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
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It started as soon as I received a phone call from my brother and we were in the middle of a conversation when the phone suddenly goes off. I tried to restart it, I even removed the battery and replaced it but when I press the power button I get the initial boot sequence showing the htc logo and then the phone would just go of. I thought that maybe the battery is low but when I plug it to a power outlet it keeps trying to boot but keeps switching off and it just does this over and over.
Please I don't know if anyone has encountered this problem before, I really don't know what to do.
scently said:
It started as soon as I received a phone call from my brother and we were in the middle of a conversation when the phone suddenly goes off. I tried to restart it, I even removed the battery and replaced it but when I press the power button I get the initial boot sequence showing the htc logo and then the phone would just go of. I thought that maybe the battery is low but when I plug it to a power outlet it keeps trying to boot but keeps switching off and it just does this over and over.
Please I don't know if anyone has encountered this problem before, I really don't know what to do.
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Try a Hard Reset using the device buttons:
1. With the phone off. If it’s frozen or unresponsive, pull then replace the battery.
2. Press and hold the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons and power the phone back on.
3. Continue to hold Volume Up and Volume Down until a factory reset screen appears.
Hope this helps!
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Try a Hard Reset using the device buttons:
1. With the phone off. If it’s frozen or unresponsive, pull then replace the battery.
2. Press and hold the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons and power the phone back on.
3. Continue to hold Volume Up and Volume Down until a factory reset screen appears.
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But this ill wipe out all my data and I don't know how to back up on windows phone.
scently said:
But this ill wipe out all my data and I don't know how to back up on windows phone.
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At the moment you've lost all your data anyway!!!!
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At the moment you've lost all your data anyway!!!!
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Well I just did that but the problem persist. I should note that occasionally it does complete its boot up and I can use the phone but it can go off at any time and once it does this, i cannot get it to completely boot up. Once it attempts a boot up and goes off I cannot even restart it by pressing the power button until I replace the battery or plug it into a power socket or the computer at which point it will just keep booting up and shutting down.
Something far wrong there. Get a replacement device.
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Something far wrong there. Get a replacement device.
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I think I've fixed it, I flashed my phone and it seems to be working again. Thanks for your help though
Glad to hear you got a result ;-)
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ya I had same issue... (random reboots and then changes not saved). Flashed the phone and all was good.
HD7 stuck in boot screen
scently said:
I think I've fixed it, I flashed my phone and it seems to be working again. Thanks for your help though
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ya I had same issue... (random reboots and then changes not saved). Flashed the phone and all was good.
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Hi, I have got the same problem on my HD7 and I am completely noob to many new words Goldcard, jailbroken, etc. Would you please advise me exactly what you did (i mean flahing procedure) and really appriciate any help.
Well if you have got an O2 HD7, then I would advise you to get one of the O2 ROMS from ansar, download it then press and hold the volume down button when booting up your device, connect the phone to your pc and start the app. More instructions in the HD7 development thread.
There's nothing wrong the phone. Don't hard reset or flash it. It happens from time to time, just give it some time and eventually you will see a battery icon appear. Then after awhile it will boot up.
Again, do not flash or hard reset just be patient. I believe it just needs to drain all the way down as it doesn't have enough power to fully boot.
Not booting up
Hi,
My T Mobile hd7 is been restarting after it shows the htc logo..It was all of a sudden after i connected to my pc this happened ...Tried to flash it with ansar tmobile update..problem persists...Dont knw how to use goldcard..please help me out..
Thank u and Best Regards
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me.
I have an Incredible S with Virtuous Quattro installed. I did that 3 weeks ago. Since then I experienced 4 freezes and the buttons (although working) didn't light up at all or just flickered. But this is not the problem, I just mention this in case it is relevant.
I put the phone last night on the charger and realized this morning that the screen was frozen again, I removed the battery and reinserted it. The phone seems to start (vibrates and when connected to the PC it also tells me it loads the driver) but nothing else happens. No screen output at all. I tried now umpteen times, removed battery and tried to press power button whilst holding the vol up button, all to no avail.
Do you have any idea?
Try volume down + power ..
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Try volume down + power ..
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Tried that but phone doesn't react at all, doesn't even vibrate as it does when pressing vol up + power or power alone :crying:
But thanks for getting back!
Is ADB working? You can't enter the bootloader?
