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How to restart Desire S in case it stops responding

I can not find answer. Help me please!

Take the battery out. Or use this. Hope u have back up ur stuff.
http://www.hard-reset.com/htc-desire-s-hard-reset.html
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gplock said:
Take the battery out. Or use this. Hope u have back up ur stuff.
http://www.hard-reset.com/htc-desire-s-hard-reset.html
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Ignore that, read my signature first
You should First try the three button restart, which is volume up + volume down + power button
then try adb restart....(see Sig) you'll need adb and drivers installed
If that doesn't work then and only then remove battery
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Are you having a particular issue? Our preparing for when you come across one?
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ben_pyett said:
Ignore that, read my signature first
You should First try the three button restart, which is volume up + volume down + power button
then try adb restart....(see Sig) you'll need adb and drivers installed
If that doesn't work then and only then remove battery
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+1. The three button restart and adb are handy. But more often than not, in a system freeze, both become unresponsive and a battery pull is the only remainnig option...you could use that as a final resort, as suggested by most members on our forums.
Or simply do what i do, if battery pull is the only option remaining... which is to still not pull the battery!!
I just leave the phone aside and forget about it. Ususlly, in about half an hour or so, it reboots on it's own. It sounds counter-intuitive, i know, but this happens, probably because i've had the patience to actually let the phone sit untouched without fidgeting around.
Sometimes it doesn't reboot on its own. In those cases, i just let it sit there and allow the battery to run out (it will discharge to 0% at sometime you know; we're not using nuclear power for cellphones just yet!!)
Once it switches off after running out of power, you can connect it to the charger and reboot into recovery and do what needs to be done.
In my experience with flashing ROMs and other add-on stuff, which i do all the time, i've encountered system freeze in new and beta builds a total of 8 times. In 5 of them, the system froze while booted up into a ROM, and the first phenomenon that i have mentioned above, happened, i.e an auto-restart in 30-60 mins. On the other 3 occasions, incompatible beta flashes rendered phone unresponsive at HTC splash screen and i had to wait it out before the phone discharged itself, and then i picked it up from there.
It does take a little patience, but after knowing full well that a battery pull often results in permanent damage to the DS, it would be really foolish and cavalier on anybody's part to do it, just because you can't wait a few hours! Saves you a lot of sleepless hours later on, posting "HELP" threads all over xda and haggling with HTC support.
I still stand by this method, and absolutely condemn battery pulling. It is not justified on the DS for whatever reason you may think of! But hey, it's your phone, so do want you want with it. I'm secure in the knowledge that with this technique, mine is 100% safe...

You can also check if you have the vulnerable emmc card, like I have! Then u know to be extra careful.
Search for the thread about it
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You mean there is two emmc chips : one which is vulnerable, and one which is not ? how do you know which one you have, and if it is "vulnerable" ?

There is a batch which everyone who has had bricked failures had the same batch of emmc.
There are threads about it you should be able to find... I'm not searching whilst on my phone
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The dodgy ones are Mg42de coded, look in the basic tips to avoid bricking thread by shrome99 in the general DS forum
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Wow, never seen this! Help?

Well I have a sgs2, used to have a infuse, picked up another infuse last week for 200 to mess with, very comfortable with routing, roms ect....on the infuse and the sgs2,BUT there was something weird with the infuse, got a rom on it rooted and going, formatted sdcard by accident, went into dl to go back to stock rooted, power went out because if storm outside...;( now all I greet is a white screen....plug in USB white screen, put battery and white screen, constant on both, not sure if it's ducked for good or maybe someone had a few ideas I can try...but I can't even get into dl mode, pushing both volume down and plug USB in....white screen,any time there is power to it, white screen, any help would be greatly appreciated...
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Anyone, I'm thinking that maybe b ootloaders got screwed, any way to flash them through USB connection.....jeez I hope the phone is not shot....
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Does oden see the phone when you hook it to computer I have seen the white screen try putting it in download mode even if you can't see it it might go into download mode you can tell if the yellow com comes up in oden
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try goggling "xda white screen" or xda infuse white screen"
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here is one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431974
here is another:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1496453
it may be hardware.
you may try to use the jig as a first option.
if that doesn't work, you may have to warranty the phone thru samsung as hw failure or send it to one of those guys in the yt vid
gl
edit: if you are technical:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336359

Wow Qkster! That's what I call a very helpful answer!
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Thanks so much man, finally got Odin to recognize with white screen, still wouldn'tflash, would fail 1/2 way through, them ran heimdall jar and it worked, got stock back on at least, seems I might have a bootloader issue, as it won't turn on now unless it's plunged into power (wall or USB) can I just click flash bootloaders in heimdall? Thank you so much for the help! Almost got it!
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blaker13 said:
Thanks so much man, finally got Odin to recognize with white screen, still wouldn'tflash, would fail 1/2 way through, them ran heimdall jar and it worked, got stock back on at least, seems I might have a bootloader issue, as it won't turn on now unless it's plunged into power (wall or USB) can I just click flash bootloaders in heimdall? Thank you so much for the help! Almost got it!
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You're thank button don't work?
Make sure your battery is good or charged past half.
Either heimdall package will work...follow op's. Flash twice for BL's

I have the exact same problem! How did you get Oden to recognize? I will happily give you $20 if you can help. Please help out a mate! Thanks!

