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[Q] HTC Sensation doesn't turn on !!!

I have a HTC Sensation rooted and installed custom ROM last week with HTC Sensation Android Development[ROM] . For the last 2 days my phone restarted twice i think. Now it doesn't turn ON! I tryed to pull out the batery wait for 3 minutes and put it back bu nothing unitl now. I push the power button, i am trying to go on hBOOT pressing the power + volume down but nothing happens. Cane you please help me?! I tryied everyhting and don't know what do do. Thank you

charging from custom recovery tends not to work so if the battery is flat you may have to get an external charger.

deadite66 said:
charging from custom recovery tends not to work so if the battery is flat you may have to get an external charger.
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the top solution is option one... but if the external charger is more expensive just buy a new battery... if possible borrow somebody's batt and test first...

''Recovery''
I fixed that thanks god!!! But now another problem starts.. i turn on the phone and restarts over and over after the green sign. I can't access recovery also. I tried to install a recovery putting this file: PG58IMG in to Memory card and then install but no success it does the same I can't access recovery at all. When i try to access it my phone restarts the same when i try to turn it on. If someone one know what to do please tell me...thank you

You should be able to access recovery if you pull the SDcard before booting

Thanks for the tip mate, i will try this and tell you how did it go..

it doesn't ! I tried but when i choose recovery it shows me the Android Green Screen, a black screen after and then phone shuts down !!! Thanks anyway

Where did you get that PG file from?
Matt

This may help or not, but you could always see if it's recognised by your PC when you try and boot into the Bootloader using Volume Down + Power. It seems odd that it would refuse to get into the Bootloader and go straight to the green HTC logo.
My rationale is that if it is successfully does get recognised by your PC, then you could attempt to use ADB to breathe life back into your device, if not at the very least get some information about what seems to be the problem.
It's a bit vague, I apologise. A little more research on my part is needed I guess. (new to these forums, just trying to help!)
Hope this helps.

try reflashing the recovery

I-ve tried alreadz to flash mz recovery but don't know what fits better because when i go to recovery adn try to install something my phone crashes already ! :*(

My Sensation is dead, bricked, won't charge or turn on

I tried flashing my unlocked Orange Sensation and now it does not show any sign of life: I can't turn it on, no light from the LED indicator when charging it.
I removed the battery several time and put it back then tried power it on without any luck, here what I did before:
I followed this tutorial and S-OFF,installed ClockworkMod Recovery, and rooted it all successfully.
After that I tried flashing if using Sensation_3.32.401.5_deodexed from this thread, but the phone kept restarting showing HTC logo screen.
Then I read that I need to super-cid my phone since it was from Orange. I did that using Auto Super-Cid Script By Pavelol v3, again the phone kept restarting showing HTC logo screen.
Finally, I successfully installed Firmware from 3.32.401.x & 3.32.401.10x RUU in this thread, then reboot, BAM phone is dead!
I don't know what I did wrong, but it should not kill my phone!
I looked at previous threads but there is no clear cause or solution.
Help me pleeeeez

SilverDove said:
I tried flashing my unlocked Orange Sensation and now it does not show any sign of life: I can't turn it on, no light from the LED indicator when charging it.
I removed the battery several time and put it back then tried power it on without any luck, here what I did before:
I followed this tutorial and S-OFF,installed ClockworkMod Recovery, and rooted it all successfully.
After that I tried flashing if using Sensation_3.32.401.5_deodexed from this thread, but the phone kept restarting showing HTC logo screen.
Then I read that I need to super-cid my phone since it was from Orange. I did that using Auto Super-Cid Script By Pavelol v3, again the phone kept restarting showing HTC logo screen.
Finally, I successfully installed Firmware from 3.32.401.x & 3.32.401.10x RUU in this thread, then reboot, BAM phone is dead!
I don't know what I did wrong, but it should not kill my phone!
I looked at previous threads but there is no clear cause or solution.
Help me pleeeeez
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Well, you certainly bricked your phone by installing the ROM before upgrading the firmware or superCID your phone..
First of all, there's no need to superCID just because you are on Orange, you could have downloaded the suitable firmware from mike's thread. Then again you should have done it before trying to install the ROM. That's what you probably have done wrong.
Now as per the solution, refer to the following threads..I guess they will help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600324&highlight=bricked+sensation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542555

I would try that if the phone would power on
My problem now is that the phone can't be turned on. I press the power button nothing happens, I connect it to the charger but charging LED not lighting.
I connect it to my PC but it can not detect the phone at all because it is not turned on.

