This Phone makes me crazy, the biggest problem is... its not my Phone! i borrowed it
The Phone is never rooted/unlocked
Locked - S-On
The volume down button does not work anymore.
I took the Phone apart and removed the flex cable, but had the same problem.
The Phone Always start in bootloader mode (white background and the options) if i dont do anything
If i pull the battery out and i hold volume up and power button it will boot to the Phone with safe mode.
I used a ruu from somewhere but still safe mode
I tried to unlock the bootloader with fastboot but i cant select yes with the power button (it doesnt do anything)
What are my options now, i dont mind loosing everything!
From your explanation it seems the phone is stuck with volume down button pressed/on
That's why normal boot is taking you to bootloader and from bootloader it is taking you to safe mode
Try to readjust the flex cable
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My sensation restarts on its own(happens quiet often) after the 4.0.3 OTA..................
HELP.............
Also wanted to know how to open fastboot mode In sensation(Im new to HTC).........
For Fastboot mode, turn off your phone ,remove battery and replace or uncheck fast boot ( do this in setting <power<uncheck fastboot )press power button and volume down button together at same time. Now you will see Hboot menu select fastboot using power button if you want to scroll up and down use volume buttons.
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Restarting problem
I have had phone powering off by itself.
I have tried different software solutions as well as factory reset but it did not helped.
The real problem is hardware. To be more precise, the pins which connects to the battery simply does not do that.
- Power off your phone.
- Remove the cover
- Remove the battery
- cut the small piece of paper (thick as business card) and insert it opposed to the battery connectors. Insert it while putting battery back, between battery and casing
- Power on you phone
To me it works for last two months
PS: I will try to include the picture.
Did factory reset and it worked for me.
BTW thanks....
I bought an inspire on eBay with a screen issues, I managed to fix it by changing the screen to a new one.
Now when i turned on the phone for the first time the screen works but there is a lock pattern that i don't the the combination to it and the seller also don't know it. i tried to root the phone but i cant access to the boot menu. after i read some topics i saw that it might be because a fast boot selected and it doesn't give me the option to enter setup.
any suggestion how i can solve it? is there an option to root via PC or some other creative solutions?
(the phone unrecognized by pc when plugged with usb cable so i presume it is in charge only mode)
vladikpri said:
I bought an inspire on eBay with a screen issues, I managed to fix it by changing the screen to a new one.
Now when i turned on the phone for the first time the screen works but there is a lock pattern that i don't the the combination to it and the seller also don't know it. i tried to root the phone but i cant access to the boot menu. after i read some topics i saw that it might be because a fast boot selected and it doesn't give me the option to enter setup.
any suggestion how i can solve it? is there an option to root via PC or some other creative solutions?
(the phone unrecognized by pc when plugged with usb cable so i presume it is in charge only mode)
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OK. Take out the battery and then put it in. Then press and hold the volume down button and press the power button. It should boot into hboot. Now use the volume keys to navigate to the factory reset option. Press the power button to start the reset. This will wipe the partitions so essentially you will have a new phone.
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The easiest way to get into boot loader while phone is on. I see a lot of people posting different ways.
Reboot phone, either by pressing and holding the power button until the touch buttons at the bottom flash or just by hitting reboot within your ROM.
When the screen goes black, hold volume down.
No need to press and hold both at the same time unless your phone is powered off.
The advantage being you can do this with just one hand.
Download quckboot. That's the easiest way if you're already rooted.
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ECEXCURSION said:
Download quckboot. That's the easiest way if you're already rooted.
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Ah but this also works if you cant boot due to bad flash or something!
As this looks to be meant as general FYI, the following should be noted:
1) Many people that can't get into bootloader, is because lots of people instruct to just "hold power and volume down". Which, if taken literally, doesn't actually do anything. You actually have to release the power button (after holding it for a few seconds), while still holding the vol down rocker. which brings us to . . .
2) You have to keep holding vol down until the bootloader screen comes up. Otherwise, if you release it too soon, the phone will just boot normally.
3) If you press the vol down rocker too late, the phone will boot into safe mode. You need to hit it before the HTC boot screen comes up, while the screen is still black.
4) There seem to be a good number of posts by folks that can't properly get into bootloader, and assume its an issue with the phone. But 99.9999% of the time, its just user error (not doing the button sequence properly). Just follow the OP, and the points I've listed above, and you will get into bootloader. If bootloader was messed up in any way (corrupted, overwritten, etc.), the screen would not come on at all. So the problem is not the phone, but almost always user error.