Sorry qkster, been on my phone all day not near a computer, don't think I can thank from my xda app
Put it in dl mode even with the white screen, then reinstall kies on your computer for the drivers, then open Odin and it should recognize,I actually used heimdall and a jar file to flash it, works good now, but I can't seem to root, and I can't turn my phone on from power of unless it's plugged in...pm me if any issues
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blaker13 said:
Sorry qkster, been on my phone all day not near a computer, don't think I can thank from my xda app
Put it in dl mode even with the white screen, then reinstall kies on your computer for the drivers, then open Odin and it should recognize,I actually used heimdall and a jar file to flash it, works good now, but I can't seem to root, and I can't turn my phone on from power of unless it's plugged in...pm me if any issues
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np..maybe it's your battery that's bad.
try a different 1.
if you use heimdall frontend, you need pit and repartition unless you also use the 1 click packages
i'm wondering if it's your battery...

I was thinking too...but my battery even at 100% and I power off I can't turn it on unless it has pee to it... No power hooked up I have to hold power Burton for about 10 seconds then the picture of the 0 battery appears with the little charging star, then dies.... Pee plugged in,I hold power for about 10 seconds and I get the same thing but it goes from 0% battery pic to green charging battery, then I have to hold power again and it will bout up fine...very strange, wish I has another battery kicking around, but I just gave my star...lol
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blaker13 said:
I was thinking too...but my battery even at 100% and I power off I can't turn it on unless it has pee to it... No power hooked up I have to hold power Burton for about 10 seconds then the picture of the 0 battery appears with the little charging star, then dies.... Pee plugged in,I hold power for about 10 seconds and I get the same thing but it goes from 0% battery pic to green charging battery, then I have to hold power again and it will bout up fine...very strange, wish I has another battery kicking around, but I just gave my star...lol
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Sounded like you were fortunate to get it running again.
I couldn't tell if it's your charging port or the battery is bad. I have read of corrosion issues as well.
If you have a captivate battery sitting around, it may loosely fit to test out the battery theory.
You can also try a att kiosk or store..they can test it for you.
here is another option I found pretty good:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Li-ion-...ccessories&hash=item415b6f4601#ht_1440wt_1139

blaker13 said:
Thanks so much man, finally got Odin to recognize with white screen, still wouldn'tflash, would fail 1/2 way through, them ran heimdall jar and it worked, got stock back on at least, seems I might have a bootloader issue, as it won't turn on now unless it's plunged into power (wall or USB) can I just click flash bootloaders in heimdall? Thank you so much for the help! Almost got it!
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how did you get odin to recognize it?

help :[ phone wont turn on at all now

i was in recovery and fixed permissons for whatever reason.... and my phone would only boot up to the samsung logo. i was going to do the "HOW-TO unbrick your soft bricked gs3" downloaded everything but now my phone wont turn on at all. it was low battery, but it wont charge now. , to even get it to show a sign of life, i plug my phone into the computer or outlet without the battery, put the battery in and it flashes the battery logo for about 2 seconds, and the loading circle does not spin. then it just goes black.
any idea?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044
Maybe?
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Just let your battery charge for an hour or two. I know there are no signs us charging, but I've seen this a couple times on the threads here and after charging anyways works. Assuming you didn't flash an international ROM
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Ya do what kintwofan said, it happened to me once where it seemed like it wasnt charging but it was. If you leave it on the charger for like a hour and it still wont boot then try and boot it into recovery then in that menu goto reboot now.

still 0 power

wow seems like a lot of people are having this issue lately! maybe the mayans were wrong about the world ending and it was samsung s3's that were supposed to perish?
last night my friend had a black screen and had to pull the battery. I've been having issues for months and today my phone is garbage. check my post. =)

camf3xu said:
still 0 power
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Like x714x said did you get going into recovery after charging?
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kintwofan said:
Like x714x said did you get going into recovery after charging?
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no hence the 0 power. took it to verizon today and their mailing me a new one.

Skyrocket NOT shutting off

I seem to have a strange problem. My Skyrocket does not want to stay off. I power down the phone, and it comes back up on its own immediately. I've tried this with and without charger connected. I had this problem on Embryo 5.4, and now also on 6.1. Right now, my only option when I need the phone to stay off (like when traveling by air, which I do often) is to take the battery out. The second I put the battery back in, the phone boots up.
Could anyone help me out here?
I tried searching the forum for similar issues, but could not find any. But in case I've missed a thread, feel free to start the flaming .
Thanks in advance for any help.

