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Volume button fault - Any other ways to go to bootloader?

Hello all,
my sensation's volume rocker is faulty. By pressing volume down and power on, it will not boot into boot loader thus cannot enter recovery.
I know i can use software to boot into it boot loader but what if I am getting bootloops and unable to boot into rom?
Any ADB commands to make the phone boot into bootloader straight?
I am planning to flash the factory RUU and go claim my warranty after i get my Galaxy nexus..

mgear356 said:
Hello all,
my sensation's volume rocker is faulty. By pressing volume down and power on, it will not boot into boot loader thus cannot enter recovery.
I know i can use software to boot into it boot loader but what if I am getting bootloops and unable to boot into rom?
Any ADB commands to make the phone boot into bootloader straight?
I am planning to flash the factory RUU and go claim my warranty after i get my Galaxy nexus..
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adb reboot recovery
or
adb reboot bootloader
or plain old
adb reboot

wmoore said:
adb reboot recovery
or
adb reboot bootloader
or plain old
adb reboot
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thansk for your reply bro. but can this work if i am stuck in a bootloop ( before entering any rom)?

mgear356 said:
thansk for your reply bro. but can this work if i am stuck in a bootloop ( before entering any rom)?
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Possibly not unless your timing is amazing!
Are you stuck in bootloops now or is this hypothetical?

Please, tell if your volumne rocker is so broken that it cant even turn up/turn down volumne during normal use of phone?
If it's ok, thet I suggest method of booting into recovery which I use (and i had problems to boot before - thought it's vol. rocker):
1. press volume down button and hold it!
2. press power button for 2-3 seconds and then release, still holding the volumne down
3. phone boots into recovery after few seconds.
Hope it might help you.

Decado_PL said:
Please, tell if your volumne rocker is so broken that it cant even turn up/turn down volumne during normal use of phone?
If it's ok, thet I suggest method of booting into recovery which I use (and i had problems to boot before - thought it's vol. rocker):
1. press volume down button and hold it!
2. press power button for 2-3 seconds and then release, still holding the volumne down
3. phone boots into recovery after few seconds.
Hope it might help you.
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Implying he can't control volume in a bootloop, I seriously hope this guy uses 4EXT touch, or else he needs to replace the rocker.
Can you flash zips from USB fastboot?
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Forum Runner

I understood that he can't enter recovery due to some volume button fault. When you stuck in bootloop only thing you can do is pull out the battery, no keys/buttons are usable - tested myself :/

wmoore said:
Possibly not unless your timing is amazing!
Are you stuck in bootloops now or is this hypothetical?
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not really hypothetical.. in fact i experienced it earlier..
my volume up/down seems to have a mind of his own and at times i will enter "safe mode"
thereafter it will auto reboot unless i am quick enough to do a factory wipe under settings... it will still boot into safe mode but wont auto reboot.
so after knocking a few times on the volume rocker, i am able to boot into normal mode but the volume rocker isnt working. Pressing it once, will cause to decrease the volume and switch to silent mode.

Decado_PL said:
I understood that he can't enter recovery due to some volume button fault. When you stuck in bootloop only thing you can do is pull out the battery, no keys/buttons are usable - tested myself :/
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lol this sux man..
I dunno if HTC singapore will honor the warranty cause this is a hardware defect and nothing to do with any rom or unlock..
Even in bootloader mode, press up will cause it to go down or at times up. pressing down may or may not respond.

If you in a boot loop adb should see it for split couple seconds so with the phone connected I would keep trying to do adb reboot recovery
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium

Smokuevo said:
If you in a boot loop adb should see it for split couple seconds so with the phone connected I would keep trying to do adb reboot recovery
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium
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That's what I thought but it didn't happen when I tried it on mine.

From Fastboot, adb commands also work, provided vol - works while powering on. This sucks dude, sorry.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G XE with Beats Audio using xda premium

If you have CWM recovery installed (im not sure about other recoverys), you can connect your phone to your computer when it's off and you will have access to a limited adb provided by CWM. You can then use the command "adb reboot recovery" or "adb reboot bootloader" or whatever to do what you need to do.