SilverDove said:
My problem now is that the phone can't be turned on. I press the power button nothing happens, I connect it to the charger but charging LED not lighting.
I connect it to my PC but it can not detect the phone at all because it is not turned on.
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Can you load recovery or bootloader by pressing power and volume button?
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium

No
I can't since it can't turn on!

SilverDove said:
I can't since it can't turn on!
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You don't need to be able to fully turn your phone on in order to access the recovery and bootloader. Charge the phone for a while, even if no LED is showing. Reflash the 3.32 firmware if you can access the bootloader. Flash VI through recovery. Observe.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk 2

I charged the phone with no LED indicating its being charged, pressed the power button and nothing happened. The phone can't be powered at all.

I think you need to take it to repair shop, to un-break it they need to replace a part on your htc using JTAG.
This will cost you alot of money.

SilverDove said:
I charged the phone with no LED indicating its being charged, pressed the power button and nothing happened. The phone can't be powered at all.
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Remove battery, replace battery, hold volume - and press power, this is how you enter bootloader. Does this work?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using xda premium

Already did that
I've already removed the battery and replaced it many times without any luck.

Try to take to a local HTC repair center. If You have any kind of proof of purchase, they have to repair it under warranty according to the IMEI no.
I succesfully got my phone back in this way. Just don't tell them what You did, only that it won't turn on.
Good luck!

I will take it to HTC repair center, unfortunately I lost its papers so I'll have to pay for the repair

I had the same problem...phone won't turn on and unresponsive. Not sure if it's ROM related....it happened after I installed the new revolution ROM...but everything seem to go fine and was able to boot to the new ROM...then when using for call it had a long beep tone and just turned off and never turned on again.
So I am waiting for repair from HTC as well...hopefully they will replace it as well. Do you think yours is a hardware problem? I am glad they replaced yours even it was rooted.. I am hoping they can't turn on and had no choice and way to know it was roooted!

newr said:
I had the same problem...phone won't turn on and unresponsive. Not sure if it's ROM related....it happened after I installed the new revolution ROM...but everything seem to go fine and was able to boot to the new ROM...then when using for call it had a long beep tone and just turned off and never turned on again.
So I am waiting for repair from HTC as well...hopefully they will replace it as well. Do you think yours is a hardware problem? I am glad they replaced yours even it was rooted.. I am hoping they can't turn on and had no choice and way to know it was roooted!
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Indeed! Same hapened to me. It was mainboard failure. They couldn't turn it on.
Bad side it has latest stock rom with HBOOT 1.27.0000, and still no way to unlock bootloader, rooting and S-OFF.

HTC repair center says that the motherboard need to be changed and it will cost me about 235$! I found out while searching that many experience this problem.
I tried to find a replacement but almost all my search result is about the upper PCB with motherboard flex cable which is leftover of people buying motherboards.
HTC has problems with motherboards with several models also.
I hate HTC, I will not buy any HTC again.

try contact your dealer, and ask if he can find the tickets?

Hey man, try jumpstarting your phone by taking out the battery and plugging it in the wall, try turning it on while it is directly connected?

This is a know issue. You have hard bricked your device. I did it too. If you have warranty, there is no way HTC can detect a modified device and they will replace the motherboard for you like they did for me, free of charge. If you don't have warranty thankfully there is now a relatively simple way to fix this:
Just follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522351

Note: This will fix only devices which were bricked by turning S ON. And bricks caused by a damaged hboot via interrupted OTA update/RUU flash on a S-ON device. Any devices bricked with other ways are currently *not* supported. We are working on it
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My case is that I've installed a ROM before updating the firmware, anyway I have tried it and it won't work with me.

Anybody can explain this to me?
I don't know how flashing a ROM before upgrading the firmware can damage my motherboard ! Anybody can explain this to me?
I did many crazy things with Samsung and Huawei and those never hurt the hardware

Dead HTC One S Dea!!!

Hello Guys !
i Have an HTC One S Tmobile Phone.
The Problem With my phone looks alot more serious than Others.
i Was Installing A Rom Into My Phone Wich Had TWRP Recovery Installed Unlocked Bootloader.
i Had installed a few Roms Such As Viper,CM10,AOKP,PACMAN, and i think thats it.
Well i Was Installing a ROm Dont Remember Wich one and installed succesfully then installed a Kernel Tweak. after that it rebooted as allways but after that it completely died. did not turn on did not turn on the Orange light When i Plugged it in my Charger. No Response For Nothing. i try to do a Hard Reset Press and Hold Power+Down Button or Up Button BUt Wont Do Nuthing. i Tried Plugging it to My PC My Computer Makes Noise When i Plugg it in But it Does it Continuosly But Nothing Happens it Does Not Recognize it Either. So i Have No Idea Whats Wrong With it. Please Help Me

