Hey was looking for a little help or guidance.
The touchscreen on my HTC Sensation 4g stopped working. Everything else works, volume rockers, power button. Even on the home screen it shows the volume increase/decrease but none of the apps are touchable and the lockscreen won't unlock either.
I used to be on Cyanogen Alpha8 when this happened before. I flashed to alpha9 and it fixed the issue. This time nothing is helping. I wiped the phone a couple times now, including wiping the sd card even and have deleted/installed Cyanogen 7.1 alpha10 and Android Revolution HD a couple of time seeing if that could fix the issue. Apparently it's not the rom as neither worked.
Recovery and everything works fine, but even when I did a backup restore it didn't fix the issue. Is this hardware?
TLDR- Touchscreen and lower 4 android buttons do not respond. Physical buttons all still respond.
Is there some screen lock key that I enabled and don't even know about or something?
First it happened when phone was 10 days old, now it happened again 10 days later.
Thank you for any help.
If you remove your cover, you can se a "polished" square on the right side. Make sure that it has good contact with the small metal "plate" on the right side of your phone. It's the touch ground, and I've seen people resolve their issues by checking that.
There is a thread about this, I can't find it now though. Using my mobile. Search for "sensation touchscreen issues" or something like that.
Sent from my Sensation using xda premium
Yeah I've tried extracting it a bit to get better contact. It's not that the touchscreen stutters in working, it doesn't work at all. When I'm on the lockscreen and pull the ring on Android HD rom it doesn't budge even the slightest. No notion that it is recognizing any kind of touch input. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll post back if it fixes the issue somehow later but currently contacting that small little square better hasn't helped.
I've read up on a few touchscreen issues like that but couldn't find anything so thought to post on here. Thanks again for the tip but touchscreen still not working.
Veritasvii said:
Yeah I've tried extracting it a bit to get better contact. It's not that the touchscreen stutters in working, it doesn't work at all. When I'm on the lockscreen and pull the ring on Android HD rom it doesn't budge even the slightest. No notion that it is recognizing any kind of touch input. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll post back if it fixes the issue somehow later but currently contacting that small little square better hasn't helped.
I've read up on a few touchscreen issues like that but couldn't find anything so thought to post on here. Thanks again for the tip but touchscreen still not working.
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Try doing the procedure from my sig. I'd suggest to discharge first, leave overnight with no battery, and charge with no touching... It's all in that thread.
But... I still haven’t heard of a case when the screen didn't work AT ALL. Perhaps your issue is a bit more drastic and can’t be fixed so easily :\
Tried it. Didn't work. Put in foil as well, that also didn't work.
Thank you for the suggestion though.
Touchscreen still does not function AT ALL, with or without the back cover on so it's not the usual grounding pin issue I think. Could a cable pop out somewhere inside the phone to disconnect touch feedback without disabling the actual screen? Anyone have any hypotheses?
I would like to exhaust all methods before cracking open the phone and voiding the little warranty seal just in case.
Very annoyed at this phone/htc. Thank you for all the help on here guys and gals.
If you already tried clearing all the cashes, flashing several roms and different kernels, than it's hardware. Take it to a service center... :/
same problem
hey, any luck on solving your problem? i have precisely the same problem with my htc sensation as well. was working perfectly but now it wouldnt respond to any thing at all. it wouldnt even let me use ruu to restore it back to the original firmware. i really dont want to crack it open. i have ordered a new battery touse to test it. will kep you posted. did you manage to solve yours?
fix for none working screen
Hi there " dude that started this thread V*****"
i have managed to fix my screen issue. it involves having to take the phone apart VERY CAREFULLY. The flex behind the screen sometimes comes loose. all you need do is just fit it back in. You have to be careful though as there is a possibility you might damage the phone. oh, doing this will VOID your warranty. look on youtube for how to take the phone apart. i just bought another one on eBay and am going to fix it. best of luck and let me know how you get on.
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Hi there " dude that started this thread V*****"
i have managed to fix my screen issue. it involves having to take the phone apart VERY CAREFULLY. The flex behind the screen sometimes comes loose. all you need do is just fit it back in. You have to be careful though as there is a possibility you might damage the phone. oh, doing this will VOID your warranty. look on youtube for how to take the phone apart. i just bought another one on eBay and am going to fix it. best of luck and let me know how you get on.
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So I have this issue as well. Can you tell me what exactly you did to fix it? What flex came loose? And what did you buy on Ebay to fix?