Wipe all then cant boot into bootloader
Hi, i'm really sorry to bring back this post,
your fear had become my nightmare in reality.
The volume button was somehow (either physically spoil or is not capture click)
during booting process.
I have completely forgotten about it, and do complete wipe
(select wipe all except sdcard in touch recovery).
So, now the phone is completely clean (without rom)
and i'm unable to trigger bootloader/recovery via pwr/vol down button.
I have try take out battery,leave it for 10min and try press
all those button without casing/rocker;
press & hold vol down, den plug in battery;
and press both vol up & down then only pwr button.
The phone now (i assume) boot normally,
stop at HTC logo because there is no rom inside
(just like normal pc boot pass bios but cant find OS).
ironically, i live at singapore too... haha...
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I read somewhere that the person use pin to press the button really hard
and it manage to go into bootloader
(but I cant find back that post now)
Searching in forum recommend me to peel off the
volume button cover n use pin to press on it directly
(which I do not dare )
So now I sent it to repair shop,
hopefully that person using either g-box or gmbox
(flash box start with G) and can push RUU inside.
God bless me.
p/s : Sorry I should post in Q&A...

Get the phone off. Pull the battery and re-insert. Open fastboot
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
And if you want to flash a ruu directly:
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot oem rebootRUU
And then flash the ruu
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk

dexter93 said:
Get the phone off. Pull the battery and re-insert. Open fastboot
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
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Hi, can you tell me exactly step by step how to open fastboot?
pull out the battery, press vol down (??), reinsert?
fastboot devices go no response after booted and halt at htc logo.
Thank you very much.

Have you tried finding where the rocker lines up with the buttons on the phone, and just used the buttons without the back attached?
Sent from my Sensation using XDA

apow12348 said:
Hi, can you tell me exactly step by step how to open fastboot?
pull out the battery, press vol down (??), reinsert?
fastboot devices go no response after booted and halt at htc logo.
Thank you very much.
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Did I tell you to power it on?
Just shut it down completely(hence battery pull ) and plug it in USB. Use google to get to know how to use fastboot and try with the commands I wrote above. simple as that
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk

Sensation-al! said:
Have you tried finding where the rocket lines up with the buttons on the phone, and just used the buttons without the back attached?
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Yup, that is what I did all this while, and no success.
dexter93 said:
Did I tell you to power it on?
Just shut it down completely(hence battery pull ) and plug it in USB. Use google to get to know how to use fastboot and try with the commands I wrote above. simple as that
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Sorry, I always thought that in order to use fastboot usb you must in bootloader already. Will try to search more. Thank in advance.

RECOVERY AND BOOTLOADER (ubislate 7 by datawind }
hi ,i have an old datawind tablet which runs on andorid froyo with kernel version 2.6.32.6 developer @developer#206
android version 2.2.2
model number NASHOBA NORDICA
can anybody please tell me how to enter bootloader in this particular version and also the rooting methods available
please note that this device lacks any physical volume up or down buttons as well as does not provide any adb support
this is a resistive touchscreen model
processor arm 11 366mhz
with conexant hd co processors
screen resolution 640*800
this device very easily overheats ]
battery lithium ion 2100 mah
i am also unable to play any vidoes on this device
ram 256
this device supports SD CARDS and full sized usb 2.0 ports
no hdmi output also
i any body can help me
please do as so
thanks in advance

[Q] Stuck In Clockworkmod Recovery, no Fastboot

I just rooted my One S using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2008440. I flashed Clockworkmod touch recovery and installed the latest CM10 Nightly. I ended up installing the standard Clockworkmod recovery (non touch) through ROM manager once my phone was up and running. Everything on my phone was working great until I let my battery run all the way down to the point my phone shut off. I plugged my phone in and it automatically booted to recovery. I waited a little bit for the phone to charge and selected "reboot system now" from recovery. My phone did not boot and only goes to recovery. When it reboots, it briefly flashes a green stripe twice in the upper third of the screen prior to booting all the way but never shows the HTC screen or anything other than recovery. I tried reflashing the ROM in recovery, formatting every partition in recovery, entering fasboot using ADB, rebooting using ADB, and nothing seems to get my phone to do anything other than boot to recovery. I tried running the latest RUU and it fails (presumably because it can't enter fasboot). I tried pressing and holding volume+, -, and the power button at the same time, I tried holding just the volume down button while holding the power button, but no luck so far.
Is there a way to reflash the recovery from ADB while the phone is in recovery? Is there any other way I can force my phone into fastboot? Can I safely use the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1990043 to "unbrick" my phone by entering commands via ADB shell while in recovery rather than in terminal emulator? Thanks in advance for all the collective XDA wisdom that I'm sure will help get my phone back up and running.

Hey I had the same problem about a week ago. Are you sure you used the latest the RUU file?

chilaca91 said:
Hey I had the same problem about a week ago. Are you sure you used the latest the RUU file?
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I'm using RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_TMOUS_2.35.531.7_Radio_1.08ts.50.02.16_10.08e.50.04L_release_279577_signed.exe. I don't think it would matter which one I used though because it gives me an error that says it can't connect to the phone.

