Hi,
Today my phone was drained and I left it charging from my laptop. 3-4 hours later I tried to boot it but with no luck.
Also now it was very warm. After some trial and error - and possibly because the phone now was cooler - I was able to boot into fastboot.
But I can't get past the HTC logo. In fastboot I have tried to reflash the boot.img from CM10.2. I have also reflashed a recovery - but still
I can't boot into recovery or CM.
I also tried to unlock the phone but when doing so, I don't get send to the last screen, where I actually unlock the phone (it was already unlocked, it was just a test)
My suspicion is that the internal storage has been fried when the phone overheated - since it seems like that fastboot says it's writing but in fact I doubt that the phone actually wrote anything.
How can I know? Apart from the dead phone, all my pictures are lost in there too.
I would love a little help...
Frederik
In bootloader menu (that with fastboot) you can go to recovery.
Now recovery is broken. Re-flash or flash another recovery. you will now when it's ok. It let you do your work.
In that same menu you have Factory reset. But this erase all in your phone (and SD card)!
Try reflashing stock recovery... Let it do what it needs to do in recovery and then flash whatever custom recovery you have.
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Hi everyone
I have a desire S that gets stuck on the HTC logo in startup and won't boot.
When i try to get to the bootloader- it works, but if i try to do anything, it just gets stuck.
Trying to get to recovery- it turns off and vibrates 7 times.
I try to do a factory reset- the moment i press the power button it gets stuck and won't respond
Same for everything else.
Anyone knows what can i do with this?
The device is unrooted, but S-off.
Did you even look before you made this thread? The most recent thread was from a user with what sounds like the same problem as you. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241721
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Yes, i looked. a LOT.
This is not the same problem at all- he can get to recovery properly and do a factory reset, while i can't.
Well, perhaps you have done already, some things i 'll mention but..
Simpliest:
1. Remove battery and wait at least a minute before putting it back
( preferably switch the phone off- if you can )
2. Boot it again, connect to pc, check whether fastboot sees your device...
( you said you're not able to boot the system on it- so no ADB )
Try to reboot via fastboot issuing command
fastboot reboot
In case it didn't work
1.flash recovery again ( clockworkmod or 4ext )
and see what happens-when you'll have succeded,
try again to get to recovery from bootloader,
Optional:
when you get there , flash superuser zip
( If you'll still not be able to boot in to system , you may attempt to flash
some other rom- as .zip via recovery )
2. May also attempt to restore factory image on the phone ( RUU )
which proceeds from fastboot...
If all the above fails, there is an article you may be interested in reading,
that hopefully is not your case but....your call
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284196
Edit: if it is unrooted, it may even still have stock recovery -
nothing you may easily interact with, on the level given by custom...
Let me preface from saying I've had this phone and flashed countless ROMs on it.
Also the power button died on it (fast reboot etc problem) and since I had already ordered my Nexus 5 I just decided to rip the button off and use it for the few weeks until I got my new phone.
Now that its been a while I decided to see what I could do with it and wanted to boot. It wouldn't boot and was stuck at the loading screen for a good hour. So I went okay I'll just decide to use Odin and bring it back to stock. Followed the guide here to the T and 3 separate times all that happens is the phone is stuck at the S boot screen. Tried both stock roms posted.
Now since I don't have a power button I can't get into recovery (which I'm assuming is wiped but I have the Odin recovery ready to flash but whats the point?)
I tried adb/fastboot and the phone isn't recognized.
Any suggestions? Currently stuck at the boot logo for 1hr 25min. I'm aware of wiping the cache but I don't know how to do that without recovery.
Edit: So I opened the sucker again, got some foil and shorted the power button contacts and actually got to the stock recovery and did a wipe of the data and cache. Now booting fingers crossed. If this doesn't work at least I know I can get into recovery and install TWRP and a custom rom and see if that boots. However if this is a go then I'm good (only want it t run Perktv)
Edit2: So I couldn't get anything to install with TWRP (tried 3 different roms) so I went to the other recovery (Philz?)
Was able to install SlimKat (was using SlimBean when I was using the phone) and was finally able to install it... now its in a boot loop.
So I guess back to fully wiping (again) but I remember with these phones you had to do the wipe 2x which I didn't do. God I'm so spoiled with the Nexus.
Off to do that and see if that helps.
Edit3: Worked!! Woohoo
So guys, i've done it. I bring my first device.
Yesterday i tried to downgrade via fastboot with this recovery images https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload (yes is choose the right ones)
flash boot, check
flash recovery, check
flash system, failes (insufficient memory)
erase sytem, check
flash system, failed (insufficient memory)
flash twrp, check, but no usb mouse so
flash cwm, check
factory reset, check
rom.zip and gapps on sd card, check
reboot, boot into bootloader, no chance
It boots everytime normal, so i cant enter the recovery.
Connect it to charger, check
charging led lights up, check
Go sleeping, check
doenst boot into bootloader :/
Back to charger
Now I wanted to try it again and i wont even boot.
Anyone has an Idea? Or is it really bricked?
Can you still see the device listed using fast boot?