Thanks
I did this last night and managed to fix the touch screen. The flex is located on the underside of the top PCB, the one that has the little chip on the cable. Mine looked ok but I pushed it in gently and did a quick test just by booting the phone before putting it all back together.
If your screen looks fine but doesn't respond to touch at all then I suspect this is also your problem. Worked for me :thumbup:
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I know this thread has been inactive for a while but just thought I'd mention I just had this problem of dead touchscreen and fixed it simple by squeezing my phone! I took the battery out and pressed all over in the hope of pushing in any loose cable and it is perfectly back to normal just thought I'd mention this to save any potential future sufferers from taking their phone to pieces!
Regards,
lifeisfaked
ditto
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I know this thread has been inactive for a while but just thought I'd mention I just had this problem of dead touchscreen and fixed it simple by squeezing my phone! I took the battery out and pressed all over in the hope of pushing in any loose cable and it is perfectly back to normal just thought I'd mention this to save any potential future sufferers from taking their phone to pieces!
Regards,
lifeisfaked
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I have had this issue twice! I have a Motorola droid 4, and the touchscreen simply goes dead. First time it happened, I had just hung up with Verizon Customer Service. I fixed it by changing the slider/touchscreen assembly off of a different D4. Now it's happened to that assembly too. I"m starting to think it's a software issue. I will try this fix however. Dry heat was suggested as a fix on a different forum. Hope this helps someone.
The only working solution i find that works perfectly for touchscreen problems
I have tried every single solution for touchscreen issues on this site. I have found one that is basically guaranteed to work here it is:
INSTRUCTIONS: (YOUR PHONE WILL NEED TO BE ALREADY S-OFF AND UNLOCKED FOR THIS TO WORK WHICH YOU CAN DO THEN RETURN TO THIS TUTORIAL)
YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THEESE 2 FILES
Recalibration tool - http://www.mediafire.com/?akul70qy128lo3u
Revolutionary hboot - http://www.mediafire.com/?1ed2y87pld66638
1. Take the NBH file from the provided link, and place it on root of your SD Card.
2. Boot into bootloader, by turning off your phone and then while its off hold the volume down button and then hold down the power button until the bootloader comes on then release bot of the buttons.
3. Once you’ve booted into the bootloader wait a second and you will notice that it searches for and finds the nbh file that you put on your sd card, It will then proceed to flash it. Some instructions will appear on the screen very quickly for about 2 seconds asking you to hold the phone horizontally while it calibrates it. Do this quickly and follow the rest of the instructions.
4. You will now see a screen appear giving you 2 options. Run the first option by selecting using the volume button if its not already selected and press power to run the process then run the second one once it is complete. Then simply remove the battery from your phone to turn it off.
5. Once again using the button combination, boot into the bootloader and select recovery. Once recovery boots into clockwork mod, do a factory reset and wipe data as well as the dalvik cache. Then reboot your phone.
Your touchscreen should now be calibrated and working perfectly.
Do not forget to delete the nbh file from your sd card once you’re done so it does not auto flash next time you go into your bootloader.
IMPORTANT!!!!!
If the process of flashing the nbh file does not work and gives you an error like this
“Security fail! Update fail! Press <POWER> to reboot.”
This is because the firmware is not the right one needed to flash the file and this can be corrected by flashing the Revolutionary hboot v 1.27.0000 following these instructions:
1. First make sure that you deleted the nbh file from the sd card root.
2. Place the file named “PG58IMG.zip” at the root of your sd card.
3. Power off your phone and use the button combination to boot into the bootloader.
4. The file will be detected and automatically start to flash, follow any onscreen instructions if necessary until this process completes.
5. Once this completes your phone should boot so that you can delete the zip file from your sd. If the phone is taking too long to boot you will need to remove the battery then the sd card. VERY IMPORTANT “With the sd card out of the phone” you will need to boot into the bootloader once more and enter recovery and factory reset the phone as well as wipe the data and dalvic cache.
6. Now the phone should be powered down and the turned back on. After the phone is finished booting up you should then replace the sd card and use whatever file explorer you have to delete the zip file from the root of the folder so that it does not autoboot the next time you enter the bootloader.(or you can do this whole step by deleting the zip file using a card reader and your computer)
7. You have now successfully flashed the correct firmware/hboot which is the revolutionary hboot required for the recalibration tool to work. Now you can try to reflash the calibration tool following the instructions at the very top of this tutorial again with the nbh file and it should work since I had to go through all this for mine to work and now my phone touchscreen work like a charm and is in perfect working order.