Some have had success leaving the battery out for a while, and then putting it back in and turning it on
Not saying it WILL work, just a suggestion
And I'll try not to scare you, but it is actually is possible that you fried your eMMC chip pulling your battery Seems to have happened a few times on Desire S and Incredible S :/
markj338 said:
Is ADB working? You can't enter the bootloader?
Some have had success leaving the battery out for a while, and then putting it back in and turning it on
Not saying it WILL work, just a suggestion
And I'll try not to scare you, but it is actually is possible that you fried your eMMC chip pulling your battery Seems to have happened a few times on Desire S and Incredible S :/
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Thanks for that, I think the latter is what happened, the phone just doesn't do anything. I think it is time to bin it and to get something else
marco21st said:
Thanks for that, I think the latter is what happened, the phone just doesn't do anything. I think it is time to bin it and to get something else
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Before you bin it, perhaps take it to HTC and tell them it has stopped working, and that it happened when you were charging (which is true)
If they can't turn it on, they can't see it is s-off
and will replace the motherboard
IMHO doing a battery pull at the wrong time is all you did mate, its HTC's fault for using faulty eMMC chips. Doing a battery pull is not voiding warranty as AFAIK
Is it under warranty? If it is, then its worth a try instead of binning a $300 phone with one fried chip
Had the Same issue gave it to hTC they Gave me any entire new Incredible s
Thanks guys, I will give this a go.
I do have the same problem now , its not under warranty , any other way to fix it :crying:
Same but different
Well I have the same issue but only slightly different. I can't access the bootloader nor the recovery mode. I don't know why. I'm currently using cyanogen 7.2. At first when I flashed it,everything was fine. Untill one day,my upper screen(status bar) can't seem to respond to my touches. Day after day it just got worst. Till one day,I my IncredibleS just left me a black screen but there were lights on the 4 buttons(home,back key etc.) I tried using the battery pulling method. Sometimes it works,sometime is doesn't. But even so,my bootloader still persist to show up. I'm a S-ON by the way. Any idea how do I solve this? And yes,my warranty has expired last may. :crying::crying:
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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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...
Yeah so here's the thing. I put Cyanogen Mod 11 on my device a few weeks ago, used CWM. And it worked perfectly normal except for 2-3 restarts but that's minor. Anyway, today I was using it normally as usually, and when I locked it, it wouldn't turn back on(even though it was on charger). The back button and the options button were glowing, but Home and Power button didn't do anything, just black screen. I put the battery out and back in, removed it from charger and I tried turning it on, but nothing. Just nothing, no vibration, no logo, no nothing. It was just a black screen. I don't know why and what happened here but if you guys could help I'll appreciate it.
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Yeah so here's the thing. I put Cyanogen Mod 11 on my device a few weeks ago, used CWM. And it worked perfectly normal except for 2-3 restarts but that's minor. Anyway, today I was using it normally as usually, and when I locked it, it wouldn't turn back on(even though it was on charger). The back button and the options button were glowing, but Home and Power button didn't do anything, just black screen. I put the battery out and back in, removed it from charger and I tried turning it on, but nothing. Just nothing, no vibration, no logo, no nothing. It was just a black screen. I don't know why and what happened here but if you guys could help I'll appreciate it.
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Try taking the battery out for a longer period, and then try entering recovery mode (in addition to pressing and holding the power button while powering on, hold the volume up and home button as well).
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Try taking the battery out for a longer period, and then try entering recovery mode (in addition to pressing and holding the power button while powering on, hold the volume up and home button as well).
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Tried it, no luck
McRazr96 said:
Tried it, no luck
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Might as well try entering download mode (hold power button, volume down and home button).
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Might as well try entering download mode (hold power button, volume down and home button).
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Nope, doesn't work either
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Nope, doesn't work either
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Now, i think, instead of me or anyone else asking you questions about the course of events, why dont you try to elaborate and describe what actually happens from the moment you press the power button to the point where you conclude that it doesnt work?
If there is no sign of life between those two events, then i would have to conclude it being an error on hardware level...
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Now, i think, instead of me or anyone else asking you questions about the course of events, why dont you try to elaborate and describe what actually happens from the moment you press the power button to the point where you conclude that it doesnt work?
If there is no sign of life between those two events, then i would have to conclude it being an error on hardware level...
