Database Info

[Q] Strange Charging Issue

Hi. I have a S-OFF'd, T-Mobile USA Sensation, Im using Leedroid Sensational 1.0 (cwm 4.0.1.5). My phone died, I tried to reboot it, it did turn on for a few seconds. When trying to charge it, it flashes the led light quickly, progressively becoming slower, then the screen flashes white then sits at a blank, black screen for a few seconds, then seems to turn off (screen turns off and led light stops showing up). The device doesnt get hot, so it cant be the charger overheating. I also cant boot into HBOOT. Any ideas?
EDIT: Left it on the charge all night, still does not turn on, it's got to be that the charging issue is still present (or actually, worse) in CWM 4.0.1.5.
EDIT2: I have tried rebooting it via adb, but the computer doesn't detect it.

Do u have cwm 4.0.1.5
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

I have the 4.0.1.5 recovery and my phone wont even charge now (offline). I doesnt have enough juice to even power up so now im screwed.

simplytheone said:
Do u have cwm 4.0.1.5
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes CWM 4.0.1.5

Mine did this out of the box, I'm just now trying to get something out of it. Otherwise this pos is going back to htc...
Its worth mentioning that there is a red infared type light above "htc" that fades with the red l.e.d.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Yes, I have the same issue as of this morning. After installing new CWM. It was charging fine before. Last night I let the battery discharge completely and had it on the charger all night.
When I woke up the LED light was off. Upon unplugging the charger and plugging it back in the LED light blinks (orange) a few times and then it goes off.
I can't turn the phone on at all.
EDIT: Looks like it's the issue with the latest CWM. Here is another thread with the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16241725#post16241725
I'm gonna buy a new battery and see it the phone boots back up.

Phone boots with a new battery, just got an HTC one from radio shack.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005C...=AKIAJMJLJ4O5MRRW6UTA&creativeASIN=B005C2BVFO
Think this would work? It charges the battery externally.

Yea it would work externally, provided your battery is ok... Buy a battery just to be sure. They have always come with atleast a trickle of charge in my past experiences. If it boots, flash the stock pyramid ruu. If not, id say either the new battery is dead (rarely) or your sensation is dead. Or buy an external charger, then send it for repair.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

crx4xharder said:
Yea it would work externally, provided your battery is ok... Buy a battery just to be sure. They have always come with atleast a trickle of charge in my past experiences. If it boots, flash the stock pyramid ruu. If not, id say either the new battery is dead (rarely) or your sensation is dead. Or buy an external charger, then send it for repair.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Reading other users posts, I think this is an issue from CWM 4.0.1.5, not a hardware issue, but thanks for letting me know.

Im currently rocking the same setup thanks for letting me know about this ill keep an eye on my battery life. Until ClockWorkMod fixes itt

Yup same issue here. Will be buying new battery and/or battery charger to resolve.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA Premium App

I bought a few batteries and an external charger just in case my battery is also fried, although be aware that most of them on the net look like cheap china batteries, so they probably aren't actually 1600MAh.
I honestly think this is BS. It's costing me $16 just to get my phone to boot, I hope Koush or someone else can actually fix the charging issue by CWM 4.0.1.6.

Definitely CWM issue. If your battery is completely discharged, as mine was this morning, here is how to charge your battery without the phone.
It does work. I just charged mine enough to boot up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198585

Sensation just killed itself.

Well it looks like my sensation just killed itself and has gone to the mobile phone graveyard in the sky.
It was on about 85% battery just lying on the side, not charging, then suddenly the screen flashes, it turns itself off and then nothing.
I take the battery out for a while, put it back in , nothing. I connect the charger, it doesn't even light up to suggest it's charging.
Absolutely dead and it's 100% stock with no mods.. Oh well. Off to the HTC shop tomorrow..

Maybe the battery is completely dead. Try charging it for an hour, unplug the charger, and see if you could turn it on.

Can you get to the bootloader?

Try holding down the power button longer. Mine used to require a very long press to turn on.
Matt

held power button for 5 minutes and nothing lol
It had 85% battery then woosh.. a flicker.. and nothing

Sorry to hear that.. keep us updated.

