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[Q] Sensation won't boot :( Please help..Anyone???

Hi all,
I recently bought a used sensation from ebay and now it won't boot. I allready read a couple posts in this forum. Did the adb reboot and adb reboot bootloader and didn't work. So I think it's not rooted. What exactley happens is, the will not boot. It stays blank and the led lights too, but when plug it into my laptop\pc, it gets reconized and able to install the adb drivers to it. The led lights are then lit and pressing the power button kills it for a second and then restarts. Getting the same connection to my pc but no boot. I then installed adb tools trying to reboot the bootloader, but when i type in adb devices, I get nothing listed. So when i tried adb reboot i get error: no device found
Just moments ago i installed a new jdk and currently installing android sdk to make a proper connection with the device.
Any advice?? Pff

I think it phone has been completely wiped so there is no any OA Rom installed. Try booting in to recovery then see if its rooted then install any custom Rom. The most safest way is install RUU from ur PC which restore it to original.
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still no luck
I've read the post noob guide (adb,sdk..), done every step, still it won't see my phone

Run RUU from PC because it phone is recognized by pc that's best way.
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Just check which recovery have u got if clockwork then flash any custom Rom again. U need 2 use card reader to transfer rom
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can I use one of these stock ruu's?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228648

Ok so from what I understand is that even without being in bootloader or recovery. Just by being connected, I can install stock ruu to my phone and then everything else? I'm downloading one of the ruu now

Ok from what i read, I cannot get into the bootloader or recovery cause it's maybe hard bricked. Is there a fix for this?

jasminthoria said:
Run RUU from PC because it phone is recognized by pc that's best way.
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Ok sorry for the late reply. Due to my "lovely" bandwidth, I finally found the stock rom for my device, version tmous 1.45.531.1. I ran the setup and everything went fine, until i got an error error 1105 or something that it's not compatible with my device. How can that be if it'.s not from another vendor. It says t mobile on top lol. Does this mean that i'm screwed?

Still haven't got it to boot. Only led is lit when plugged in charger or pc. The screen stays blank and unplugged it does nothing. Only if there was a way to get it in fastboot or just to see life in my device

Hold volume down plus power button. You will be in fastbboot .

first press and hold the vol - button then just press the power button without holding it, but keep holding the vol -
wait 10 seconds
release the vol - button
press power button again
now you should be in fastboot
on your computer in command prompt type fastboot devices and see if your computer recognizes the phone

Relocked - Now wont Unlock again

Hi,
I wanted to debrand by phone so i did the supercid thing to change from t-mob_005 to 1111111, then i installed latest HTC rom (and ver 4.0.4 software number 2.21.401.10) which in turn upgraded hboot to 1.14 and baseband to 1.06s.
Now, ive got my new token id and resubmitted to htcdev and then installed the new unlock_code it gave me back, all seemed to go thru ok, came up with the screen about voiding warranty, use volume to select yes or no, ive selected yes and it then reboots... but still the bootloader says relocked. ive tried the same over and over and even gone thru the process of new token id etc again but still i cant unlock it.
where am i going wrong?

Hi I had the same problem how I got over it is let the phone boot up enable USB debugging and disable fastboot in the power menu then completely power off the phone
Wait a minute then reboot once you get back to the home screen press power and restart holding volume down when you get to the bootloader screen it should now say unlocked once more
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craig1965 said:
Hi I had the same problem how I got over it is let the phone boot up enable USB debugging and disable fastboot in the power menu then completely power off the phone
Wait a minute then reboot once you get back to the home screen press power and restart holding volume down when you get to the bootloader screen it should now say unlocked once more
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Hi,
many thanks, that worked a treat the key was going straight back into bootloader and not letting the phone boot up after running the process.

Your welcome glad I could help
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[Q] Is my phone bricked?

Hey guys,
I found your forum after I gave a guy my phone so he could root it but he couldn't deliver. However, when I got back the phone it took longer to boot up and after it got past the "HTC One X" screen, instead of allowing me to put in my PIN to unlock (as usual), it sent me to a blank screen showing only my current wallpaper and the task bar (with the time, power, signal, etc).
The major part of the screen is unresponsive. The three buttons below are unresponsive as well.
I'm able to pull the task bar down and when I click the "settings" button I get this message: "unfortunately the process com.android.settings has stopped"
What does this mean for my phone? Can this be fixed?
Any help would be great. I've done a bit of reading, but I'm still very new to this. The phone is an AT&T HTC One X, 1.85, running 4.0.3.
Thanks in advance.
YAJones