Does your computer fail to install QHUSB_DLOAD drivers when you plug your phone into the computer?
If so, you, my friend, have a brick.
If not, then you probably still have a brick to be honest. But it may be retrievable. I believe that you need Linux and a basic understanding of Linux coding to unbrick.
Sent from my One S using xda premium

This happened to me after flashing a ROM - I thought I bricked my phone but here is the steps I took to get it back to working.... Hopefully it works for you if it stills dead.
1.Plug in your phone (you will see the solid orange LED on) let it charge over night/or until the LED turns green.
2.HOLD power+Volume UP down until you see the screen blink - keep holding until the phone boots up! (This will hard reset your phone)
3.Boot into recovery after initial boot up/or if it bootloops - by pushing VolumeDOWN+Power.
4.wipe/cache/dalvik -
5.install ROM - fastboot BOOT.IMG if S-ON
6.enjoy phone again!
Hopefully this works for you like it did for me! the key thing is to charge your(dead)phone until you see the GREEN LED light.
Good luck!

AW: Dead HTC One S Dea!!!
Agumby said:
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1.Plug in your phone (you will see the solid orange LED on) let it charge over night/or until the LED turns green.
2.HOLD power+Volume UP down until you see the screen blink - keep holding until the phone boots up! (This will hard reset your phone)
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Em, do you read the posts before you answer them?
He already wrote that his phone did nothing after trying exactly that....
HTC One S | RootBox 4.2.2 | BubbaKernel 3.6 OV | S-OFF

Did you try holding down the power button for 10 seconds?
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I had the same problem once before. I did a simulated battery pull, then plugged it in the charger overnight. The charging light came on after a few hours.

OxRafaa91 said:
Hello Guys !
i Have an HTC One S Tmobile Phone.
The Problem With my phone looks alot more serious than Others.
i Was Installing A Rom Into My Phone Wich Had TWRP Recovery Installed Unlocked Bootloader.
i Had installed a few Roms Such As Viper,CM10,AOKP,PACMAN, and i think thats it.
Well i Was Installing a ROm Dont Remember Wich one and installed succesfully then installed a Kernel Tweak. after that it rebooted as allways but after that it completely died. did not turn on did not turn on the Orange light When i Plugged it in my Charger. No Response For Nothing. i try to do a Hard Reset Press and Hold Power+Down Button or Up Button BUt Wont Do Nuthing. i Tried Plugging it to My PC My Computer Makes Noise When i Plugg it in But it Does it Continuosly But Nothing Happens it Does Not Recognize it Either. So i Have No Idea Whats Wrong With it. Please Help Me
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Just do one thing, Open Device manager and Connect the phone.
If the PC detects the device and then disappears or a question mark remains showing "Unknown Device" then its Dead/Bricked.
If it still remains there try wiping and pushing boot images and recoveries. If its do not detect then you'll need Linux and try searching in commands for that.

If it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager, you have probably flashed something for another device which resulted in a brick.
Find the unbricking thread in the development section.
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk 2

Jnanadarshan said:
Just do one thing, Open Device manager and Connect the phone.
If the PC detects the device and then disappears or a question mark remains showing "Unknown Device" then its Dead/Bricked.
If it still remains there try wiping and pushing boot images and recoveries. If its do not detect then you'll need Linux and try searching in commands for that.
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Hi friend I have the same problem but i got in to this problem trying to flash my kernel but in my pc the phone is detected as htc one s in device manager is there a way to get back my device working
thanks

Could draining the battery down will help?. That should wipe out all shell memory. I do not know if plugging into computer( as drive) will drain the battery. If you more adventurous, you could open the case and see if you can remove battery. Let the caps drain overnite and put it back. Just a though - it my work since android is a shell OS and reside in high memory.

liesnomore said:
Could draining the battery down will help?. That should wipe out all shell memory. I do not know if plugging into computer( as drive) will drain the battery. If you more adventurous, you could open the case and see if you can remove battery. Let the caps drain overnite and put it back. Just a though - it my work since android is a shell OS and reside in high memory.
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What is the "shell memory"?
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

When goes to Android OS, I am confuse too. It has been a long time since I use programing language, but I do remember that any program being loaded on top of another program is running in shell. Just like a batch file in DOS - a program being loaded into reserved portion of high memory.
Do not ask me any more questions - it my overheat my brain. See if draining the power will get your phone back.

liesnomore said:
When goes to Android OS, I am confuse too. It has been a long time since I use programing language, but I do remember that any program being loaded on top of another program is running in shell. Just like a batch file in DOS - a program being loaded into reserved portion of high memory.
Do not ask me any more questions - it my overheat my brain. See if draining the power will get your phone back.
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Hi !
I got the same problem... Did you manage to solve the issue ?

