So I was in the middle of installing Android Revolution HD last night.
I used the super-wipe script to prep the phone, but then the actual rom zip failed to flash. I downloaded the rom over again but fell asleep in the process. I woke up this morning and now I can't get anything to show up on the screen of the Sensation. I pulled battery and tried to get it to boot into fastboot. No luck.
The only signs of life I get now are when I pull battery and put it back in, the orange battery indicator comes on for about half a second, then then goes off. Then I get nothing.
Any ideas? When I left the phone I was still in CWM (I think).
Help!
Pull battery, reinsert, connect charger and start while holding -vol button. Let it fully charge then. Battery is flat and phone doesn't charge when off. Search general section, its in top 10 posts most likely.
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Should I see an amber charging light when it's charging like this? I can't get it to show...
I had the same problem this morning. Due to a unique set of circumstances and a recovery image that doesn't allow charging while powered off, my phone was able to run dead while plugged in. My powerskin charged first and then kicked over to the phone which had run completely dead (powerskin is supposed to charge the phone first but didn't do that). So, when it tried to charge the phone, it couldn't because of the recovery image. When I got up this morning, no way no how was I able to get it to boot into any mode that would allow charging (couldn't get it to boot at all for that matter). I ended up using a usb cable with one end cut off and the wires exposed to connect directly to my battery for a couple minutes. I then put the battery in my phone, booted it up and plugged it in to charge. I'm glad I went through this back in the day and still had the usb cable around from back when I had a winmo htc wizard that had a similar issue.
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Have you tried connecting it via usb and booting it via adb ?
try adb reboot recovery for example
Hivlaher said:
Have you tried connecting it via usb and booting it via adb ?
try adb reboot recovery for example
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Interesting idea. Can I do this on the OSX version of the Android SDK? I've never tried it.
Came back after lunch today and the phone still won't boot, so I'm going to have to try something like this since it's obviously not charging.
I did it on android sdk on windows. It made it to my mind cause windows seemed to recognise the mobile even though it was turned off. If you manage to do it just tell me
Moto211: Used your solution and got it into fastboot! Thanks for the suggestion. I got walkthrough help from the folks on XDA IRC. Hoping that it now charges while in Fastboot
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Moto211: Used your solution and got it into fastboot! Thanks for the suggestion. I got walkthrough help from the folks on XDA IRC. Hoping that it now charges while in Fastboot
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Glad it helped. If it doesn't charge in fastboot, try charging it for another minute or two and attempt a full boot. I actually fully booted and then plugged in my charger.
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Hivlaher said:
Have you tried connecting it via usb and booting it via adb ?
try adb reboot recovery for example
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it works on me...tnx alot...your an angel
you are welcome. Now install ROM Manager and get the latest CWM which can charge while mobile is off
Similar problem, no luck
Just charge your phone in whatever state it is for at least 1 hour and your phone will boot up.
I had this problem twice of completely draining my battery to 0% and ended up in boot failure.
I was on cwm recovery.
But it didn't matter I did nothing and let the phone connected to charger for an hour or so and it just boot up.
The battery was showing around 30% power.
So try it.
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OK, So I remember the trick were you charge your phone when its off. The mt4g has a "feature" where it goes into recovery when its plugged in while being off.
During one of my first attempts of getting back to the bootloader I held down both volume down and up and it made a few vibrates and had a steady green light and had to remove the battery to get it to reboot. I posted a wtf question in some thread asking what was going on (both buttons were held down duuuu).
Then a few minutes ago I tried to charge while in this state. My charger is warm and it seems to be charging while not in recovery.
Does this help? I have no idea as of yet. I will update this thread if I can say so. If this is just bull **** then please let me know and lets drop it.
Thoughts?
It seems now that this is not the case. The charger seems cold as it is not charging.
FAIL.
Sorry
edit: FAIL
Are you just trying to do battery conditioning or what? AFAIK, only Clockwork Recovery has the "bug" of booting into recovery if you plug in the charger while the phone is off. You should be able to re-flash stock recovery or simply plug in first then power all the way down.
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Are you just trying to do battery conditioning or what? AFAIK, only Clockwork Recovery has the "bug" of booting into recovery if you plug in the charger while the phone is off. You should be able to re-flash stock recovery or simply plug in first then power all the way down.
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Actually i think i remember kmobs or koush saying that stock recovery also pops up while phone is off, but with the screen off.
