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Hey guys,
I'd like to apologize, if this was already solved somewhere on this forum, but I couldn't find anything, so let me tell the problem.
I've had my Sensation for about 4 months and it is really great, but now it has really weird problems.
The first one is that when I press home button, it takes a screen, I found out that the problem is the power button, which is really sensible, but, here's another problem.
When I charge battery, everythings OK, my phone doesn't turn off, but when phone runs on battery only and I do not anything (screen is locked), it automatically shuts down and I need to remove the battery to turn it on again.
I use HyperSensation, so my phone is rooted. Could anyone help? Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20327433#post20327433
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Hi guys,
Need some help here
I have a HTC Sensation, I'm using Android Revolution HD 6.6.2, everything was working fine until this morning. My phone made a strange beeeeeeeeep, I couldn't do anything, so I turned it off, and since, no way to turn it on again. I last charged the phone last night, so the battery shouldn't be a problem.
I tried to boot with vol. down and power, not working.
When I plug the charger, the light doesn't turn on.
I really have no idea what to do next. Any tips ?
My main problem is that I bought the phone in Ireland, and I since moved in France, so I can't go back to the place where I bought it to replace it..
karma1911 said:
Hi guys,
Need some help here
I have a HTC Sensation, I'm using Android Revolution HD 6.6.2, everything was working fine until this morning. My phone made a strange beeeeeeeeep, I couldn't do anything, so I turned it off, and since, no way to turn it on again. I last charged the phone last night, so the battery shouldn't be a problem.
I tried to boot with vol. down and power, not working.
When I plug the charger, the light doesn't turn on.
I really have no idea what to do next. Any tips ?
My main problem is that I bought the phone in Ireland, and I since moved in France, so I can't go back to the place where I bought it to replace it..
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Can you see the phone when you plug it to your computer?
Or you could try a new battery
Nop, nothing on the comp when I plug it.
I have a spare battery, same issue.
I just tried to boot without the sim and the sd card, it worked (wtf ?).
Shutted it down, and no power once again.
I'm gonna try with another sim card when my wife will get back home, will keep you informed, thanks for the answer.
karma1911 said:
Nop, nothing on the comp when I plug it.
I have a spare battery, same issue.
I just tried to boot without the sim and the sd card, it worked (wtf ?).
Shutted it down, and no power once again.
I'm gonna try with another sim card when my wife will get back home, will keep you informed, thanks for the answer.
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You could backup your sdcard and then format it on your computer.
/ Sent from my Sensation XE /
I had this problem and what I did in the end was use the Android Debug Bridge. Here are instructions on how to install it:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
Then once you've installed it run command prompt (Start>Run>cmd) and type cd/androidsdk/tools (or whatever location you've installed the adb to)
Plug your sensation into your pc with USB and then type adb devices into command prompt. Hopefully it will come up with a code below devices attached.
Then...type adb reboot recovery and hopefully your device will boot into recovery, from which you can relfash a rom or whatever
Hope that helps!
lifeisfaked said:
I had this problem and what I did in the end was use the Android Debug Bridge. Here are instructions on how to install it:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
Then once you've installed it run command prompt (Start>Run>cmd) and type cd/androidsdk/tools (or whatever location you've installed the adb to)
Plug your sensation into your pc with USB and then type adb devices into command prompt. Hopefully it will come up with a code below devices attached.
Then...type adb reboot recovery and hopefully your device will boot into recovery, from which you can relfash a rom or whatever
Hope that helps!
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and if it doesn't show up?
iArtisan said:
and if it doesn't show up?
