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[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

Solid amber light with no/long boot

I know this title comes up a lot but I can't seem to find my problem.
I wanted to go back to the stock rom and I used the proper RUU but totally forgot to use the S-ON tool before hand. It installed successfully but now I get a solid amber light and so far I got my inspire to boot once only to get stuck on the splash screen with it vibrating non-stop.
And now it just vibrated once, went to a black screen and then shut off. I really don't know what to do since I can't even get to HBOOT nor will the computer recognize it.
I've done numerous batter/sim card pulls as well as clean them out.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Have you tried booting into the bootloader and doing a factory reset?
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA

I think he was referring to the bootloader as HBOOT. I had this problem while rooting my sisters Inspire. Might be a corrupted bootloader.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

lay012 said:
I think he was referring to the bootloader as HBOOT. I had this problem while rooting my sisters Inspire. Might be a corrupted bootloader.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium
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Last I remember my bootloader was TWRP which I guess I had accidentally installed somehow. If you think its a corrupted bootloader how would I go about solving this, if there is a solution?

moutansos said:
Have you tried booting into the bootloader and doing a factory reset?
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA
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Never do a factory reset on a S-OFF device....it will jam u up.
greggyt79 said:
Last I remember my bootloader was TWRP which I guess I had accidentally installed somehow. If you think its a corrupted bootloader how would I go about solving this, if there is a solution?
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It seems that the RUU you flashed was a Froyo one and your phone was running GB so you messed the bootloader. Hit the Hack Kit IRC channel (is in the OP thread) and we will lend u a hand to fix that....

Alright so I went to the IRC and they told me they couldn't help because it did not deal with the hack kit, fair enough.
I have been able to get the phone to boot after waiting for about 10 minutes but I cannot get to the bootloader. I tried rooting the phone again this way I can turn s-on then flash the stock rom again but the phone ends up not being detected half way through the process.
I really don't know what else to do...
Forgot to mention, now my inspire boots but then fades to a greyed out screen. My computer recognizes the phone as something occupying the usb port but is not accessible. Wish the phone had a physical reset button somewhere that i can poke with a paperclip...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA

greggyt79 said:
Alright so I went to the IRC and they told me they couldn't help because it did not deal with the hack kit, fair enough.
I have been able to get the phone to boot after waiting for about 10 minutes but I cannot get to the bootloader. I tried rooting the phone again this way I can turn s-on then flash the stock rom again but the phone ends up not being detected half way through the process.
I really don't know what else to do...
Forgot to mention, now my inspire boots but then fades to a greyed out screen. My computer recognizes the phone as something occupying the usb port but is not accessible. Wish the phone had a physical reset button somewhere that i can poke with a paperclip...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA
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Greggyt, Hit the IRC Channel again,.....it was a rough day and we were a bit pissed. I just connected after you were gone....=0) just hit the channel again....

glevitan said:
Greggyt, Hit the IRC Channel again,.....it was a rough day and we were a bit pissed. I just connected after you were gone....=0) just hit the channel again....
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I will get back on the IRC this evening when I get home from work thanks again!!!

Does it say anything about QHUSB_DLOAD USB device being connected?

I ran into a similar problem not too long ago, immediate vibrating followed by a solid amber light and no phone activity (nothing on the screen at all). I knew I had a backup in Recovery, but I couldn't even get into recovery.
In order to work around this, I did the following steps.
1. Deleted the PD98IMG file from my SD card (so I could get to recovery once I made it to the bootloader).
2. Take out the battery, then put it back in.
3. Plug in the phone, and let it sit for a few minutes.
4. Start into bootloader (hold power + Volume Down)
Now, in my case I was just trying to get back into recovery. if you don't have a working recovery, or no ROM to flash, you'll want to grab a few RUU 's to try from the bootloader. Try stock GB first, then try a stock Froyo just for the heck of it.
Hope this helps! Good luck to anyone else that's stumbled into this problem.
side note: I've also heard of this "power problem" occurring to other people without bootloops or screwed up bootloaders: which is solved by doing steps 2 and 3, then it'll boot up normally.

help
im having same issue i have gb stock and i accidtly did froyo ruu phones power bottun does nothing i have to plug it into computer and it will get solid amber light then eventually it either brings up battery charge icon and then if i press power button or unplug it. it just shuts off the i plug it back in and wait sometimes white htc screen comes up and it vibrates for a while then boots ad works like nothing is wrong but i cant flash gb ruu when i try to do that or re root and go to recovery to reistall ics that is on my sd as soon as phone restarts during process it doesnt reboot then i have to go threw whole procss of trying to get it to boot back up

glevitan said:
Never do a factory reset on a S-OFF device....it will jam u up.
It seems that the RUU you flashed was a Froyo one and your phone was running GB so you messed the bootloader. Hit the Hack Kit IRC channel (is in the OP thread) and we will lend u a hand to fix that....
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im new to this site but i did exactly what you said in your post and now my inspire wont reboot unless i go threw a few hour process of plugin my phone in and i get solid amber light for like 5 min then a battery charge screen comes up then i have to unplug my phone and plug it back in the last time i did this it took about 8 hours of tryin until it finally got amber light for like 5 min then started vibrating for a min or 2 then it booted up and its bin workin fine for like a week now ive tried to reflash gingerbread ruu ive tried doin upgrade from my phone and tried reroot but as soon as it shuts down to start upgrade my phone is off and wont reboot

7 Vibrations and Nothing happens

So, I have a friend's HTC Desire S with me, which won't boot and all it does is 7 vibrations (Fastboot, normal boot). I've searched through this forum as well as the web and found no serious soultion offered. Some say to place the mobile in a fridge and some to put it inside owen. The solutions offered are pretty old, so I'm just checking if there's a permanent solution for this 7 vibration and nothing happens issue. The phone was bricked when an official upgrade from GB to ICS was announced some months before. The update was complete and when my friend removed the usb from the mobile, it bricked. Any help would be much appreciated.

