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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

No screen (black) but has sound MIUI update

Hi, I'm new here so don't know if i'm posting this in the right place but here it goes... Ok i gave my HTC Inspire to a friend to install the MIUI ROM to it. Afterwards it was running smoothly and had no problems with it. A few days later my Inspire notified me that it had an update to the ROM. At first i wasn't sure to install it because it is a custom ROM and not the default one, but did the update anyways through the phone. Again, the phone worked normal all day, but at some point the screen started glitching untill it turned completly off.
The one strange thing is that the phone seems to function normally because when charged and "turned on" i can hear the sounds and notifications(like email, text and app notifiactions). Also when i connect it to my computer, it recognizes the device.
That happened about three days ago and I have not been able to discover what really is the problem and how to fix it. If there's anyone that could help me i would REALLY appreciate it.
Thanks in advance,
Marialo

most likely was a bad update.
You should boot into recovery and reinstall miui everything should be back.
Keep in mind the devs have to set miui for each device, chances are you updated to the wrong base.

That's what i thought but can't boot into recovery because i can't see the screen... Any advice on that?

Btw, thks for the quick response

Try shutting off the phone completely and booting into your bootloader the old fashioned way by holding down the volume down key, press power, and release volume down once you see the bootloader screen.
If your screen doesn't work during that, you may have a hardware problem on your hands.

Ok thanks; will try that then.

marialo said:
Ok thanks; will try that then.
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or while the phone's on, if you have ADB installed - open a cmd prompt and navigate to where ADB is and type "adb reboot recovery"

Yup try what they said that should work. If not ruu the ruin and really root
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Ok, tried with the volume and power button, but nothing happened. Thanks for the advice, but I'm kind of new with all this and don't really know how to do the other stuff that you guys told me to do... :S Should I get someone that knows a bit more or is it something that i could do with a little info. from the internet?

anudist said:
Try shutting off the phone completely and booting into your bootloader the old fashioned way by holding down the volume down key, press power, and release volume down once you see the bootloader screen.
If your screen doesn't work during that, you may have a hardware problem on your hands.
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I don't know if you would know but... If it were hardware problems; you think I could claim that to htc? Since the phone hasn't had any accidents or anything... :/

marialo said:
I don't know if you would know but... If it were hardware problems; you think I could claim that to htc? Since the phone hasn't had any accidents or anything... :/
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If its rooted warranty won't cover this. Get the ruu (stock exe) from the HTC support site and run it. If the phone still has a black screen after its been returned to stock then the problem is hardware related
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Power Button issue (hardware)

My power button at first seemed like it was being affected by the screenshot bug (i.e. one press, the screen would turn off and then back on) but it eventually got to the point where it won't work at all and almost seems stuck. When I take the battery out and put it back in, the phone turns on immediately, as if it's being pressed. Any way I can clean or maybe tinker with the button without hurting it?
Right now I'm using the button remapper and leaving the power button as power, and volume up as power as well. I tried to disable the power button altogether, but then my phone crashes and I have to reflash the rom to get back to working...

See my post in the General forum.
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I had the same problem last week.Phone repaired in HTC service center for free.They changed big flat cable.....Hope this helps you....

Yeah, I went ahead and dug into it some more, got straight down to the power button itself, and I think the ribbon cable or the button itself must have gone bad. So for now I went a head and removed the button so it won't bother me. Now I find out they don't even sell replacements yet Dx haha, opps.
I would send it to HTC but I'd rather take care of this in my own way that way 1. I don't have to flash to stock, etc. and 2. because I don't feel like being without my baby.
Thanks for the help ^.^
EDIT:...opps. Forgot I kinda need the button to you know...turn the phone on. Glad I got adb lol.

It's a hardware problem, not software, so return it to the reseller or let HTC pick it up at home for you so they can repair it

Does anybody know when they're going to be selling replacement power buttons? Like I said, I'd really rather just keep my phone instead of sending it off...too much hassle for me.

aw1974 said:
See my post in the General forum.
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Two thread, same problem, same title but at difference section. Seems like someone did not do searching first >¦[
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[Q] inspire delema rooted problem maybe?