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panic! lol I'm not sure - my first guess would be that the battery has somehow died - that would explain why there is no light when you charge it, just the same as if you were to try and charge it without any battery plugged in! If you have a multimeter, try measuring the voltage output from your battery and ensure that the battery is making proper contact with the terminals in the battery compartment
lifeisfaked said:
panic! lol I'm not sure - my first guess would be that the battery has somehow died - that would explain why there is no light when you charge it, just the same as if you were to try and charge it without any battery plugged in! If you have a multimeter, try measuring the voltage output from your battery and ensure that the battery is making proper contact with the terminals in the battery compartment
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I tried it with another battery, still nothing. I phone has just like completely shut down. I was in the middle of flashing a ROM when it froze up on me and I turned it off. Turned it back on... well I tried to.. and it never woke up. Is it permanently bricked or what?
iArtisan said:
I tried it with another battery, still nothing. I phone has just like completely shut down. I was in the middle of flashing a ROM when it froze up on me and I turned it off. Turned it back on... well I tried to.. and it never woke up. Is it permanently bricked or what?
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Ohh it froze while flashing a Rom ???
That's bad man it might have corrupted all the partitions especially if bootloader partition got corrupted then your phone is bricked which seems to happen in your case . you got no luck with adb/fastboot?
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You were able to bootup without sim and sdcard? Then have you tried another sdcard
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Hi, I actually just experienced the exact same problem. I actually finished flashing the ROM and everything rebooted..and reinstalled the apps too. While calling on the phone...all of a sudden it made the beep sound. IT rebooted the first time..and I Thought everything was ok. Then I made a call again...and after a minute or so...the long beep came on...and then now it's completely unresponsive...no light when plugged...can't turn on.
Any update or ideas?
Hi everybody, I followed every single steps of the guide to install ICS and ARHD 6.6.3 on my phone, but something went wrong... It hasn't yet booted to the home screen after 1.5 hours it finished to flash the ROM. It's stuck on the white screen with the "htc - quietly brilliant" logo. What can I do? I tried to turn it on by pulling out the SIM and SD cards, but it doesn't solve the problem.
Hi, I actually just experienced the exact same problem. I actually finished flashing the ROM and everything rebooted..and reinstalled the apps too. While calling on the phone...all of a sudden it made the beep sound. IT rebooted the first time..and I Thought everything was ok. Then I made a call again...and after a minute or so...the long beep came on...and then now it's completely unresponsive...no light when plugged...can't turn on.
Any update or ideas?
So what happened with this? Mine did exactly the same thing and I had just installed 6.6.2 with the strange beep and won't turn on after it's turned off.
karma1911 said:
Hi guys,
Need some help here
I have a HTC Sensation, I'm using Android Revolution HD 6.6.2, everything was working fine until this morning. My phone made a strange beeeeeeeeep, I couldn't do anything, so I turned it off, and since, no way to turn it on again. I last charged the phone last night, so the battery shouldn't be a problem.
I tried to boot with vol. down and power, not working.
When I plug the charger, the light doesn't turn on.
I really have no idea what to do next. Any tips ?
My main problem is that I bought the phone in Ireland, and I since moved in France, so I can't go back to the place where I bought it to replace it..
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---------- Post added at 11:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:48 AM ----------
So what happened with this? Mine did exactly the same thing and I had just installed 6.6.2 with the strange beep and won't turn on after it's turned off.
karma1911 said:
Hi guys,
Need some help here
I have a HTC Sensation, I'm using Android Revolution HD 6.6.2, everything was working fine until this morning. My phone made a strange beeeeeeeeep, I couldn't do anything, so I turned it off, and since, no way to turn it on again. I last charged the phone last night, so the battery shouldn't be a problem.
I tried to boot with vol. down and power, not working.
When I plug the charger, the light doesn't turn on.
I really have no idea what to do next. Any tips ?
My main problem is that I bought the phone in Ireland, and I since moved in France, so I can't go back to the place where I bought it to replace it..
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Can you do a restore?
Or go into recovery?
ICSensation 4G
No...it won't turn on...won't do anything with volume down + power...or when plugged in to PC and ran as ADB
A follow-up of my situation..
The day I started the thread, I was finally able to start again my phone, don't ask me how, I have absolutely no clue ! I removed the battery, sd card, sim card, put them back, and so on, for hours, and finally it worked..
BUT.
This morning, same situation. And I can't get it back to power up, once again.
I can't access it through adb, as the phone is totally powered off.
Wondering if it's a bug from Android HD 6.6.2 as newr got the same version and the same problem..
Hmm...so you got it booted up again? So it's not a hardware problem? I don't know if it's the ROM problem..it happened afetr I installed 6.6.2...but mine never did turn back on...no matter what I did....can't connect to ADB...can't turn on...can't charge.
I just sent it back to HTC...hopefully it won't turn on...as if they do..they'll say it's not under warranty cuz it's rooted.
Anyone have problems with 6.6.2? If it's causing it...it should be told as otherwise, others may have problems turning on their phones.
How can we tell if it's hardware vs. software?
I tried a lot of things since yesterday, but this time it's not booting again.. *sigh*
And in France, apparently you can't send it to HTC directly, you have to send it to one company working with them, where you have to pay 20 euros just for the diagnostic, I'm so f*cking happy right now.
Same problem here. Weird noise, line across the screen and dead. Plugging USB into PC comes up with a detection noise but immediately fails to find drivers. Any one had any more luck?
Are you all using the same rom? Maybe the developer of the Rom knows something about it, I would ask. Seems strange that your all using same Rom and same thing is happening to you all. Hopefully it can be fixed! I wish you all the best! Wish I knew of a solution but sadly I do not . Best wishes .
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Hey guys, it's been a long time since i don't post anything here. I've recently bought a very cheap used Htc Sensation XE. But he came to me with this issues:
- It doesn't turn on.
- My notebook doesn't recognize it, when I connect it with a USB cable.
- When I connect it to the charger a orange led turned on, stood turned on for a few seconds, then turned off. Stood turned off for a few seconds the turned on again. This went on and on for a while, until the phone vibrated, then nothing else happened. If I remove the charger then put it back on, the process will repeat itself.
Has anyone been through this? I really need some help.
Thank you all for the attention!
Perfect friend, now just wait, the staff is very good here.
will.mack said:
Hey guys, it's been a long time since i don't post anything here. I've recently bought a very cheap used Htc Sensation XE. But he came to me with this issues:
- It doesn't turn on.
- My notebook doesn't recognize it, when I connect it with a USB cable.
- When I connect it to the charger a orange led turned on, stood turned on for a few seconds, then turned off. Stood turned off for a few seconds the turned on again. This went on and on for a while, until the phone vibrated, then nothing else happened. If I remove the charger then put it back on, the process will repeat itself.
Has anyone been through this? I really need some help.
Thank you all for the attention!
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Okay. How long have you tried leaving the phone on charge?
Have you tried booting to bootlaoder?
Hold down Volume down + Power button.
If the bootloader screen is accessible, can we please know what it says?
I think he does not have access to the bootloader ...
kgs1992 said:
Okay. How long have you tried leaving the phone on charge?
Have you tried booting to bootlaoder?
Hold down Volume down + Power button.
If the bootloader screen is accessible, can we please know what it says?
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The last time it stood 30 minutes on charge. I've tried booting into bootloader but it doesn't work. The phone won't even vibrate to indicate it is turning on
will.mack said:
The last time it stood 30 minutes on charge. I've tried booting into bootloader but it doesn't work. The phone won't even vibrate to indicate it is turning on
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Check if that battery is a tight fit. If not, try putting in a piece of paper (like a business card) on the edge opposite to battery contacts.
Also, have you tried a different battery?
Get these drivers, install them and restart your PC.
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
Then try connecting your phone to the PC.
Solved? But how?
In the exact same problem. Is your problem solved? In that case, how was it solved? I know it's an old thread, but seems the only hope. Someone please help!
Hello.
I have searched the forums about my issue, and although there are a lot of threads about phones rebooting, there was none about such exact problem as I am experiencing. I apologize if I missed a thread which tackled this problem.