Try holding down the power button for 10 sec and then let go of the power and hold down the volume button. I had to do this a couple of times until I finally got into the bootloader
Sent from my One S using xda app-developers app

chilaca91 said:
Try holding down the power button for 10 sec and then let go of the power and hold down the volume button. I had to do this a couple of times until I finally got into the bootloader
Sent from my One S using xda app-developers app
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Amazing! That did the trick. Thanks a ton for that info. I knew it would be something simple.

I also had a similar problem. Seemed to occur only when I had the USB cable plugged into the phone. Once I removed it, I could then get into fastboot. Once I was in fastboot, I simply plugged the USB cable back in, and everything worked flawlessly.

All that crap you got wouldn't have happened if you use TWRP instead of CWM.

[Q] Unlocked phone, now I can't boot into bootloader

I was trying to root one of my One x's and got to the unlocked with x-factor, got the phone unlocked. Had an emergency and had to stop at that point. Now I can't boot back into bootloader. Can any one tell what I need to do to get back to the point where i was at so I can finish rooting. Thank you for any help that is given.

Where excactly in the process did you stop? Have you flashed recovery?
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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You can manually enter bootloader by holding volume down and power at the same time. When lights stop flashing, release power while continuing to hold volume down. It will go into bootloader.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

scrappy1959 said:
I was trying to root one of my One x's and got to the unlocked with x-factor, got the phone unlocked. Had an emergency and had to stop at that point. Now I can't boot back into bootloader. Can any one tell what I need to do to get back to the point where i was at so I can finish rooting. Thank you for any help that is given.
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You stopped mid unlock? What was the last step you completed?
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app

I got to flash a recovery on the Hasoon2000's HTC One X All-in-One Kit, now when I try to boot up I get the HTC screen with red writing (warning about legal action) and then a black screen and when I plug in the USB and the PC says installing device drivers, it says device driver not successfully installed, that's as far as I can get. Tried to get into bootloader on the Hansoon app and the command prompt says device not found.

scrappy1959 said:
I got to flash a recovery on the Hasoon2000's HTC One X All-in-One Kit, now when I try to boot up I get the HTC screen with red writing (warning about legal action) and then a black screen and when I plug in the USB and the PC says installing device drivers, it says device driver not successfully installed, that's as far as I can get. Tried to get into bootloader on the Hansoon app and the command prompt says device not found.
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Yes it will say device not found because you're not in fastboot or booted into rom with USB debugging on. You need to manually boot to the bootloader.
If your phone is on. Press and hold power. The back home and app switch keys on the bottom of the phone will blink 5 times, the screen will go black. Let go of power and wait 2-3 seconds, then, BEFORE the screen turns back on, press and hold power and volume down until the bootloader comes on
If your phone is off just press and hold volume down and power until it boots into bootloader.
You may have trouble while your phone is plugged in so best to do this with it unplugged.
* On a side note, If you haven't read enough to know how to get into the bootloader you should REALLY not be messing around with your phone.

get into recovery without volume buttons

Hey everyone I have a HTC inspire which I flashed jelly time onto, before that my volume buttons worked but now they don't work and the button is complety gone HTC did a very bad job with that it easily came out... So recently when I boot the phone on it boots the normal jelly time startup and the black screen. I have seen the only way to fix this is either factory reset or reflash ROM. But I am unable to do that since ,y volume button is broken. I have read that you can get to recovery via adb and or flash via adb can someone help me out please?

Trozzul said:
Hey everyone I have a HTC inspire which I flashed jelly time onto, before that my volume buttons worked but now they don't work and the button is complety gone HTC did a very bad job with that it easily came out... So recently when I boot the phone on it boots the normal jelly time startup and the black screen. I have seen the only way to fix this is either factory reset or reflash ROM. But I am unable to do that since ,y volume button is broken. I have read that you can get to recovery via adb and or flash via adb can someone help me out please?
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you can connect your HTC phone to your computer via USB cable, and use the command below, before that you need to install adb shell on Windows.
adb reboot bootloader

Also, you could enter Recovery mode through ROM Toolbox and if you're using TWRP, its touch, so you dont need hardware keys.

Mister_Simon said:
Also, you could enter Recovery mode through ROM Toolbox and if you're using TWRP, its touch, so you dont need hardware keys.
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I am unable to get into recovery or the normal android screen when it boots up its a black screen I need to get into recovery to reflash the rom

Trozzul said:
I am unable to get into recovery or the normal android screen when it boots up its a black screen I need to get into recovery to reflash the rom
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So you're stuck on booting and your hardware buttons dont work?
There is a way to get into the recovery in such a situation but that usually relies on the hardware buttons. What device do you have? What recovery?

