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Did i just brick my phone?

I think i just bricked my phone. I am trying to return to S-on and after following all the instructions in the main sticky, i wrote the SUPERCID back to tmobile, and put in the writesecuflag 3 command, and rebooted the bootloader. Now the phone will not turn on at all. Won't power on regular and cannot turn it on into the bootloader. When i plug the phone into the computer QHUSB-DLOAD comes up in the device manager as to what it is saying it is attatched as. Adb shows no devices and RUU's cannot find the device. Omg i really hope i didnt hose this phone.

Did you flash first the ruu that came with your phone?
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and1kar said:
Did you flash first the ruu that came with your phone?
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Nope i used the tmous 1.50.

I am pretty sure you forgot to run the RUU, and sadly yes I have to inform you that it is bricked :/

xsteven77x said:
I think i just bricked my phone. I am trying to return to S-on and after following all the instructions in the main sticky, i wrote the SUPERCID back to tmobile, and put in the writesecuflag 3 command, and rebooted the bootloader. Now the phone will not turn on at all. Won't power on regular and cannot turn it on into the bootloader. When i plug the phone into the computer QHUSB-DLOAD comes up in the device manager as to what it is saying it is attatched as. Adb shows no devices and RUU's cannot find the device. Omg i really hope i didnt hose this phone.
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Sounds like you bricked it, yes :s

Thanks for the replies guys.

Since i got it from craigslist my only hope is paying htc to repair it i'm assuming?

It should still be covered by the original warranty right?

LooieENG said:
It should still be covered by the original warranty right?
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Just got off the phone with HTC. It is still covered under their warranty. Hopefully since all my void stickers in good standing, I have no physical damage, was able to get the CID back to Tmous and the write secureflag3 went through, there will be no reason to deny it. Here is hoping! I think EXT4 recovery is still on there though. Hopefully it will be so bricked that they will have to reset it and reload the software to be able to do anything with it

Hope you manage to get it fixed!
A question, I have yet to root my XE, but is SUPERCID a must on a sim free phone if you want to flash roms?

the fact is that if it is so bricked that it won't turn on at all they won't check it further. many members achieved to get a new phone as replacement

Just make sure you tell HTC you are the original owner and didnt get it from craigslist.Also DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES Mention any hacking forums like XDA,or ROOT, Just claim that it said "an update was available" so you chose to update and the battery died.I've had free repairs under warranty by using that same advice, A friend of mine mentioned root on his nexus one and they charged him for repair even though it was a month old as he voided the warranty

bonesy said:
Just make sure you tell HTC you are the original owner and didnt get it from craigslist.Also DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES Mention any hacking forums like XDA,or ROOT, Just claim that it said "an update was available" so you chose to update and the battery died.I've had free repairs under warranty by using that same advice, A friend of mine mentioned root on his nexus one and they charged him for repair even though it was a month old as he voided the warranty
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I definitely didnt mention xda or flashing roms or anything, and I told them i received it as an anniversary gift (even though i really did get it from craigslist). Told them i rebooted the phone and it just never came back on. Which really is what happened while leaving out a few details lol.

I wonder what would them HTC guys think if they are already among us

same thing happened to me the other day on my evo 3d...gonna send it in to htc as well...hope they won't know...what are the chances of them getting the phone to turn on??
xsteven77x said:
I think i just bricked my phone. I am trying to return to S-on and after following all the instructions in the main sticky, i wrote the SUPERCID back to tmobile, and put in the writesecuflag 3 command, and rebooted the bootloader. Now the phone will not turn on at all. Won't power on regular and cannot turn it on into the bootloader. When i plug the phone into the computer QHUSB-DLOAD comes up in the device manager as to what it is saying it is attatched as. Adb shows no devices and RUU's cannot find the device. Omg i really hope i didnt hose this phone.
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poktangju said:
same thing happened to me the other day on my evo 3d...gonna send it in to htc as well...hope they won't know...what are the chances of them getting the phone to turn on??
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From everything i read online it really seems hit or miss depending on the technician you get. More often than not they seem to let things slide even if it seems obvious that they should have been able to see it was rooted etc. Here is hoping . I'm gonna send it out tomorrow and will keep this thread updated with developments if anyone is interested in how it went. I have read some HORROR stories about people sending there phone to HTC and it become missing in action for MONTHS. I really pray to christ that does not happen to me.
O/T a little bit, but how come with just about any other "thing" in life a warranty is good and is tied to the object and not to the person. Even though i got this phone off of craigslist, why should that have ANYTHING to do with it. The phone is the phone and the warranty is the warranty regardless of whose possession it is in. I just don't think tmobile should be able to do that. Also i think it's BS that if you buy a brand new phone and it breaks 2 days later, they give you a refurb and not a new one. How do they get away with this ****!

