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[Q] Q - How to check S-ON/ S-OFF?

Hello everyone!
Please, can anyone tell me how to enter HBOOT on Sensation to check my S-ON/OFF status?
I had been searching everywhere to get this info, but, simply, I couldn't find it.
Thanks

Hmm so easy to esnd you to the youtube noob link but if you hold vol down and power on hey presto you're there

First you need to go to aettings>power and uncheck fastboot
Then turn off phone and hold down vol down and power button at the same time

Thank you That was the step I was missing

I already pressed "Thanks" button, but, once again, thanks guys

When you've turned off your phone you should remove the battery, put it back in and then do the two button combo.
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Awassenaar said:
When you've turned off your phone you should remove the battery, put it back in and then do the two button combo.
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No need to do that. removing your battery and putting it back IS disabling fastboot for one time.

But technically removing battery is better, as when you turn the phone back on, you need to re-enable fastboot.

@sert89 : I was searching for a solution whole night. Thanks a lot!

coming from hd2

ive never had a real android phone and ive never flashed anything before till i went crazy with my hd2 , im getting my sensation tomorrow ,what do you have to do to check for s-off exactly , its prolly a noob question and to all the smartasses ive used the search button and nothing comes up ,so any info and help would be appreciated

tigerz0202 said:
ive never had a real android phone and ive never flashed anything before till i went crazy with my hd2 , im getting my sensation tomorrow ,what do you have to do to check for s-off exactly , its prolly a noob question and to all the smartasses ive used the search button and nothing comes up ,so any info and help would be appreciated
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If you read some of the s-off threads, you'll see how to check whether you have s-on or s-off.
But, you have one of two ways. Turn fastboot off, then turn your phone off, and hold the power button and volume down at the same time. Or, pull the battery, reinsert the battery, then power/volume down.

WorldWide60 said:
If you read some of the s-off threads, you'll see how to check whether you have s-on or s-off.
But, you have one of two ways. Turn fastboot off, then turn your phone off, and hold the power button and volume down at the same time. Or, pull the battery, reinsert the battery, then power/volume down.
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thanks ,thats basically the same as hd2 , ive been reading for an hour ,maybe i was just looking at the wrong threads ,hit the button for ya

I'll tell you right now. You have a 99.99999999999% chance that it's S-ON. I don't know why people are still checking right now. HTC would've said something by now if they would've already started shipping new units with S-OFF

xnifex said:
I'll tell you right now. You have a 99.99999999999% chance that it's S-ON. I don't know why people are still checking right now. HTC would've said something by now if they would've already started shipping new units with S-OFF
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prolly is but imma check anyhow

HOX Stuck at boot "One" screen, Haven't Flashed Lately

I was on the phone earlier for a fair bit, when I hung up I noticed the battery at 4%. Got home little bit later and when I checked my phone again it was off, I hit the power button so it began to power on, and I them plugged it into AC charger right away while booting up. A couple of minutes later and I noticed it was still on the "One" boot screen (on a sense ROM at the moment, ViperXL 2.1.1). Tried holding power to reboot and it did the same thing.
Figured I leave it plugged in for a little bit, maybe battery was just really low. After about 30 minutes or so it was plugged in, still on the same screen (couldn't power it off it would just reboot). Tried to reboot again, and got stuck on the same screen. This time however I noticed the phone was quite hot, though it seems to be cooling down slightly since I've unplugged it, but not 100% sure.
What could be the issue/any ideas? I haven't flashed anything in over a week, last being ViperXL 2.1.1 and BeastMode Kernel 3.0. First time dealing with potential boot issues as I am always very careful when flashing. Any help is appreciated!

Try reading threads before you post. You may have read a thread that said don't post questions in General. There is a Q&A forum for this.
Anyways, try erasing the caches and rebooting.

Myrder said:
Try reading threads before you post. You may have read a thread that said don't post questions in General. There is a Q&A forum for this.
Anyways, try erasing the caches and rebooting.
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Yeah I was thinking this might not be the right place but wasn't totally sure, I apologize.
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure. After a straight system reboot from recovery did not work, I tried wiping cache's as you said and it booted fine! Much thanks.
Again apologies from rushing to make a thread, just got kind of frustrated with not being able to boot into even the bootloader or just power it down for awhile, for seemingly no reason. Someone can delete this thread if they'd like. Thank you though!

maybe your phone doesnt like the overclock. not all phones can handle high overclocks and some cant work with ANY overclock. i would try letting the phone charge and flashing the stock boot.img

Songlambr37 said:
Who else in the world still use the manly Dell Venue?
who can help us upgrade it to 4.0?
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I think you're lost

Songlambr37 said:
Who else in the world still use the manly Dell Venue?
who can help us upgrade it to 4.0?
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Wtf,.. This is second thread I've seen that in,..
WR
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Chrysis said:
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure.
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Almost always a matter of pilot error (as long as you have a charge light coming on, it should go to hboot no problem). Correct way is to hold vol down rocker, don't let it go, then press the power button for 3 seconds or so. Release the power button (but keep holding vol down). Don't let go of vol down until the hboot screen comes up.
If the screen is on, you can do the same as above, with the only change being: holding the power button down for 5 seconds or so until the capacitive buttons flash, then release the power button.