8. Thanks. I do not take credit for this fix, I have simply made a detailed explanation of how to get it to work as intended by this user on XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437293
hugo2690 said:
I have tried every single solution for touchscreen issues on this site. I have found one that is basically guaranteed to work here it is:
INSTRUCTIONS: (YOUR PHONE WILL NEED TO BE ALREADY S-OFF AND UNLOCKED FOR THIS TO WORK WHICH YOU CAN DO THEN RETURN TO THIS TUTORIAL)
YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THEESE 2 FILES
Recalibration tool - http://www.mediafire.com/?akul70qy128lo3u
Revolutionary hboot - http://www.mediafire.com/?1ed2y87pld66638
1. Take the NBH file from the provided link, and place it on root of your SD Card.
2. Boot into bootloader, by turning off your phone and then while its off hold the volume down button and then hold down the power button until the bootloader comes on then release bot of the buttons.
3. Once you’ve booted into the bootloader wait a second and you will notice that it searches for and finds the nbh file that you put on your sd card, It will then proceed to flash it. Some instructions will appear on the screen very quickly for about 2 seconds asking you to hold the phone horizontally while it calibrates it. Do this quickly and follow the rest of the instructions.
4. You will now see a screen appear giving you 2 options. Run the first option by selecting using the volume button if its not already selected and press power to run the process then run the second one once it is complete. Then simply remove the battery from your phone to turn it off.
5. Once again using the button combination, boot into the bootloader and select recovery. Once recovery boots into clockwork mod, do a factory reset and wipe data as well as the dalvik cache. Then reboot your phone.
Your touchscreen should now be calibrated and working perfectly.
Do not forget to delete the nbh file from your sd card once you’re done so it does not auto flash next time you go into your bootloader.
IMPORTANT!!!!!
If the process of flashing the nbh file does not work and gives you an error like this
“Security fail! Update fail! Press <POWER> to reboot.”
This is because the firmware is not the right one needed to flash the file and this can be corrected by flashing the Revolutionary hboot v 1.27.0000 following these instructions:
1. First make sure that you deleted the nbh file from the sd card root.
2. Place the file named “PG58IMG.zip” at the root of your sd card.
3. Power off your phone and use the button combination to boot into the bootloader.
4. The file will be detected and automatically start to flash, follow any onscreen instructions if necessary until this process completes.
5. Once this completes your phone should boot so that you can delete the zip file from your sd. If the phone is taking too long to boot you will need to remove the battery then the sd card. VERY IMPORTANT “With the sd card out of the phone” you will need to boot into the bootloader once more and enter recovery and factory reset the phone as well as wipe the data and dalvic cache.
6. Now the phone should be powered down and the turned back on. After the phone is finished booting up you should then replace the sd card and use whatever file explorer you have to delete the zip file from the root of the folder so that it does not autoboot the next time you enter the bootloader.(or you can do this whole step by deleting the zip file using a card reader and your computer)
7. You have now successfully flashed the correct firmware/hboot which is the revolutionary hboot required for the recalibration tool to work. Now you can try to reflash the calibration tool following the instructions at the very top of this tutorial again with the nbh file and it should work since I had to go through all this for mine to work and now my phone touchscreen work like a charm and is in perfect working order.
8. Thanks. I do not take credit for this fix, I have simply made a detailed explanation of how to get it to work as intended by this user on XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437293
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I tried this on my droid 4. I followed the directions for the .nbh file, and when i got into the bootloader, nothing happened. it ended up booting normally. so I tried the .zip file. same thing, I got into the bootloader, nothing happened, it timed out and booted normally. I am at a loss as to what I did wrong. any suggestions?
KrellaKrentoshi said:
I tried this on my droid 4. I followed the directions for the .nbh file, and when i got into the bootloader, nothing happened. it ended up booting normally. so I tried the .zip file. same thing, I got into the bootloader, nothing happened, it timed out and booted normally. I am at a loss as to what I did wrong. any suggestions?
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I should have mentioned that this method only works on the HTC bootloader as it is very different from other bootloaders.
OK thanks for that update
HTC Sensation - Touch Screen Replacement
First you can to disassemble the phone and reconnect the Touch screen Flex cable. If this not help you, you must change it.
