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[Solved] Sensation won't charge when turned off (not fastboot) after S-Off

Just rooted my Sensation and everything went just fine. Achived root and all my root apps works. But:
Yesterday I got my Evo 3D battery and to give it the best start possible i turned the phone off (took out the battery and put it back in) to charge it overnight.
When I woke up this morning the phone wouldn't turn on and the led was blinking orange. Luckily I had my old battery so I could just pop that in to get the phone going. Tried to turn the phone completely off with this battery and this won't charge either. Charging will work just fine when the phone is turned on.
Looked over to the Evo 3D forum and there are several users experiencing the same problem.
Anyone got a solution?
Solution: Get the new Clockwork Recovery mod- v4.0.1.5

Same here. Kinda sucks! Hope a fix comes. do you have a link to the thread in the evo 3d section?

Same problem here, on a UK Vodafone Sensation with ENG S-OFF

my phone charge when off maybe somthing went wrong with you guys s-off

Mine charges when off as usual.
T-Mo S4G

Might be seeing the same thing on my S-off Bell Sensation when truly off (not just screen off or HTC fastboot off)...will need to do some more testing to see what is going on...

Samen here.
Phone is off, light goes orange and after 3 sec it starts flashing orange.
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Behold_this said:
Same here. Kinda sucks! Hope a fix comes. do you have a link to the thread in the evo 3d section?
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Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192701
It only happens when the phone is truly off. Shut down in the menu doesn't turn the phone off, only hibernates it.

sindresv said:
Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192701
It only happens when the phone is truly off. Shut down in the menu doesn't turn the phone off, only hibernates it.
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Just tested it. Only happens when battery is removed
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Same here I thought my phone had bricked until it turned on 20min later at0% battery..
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App

same happened to me, managed to get back in by going into fastboot then recovery then android.
was nearly a trip into town to buy an universal charger.

I just flashed the RCMix3D Aztec ROM by capychimp and my Sensation charges while completely off
EDIT: OK, no it doesn't. An orange light showed up after I removed the battery and inserted the cable, but I looked down and it had gone off. No luck when I put the cable back in, either

Can anyone help as to how to get my phone to turn back on??? Same as everyone else...i get a blinking orange light but it wont turn on!!! Please help!!!

lightninbug said:
Can anyone help as to how to get my phone to turn back on??? Same as everyone else...i get a blinking orange light but it wont turn on!!! Please help!!!
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Try removing the battery then turning on as normal.

I too was having this issue. Turned my phone off last night and put it on the charger only to wake up to a phone with the flashing orange light. I pulled the battery 3 times to get it to work and still couldn't get the phone to turn on. Finally I plugged my phone into the charger and left it for about 15 minutes and the phone was then able to turn back on. For some reason the phone never charged last night and the battery was dead, which is why the orange light was blinking.
Edit: Just tried to turn phone off again and charge it and now it's blinking green/orange. Guess I'll just have to charge it while it's on from now on until this is figured out.

ordered one of these just in case so i won't have this worry in future.
universal phone battery charger.
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I do not recommend to use "universal" chargers for lithium-ion, lithium polymer batteries.
This can significantly reduce their lifespan.
P.S.
Tmous Sensation, S-OFF (Rev).
Remove -> insert battery, charging working with phone off =\

well im experiencing the same thing when phone is completely off but i was also reading in the htc vo 3d thread that their having the same issue and one person flashed a different recovery img and confirmed that its now working so im guessing the recovery img on the sensation is the problem why it isnt working.

Mine won't charge while off. No biggie since I'm used to that with NAND on my HD2.

Does this mean you cannot charge the phone at all if the phone is off and the battery is completely drained?

[Q] HDMI cable killed my phone

I know some of you aren't going to believe this but all I did was plug an HDMI cable in and now it won't turn on. Plugged it into the tv, then the phone. Phone completely locked up and turned black. Was totally unresponsive. Waited a few minutes and yanked the battery. Now it's stuck in a boot loop. I get the motorola logo, virgin mobile logo, and then it restarts endlessly. I rather not return it because of all my personal info on it. Any ideas how to either fix it or wipe all my stuff from it?

...yeah I don't believe you. But what matters lol, I don't think there's anyway to restore your data. You can fix it by installing Clockworkmod and flashing an uploaded backup. Just search a little bit for it.

johnnycsx said:
...yeah I don't believe you.
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Yeah, I said that because I wouldn't have believed it either. I swear, I did nothing to it. Was working fine all day. Got an HDMI cable in the mail today. Plugged it in and infinite boot loop...

vol +, vol -, & power is supposed to get you to recovery, no? I just get an android with a "!" in a triangle. Think it's toast?
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OMG! I'm back up and running. Here's what I did to fix it:
From start up hold Vol+, Vol-, Power. When you see the android let go of the buttons. Press home once (that's what confused me at first). This will bring up the menu. Vol+ moves up. Vol- moves down. Back arrow is to select. First I wiped cache partition with no luck. Next I chose "wipe data/factory reset". I have to reinstall everything but at least it works now.