WarRaven said:
Wtf,.. This is second thread I've seen that in,..
WR
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I'm on it.
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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
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Chrysis said:
Yeah I was thinking this might not be the right place but wasn't totally sure, I apologize.
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure.
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Future reference to boot into.downloader...
-lock screen like you would be putting phone in pocket
-hold power + vol down unroll screen goes off
-let go of POWER BUTTON ONLY right after screen goes off and continue holding vol down.
You'll boot into downloader just fine.
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Sorry to resurrect a slightly old thread, but was there any solution to this? My phone just died last night and won't start back up. It just stays stuck on the loading screen. I went into recovery and deleted the caches just in case, but it hasn't fixed anything. I have a nandroid backup from a weeks ago that I can just if I have to, but I'd prefer not to since I'd lose the app data.
Any ideas?

Valohtar said:
Sorry to resurrect a slightly old thread, but was there any solution to this? My phone just died last night and won't start back up. It just stays stuck on the loading screen. I went into recovery and deleted the caches just in case, but it hasn't fixed anything. I have a nandroid backup from a weeks ago that I can just if I have to, but I'd prefer not to since I'd lose the app data.
Any ideas?
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Reading the thread says wiping caches worked for the OP.
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Ah right missed that. Didn't work for me unfortunately. Would re-flashing the ROM without wiping work?

Valohtar said:
Ah right missed that. Didn't work for me unfortunately. Would re-flashing the ROM without wiping work?
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That was going to be my next suggestion. Its your best bet if you don't want to lose all of your app data.
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[Q] Sidekick 4g Bootloop Please Help!!!

I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help

Use heimdall n hold the volume buttons n enable flash bootlaoders
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@karose465 How old is the phone? If less than a year (doubtful), it should still be under warranty. Or you may be eligible for upgrade pricing: Fore example, "Customers with a Classic plan (two-year contract) are eligible for our lowest upgrade price on a new phone when at least 22 months have passed since their last phone upgrade. A new two-year contract is required to take advantage of best upgrade pricing. Of course, you can always upgrade a phone at any time, regardless of how many months have passed since your contract began."
For more info on Heimdall, just Google Heimdall Android.

Anyone with a sidekick contract ends earliest next march..

karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Try Odin...choose repartition and you're golden. This is someone that has bricked his phone many, many times. Odin will give you the original stock Froyo.

RicAndroid said:
Try Odin...choose repartition and you're golden. This is someone that has bricked his phone many, many times. Odin will give you the original stock Froyo.
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I think for him and myself, the biggest problem is being unable to get the phone to stay in download mode. For some reason, the battery won't charge and the phone itself continously turns off and on when plugged in. So the charge isn't holding, therefore nothing will stay on/open.

Im having the same problem. I have searched everywere and cannot find an answer that will fix it. If anyone can please help us fix this issue.
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gamingwiz said:
Im having the same problem. I have searched everywere and cannot find an answer that will fix it. If anyone can please help us fix this issue.
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I did some forum searching and found this. Hope it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477838

Thanks ill check into that
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karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Hmm here is a link with for the ODIN and also provides some pretty cool roms that you might like to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538576
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karose465 said:
I am not rooted on this phone I am on stock 100% I have done nothing with this phone since purchased.. I did not try to install anything on this phone that could have caused this. But yesterday it just started on this bootloop. The screen just shows the T-mobile sidekick 4g logo then to black and over and over .... I have pulled the battery put it back in and it immediately bootloops. I don't even have to power on . It even bootloops with the charger plugged in the battery symbol bootloops. I tried to put the device into bootloader (pwr vol up/dwn) to do a factory reset. but the bootloader screen just flashes on for a second and then it goes right back into the bootloop.
It appears as if this is bricked but how is that possible on a stock device? I called t-mobile and they could not help. All they wanted to do is sell me a new phone.
Please help
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Hmm here is a link with for the ODIN and also provides some pretty cool roms that you might like to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538576

Took the phone apart, put everything back. Still no luck
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EpicLordPhone said:
Took the phone apart, put everything back. Still no luck
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Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.

