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[Q] Horrible battery life after rep

Hi, I sent my phone to HTC for repair because of a broken USB input. It came back yesterday after 4 weeks (free of charge, HTC's warranty covered it) and now it is really hot all the time even when idle and the battery will only last for a couple of hours. Is there anything I can do? S-off it and change ROM?
HBOOT: 1.29.0000
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b3ndik said:
Hi, I sent my phone to HTC for repair because of a broken USB input. It came back yesterday after 4 weeks (free of charge, HTC's warranty covered it) and now it is really hot all the time even when idle and the battery will only last for a couple of hours. Is there anything I can do? S-off it and change ROM?
HBOOT: 1.29.0000
Thanks
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Well, since you are stock & in warranty, wouldn't it be best to go back to HTC and inform them about the new problem?

Well yeah, but I'm so ****ing tired of sending it to repair. This will be the 4th time now, can't bear the thought of being with a HTC Touch Pro Diamond for another 4 weeks...
Really wan't to fix it myself if it's possible.

b3ndik said:
Well yeah, but I'm so ****ing tired of sending it to repair. This will be the 4th time now, can't bear the thought of being with a HTC Touch Pro Diamond for another 4 weeks...
Really wan't to fix it myself if it's possible.
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In your case, there really isn't much to do if you're all stock.
Try doing this though:
Use battery intensive applications to drain your battery completely.
Try switching it on a couple of times to drain any remaining charge.
Charge your phone for 4 hours continuously, without disturbing it or booting it.
Even if it shows the green LED, continue until 4-5 hours of charging has completed.
Power up your phone and observe for a day. If it is still the same, repeat once more.

Thanks, will do

htc sensation black screen!

me again, hy , now i think my phone is fu**** up
first it was sim and sd card reader problem, and now is this :
- so when i press power button phone just vibrate for a sec (like normal turning on) but still black screen, then after 30 sec again vibrate for a sec and than just sometimes 4 buttons on the bottom light up , and that's it nothing else hepens.
so i tried to pull battery out few times and then try to turn up phone and scren turns on with htc logo and came to boot animation of vipers rom and there phone block.
again i try to pull batery few times and i enter recovery but then again it freeze.
i dont know what to do so if someone could help me i would be thankful!:crying:

rinma50 said:
me again, hy , now i think my phone is fu**** up
first it was sim and sd card reader problem, and now is this :
- so when i press power button phone just vibrate for a sec (like normal turning on) but still black screen, then after 30 sec again vibrate for a sec and than just sometimes 4 buttons on the bottom light up , and that's it nothing else hepens.
so i tried to pull battery out few times and then try to turn up phone and scren turns on with htc logo and came to boot animation of vipers rom and there phone block.
again i try to pull batery few times and i enter recovery but then again it freeze.
i dont know what to do so if someone could help me i would be thankful!:crying:
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Hi,
Is there a chance for you to run a RUU to get your phone back to normal?
Look HERE

malybru said:
Hi,
Is there a chance for you to run a RUU to get your phone back to normal?
Look HERE
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will try now , thanks

rinma50 said:
will try now , thanks
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i cant

rinma50 said:
i cant
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Hi,
What happens?
Can you post any errors or problems that are thrown up.

malybru said:
Hi,
What happens?
Can you post any errors or problems that are thrown up.
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i cant even enter fastboot

rinma50 said:
i cant even enter fastboot
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Hi,
Can you please bring your problem to THIS THREAD
Describe in detail what has happened,and what you tried to do.
There are more people there who can maybe help.

rinma50 said:
i cant even enter fastboot
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From my experience with HTC phones your symptoms looks like you got main board (motherboard) problem which needs replacement. I had my Sensation XL replace by service centre lucky it was under warranty otherwise it would be costly.

ndmuni said:
From my experience with HTC phones your symptoms looks like you got main board (motherboard) problem which needs replacement. I had my Sensation XL replace by service centre lucky it was under warranty otherwise it would be costly.
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thanks , i will go to replace it , mine is still under warranty but its rooted, so what can i expect?

Same issue
I just bought an HTC Sensation being sold with "battery issues" on ebay... it has a flashing orange light and refuses to charge when off. I figured the seller probably did not understand the charging issue, since the phone was unlocked, and they didn't have an external way to charge the battery and bring the phone back to life.
However I bought an extra battery and charger .... and I am experiencing the exact same problem. The phone will give one quick vibrate when attempting to power on.
Nothing on screen is displayed. However when I hook the phone up to the laptop it shows a greyed out "removable disk F:" and the computer detects an HTC device in device manager.
Do you guys think that the LCD is dead? At least the phone is showing some signs of life when hooked up to the PC.
HOWEVER, the phone gets very very hot at the bottom of the screen/around the sim slot. Also when I go to ADB devices and ask for it to list devices.... it does not show anything.
Buying this thing was probably not my smartest decision I contacted HTC and the warranty expired 3 weeks ago.

no i think lcd is not broken , motherboard is

rinma50 said:
no i think lcd is not broken , motherboard is
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I took it apart.... and yeah the motherboard is completely f***ed up. The one connector is destroyed and all of the chipset is completely destroyed on the mainboard. No wonder the bottom of the phone gets so hot.
The phone no longer has a warranty. How much does HTC charge for a mainboard replacement (it needs the bottom board , not the top one with flex cable)???

is the LCD toast? i gotta sensation with a cracked digitizer (which still works 100% when hooked up through hdmi and a tv) but the LCD is completely black.