Can you get it into fastboot, can you get adb to recognise it?
“Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.”*―*Mae West

jugg1es said:
Can you get it into fastboot, can you get adb to recognise it?
“Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.”*―*Mae West
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Nopes. The phone won't charge, no LED.
I have Desire_S_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0 by Hasoon2000 and when I try to flash a rom or a recovery, the device is not detected!

htc desire s upgrade to ICS fail - unable to recover
I have been facing problem ! I was upgrading my htc desire s to ICS which was previously running on gingerbread. I had downloaded the RUU from htc dev website. Half-way through the process, the application stopped running on my PC. Ever since then my phone won't turn on. I am not able to recover the device. The PC is unable to detect it and I'm not able to charge it.. (the LED won't turn on). I also tried to turn it on by holding the power button and the volume down button together but it still won't turn on. Is there anything I can try before I send it to the htc service center ? Is it fixable at all ? The phone was in perfect condition before I tried to upgrade it. I would really appreciate any help in this regard..
mathbalaji said:
Nopes. The phone won't charge, no LED.
I have Desire_S_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0 by Hasoon2000 and when I try to flash a rom or a recovery, the device is not detected!
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susrutha g said:
I have been facing problem ! I was upgrading my htc desire s to ICS which was previously running on gingerbread. I had downloaded the RUU from htc dev website. Half-way through the process, the application stopped running on my PC. Ever since then my phone won't turn on. I am not able to recover the device. The PC is unable to detect it and I'm not able to charge it.. (the LED won't turn on). I also tried to turn it on by holding the power button and the volume down button together but it still won't turn on. Is there anything I can try before I send it to the htc service center ? Is it fixable at all ? The phone was in perfect condition before I tried to upgrade it. I would really appreciate any help in this regard..
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The program not respondibg is normal! U made a mistake, try changing the battery and turn it on with fastboot mode
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app

Bricked my phone?

So I was trying to revert back to stock on my One X. I flashed stock recovery, re locked the phone and then downloaded the newest update from HTC's website. Everything went according to plan until the update finished and my phone no longer worked. It appears to turn on based on when i plug it into my computer it makes the "hey you plugged in a USB device" sound and when I long hold the power button it makes the disconnect sound. There is no display whatsoever.
What I have tried.
- Cannot boot into recovery
- Cannot get adb to recognize my device
- Cannot get fastboot to recognize my device
- Charged with HTC power brick and cable for 24 hours to validate it wasn't dead. No charge light while charging
Seems unlikely, but does anyone have any idea? Thanks in advance!

Sounds like a hardware problem, if the display/charge light don't turn on at all :S

Doesn't sound like hardware at all to me, sounds like user error. What ROM were you on when you flashed the OTA?
Sent from my Evita

If you were SuperCID, S-on, and tried to flash the Jellybean update, you are bricked, per my PSA sticky at the top of General. If this is the case, time to JTAG.
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app

Bricked Sensation 4g (tmobile)

Hi guys, I was letting my phone charge, and when I checked it a few hours later, it wouldn't turn on, the orange light is NOT blinking/on, and I haven't rooted the phone or installed any custom firmwares. I got the phone "New" on ebay, and I've been using it for like 2 months now. I searched around the web for a solution, and some people recommended removing the battery, putting the battery in and holding VOL DOWN and POWER at the same time, and for some reason, I got it into the white screen with colored words on it. I did a Factory reset, and it got me back to the HTC home screen but it went back to a bootloop and now wont turn on anymore (strange)
Anyways, now i can't even go back into the recovery mode. I haven't rooted/modded this phone since I got it, so it's kind of weird to see this happen. I'm assuming the previous owner might have messed around with it and screwed it up? What should I do at this point?

is it the phone still can turn on and go to bootloader..?
if so..maybe you can try flashing and replace it with a new RUU stock..
firstly you must know what cid and software version of your phone..to do that..you can follow this guide
if your phone still don't want turn on...you can try replace it with different battery..
hope this help..

JJeamy said:
is it the phone still can turn on and go to bootloader..?
if so..maybe you can try flashing and replace it with a new RUU stock..
firstly you must know what cid and software version of your phone..to do that..you can follow this guide
if your phone still don't want turn on...you can try replace it with different battery..
hope this help..
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Not anymore, it can't go into bootloader anymore. It could yesterday but no matter how many times I try it, it won't go into bootloader anymore :\

hyudryu said:
Not anymore, it can't go into bootloader anymore. It could yesterday but no matter how many times I try it, it won't go into bootloader anymore :\
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try this, eject you battery sim and sd card and charge your phone without them for few hours or overnight , after that reinsert them and try to power on the phone

Mile_zdr said:
try this, eject you battery sim and sd card and charge your phone without them for few hours or overnight , after that reinsert them and try to power on the phone
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Still nothing The orange LED doesn't come on/flash anything. The phone can't turn on and it's just dead now.

hyudryu said:
Still nothing The orange LED doesn't come on/flash anything. The phone can't turn on and it's just dead now.
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did you already try using different battery..?

hyudryu said:
Still nothing The orange LED doesn't come on/flash anything. The phone can't turn on and it's just dead now.
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check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522351