Sorry to hear.. that suxx.. R.I.P poor Sensation

that's a sensational headline

Maybe it overheated. A friend's thunderbolt overheated and wouldn't turn on for almost 3 hours.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App

Well done HTC you done it again.

I think mine just did the same thing. WTF? I am rooted, flashed Android Revolution HD 1.1.7. Everything seemed fine. It reloaded all of my apps automatically and everything was fine. Was messing around in my office and went to check it and I was getting the "black screen" when I tried to wake it. Pulled the battery and it won't come on at all. Can't get into the bootloader or anything. Have it plugged into my computer with the USB and the LED indicator was flashing a few times, my computer recognizes it off and on but it has alerted me a couple of times now. Weird. I will leave it off for a little while and see if I can boot it back up.

masse1369 said:
I think mine just did the same thing. WTF? I am rooted, flashed Android Revolution HD 1.1.7. Everything seemed fine. It reloaded all of my apps automatically and everything was fine. Was messing around in my office and went to check it and I was getting the "black screen" when I tried to wake it. Pulled the battery and it won't come on at all. Can't get into the bootloader or anything. Have it plugged into my computer with the USB and the LED indicator was flashing a few times, my computer recognizes it off and on but it has alerted me a couple of times now. Weird. I will leave it off for a little while and see if I can boot it back up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same situation with my phone. I also added the black and white circle batterymod from themes and apps section. I got it to boot when its on wall charger. Seems that itdrained the battery from about 75% to 0% in about 7 hours of idling when I was sleeping, luckily the alarm still worked, but the screen didn't go on before wall charging.
Hope this helps. Going to flash some other ROM, god I miss CM7.

What version of clockwork recovery do you have?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App

I'm pretty sure I had the .1.5...

kripwalk said:
What version of clockwork recovery do you have?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have v4.0.1.5

Mine died too. Overnight when it was plugged in. Woke up no lights, no LED's when i plugged it in. Manually charged the battery with a spliced USB cable till it was at 4 volts... nothing. Brought it in to the store they tried a spare battery... sucker was totally non responsive.
HTC warranty phone should be here Wednesday... until then... loaner flip phone!

gbear14275 said:
Mine died too. Overnight when it was plugged in. Woke up no lights, no LED's when i plugged it in. Manually charged the battery with a spliced USB cable till it was at 4 volts... nothing. Brought it in to the store they tried a spare battery... sucker was totally non responsive.
HTC warranty phone should be here Wednesday... until then... loaner flip phone!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That sounds like mine, apart from the charging bit
Took it to the HTC shop and they have to send it away to their "techie" people to confirm it's "dead dead" before they will replace.
Should be 10 days, could be 30.
If i'd bought it online from them apparently i'd have more rights and they'd replace on the spot.... nice......
Didn't even get a loan phone and this is one of HTC's "brand" shops, even detailed on their site. (

So not only you can have death grip and unresponsive screen...but now it's the whole phone that die??
How the hell I am supposed to switch from sgs2, I am too scared now

vegetaleb said:
So not only you can have death grip and unresponsive screen...but now it's the whole phone that die??
How the hell I am supposed to switch from sgs2, I am too scared now
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why do you bother, just stick with your Samsung, I bet you are really happy with that one.

99% of the people here have no problems, so I wouldn't base your choice on this situation
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App

[Q] Sensation wont boot, only backlight sometimes

Hi.
My sensation wont turn on. It was low on battery, and suddenly it went black. When i connect it to a charger, nothing happens, only sometimes the backlight turns on.
I have tried another battery, and that wont work either.
I had cm7.1.0 kang7, and it has been fine all the time until now.
Cant find it in adb or fastboot.
Is it a brick, or are there something i not have been thinking of?

How long have you let it sit on the charger undisturbed
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using XDA

Yesterday i had it in the charger over night, but the LED still wont turn on...
I tried the battery in another phone, and that works just fine.

hakonl said:
Yesterday i had it in the charger over night, but the LED still wont turn on...
I tried the battery in another phone, and that works just fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you get into the bootloader
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using XDA

No. If i pull the battery and leave it out for some minutes, the screen backlight turns on when i plug it in again and tap the powerbutton. Then, it stays on for a couple of minutes, before it goes all black again.

hakonl said:
No. If i pull the battery and leave it out for some minutes, the screen backlight turns on when i plug it in again and tap the powerbutton. Then, it stays on for a couple of minutes, before it goes all black again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmmmm, that's weird... You might want and tell them what's going on and see if you can get a replacement under warranty... With it not booting up, you shouldn't have to worry about them finding out that it is rooted, if yours is
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA

Does adb detect your phone?
Swyped From My Sensation.