Try this
Remove battery n reinsert it
Now connect the phone to charger.
Don't do anything keep the phone as it is for 5 -10 min.
It will automatically go to recovery
Sent from my HTC Explorer A310e using xda premium

rockingmanish said:
Try this
Remove battery n reinsert it
Now connect the phone to charger.
Don't do anything keep the phone as it is for 5 -10 min.
It will automatically go to recovery
Sent from my HTC Explorer A310e using xda premium
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I don't know how that would work.....

Mister_Simon said:
So you're stuck on booting and your hardware buttons dont work?
There is a way to get into the recovery in such a situation but that usually relies on the hardware buttons. What device do you have? What recovery?
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I don't know the Recovery most likely 5+ and it was touch recovery. as for the device like I said its a htc inspire 4g

Trozzul said:
I don't know the Recovery most likely 5+ and it was touch recovery. as for the device like I said its a htc inspire 4g
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Hey cool. I used to own an Inspire for couple of years.
Im not sure if understood the condition of your phone and whats working or not but:
take out your battery and reinsert. hold the power button and volume down button for a couple of seconds and it will boot into recovery

Mister_Simon said:
Hey cool. I used to own an Inspire for couple of years.
Im not sure if understood the condition of your phone and whats working or not but:
take out your battery and reinsert. hold the power button and volume down button for a couple of seconds and it will boot into recovery
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the volume buttons are both broken im asking how to get back into recovery from adb so I can flash a knew rom since mine is bad

Trozzul said:
the volume buttons are both broken im asking how to get back into recovery from adb so I can flash a knew rom since mine is bad
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Im assuming you have android sdk installed
Connect your phone, locate adb using cmd prompt (change directory) (RUN AS ADMIN), type 'adb reboot recovery' (no quotes)

I will try this in the morning. What screen do I use the command at? Anytime?
Sent from my LG-LG730 using xda app-developers app

Trozzul said:
I will try this in the morning. What screen do I use the command at? Anytime?
Sent from my LG-LG730 using xda app-developers app
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Follow these fool-proof steps:
Locate your android sdk folders-> navigate to the folder where adb is located ->hold shift + right click on the folder containing adb and select ''open command window here'' ( this will automatically take care of pointing the directory to that location) -> 'adb reboot recovery' ENTER
This will automatically enter recovery. I suggest you restore your old backup .
As for your volume buttons, you should be able to fix it easily if you know a little bit of soldering and know-how.

Mister_Simon said:
Follow these fool-proof steps:
Locate your android sdk folders-> navigate to the folder where adb is located ->hold shift + right click on the folder containing adb and select ''open command window here'' ( this will automatically take care of pointing the directory to that location) -> 'adb reboot recovery' ENTER
This will automatically enter recovery. I suggest you restore your old backup .
As for your volume buttons, you should be able to fix it easily if you know a little bit of soldering and know-how.
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im sorry i know how to do sdk commands but i meant on the phone screen like as soon as it boots up?

Trozzul said:
im sorry i know how to do sdk commands but i meant on the phone screen like as soon as it boots up?
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ADB *may* work on the boot logo, but it certainly won't work as the phone is booting.

Trozzul said:
im sorry i know how to do sdk commands but i meant on the phone screen like as soon as it boots up?
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MacHackz said:
ADB *may* work on the boot logo, but it certainly won't work as the phone is booting.
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Like MacHackz said. As far as i know also this may be the only way you maybe able to boot into recovery so might as well give it a shot.
MacHackz, your banner made me think i have a bug behind my screen and I spent a while trying figure it out. LOL

HTC Desire HD hard reset without volume buttons
I have htc desire hd and my volume buttons is broken ,my phone is much dispute and have lots of bugs i want to HARD RESET no factory reset only hard reset with rebote. Please help me how to reset my HTC DHD without volume buttons!!
!!sorry for my english!!

SOLVED! (At least for me)
To whom may still be interested, I found a way to get into recovery and subsequently wipe data/factory reset the HTC Inspire 4G/Desire HD without using the volume buttons.
Phone background: the phone that I used had the internal volume buttons broken. It was rooted and unlocked using the effen hack kit, then I flashed a custom ROM on it and I forgot to do a factory reset before I firstly boot up the phone with the new ROM. So it was stuck on the boot animation forever.
Steps for getting into recovery mode without volume buttons:
1. Take the battery off
2. Plug the phone to a wall charger for at least one or two minutes.
3. Put the battery back on along with the battery door and don't touch any buttons.
- The orange led on the front will light up and stay on for a few seconds before the phone automattically gets into recovery
Note: use the touch capacitive buttons to manipulate recovery:
- Home/Menu buttons to navigate up/down
- Back button to go back
- Search button to select
That's pretty much it. At this point you can do anything!
I hope this can help someone out there... If it helped you please hit the thanks button!

my phone is s3 gt-i9300 but but volume up key and home doesnt work.I need to go to recovery to flash a rom so how to go to recovery mode now.please help me.