Hello, I have an HTC inspire and been rooted for a few months. The volume+ has been very glitchy most of the time not working. Even tried a custom Rom and still bad issue. This noting I re locked the phone and put it back to the way it was when I got it. So far today the volume button has worked every time with no problem. My question when rooting the phone is their a chance that rooting caused the hardware issue, that it corrupted the software enlighten to make it glitchy in that way. Is their a way to confirm that. Just wondering because I hate haveing this un-rooted phone lol.

Custom ROMs would not affect your hardware buttons unless you installed an app that messed with the volume.

I really didn't think it was the Rom I was wondering more about the rooting its self. thanks for the reply.

Rooting the phone doesnt affect the volume rocker...you can not break physically the phone from software...
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glevitan said:
...you can not break physically the phone from software...
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Not directly, but I have used some apps that make me want to throw my phone at the wall.

pazzo02 said:
Not directly, but I have used some apps that make me want to throw my phone at the wall.
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Haha...that's true.
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Guys I didn't not mean physical damage. I meant software get corrupted some how, by the rooting process. Phone has been relocked for past two days. I have shut off phone twice in a row, tried everything I could think of to get the vol+ button not to work and it works every time. No matter how hard I push on it. No I didn't try to smash it bit still no matter what it works.

Well volume is messing up now again and its un-rooted. So its def a hardware issue. Sucks because now I have to send it it to be repaired but good because I can re-root it when I get it back lol.

gage0727 said:
Well volume is messing up now again and its un-rooted. So its def a hardware issue. Sucks because now I have to send it it to be repaired but good because I can re-root it when I get it back lol.
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Congrats on tracking down the problem. Just think, it should be like new when you get it back.

Urgent Help needed on HTC Sensation :(

Hey Everyone :crying:
I've had my HTC Sensation since around late October 2011, and thus far it's been a pretty great phone, however an hour or so ago my phone stopped doing what I was doing (playing Need for Speed) and let out a very high pitch squeal and the screen went black, it just stopped responding to anything I did. It wouldn't turn on, It won't charge, and the only thing it does when I plug it in to USB is play the external hardware sound on my computer.
When I first heard the high pitch squeal the phone was insanely hot at the bottom, I understand that the CPU/Hard drive/Charging components are stored at the bottom of the phone so I'm praying nothing down there is fried, but I thought i'd get some opinions from others before I went down the contact HTC Warranty road.
The battery was quite hot when I took it out but it cooled quite quickly and so did the phone itself. The phone wasn't on charge when this happened so I'm not quite sure what's going on here.
Being without a phone is a big burden to me and I don't want to have to send it in for repairs unless absolutely necessary, so any advice would be appreciated.
And yes, I have tried the volume-down and volume up and power button press, it gave off a vibration once during this process which I repeatedly tried over the course of an hour, I've taken the battery out, I've tried a spare battery, I've left the phone and battery disconnected and untouched for an hour and repeated processes above but to no avail, I've tried a spare back cover, checked all contacts are making a good solid contact, I've tried everything that people mentioned on the site, so I'm pretty much just trying to figure out which piece of hardware has packed up on me and how screwed I am
Oh, and I have the phone rooted. It's running Elegancia Sense 4 v2.7.0 with SebastionFM 1.5.2 Kernel.
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If it recognises your phone as in download mode when you connect to pc then its bricked and not recoverable.
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Doesn't HTC have a once year warranty? Then send that puppy in because that's a hardware issue if I've ever heard one. The only other time I heard about someone with a Sensation's phone making that noise, they had to send it in.
Sorry bud. The intensity of the heat you're saying was applied to the phone's components (through no fault of your own unless you were overclocking) might have fried something inside.
It could easily be that something has unbinded from the motherboard
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Yes by the phone making that sound I would agree you need to send it in for repairs. As mentioned your motherboard likely has a problem. I wish you the best and keep us posted on what's happening with the repair. Good luck.
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Sounds to me like yet another case of sudent hardware failure. I hate it happened to you my friend but as others have mentioned send it in for a warranty replacement. The hardware is fried so HTC will not be able to tell that it was running a custom ROM.

