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HTC Sensation won't go past Splashscreen.

Ok so yesterday my battery went died while I was doing a factory reset. By died I mean like how it completely dies and you can't turn the phone on and when you plug the charger in the LED light blinks orange 11 times and stops. But anyways I revived the battery thanks to a member on here. So now when I turn my phone on, it shows the white background with the green HTC letters and stays there for 10 minutes, then shuts off. I can go into HBOOT and CWM and everything but it doesn't let me past the boot screen. I've done a factory reset and everything. Even installed a new ROM. Nothing has worked. Can anyone help me please? Thanks .

looks like you will have to install an RUU, then re-do everything (s-off, root, cwm)
thats worked for a couple users ive helped with a similar problem
just make sure you have superCID, or use a regional RUU

You wont loose S-Off by running an RUU as you need to set the securityflags manually to 3 to get S-On.
So, you'll just loose root and CWM.
You don't need SuperCID though, if you want your Stock ROM, you can stay on your Stock CID and install your RUU.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Need help/advice

Ok so today i was playing wind up knight (running CM9 beta 2) and my sensation got stuck so i tried to reboot by hold vol + and - and the power button...nothing happened, so went ahead and did a battery pull
when i tried to turn it back on, back light turn on but the screen dies but the phone vibrates as it always does when u press the power button to turn it on, then if i wait like 20 secs it vibrates the same way again (keep in mind the screen is off), the 20 secs later vibrates again, and so on
so im assuming im in a bootloop and screen is not turning off
so i decided to try going to hboot to try and see if adb recognizes the phone and it doesnt but i press the power button again to go to fastboot and the pc recognizes the phone, i tried fastboot devices and it indeed shows up my s/n (keep in mind screen doesnt turn on as well in hboot)
so ive been thinking my options at this point are:
*try using fastboot flashall, to flash new firmware and stuff however i dont know how to do that, ive just read that command can be done, but i havent found anyone using it on the sensation
*or i can also try an RUU, thinking about the telstra RUU since my sensation is a telstra one, however i dont know if ill lose s-off if i do this, also i dont know if i have to change my CID to the telstra one since im super CID
my fear about losing s-off is that if my screen doesnt turn on after running the RUU i wont be able to use fastboot commands anymore to try more options
so anyone have advice on what can i possibly do?
thanks

Can you reboot into recovery? If so why not just super wipe and flash a new from?
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foxehkins said:
Can you reboot into recovery? If so why not just super wipe and flash a new from?
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk
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Since the phone doesn't support Braille, how would he? He is without screen!
From my point of view seems like hardware... Most probably the screen... Or the gpu try flashing an ruu with out turning to s-on and pull a logcat... It might just help
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA App

i just flashed the RUU and no dice still no screen seems like im not stuck in a bootloop anymore
still no ADB commands since ADB debugging is off lol only fastboot
is there a way to get the logcat via fastboot or without adb?

Take a look here... It might do the job. http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/12834/broken-screen-cant-adb
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA App

thanks for that link it dled screencast but it need adb to get to work :S
so i tried flashing a cwm via fastboot cause i read adb can be used while in recovery after flashing i rebooted into recovery and got some drivers to install but 2 of them the last one fail, device manager recognizes the phone as an HTC Modem in recovery and no ADB commands =/
also tried setprop persist.servece.adb.enable 1 but not sure where do i have to try it

also forgot to mention when the phone is off and i plug the usb the led lights up amber after a little bit it gets green (i assume its cause the battery is fully charged) if i press the power button the phone vibrates and the led goes off

Bump for HEEEEEELPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!
apparently i dont have a radio either, even after flashing the RUU
tried flashing one but i got the FAILED remote message

out of curiosity. Pull the battery and put it back in. Hold volume down and while still holding volume down button press and hold the power button. Are you getting to the HTC boot loader. If so then good. Now grab an ruu for your phone and see if it will run. Don't worry if the ruu tells you to boot the system on and click next to proceed. Flashing a ruu you will NOT lose s-off. If you can't see a screen to tell if you are in the boot loader still try to do the ruu. Let me know what happens and I will try to help you out further or not
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

just did, for the second time still nothing happens =/ the telstra RUU i booted to fastboot usb before flash so RUU would recognize the phone
what else can i do?

So ruu recognized the phone and finished flashing?
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

yup, still no screen

Hmm not looking good. Have you tried removing the SD card and try to boot the phone without it?
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

yes, also without the sim card

I am afraid you will have to send to HTC for fixing or buy another sensation. Definately seems like a hardware issue that a ruu won't fix or anything currently available to us.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

another option would be to purchase a USB jtag to go into phone via serial. Beyond my skill there but treve on evo3d forums may or may not be able to help or anyone else? Which leaves yoibto decide on a replacement phone. Treve's post is [wip] download mode serials etc etc in the development section. I would link it but I am on phone atm.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

ill look into that thanks!