No, adb does not detect it. I will try to get it fixed through warranty, even tho i ordered a new One x yesterday.

hakonl said:
No, adb does not detect it. I will try to get it fixed through warranty, even tho i ordered a new One x yesterday.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Some users have reported that their phone has shut off like you and their phone never worked since then seems like your just unlucky :/
Swyped From My Sensation.

HTC Battery Empty before Flashing

Hi Folks,
I tried to flash my HTC One X for the first time, but I didn't pay attention the battery level, which was rather low.
Therefore, I'm stuck on the main screen with a message stating "Battery too low to flash"...
And every time I run the famous .Bat, with the following code:
//-------------------------------------------
@echo off
:start
fastboot getvar battery-voltage
fastboot reboot-bootloader
ping \n 6 localhost >nul
goto start
//--------------------------------------------
It carries out only 1 iteration and the phone turns off, no way to turn it on back again.
The battery was working nicely before I flash, therefore, I don't think that the problem comes from there.
Any help out there would be much appreciated !
Many thanks in advance !!!

Any reason you can't charge the phone while it's off?
Sent from my HTC One XL

Are you getting a red LED when you plug it in?

iElvis said:
Are you getting a red LED when you plug it in?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I get a red LED when I plug it in but I remain stucked into that white screen with HTC logo 'Quietly Brilliant'...
The red LED is fixed, though. Is this a good sign or something?
Any reason you can't charge the phone while it's off?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess because I changed the initial rom by another one and tried to flash it whereas it was on low battery..

Any help about what to do there would be grandly appreciated. To be honest, I've no damn clue about am I supposed to do there...
Many thanks in advance..

Let phone charge for about an hour. Then boot into bootloader and select recovery. Once in recovery flash the rom again. Hope this helps.

MadFrenchie said:
Yeah I get a red LED when I plug it in but I remain stucked into that white screen with HTC logo 'Quietly Brilliant'...
The red LED is fixed, though. Is this a good sign or something?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's good. If it stays on, it's charging and you're not bricked. Just leave it overnight and try again tomorrow. You should have a full charge by then.

Thanks for the tips folks.
I will let you know tomorrow whether it worked out or not.
Many thanks again !
iElvis said:
It's good. If it stays on, it's charging and you're not bricked. Just leave it overnight and try again tomorrow. You should have a full charge by then.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

MadFrenchie said:
Thanks for the tips folks.
I will let you know tomorrow whether it worked out or not.
Many thanks again !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Be sure to click the Thanks button for anyone who helped.

Damn, after 1-2 hours, it stopped charging and the Red Led turned off ! .. Any reason for that? What could I do to hijack that??.. Thank you

Did you get a green led or did the red just go out?

iElvis said:
Did you get a green led or did the red just go out?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unfortunately no green led, the red went out... : /

Maybe you bumped the cable. Unplug it, wait 5 minutes and plug it back in.
2 hours should be enough to charge it to experiment/flash with the phone. HTC recommends 30% battery or more to update firmware. 2 hours should have got you more than that.
Sent from my HTC One XL

ECEXCURSION said:
Maybe you bumped the cable. Unplug it, wait 5 minutes and plug it back in.
2 hours should be enough to charge it to experiment/flash with the phone. HTC recommends 30% battery or more to update firmware. 2 hours should have got you more than that.
Sent from my HTC One XL
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cheers for the tip but I haven't touched the cable at all, and this is not the first time things happen that way... Every ~1.30H - 2H, it stops charging and the red led turns off (black). Whereas my battery was working very nicely before I attempt to flash it.. :/
Therefore, no absolute way to reach those damn 30%.. any other idea to get them? Thanks a lot.

