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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

[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

[Q] HTC One has just died and won't power on

Ok, I have a HTC One from new, only a few months old. 4 days ago I rooted my device and flashed with Android Revolution HD, Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) - latest official HTC One 3.57.401.500 (WWE) firmware (3x.x series). Everything has been working like a dream, perfect.
Last night I was listening to some music via Google Play when everything stopped and went blank, I pressed the power button and the bottom buttons flashed 4 times (reboot?). The battery at the time was at 70% +
No matter what I try now, power + up volume, power + down volume, power + both volume, just power will not get my device to boot. I am currently leaving it plugged into the mains to see what happens but there is no LED light on.
Can anyone out there help me besides saying send it back for repair
Many thanks in advance

One thing to add. When I plug the phone into the PC via USB, I can press power and up or down volume and can hear the connect and disconnect sounds happening with my HTC One but still no power or sign of life. Anything going on I can't see?

N345H said:
One thing to add. When I plug the phone into the PC via USB, I can press power and up or down volume and can hear the connect and disconnect sounds happening with my HTC One but still no power or sign of life. Anything going on I can't see?
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Good. Now just keep holding the power+vol down till the buttons below the screen flash, then plug it into your pc whole holding the combo, and keep trying till your phone boots up
In the bootloader
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Going through exactly the same thing here. Phone was working just fine, had stock Android 4.3 installed after rooting with CWM and now the only response I get from it is when I hold down volume down and the power button I get the USB unplug/plug unknown device sounds on the PC.
Any help at all will be greatly appreciated.

n1234d said:
Good. Now just keep holding the power+vol down till the buttons below the screen flash, then plug it into your pc whole holding the combo, and keep trying till your phone boots up
In the bootloader
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But that's the problem. The last time the buttons below the screen flashed was just before the device died and now nothing except the connect/disconnect sound from my PC

N345H said:
But that's the problem. The last time the buttons below the screen flashed was just before the device died and now nothing except the connect/disconnect sound from my PC
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So now if you hold the phone power+vol down buttons the lights don't flash? Try holding them for longer, also try holding a flashlight to the light sensor while holding the button combination..
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I got the same problem yesterday
my htc one is flashed with google edition 3.4 for few months ,suddenly it is black and no charging light nor response to any combination of power plus volume
I put for few hours on charging no any response
when plugging it the desktop in device manager just feel like something is attached to pc (do just like(refresh)

I've just read about how this problem could've happened because of using 3rd party chargers with a higher voltage/ampere rating.. Is that true?
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n1234d said:
I've just read about how this problem could've happened because of using 3rd party chargers with a higher voltage/ampere rating.. Is that true?
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I've been using Samsung and Nokia chargers every now and then. But it seems stupid something like that would be enough to toast a phone. Don't phone components have surge protectors?

joaoluizsv said:
I've been using Samsung and Nokia chargers every now and then. But it seems stupid something like that would be enough to toast a phone. Don't phone components have surge protectors?
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They should be having them, but how else could you explain so many stock phones getting bricked?
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n1234d said:
They should be having them, but how else could you explain so many stock phones getting bricked?
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It's just weird. I've taken great care of the phone and it bricked for no decent reason. It wasn't charging or anything. It was simply on the top of a table, in the shade. Whenever I plug it into the computer, I get the QHSUSB_DLOAD unrecognized device, which is also weird. If the motherboard is fried, it shouldn't be recognized at all, right?

joaoluizsv said:
It's just weird. I've taken great care of the phone and it bricked for no decent reason. It wasn't charging or anything. It was simply on the top of a table, in the shade. Whenever I plug it into the computer, I get the QHSUSB_DLOAD unrecognized device, which is also weird. If the motherboard is fried, it shouldn't be recognized at all, right?
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It will actually get recognized.. But this unfortunately is a hard brick.. Looks like this is the mode in which Qualcomm/HTC inserts initial codes into the phone to make it work.. Like maybe it programs the bootloader at this stage?
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n1234d said:
It will actually get recognized.. But this unfortunately is a hard brick.. Looks like this is the mode in which Qualcomm/HTC inserts initial codes into the phone to make it work.. Like maybe it programs the bootloader at this stage?
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I'm downloading the RUU as a hail mary, but I'm not very hopeful. Worst part is that I live in Brazil and have a device from Australia. It's going to be a HUGE amount of trouble to get it replaced, apart from all the stuff I had on it.