Power Button Repair relating to Boot Loop
MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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my Sidekick 4G is very old and just now went into bootloop... i googled the word and came across this forum.
As quoted above by previous poster that a power button repair was needed... I figured that I had nothing to lose, it being so old, I smashed the crap out of the Sidekick 4G on its power button. Lo and Behold, it booted into the system successfully.
SO... if no one has any qualms about smashing the crap out of their power button... give it a shot. It worked for me.

MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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Thanks for the info, but is there anyway I could turn it on without the power button?
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EpicLordPhone said:
Thanks for the info, but is there anyway I could turn it on without the power button?
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I don't believe so ?
You can switch the power button to like the track pad or something but you need to edit the phones ettings somehow
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immorality said:
I don't believe so ?
You can switch the power button to like the track pad or something but you need to edit the phones ettings somehow
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Hmmm thanks, I might just try that!
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Mines stuck in a boot loop too.
I don't know if my Sidekicks problem is related to this or not. I rooted it and flashed it over to Glorious Overdose v5 on May 22nd this year and it's been running great. At least it was until last Friday, Sep 13. I was having trouble connecting to the WiFi at my house so I rebooted the phone. When it started to come back up a female voice started saying, "VooDoo lagfix has been disabled." "Converting /data and /system partitions." "Conversion time estimated 10 minutes."
I let it do it's thing and that's all it's been doing all weekend. I can get into recovery mode, I've tried restoring the phone from my backup with no success. I've even tried running through the process of setting up GOv5 again and it says it's successful, but the phone never boots up. It just stays in the same blasted bootloop and saying the same things over and over again about VooDoo. I've checked the VooDoo logs and there is an error file for the 13th and the logs following say "conversion." Can someone point me in the right direction as to what I can do to get my phone working again? Everything I've tried to research so far hasn't worked.

v5 hold both volume button, the track button and power button. Should put you into recovery mode. If not, you will have to put phone into download mode. You do this by taking out battery, then pluging into computer. When you reinsert battery hold volume down and power, if I remember correctly, and your download screen should come up. From your cp manually unroot it. Then it should be fixed, and just reroot it. I hope this was helpful
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No idea what I'm doing, precisely, but...
MythEdge said:
Dead thread but this is your answer - Your power button is shot. Need to have a new one put on. I know your problem has been fixed / replaced but for others still searching for answers...you need a power button repair.
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Hey, MythEdge. I'm not sure if you get notifications here or anything, but I registered to this site specifically to thank you; my phone ( Sidekick 4G, like OP ) bricked, and I smashed it against the table a few times ( you know, delicately... ) and it resurrected.
So thank you, sir; you were precisely correct. It worked on both of my phones, which had the exact same problem.
Just, wow. Thank you.

LathyrusRoots said:
Hey, MythEdge. I'm not sure if you get notifications here or anything, but I registered to this site specifically to thank you; my phone ( Sidekick 4G, like OP ) bricked, and I smashed it against the table a few times ( you know, delicately... ) and it resurrected.
So thank you, sir; you were precisely correct. It worked on both of my phones, which had the exact same problem.
Just, wow. Thank you.
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And almost a year later I log in and see this. Your most welcome. I haven't been working on phones for awhile but if I remember right, some models can be powered on by plugging the phone into a power source and when the phone vibrates or has a sign of life unplugging the unit. Some cables don't work and sometimes doing this via a computer can power up a device. Other than that, the other more dangerous way is to short out the pins on the bottom of the unit. I don't remember the pins but you can google a charge port diagram to help. I don't recommend doing this unless you have absolutely no other choice. Incidentally, this is why a phone will power itself on when a battery is put in and no other button is touched. The port is wet and corrosion has caused a link on the power pin and believe its pin 3. A simple cleaning with 90%+ rubbing alcohol solution will fix if cleaned quick enough.

HTC Screen Wont Turn On- Please Read

Hey sorry for probably recreating another thread but I wasn't able to get a real answer after reading through another thread on this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859339&page=3
On Pg.3 is the best type of hardware description of my problem I could find.
Anyways, My phone screen went black on Friday Morning/Saturday night while I was sleeping, When i woke up I couldn't get my phone screen to come back on so I reset it a couple of times and it worked, then it went black again. When it did that I googled the problem and found that thread above, started reading through and read that you could touch the screen and reactivate it, which is what I did and the screen came back on. After a day of use the screen has gone black again and will not come back on. Has anyone found exactly how to fix this issue in Repair? HTC has told me it would cost $200 but I believe I can do it myself for much cheaper. Please, any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: just to be more precise, the phone still works perfectly and everything is functional on the phone, I can still answer calls If I have a LED flashlight to see the screen. Thanks again!