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I press the power button, and literally nothing happens. No vibration, no logo comes on, nothing, like I didn't even press the button. And yeah it maybe is hardware's fault, but I'm not sure yet
McRazr96 said:
I press the power button, and literally nothing happens. No vibration, no logo comes on, nothing, like I didn't even press the button. And yeah it maybe is hardware's fault, but I'm not sure yet
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What happens when you connect the charger/usb to pc (without touching anything)?
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What happens when you connect the charger/usb to pc (without touching anything)?
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Also nothing, no reaction from the PC or from the mobile. And also no reaction when I put it on the charger.
McRazr96 said:
Also nothing, no reaction from the PC or from the mobile. And also no reaction when I put it on the charger.
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The battery might be the cause. Try physically checking the battery for bulges and heat (hot to the touch). The last-mentioned can be tested by 'charging' the battery for a period of time. In other words: try replacing the battery.
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The battery might be the cause. Try physically checking the battery for bulges and heat (hot to the touch). The last-mentioned can be tested by 'charging' the battery for a period of time. In other words: try replacing the battery.
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Changed to the old battery that works but not as long, and still doesn't work at all. This battery I currently use issue a month old so it's probably not the battery.
McRazr96 said:
Changed to the old battery that works but not as long, and still doesn't work at all. This battery I currently use issue a month old so it's probably not the battery.
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Oddly enough, it looks like its hard bricked. JTAG might be the only way to fix it at this point.
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Oddly enough, it looks like its hard bricked. JTAG might be the only way to fix it at this point.
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What's JTAG?
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What's JTAG?
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This might answer your question: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/37019/what-is-jtag-in-regards-to-android. This means that the issue is most likely on hardware level, which requires different equipment to fix.
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This might answer your question: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/37019/what-is-jtag-in-regards-to-android. This means that the issue is most likely on hardware level, which requires different equipment to fix.
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Right. And since I can't do that cause I don't have neccessary tools w/e. I need to take it to a shop right? Shouldn't be too expensive to fix?
McRazr96 said:
Right. And since I can't do that cause I don't have neccessary tools w/e. I need to take it to a shop right? Shouldn't be too expensive to fix?
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Yes, the first thing you might do in such situations is to take it back to your carriers store and play dumb with "i dont know what happened, but my phone wont turn on anymore" etc. Most carriers dont have time to deal with such issues and just give you a new phone if youre within the warranty period. However if theyre wise to your act, youll have to try another store to get it fixed, if theyre willing to try or able at all. Bricking a phone is pretty rare, though.
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Yes, the first thing you might do in such situations is to take it back to your carriers store and play dumb with "i dont know what happened, but my phone wont turn on anymore" etc. Most carriers dont have time to deal with such issues and just give you a new phone if youre within the warranty period. However if theyre wise to your act, youll have to try another store to get it fixed, if theyre willing to try or able at all. Bricking a phone is pretty rare, though.
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Yeah I was planning on playing stupid. Dunno though, I found this ORT JTAG.exe thingy that can revive phones and such. Gonna try that first. If it doesn't work, to the repair shop it is
McRazr96 said:
Yeah I was planning on playing stupid. Dunno though, I found this ORT JTAG.exe thingy that can revive phones and such. Gonna try that first. If it doesn't work, to the repair shop it is
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This might be somewhat helpful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvYTMGTkgHo
ImproAptoVictum said:
This might be somewhat helpful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvYTMGTkgHo
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Thanks for that. But I get ''Device is disconnected'' ..Even when I tried to run in administrator mode. Okay, thanks for your help though. My phone is going to the repairs
McRazr96 said:
Thanks for that. But I get ''Device is disconnected'' ..Even when I tried to run in administrator mode. Okay, thanks for your help though. My phone is going to the repairs
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The reason might be that you need to install a special driver for the pc to recognise the device at this point. This might help in that sense: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f47...3-mini-gt-i8190-repair-dead-boot-more-1588457.
Hey guys,
So I have had my One more than a year, never root, never install any mod in it, just simple, daily use. It worked well till last night when some weird thing happened:
- At first, the Back, Home and HTC buttons keep flashing along with the screen. When I unlock my screen pass lock and go to the home screen, it showed a notification like "To restart the phone, keep pushing the power button for (x) second" with x is the count down number. After that, the phone is automatically rebooting, then the problem happen again.
- After a few times, I manage to shut it down properly then turn the phone up. As I notice, as long as I doing something with the phone such as calling somebody or checking facebook or simply sliding the home screen, thing is normal. But as I stopped using it, that weird notification pop up again
- The phone keep restarting after that, again and again. Sometime it boot successful, but when Im go to the home screen, the notification shows up and my phone restarts again. As I couldnt turn off my phone, it is drained and out of battery.