i think im gonna take my chances as well...the person i talked to at htc did say that if the damages were caused by me then i would have a choice to pay them to fix if not i would have to pay $35 to get the phone back...so this could end up costing the shipping to send phone and the $35 to get the phone back.
xsteven77x said:
From everything i read online it really seems hit or miss depending on the technician you get. More often than not they seem to let things slide even if it seems obvious that they should have been able to see it was rooted etc. Here is hoping . I'm gonna send it out tomorrow and will keep this thread updated with developments if anyone is interested in how it went.
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Just wondering how this has progressed. Did you send your phone to HTC? Did they say what the potential repair costs could be?

Well i sent it out on 12/21 and they received it on 12/28. On the tracking website, it says "In repair". From experience, if it is going to have any issues or gonna charge you any money, it says under review until you have spoke to them and made arrangements or paid them. One thing that is pissing me off good is that every day, the day it says it was received is changed. So everyday i have checked, it went from saying received on 12/28, to 12/29, to 12/30, and now 1/1. So i dont know if that is just the way the system works, or if they are trying to sheist me and take forever and a day like some of the horror stories i have read. Not really sure what their is to do but send a replacement since it is hard bricked and cannot be resuscitated even with professional tools from all the research i have done online. In the meantime, i bought a galaxy s 2 and am LOVING it, except for the lack of development in comparison to here in sensation land!

did you get your phone back?
xsteven77x said:
Well i sent it out on 12/21 and they received it on 12/28. On the tracking website, it says "In repair". From experience, if it is going to have any issues or gonna charge you any money, it says under review until you have spoke to them and made arrangements or paid them. One thing that is pissing me off good is that every day, the day it says it was received is changed. So everyday i have checked, it went from saying received on 12/28, to 12/29, to 12/30, and now 1/1. So i dont know if that is just the way the system works, or if they are trying to sheist me and take forever and a day like some of the horror stories i have read. Not really sure what their is to do but send a replacement since it is hard bricked and cannot be resuscitated even with professional tools from all the research i have done online. In the meantime, i bought a galaxy s 2 and am LOVING it, except for the lack of development in comparison to here in sensation land!
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Sensation 4G Bricked?

Hello, I have an issue where I need to send my HTC Sensation in for repair. However, I had to re initiate S-ON, upon doing so. When I went to reboot, I get a blank screen with nothing showing. I can not even get into HBOOT. I know that if I send this to HTC for repair they are going to see I had S-OFF on this phone, and clockwork recovery. So they are going to charge me for the repair.
Anyone out there have any ideas on how to avoid this at all?

Just to let you know I just seen there was another thread on this and went to T-Mobile and they are sending me out a replacement free of charge except the $5 handling fee. Which is nominal at this point, they even let me use a loaner phone. This might be another avenue that people might be able to persue rather than wait the 6-10 business days for HTC to get done with their phone.

jamcomp said:
Just to let you know I just seen there was another thread on this and went to T-Mobile and they are sending me out a replacement free of charge except the $5 handling fee. Which is nominal at this point, they even let me use a loaner phone. This might be another avenue that people might be able to persue rather than wait the 6-10 business days for HTC to get done with their phone.
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Yup,they are a lot easier to deal with than HTC.I bricked mine on Christmas eve trying to flash an ICS firmware,contacted T-mo and got my replacement 2 days ago.