Do you have the HTC One X (Endeavoru) or the HTC One XL / at&t One X (Evita)? I ask because you're posting in the Evita forum but the link you provided is from the Endeavoru forum.
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timmaaa said:
Do you have the HTC One X (Endeavoru) or the HTC One XL / at&t One X (Evita)? I ask because you're posting in the Evita forum but the link you provided is from the Endeavoru forum.
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I own the HTC One X (AT&T) I apologize for posting in the wrong forum, noob mistake.

No you've posted in the right forum, this is the HTC One XL / at&t One X forum and that's what phone you have. I'm concerned that the link you posted is from the wrong device forum though, you don't own that device and straying into other device forums is a very bad idea. Our forum main page is here, bookmark that page and make sure you stay within it.
Now, onto your problem. You haven't really provided enough information, is your phone stock or modified? Did you buy it brand new or used? If it's modified, what ROM/kernel are you on? Also, can you please post the first five lines of your bootloader? If you don't know how to get to your bootloader here are some instructions, there are two methods depending on the state of your device.
With phone powered on
Hold the volume down button, then hold the power button (so you're holding both buttons together), the button lights will start to flash, they will stop flashing and the screen will go blank, after a couple of seconds let go of the power button but continue to hold the volume down button until you reach the white screen with text, this is your bootloader.
With phone powered off
Hold the volume down button, then hold the power button (so you're holding both buttons together), after a couple of seconds let go of the power button but continue to hold the volume down button until you reach the white screen with text, this is your bootloader.
Please post the first five lines.
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timmaaa said:
No you've posted in the right forum, this is the HTC One XL / at&t One X forum and that's what phone you have. I'm concerned that the link you posted is from the wrong device forum though, you don't own that device and straying into other device forums is a very bad idea. Our forum main page is here, bookmark that page and make sure you stay within it.
Now, onto your problem. You haven't really provided enough information, is your phone stock or modified? Did you buy it brand new or used? If it's modified, what ROM/kernel are you on? Also, can you please post the first five lines of your bootloader? If you don't know how to get to your bootloader here are some instructions, there are two methods depending on the state of your device.
With phone powered on
Hold the volume down button, then hold the power button (so you're holding both buttons together), the button lights will start to flash, they will stop flashing and the screen will go blank, after a couple of seconds let go of the power button but continue to hold the volume down button until you reach the white screen with text, this is your bootloader.
With phone powered off
Hold the volume down button, then hold the power button (so you're holding both buttons together), after a couple of seconds let go of the power button but continue to hold the volume down button until you reach the white screen with text, this is your bootloader.
Please post the first five lines.
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android version:4.0.3
htc sesnse version: 4.0
software #: 1.73 502.1 710 RD
kernel version:3.0.8-01111-g188cf26
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT
I have tried to get to the bootloader page on my phone several times and it has not worked. I bought the phone from a guy on craigslist because i just switched to straight talk instead of AT&T. I'm starting to think that the phone had its screen replaced after reading through this thread at this forum:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f796/htc-one-x-strange-backlight-problem-1540929/

Every single Evita can reach the bootloader, if it isn't working it's a case of bad timing. Try again, ensuring that you at no point let go of the volume down button until you reach the bootloader.
A problem that is intermittent like yours suggests to me that you have a faulty connection. I do need to see your bootloader details before we can proceed any further though.
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timmaaa said:
Every single Evita can reach the bootloader, if it isn't working it's a case of bad timing. Try again, ensuring that you at no point let go of the volume down button until you reach the bootloader.
A problem that is intermittent like yours suggests to me that you have a faulty connection. I do need to see your bootloader details before we can proceed any further though.
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EVITA PUT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.09.0000
RADIO-0.1632.09.01_3
OpenDSP-v.25.1.0.32.0405
eMMC-boot

DavisSexton said:
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Those are the first five lines on my screen, if you need anything else let me know, also how i do exit out of the bootloader?
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Use the volume rocker to scroll up and down, power button to select Reboot.
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DavisSexton said:
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EVITA PUT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.09.0000
RADIO-0.1632.09.01_3
OpenDSP-v.25.1.0.32.0405
eMMC-boot
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What about the two lines above that? It should say locked/relocked/unlocked, and possibly tampered.
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timmaaa said:
What about the two lines above that? It should say locked/relocked/unlocked, and possibly tampered.
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Sorry for missing earlier, says Locked.

It seems like a hardware issue to me but you could try running an RUU to double check. You can find instructions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593037
If suggest using the 3.18 RUU.
It's important to make sure you don't have SuperCID first though or it will brick the phone. Do you have adb/fastboot installed on your PC?
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