Swarn_Sen said:
my phone is s3 gt-i9300 but but volume up key and home doesnt work.I need to go to recovery to flash a rom so how to go to recovery mode now.please help me.
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You can use adb commands to enter in recovery mode. Connect your android to PC. Enable adb debugging and open command prompt in PC.
Type "adb devices" without qoutes and enter then type "adb reboot recovery" and enter. These commands boot your android in recovery mode.

[Q] I can't turn on my HTC Sensation XE. WHAT TO DO??

Hey i know this thread has similar to others but i'm hopeful i could find something helpful to fix my htc sensation xe..
[Q] I can't turn on my HTC Sensation XE. WHAT TO DO??
ok i tried to charge it for 5hrs but when i tried to oepn it.. i can't turn it on and the led light is always being delayed when i remove the charger..
i dont know what to do..
my previous rom is Ordroid 9.0.0 and i decided to flash another rom to Ordroid 15.0.0 i think i am so NOOOb. that i think that rom i currently installed is for HTC One x but i know it worked fine when i restore a system backup that is )rdroid 9.0.0 and i ended up the Bluetooth error that when you turn it on or some apps turned it on.. it causes a bootloop process.. and trying to drain my battery and when my phone doesnt want to open.. then i realize some process of flashing my rom is wrong.. and i need someone help! i tried everything at some thread ive seen.. but i know my pc doesnt recognize until it opens or power on for bootloader..
sharing this.. that issue "the bluetooth bootloop error.. i get rid of that when it restarts and my phone turned on i tried to be fast and tried to unticked the bluetooth switch and succesful not thinking to turn it on again but when i tried or eventually try to open the Car App.. it opens the bluetooth and boom it restarts again and i cant catch taht swith to turn again.. and it boots always.. and my battery drains.. nad my phone overheats i think and.. it happens!
my thought:
do i need to j-tag it.. actually i dont know that process.. my phone i miss it so much!.. i am such a noob.
--sorry for my wrong english and grammar!

When you connect the phone to the PC, if you can get it to say QHSUSB_DLOAD, then you can try the HTC sensation unbricking project: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23078349
Generally, flashing ROMs for other phones will result in a brick... So I guess you learned your lesson the hard way.
By the way, can you boot into bootloader at all? (Remove battery, insert battery, volume down +power button)
If you can boot into bootloader, then you have hope.
Also, do you remember if your phone was s-off before this happened?
Sent from my Ouya

perform a full wipe from recovery and then restore your nandroid

rzr86 said:
perform a full wipe from recovery and then restore your nandroid
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Hold volume down and power button to enter the bootloader. Then choose the recovery option with the volume buttons and press power to confirm. When the recovery didn't load press volume up and power. Now you are in the recovery. Do a backup and wipe to factory settings.

AndroidSupporter318 said:
When you connect the phone to the PC, if you can get it to say QHSUSB_DLOAD, then you can try the HTC sensation unbricking project: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23078349
Generally, flashing ROMs for other phones will result in a brick... So I guess you learned your lesson the hard way.
By the way, can you boot into bootloader at all? (Remove battery, insert battery, volume down +power button)
If you can boot into bootloader, then you have hope.
Also, do you remember if your phone was s-off before this happened?
Sent from my Ouya
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I can't power it on so.. i'm not able to boot it to bootloader. beacuse i know my phone is not powering on... it charges like the led blinks 5 times and it turns on. but its not. im S-ON and.. i dont know what is S-OFF
thanks for the help

Does your PC detect your phone when you plug it in?
Sent from my Ouya

AndroidSupporter318 said:
Does your PC detect your phone when you plug it in?
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Sure did it happens to read my phone but it didnt installed the device correctly so it doesnt work

Do you have the latest drivers on your PC? What about adb and fast boot on your PC?
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AndroidSupporter318 said:
Do you have the latest drivers on your PC? What about adb and fast boot on your PC?
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yeas.. and what happens if i have latest driver. my phone was not able to read it through pc

Can you boot into bootloader and connect the cable to the PC? What do you see when you go to fast boot mode?
Sent from my Ouya