You are welcome and good luck!
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

[HELP] my sensation won't turn on

I don't know what went wrong..
My phone stuck at dialer after i made a phone call..therefore I pulled out the battery,put it back & try to turn it on..but nothing happened.
I tried to go into recovery (volume down+power) but it still wont turn on..
Also i tried to use ADB but my phone not detected..
The phone wont turn on,nothing on the screen,LED light not blinking (even when i connect to PC or wall charger)
Please let me know if you guys got any suggestion or even better if there is a solution..
please dont tell me that my phone is bricked

far8s said:
I don't know what went wrong..
My phone stuck at dialer after i made a phone call..therefore I pulled out the battery,put it back & try to turn it on..but nothing happened.
I tried to go into recovery (volume down+power) but it still wont turn on..
Also i tried to use ADB but my phone not detected..
The phone wont turn on,nothing on the screen,LED light not blinking (even when i connect to PC or wall charger)
Please let me know if you guys got any suggestion or even better if there is a solution..
please dont tell me that my phone is bricked
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any luck on this??? i jacked mine up trying to flash a new firmware and am stuck in the same boat with my sensation being completely unresponsive.

You could factory reset it:
From the manual:
If you can’t turn HTC Sensation 4G on or access settings, you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on HTC Sensation 4G.
1. Remove the battery, wait for a few seconds, then reinsert the battery.
2. Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then briefly press the POWER button.
3. Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the VOLUME DOWN button.
4. Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET, and then press the POWER button."

Overlord-in-training said:
You could factory reset it:
From the manual:
If you can’t turn HTC Sensation 4G on or access settings, you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on HTC Sensation 4G.
1. Remove the battery, wait for a few seconds, then reinsert the battery.
2. Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then briefly press the POWER button.
3. Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the VOLUME DOWN button.
4. Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET, and then press the POWER button."
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It was stated that he can't access the bootloader, which is what is required for the "FACTORY RESET"...
There are a number of people reporting this issue. I've even experienced the issue after the device powered down due to a drained battery. Luckily I have a stand alone charger. I put the battery on the charger for about 15 minutes, put it back in the device and it was able to boot, charge, connect usb etc...
I tried for 20 minutes to get any response from the device before trying the charger.

No charging LED isn't a good sign.

There seem to be more and more people reporting with this problem these last few weeks. IT happened with mine....it was not battery drained cuz it went dead when battery was 100% charged. I've been trying to get input as to whether this is related to ROM or firmware we're flashing....but no one seem to know.
Nothing will work...ADB...battery out...etc...I've sent my phone back to HTC...waiting to see what happens.
There are at least 3-4 different post with the same problem the past few weeks.

newr said:
There seem to be more and more people reporting with this problem these last few weeks. IT happened with mine....it was not battery drained cuz it went dead when battery was 100% charged. I've been trying to get input as to whether this is related to ROM or firmware we're flashing....but no one seem to know.
Nothing will work...ADB...battery out...etc...I've sent my phone back to HTC...waiting to see what happens.
There are at least 3-4 different post with the same problem the past few weeks.
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What rom were you running when this happened?

GROGG88 said:
It was stated that he can't access the bootloader, which is what is required for the "FACTORY RESET"...
There are a number of people reporting this issue. I've even experienced the issue after the device powered down due to a drained battery. Luckily I have a stand alone charger. I put the battery on the charger for about 15 minutes, put it back in the device and it was able to boot, charge, connect usb etc...
I tried for 20 minutes to get any response from the device before trying the charger.
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Well what i did was that i had a brand new sensation, i got it s-offed, rooted, cwm, superCID. all that done following the guide here on XDA. i wanted to have the new elegancia ICS rom which required the 3.32 firmware with the 4ext recovery. I got the 4ext flashed and then flashed the 3.32 firmware which caused a bootloop. then i panicked and tried to put it back to stock. not realizing that it was prolly bootlooping due the stock rom not being compatible with that firmware (not positive if that caused the bootloop. just a guess) it bricked after trying to put it back to stock. nothing responds. computer doesnt recognize it. new battery doesnt to anything. no charging led. looking back on what i did. I was still able to get into the 4ext recovery when it was bootlooping. If i flashed a compatible rom while it was doing that would it have fixed the issue. can anyone confirm if the bootloop was caused due the the stock TMOUSA rom not being compatible with 3.32? Tmobile is going to send me a brand new one. I'd like that rom but dont wanna repeat the same mistake lol
Thanks

shawn0223 said:
Well what i did was that i had a brand new sensation, i got it s-offed, rooted, cwm, superCID. all that done following the guide here on XDA. i wanted to have the new elegancia ICS rom which required the 3.32 firmware with the 4ext recovery. I got the 4ext flashed and then flashed the 3.32 firmware which caused a bootloop. then i panicked and tried to put it back to stock. not realizing that it was prolly bootlooping due the stock rom not being compatible with that firmware (not positive if that caused the bootloop. just a guess) it bricked after trying to put it back to stock. nothing responds. computer doesnt recognize it. new battery doesnt to anything. no charging led. looking back on what i did. I was still able to get into the 4ext recovery when it was bootlooping. If i flashed a compatible rom while it was doing that would it have fixed the issue. can anyone confirm if the bootloop was caused due the the stock TMOUSA rom not being compatible with 3.32? Tmobile is going to send me a brand new one. I'd like that rom but dont wanna repeat the same mistake lol
Thanks
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Yep, it was because stock was incompatible with that fw, happened to me two weeks ago when I got my sensation and I started tinkering, I flashed opensensation and I was good to go
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g

yahhboy said:
Yep, it was because stock was incompatible with that fw, happened to me two weeks ago when I got my sensation and I started tinkering, I flashed opensensation and I was good to go
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
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so if i do the same process and go flash the new rom right after flashing the fw. i shouldnt have a problem right?