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Genocaust said:
Are you just trying to do battery conditioning or what? AFAIK, only Clockwork Recovery has the "bug" of booting into recovery if you plug in the charger while the phone is off. You should be able to re-flash stock recovery or simply plug in first then power all the way down.
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ya, mine still goes into recovery even when i plug it in FIRST and then power off...weak. i have yet to find a way to get this thing to charge with the phone off since I perm rooted a few days ago......
I did it once, but for the life of me, I have no clue how I did it. No special button holding as far as I know, I was just fooling around with it.
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There is a setting that is on by default that is used for fast bootup by just putting the phone in a hibernate mode. I apologize for not giving more information but I don't have my phone on me. I believe the help text for the setting is that you may need to use it for some market applications.
When you turn this setting off and turn the phone off it truly turns off and will take longer to start up. With the setting on its back on almost instantly.
I don't know if this is what you need but I figured I'd throw it out there as it took me a while to find the setting.
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There is a setting that is on by default that is used for fast bootup by just putting the phone in a hibernate mode. I apologize for not giving more information but I don't have my phone on me. I believe the help text for the setting is that you may need to use it for some market applications.
When you turn this setting off and turn the phone off it truly turns off and will take longer to start up. With the setting on its back on almost instantly.
I don't know if this is what you need but I figured I'd throw it out there as it took me a while to find the setting.
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Your talking about "Fast BooT"... I saw a work around where if oyu have "Fast Boot" on then it will not load into recovery, when it is off and you charge it.
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Your talking about "Fast BooT"... I saw a work around where if oyu have "Fast Boot" on then it will not load into recovery, when it is off and you charge it.
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that makes sense. can't believe I didn't think of that. I'll try it tonight.
thanks
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Your talking about "Fast BooT"... I saw a work around where if oyu have "Fast Boot" on then it will not load into recovery, when it is off and you charge it.
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ok so haven't determined which setting exactly worked. it may have been a combination but I reflashed clockwork recovery in ROM manager , enabled fast boot, and turned on USB debugging and my phone did NOT boot into recovery after I turned it off while plugged in. charged all night off.
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Yea its the fastboot option. Unfortunately for those of us on cm7 we don't have that option. Boo hoo.?
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ok so haven't determined which setting exactly worked. it may have been a combination but I reflashed clockwork recovery in ROM manager , enabled fast boot, and turned on USB debugging and my phone did NOT boot into recovery after I turned it off while plugged in. charged all night off.
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takes about 2 minutes to flash factory recovery. even less to flash back to CW.
I just asked the same question in a different thread today
Need a little help here. The other day I turned on our old D2 BC I need aa replacement phone and its given me hell. First boot it went into the Liberty boot animation and wouldn't stop looping. My girl rebooted into recovery and flashed Liberty again and apparently it was working fine which I did not know. When she did this she didn't tell me so I was under the impression I needed to do what she did. I went to recovery, wiped and flashed Liberty, I believe its 2.0. Now I can't get it to even go into recovery. The only thing that happens is sometimes when I plug it in to a power source it will go straight to a liberty screen and just sit there. Not even an animation. Any ideas? I'm fixing my Ubuntu right now so maybe I can access ADB commands from there. It won't detect on Windows.
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update: I finally got this phone to do something and idk how? I have tried to let it charge for a few days now and I'm thinking that 'somehow'(???) the battery got f'd up because just now when I plugged it in to finally try to connect through ADB, a black screen popped up. at top it Read: Bootloader > next line > D2.37 then at the bottom two lines that read Battery Low, Unable to Program. ....any thoughts? other than a new battery?
you need to get the battery charged with another phone or an external charger (stay away from homemade chargers as they can mess up stuff). What happened is the battery got too low to either start or finish sbf'ing so it went to bootloader and the phone won't charge without software so until you charge or buy a charged battery you are stuck. It's very fixable but you are stuck.
Hey guys!
So. I was driving to the airport, using my phone as my GPS. Then boom. It turns off. So I swapped my battery. It wasn't turning on.
I got home, and my phone still wouldn't turn on. I plug it into my computer and it recognizes my OMAP, but not my phone. When I plug it in it has a white LED, and no other signs of life.
Anyone know how to fix this kind of behaviour?
I have tried several things.