Video tutorial:
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So I got a little bit overzealous and accidentally flashed a gsm rom to my cdma phone (we all make mistakes) and now it just hangs at the Touch Pro2 splash screen. I can still enter the recovery mode but it does nothing when I run the recovery. Is there anything I can do? Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
-SeptimusX25
hold power and volume down and hit the reset button, keep holding power and vol down until you see the tricolor bootloader screen, from there you can connect to your computer and flash a new rom
I think we need to make a sticky pointing our what people have done wrong to make them think they have bricked their phone and then how to fix it, because there are a lot of posts saying potential bricking phones and it is the same fix everytime.
Well you may be about people knowing the definition of brick but the suggestion for installing a new rom does not work because even in the colored boot screen my computer does not detect that it is connected and hence I cannot reinstall a new rom. Is there a driver I need to install to get my phone to be detected sans operating system or some software i need to install? I have a feeling once my computer detects my phone it will be smooth sailing from there. Thanks again for your prompt replies.
when i plug mine in it automatically installs a driver (ive done this on multiple computers using multiple OSes) and the white bar at the bottom changes from saying Serial to saying USB, then i can flash a rom as normal
another way im not as familiar with but im sure with a little searching you can find help, would be flashing directly from the SD card, i did it once for a radio rom but dont recall the exact procedure, sorry
I tried flashing the phone from the sd card using this method:
"Step 1: find the rom/radio you wish to flash and download it
Step 2: extract the .nbh file out of said rom package (will usually be named RUU_SIGNED.nbh if the rom is packed in an exe use pocket rar to extract from your phone or 7zip/winrar from your pc)
Step 3: rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh
step 4: place rom on the root of your SD card (meaning not in any folders)
step 5: power down the device completely
step 6: hold volume down and power (sleep/wake button on the Verizon variant) till the screen boots into bootloader mode (red green blue screen)
step 7: when prompted press power to flash
step 8: wait for it to finish, sometimes it will restart on its own, sometime you need to restart it yourself but make sure you wait for the flash successful screen.
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It gave me the same result as before. Also, Is it typical for the bootloader screen to only flash for a second and then get a grey screen that prompts you for action? Thats what my phone does, it shows a grey screen immediately after the bootscreen with 3 options which are: 1. "restore factory settings" 2. "Use custom configuration" and 3. "take no action and restart the phone" I tried both options 1and 2 with the sdcard method and got nothing. I also plugged my phone into my laptop and it installed microsoft usb sync driver but the mightyrom RUU, or any RUU for that matter, does not detect the phone, I get an error[264]: connection. Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.
If I can't fix it tonight, I'm taking it to the store tommorrow see if I can get it replaced
no, that shouldnt happen, it should stay at the red/green/blue screen, ive never seen the screen you describe
one thing you want to try is formatting your micro sd card to a fat32 then install the continue with the rest of the steps you described. i know this because i did the exact same thing you did. but now I'm typing from the same phone actually it happened a few times works everytime. i just know to triple check your rom to make sure its for your device. meaning gsm or cdma oh and dont forget to remove the sd card after the install and its best if the nbh is the only item on your card when you perform the flash.
@septimusx25 Thank you for posting this! I'm a noob and had the same problem with mine and thought it was a gonner. I was sweatin bullets! LoL
@sapperpipo Thanks for the SOLUTION! It worked perfectly and now I can use my baby again.
I just installed my first custom rom, which is indicated, from rooted Froyo (LG G2X). When I start the phone a get that process stopping message recurring and have to OK it for quite a while before it stabilizes.
I have almost completed the setup when this problem occurred. How can I fix it?
Thanks.
I just installed my first custom rom, which is indicated, from rooted Froyo (LG G2X). When I start the phone a get that process stopping message recurring and have to OK it for quite a while before it stabilizes. <br />
I have almost completed the setup when this problem occurred. How can I fix it?<br />
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Thanks.
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Try using the nullifier tool, and fix permissions after you install. It sounds like you got a bad flash.
Pin it to Win it.
I ran single wipe and it ran and has hung on the LG screen. I am unable to boot into recovery. The LG log and Label is displayed, despite pressing power, down volume.
I toggled the up and down arrows and the power button (after ~ 5 battery pulls) and S/W upgrade Please wait while upgrading is now displayed.
pmorrsn said:
I ran single wipe and it ran and has hung on the LG screen. I am unable to boot into recovery. The LG log and Label is displayed, despite pressing power, down volume.
I toggled the up and down arrows and the power button (after ~ 5 battery pulls) and S/W upgrade Please wait while upgrading is now displayed.
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No biggie you must have messed a step up. You will have to nvflash your recovery again as the nullifier messes with it if you don't successfully install a new rom.