monkor said:
Doesn't HTC have a once year warranty? Then send that puppy in because that's a hardware issue if I've ever heard one. The only other time I heard about someone with a Sensation's phone making that noise, they had to send it in.
Sorry bud. The intensity of the heat you're saying was applied to the phone's components (through no fault of your own unless you were overclocking) might have fried something inside.
It could easily be that something has unbinded from the motherboard
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I sincerely hope not as my handset has already been repaired once this year already having several major components replaced.

realsis said:
Yes by the phone making that sound I would agree you need to send it in for repairs. As mentioned your motherboard likely has a problem. I wish you the best and keep us posted on what's happening with the repair. Good luck.
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Well the ball is rolling with HTC now as I have sent the first email to start warranty return process, no doubt i'll be back on here when the handset reurns lol or when I decide to take the plunge and go for the HTC One X :cyclops:

realsis said:
Yes by the phone making that sound I would agree you need to send it in for repairs. As mentioned your motherboard likely has a problem. I wish you the best and keep us posted on what's happening with the repair. Good luck.
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Well my handset is back from HTC and fully repaired but it is S-ON now and has hboot 1.27.000 so unsure how to S-OFF now

1t5_Luc1f3r said:
Well my handset is back from HTC and fully repaired but it is S-ON now and has hboot 1.27.000 so unsure how to S-OFF now
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juopunutbear my friend ..juopunutbear
check my signature for the guide (i think you cant do HTC-DEV unlock as the mobo got replaced )

ganeshp said:
juopunutbear my friend ..juopunutbear
check my signature for the guide (i think you cant do HTC-DEV unlock as the mobo got replaced )
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No i can't do HTCDev unlock as yes my mobo has been replaced and juopunutbear say's i need this to work so i am confused.

if i remember well there is a guide before do htcdev unlock for those who were changing motherboard and couldn't achieve unlocked bootloader because of different imei

1t5_Luc1f3r said:
No i can't do HTCDev unlock as yes my mobo has been replaced and juopunutbear say's i need this to work so i am confused.
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check the soff guide in my signature ...it doesnt require HTC-DEV unlock !!

ganeshp said:
check the soff guide in my signature ...it doesnt require HTC-DEV unlock !!
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When i do "the wire tricn 2nd touch phone stays on a blank black screen and does nothing.... oh and the sdcard is not recognised after doing this and the phone keeps going to QHSUSB_DLOAD

I'm sorry to say but I believe that QHSUSB_DLOAD is a true brick. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong! but I believe your device is truely
bricked. You can however try the unbricking project. I believe you can find the guide in android sensation development. I do wish you the best and sorry to be the barrer of bad news. Hopefully the guide will work for you.
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.

1t5_Luc1f3r said:
When i do "the wire tricn 2nd touch phone stays on a blank black screen and does nothing.... oh and the sdcard is not recognised after doing this and the phone keeps going to QHSUSB_DLOAD
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realsis said:
I'm sorry to say but I believe that QHSUSB_DLOAD is a true brick. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong! but I believe your device is truely
bricked. You can however try the unbricking project. I believe you can find the guide in android sensation development. I do wish you the best and sorry to be the barrer of bad news. Hopefully the guide will work for you.
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.
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no no its not a brick !!!! the phone went to deep sleep state. QHSUSB_DLOAD can be achieved million ways and it not always corresponds to true brick
OP..
remove battery , sim and sdcard and charge the phone via power outlet for 6-7 hours then the phone should boot up (be sure to have a good charger ..or the original htc charger )

Ok thanks I was thinking that was what they called a true brick. Thank you for correcting that.
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.