I'm too lazy to look for it, but I saw a thread somewhere about 3 weeks ago about cheap hdmi cables toasting people's phones.

Glad to hear it's fixed! Did you try the cable again?

I bought a 15 foot cable from monoprice and it works fine for both mine and my wife's Triumph.

koobface said:
I bought a 15 foot cable from monoprice and it works fine for both mine and my wife's Triumph.
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I'm probably going to pick one up from there.
johnnycsx said:
Glad to hear it's fixed! Did you try the cable again?
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I'm hesitant. I think I'm going to double check it with a multimeter first and make sure there are no shorts.
maxpower17 said:
I'm too lazy to look for it, but I saw a thread somewhere about 3 weeks ago about cheap hdmi cables toasting people's phones.
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That's scary. You think you're saving yourself a few dollars buying a cheap wire and it ends up taking out a few hundred dollar device.

i definitely believe it. the hdmi mirroring works fine until i disconnect the cord from the phone. sometimes my phone's screen just remains black and won't respond to anything. only thing i can do is a battery pull. hopefully it isn't an issue with the hardware..

Help ME!!!! IT DIED!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the over dramatic title, but it usually attracts in more views.
I'm from Canada, and was using a Lg Optimus 2x p999, which in the states is a tmobile G2x.
The first time i used nvflash, it went through, but the phone wouldn't boot clockworkmod. It just showed the stock android. I re-did it, and it began to work.
I installed cyanogenmod stable 7.10.1, then installed a nightly v.201. IT was in a boot loop, but clearing the cache fixed that. Next, i installed a bad theme that killed the phone (bootloop again). Finally, i reinstalled the nightly, then installed a theme from this site.
so, it had :
Cyanogenmod 7 nightly 201 for lg g2x,
colorized for most roms theme pack (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121299)
I plugged the sucker in over nighty to charge. It was around ~34% charged when i plugged it in. Now, i get absolutely nothing from it. I tried to plug it without battery, with battery, boot into clockwork, but the phone doesn't respond at all! it's as if it died over night

Blazing angel said:
Sorry for the over dramatic title, but it usually attracts in more views.
I'm from Canada, and was using a Lg Optimus 2x p999, which in the states is a tmobile G2x.
The first time i used nvflash, it went through, but the phone wouldn't boot clockworkmod. It just showed the stock android. I re-did it, and it began to work.
I installed cyanogenmod stable 7.10.1, then installed a nightly v.201. IT was in a boot loop, but clearing the cache fixed that. Next, i installed a bad theme that killed the phone (bootloop again). Finally, i reinstalled the nightly, then installed a theme from this site.
so, it had :
Cyanogenmod 7 nightly 201 for lg g2x,
colorized for most roms theme pack (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121299)
I plugged the sucker in over nighty to charge. It was around ~34% charged when i plugged it in. Now, i get absolutely nothing from it. I tried to plug it without battery, with battery, boot into clockwork, but the phone doesn't respond at all! it's as if it died over night
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Might sound dumb but your 100% it was charging? I plug it in sometimes and it is not charging until I move or wiggle it... maybe it just died by the battery. Plug it in leave it for about 10 minutes see if the battery logo comes up. 2nd plug it in to the computer does anything happen computer recognize the device any signs of life?
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i'm sending mine to lg tomorrow. thursday night i fell asleep to some talk radio with phone plugged in. friday morning,alarm woke me up as usual. phone was plugged in all night. on my way to work, battery died.???? i plug in my car charger and get nothing from the phone. i then notice the micro usb port is extremely loose. i left it plugged in for an hour or so and it finally booted. i couldn't get the charging screen unless i had the plug just a certain way.
so maybe just leave it plugged in for an hour or so and see what happens.

this happened to me overnight
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Idk what happened lol from ≈100% to 0% and it wouldn't turn on either (even after battery pull). Works now but now I'm getting random reboots
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missaellpzchvz said:
this happened to me overnight
Idk what happened lol from ≈100% to 0% and it wouldn't turn on either (even after battery pull). Works now but now I'm getting random reboots
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Replace the battery.
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HTC Sensation won't turn on!

Hy! I have a HTC Sensation that won't turn on. The phone is stock, was never rooted. It has 4.0.3 original update. So this happened like this: i had 1% battery left. The phone turned off. I turned the phone on, tried to make a call and the phone just died. I plug the charger and nothing. The orange light is off. I have tried everything, but the phone is dead. I have searched on google about this and it seems like a general problem but no one knows how to fix it. What do you think ?
Thank you and sorry for my bad english.