Also you could have a corrupt download so try redownloading the file.
Head over to the Hellion help page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22881829
And make sure you follow each step carefully to the "T".
Pin it to Win it.
no luck...I only have the LG screen no rebooting
no luck...I only have the LG screen no rebooting
I cannot boot up, power. down volume key.
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I cannot boot up, power. down volume key.
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In order to nvflash your clockwork recovery you must do the following :
1. Take battery/USB cable out
2. Insert battery
3. Hold volume up and plug your USB into your PC
(You should hear your computer detect a device attatched)
4. Run nvflash
5. After cwm is flashed you will then be able to boot into recovery and flash a rom using the instructions in the Hellion help thread.
Edit:
This is where you get the one click recovery flasher which will make nvflashing cwm a breeze!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13330067
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Tried that, but is that a new nvidia AXP driver
Tried that, but is that a new nvidia AXP driver
I rooted my g2x with that process last fall. I tried that last night, and got it into Software updating screen, but it stayed there all night. So, what would be a next step, if stuck on that screen. I tried booting in several external SD card options, as I backed up my ROMs there, but maybe I should run the internal option?
It immediately finished with no obvious errors, saying hit return to get finish.
I rooted my g2x with that process last fall. I tried that last night, and got it into Software updating screen, but it stayed there all night. So, what would be a next step, if stuck on that screen. I tried booting in several external SD card options, as I backed up my ROMs there, but maybe I should run the internal option?<br />
It immediately finished with no obvious errors, saying hit return to get finish.
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So I'm a little confused by your post... you followed the directions and it worked or no?
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was stuck in Software Updating for hours
was stuck in Software Updating for hours
I then did a battery pull after ~5-6 hours and got no further. Off the computer, I can sometimes get the LG logo to appear, but sometimes, I get no response.
My phone is effectively bricked...but it did talk to my computer last night. So?
It isn't bricked if the computer recognizes it. Especially if it turns on.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
Keep the volume up key held the whole time during the nvflash process. if your comp recognizes the phone your still cooking with gasoline
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OK, that means my phone is salvageable. I just need to have it respond to me or my computer.
Which of the one flash options will do the trick?
Since i saved my ROMS to the external SD, I chose the 5.0 version and I think a 4.0 version and they both hung me in the update mode...one for most of the night.
How long should I sit for the update, if that is a good think?
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OK, that means my phone is salvageable. I just need to have it respond to me or my computer. which of the one flash options will do the trick?
I tried two and they both hung me in the update mode...one for most of the night. How long should I sit for the update, if that is a good think?
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this is easily fixable, but you will need to follow these directions very carefully and do not skip any step even if you have already done it. follow this guide here to re-flash CWM to your phone and it will also wipe your internalSD card and everything else. you will then flash a a rom from your externalSD card and you should be good to go.
PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT BUTTONS YOU NEED TO HOLD AT WHAT TIMES. i would recommend reading it a few times before doing it.
EDIT: please for the love of god do not ask questions or try to say something in the titles of your posts, most of us just skip over those without looking.
Thanks, this was one of my next steps..I need to get to my vista PC, but you'll hear back from me.
I'll try this first.
Thanks for the titles tip....I find the titles confusing...and have the need to use the space. I appreciate the feedback.
All fixed. I restored my old Froyo from my external SD following the cleaninstall process.
The only trick was that if I release the power key after the flash it does some default load. I have to first simply stop pressing the -Vol key and then I can up/down the Reboot/restore menu.
Glad you got it figured... sometimes our phones have the craziest quirks... makes me wanna laugh and cry when sh¡t like that happens to me... either way now your a pro on recovering your cwm and that's basically like wearing a helmet Hahahaha have fun
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It isn't bricked if the computer recognizes it. Especially if it turns on.
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I didn't know it was possible to brick a g2x
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Cause it isn't lol
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If you run into that problem again as stated in the OP, disable wifi calling. I was getting that error on all HFS versions.
HTC Sensation 4g, on Bell (canada).
It has LeeDroid ICS v4.2.0
My phone will not turn on at all. At first I thought it was the common, dead battery, but its not. I have three batteries, and I even bought an external battery charger to isolate this issue. When I found that it wouldn't turn on, I had not tried to upgrade the firmware or anything for weeks, so a flashing issue is not it.
