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Reset sensation without pulling battery!

Hi all,
If you need to reset your sensation just hold vol+, vol- and power together and keep them held until the phone reboots - usually a couple of seconds.
Much easier than pulling the back off and removing the battery.
Mod - please add to the stickies.
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bull****. u cant hold power + and - at the same time. the rocker will break

shiningarmor said:
bull****. u cant hold power + and - at the same time. the rocker will break
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No, it will not. This is normal procedure for all htc smartphone for reset!!
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naimmkassim said:
No, it will not. This is normal procedure for all htc smartphone for reset!!
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all? im not sure whether if it's all.. my incredible s cant do that. it felt as if the rockers are going to break lol

Yea not all HTC the vision is sensor pad and power, but the 2 volume is common and will not break either Samsung phones use same key combo

Tested and working. Thanks.

shiningarmor said:
bull****. u cant hold power + and - at the same time. the rocker will break
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Indeed working fine, tested and restarted the phone about 5s after i pressed the buttons.

This doesnt always work, but will most of the time. Last night I had to pull the battery since this method wasnt working. Its worth a try before doing a battery pull though.
Matt

mrg02d said:
This doesnt always work, but will most of the time. Last night I had to pull the battery since this method wasnt working. Its worth a try before doing a battery pull though.
Matt
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Another method is to just use ADB commands to reboot or reboot into recovery. IE: adb reboot or adb reboot recovery.
I had to do this when recovery stops responding.

Ummm... By the time you have counted to 5 and hoping the phone resets, you could have clicked back off, pulled batt and clicked cover back on.
If you are quick

Just tried it - works pretty well. Thanks for the tip.

If you look in this section, there are people losing their volume rockers or disturbing the connections between battery cover and body by repeatedly removing and refitting the battery cover.
This way, there's no risk to the phone.
Plus, you can reset the phone easily if it's inside a case.
You're welcome to keep pulling the back off though if it makes you happy.
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shiningarmor said:
bull****. u cant hold power + and - at the same time. the rocker will break
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Why the foul language?? Its working great...
DUDE, do you even have an HTC Sensation????

Worked on mine. Thanks for the tip.
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N10AP said:
Ummm... By the time you have counted to 5 and hoping the phone resets, you could have clicked back off, pulled batt and clicked cover back on.
If you are quick
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Do you have a Sensation? Did you see how the cover looks? Don't you think that removing it frequently will cause damage?
Oh yeah, and removing it is really "fast" and "convenient" if you use a gel case.

22VIN said:
Do you have a Sensation? Did you see how the cover looks? Don't you think that removing it frequently will cause damage?
Oh yeah, and removing it is really "fast" and "convenient" if you use a gel case.
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Wow take a chill pill mate! Only having a joke!
Yes I do have a Sensation. It has a lovely screen protector on it, it is rooted / running ARHD and it has one of them clicky leather pouches that you get for £2.50 off Donington Market. More to the point, I have been repairing Steve Jobs equipment for erm... Years now!
Low post count doesn`t imply that the person is a muppet! Indeed, you could learn a thing or two my friend in Bucharest...
Some phones are not designed to be hard resetted in the way the OP describes, but yes it is an excellent tip.

My post doesn't mention any other phones and is only posted in this section, so I'm only talking about the Sensation. I haven't tried this on any other device so I can't say if it works on any other phone.
All I said is it's an easier way of performing a hard reset on a HTC Sensation or HTC Sensation XE without removing any parts.
I'm no expert, I'm just sharing a tip I found. Use it, don't use it, it's absolutely fine by me whatever anyone chooses to do.
Chill, people.
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Jedi2011 said:
All I said is it's an easier way of performing a hard reset on a HTC Sensation or HTC Sensation XE without removing any parts.
Chill, people.
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+1 This is working great at sensation and let's stay at it.
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Thanks, almost saves lifes heheh. Pulling the back cover can be a pain sometimes.

[Q] I can't shut my phone down! just restarts!! PLEASE HELP

running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??