1. Recovery mode, there is no life in it at all. No dual boot screen, and no other signs of life.
2. Pulling the battery. Tried it.
3. Replacing the battery. No go.
4. Completely powering it down without a battery. Pulled the battery, and then pressed home button.
5. Leave it charging. Nope :/
Any help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
Hope this helps
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Nope... it didn't work. Still goes into the endless "OMAP" connected, disconnected process on my computer.
Sorry to say it but your phone might just be... dead. If you can't charge it with the McGyver method, and I assume you can't boot into fastboot, then there really isn't much you can do. You should be able to get a replacement device through Moto's 1-year warranty.
Can u boot into fasboot? This happened to me a couple weeks ago, so i went into fastboot, and flashed bpears batch file to flash back to stock..... i also one time had to wipe my phone from motorola recovery (one of the choices before fastboot) then restart back into fasboot then use bpears fastboot tool..... not sure if this was the time i had to do that though.....
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I tried the Macgyver method. No joy. I tried booting into fastmode, not even a bit of life............ I think my Atrix 2 is dead..... anyone know the best place to sell a phone for parts? Everything else is good on my phone, except for the fact that it won't turn on.
Second android phone that has went and bricked on me. I am wondering if a WP7 is a good choice.... I just wish I didn't have to spend anymore cash!
I know this might sound dumb, but did you try plugging it in to an actual outlet and not just your computer? The first time I completely discharged my A2 i had the same problem, I hooked it up to my laptop and got a white LED. Panicked for a good hour, and plugged it into an outlet. Phone booted up into "charging mode" within a couple of seconds.
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I hooked it up to my laptop and got a white LED. Panicked for a good hour, and plugged it into an outlet. Phone booted up into "charging mode" within a couple of seconds.
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It doesn't sound dumb at all! I have had this issue also before, but I left it plugged into the wall for 2 days, then I have tried plugging it into my computer too.
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I tried the Macgyver method. No joy. I tried booting into fastmode, not even a bit of life............ I think my Atrix 2 is dead..... anyone know the best place to sell a phone for parts? Everything else is good on my phone, except for the fact that it won't turn on.
Second android phone that has went and bricked on me. I am wondering if a WP7 is a good choice.... I just wish I didn't have to spend anymore cash!
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When u tried the macgyver did u have it plugged in to a wall outlet. The first time I used it I had 2 usbs one to plug it in to a wall outlet and another mini USB to go from phone to computer
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I will have to go and try that now!
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When u tried the macgyver did u have it plugged in to a wall outlet. The first time I used it I had 2 usbs one to plug it in to a wall outlet and another mini USB to go from phone to computer
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You tried MacGyver method to solve white led when USB connected? Did it solve?
I have full charged batteries, because I charged in my friend defy. What is the difference of a full charged battery and MacGyver method?
So the wife and I were out eating and my phone died. Came home, plugged it up and there was no red led charge indicator..... waited..... and waited.... it's been an hour now, still nothing. If I hold power the capacitive buttons just flash white and go off.
Any ideas on how to bring this thing back to life?.... I purchased from Amazon 2 weeks again and really need a phone now as I have no other phone.
Make sure you are using the original wall charger that comes with the phone.
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Press the power button for 2-3 seconds and let go, wait about 5 seconds for it to turn on.....or press and hold volume down and power until the lights blink 6 times then release ONLY the power button. Hold volume button until screen turns on, then using the volume buttons highlight fastboot, press power button to select, then highlight reboot and press power again that'll get u going again
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You will need to replace your phone. Search the forums and you will find a thread or two about this same problem. I had to return my phone because of the same exact problem. The only solution is to completely let the battery die and then recharge for 30 minutes to an hour and then the phone should turn on. But I highly recommend you get it exchanged because the next time you use it, it will suddenly turn off while there is still some battery left and you will have to let the battery die.
same problem. gotta get htc to replace dat shiet.
Leave it on the charger for several hours, wall charger not USB, and see if it helps.
Could be various things. But one thing that has happened to some people, on various Android phones, is that the battery voltage may have dropped too low. Not zero, but too low for the phone to take a charge. In that case, there is no way to bring the battery back to life, except with special battery meters with a "boost" function (which most of use don't have access to). Leaving it on the wall charger has brought phones back for a few people. Its a longshot, but can't hurt.
Safety circuit is supposed to prevent voltage from dropping too low like this. But its not fail safe.