Charging animation on while phone is unplugged and powered off

When I turn my phone off, entirely (even after removing/re-inserting the battery) the charge animation still appears, signifying there is still some battery drain occurring....and it really does, too. It lasts for about a week in this state from fully charged, to entirely dead. This isn't the most concerning part, though....the only logical assumption is that the phone actually thinks it's being charged
I've done a FULL wipe of all partitions and a factory flash, but that hasn't helped....any suggestions? It's pretty annoying that if I don't want the battery to discharge I have to actually unplug the battery entirely, even in a full power-off state (or at least as fully powered off as this particular phone can get at the moment)
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BUMP!!

hp420 said:
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BUMP!!
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go to samsung service

leap_ahead said:
go to samsung service
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It's well out of warranty, I'm not paying to have it fixed, and there is no way anyone at Samsung that will get on the phone to help me will be of any more assistance than I will find here

hp420 said:
It's well out of warranty, I'm not paying to have it fixed, and there is no way anyone at Samsung that will get on the phone to help me will be of any more assistance than I will find here
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why that ? you have other phone ?

leap_ahead said:
why that ? you have other phone ?
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Yes, my current phone is a Nexus 4. The phone with issues is a NS4G and I dropped sprint like a bad habit earlier this year, so it's just a reference device now.

Uhmmm... Dust into connector? Since the current pins are hard wired to the recharge circuit, maybe there's a short and the battery it's powering it up.
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ozone89 said:
Uhmmm... Dust into connector? Since the current pins are hard wired to the recharge circuit, maybe there's a short and the battery it's powering it up.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
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Thanks for the input Dust has occurred to me in the past, and I've done a fair job of cleaning it. Just for the sake of saying I did it, I dusted it again, and this time I even unscrewed the back cover and dusted everything I could reach...much more of a teardown and I'm wandering down a road I don't want to go down....reassembly isn't my strong point. I can take anything apart without a problem...putting it back together is another story entirely lol
Anyway, I cleaned everywhere I could reach thoroughly...still happening, unfortunately.
Thank you for the input, though. You are correct that a big enough dust bunny could cause a short

I may have done something stupid...

Ive been having rebooting issues with my sensation for like a month and a half now, and i think that the problem with it is it keeps overheating, so i thought it may be a good idea to put it in the freezer for half an hour.
After taking it out i removed the frost off it and let it sit for about 10 minutes, it came on but kept on freezing. so then i left it overnight to defrost and i tried again in the morning. It came on but froze again.
Now it doesnt come on, what should i do? :crying:

imran429 said:
Ive been having rebooting issues with my sensation for like a month and a half now, and i think that the problem with it is it keeps overheating, so i thought it may be a good idea to put it in the freezer for half an hour.
After taking it out i removed the frost off it and let it sit for about 10 minutes, it came on but kept on freezing. so then i left it overnight to defrost and i tried again in the morning. It came on but froze again.
Now it doesnt come on, what should i do? :crying:
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check battery's condition and if it fits properly

rzr86 said:
check battery's condition and if it fits properly
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Yeah it does i even tried a different battery (fully charged) and nothing :crying:
It doesnt even come on anymore

imran429 said:
Yeah it does i even tried a different battery (fully charged) and nothing :crying:
It doesnt even come on anymore
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can you boot to the bootloader?

rzr86 said:
can you boot to the bootloader?
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Nope

imran429 said:
Nope
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i think you ****ed up your device mate
try unbricking project but don't except much hope

rzr86 said:
i think you ****ed up your device mate
try unbricking project but don't except much hope
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*sigh* yeah i guess so :crying:
RIP HTC Sensation

Putting the phone in freezer without inert atmosphere (or at the very least dry) is a recipe for disaster.
Most likely moisture is short circuiting your device.
IF NOTHING WORKS (and you do not wish to send your phone to HTC):
***WARNING***: DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
Leave the device without cover in the sun. Monitor it's temperature. IT SHOULDN'T at any moment feel hot (if it does take it out immediately).
This might get rid of the moisture. Poor chances though.
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[Q] Nexus 5, Bricked?

Hey
Last weekend i dropped my nexus 5 in the water during a night out. After a few days drying in a sealed box with rice I turned it back on and it seemed fine. Unfortunaly after a few hours after rebooting it stopped working. When plugging in the battery logo pops up and the little logo with battery % comes up but remains at zero after charging for a while.
I'm running slimkat and when i boot into recovery while plugged in it works fine. Just managed to boot it up but in the start screen it says I should connect the charger while the battery circle is turning like it is plugged in and it turned off.
I'm guessing there is a promblem with the charging port or battery. Anyone who has experience with this? should i open my nexus up and get a new charging port/battery? I ordered a wireless charger which should arrive somewhere next week, i guess i can check if the battery is the problem.
thanks in advance

Water can damage just about anything in a phone...And trying to troubleshoot it can be impossible and costly. Best to save your money and put it towards a new device, instead of replacing hardware ....just to find out something else is still wrong after replacing a component.
Just my 2 cents. ?

The motherboard is probably fried lol why would you use it when it's still wet
Sent from my Nexus 5

dicecuber said:
The motherboard is probably fried lol why would you use it when it's still wet
Sent from my Nexus 5
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I let it dry for 6 days

Does it turn on? Yes? Then it isn't bricked or close to being bricked.

jayRokk said:
Does it turn on? Yes? Then it isn't bricked or close to being bricked.
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True. But it sounds damaged...And it's usually a waste of money replacing hardware trying to fix.

KJ said:
Water can damage just about anything in a phone...And trying to troubleshoot it can be impossible and costly. Best to save your money and put it towards a new device, instead of replacing hardware ....just to find out something else is still wrong after replacing a component.
Just my 2 cents. ?
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I'll second it. Pretty pointless to try to salvage a water damaged device due to the plethora of things that could've gone wrong!
KJ said:
True. But it sounds damaged...And it's usually a waste of money replacing hardware trying to fix.
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