To simulate battery pull hold power button it will blink a few times then turn off. Also disable fast boot in power options.
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kleeman7 said:
To simulate battery pull hold power button it will blink a few times then turn off. Also disable fast boot in power options.
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does this work on custom roms also?

Its hardware coded. Works all the time
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fluxgfx said:
Its hardware coded. Works all the time
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Yup. Its meant to work all the time, in place of a battery pull.

theartialmartist said:
running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??
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I had this same problem today.
But the advice given above didn't work for me?
I had to do a factory reset on the phone.
Then the trick to shutting down the phone is to do it BEFORE you set up the phone, immediately after the first bootup.

Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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fluxgfx said:
Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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You sir are brave.

fluxgfx said:
Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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Not much of a "brick" if you can just recover from a backup.

Shoot, then i probably brick 4 or 5 times a week
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theartialmartist said:
running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??
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I also experienced this issue yesterday and was able to resolve the issue. Although I am running sick-sense, this might work for you to because I think the issue is kernel related. Try plugging your phone using the charger, and unplug it. see if it resolves your problem. Let us know if this helps so other who might encounter this issue have a fix.

[Q] No power One X - Wrong ROM install

I've did some searching on this and tried everything listed but I may have a unique case here. I had a buddy call me a couple days ago and tell me about his issue with his One X. I started digging on here and found a couple of tips and tried them all for him and no go.
I asked him what he was doing when this happened. It is a Rogers One X and he attempted to install a CM9 ROM for the international One X. He assumed a One X was a One X. I've only dabbled with my Galaxy Nexus and Transformer Prime, but I'm assuming this is the issue with his phone. Am I wrong?
Is there a way to fix it? I've had the phone for a couple of days and I can not get it to power up. The LED doesn't come on either when the usb cable is plugged in. I've tried a couple different chargers and cables and same result.
Hoping I can some how save this for him.

scrolanky said:
I've did some searching on this and tried everything listed but I may have a unique case here. I had a buddy call me a couple days ago and tell me about his issue with his One X. I started digging on here and found a couple of tips and tried them all for him and no go.
I asked him what he was doing when this happened. It is a Rogers One X and he attempted to install a CM9 ROM for the international One X. He assumed a One X was a One X. I've only dabbled with my Galaxy Nexus and Transformer Prime, but I'm assuming this is the issue with his phone. Am I wrong?
Is there a way to fix it? I've had the phone for a couple of days and I can not get it to power up. The LED doesn't come on either when the usb cable is plugged in. I've tried a couple different chargers and cables and same result.
Hoping I can some how save this for him.
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Damn bro. Thats messed up. U tried plugging it in to the pc? See if the pc recognizes it.
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Try that, and maybe open a cmd window and try some commands?
Fastboot reboot
Thats what i would try.
Edit....assuming u have a "fastboot" folder set up.
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try holding power for 10 seconds. do the capacitive lights flash?
Try holding vol down and pressing power for 3 seconds. Keep holding vol down... does it boot into hboot?
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ptesmoke said:
try holding power for 10 seconds. do the capacitive lights flash?
Try holding vol down and pressing power for 3 seconds. Keep holding vol down... does it boot into hboot?
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Tried this...dead. No response from it at all. Would the CM9 ROM push out a different boot.img file and that be the problem?

scrolanky said:
Tried this...dead. No response from it at all. Would the CM9 ROM push out a different boot.img file and that be the problem?
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yeah that's part of it.
does the phone show a light when it's charging? If NOT it's a brick.
If so, there might be a way to save it.
charge it fully
power it up holding the volume button DOWN. If you can get to the bootloader you're not bricked and can re-install the rogers firmware.