joaoluizsv said:
I'm downloading the RUU as a hail mary, but I'm not very hopeful. Worst part is that I live in Brazil and have a device from Australia. It's going to be a HUGE amount of trouble to get it replaced, apart from all the stuff I had on it.
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You need to be able to boot up at least in fastboot mode to flash an RUU.. I tried when my phone died.. 99% it won't work. Getting a replacement is all you can do.. Unless you find somebody in your area with a jtag box and a good level of expertise/experience.
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n1234d said:
You need to be able to boot up at least in fastboot mode to flash an RUU.. I tried when my phone died.. 99% it won't work. Getting a replacement is all you can do.. Unless you find somebody in your area with a jtag box and a good level of expertise/experience.
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Yeah, some places have the JTAG box around here, but they don't work with HTC One, since the device didn't officially come to Brazil. I guess I'll have to figure out how to get my phone to Australia and then back again.

joaoluizsv said:
Yeah, some places have the JTAG box around here, but they don't work with HTC One, since the device didn't officially come to Brazil. I guess I'll have to figure out how to get my phone to Australia and then back again.
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Well, you do have world wide warranty, you could take it to an htc service center nearby..
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Just in case anyone wanted an update on this. Fried board and HTC replaced so I have a shiny new One now

N345H said:
Ok, I have a HTC One from new, only a few months old. 4 days ago I rooted my device and flashed with Android Revolution HD, Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) - latest official HTC One 3.57.401.500 (WWE) firmware (3x.x series). Everything has been working like a dream, perfect.
Last night I was listening to some music via Google Play when everything stopped and went blank, I pressed the power button and the bottom buttons flashed 4 times (reboot?). The battery at the time was at 70% +
No matter what I try now, power + up volume, power + down volume, power + both volume, just power will not get my device to boot. I am currently leaving it plugged into the mains to see what happens but there is no LED light on.
Can anyone out there help me besides saying send it back for repair
Many thanks in advance
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Try these steps to boot:
Hold your HTC One's light sensor below BRIGHT light then try some combinations with volume down and powerbutton until it boots... If it doesn't tell me
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N345H said:
Just in case anyone wanted an update on this. Fried board and HTC replaced so I have a shiny new One now
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sry.. overlooked this answer.. did they do it for warranty?

Yes it was done under warranty. No questions asked, called the helpline and the next day I received a knock at the door from UPS. 5 working days layer I received a new One
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N345H said:
Yes it was done under warranty. No questions asked, called the helpline and the next day I received a knock at the door from UPS. 5 working days layer I received a new One
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My phone just did the same thing. Tried to turn it on and nothing Plugged in the charger and no light.
How I turned it on.
Hold down the volume up key and the power key for days, it finally turned on. Battery had 80% charge. Powers up and charges now. Let me know if it works for you.

Note 5 bricked

Hi all, my galaxy note 5 ( no root) showing only blue led light flashing, I kept for charging for more than 4 hours now but nothing positive, I changed charger, I press & hold volume +home & power button also volume-home & power button, I searched & found somewhere to press & hold all the buttons but no help.
I appreciate if this community with great people can help me with this problem,
I bought this phone from dubai & I'm staying in india so it's not easy to get it repair under warranty.
Please help me, Thanks in advance.
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Anyone faced this type of problem?
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Also tried to connect with kies but kies not recognise my phone, don't know what to do next, experts help is required. Thanks
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jdomadia said:
Hi all, my galaxy note 5 ( no root) showing only blue led
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What were you doing to the phone right before all this started?