Help

i have an htc sensation 4g t-mobile was running Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_1.2.2_T-Mobile and was working fine i thought to change to viperS rom had low battery rom was flashed successfully it was on boot when the battery went dead luckly i had an external charger charged the battery overnight to make sure the battery show 4.2volts now but the mobile is not working when i power it on it just vibrates and flashes green light once and black screen nothing else and when i try to go to boot loader it turns on with some texture on screen + it is detected by pc as an MTP device unluckly i dont have another battery to check it with it

abbas93 said:
i have an htc sensation 4g t-mobile was running Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_1.2.2_T-Mobile and was working fine i thought to change to viperS rom had low battery rom was flashed successfully it was on boot when the battery went dead luckly i had an external charger charged the battery overnight to make sure the battery show 4.2volts now but the mobile is not working when i power it on it just vibrates and flashes green light once and black screen nothing else and when i try to go to boot loader it turns on with some texture on screen + it is detected by pc as an MTP device unluckly i dont have another battery to check it with it
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Basically when power runs out or there is disconnection for any reason when flashing or in the process of booting up, you will have bootloader crash, which will lead to what you are experiencing, that's why its important to have a fully charged battery when flashing . you need to go here to locate the files needed to recover your phone. Mind you you may have to locate T mobile ROM's as your phone may be network locked.
or use ADB or a reboot tool to get your phone into download mode
your forum is here
Check this out! You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.​

What do i have to do form these things ?
Regards

abbas93 said:
What do i have to do form these things ?
Regards
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you should post in that forum and read the link about flashing the ROM again to solve it or if you had a Backup, restore it. , unfortunately I have no experience concerning HTC phones.
Check this out! You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.​

[Q] What is wrong with my HTC Sensation? :(

Hello everyone,
First of all sorry if what am about posting had already been discussed, I just couldn't find it. My device has been behaving weirdly recently. It all started by it turning off randomly when I flashed the JellyBean 4.2 custom ROM by albinoman. And each time I turned it back on it showed a battery percentage that was either smaller or bigger than what was there before. I decided to move back to Revolution theme but the same issue persisted. Now, my phone can't go pass the Beats Audio logo when it turns on, but stops and goes off. If I try turning it on again it wount untill I remove the battery, wait like 15secs and put it back again. When I plug in the charger, the LED comes on, goes off and comes on again after 5secs or so...just assuming that. Please if anyone out there could help me out I'll be absolutely grateful , please...

Frubots said:
Hello everyone,
First of all sorry if what am about posting had already been discussed, I just couldn't find it. My device has been behaving weirdly recently. It all started by it turning off randomly when I flashed the JellyBean 4.2 custom ROM by albinoman. And each time I turned it back on it showed a battery percentage that was either smaller or bigger than what was there before. I decided to move back to Revolution theme but the same issue persisted. Now, my phone can't go pass the Beats Audio logo when it turns on, but stops and goes off. If I try turning it on again it wount untill I remove the battery, wait like 15secs and put it back again. When I plug in the charger, the LED comes on, goes off and comes on again after 5secs or so...just assuming that. Please if anyone out there could help me out I'll be absolutely grateful , please...
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post your bootloader details
and what recovery do you have?

rzr86 said:
post your bootloader details
and what recovery do you have?
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My bootloader is unlocked but I can't get the exact details cuz my phone wount turn on anymore. The recovery is 4ext touch V1.0 and I'm pretty sure my firmware is "universal"

Frubots said:
My bootloader is unlocked but I can't get the exact details cuz my phone wount turn on anymore. The recovery is 4ext touch V1.0 and I'm pretty sure my firmware is "universal"
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if you have universal firmware as you said then you are on S-OFF
follow this
format all partitoins except sdcard from 4ext
flash the rom
if it doesn't boot then flash the boot.img of the rom via fastboot command
the command is fastboot flash boot boot.img

rzr86 said:
if you have universal firmware as you said then you are on S-OFF
follow this
format all partitoins except sdcard from 4ext
flash the rom
if it doesn't boot then flash the boot.img of the rom via fastboot command
the command is fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Little issue is, its getting worse everyday. A couple of days ago I could still turn on the phone and get to the recovery but now it wount even turn on or charge anymore. Could it be my battery is dead?. Cuz it started behaving weirdly recently...like when the phone rebooted it showed a far different battery percentage either lower or upper. Then one day it showed grey with an exclamation sign on it. Then when I plugged in the charger, the LED turned on, then off and then on again and went straight to green, like it charged faster. Thanks for your help, I just hope my phone aint just good for the trash

Try with a new battery.