scrolanky said:
Tried this...dead. No response from it at all. Would the CM9 ROM push out a different boot.img file and that be the problem?
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yes...but it should still hit the bootloader, hell even recovery. try the same method with vol up instead... then plug into pc... see if there's any connection.
This thing takes forever to boot compared to me older devices. I'm thinking it's not totally off... try holding the power button for a long time... like 15 seconds +. see if any lights flash..
The trick is we need it in a full off state and power it up with vol down and power.
It could be in a kernel boot loop that you can't see anything.
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zounduser said:
Damn bro. Thats messed up. U tried plugging it in to the pc? See if the pc recognizes it.
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zounduser said:
Try that, and maybe open a cmd window and try some commands?
Fastboot reboot
Thats what i would try.
Edit....assuming u have a "fastboot" folder set up.
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Will try this right after work. Don't why I didn't think of this. I just kept trying to charge it. Leave it off for extended periods of time and hook it back up for extended periods. Will connect it tonight.
Thanks guys

gunnyman said:
yeah that's part of it.
does the phone show a light when it's charging? If NOT it's a brick.
If so, there might be a way to save it.
charge it fully
power it up holding the volume button DOWN. If you can get to the bootloader you're not bricked and can re-install the rogers firmware.
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no light at all right now when on the charger.

Does it power up? Hold down power and volume down.

gunnyman said:
Does it power up? Hold down power and volume down.
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Nope not at all. Other then voiding the warranty, which with the bootloader unlocked is probably voided already, I'm debating cracking into the case and unhooking the battery and rehooking it up.

If it's dead it has warranty

gunnyman said:
If it's dead it has warranty
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Yeah if they can't boot it they can't prove it's unlocked.
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alright so its hooked up to the comp, it detects it. It comes up with needing a QHSUSB_DLOAD driver. Did some Googing and tried some drivers, but it won't install. Any ideas? I'm hoping I can save this.

scrolanky said:
alright so its hooked up to the comp, it detects it. It comes up with needing a QHSUSB_DLOAD driver. Did some Googing and tried some drivers, but it won't install. Any ideas? I'm hoping I can save this.
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that's a brick.

Damn. Thanks for the info.

scrolanky said:
Damn. Thanks for the info.
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It actually might be recoverable, but it's a lot of work.
Do this.
On a linux machine, while plugged into usb - push and hold the power button for 10 seconds. Release it. IMMEDIATELY and REPEATEDLY do ls /dev/sd*
Do the ls over and over again (for around 20 seconds or so) and see if a bunch of new devices show up and subsequently disappear.
If they don't, push and hold power for another 10 seconds, release, repeat.
If you get devices to show up, it's recoverable.

He bricked, is a shame but that's the risk you take when you flash a ROM meant for another phone...

Juopunutbear is evil....

I tried Juopunutbear a few times then my phone just shut off. I can't turn it back on in anyway. I think I bricked it.... Is there a way to fix it?

That happened on my mytouch 4g slide, but I think I can help, can u boot into the hboot menu
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wiswis said:
That happened on my mytouch 4g slide, but I think I can help, can u boot into the hboot menu
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Nope I can't even power it on! It just does nothing. No power light nothing on the screen it seems like its one of those fake demo units at the stores.

lieudusty said:
Nope I can't even power it on! It just does nothing. No power light nothing on the screen it seems like its one of those fake demo units at the stores.
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****. I think u bricked. Try charging it
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Maybe you should read the troubleshooting section ?!?
Theres smth written like: If your phone wont turn on take out the battery , put it back in and charge it for 4-5 hours.
Juopunutbear isn't evil, its the only way to s-off our phones with hboot 1.2X.
-xLychee
Edit: read this http://unlimited.io/juopunutbear-public-beta-0-1/troubleshooting/
Edit2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
Scroll down to Troubleshoot

lieudusty said:
Nope I can't even power it on! It just does nothing. No power light nothing on the screen it seems like its one of those fake demo units at the stores.
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It's not bricked.. It sucked the internal power for now from the phone and went to deep sleep state.. Happens when you do too much of wire tricks fails..
The solution is remove battety, sim and sdcard... Then charge the phone overnight or at least 6-7 hours.. That will bring back phone to life
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ganeshp said:
It's not bricked.. It sucked the internal power for now from the phone and went to deep sleep state.. Happens when you do too much of wire tricks fails..
The solution is remove battety, sim and sdcard... Then charge the phone overnight or at least 6-7 hours.. That will bring back phone to life
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Thanks for the answer! It sounds right because I've been trying the wire trick for about 20 times or so..... Has this happened to you before?