CodeNameRedNeck said:
What were you doing to the phone right before all this started?
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Forget to connect to charger at night when it was showing 9% , morning found led light blinking, I thought battery must be died so kept for charging, since than tried everything from my limited knowledge.

jdomadia said:
Forget to connect to charger at night when it was showing 9% , morning found led light blinking, I thought battery must be died so kept for charging, since than tried everything from my limited knowledge.
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When you plug it in does the screen come on and show a battery level? Have you tried other charging blocks and cables?

CodeNameRedNeck said:
When you plug it in does the screen come on and show a battery level? Have you tried other charging blocks and cables?
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No battery charge show when's connected, tried different cable, adopters & different power points.

jdomadia said:
No battery charge show when's connected, tried different cable, adopters & different power points.
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Did you try holding just the volume down and the power button for about 20 to 30 seconds? Don't hold the home button to. This basically performs a simulated battery disconnect.

huh , for real ?

dallasmanic said:
huh , for real ?
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What do you mean by "huh , for real ?"?

MrMike2182 said:
Did you try holding just the volume down and the power button for about 20 to 30 seconds? Don't hold the home button to. This basically performs a simulated battery disconnect.
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Thank you for your [email protected]2182, I tried after your advice but no response from phone.

jdomadia said:
Thank you for your [email protected]2182, I tried after your advice but no response from phone.
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The phone is definitely done for then.. Try to get samsung to replace it. You're welcome though.

@OP
Have you got your problem resolved?

Have you checked if Note 5 is a counterfiet?

samteeee said:
@OP
Have you got your problem resolved?
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Yes, replaced mother board by Samsung Service Center in dubai.

YPG70 said:
Have you checked if Note 5 is a counterfiet?
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Phone was original, Samsung replaced motherboard.

jdomadia said:
Yes, replaced mother board by Samsung Service Center in dubai.
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I told you the phone was done for when it would no longer turn on, which must have sucked really.. But.. Nice to know Samsung fixed it for you!

Note 5 Touch Screen Is Unresponsive To Fingers

My Note 5 Touch Screen Is Unresponsive To Fingers it only respond to S Pen. I tried several restarts but nothing.
Please help!

I have the same problem .. unfortunately I was unable to fix it... so I changed my Note 5 for a Xiaomi mi5. It happened twice and the second time there was no coming back, the first time I was on MM and the second in Nougat custom. What you can do is to hold the power button and volume down button at the same time for 10 - 20 seconds then selecting power down It worked for me the first time, hope it works for you. This can also happen for water damage. Good luck!

m.usama said:
My Note 5 Touch Screen Is Unresponsive To Fingers it only respond to S Pen. I tried several restarts but nothing.
Please help!
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Same thing happened to me after my Note 5 got wet by rain. It works only with the S pen. I tried to power down holding volume down and power button for 15-20 seconds and nothing. Another thread said factory reset and I tried that and still nothing. I'm sad because I love this phone and was working great until this.

teresitarn said:
Same thing happened to me after my Note 5 got wet by rain. It works only with the S pen. I tried to power down holding volume down and power button for 15-20 seconds and nothing. Another thread said factory reset and I tried that and still nothing. I'm sad because I love this phone and was working great until this.
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Are you on MM or Nougat? there was a code you can dial in the phone to restart the digitalizer and it could work.. I don't remember the code though.. Lets find a solution this is bull****!

any solution yet?

TheIceDragon said:
Are you on MM or Nougat? there was a code you can dial in the phone to restart the digitalizer and it could work.. I don't remember the code though.. Lets find a solution this is bull****!
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Everytimw you shutdown the the phone or the screen is timed out the digitizer turns off instantly so whenever next you turn on the phone the digitizer gets turned on as well as recallibrate itself if the digitizer was always on then we could have native double tap to wake!

resolvieron?

Try updating TSP using *#2663#.:angel: