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my phone is not rooted at all, i've just been using launcher pro.
Thing is, few months ago, the emmc chip thing has already happened to me.
While updating in the market, it hanged, i pulled the battery, and it died.
I sent it to HTC to repair and got it back. Phone has been smooth since then.
But few days ago I clicked update all, and it hanged again. Was stuck at the htc white screen for a while, but after constant on and off, i was sooo jubilant when the launcher pro loaded. So no problem after that.
but just now, i was just downloading one or two apps in the market, and it hanged again. I tried to turn it off and on, and so far it hasnt responded well..
it stops at HTC- quietly brilliant, the music rings, and nothing else happens.
(I am guessing this is a good sign? when my emmc chip fried, the music never played)
can anyone help me now though? i don't know what to do except hold both volume buttons and shutting down and restarting again.
i might have to pull out the battery at some point and restart.
i love the phone, but this really sucks big time.
Without intentionally meaning to offer any sympathy, am I right in thinking that after a battery pull killed your first device you then went on and pulled the thing again?
have you looked at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284196
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i know pulling the battery kills it, but i couldnt really do anything else..
well now i'm screwed again.
the thing is pretty much dead, and only gives me the white htc screen.
seriously, htc? if i were rich or had another phone replacement i'd throw this phone out the window at this moment.
now i'm not even in the country where i bought my phone and have my warranty ughh.. is htc's warranty global, or am i screwed?
thunder9111 said:
i know pulling the battery kills it, but i couldnt really do anything else..
well now i'm screwed again.
the thing is pretty much dead, and only gives me the white htc screen.
seriously, htc? if i were rich or had another phone replacement i'd throw this phone out the window at this moment.
now i'm not even in the country where i bought my phone and have my warranty ughh.. is htc's warranty global, or am i screwed?
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Not much help now, but should you give HTC one more chance, and it locks up again, you can force a reset without battery pull by holding down both volume keys and the power button.
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thunder9111 said:
i know pulling the battery kills it, but i couldnt really do anything else..
well now i'm screwed again.
the thing is pretty much dead, and only gives me the white htc screen.
seriously, htc? if i were rich or had another phone replacement i'd throw this phone out the window at this moment.
now i'm not even in the country where i bought my phone and have my warranty ughh.. is htc's warranty global, or am i screwed?
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Wait... you said in your first post that you got past the white screen with green "htc" on it (the splash image) and onto the bootanimation (where it says "quietly brilliant" and plays the music... is that correct?
If it is, its a good sign. It means your phone is getting to the ROM and attempting a bootup. I hope you havent pulled your battery meanwhile!!! This thing may still be salvageable.
Do let us know if you can still get to the bootanimation...
the first few times it did run to the part where "quietly brilliant" came up with the music, but after that it never loaded, so i kept soft resetting many times but it would never load. Then it stopped loading pass the white HTC screen. When i soft reset, the phone blackouts for a few secs and that white screen pops up again. So there wasn't even a chance to do (volume down + power) to do a factory reset. I had to pull the battery.
Today I took it to the service center, since this is not the country where I bought my phone, it wasn't under warranty, and I will have to pay around $30 USD. it will be back by next tuesday though.
but seriously, how is this the fault of the consumer? I have not rooted or s-off my phone. It hanged while doing an ordinary phone function - downloading from the market. How is an average consumer supposed to know that he shouldn't be pulling out the battery? and he should need to know how to do all the technical recovery things himself?
f htc.. this is the last htc product i will be using in a few years.
second time it happened to this phone too, and like i said, it happened last week too, though i was able to reboot it after maybe 30 minutes.
the only one good thing is at least they gave me a temporary phone (wildfire) to use while my desire s is being fixed.
Same problem here with me, while trying to open htc likes, it hang and no response from power bottom, i waited for 2 min, still no response, so i pull out the battery, and re install and try to open my htc desire s, its doesnt power up, no response, it does not open even the white screen of htc, no vibration, its like an dead now, try to go to recovery mode, my clicking vol down+ power key. still there is no responce, i dont know what to do, as there is no htc sercive center in my country. guys please help me if there is any other way to make it alive, i ma really worried that its hardware problem or software problem, as i havent drop it or it has in contact with water, just it hang up and i pull the battery and reinstall. please guys help me
Ok, so ive been rooted for a while, and flash back forth between different roms frequently, Most recently i flashed Mikrunny RC, then the ICS theme. All booted fine, no issues i started to install some apks i usually run, mostly go launcher and go suite... i downloaded go photo as I have never seen or used it before, i clicked register, and my phone locked up. So i pulled the batter and reset, its stuck on the green htc logo. So i pulled the battery again and tried to load recovery, using the vol down, i can get into the bootloader then when i try to go to recovery it again freezes at the green htc logo. I downloaded the PC06IMG.zip and threw that on the phone, figure Ill just reroot and start over (kinda in a panic here as i now dont have a working phone. It finds and installs (restores) off PG06IMG then reboots.... stuck on green htc again.... now the bootloader reads S-On .... but it just wont boot.... someone help me plz lol any ideas?
people talk about bricking a phone
i think it is impossible to brick the evo shift phone. because if you can get to the stock recover screen you can flash the phone back to stock always. no mater what
1. download RUU_Speedy_Sprint_WWE_1.17.651.1_Radio_1.07.00.1129_NV_SPCS_1.52_1103_release_160079_signed.exe
2. hold volume down and power to boot into hboot recovery screen
3. plug in usb cable hboot will change to hboot usb plug
4. select fastboot from the list
5. in the screen as long as fast boot says fastboot usb at the top in red your good to go
6. run RUU_Speedy_Sprint_WWE_1.17.651.1_Radio_1.07.00.1129_NV_SPCS_1.52_1103_release_160079_signed.exe
7. this will revert the phone back to stock unrooted. wiping out everything.
give this a try. it always pulls me out of jams when i think i bricked my phone.
yea it is saying usb plug, but when i run the ruu it says battery is below 30%, i tried to put the battery in a different phone (dont have a charger for that other phone) and the battery reads 41% the battery is sitting in my shift hopefully charging, but i cant get the amber light to stay lit.... so i guess i should be good if i can get a fully charged battery.
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looks like im screwed.... just ran the ruu, does the same thing, reboots and freezes on the green htc screen...... any other ideas?
Quick question, were you using twrp2 recovery?
Worst case scenario, since you're s-on you should be able to get a warranty exchange.
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clockwork, and ima try tomorrow
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ok now things are bad, the screen doesnt work anymore..... i guess its a bad time to mention that this phone was previously crack and chipped to hell, and i just replaced the glass on it. (LCD was fine) now the LCD doesnt turn on anymore... no idea whats going on... i tried to get back in the bootloader to ruu a 2nd time after charging the battery up, and presto... black screen.
i had the same prob i couldnt get my phone to even boot to the htc load screen couldnt get it to boot in to hboot (vol+power) and when i plugged the usb in the amber light come on the pc made the connect sound and then the light went back off so to fix it all i did was remove the mattery take out the sd card and to my suprise it turned back on
installed stock ruu and im back up and running...give it a try cant hurt
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clockwork, and ima try tomorrow
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ok now things are bad, the screen doesnt work anymore..... i guess its a bad time to mention that this phone was previously crack and chipped to hell, and i just replaced the glass on it. (LCD was fine) now the LCD doesnt turn on anymore... no idea whats going on... i tried to get back in the bootloader to ruu a 2nd time after charging the battery up, and presto... black screen.
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htcevoshiftrocks21674515 said:
i had the same prob i couldnt get my phone to even boot to the htc load screen couldnt get it to boot in to hboot (vol+power) and when i plugged the usb in the amber light come on the pc made the connect sound and then the light went back off so to fix it all i did was remove the mattery take out the sd card and to my suprise it turned back on
installed stock ruu and im back up and running...give it a try cant hurt
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I would give what htcevoshiftrocks, said a shot. Like he said can't hurt. But the other facts you should have mentioned in the begining . Had this happen on a Shift I replaced the Digitizer on. If your not careful when your in there, things can get messed up real easy. Also from talking to the techs at Sprint I found out it's a 50 / 50 on the black screen after replacing the Digitizer. They usually just replace the Digitizer and the LCD as one unit, if they do replace it. So I guess if that doesn't work, your best bet at that point is Sprint.
You need to get into recovery wipe /system and /cache and dalvik and reflash your rom.
Also try booting without the sdcard
adb reboot recovery
or adb reboot fastboot and flash again.
But yes, flashing radios will screw up your boot unless you are running a stock ROM for the most part I've noticed.
And YES it is possible to brick this phone but if you're seeing the white HTC screen you're not bricked, yet.
well daemon starts successfully, but 'device not found' when trying to run anything at all. when plugging in the usb cord i can still hear the 'bur burt' sound lol, i just now gave that sound a name. but anyhow, gonna try to let it sit for a while maybe charge the battery up more... idk...
phone does show as charging...
htcevoshiftrocks said:
i had the same prob i couldnt get my phone to even boot to the htc load screen couldnt get it to boot in to hboot (vol+power) and when i plugged the usb in the amber light come on the pc made the connect sound and then the light went back off so to fix it all i did was remove the mattery take out the sd card and to my suprise it turned back on
installed stock ruu and im back up and running...give it a try cant hurt
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so somehow this actually worked... but now my touch screen isnt working at all, the phone seems to have a mind of its own. Because as soon as it turned on i got a ton of txt msgs and responded to most of them, the phone went to sleep, i woke it up, now no touch screen working. i think its time to just take it back to sprint, anyone have a copy of the latest ruu so i can flash gb?
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so somehow this actually worked... but now my touch screen isnt working at all, the phone seems to have a mind of its own. Because as soon as it turned on i got a ton of txt msgs and responded to most of them, the phone went to sleep, i woke it up, now no touch screen working. i think its time to just take it back to sprint, anyone have a copy of the latest ruu so i can flash gb?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20107670
Before you return it I suggest you RUU to 2.2 and run the 2 OTA software updates. My phone's internal handset speaker wasn't working and doing that fixed the problem. It may help you too. Weird, I know but I just did it and it's been consistently working since. Now I'm in the process of rooting again. I'll post a link to the 2.2 RUU zip in a second.
edit dont use the file I posted use this PG06IMG.zip:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41040697/PG06IMG.zip
It's funny that this same exact thing just happened to me on my original then happened few hours later with my replacement.
well the latest is, it boots and all the hardware keys work fine, but my touch screen doesnt respond at all.. Im hoping to get to a sprint store today.
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well the latest is, it boots and all the hardware keys work fine, but my touch screen doesnt respond at all.. Im hoping to get to a sprint store today.
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Did you run OTA update?
End of the story, I Ruu'd with the GB update and went to the closest sprint store, who directed me to the next closest corporate store, who then sent me to the repair center. So after driving around for 40 minutes, a nice man ripped the phone apart and looked at the motherboard. and said whoa... im guessing this was where you could tell that I had it opened and changed the digitizer myself, he turned around opened a drawer marked returns, then took another shift apart and took the entire front half off and swapped it with mine. put it all back together, it would have been free but aparently assurian canceled my insurance for no aparent reason without my knowledge.... 35 bucks and my phone works again... Im downgrading and rooting now. Gonna take my roomates phone in (also on my plan) with a shattered digitizer on friday to just let them fix it I think.
twizt3d said:
End of the story, I Ruu'd with the GB update and went to the closest sprint store, who directed me to the next closest corporate store, who then sent me to the repair center. So after driving around for 40 minutes, a nice man ripped the phone apart and looked at the motherboard. and said whoa... im guessing this was where you could tell that I had it opened and changed the digitizer myself, he turned around opened a drawer marked returns, then took another shift apart and took the entire front half off and swapped it with mine. put it all back together, it would have been free but aparently assurian canceled my insurance for no aparent reason without my knowledge.... 35 bucks and my phone works again... Im downgrading and rooting now. Gonna take my roomates phone in (also on my plan) with a shattered digitizer on friday to just let them fix it I think.
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Glad you could get it fixed!
twizt3d said:
End of the story, I Ruu'd with the GB update and went to the closest sprint store, who directed me to the next closest corporate store, who then sent me to the repair center. So after driving around for 40 minutes, a nice man ripped the phone apart and looked at the motherboard. and said whoa... im guessing this was where you could tell that I had it opened and changed the digitizer myself, he turned around opened a drawer marked returns, then took another shift apart and took the entire front half off and swapped it with mine. put it all back together, it would have been free but aparently assurian canceled my insurance for no aparent reason without my knowledge.... 35 bucks and my phone works again... Im downgrading and rooting now. Gonna take my roomates phone in (also on my plan) with a shattered digitizer on friday to just let them fix it I think.
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Lucky guy, my repair center never has any parts and constantly send off for replacements, I swear they don't do any work but sell phones.
gigermunit said:
Lucky guy, my repair center never has any parts and constantly send off for replacements, I swear they don't do any work but sell phones.
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That's the point, you get the replacement phone and you have 14 days with 2 phones to take to the repair center to swap good parts for bad especially if you goto a corporate store. The repair center I had 2 shifts, the repair guy even used his own shift to repair mine and I still need a replacement for my earpiece.
Hi there.
I smashed the screen on my HTC Sensation, it still worked but I wanted to try repair it. I followed the instrctional videos on youtube, took it apart, replaced screen, put it back together.
Now the phone wont boot past the HTC screen. It loops the startup process, black screen, vibrate, HTC screen and back to black screen around 4 times before giving up.
Any suggestions as to what Ive done to mess this up and how I can fix it?
I appreciate your help
gfc101 said:
Hi there.
I smashed the screen on my HTC Sensation, it still worked but I wanted to try repair it. I followed the instrctional videos on youtube, took it apart, replaced screen, put it back together.
Now the phone wont boot past the HTC screen. It loops the startup process, black screen, vibrate, HTC screen and back to black screen around 4 times before giving up.
Any suggestions as to what Ive done to mess this up and how I can fix it?
I appreciate your help
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If you haven't changed anything to the phone software, than it may be a hardware issue, but I guess in that case phone wouldn't boot at all. Are you able to get into recovery? If yes than it's probably software problem.
So about an hour ago, I tried turning on my HOX from sleep, and to my horror I SAW NOTHING ON THE SCREEN.
After a while, I found out that the touchscreen was still responsive, and the bottom buttons were still lit. I tried to hard reset t by holding down the power button, but when my phone would restart, I would feel the vibration, but the boot screen/splash screen/EVERYTHING was pitch black - nothing showed up on my screen.
So I played around with it, knowing that my phone was on, but I couldn't see anything. I figured out after a while that if I pressed REALLY hard on the edges of my phone, my phone would flicker on - which proved to me that it was some sort of backlight issue.
All of a sudden, about 5 minutes ago, my backlight returned and everything is back to normal.
But now, I'm deathly afraid that it might happen again. What should I do? Should I go and get a replacement? Was this a freak occurrence? I'm on edge here :\
Why are you asking?! Go get that sucker replaced!
I'm hesitant because my current phone is rooted-ROMed-customized like crazy, and I was hoping someone would say something like "Yeah that's a one-time freak accident kind of thing", which would make it so I don't have to redo everything, haha.
Well in any case, since I'm here now already (and I know I can search the development forum) - what's the state on rooting/unlocking the bootloader for the newest HOX firmwares? Are there any issues with rooting/unlocking? Or is it a pain-free process like it was back in June-Julyish when I got mine?
lol I would def return it. I had similar issue . Here is a link for any rooting needs as well as how to relock and unroot your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
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They will most likely honor the warranty because it could have just as easily happened to a non rooted phone.
Replace it.
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Ok..
I had this phone for a while and I started using it again recently. I have fully replaced the digitizer/lcd bezel before with no problems (been a phone repair tech for 10 years) And it has worked fine.
The other night I reverted it back to stock because it seems to be the only way to get a constant data signal. Worked fine. I then updated it to the newest OTA update without a problem.
I then rebooted it and it stuck on a black screen loop with the buttons going on and off for hours. I spent 7 hours trying to figure out what was wrong, flashing, re flashing.. Nothing. Finally I get CWM recovery installed and find out my SD card is fried. So I put a new one in, and transfer over the roms I want t flash. 3 different roms, all with no touch screen.
Revert back to stock, still no touch screen.
Could something have gone bad on the board to have caused this? Is there something system wise not getting wiped that may cause this? Its to much of a coincidence that the touch screen and buttons would go out after all this happened.
Any help would be appreciated. Im waiting on a new digitizer now to check because Ive already gone over all the connections. But if its something software wise, Id like to try that before doing another digitizer replacement.
Thanks
funny you made this thread. i just got my hands on a soft bricked g2x that was stuck on the blue lg logo. after a quick nvflash it boots right up......but with no touchscreen. not sure if it ever worked as im not the original owner.
but i'll be keeping my eyes out on this thread for sure!
Id give a pretty to see inside both of your phones. Sounds like a bad contact on the ribbons.or one of them may have been ripped during a screen installation. I've never heard of the screen just up and quoting working without some major stuff happening to the phone. My guess is these screens were replaced with the wrong screen.just a guess though.
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grantusmantus said:
Id give a pretty to see inside both of your phones. Sounds like a bad contact on the ribbons.or one of them may have been ripped during a screen installation. I've never heard of the screen just up and quoting working without some major stuff happening to the phone. My guess is these screens were replaced with the wrong screen.just a guess though.
Sent from my LG-P999
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I have done phone repairs for quite a few years, It wasnt a wrong screen and has worked fine for a year since its replacement. I have already opened the phone again and made sure all contacts were fine. What Im trying to figure out is if there is maybe some part of the system/boot that holds the touchscreen drivers and they have bee erased?
Again, I find its a huge coincidence that it worked fine up until this happened then as soon as its booting again, stops working... Which is why I think its a software issue.
Try touching the corners of the screen after booting up start with the top left and go clockwise. One of the roms used to mess up the connectivity between phone and screen. And that is supposed to reset the touch screen. A old g1 trick
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