Got my new one a day later. Thank God that I had insurance on my phone so they replaced it. I told them that an OTA update must have corrupted the Android OS data.
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jamcomp said:
Hello, I have an issue where I need to send my HTC Sensation in for repair. However, I had to re initiate S-ON, upon doing so. When I went to reboot, I get a blank screen with nothing showing. I can not even get into HBOOT. I know that if I send this to HTC for repair they are going to see I had S-OFF on this phone, and clockwork recovery. So they are going to charge me for the repair.
Anyone out there have any ideas on how to avoid this at all?
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Did you flash the stock ROM before you put S-ON?

No I did not, that is the mistake that was made. Going to wit for the official launch of ICS before rooting my phone again so I don't have the same issue again.
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Poor HTC... It wasn't their fault...

Bricked
Same boat. ROM worked great... Now I'm bricked. Got my replacement today. Gonna wait a few days before sending bricked one to T Mo... Can they tell if I have S Off? Or do I hope for the best... Also in their terms and conditions they "conveniently" sent me it says " tampering or modifying your device is a violation that directly harms T-Mobile which cannot be fully redressed by money damages,and that T-Mobile shall be entitled to immediate injunctive relief in addition to all other remedies available." Should I be scared to send it back to them...? Lol

They don't mind. I had dust under screen and sent it back. I sent them it with miui lol. It came back still s offd but with the latest ota
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sending phone in under warranty

soo i need to send my phone in under warranty and want to get it looking as stock as possible.
anyways im running official stock, but my phone still says relocked bootloader
any way to make it say locked ?
has anyone else sent them in? did they notice or care ?

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The_Zodiac said:
soo i need to send my phone in under warranty and want to get it looking as stock as possible.
anyways im running official stock, but my phone still says relocked bootloader
any way to make it say locked ?
has anyone else sent them in? did they notice or care ?
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Currently there is no way to make it go back to locked. If you are sending it HTC for a warranty repair, it is almost guaranteed they will see this and charge you for a new motherboard ($200).

t0mmy said:
Currently there is no way to make it go back to locked. If you are sending it HTC for a warranty repair, it is almost guaranteed they will see this and charge you for a new motherboard ($200).
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would be sending it into att, not sure if they would sent it to htc though?

Are you just getting a warranty exchange? If so, I wouldn't worry about it. I brought mine into an AT&T store and exchanged it. Wasn't an issue and I told them I tried everything to make the phone work as it is suppose to. If you're worried about it though, you could wait a bit longer and see if the devs come up with a way to remedy your situation.
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Anyone Have Any Experience With HTC Warranty Department?

Hey Guys I have a question, Last night my One X suddenly powered off while browsing the internet now it won't turn on and no led lights come on when it's on the charger computer won't recognize it, It's just dead in the water left it on the charger overnight and still nothing. So my question is has anyone had any experience with HTC and their warranty with the one x? I can't go through at&t because not even 5 days ago I switched to straight talk after buying out of my contract with them so I don't have Their insurance anymore and I was in the middle of looking for insurance online through a 3rd party so I didn't have that either. I know HTC is "supposed" to have a 1 year warranty on the product but most people I see here get it replaced through at&t.

Have you held power button down for at least 10 seconds since talking off charger this morning by chance?
WR
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WarRaven said:
Have you held power button down for at least 10 seconds since talking off charger this morning by chance?
WR
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Yeah, Power Down For 10 Second's Holding volume down plus power to get into bootloader, Connecting to usb and holding down buttons tried all of them still nothing just dead.

efan0388 said:
Hey Guys I have a question, Last night my One X suddenly powered off while browsing the internet now it won't turn on and no led lights come on when it's on the charger computer won't recognize it, It's just dead in the water left it on the charger overnight and still nothing. So my question is has anyone had any experience with HTC and their warranty with the one x? I can't go through at&t because not even 5 days ago I switched to straight talk after buying out of my contract with them so I don't have Their insurance anymore and I was in the middle of looking for insurance online through a 3rd party so I didn't have that either. I know HTC is "supposed" to have a 1 year warranty on the product but most people I see here get it replaced through at&t.
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You can call HTC and they will have you mail it away (to Texas I think if you are in the US). If they determine it is their fault, they will fix the phone. If they determine it is not their fault, you have to pay them like $50 for them to mail the phone back.

efan0388 said:
Yeah, Power Down For 10 Second's Holding volume down plus power to get into bootloader, Connecting to usb and holding down buttons tried all of them still nothing just dead.
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You held jut the power button right?
Not with volume down.
If so, disregard an call HTC.
WR
Burnt off a Beast CleanRom-V @ 2.1

I would assume that HTC would replace your phone no problem, they may make you do some troubleshooting steps but it's worth it for a new phone.
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danny39 said:
I would assume that HTC would replace your phone no problem, they may make you do some troubleshooting steps but it's worth it for a new phone.
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Yeah, I can already tell this is gonna be a Pain in the ass HTC keeps telling me to contact at&t since it's a branded phone from them. At&t says since I bought out of my contract it's Htc I need to talk to. Round and round we go.

Make sure you have a back up phone. HTC service is very slow moving. Their phones are repaired by a third party and they have very little access to progress information. You're looking at 3 weeks minimum.
I went through hell with them when my one x gsm broke.
Don't let them tell you they don't have anything to do with the att one Xl...they sent me the one I have now after waiting for 2 months for them to repair my one x gsm
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nooomoto said:
Make sure you have a back up phone. HTC service is very slow moving. Their phones are repaired by a third party and they have very little access to progress information. You're looking at 3 weeks minimum.
I went through hell with them when my one x gsm broke.
Don't let them tell you they don't have anything to do with the att one Xl...they sent me the one I have now after waiting for 2 months for them to repair my one x gsm
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I'd be happy for them just to take the phone at this point. There telling me pretty much its at&t's problem and at&t is telling me it's HTC's problem. It has started to try install new devices when plugged into my computer now though. It's trying to install qhsub_dload mode driver and usb_input. So I dunno whats going on. I didn't flash anything and it was running perfect then just bam so Guess I'll just keep working on HTC.

qhsub_dload is called download mode, and its a real bad sign. It means everything is gone, including hboot. Its not easily recoverable, and you probably wouldn't be able to do so. And it might be a straight out hardware failure, anyway. If its not bootloader unlocked or anything, its not worth you messing around with anyway, since you can just get a repair or replacement by warranty.

redpoint73 said:
qhsub_dload is called download mode, and its a real bad sign. It means everything is gone, including hboot. Its not easily recoverable, and you probably wouldn't be able to do so. If its not bootloader unlocked or anything, its not worth you messing around with anyway, since you can just get a repair or replacement by warranty.
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It is bootloader unlocked but if they can't even boot it up I doubt they would be able to tell? Just weird that it happened like I said I didn't flash anything it just shut down in the middle of internet browsing. So I don't know how everything got erased.

efan0388 said:
It is bootloader unlocked but if they can't even boot it up I doubt they would be able to tell? Just weird that it happened like I said I didn't flash anything it just shut down in the middle of internet browsing. So I don't know how everything got erased.
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True, they can't tell on the phone that its BL unlocked, if it can't be powered on at all (even hboot). But unless you used the IMEI spoof BL unlock method, you had to submit your IMEI to HTC to get the unlock token. Now whether they actually keep a record of that, and will hold it against you, is another question.
From your description, it doesn't sound like anything you did. My gut feeling its a straight out hardware failure.

[Q] bricked one xl after charging [SOLVED]

ok so i have an AT&t HTC one xl running the latest jellybam rom and on rohans B6 kernel. last night on my way to work i plugged my phone into my OEM car charger, the phone rebooted and was stuck on the red text screen saying its a development build....the phone has been dead since. I let my phone "charge" for ten hours but nothing. normally when the phone charges on or off it still gives off some heat but ice cold. when i woke up this afternoon i tried to plug my phone into the computer and run adb but no luck. But i know its not completely dead. the phone shows up in device manager and makes a little toggle sound when plugged in. its still under warrenty but im worried that if i send it in they will make me pay for the repair since its rooted and bootloader unlocked. ive attached a picture of my device manager. Anyone know of a way to fix this or where to look?