DarkShadow13 said:
Hy! I have a HTC Sensation that won't turn on. The phone is stock, was never rooted. It has 4.0.3 original update. So this happened like this: i had 1% battery left. The phone turned off. I turned the phone on, tried to make a call and the phone just died. I plug the charger and nothing. The orange light is off. I have tried everything, but the phone is dead. I have searched on google about this and it seems like a general problem but no one knows how to fix it. What do you think ?
Thank you and sorry for my bad english.
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Hi,
Try taking out the sim card and the sd card.
Plug the phone into the wall ,and leave it for 5-6 hours.

This is normal
Just plug the phone back on the charger for about 30 minutes and the phone will come to life again.
Best of Luck

malybru said:
Hi,
Try taking out the sim card and the sd card.
Plug the phone into the wall ,and leave it for 5-6 hours.
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I have just pluget the phone into the wall. Hope it will work.
Anyway...I have read another post here and one dude was saying about "instant death syndrome" . Is that possible? I don't really belive that the phone can break just like that.

It hit into charge mode when the battery is detected again.just the battery out of juice,no big worries
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Yes. It has happened before exactly like that... strange I know. I've had this happen to me but was able to fix it. Here is my story. I had about 60%battery left when I plugged it into the charger. When I went to check on phone it was completely dead!! I had no charging lights anything! I happened to have another battery so I popped in the other battery and the phone sprang back to life! Very strange because it was a new battery inside my phone! You might want to give a new battery a try and see if it helps. As for the "instant death" the guy was talking about, what happens is that certain batteries have a trigger that if ran down too low they shut down and only special chargers can bring them to life again. I've read this my self you can google it. Now if that has an effect on our phone, I don't know but I've read numerous stories like yours and now I'm afraid to run my battery completely down in fear it will do this to my device. I hope you get your device working again. Do try another battery, it worked in my case. Best wishes

The battery is only 3 months old. When I bought the phone (from someone, not new) the old battery was trash. The new one is original, just like the old one. Is the first time it does that, never had problems with the new battery. After the phone died, i've checked the battery and had verry little power. I've tooked the battery out of the phone and charge it enough to turn on the phone, but it did not. Now the phone is pluget in the wall, as suggested. The orange light is off. Is like the phone is bricked and I really can't understand why. I had a Samsung Galaxy i9000, run out of battery, but as soon as I connected the charger turned on. Same with Galaxy i9100.

Keep the phone plugged in for atleast 1 hour and see if it starts to charge...
If it doesn't, you might want to try an external battery charger like this one....
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4$ on Amazon... http://www.amazon.com/External-Battery-Charger-HTC-Sensation/dp/B005C2BVFO

I have allready tried that. The phone is still dead. Any more ideas ?

Use ur battery off all the way (til it shuts down) then remove ur battery n press the power button without the battery inna cell phone; like as if u were trying to turn ur phone on ordinarily. Then let da phone stay still over a night, or at least 5hourz WITHOUT THE BATTERY IN IT. Then re-insert the battery n plug the charger n see wah happenz.
Hope it's gonna work
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Use ur battery off all the way (til it shuts down) then remove ur battery n press the power button without the battery inna cell phone; like as if u were trying to turn ur phone on ordinarily. Then let da phone stay still over a night, or at least 5hourz WITHOUT THE BATTERY IN IT. Then re-insert the battery n plug the charger n see wah happenz.
Hope it's gonna work
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Thanks for the advice! I will try it right now!

i have this same issue..the phone started typing things by itself and i decided to shut it down and power it on but till date, the phone cannot power on..i have tried with other batteries but still to no avail..when i plug in the charger, the red LED light pops up for about 4 seconds and go off again. can someone help me out?

razr hd black screen,greel led

Hello All,
i upgraded xt925 to kitkat from JB as per xda post successfuly but i noticed i was no receiving sms so i tried to change modem through razr toolkit modems but no success then i changed firmware through razr toolki and decided to put retail brazil but it gave error on 7/22 on rsd lite while doing so phone screen turned off and didnt turn on when i put on charging green led blinks i tried all methods power plus volume up down etc many times but phone doesnt turn on,no fasboot.i showed it to local repairing shop they said its boot is damaged.Please help me to revive my phone.is there any mehod to repair boot?i also have tried different 5V chargers thinking about low battery but no success the phone remains dead.simcard and sd card already removed.Help please

xt925 no working bootloader
Please try to help
is there any method to reflash bootloader or some way to show up bootloader?no combination of power,volume keys working.just green light blinks when i put on charger.i even charged it with tablet charger of 5V 2A but green light keeps blinking in a sequence.