I cannot get into hboot, recovery, nothing. Nothing has ever shown on the screen since. I have tried for hours to get it into hboot by pressing the vol - and power buttons together, but nothing. I've tried doing it with different batteries, with and without my memory card, with a different memory card etc.
When I press the power button, or after I try to put it into hboot, it vibrates every 15 seconds or so, and this will not stop until either the battery runs out (gets very hot) or I take the battery out.
NOW, the odd thing is, is that I can sometimes get it connected to my computer, and the only thing that I can connect to the phone is fastboot. I cannot connect adb, and obviously htc sync won't work. I've tried everything to get adb working, but nothing works.
In conclusion, my phone is dead, and the only thing that works is command-line fastboot on my pc.
(I like to explain as much as I can in a main post so I get the best help possible) Also, please know that my phone worked perfectly (well as perfect as android gets) for WEEKS before this happened.
thanks guys!
Do you have a backup of any stage? If you can run fastboot you may still be able to save it. There is a thread for unbricking the sensation i'd start there and see if that helps. Can you boot to bootloader at all? If you can download an /RUU and extract the rom.zip, rename to PG58IMG.zip and put on the sdcard then power on using volume down and it will load the file just press power to flash it
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Do you have a backup of any stage? If you can run fastboot you may still be able to save it. There is a thread for unbricking the sensation i'd start there and see if that helps. Can you boot to bootloader at all? If you can download an /RUU and extract the rom.zip, rename to PG58IMG.zip and put on the sdcard then power on using volume down and it will load the file just press power to flash it
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Could I flash the rom.zip in fast boot? I do have backups, I will try my luck at one of those.
But I cannot get into any recovery or boot loader at all.
I'm going to try this at work, and will let you Know!
I tried flashing the recovery, and boot using a RUU that I found. I still am getting in fastboot, but thats all. I cannot get to HBoot or any type of recovery.
Ever Found a solution?
Hi, did you ever found a solution to this problem? Because I'm having the exact same one.
Denobe said:
Hi, did you ever found a solution to this problem? Because I'm having the exact same one.
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Sadly I didn't. I deemed it dead after trying a bagillion different things. I read somewhere that it may be a mobo issue, but to fix it, wasn't worth it when I had only a bit left on my contract. I upgraded to an iPhone 5 because android just wasn't for me.
hello all,
I am new here and I have been searching the forums for a few days as well as the internet but I could not seem to find one that had my same problem, but if there is can you please direct me to it and apologies for that.
I was installing a new rom, the Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6], onto my inspire i did a full wipe using FULL_WIPE_1.5_EXT4_.zip and I cleared the caches. the install i thought went well because it went to 100% and i even chose what kind of background i could as well as choosing to over clock my processor. The phone the restarted after all of that and it went to the htc screen then faded to black, after about ten minutes of it being black screen i pulled out the battery.
Now when i try to recover it it wont go into hboot and it just goes to the htc white screen then it quickly fades to a black screen and stays like that.
so my question to you all is a Jtag the only way i can save my phone or is there something else i can do?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30480411
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Teichopsia said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30480411
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Im sorry but I dont understand. I cannot enter hboot no mater what i do and don't you need to enter hboot to reflash it?
True, but I'm hoping you are doing something wrong.
Pull battery, wait a few minutes, place back in. Press and hold Volume down, then power button. Does it go into hboot? If not.
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Edit: you are the first report with that issue after trying to flash that rom. My bet (that is, if you are new), you are not doing something wrong.
2nd edit: if you are new, then read the guide in post#7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
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Teichopsia said:
True, but I'm hoping you are doing something wrong.
Pull battery, wait a few minutes, place back in. Press and hold Volume down, then power button. Does it go into hboot? If not.
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Edit: you are the first report with that issue after trying to flash that rom. My bet (that is, if you are new), you are not doing something wrong.
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I really appreciate the help Teichopsia , but I've tried the power /volume - method many times and it still wont go to hboot. if it helps this is the 5 time i have have flashed a rom on my phone (and it is rooted) and yes sadly i had to be the first person to be unlucky enough to get my phone bricked from the blackout rom :crying:
i think i could get out of this mess if i could only get into hboot.
reading the method you linked to me will it work if i cant even get to the hboot screen? my phone only stays of the white htc logo screen for about 3 seconds then it goes to a lit black screen
on a side note should i report what happened to team blackout to see if they have any soloutions?
The only thing I can think of is trying to get into hboot without the sd card and sim card.
The rest is beyond my knowledge.
You'll need to wait for someone more knowledgable than myself to help you.