ganeshp said:
no no its not a brick !!!! the phone went to deep sleep state. QHSUSB_DLOAD can be achieved million ways and it not always corresponds to true brick
OP..
remove battery , sim and sdcard and charge the phone via power outlet for 6-7 hours then the phone should boot up (be sure to have a good charger ..or the original htc charger )
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Thanks, device is NOT bricked as when i get blank screen after 2nd wire touch if i remove battery and reinsert and reboot phone it goes back to temp root status bar screen ready to run juopunutbear S-OFF, i just do not seem to be able to achieve S-OFF as each and every time i do 2nd wire press it goes to QHSUSB_DLOAD mode, i have now been trying to S-OFF for over 8 hours following instructions to the letter. so basically my repaired sensation is useless as it is simlocked and has horrendous bloated orange firmware on it :crying: :crying:

1t5_Luc1f3r said:
Thanks, device is NOT bricked as when i get blank screen after 2nd wire touch if i remove battery and reinsert and reboot phone it goes back to temp root status bar screen ready to run juopunutbear S-OFF, i just do not seem to be able to achieve S-OFF as each and every time i do 2nd wire press it goes to QHSUSB_DLOAD mode, i have now been trying to S-OFF for over 8 hours following instructions to the letter. so basically my repaired sensation is useless as it is simlocked and has horrendous bloated orange firmware on it :crying: :crying:
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ohh man 8 hours ? thats a lot ...try to reduce the time ..0.5 sec tap ---1.5 sec gap ---0.5 sec tap
also if possible change the wire

ganeshp said:
ohh man 8 hours ? thats a lot ...try to reduce the time ..0.5 sec tap ---1.5 sec gap ---0.5 sec tap
also if possible change the wire
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Well to keep you updated I have today spent a further 5 hours so far trying to unlock bootloader and S-OFF with the wire trick... :crying:
I have tried a paper clip and multicore and single core ethernet cable and when ever I seem to get the timing right for wire trick on the 2nd touch it sends my handset into QHSUSB_DLOAD mode
I know it is my timing that is at fault and not the software, just getting square eyes from watching the wire trick video, (I sort of have been trying to say "half, 1, 2, half) which when I watch the video back it looks right but all i get is a totally black screen and no led lights, if i touch a 3rd time it goes into QHSUSB_DLOAD mode and a 4th touch brings it back to temproot status bar screen.
What would be helpful was if there was an audiable tone to know exactly when contact is made in the video as the finger kind of blocks the view (just an observation as the timing is crucial) or is that me just being picky as I don't seem to get the timing right lol
I'll keep going till I get it right as the phone is useless in it's current configuration to me with a locked bootloader and S-ON with bloated Orange firmware.
Just a thought, I have an old version of the Orange RUU which was gingerbread I believe, if I was to flash that would I be able to reverse bootloader to 1.17 ?

1t5_Luc1f3r said:
Well to keep you updated I have today spent a further 5 hours so far trying to unlock bootloader and S-OFF with the wire trick... :crying:
I have tried a paper clip and multicore and single core ethernet cable and when ever I seem to get the timing right for wire trick on the 2nd touch it sends my handset into QHSUSB_DLOAD mode
I know it is my timing that is at fault and not the software, just getting square eyes from watching the wire trick video, (I sort of have been trying to say "half, 1, 2, half) which when I watch the video back it looks right but all i get is a totally black screen and no led lights, if i touch a 3rd time it goes into QHSUSB_DLOAD mode and a 4th touch brings it back to temproot status bar screen.
What would be helpful was if there was an audiable tone to know exactly when contact is made in the video as the finger kind of blocks the view (just an observation as the timing is crucial) or is that me just being picky as I don't seem to get the timing right lol
I'll keep going till I get it right as the phone is useless in it's current configuration to me with a locked bootloader and S-ON with bloated Orange firmware.
Just a thought, I have an old version of the Orange RUU which was gingerbread I believe, if I was to flash that would I be able to reverse bootloader to 1.17 ?
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That's sad man timing is failing it seems.. Or the wire is bad.. Did you reduced the wire trick timing phase like this?
0.5 sec tap - - 1.5 sec pause- - 0.5 sec tap
Btw you can't use a ruu to downgrade as long as you are SON man
Join the juopunutbear irc channel.. And seek their help live.. They can surely help you wire trick timing
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