I haven't rooted this phone or ANYTHING. There was an annoying blinking microphone/headset on the phone so HTC said to reset the phone. I did that, and it was stuck in boot loop. It would get to the point where the dots would come down (and finish the screen where it says something about possibilities) and only two dots would come down, it would flash back to the HTC screen, and go back to the dots and so on and so forth. I pulled the batter, and we are back in bootloop.
WTH do I do?????
If you can get into HBOOT again, try a factory reset again. Or try running the ruu.
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itsnowornever said:
I haven't rooted this phone or ANYTHING. There was an annoying blinking microphone/headset on the phone so HTC said to reset the phone. I did that, and it was stuck in boot loop. It would get to the point where the dots would come down (and finish the screen where it says something about possibilities) and only two dots would come down, it would flash back to the HTC screen, and go back to the dots and so on and so forth. I pulled the batter, and we are back in bootloop.
WTH do I do?????
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If all else fails, you should have a 1-year warranty on the phone through HTC. I'd get them back on the phone and get a warranty replacement, especially since you're stock. If you opted for the insurance through AT&T, it should be covered through them, but you may have to pay a deductible for the replacement. Like gmurphy said, I'd give the factory reset option a go and see if that works.
Thanks guys. I went to att, and thank goodness i am close enough to a warranty replacement location, and i got a new one! Thank you all so much. It was beyond help!
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At least the blinking icon is gone now too LOL
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So...I've had my Mytouch 4G rooted and running CM7 Preview for a little bit.
Last night I decided to put the Eng Boot 'cause I read is the only way to change the splash screen. All seemed fine, no error message. After I rebooted I was graced with a black screen. Now the phone won't turn on.
I am still under my remorse period, but I have no insurance. If I send this back to T-mo will they be able to figure out I messed around with it? Am I SOL?
What if I add the insurance and call saying I lost it, thus paying the premium instead of buying new?
Any advice from people who had to deal with this before?
A very similar thing happened to me, but I was not under the remorse period even. I sent my phone back rooted and unable to be turned on without problem.
toby4059 said:
A very similar thing happened to me, but I was not under the remorse period even. I sent my phone back rooted and unable to be turned on without problem.
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you did a warranty exchange and they never charge you the full price for the phone? good to know.
toby4059 said:
A very similar thing happened to me, but I was not under the remorse period even. I sent my phone back rooted and unable to be turned on without problem.
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Can you get back in the bootloader? Power and Volume down together. This is a likely problem where the clockwork recovery never flashed properly. I always test the recovery first before flashing any ROMS or other stuff. Sometimes the clockwork recovery does not take and you have to do it a second time.
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Can you get back in the bootloader? Power and Volume down together. This is a likely problem where the clockwork recovery never flashed properly. I always test the recovery first before flashing any ROMS or other stuff. Sometimes the clockwork recovery does not take and you have to do it a second time.
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na, I won't even turn on. The only sign of life is a solid led light when I plug the charger, nothing else.
toby4059 said:
A very similar thing happened to me, but I was not under the remorse period even. I sent my phone back rooted and unable to be turned on without problem.
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By the way, what did you tell the company? and what company was it?
I have a dead one too, and I discovered that holding both volume buttons while connecting to USB results in 5 vibe pulses and a device being detected: "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" in Windows.
Any ideas what this can be used for?
I am gonna have to send it back soon since I finally got a good screen, but I can mess around with it until then.
Honestly I wouldn't send it back rooted the oow fee have went up and something u may not see on ur bill for up to 60 - 90 days granted some ppl get lucky and not charged but not all
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lisap006 said:
Honestly I wouldn't send it back rooted the oow fee have went up and something u may not see on ur bill for up to 60 - 90 days granted some ppl get lucky and not charged but not all
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Not the same as sending it back, but I returned a phone with S=OFF and they didn't look even look at the store.
I doubt that they would come back to you after the phone made it to the recertification center. It would be a good 2-3 weeks before a person even touches the phone to inspect it. It would be easier for them just to reflash over it with whatever serial connection they have.
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Honestly I wouldn't send it back rooted the oow fee have went up and something u may not see on ur bill for up to 60 - 90 days granted some ppl get lucky and not charged but not all
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Right, I would have to make sure s-off at least. I can't find stock rom though. I have no clue how I'll send mine back.
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EmceeGeek said:
Right, I would have to make sure s-off at least. I can't find stock rom though. I have no clue how I'll send mine back.
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Search the dev section threads - there is a stock recovery in one of the threads.
For those of you that cannot get into bootloader and absolutely nothing happens when you press volume down/power button (try several times and be real sure...) - TMo probably will not be able to tell what happened if the device is totally dead - so go ahead and return it
I wasn't even trying to s-off, root, or do anything like that.