Sounds like a sticky power button
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aggierag said:
I seem to have a strange problem. My Skyrocket does not want to stay off. I power down the phone, and it comes back up on its own immediately. I've tried this with and without charger connected. I had this problem on Embryo 5.4, and now also on 6.1. Right now, my only option when I need the phone to stay off (like when traveling by air, which I do often) is to take the battery out. The second I put the battery back in, the phone boots up.
Could anyone help me out here?
I tried searching the forum for similar issues, but could not find any. But in case I've missed a thread, feel free to start the flaming .
Thanks in advance for any help.
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I have this problem too.
I believe it happens to me when my battery is full or mostly full. Does it happen to your phone when the batter is low?

Stuck power button. It's a known issue on the skyrocket. There are a number of threads on how to clean it. Search stuck power button on the i727.
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smock9 said:
I have this problem too.
I believe it happens to me when my battery is full or mostly full. Does it happen to your phone when the batter is low?
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Nope.. would happen at any battery level! Turned out to be a sticky button issue after all... just tapped it a few times & (touch-wood) problem solved!:victory:

I have the same problem. I tried cleaning the button, a new battery, flashed different ROMs and recoveries but I still have the problem.
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sobepmp said:
I have the same problem. I tried cleaning the button, a new battery, flashed different ROMs and recoveries but I still have the problem.
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Clean the button out again, but this time do a better job.
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if the power button wont shut off the phone then its a dead button not a stuck power button, just get an app that would do a shutdown/restart/recovery function

vincom said:
if the power button wont shut off the phone then its a dead button not a stuck power button, just get an app that would do a shutdown/restart/recovery function
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quick reboot is a good option

sobepmp said:
I have the same problem. I tried cleaning the button, a new battery, flashed different ROMs and recoveries but I still have the problem.
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try cleaning the charger port also. Turned out I had something there too that was shorting the leads and once I cleaned that out thoroughly, I had no more problems till now.

Thanx, I'll try that.
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Phone just vibrates won't power on

So my brothers skyrocket died while he was talking on it last night. Now it won't power on just vibrates running stock rooted.any help would be appreciated
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if you read the sticky [REF] |Read This b4 posting | THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE you might of found your answer
24) Q. i tried "name of custom rom here" but a feature of the phone doesnt work , eg. camera
A. read the thread for the rom to see if the dev states any issues, read users feedback if they have/mention said feature not working, eg camera, if no, did it work when on stock or return to stock to see if said function/hardware works, if said function works on stock and users of rom states that it does work, then its usually user error, what error? idk, you need to troubleshoot.
32) Q. why does my phone bootloop every few seconds
A. could be a "sticky power button", read the next question and the info section in the 1STOP STICKY
33) Q. how do i test for a stuck "sticky" power button
A. TEST: remove then reinsert the battery and if the phone turns on by itself and then takes approx 10 sec's to turn off and then starts vibrating every couple of seconds then its for sure a power button problem, its stuck, goto the link in the previous answer for a possible fix
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if any of the above didn't get results or fix the issue then it could be a hw failure

Except it's not bootlooping I did read this I wouldn't have asked the question if that was the problem. The screen doesn't come on at all just get a small vibration when holding the power button then nothing pull battery put back in push power same thing.
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monte666 said:
Except it's not bootlooping I did read this I wouldn't have asked the question if that was the problem. The screen doesn't come on at all just get a small vibration when holding the power button then nothing pull battery put back in push power same thing.
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if the pulling battery test resulted in "turns on by itself and then takes approx 10 sec's to turn off and then starts vibrating every couple of seconds " then its a stuck button, bootloop/vibrating every couple of sec's are synonymous, but I will reword the sticky to state both
edit: the key thing you need to establish is if reinserting the battery restarts the phone w/out u touching the power button, if so then the button is stuck. if it didn't restart then return to stock and see if it corrected the issue( I guess that would be hard todo if the phone only restarts/vibrates every 2 seconds), if not then its some hw failure or could even be a battery prob
I reedited the sticky to be more concise on the issue and the testing for the stuck power button

No it doesn't boot by itself when reinserting the battery. Sorry I'm Utah and the phone is in Texas. computer doesn't recognize anything when plugging in either. Using logmein to watch his computer while he's doing this. I do appreciate the help
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then see if they can get into the recovery and /or download mode, if so then wipe caches and reset or reflash the rom or return to stock

No download mode think it might be dead going to have him get a new battery then see what it does
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monte666 said:
No download mode think it might be dead going to have him get a new battery then see what it does
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how about recovery?

Nothing just the little vibration on all the button combinations.
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So after some messing around plugged the phone into a galaxy tab2 charger and got a charging icon going to let it charge for a while and try and boot it up
P.s vincom thank you for the help
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monte666 said:
So after some messing around plugged the phone into a galaxy tab2 charger and got a charging icon going to let it charge for a while and try and boot it up
P.s vincom thank you for the help
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I figured as such that it might have something todo w/the battery,either it was flaky or not charged or cannot be charged which could also be with the charger and/or cable or bad battery contacts. I haven't seen a phone behave in the way you described other than a bad power button, if you ruled out all the known issues as stated in my previous posts then it would have to be a hw issue but hopefully it was just a bad power adapter, usually the first thing a user would do is rule out a dead battery before seeing what else could be wrong with the phone