So your screen still turns on? Or is it dead and unresponsive?
If the latter, it sounds like the power management bug. I've seen a number of phones brick from this.
If your screen still comes on, it's just a matter of getting into the bootloader. Hold down power and vol down until the buttons flash, then release power until the bootloader screen comes on. Once there, you can run a ruu or reflash your rom/kernel.

iElvis said:
So your screen still turns on? Or is it dead and unresponsive?
If the latter, it sounds like the power management bug. I've seen a number of phones brick from this.
If your screen still comes on, it's just a matter of getting into the bootloader. Hold down power and vol down until the buttons flash, then release power until the bootloader screen comes on. Once there, you can run a ruu or reflash your rom/kernel.
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i guess its the power management bug then. the only response i get from the phone is when i plug into the computer and the computer tries to install drivers but fails. screen wont turn on, no led, and no flashing buttons....is there any fix other then warranty claim?

SkizzyNinja said:
i guess its the power management bug then. the only response i get from the phone is when i plug into the computer and the computer tries to install drivers but fails. screen wont turn on, no led, and no flashing buttons....is there any fix other then warranty claim?
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You might try the JET tool in the development section.

iElvis said:
You might try the JET tool in the development section.
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ok would that be in the OG development or the other also thank you for your help.
EDIT: nevermind i found it. ill give it a try before work

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ok would that be in the OG development or the other also thank you for your help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966850
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For some reason i couldn't get jet to work so i tried the manual unbricking thread method and couldn't get my partitions to shw up in linux. Im gonn send it in for warranty and pray they dont charge me for root and s off lol thanks for your help anyways guys

is your car charger a real "htc charger" or some generic crap? i've had generic crap kill good phones.
have you volume down + power to get into bootloader?

DvineLord said:
is your car charger a real "htc charger" or some generic crap? i've had generic crap kill good phones.
have you volume down + power to get into bootloader?
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If he could reach bootloader his phone would not boot to QDL mode. It would boot to HTC Screen and not past that. the HTC boot Screen is comparable to a PC's POST. if no EMMC partition table is not detected, it's HTC replacement or JTAG.
I'm sorry for your bad luck OP. Please post back to let us know if HTC did in fact replace your phone. I am curious to see how things play out.

exad said:
If he could reach bootloader his phone would not boot to QDL mode. It would boot to HTC Screen and not past that. the HTC boot Screen is comparable to a PC's POST. if no EMMC partition table is not detected, it's HTC replacement or JTAG.
I'm sorry for your bad luck OP. Please post back to let us know if HTC did in fact replace your phone. I am curious to see how things play out.
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it was a legit htc one x charger....its safe to sqy ill never use a car charger again. and ill let you know im a little worried cause ive seen alot of horror storys about their warranty policy but i hope it works out

I did a warranty claim on my first htc one x that was rooted. AT&T gave me no hassle and shipped me out a new phone right away. They asked me what my phone was doing and i said its stuck at the htc screen. I did leave out tho that the phone was rooted.

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So HTC received my phone last Friday and had it shipped back to me by Saturday night and I just got it today. Pretty sure it's the same phone. I had an otterbox on mine day one so it was in mint condition but pretty sure its mine. I'm not rooted or s-off anymore I have 2.20 firmware as well so ether they couldn't see that I tampered with it or they just didn't care lol. Not gonna complain though cause I got my baby back. Thanks everyone for all their help.

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So HTC received my phone last Friday and had it shipped back to me by Saturday night and I just got it today. Pretty sure it's the same phone. I had an otterbox on mine day one so it was in mint condition but pretty sure its mine. I'm not rooted or s-off anymore I have 2.20 firmware as well so ether they couldn't see that I tampered with it or they just didn't care lol. Not gonna complain though cause I got my baby back. Thanks everyone for all their help.
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Should be able to root and gain everything back. Glad everything worked out.
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Thanks...I'll probably just update the firmware to get rid of the stupid push notification. My upgrade is ready may 20th so I'll just get an s4 and root that when available lol

SkizzyNinja said:
Thanks...I'll probably just update the firmware to get rid of the stupid push notification. My upgrade is ready may 20th so I'll just get an s4 and root that when available lol
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Unlock. Root. Soff. Then take use 3.18 ruu. So if the person who you sell it to wants to root they can
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