Remember, first press and hold the volume down button, while holding that down press the power button. Do not release either button till it shows the hboot. If that doesn't work, pull the battery for five minutes and try again. If you did this part exactly like that, then you can skip it.
Well, you already posyed your issue here, just wait for someone to help you. Glevitan is bound to show up sooner or later.
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I would see if you can send commands to it from adb while its in the blacked out state. adb is pretty easy to use and can be found easy online. if you get it installed type "adb devices", if it recognizes your device type "adb reboot bootloader" or "adb reboot recovery".
Novius vi said:
hello all,
I am new here and I have been searching the forums for a few days as well as the internet but I could not seem to find one that had my same problem, but if there is can you please direct me to it and apologies for that.
I was installing a new rom, the Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6], onto my inspire i did a full wipe using FULL_WIPE_1.5_EXT4_.zip and I cleared the caches. the install i thought went well because it went to 100% and i even chose what kind of background i could as well as choosing to over clock my processor. The phone the restarted after all of that and it went to the htc screen then faded to black, after about ten minutes of it being black screen i pulled out the battery.
Now when i try to recover it it wont go into hboot and it just goes to the htc white screen then it quickly fades to a black screen and stays like that.
so my question to you all is a Jtag the only way i can save my phone or is there something else i can do?
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i also have the same problem. i'm using a DHD. and to add to that, my volume rocker is broken. i wonder why the warning not to select reboot immediately after installation wasnt part of the download as a readme or something. i may have just lost a perfectly good phone as a result
I can confirm as a third user and one knowledgable in flashing roms that the ICS blackout does the same thing to my phone. I can also confirm that pulling the battery and then trying hboot just results in the white htc screen instead of just popping up hboot. I was able to boot into recovery from the white htc screen by using adb and doing the "adb reboot recovery" command. I am able to restore my backup just fine so you guys will be able to fix it. it must just have a bad boot image for the version of hboot that we have installed.
Gizmoe said:
I can confirm as a third user and one knowledgable in flashing roms that the ICS blackout does the same thing to my phone. I can also confirm that pulling the battery and then trying hboot just results in the white htc screen instead of just popping up hboot. I was able to boot into recovery from the white htc screen by using adb and doing the "adb reboot recovery" command. I am able to restore my backup just fine so you guys will be able to fix it. it must just have a bad boot image for the version of hboot that we have installed.
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Im sorry but this is the first time i have ever done something like that can you give me a step by step instruction how to do it or a link that says how, i dont want to sound lazy but I scared to mess up my phone even more
Use this guide its very easy. if you have already used your phone on your pc and the drivers are installed all you need to do is download the easyadb and follow the instrucions to where is says to type adb.exe. once it is started just type adb devices to make sure it sees your device and then adb reboot recovery
Ignore the fact the instructions are written for a xoom as it will work for any android device with the drivers already installed, which they should be from rooting, syncing and all the other stuff you have probably already done on pc.
UPDATE: I reinstalled ICS blackout but instead of wiping myself i just let aroma installer do it and everything went fine this time. I noticed the aroma installer reformats everything to ext4. its not mentioned in the op as a requirement but seems thats the case. Hboot version has nothing to do with it like i previously commented. It really is a cool rom with both ics and sense. I have only tried the sense version so far
Hope this helps?
Novius vi said:
Im sorry but this is the first time i have ever done something like that can you give me a step by step instruction how to do it or a link that says how, i dont want to sound lazy but I scared to mess up my phone even more
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Just in case-- to get into recovery you must press and hold the volume down for a few seconds and then hold the power button. Do not do press them both at the same time. I realize you wrote that your volume rocker seems or is broken but I wrote above just in case-- when I first tried to root my phone, I was pushing them both at first and thought my rocker was broken....
Since you rooted the phone originally-- not sure how you did it. But if you go to this link you can download recovery flash. Read the "readme" file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29208930&postcount=10
Assuming you can get into recovery-- then reload the blackout ROM but you MUST let the aroma installer wipe and format do not use any other wipe/format tool. Then do NOT press the "FINISH" button-- instead press the back arrow-- you want to go back to flash recovery and reboot from there. If you press finish (like I did multiple times, the phone will just lockup).
Best of luck!
Three of us confirmed that hboot was inaccessible even after battery pull. I am no stranger to this device as well. The only fix was using adb reboot. Also if you actually reformat your partitions to ext4 before install, then aroma will install correctly. It's just not mounting anything if it's still in ext3 format. Definitely better to just do the full wipe within aroma though. I do agree with not hitting restart from aroma but someone already mentioned that a few posts up.