YAJones said:
Hey guys,
I found your forum after I gave a guy my phone so he could root it but he couldn't deliver. However, when I got back the phone it took longer to boot up and after it got past the "HTC One X" screen, instead of allowing me to put in my PIN to unlock (as usual), it sent me to a blank screen showing only my current wallpaper and the task bar (with the time, power, signal, etc).
The major part of the screen is unresponsive. The three buttons below are unresponsive as well.
I'm able to pull the task bar down and when I click the "settings" button I get this message: "unfortunately the process com.android.settings has stopped"
What does this mean for my phone? Can this be fixed?
Any help would be great. I've done a bit of reading, but I'm still very new to this. The phone is an AT&T HTC One X, 1.85, running 4.0.3.
Thanks in advance.
YAJones
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Yes it should be fixable but we don't know what that person did to your phone.. if he never got to the point of changing the cid. You can just run the 1.85 ruu and then root it yourself if you want because its not difficult. Or if root intimidates you you cab stay stock.
If he did happen to change the cid youll have to unlock the bootloader if its not already and either flash a ROM or s-off and then ruu.
I'm sure this can seem like a lot but everything will be fine. What I need to see is the information in your bootloader. And your cid.
How to get into your bootloader: press and hold power while your phone is on until the back home and recent apps buttons blink 5 times and then shuts off. Once the screen is off. Wait 2-3 seconds and then press and hold power and volume down.
Show me the bootloader.
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exad said:
Yes it should be fixable but we don't know what that person did to your phone.. if he never got to the point of changing the cid. You can just run the 1.85 ruu and then root it yourself if you want because its not difficult. Or if root intimidates you you cab stay stock.
If he did happen to change the cid youll have to unlock the bootloader if its not already and either flash a ROM or s-off and then ruu.
I'm sure this can seem like a lot but everything will be fine. What I need to see is the information in your bootloader. And your cid.
How to get into your bootloader: press and hold power while your phone is on until the back home and recent apps buttons blink 5 times and then shuts off. Once the screen is off. Wait 2-3 seconds and then press and hold power and volume down.
Show me the bootloader.
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Hi Exad,
Thanks for a quick reply.
OK... after holding down the power button and waiting for the buttons to blink, the phone does not go off... it reboots. Any ideas?
YAJones

Hold power and volume down at the same time. When lights stop flashing release power but continue to hold volume down.
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Venomtester said:
Hold power and volume down at the same time. When lights stop flashing release power but continue to hold volume down.
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Or hold down power button till the power menu pops up. Choose "restart". As soon as you hit restart, hold down ONLYthe volume down button till it goes to a white screen with 3 skating droids
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Venomtester said:
Hold power and volume down at the same time. When lights stop flashing release power but continue to hold volume down.
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Thanks Venomtester... that worked like a charm.
I've attached a picture of the screen as you asked Exad. Please tell me what you think.
YAJones

You're welcome. Exad will get you going.
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YAJones said:
Thanks Venomtester... that worked like a charm.
I've attached a picture of the screen as you asked Exad. Please tell me what you think.
YAJones
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Remove pic and blur ur imei
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31ken31 said:
Remove pic and blur ur imei
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Done. Thanks 31ken31.

InflatedTitan said:
Or hold down power button till the power menu pops up. Choose "restart". As soon as you hit restart, hold down ONLYthe volume down button till it goes to a white screen with 3 skating droids
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No need to hold volume down when shutting off. Only for coming back on into bootloader. Just tested.
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YAJones said:
Done. Thanks 31ken31.
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You're probably supercid. You'll need to unlock the bootloader and s-off. You should install the HTC drivers and fastboot and get to work. Do you want to be rooted and stuff or stock?
The reason I ask is, we will proceed differently if you just want to stay stock but if you intend to flash Roms and whatnot, we will unlock root and s-off and downgrade touchscreen firmware.
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exad said:
No need to hold volume down when shutting off. Only for coming back on into bootloader. Just tested.
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You're probably supercid. You'll need to unlock the bootloader and s-off. You should install the HTC drivers and fastboot and get to work. Do you want to be rooted and stuff or stock?
The reason I ask is, we will proceed differently if you just want to stay stock but if you intend to flash Roms and whatnot, we will unlock root and s-off and downgrade touchscreen firmware.
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Hi Exad,
Yes I would like to get this phone rooted.
What are the next steps to do this?

YAJones said:
Hi Exad,
Yes I would like to get this phone rooted.
What are the next steps to do this?
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Do you have the HTC Drivers, fastboot/adb installed?
If not, Get ADB/Fastboot. Unzip and keep in a folder somewhere. Remember where. I use C:\Android myself. You can have yours wherever is most convenient.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1179735&d=1344782533
HTC Drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126036
Once you've installed those:
Boot to Bootloader/Fastboot
Plug your phone in to your PC
Shift right click inside the folder where you keep ADB/Fastboot and click in the menu "Open Command prompt here"
Then type in command prompt: fastboot oem readcid
And show me what it says after.

exad said:
Do you have the HTC Drivers, fastboot/adb installed?
If not, Get ADB/Fastboot. Unzip and keep in a folder somewhere. Remember where. I use C:\Android myself. You can have yours wherever is most convenient.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1179735&d=1344782533
HTC Drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126036
Once you've installed those:
Boot to Bootloader/Fastboot
Plug your phone in to your PC
Shift right click inside the folder where you keep ADB/Fastboot and click in the menu "Open Command prompt here"
Then type in command prompt: fastboot oem readcid
And show me what it says after.
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< waiting for device > is the message that comes up in the command prompt window (and a flashing cursor on the line below).