tjamaican said:
What rom were you running when this happened?
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I installed 6.6.2 Revolution. It booted fine after I installed the ROM...so unlike some others, the installation seems to worked fine. I was able to run Titanium and restalled all the programs....but then when I talked on the phone....it became unresponsive and shutdown and never turned on again

Having similar problem.........only thing my phone just vibrates......the led is red for couple seconds when charger is connected

dreaddie101 said:
Having similar problem.........only thing my phone just vibrates......the led is red for couple seconds when charger is connected
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WEll..if your phone lights up or have some response.maybe you can still do something by connecting to computer. Mine was completely unresponsive...and can't be detected on computer!

Maybe it's an overclock issue? I've read on different threads that there may be a motherboard issue. The sensation is known for overheating. Maybe it's frying the motherboard.
What frequency were you guys running and was your phones randomly shutting down before it became unresponsive?

i think we guyz got the same problem :S its just turned off with a constant beep
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1624293

shawn0223 said:
so if i do the same process and go flash the new rom right after flashing the fw. i shouldnt have a problem right?
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Yes you should be fine, just make a backup of stock in case something goes wrong when you flash your first rom
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g

yahhboy said:
Yes you should be fine, just make a backup of stock in case something goes wrong when you flash your first rom
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
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Awesome, I just got my new sensation yesterday. Worked like a charm.
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shawn0223 said:
Awesome, I just got my new sensation yesterday. Worked like a charm.
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Oh and thanks lol

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.
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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

Sensation not turning on

I've looked every for a solution to this problem and I never could find a similar case or an answer. I am running Viper on my sensation (specs in sig) and heading back home my phone just shutdown. I turned it back on and it stayed on splash screen. So I took out the battery and now it won't turn on. I have 3 other battery's and they're fully charged. Sometimes I can get it to Bootloader, but once I go into recovery it shuts down. Sometimes it just won't even boot. The orange light doesn't even show when I connect it to the charger either with battery is in. Can someone help me get a solution because I don't think I can send this if it still unlocked, rooted, and have a ROM.

HTC Sensation not boot up
its the same happened for my HTC sensation
unlock my HTC sensation 4G s-off
after getting into recovery - install from sdcard - superwipe
then reboot than htc sensation I can not boot up again
- Charge my battery on an external
- Move sd card and sim card
but it will not turn on / get into bootloader
help me

Rudiaman said:
its the same happened for my HTC sensation
unlock my HTC sensation 4G s-off
after getting into recovery - install from sdcard - superwipe
then reboot than htc sensation I can not boot up again
- Charge my battery on an external
- Move sd card and sim card
but it will not turn on / get into bootloader
help me
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Hold the VolDown button then press the Power button. You'll get into the bootloader and just go into the Recovery.

richie390 said:
I've looked every for a solution to this problem and I never could find a similar case or an answer. I am running Viper on my sensation (specs in sig) and heading back home my phone just shutdown. I turned it back on and it stayed on splash screen. So I took out the battery and now it won't turn on. I have 3 other battery's and they're fully charged. Sometimes I can get it to Bootloader, but once I go into recovery it shuts down. Sometimes it just won't even boot. The orange light doesn't even show when I connect it to the charger either with battery is in. Can someone help me get a solution because I don't think I can send this if it still unlocked, rooted, and have a ROM.
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Rudiaman said:
its the same happened for my HTC sensation
unlock my HTC sensation 4G s-off
after getting into recovery - install from sdcard - superwipe
then reboot than htc sensation I can not boot up again
- Charge my battery on an external
- Move sd card and sim card
but it will not turn on / get into bootloader
help me
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Put a small piece of paper behind the battery in order to make it fit in more tightly; that way we can see whether or not the problem is being caused by a faulty connection to the battery pins. Also, all Sensations don't charge when they are at the htc splash screen nor when they are in the bootloader.

I have Put a small piece of paper behind the battery, but my sensation not boot at all... first i want to install viper ROM, i have try 5 times but it boot-loop, than i install super-wipe, but wrong super-wipe,
htc sensation I can not turn on it at all
i think the boot-loader error when i install wrong super-wipe (i install superwipe for htc wildfire)

Rudiaman said:
I have Put a small piece of paper behind the battery, but my sensation not boot at all... first i want to install viper ROM, i have try 5 times but it boot-loop, than i install super-wipe, but wrong super-wipe,
htc sensation I can not turn on it at all
i think the boot-loader error when i install wrong super-wipe (i install superwipe for htc wildfire)
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using wrong superwipe is the problem ...it might have wiped important partitions and thus bootup failed .... only Jtag is the solution i think ..
you need to go to any local shop who have jtag and try to flash firmware using jtag