Thank you thank you thank you
After putting it into abd it recognized it and then i was able to put it into hboot. Im not out of the woods yet, but after not being to see hboot in so long, well its just amazing to see it again
ok now its in hboot it gives me 4 choices
bootloader
Reboot
Reboot Bootloader
power down
apologies again but just for reassurance which one should i select?
THANK YOU GUYS for getting me this far!!!
special thanks to Gizmoe for suggesting the adb route
Novius vi said:
After putting it into abd it recognized it and then i was able to put it into hboot. Im not out of the woods yet, but after not being to see hboot in so long, well its just amazing to see it again
ok now its in hboot it gives me 4 choices
bootloader
Reboot
Reboot Bootloader
power down
apologies again but just for reassurance which one should i select?
THANK YOU GUYS for getting me this far!!!
special thanks to Gizmoe for suggesting the adb route
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Select bootloader to get to recovery option.
1shukla said:
Just in case-- to get into recovery you must press and hold the volume down for a few seconds and then hold the power
Assuming you can get into recovery-- then reload the blackout ROM but you MUST let the aroma installer wipe and format do not use any other wipe/format tool. Then do NOT press the "FINISH" button-- instead press the back arrow-- you want to go back to flash recovery and reboot from there. If you press finish (like I did multiple times, the phone will just lockup).
Best of luck!
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I did exactly as you said I pressed finished and it asked if i wanted to reboot i said no. then it sent me back to recovery mode crossing my fingers hoping to see that it works:fingers-crossed:
Now, just manually reboot.
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You saved my phone!!
Thank you guys sooo much this Rom is great once I got past that minor issue
My phones working better than ever I even oced it a little bit
Again I am eternally grateful to you guys and team black out for this great Rom!
My cousin gave me his phone to try and fix. He says someone had previously worked on it, he said it has been unlocked. He could not know what was done to it. So here is what we got
BT Will not turn on
Wifi Will not turn on
SD Card Will not mount in Android, will not see any SD cards.
Volume down does not work
I tried going into recovery using ADB REBOOT RECOVERY and it goes into DOWNLOAD MODE with an X
I can get into bootloader through ADB, volume down still does not work.
Phone will randomly say there is no sim card, and prompts you to do 2 things, RESTART or SHUT DOWN.
Any suggestions?
Thinking of loading it back to stock. Going to look for the OTA
UPDATE, I tried installing RUU through Windows,
I used
RUU_Ace_Gingerbread_S_Cingular_US_2.47.502.7_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_200368_signed
It installed successfully but no wifi or bt. I know that is normally associated with wrong kernel but if I installed stock RUU should of that been fixed?
F9zSlavik said:
My cousin gave me his phone to try and fix. He says someone had previously worked on it, he said it has been unlocked. He could not know what was done to it. So here is what we got
---- I'm assuming s-off.
BT Will not turn on
Wifi Will not turn on
SD Card Will not mount in Android, will not see any SD cards.
Volume down does not work
---- Check the battery cover to see if it is properly seated.
Not sure where the bluetooth is located.
No sd cards what-so-ever? Hmmm.
I tried going into recovery using ADB REBOOT RECOVERY and it goes into DOWNLOAD MODE with an X
I can get into bootloader through ADB, volume down still does not work.
---- some people have managed to get the volume working using a pin or something in the lines of that. Be careful with that.
Phone will randomly say there is no sim card, and prompts you to do 2 things, RESTART or SHUT DOWN.
Any suggestions?
Thinking of loading it back to stock. Going to look for the OTA
UPDATE, I tried installing RUU through Windows,
I used
RUU_Ace_Gingerbread_S_Cingular_US_2.47.502.7_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_200368_signed
It installed successfully but no wifi or bt. I know that is normally associated with wrong kernel but if I installed stock RUU should of that been fixed?
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---- It should have.
It may be a long shot but check to see if the phone is clean / free of dust, etc.
My best guess with all those issues is that it is a hardware problem. I would say try cleaning (do a search to see how others have cleaned), reflash the RUU and cross your fingers or wait till someone more knowledgable comes along.
Check the part that was quoted, I inserted a few comments in there.
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What was the phone doing before he had someone previously work on it? And what exactly did that person do? I ask because taking apart this device without knowing how can break the volume ribbon and may cause other issues as well. Has it ever been dropped really hard or experienced water damage as well?
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