Yeah that should work because that happened to me when I was trying to s-off my sensation. I just took the battery and everything or then charged it overnight then when I woke up turned it on, as good as new! I then tried the wire truck again and got it first time.
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I have read of this happening to other people also.I hear It's all about timing. I was fortunate to be able to soff through revolutionary but what I've read and seen is very much about getting that timing just right! I just wanted to wish you the best, once you get it finished you will be glad you did it. Good luck to you!
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ganeshp said:
It's not bricked.. It sucked the internal power for now from the phone and went to deep sleep state.. Happens when you do too much of wire tricks fails..
The solution is remove battety, sim and sdcard... Then charge the phone overnight or at least 6-7 hours.. That will bring back phone to life
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Well its still not working and it has been about 6 hours already. I'll try waiting a few more hours. Just to make sure, I do not put the battery in while charging it?

ganeshp said:
It's not bricked.. It sucked the internal power for now from the phone and went to deep sleep state.. Happens when you do too much of wire tricks fails..
The solution is remove battety, sim and sdcard... Then charge the phone overnight or at least 6-7 hours.. That will bring back phone to life
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Thanks so much for this solution! My phone is back up and running! I would give you 10 likes if I could but sadly I can only give you 1 like.

lieudusty said:
Thanks so much for this solution! My phone is back up and running! I would give you 10 likes if I could but sadly I can only give you 1 like.
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No problem.. Just check the troubleshoot point #3 for wire tricks tips.. It seems like you are struggling with wire trick..
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Can't get into hboot / recovery / fastboot

So, I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not.
I tried flashing XYLON.
Now, the phone gets stuck on the boot animation. I've been trying to get it to work for the last 12 hours. It either gets stuck on the boot animation, or on the "Android is updating" screen. I can't even get into the hboot to boot into recovery.
Can anyone recommend a course of action to bring my phone back to life?

taurius1 said:
So, I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not.
I tried flashing XYLON.
Now, the phone gets stuck on the boot animation. I've been trying to get it to work for the last 12 hours. It either gets stuck on the boot animation, or on the "Android is updating" screen. I can't even get into the hboot to boot into recovery.
Can anyone recommend a course of action to bring my phone back to life?
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What hboot are you on? S-on or s-off
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31ken31 said:
What hboot are you on? S-on or s-off
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I'm still on 1.09
Its s-off.
I haven't touched my hboot since i rooted my phone.

Hold down power until lights flash 7-10 times. Simulates a battery pull. Then push volume down and press and hold power button for 4-5 seconds, then release power while still holding volume down.. should go to bootloader. Sounds like your not timing it correctly
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31ken31 said:
Hold down power until lights flash 7-10 times. Simulates a battery pull. Then push volume down and press and hold power button for 4-5 seconds, then release power while still holding volume down.. should go to bootloader. Sounds like your not timing it correctly
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Well, I'm still trying that. I've done it the way you''ve mentioned it here as well. Trying it again now. I've never had problems getting into my hboot before. :S
Something just seems wrong.
Once I get back home, I'm gonna pull the phone apart and check if something's wrong with my volume button. The Vol. up stopped working, but vol down was working just fine....

Let it boot as far as it will go and see if adb will recognize it. If it does adb reboot bootloader
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31ken31 said:
Let it boot as far as it will go and see if adb will recognize it. If it does adb reboot bootloader
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I've tried that.I kept it for an hour, let it go as far ahead as it would. ADB does not see it.