Just leave it in boot loader and let it charge for 2 hours... The inspire I'm trying to figure out charges fastest in boot loader lol
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

InflatedTitan said:
Just leave it in boot loader and let it charge for 2 hours... The inspire I'm trying to figure out charges fastest in boot loader lol
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I gess you mean by 'boatloader' that white screen with 3 or 4 functionalities ? Should I charge it on USB or on the electric plug?
Thank you for helping newbies like me.

MadFrenchie said:
I gess you mean by 'boatloader' that white screen with 3 or 4 functionalities ? Should I charge it on USB or on the electric plug?
Thank you for helping newbies like me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wall plug is fastest way to charge
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app

MadFrenchie said:
I gess you mean by 'boatloader' that white screen with 3 or 4 functionalities ? Should I charge it on USB or on the electric plug?
Thank you for helping newbies like me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, that's what he means. Charge with the wall plug. (It will charge twice as fast)

Unfortunately It didn't work, I let it charge the whole night but without any success: No red Light (No green one either), just a black led with no color...
Thanks for any help !

Any idea to figure it out? Being with no phone since 2 weeks doesn't help, I'm about to give up.. Many thanks in advance !

[SOLVED][Q] HTC Sensation won't turn on

On Monday night I used the Juopunut bear S-OFF method successfully and then installed ClockworkMod Recovery and Cyanogen Mod 10. It was working like a dream I absolutely loved it. I restarted it many times etc and it worked completely fine, I had zero issues. However last night, I turned the phone off and then plugged it in to charge. When I woke up this morning I cannot turn it on, no matter what I do. When I plug it in to the charger the orange light turns on for about 1 second and then turns off. Is my phone bricked? Is my battery dead? Thanks in advance

kinglime said:
On Monday night I used the Juopunut bear S-OFF method successfully and then installed ClockworkMod Recovery and Cyanogen Mod 10. It was working like a dream I absolutely loved it. I restarted it many times etc and it worked completely fine, I had zero issues. However last night, I turned the phone off and then plugged it in to charge. When I woke up this morning I cannot turn it on, no matter what I do. When I plug it in to the charger the orange light turns on for about 1 second and then turns off. Is my phone bricked? Is my battery dead? Thanks in advance
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
try to boot into bootloader
if it enters then it is not bricked
and try this
remove battery,sim and sdcard and charge the device as it is for 5-6 hours
put them back and switch the device on
best wishes

rzr86 said:
try to boot into bootloader
if it enters then it is not bricked
and try this
remove battery,sim and sdcard and charge the device as it is for 5-6 hours
put them back and switch the device on
best wishes
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm pretty sure it's not bricked. I've left it plugged in to my pc and the charing light is now flashing! I have hope that it will be ok How can you charge the phone without the battery?

kinglime said:
I'm pretty sure it's not bricked. I've left it plugged in to my pc and the charing light is now flashing! I have hope that it will be ok How can you charge the phone without the battery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the device itself has a little energy stored in case when the battery is fully uncharged
ok then if the led is showing red now boot to bootloader and select reboot
see how it goes

rzr86 said:
the device itself has a little energy stored in case when the battery is fully uncharged
ok then if the led is showing red now boot to bootloader and select reboot
see how it goes
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's blinking orange every second, not completely charging. Should I just let it do that for 10 or 20 min? This is with the battery in btw

kinglime said:
It's blinking orange every second, not completely charging. Should I just let it do that for 10 or 20 min? This is with the battery in btw
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeap leave it for a while

It works!
After letting it charge for about 20min while the orange led blinked on and off every second I unplugged it, held down the power button, and the beautiful HTC logo illuminated across my screen. I'm now up and running and the device is charging. I'm very glad I didn't buy a new battery for $40. I'm hoping this will never happen again but if it does I won't be alarmed. If anyone out there is having a similar issue do not fret!

Problems with HTC Sensation
My HTC Sensation has become unusable due to faults that have recently developed. I sent it off to HTC but apparently it has 'water damage' even though I've always been incredibly careful with it and never dropped it in a puddle or anything.
I'm new to this website so I'm not sure how to go about getting advice.
If someone could help me on how to get some answers it would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

I dropped my mobile in water, dried it with hair dryer left it fir a week and then it started again.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda app-developers app