No, because I can't enter the bootloader or the recovery. But it boots again
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The same thing just happened to me. Unfortunately, I am still trying to figure it out. I flashed a "stock" recovery that I had found in order to be able to take the OTAs. Now when I boot, I just stay stuck on the NVIDIA splash screen.....been there for hours.
rafaelvelasquez2 said:
The same thing just happened to me. Unfortunately, I am still trying to figure it out. I flashed a "stock" recovery that I had found in order to be able to take the OTAs. Now when I boot, I just stay stuck on the NVIDIA splash screen.....been there for hours.
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Same here.....
Mine is working again. Booting in the bootloader is a little bit tricky.
Have you tried to flash all? Boot.img, recovery.img and system.img?
...
I had the same issue. But after trying to get into the bootloader using POWER + VOLUME DOWN for about 15 minutes it finally went to the bootloader and I was able to re-flash it. I have a feeling it's the cludgy power button.
You do not need to flash the stock recovery to take the ota. I have taken 2 otas now on custom recovery without any issue and without loosing root. Just an FYI.
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I just did a factory reset under lollipop, locked boot-loader rooted and it rebooted to the green android screen then dropped into CWM and asked to fix root. I said no, then it went to the nvidia boot logo and it is stuck. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Edit: nevermind, I just powered it off after about 20 minuets and it hung again. When I plugged it into my pc, it finally poped into the setup/welcome screen. Pretty weird. Heart attack averted
Hi, I have a unlocked HTC One Mini S-ON, not sure if root is still there.
I had it loaded with One-Hybrid-Rom, which used to work fine.
Whenever the phone runs out of battery and I recharge it, after trying to reboot, I always get bootloader.
I have to reboot boatloader 100 times before I finally get the HTC screen and the Rom boots up.
Once the rom is loaded, the phone works fine.
Also, in bootloader, I can NOT enter recovery. When I select "Recovery", it gets back to the same bootloader screen.
So I tried flashing the recovery partition with all kinds of versions of twrp and cwm.
The phone is perfectly connected with adb, fastboot. I use fastboot flash firmware to try and flash the recovery, but it ALWAYS gives me the same error, it is able to send the file to the phone perfectly, but when it starts writing I get "IMAGE UPDATE ERROR".
I have tried literally everything to get the recovery partition working again, but all fails.
As I said, once the phone is booted up, it is working fine...
Is there a fix for this issue? It is just impossible to reboot the phone 100 times before the rom loads.
Thanks a lot guys.
feemanbe said:
Hi, I have a unlocked HTC One Mini S-ON, not sure if root is still there.
I had it loaded with One-Hybrid-Rom, which used to work fine.
Whenever the phone runs out of battery and I recharge it, after trying to reboot, I always get bootloader.
I have to reboot boatloader 100 times before I finally get the HTC screen and the Rom boots up.
Once the rom is loaded, the phone works fine.
Also, in bootloader, I can NOT enter recovery. When I select "Recovery", it gets back to the same bootloader screen.
So I tried flashing the recovery partition with all kinds of versions of twrp and cwm.
The phone is perfectly connected with adb, fastboot. I use fastboot flash firmware to try and flash the recovery, but it ALWAYS gives me the same error, it is able to send the file to the phone perfectly, but when it starts writing I get "IMAGE UPDATE ERROR".
I have tried literally everything to get the recovery partition working again, but all fails.
As I said, once the phone is booted up, it is working fine...
Is there a fix for this issue? It is just impossible to reboot the phone 100 times before the rom loads.
Thanks a lot guys.
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No one?
No-one willing to help me on an unflashable recovery partition?
Sometimes phone boots into modded OS and runs perfectly, but mostly (99 out of 100 times) it just reboots to bootloader,
unable to enter recovery.
When flashing recovery (I tried all possible recoveries) via fastboot, it connects, but then I get "Failed, image update error"..;
I would really like to use this phone again...
It is S-ON, Unlocked, Hboot-2.21
Thanks.
I have been running with Nolimit ROM since early on. On Sunday I decided to try Franken. All seemed to go well with the flash but the phone would boot into the red screen. I shut it off and it refused to turn back on. I let it charge overnight and tried to turn it on the next morning. Nada. I did notice that it was showing a device under ports. After doing some searching, I found the tool that OnePlus uses to recover from the hard brick. Installed using the tool and it completed successfully. Upon reboot it would just hang at the initial splash screen. Doing more research I found the Hydrogen OS recovery and tried that. Again, I see the H2OS splash screen but it never boots. I can get into Fastboot and Recovery and have tried clearing everything. Before I go back to the Oxygen OS, is there anything else I can do or is it RMA time?
BTW, the bootloader is now locked, a side effect from using the OnePlus recovery tool.
I almost forgot... because the OS won't boot, It won't allow OEM unlock. Trying to unlock the bootloader gives a failed for remote access.
Thanks in advance.
You can't boot locked with a non-stock recovery. The bootloader won't allow it.
Maybe try running the unbrick tool again. Sorry, if you can get to recovery, you don't need the unbrick tool. You should be able to adb push the full OS to your phone and flash it in recovery.
The stock recovery does not provide a way to flash. At least I don't see anything
Thread closed as OP request.