I agree, if you cant get Into bootloader its a timing issue. Try holding the power buttons until the capacitive buttons blink 7 times or so, when the screen goes black let go of power and press and hold only volume until the bootloader comes up. This way is almost impossible to miss.
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exad said:
I agree, if you cant get Into bootloader its a timing issue. Try holding the power buttons until the capacitive buttons blink 7 times or so, when the screen goes black let go of power and press and hold only volume until the bootloader comes up. This way is almost impossible to miss.
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Seem like I've been missing the timing all day. :/ I'm gonna check my hardware this evening... lets see what happens after that.

I have heard of a case where someone had to physically disconnect the battery before they could get into bootloader but that's a *****. Since you're s-off you could try RUUing.
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exad said:
I have heard of a case where someone had to physically disconnect the battery before they could get into bootloader but that's a *****. Since you're s-off you could try RUUing.
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RUU doesn't work. I can't get RUU to detect my phone. It doesn't boot up. It's stuck at the boot logo. And even if I leave it connected to ruu while i'm trying to reboot, or trying to get into hboot, it still doesn't detect my phone.

Well... You could let the battery drain and then charge it for about 10 mins then unplug from power and press and hold power and volume.
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exad said:
Well... You could let the battery drain and then charge it for about 10 mins then unplug from power and press and hold power and volume.
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That's my next plan of action. Just woke up. Phone's out of charge. Time to get back to doing science with it.

Lemme know how it goes
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Lemme know how it goes
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Right back into the boot screen. I think I'mg onna give up on this now. :/

Sorry man, I'm out of ideas as well. Taking apart the phone and pulling the battery for a bit is the last option.
I encourage you to keep trying the traditional way before taking the phone apart.
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exad said:
Sorry man, I'm out of ideas as well. Taking apart the phone and pulling the battery for a bit is the last option.
I encourage you to keep trying the traditional way before taking the phone apart.
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Well, I've already pulled my phone apart once to replace my broken screen. Which is why I'm suspecting it could be a hardware problem. Somehow. *sigh*

And I'm in. Finally.
I let the phone's battery drain completely. I pulled apart the phone, and pressed down on the volume + power pins/buttons directly. And I got into the boot loader.
I'm currently restoring the backup of the rooted stock rom I always keep on my phone storage.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and support.
I just saved myself a whole lot of money. ^_^

I think you can help me maybe but I'm not so experienced
taurius1 said:
And I'm in. Finally.
I let the phone's battery drain completely. I pulled apart the phone, and pressed down on the volume + power pins/buttons directly. And I got into the boot loader.
I'm currently restoring the backup of the rooted stock rom I always keep on my phone storage.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and support.
I just saved myself a whole lot of money. ^_^
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So my situation is similar but my htc inc s is brand new from ebay china seller ( I live in Greece), is s-on, never messed up with, never rooted all factory. It worked great for few days and after the first OTA update I cant get into hboot, adb doesn't see the phone, always the updating symbol on screen.Tried battery pull, volume down + power in all the possible timing and combinations but yet nothing! Also I tried battery pull, volume up + power it vibrates 3 times orange lid is on and black screen (on the forums is said that this is diagnostic menu). So I think maybe this phone is a refurb and not new since the answer from HTC global support (after sending my IMEI and S/N) is that this phone is for Indonesian market and that its warranty expired year ago! Can you help me in some way guys...

simshtcincs said:
So my situation is similar but my htc inc s is brand new from ebay china seller ( I live in Greece), is s-on, never messed up with, never rooted all factory. It worked great for few days and after the first OTA update I cant get into hboot, adb doesn't see the phone, always the updating symbol on screen.Tried battery pull, volume down + power in all the possible timing and combinations but yet nothing! Also I tried battery pull, volume up + power it vibrates 3 times orange lid is on and black screen (on the forums is said that this is diagnostic menu). So I think maybe this phone is a refurb and not new since the answer from HTC global support (after sending my IMEI and S/N) is that this phone is for Indonesian market and that its warranty expired year ago! Can you help me in some way guys...
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Sorry, I am not familiar with your phone. If it is completely stock, you may be able to RUU while int he diagnostic menu or during updating screen. Best to post in the Htc inc s forums.