I was just on the market downloading a game, then all of a sudden my phone just hanged.. it had a grey screen, and the four capacitive buttons were lit up. there was no response for like 10 mins so I took out the battery.
Now whenever I try to turn it on, it just gets stuck at the HTC screen.
I tried restarting with volume down, but i didn't know what to do there, nothing seemed to help.
can anyone tell me what i can do??
i gave up and tried to do a factory reset.. but even that doesn't work! it gets stuck on that screen and nothing moves...
i dont get it.. my phone has been fine for 2-3 months, the first time it crashes and this happens... and i havent even attempted to s-off or root!!!
Well, i had this issue, but a battery pull solved it.......... good news for you is that you didn't S-OFF or ROOT it, so you can easily get it replaced.
yeah.. I went to other forums to search about this problem, and to my surprise, I saw that lots of people with Desire S has had this problem.
It mostly happened to people who were in the middle of updating apps in the market. The phone doesnt boot pass the HTC white screen, and factory reset doesn't work.
I will probably have to be without my phone for a week.. sigh.. it's going to be torture
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yeah.. I went to other forums to search about this problem, and to my surprise, I saw that lots of people with Desire S has had this problem.
It mostly happened to people who were in the middle of updating apps in the market. The phone doesnt boot pass the HTC white screen, and factory reset doesn't work.
I will probably have to be without my phone for a week.. sigh.. it's going to be torture
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At least you still have a valid warranty! To claim on!
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
Hey guys,
My phone fell down from my bed and since that the screen stays black, but the buttons did light up. After I pulled the battery, hoping that it would fix my issue, I can't get the buttons to glow again. I still can get into the Bootloader and into Fastboot. I disassambled my phone and checked all connectors. They are all in place. Is it possible that a micro chip broke in my phone? I don't want to spend 70€ on a new display without being sure that it will fix my problem.
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Hey guys,
My phone fell down from my bed and since that the screen stays black, but the buttons did light up. After I pulled the battery, hoping that it would fix my issue, I can't get the buttons to glow again. I still can get into the Bootloader and into Fastboot. I disassambled my phone and checked all connectors. They are all in place. Is it possible that a micro chip broke in my phone? I don't want to spend 70€ on a new display without being sure that it will fix my problem.
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hi
greetings
if you can go into bootloader i think that screen is fine, boot into recovery and check the touch if its working.
try reflashing the same rom again without wipe it will not remove your data and might help you out
shrex said:
hi
greetings
if you can go into bootloader i think that screen is fine, boot into recovery and check the touch if its working.
try reflashing the same rom again without wipe it will not remove your data and might help you out
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In bootloader the screen is still black. I know that I'm in bootloader because I can use fastboot commands and the phone gets recognized by the pc.
Hi
greeting
Might be a hardware issue.
Your last option might be to replace the screen.
If in warranty,
Flash a ruu and send it to HTC care centre but do not tell them that the phone has been fallen from bed just pretend you know ntng
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shrex said:
Hi
greeting
Might be a hardware issue.
Your last option might be to replace the screen.
If in warranty,
Flash a ruu and send it to HTC care centre but do not tell them that the phone has been fallen from bed just pretend you know ntng
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Okey I'll try, thanks.
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So this seems to be the second time this has happened with my One X. I believe it was on two separate ones too (I had a warranty exchange). What happens is the phone will freeze while I'm using it. Then it'll reboot itself. But from then on, it won't get past the red text htc screen. I have to the RUU back to stock and redo everything. Has this happened to anyone else?
mikel.canovas said:
So this seems to be the second time this has happened with my One X. I believe it was on two separate ones too (I had a warranty exchange). What happens is the phone will freeze while I'm using it. Then it'll reboot itself. But from then on, it won't get past the red text htc screen. I have to the RUU back to stock and redo everything. Has this happened to anyone else?
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edit :: Scratch that. Turns out my power button is on the fritz. Kept thinking i was holding it down.
mikel.canovas said:
So this seems to be the second time this has happened with my One X. I believe it was on two separate ones too (I had a warranty exchange). What happens is the phone will freeze while I'm using it. Then it'll reboot itself. But from then on, it won't get past the red text htc screen. I have to the RUU back to stock and redo everything. Has this happened to anyone else?
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I think this should be in Q&A section.
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mikel.canovas said:
So this seems to be the second time this has happened with my One X. I believe it was on two separate ones too (I had a warranty exchange). What happens is the phone will freeze while I'm using it. Then it'll reboot itself. But from then on, it won't get past the red text htc screen. I have to the RUU back to stock and redo everything. Has this happened to anyone else?
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never seen this issue before. sorry