- This morning, I put the cable in and try to charge it, and My One now stuck at the first HTC logo screen then restarting and then stuck again. That looping process is drive me crazy. As I try to pull out the cable, the phone is not working (Obviously) since it is out of battery.
- As I hold down Power and Volume down, I can enter bootloader screen. I saw a "locked" banner and cannot navigate through the menu and can not press Fastboot or anything. After 2-3 seconds, the phone is shut down and keep looping.
Long story shot, can anybody tell me how to fix this. As I have a lot of pictures that havent been backed up, I really appreciate if I can keep everything without doing a factory reset. Oddly enough, I cant even do a factory reset since the bootloader is not working.
Please help.
Have you tried a factory reset?
On boot, bottom down n power will take u to fastboot.
You can do a factory reset from there.
HTC sync can save your stuff.
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mashk said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
On boot, bottom down n power will take u to fastboot.
You can do a factory reset from there.
HTC sync can save your stuff.
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As I mentioned above, I can hardly do anything from that fastboot screen. Up, down and power button is not working as I cannot navigate to recovery or factory reset. Even pushing power button wont do.
When I connect the phone to PC, nothing happen. It is because the phone is out of battery i suppose?
The problem is when I start to charge the phone, it will keep looping. But if I dont, the phone is death and I cant do anything.
I honestly dont know. I suspect you have
Fast boot selected under Settings>power.
You've got to try till you can get into fastboot otherwise send it for repairs.
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evelucife said:
Hey guys,
So I have had my One more than a year, never root, never install any mod in it, just simple, daily use. It worked well till last night when some weird thing happened:
- At first, the Back, Home and HTC buttons keep flashing along with the screen. When I unlock my screen pass lock and go to the home screen, it showed a notification like "To restart the phone, keep pushing the power button for (x) second" with x is the count down number. After that, the phone is automatically rebooting, then the problem happen again.
- After a few times, I manage to shut it down properly then turn the phone up. As I notice, as long as I doing something with the phone such as calling somebody or checking facebook or simply sliding the home screen, thing is normal. But as I stopped using it, that weird notification pop up again
- The phone keep restarting after that, again and again. Sometime it boot successful, but when Im go to the home screen, the notification shows up and my phone restarts again. As I couldnt turn off my phone, it is drained and out of battery.
- This morning, I put the cable in and try to charge it, and My One now stuck at the first HTC logo screen then restarting and then stuck again. That looping process is drive me crazy. As I try to pull out the cable, the phone is not working (Obviously) since it is out of battery.
- As I hold down Power and Volume down, I can enter bootloader screen. I saw a "locked" banner and cannot navigate through the menu and can not press Fastboot or anything. After 2-3 seconds, the phone is shut down and keep looping.
Long story shot, can anybody tell me how to fix this. As I have a lot of pictures that havent been backed up, I really appreciate if I can keep everything without doing a factory reset. Oddly enough, I cant even do a factory reset since the bootloader is not working.
Please help.
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looks like an hardware defect, maybe your power button is stuck?
alray said:
looks like an hardware defect, maybe your power button is stuck?
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I dont think so man. It seems working normal for me. But thanks anyway
evelucife said:
I dont think so man. It seems working normal for me. But thanks anyway
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"To restart the phone, keep pushing the power button for (x) second" with x is the count down number.
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Because this is exactly the message we usually get when holding the power button for more then 5 sec...
and that would explain the reboot issue
looks like the "power" key is always active
definitively sounds like an hardware issue imo
and your issue is even present in bootloader what confirm that this is an hardware defect.
alray said:
Because this is exactly the message we usually get when holding the power button for more then 5 sec...
and that would explain the reboot issue
looks like the "power" key is always active
definitively sounds like an hardware issue imo
and your issue is even present in bootloader what confirm that this is an hardware defect.
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Yeah u has a point. Any idea how to fix that? Or I have to bring it to someone else to fix it.
evelucife said:
Yeah u has a point. Any idea how to fix that? Or I have to bring it to someone else to fix it.
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You'll probably have to send it for repair. Better to contact HTC and see how much it will cost...
alray said:
You'll probably have to send it for repair. Better to contact HTC and see how much it will cost...
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Thanks man. I will see if i can do.