YAJones said:
< waiting for device > is the message that comes up in the command prompt window (and a flashing cursor on the line below).
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Did you select fastboot in the bootloader and install that driver?

formal ecesidu
exad said:
Did you select fastboot in the bootloader and install that driver?
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Actually I just did and it says <bootloader> cid: CWS__001
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.006s

YAJones said:
Actually I just did and it says <bootloader> cid: CWS__001
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.006s
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Next is temp root to change cud to supercid
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no next is to RUU since OP can't use his phone currently.
Now here's the thing. I am not sure how far the last guy got with your phone. Your HBOOT says tampered.. If he modified the HBOOT, there's a chance you will full, unrecoverably brick. I don't want to be responsible for this happening. That's why I am telling you this. Here's the link if you want to take the risk.
http://dl3.htc.com/application/htc_onex_att_RUU_1.85.520.3_US.exe

31ken31 said:
Next is temp root to change cud to supercid
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Thanks 31ken31.
How do I do a temp root? Forgive my ignorance.

exad said:
no next is to RUU since OP can't use his phone currently.
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That's right. And how to do the RUU?

YAJones said:
That's right. And how to do the RUU?
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See my last post, sorry, was updating with link.
Run that exe file with your phone plugged in, in bootloader/fastboot. It will, hopefully, return your phone to a working state.

[Q] HOX stuck in bootloop with no access to bootloader

Ok.. I'm about to lose hope, please any creative ideas will be much appreciated..
I think i did a big mistake trying to update to the latest nightly release of CM 10.2 using the auto-update feature of cm 10.1...
The end result is a bootloop, gets up to the CM rotating animation for a few seconds and reboots.
on top of that:
unable to get into bootloader using pwr+vol up nor vol down
unable to access device using adb nor fastboot - shows no device connected
the PC does not recognize the device though there are drivers installed, the charging LED lights up but no PC activity
all of the solutions i've seen assume either the recover/bootloader is available or the phone is accessed via fastboot/adb.
in this case neither are correct....
for some time i wanted to upgrade to htc one but not yet....
please help

Press and hold power until the phone shuts off.
Then let go of power and press and hold volume down until bootloader comes up.
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exad said:
Press and hold power until the phone shuts off.
Then let go of power and press and hold volume down until bootloader comes up.
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tried it again several time, but as I said it doesn't work.
I get a black screen (not the CM animation) and than reboot all over again.

You could try letting it drain completely. Then charge a bit and try again.
Is your phone plugged in while your trying? My phone will not enter bootloader while its plugged in.
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spitfireatz said:
tried it again several time, but as I said it doesn't work.
I get a black screen (not the CM animation) and than reboot all over again.
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You are mostly likely not performing the button combo correctly. If there were no bootloader (hboot), the screen would not be coming on at all. Not getting into bootloader is almost always a case of not doing the button combo correctly. The one possible exception, is if your volume rocker has failed (and simply not registering the vol down being pressed).
Make sure you hold vol down, and do not let go until the while bootloader screen comes up.
Recovery is a different story, as you can indeed not have recovery installed, and the phone will still function. But hboot and recovery are 2 different things.

redpoint73 said:
You are mostly likely not performing the button combo correctly. If there were no bootloader (hboot), the screen would not be coming on at all. Not getting into bootloader is almost always a case of not doing the button combo correctly. The one possible exception, is if your volume rocker has failed (and simply not registering the vol down being pressed).
Make sure you hold vol down, and do not let go until the while bootloader screen comes up.
Recovery is a different story, as you can indeed not have recovery installed, and the phone will still function. But hboot and recovery are 2 different things.
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I wish it was the case,
when i try to go into hboot the device instead of going into another boot until animation cycle, goes into black screen boot cycle. which means most likely that the action (PWR+Vol) does have an effect otherwise it would have continued to go into same boot cycle through the CM animation..
besides there is a recovery installed, or at least was...
is there anyway to re-install the hboot part without the hboot/fastboot availability?

spitfireatz said:
is there anyway to re-install the hboot part without the hboot/fastboot availability?
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If you are s-off, try running the RUU.

[q] [help]nexus 5 stuck. 5.0.1. Stuck while booting.

