about 2 months ago. All has worked fine until the battery died.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Did you try to turn up the brightness in settings?

TheROMGuy said:
Did you try to turn up the brightness in settings?
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Yes that was the first thing I looked at. I really think it is a software issue since the phone works perfectly otherwise. Vibrations, calls, text, browser, apps, etc everything works. I would like to try doing a hard reset to return to factory settings to see if perhaps if it is a software issue this might correct it.
I don't know how to do this on an HTC so any help is appreciated.

BcSurvivor said:
Yes that was the first thing I looked at. I really think it is a software issue since the phone works perfectly otherwise. Vibrations, calls, text, browser, apps, etc everything works. I would like to try doing a hard reset to return to factory settings to see if perhaps if it is a software issue this might correct it.
I don't know how to do this on an HTC so any help is appreciated.
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Go into settings and look under storage i believe

You can boot into HBoot by completely turning off your phone holding the down volume button the pressing power at the same time then factory reset there.

TheROMGuy said:
You can boot into HBoot by completely turning off your phone holding the down volume button the pressing power at the same time then factory reset there.
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Eh I wouldn't trust that all too well... Personally it has always givin me problems

TheROMGuy said:
You can boot into HBoot by completely turning off your phone holding the down volume button the pressing power at the same time then factory reset there.
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That will bork internal storage... And require windows to reformat...
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rignfool said:
That will bork internal storage... And require windows to reformat...
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Ah didn't know that.

Do you change a new pin? sometime, other pin can make your phone crazy. 1 month ago, my phone has the same it

Phone randomly shut off and wont turn back on

Ok so i just got out of work and went to look at my phone and i pushed the power button and nothing happened. so I held the power button to see if it just shut off ad that also didnt do anything, so then i tried charging... still nothing, volume down + power... nothing. Can you guys please help me with this? I have absolutely no idea whats wrong, and it makes no sense because I literally hadnt changed or done anything with it all day, and i havent changed ROM's recently either(running Insertcoin 6.0.3 if that makes any difference).

Sounds toasted.
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Yeah its now displaying qhsusb_dload under device manager, is there any fix for that or is it ****ed

Charlielx said:
Yeah its now displaying qhsusb_dload under device manager, is there any fix for that or is it ****ed
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Hold down both power button and vol down until hardware lights start blinking and keep holding until it reboots.
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Charlielx said:
Yeah its now displaying qhsusb_dload under device manager, is there any fix for that or is it ****ed
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ugly.
if it's under warranty take it for repair.

For anyone returning to this thread looking for the solution to the qhsub_dload problem, i contacted HTC and the only way to fix it is to send it in for repair.

Charlielx said:
For anyone returning to this thread looking for the solution to the qhsub_dload problem, i contacted HTC and the only way to fix it is to send it in for repair.
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i am quite late... but if did it boot up using these tricks?
(original thread: [GUIDE][FIX] Solve Bootloops and no OS on phone!
Basic issues and troubleshooting? Here it goes​
Q: I can't start up my device, not even the soft buttons are lighting up!
A: I know, it sound strange, but you have to do the following thing:
Hold your HTC One below a bright lights source and hold the power button for about 15 seconds or even longer. The charging light will light up. Then hold down the volume down button and try different key combinations!​
Q: I still can't boot up my device!
A: Hold volume down and volume up button and the power button for about 90 seconds. If this doesn't work, try holding your phone below bright light again​

could be memory problem
it could be a memory problem, do you have enough RAM? sometimes the phone also restarts if it lacks free RAM for its apps to be run

Well...this is a problem.

Looks like my m8 is soft bricked. Everything was fine, rooted, romd, s-off all went smooth. Then I installed xposed and my phone refuses to boot, even when i try to put it into recovery it bugs out and turns off. I suspect an Ruu could fix but we dont have one yet. As a warning to everyone, stay away from exposed for now.

Once xposed is installed, it creates a zip on your internal sd to disable xposed. Flash it.
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Rydah805 said:
Once xposed is installed, it creates a zip on your internal sd to disable xposed. Flash it.
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see thats the thing i cant even get into recovery. Maybe its a hardware failure? seeing as anything i do with exposed shoudnt affect my screen or my recovery.

Deathsnuggle said:
see thats the thing i cant even get into recovery. Maybe its a hardware failure? seeing as anything i do with exposed shoudnt affect my screen or my recovery.
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Press power vol up til the screen tuns black then press power vol down it should take you to bootloader

sounds like a dead battery throw it on a charger for abit and try again

BD619 said:
Press power vol up til the screen tuns black then press power vol down it should take you to bootloader
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Can't even get into bootloader.
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What did you try to run with xposed? I've been using it for days, but only app settings to change dpi.

Deathsnuggle said:
Can't even get into bootloader.
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I got stuck like this the other day...I was freaking out lol
I just started pressing every combo I could think of...I think I pressed power and both vol buttons and I was amazed it went to bootloader, I though it was bricked lol

mcwups1 said:
What did you try to run with xposed? I've been using it for days, but only app settings to change dpi.
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Sense 6 toolbox. Funny thing I'm noticing, it only happened once I got over 90% battery. I'm gonna see if I can get it down and if it leads anywhere
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Update. I got it booting. It refuses to go into hboot, the digitizer is borked. Looks like I just got a lemon
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Soft bricked, huuuuhhh
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What about the hold the phone under a light and try and get into bootloader? I had to hold my M7 under bright light some times to get into the BL
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BD619 said:
I got stuck like this the other day...I was freaking out lol
I just started pressing every combo I could think of...I think I pressed power and both vol buttons and I was amazed it went to bootloader, I though it was bricked lol
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When I got stuck, i pressed power button and volume up. When the screen turned off, i pressed volume down. That put me into bootloader on the first try.
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volk9029 said:
When I got stuck, i pressed power button and volume up. When the screen turned off, i pressed volume down. That put me into bootloader on the first try.
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Tried that...would not work
When I was stuck the screen was already off.
Power + vol down did nothing.
Power + vol up did nothing.
Tried the bright light trick ...nothing.
At this point I thought I was bricked haha.
Only thing that worked was Power + vol up and down at the same time.

BD619 said:
Tried that...would not work
When I was stuck the screen was already off.
Power + vol down did nothing.
Power + vol up did nothing.
Tried the bright light trick ...nothing.
At this point I thought I was bricked haha.
Only thing that worked was Power + vol up and down at the same time.
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That is good to know, in case i will get in the situation like that. Thank you.
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So I found out today that I can get into the bootloader....the backlight is just off when it's in the bootloader. This thing is all kinds of messed up. Good thing is now I can restore it to stock before I send it to HTC for surgery .
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