The one exception to this might be an obscure mechanical problem, such as the volume rocker not functioning properly. But this if almost never the case.
redpoint73 said:
As this looks to be meant as general FYI, the following should be noted:
1) Many people that can't get into bootloader, is because lots of people instruct to just "hold power and volume down". Which, if taken literally, doesn't actually do anything. You actually have to release the power button (after holding it for a few seconds), while still holding the vol down rocker. which brings us to . . .
2) You have to keep holding vol down until the bootloader screen comes up. Otherwise, if you release it too soon, the phone will just boot normally.
3) If you press the vol down rocker too late, the phone will boot into safe mode. You need to hit it before the HTC boot screen comes up, while the screen is still black.
4) There seem to be a good number of posts by folks that can't properly get into bootloader, and assume its an issue with the phone. But 99.9999% of the time, its just user error (not doing the button sequence properly). Just follow the OP, and the points I've listed above, and you will get into bootloader. If bootloader was messed up in any way (corrupted, overwritten, etc.), the screen would not come on at all. So the problem is not the phone, but almost always user error.
The one exception to this might be an obscure mechanical problem, such as the volume rocker not functioning properly. But this if almost never the case.
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The only real time you have to hold both down at the same time, is if your phone is already off. Otherwise so long as you press and hold volume when the screen goes black from a reboot, you will get in.
ECEXCURSION said:
Download quckboot. That's the easiest way if you're already rooted.
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That's the best way. Most ROMs have a reboot function built in when you hit the power button
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Herc08 said:
That's the best way. Most ROMs have a reboot function built in when you hit the power button
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As OP mentioned, this won't help you if you are stuck on the boot screen. Which is one of the more common situations where noobs suddenly realize they don't know how to get into bootloader.
I always just hold down both power and vol down until the capacitive buttons stop flashing then let go of power but still hold vol down until I get into bootloader. Works 100% of the time
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Hi guys, hope you can help....
I have a HTC One S that I recently dug out of my fun box (I've had a new phone for some time now) with the intentions of rooting the device and having some fun with it, but I've run into a problem. I appears that the pattern lock I put on the phone is not so easy to remember, its been some time since I've used this phone. I know that I can simply enter into recover mode and do a wipe on the device, but here is where the problem starts. I'm pretty sure I have Fastboot enabled on the phone, and because I can't get into the phone to disable Fastboot it doesn't appear like I can use the hard reset method of [ volume down + power ]. When I try this method Fastboot simply takes me directly into regular boot-up where I'm then stuck with not knowing my pattern lock.
Any way around this so I can hard rest the phone while Fastboot is enabled??
Thanks for the help!
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Found the answer just after I posted the question...
With phone turned on, hold [volume down + power button], immediately after the screen powers off release power button and keep holding volume down. This will kick it into bootloader.
So basically it was the same process, but instead of doing while the phone is off, do it while it's on.
My Nexus 5 was drained off battery and was not taking charging suddenly. I entered the hard reset mode( power+volume down button) and accidently did a "restart bootloader". Since then my phone has been hard bricked! I cannot enter into recovery mode as well( power + volume down button). But I am sure that if I can get the bootloader running somehow, my phone will be back. I am sure it does not have any grave hardware issues as such. But the maintenance (service) center says , they will need to replace the motherboard, which is too costly for me.
Can anyone give me any pointers of how can I get my phone working again?
aman572 said:
My Nexus 5 was drained off battery and was not taking charging suddenly. I entered the hard reset mode( power+volume down button) and accidently did a "restart bootloader". Since then my phone has been hard bricked! I cannot enter into recovery mode as well( power + volume down button). But I am sure that if I can get the bootloader running somehow, my phone will be back. I am sure it does not have any grave hardware issues as such. But the maintenance (service) center says , they will need to replace the motherboard, which is too costly for me.
Can anyone give me any pointers of how can I get my phone working again?
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Have you tried connecting it to a computer and seeing if it gets detected by the computer in device manager? If so, it should still be possible to bring it back.
What exactly happens when you try to power it on? Does the screen turn on at all? Does it vibrate once, as supposed to, when you press the power button? Or is it completely unresponsive? Also, when you plug it in to charge, does a red LED light up where the notification light normally is?
Also, try various combinations of powering up sequences. You want to try the following:
Hold power
Hold power + vol down (this should bring you into bootloader)
Hold power + vol up
Hold power + both volume buttons
Let me know what happens when you try this, and maybe I can help you out!