Hey there,
I am Nexus 5 user. Recently I updated my phone to Lolipop 5.0.1. At first the phone worked fine. A few days later the background apps started restarting. That was still manageable. A week back the phone started restarting. So I read about in a Google Forum, it advised to delete partition cache from the 'Recovery Mode' . I did so. It worked and phone stopped restarting. Now a week later the problem started again. So I wiped partition cache. But during the process the battery ran out and the phone switched off.
Now when I try to switch on the phone, the Google logo appears and then the phone freezes in the boot animation.
The phone boots into bootloader(power button + volume up + volume down), but when I try to get into Recovery Mode, an android is displayed with a red exclamation mark.
The bootloader is locked, so I can't flash the original image.
Need help to get the phone back.
Additional info about the device:
a. Nexus 5 32GB
b. Lolipop 5.0.1
c. Locked bootloader/ unrooted
d. Still in warranty.

The dead android is recovery mode. When you see that press and hold the power button then press and release vol up. Try a factory reset in there. Note, it will wipe your device so backup first if you can.
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jd1639 said:
The dead android is recovery mode. When you see that press and hold the power button then press and release vol up. Try a factory reset in there. Note, it will wipe your device so backup first if you can.
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This isnt't working. Holding the power button and volume button together does nothing. Holding only the power button puts the phone back in boot loop. Any other suggestions?

ShobhitJethani said:
This isnt't working. Holding the power button and volume button together does nothing. Holding only the power button puts the phone back in boot loop. Any other suggestions?
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I think you're going to have to unlock the bootloader and flash the factory image. If that doesn't work then you have a hardware issue.
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jd1639 said:
I think you're going to have to unlock the bootloader and flash the factory image. If that doesn't work then you have a hardware issue.
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The phone isn't turning on. Any way I can unlock the bootloader without turning it on? Also, USB debugging is also turned off.

ShobhitJethani said:
The phone isn't turning on. Any way I can unlock the bootloader without turning it on? Also, USB debugging is also turned off.
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If it doesn't turn on there is nothing you can do. You need to be able to boot into the bootloader. Usb debugging doesn't matter. You don't need it on to run fastboot commands.
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jd1639 said:
If it doesn't turn on there is nothing you can do. You need to be able to boot into the bootloader. Usb debugging doesn't matter. You don't need it on to run fastboot commands.
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The phone turns on. But goes into boot loop. I can boot into bootloader. But the bootloader is locked. How do I unlock it?

ShobhitJethani said:
The phone turns on. But goes into boot loop. I can boot into bootloader. But the bootloader is locked. How do I unlock it?
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Google 15 second adb install xda. That'll setup adb and fastboot on your pc. Then boot the device into the bootloader, open a command window on your pc and then with your device connected via usb cable type into the command window
fastboot oem unlock
See this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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jd1639 said:
Google 15 second adb install xda. That'll setup adb and fastboot on your pc. Then boot the device into the bootloader, open a command window on your pc and then with your device connected via usb cable type into the command window
fastboot oem unlock
See this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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Thanks for the link, but the link says to unlock the bootloader, for that I need the phone to get pass the boot animation. Which is the main problem.

ShobhitJethani said:
Thanks for the link, but the link says to unlock the bootloader, for that I need the phone to get pass the boot animation. Which is the main problem.
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Will the device boot into the bootloader, press and hold power and vol down? If it does you can unlock it and flash the factory image
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jd1639 said:
Will the device boot into the bootloader, press and hold power and vol down? If it does you can unlock it and flash the factory image
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The device does boot into bootloader. But when I get into recovery mode, an android with red triangle and exclamation is displayed. How do I remove it and get back into the normal recovery mode?

ShobhitJethani said:
The device does boot into bootloader. But when I get into recovery mode, an android with red triangle and exclamation is displayed. How do I remove it and get back into the normal recovery mode?
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You don't need to get into recovery. Boot into the bootloader, unlock it, then flash the factory image. All that is done in the bootloader, not recovery.
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There is little confusion here @ShobhitJethani. Let's make things clear.
Bootloader mode (or fastboot mode) is when you press and hold volume_down+power keys.
Recovery mode is when you select the recovery mode with the power key in the bootloader mode.
To enable the menu options in stock recovery you have to PRESS and HOLD the POWER key and while you do that you just PRESS the VOLUME_UP key and then you RELEASE the VOLUME_UP key and then you can RELEASE the POWER key too.
What you did is starting to press and hold volume _up and power keys at the same time which is wrong.
Also, to unlock bootloader you just have to put the phone to bootloader mode. You dont have to do anything special before that.
I hope you now understand.

I somehow managed to remove the tamper flag and then gave it to the service center. They flashed KitKat on the phone. And now I also have updated my phone to 5.1 OTA. Thanks to everyone for trying to help me.