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My One S never boots up and keep restarting automatically

My One S has worked fine until now. Now, however, it suddenly started to reboot nonstop. I get the first two starting screens, then it shuts down, and in a few seconds it starts again. The process continues until the battery is dead. I've tried to hold in the shutdown button for various amounts of time and it leads to the process halting, ie the mobile keeps being off. But once I release the button the process continues once again.
Any ideas?

Can you get in to bootloader?
Power down then power + Volume

Mr Troop said:
Can you get in to bootloader?
Power down then power + Volume
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Dont seem to work. Ive tried multiple times to press both power and volume while the One S is shutdown. Have anyone heard of this problem before?

Are you HTC Dev unlocked?
Rooted?
Hold down Power you will see all 3 keys at bottom flash just keep holding,this should hard reboot
If not reboot device when screen and lights go off hold volume down then factory restore

Mr Troop said:
Are you HTC Dev unlocked?
Rooted?
Hold down Power you will see all 3 keys at bottom flash just keep holding,this should hard reboot
If not reboot device when screen and lights go off hold volume down then factory restore
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This didn't work on my phone :S I tried hard reboot and factory reset, both doesn't work. :S
What else I can do, I'm so panicked at the moment, please help me.
I can't get to the menu screen, it just keeps reloading between htc one s and htc logo please help.

I was having this issue the other day. It took me a while to get it figured out and this thread helped me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
To get into bootloader was hit and miss for me. I found that the best and most consistent way was to hold down the power + down volume, let go of the power while holding down the down volume after 5 sec and then press the power again then let go of both buttons.

[Q] Can't turn on my phone?

Hi,
I think I bricked my phone. I tried to root it using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
I installed CWM recovery, but when I tried to boot into recovery the screen left saying "Entering recovery.... This build is for development purpouses only etc..." Same after few reboots holding power button for ~ 10 seconds.
So I left my phone on that screen during the night, thinking maybe it takes some time to enter recovery
But in the morning the phone was dead and I can't turn it on.
The screen blinks for a second (see video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI-gy-hhXq0&feature=youtu.be ) and thats it. Holding Power, Volume down + Power doesn't help.
Any solution for this?

when you plug your phone to a charger does the red light come on?
you need to get into bootloader again. Saw your video, but what happens when: while holding volume down you press the power button for a second (while still holding volume down until bootloader starts?

Sometimes it does, sometimes it only comes on when i hold the Power + Volume down and goes off when I release Power button, bur then comes on again after a couple of minutes...

emiliukas said:
Sometimes it does, sometimes it only comes on when i hold the Power + Volume down and goes off when I release Power button, bur then comes on again after a couple of minutes...
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So if I read you right, you can get into bootloader? Reflash recovery, then flash a Rom and fastboot a boot.img
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No, I was talking about red light. The screen doesn't turn on at all, just a short flash.

emiliukas said:
No, I was talking about red light. The screen doesn't turn on at all, just a short flash.
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I don't know man, maybe someone else will help out here. Hold power button for like 30 seconds. You might have to send it in to be repaired.

Bootloop can't get into recovery

I am running Cm11 nightly , can't remember the day i think it is 2/21. Well randomly today, the phone rebooted and went into a bootloop. I am not sure why it is doing this now. But even if i remove the battery, and replace it the phone will bootup automatically and continue the bootloop. I can not get into recovery, just Odin. I have read that people have been having trouble with the power button sticking, can anyone confirm this? Any other suggestions?
Thanks

Try volume up + home + power to get into recovery. When you see the blue text in the top left corner saying "rebooting recovery" let go of the power button but continue to hold home and Vol up
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Sandman-007 said:
Try volume up + home + power to get into recovery. When you see the blue text in the top left corner saying "rebooting recovery" let go of the power button but continue to hold home and Vol up
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If I do this, I see the blue text in the top left but then I get the Samsung loading screen and then it shuts off and reboots.

Aarron.Hulswitt said:
If I do this, I see the blue text in the top left but then I get the Samsung loading screen and then it shuts off and reboots.
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another option if you cant get into custom recovery is to flash it with a stock rom using ODIN, you will lose everything but it might be your only option as to recovering your phone.

I have figured out that it is a hardware issue. I can boot into the phone if I continuously press the power button as it is booting up. But once it gets fully turns on, the power screen will constantly come up and eventually the phone will just reboot and start the whole process over again. From what I can see, the power button circuit is stuck in on I believe.
Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Looks like I am just going to have to get a replacement.

[Q] How to shut this thing off(one S villeC2)?

This might be the stupidest quetsion ever but, I'm totally helpless.
I need to access the recovery, I flashed a rom which stucks at the boot screen, I need to flash another yet I cannot shut this thing of. I keep pressing the power button for 10secs, 3buttons starts to flash and screen goes dark. When I let it go, it restarts.
How can I power of this device without accessing the OS?

Desefun said:
This might be the stupidest quetsion ever but, I'm totally helpless.
I need to access the recovery, I flashed a rom which stucks at the boot screen, I need to flash another yet I cannot shut this thing of. I keep pressing the power button for 10secs, 3buttons starts to flash and screen goes dark. When I let it go, it restarts.
How can I power of this device without accessing the OS?
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Hold it until the buttons stop flashing, about 20 seconds.
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I keep pushing the button for way longer than that. Still it reboots.
Take a look
watch?v=EQL-IvTZoUk

Originally Posted by no99sqrd View Post
Little late to the party, but I've found the best way to get into boot loader wiht any consistency is to hold the volume down and power button for five seconds or so, then let go of the power button (while holding volume down), then tapping the power button. Boot loader should pop up
Hope this helps!
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This solves it all!

[Q] Stuck in system recovery, no power button

So my power button has stopped working. It started by constantly turning the screen on and off, then bringing up the power menu again and again. I left it overnight to sort itself out. When I woke up, the phone had managed to reboot into safe mode, and then I tried to reboot back to normal. Now, the power button (and volume) is completely non-functional and the phone is stuck in (stock) system recovery.
Is there any other way to get the phone to reboot normally without use of the physical buttons?
I'd like to be able to do a more recent backup before I get the phone replaced. Thanks.

Have you tried pressing or holding the yellow Off button under the microSD/nanoSIM flap?

Bro0z3r said:
Have you tried pressing or holding the yellow Off button under the microSD/nanoSIM flap?
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Yes. It would reboot to the same recovery screen.
The phone eventually booted normally. I think there was water in the power button, causing it to register button presses on its own and eventually not responding to the button at all. It must have dried over time because the button works fine now.

Then do a backup and do it quickly, 'cause you don't know what it's gonna do next...

Bro0z3r said:
Then do a backup and do it quickly, 'cause you don't know what it's gonna do next...
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Yup! All backed up and waiting for the replacement in the mail.