I know that is not what the OP is doing, just a sidenote: Some people will suggest draining the phone until it shuts down to calibrate the battery meter Its a poor idea, for the reason that the safety circuit may not always work properly. When calibrating the meter, its more than sufficient to drain to 10-20%. The meter is not that accurate anyway, and draining to zero doesn't make it any more accurate than 10-20%.
i tried that all, letting it die. letting it charge, everything.
Press and hold the power button while plugging the charger in
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didnt work. but when i plug it in to windows, i still get apx
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didnt work. but when i plug it in to windows, i still get apx
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This happened to my EVO 3d and had to be replaced.
Other than trying a ruu back to stock I'm out of ideas
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It comes up as apx? Have u tried
Adb devices
and
fastboot devices
While plugged in to see if either recognize it??
if one of them do than this should be a simple fix.
If adb recognizes it then
adb reboot
If fastboot recognizes it do
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
i tried adb devices and fastboot devices while plugged in and neither recognize it you gave me a sliver of hope
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didnt work. but when i plug it in to windows, i still get apx
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Apx mode is tegra thing. Wrong forum.
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sorry,i was googling and came across this thread and didnt notice.
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sorry,i was googling and came across this thread and didnt notice.
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No worries.
Mine did the same thing. Went 100% dead. After a few random reboots the days leading up, it finally went off when I noticed it had really low battery. Never to come back on.
Not even getting the red light at the top so put it in for a repair through my Telco (Telstra), (who are apparently the authorised repairer for HTC in Aus) and the mainboard was replaced. Got it back a week later fixed.
Phone had been unlocked through HTCDev but had no issues with warranty. Obviously a hardware fault as couldn't even boot.
on other phones i find using a charger that doesn't have a removable usb cable works well, and don't try to charge it from the computer.
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Mine did the same thing. Went 100% dead. After a few random reboots the days leading up, it finally went off when I noticed it had really low battery. Never to come back on.
Not even getting the red light at the top so put it in for a repair through my Telco (Telstra), (who are apparently the authorised repairer for HTC in Aus) and the mainboard was replaced. Got it back a week later fixed.
Phone had been unlocked through HTCDev but had no issues with warranty. Obviously a hardware fault as couldn't even boot.
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after one hour of wall-plugging, the unit gains some heat around the camera, but no signs of charging...damn, guess I have to ask for replacement...
eh...did you root/unlock bootloader/flash roms?
I'm kinda worried that Rogers will give me a hassle for that...although it's a battery problem...
nvm...need to work on my reading skills...so unlocking bootloader is fine....
I think I really outdid myself this time, was installing an official firmware on my fiancee's phone(Blur_Version.98.50.26.XT925.Brasil.en.BR) trough RSD Lite (6.1.6) and at the end of the process the phone shut down and didn't finish the rebooting process. Since then I can't get it to turn on or access fastboot. Even connecting it to a charger wont turn the led on.
So, the hard questions to ask:
1. Is there anything I can do? Anything at all?
2. Even if I can't. What may have happened? I used RSD other times and I have modded half a dozen phones and a brick happened to me before.
Thank you so much, I am probably gonna get chewed since her work depends on it and we will have to get an other one, but any nudge in the right direction or cold hard truths will be appreciated.
Stephen
It almost seems like the battery died while you were flashing. What was the battery at when you started?
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I would try a Motorola Factory Adapter or mod a USB cable to act like one. If it still fails to boot then your looking at a hard brick.
http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-Adapters-motadapt.htm
Quick update,this morning when I connected to a power source it turned the green light on(left ir connecting for the night). Tried connecting to my pc and it will play the connected/disconnected sounds over and over again. Still can't fastboot it.
I imagine it might have been some sort of battery issue but it was over 60% when I began installing the firmware and the process took less than 10 minutes.
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Quick update,this morning when I connected to a power source it turned the green light on(left ir connecting for the night). Tried connecting to my pc and it will play the connected/disconnected sounds over and over again. Still can't fastboot it.
I imagine it might have been some sort of battery issue but it was over 60% when I began installing the firmware and the process took less than 10 minutes.
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Flashing will kill battery. You should always try to do it with a full battery. Anywho, does anything show up in the device manager on your PC when you connect the phone?
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Nope, my pc will make sounds as if it was being plugged and unplugged repeatedly.
Also when I press the power and volume buttons to reboot in fastboot or recovery (the cell was unlocked, rooted and had the latest JB philz recovery ) the green light will flash but the screen wont turn on.
Nothing shows up at all? That sucks. Hmmm, leave the phone on the charger overnight and then see if you can get into fastboot.
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