Guys atleast give some suggestions.it can happen with anybody.can bootloader flashed again some way?any other way to give life to this dead xt925?

No one bothers to give a suggestion.please let me know if i should post my problem in any other relevant forum.

FerasSGT said:
No one bothers to give a suggestion.please let me know if i should post my problem in any other relevant forum.
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First off, you need to take a deep breath and calm down. If no one has answered, then it's either they don't know the answer (you do really want them to answer "I don't know how to help you. Sorry.") or just wait until someone reads it and thinks they know the issue.
Now, a couple of questions:
1 .What image did you flash the modem from? Need the full image name.
2. Did you use the correct image for your phone? Again, answer from question 1 will help.
I would suggest it's time to grab the correct image for your phone and flash the full image. Then next time, instead of flashing modem, do a clear dalvik and cache first. Then, if that doesn't work, do a Factory Data Reset, which that usually cures the issue.
But, at this time, you're only recourse is to flash a full stock image back to your phone to ensure you didn't corrupt anything. If that doesn't work, then I'd say you probably flashed the wrong image somewhere and bricked your phone. If a full factory image flash doesn't work, then you definitely bricked your phone and there's not much else we can do to help.

Sir it was one of the modem from razr hd toolkit there are 4 or 5 i think.after flashing that modem i changed firmware to rsrd that is used before upgrading to kitkat.firmware flashed succesfuly&i was recieving sms then i decided to flash retail brazil while doing so in rsd lite it gave error on 7/22 i repeated once again error then i tried to fastboot again but screen didnt turn on afterwards till now.
As you suggested to flash a new rom but how can i flash phone dont turn on,no fastboot,no recovery menu,phone dont connect through adb or rsd lite.tried many combinations of power plus volume up down but nothing.only if i put it on charging green light blinks and that is all.

You may be perma-bricked then. This is why when flashing you have to ensure you flashing the correct images for your phone as well as the correct version. Not doing so can cause the situation you are in.
There might be another way to fix it, but I have no idea and will leave it to someone else to hopefully help if they know of a way to fix it. If not, your only recourse is to turn the phone in for a swap. If it's still under warranty, you might be able to get another one swapped out.
I have no other help to offer, unfortunately.
Good luck!

I gave it for repair shopsman said he will put jtag&repair bootloader.lets hope for the best

FerasSGT said:
I gave it for repair shopsman said he will put jtag&repair bootloader.lets hope for the best
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Good luck. Hope it all works out for you.

I got it back today shopsman said no jtag exit for this model so far.some1 on other forum advised to try to start it with motorola factory cable.i will try to ask som1 to make it for me as per xda post
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Guys i will be very happy for your suggestions i dont have motorola support in my country.may be your suggestions will give life to my dead razr hd.please help
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No help offered except from iBolski.come on guys

I have 4 wires in usb cable.on mini side there are three points with wires on top and on bottom there are two points.on bottom the last point on right side is empty.can i join any wires to make it work like motorola factory cable?

Which points i have to join to make it work like factory cable.these are points of mini side of usb cable.there are 4 white color wires in cable.point 4 is empty.
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I have not soldered but simply attached a wire to two points 3&4 but no activity on phone screen after connecting to laptop.points 3&4 as on photo in upper post

FerasSGT said:
Which points i have to join to make it work like factory cable.these are points of mini side of usb cable.there are 4 white color wires in cable.point 4 is empty.
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I checked with multimeter i think point 3 is 5V wire but if i connect point 3 to point 4(empty) nothing happens on phone screen just green led stops blinking which otherwise blinks always when i connect any usb with charger or latop.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13756084&postcount=1

I wanted to connect charger wires direct to battery so i seprated the kelvar and in doing so a connection wire going inside to battery is broken.where can i send it for repair internationaly as i was using it in pakistan but it is of rogers canada i think.i bought it from a friend in pakistan.please tell any reliable international repairing facility address.

FerasSGT said:
I wanted to connect charger wires direct to battery so i seprated the kelvar and in doing so a connection wire going inside to battery is broken.where can i send it for repair internationaly as i was using it in pakistan but it is of rogers canada i think.i bought it from a friend in pakistan.please tell any reliable international repairing facility address.
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well the point of the factory adapter has nothing to do with the battery, infarct, it bypasses the battery altogether.
so you trying to hook the cables to the battery, missed the entire point of the adapter.
if the phone is not totally bricked, it should boot right into fastboot when you plug it in.
use google to find a place to fix it.

This wire attached to my phone battery was broken when i tried to open phone the wrong way.i didnt open the 2 screws on bottom but just seprated from kelvar side.di i need to replace battery or this connection wire can be repaired?by the way phone is still nonfunctional doesnt go to fastboot or recovery it is dead just green led blinks when i attach charger.