Symptoms:
1. my galaxy S 4G reboots about every 3 seconds: it only gets to the very first "Samsung Galaxy S 4G T-mobile" logo, and reboot
2. it is possible to access boot menu (volume up+down), but only for a split second, and phone reboots again
3. rebooting starts as soon as in put battery in, no need to even press the power button
All that started by itself yesterday. I thought it was a mechanical fault with power switch, I opened the phone, unscrewed covers, cleaned everything, but found no mechanical issue. I switched batteries, tried starting the phone of plugged-in charger, on usb cable, took out sd card, sim card, put a different sim card in... and nothing helped.
Phone runs on Gingerbread 2.3, stock by T-mobile, never had any other roms on it. Device is rooted.
If anyone has an idea how to approach this issue, please let me know. Or reply with a link to somewhere I can read more. I was not able to find much on this...
Thank you!
Malarz
The phone sometimes does a reboot loop if u take the battery out of the phone without turning the power off. Just keep trying to turn it on, and eventually it would reboot properly. Take the battery out of the phone for a few minutes, put it back and try to turn it on again. Do this a few times to see if it boot back properly.
Hit the thanks button if it helps. It's my motivator to be more helpful.
gizmoscoop said:
The phone sometimes does a reboot loop if u take the battery out of the phone without turning the power off. Just keep trying to turn it on, and eventually it would reboot properly. Take the battery out of the phone for a few minutes, put it back and try to turn it on again. Do this a few times to see if it boot back properly.
Hit the thanks button if it helps. It's my motivator to be more helpful.
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Thank you for a prompt reply!
I did take out battery for a long time, well over one hour, and took out sim card and sd card as well. Unfortunately reboot loop started immediately when I placed battery back in the phone. That's what made me think it was a mechanical issue with power button.
I will try keeping battery out a few times again today.
One other thing: the phone had been in hot and humid environment for about 30 minutes before this happened. Not the first time for this phone to experience high humidity, though. However, I did not find any moisture inside the unit.
Malarz
I had this happened to my phone. Just wait it out and keep trying to reboot, it will come around. Take the battery out and put it back on. Keep on repeating this step.
Also, when the phone is on, try to hold the volume - + and power button at the same time to see if u can get into boot mode.
Also u can use hair blow dryer to blow dry area around the power button.
Hit the thanks button if it helps. It's my motivator to be more helpful.
Or, batt is dead...
You have a stuck power button. Take apart the phone and clean the power bottom with compressed air. Then rapidly push the button in and out for a while.
Resolution:
I took the phone apart, and checked the power button (which had been my first guess), and was seemingly all right.
The battery was also not the issue, as I tried 3 different batteries.
Having no other choice, I put the battery back in, and let the phone happily reboot at its own leisure. After over 20 reboots, the system came on. Then a few minutes later the device rebooted again, and the loop started all over. After a while it booted up again. This time I did not wait for the device to reboot by itself, and I switched the phone off with power button, and then turned back on, and it booted normally. Repeated this once more - normal boot again. One more power off, and I entered the boot menu and did factory reset. Once the stock reinstalled, everything would work perfectly - no more issues with boot loop.
So it seems to me as a software problem more than anything else.
Side note: for the last several weeks the phone displayed strange behavior, that is the screen would light up for no reason by itself, and quickly go off. Sometimes it happened once every few minutes, sometimes it happened several times a minute. Did it have anything to do with the boot loop? No idea. But it strengthens my hunch about a software issue, as that behavior also went away after factory reset.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but since I have not found a similar case anywhere in the forums, I though someone might find this interesting. I do not deal with phones except as a user, but some of you guys do it maybe professionally, so maybe this will be a curious puzzle for you to solve.
Malarz
It sounds like Gremlins....
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Do you have notifications set up? It could notify that u have incoming messages such as a text or an email.
Hit the thanks button if it helps. It's my motivator to be more helpful.
Malarz said:
Resolution:
I took the phone apart, and checked the power button (which had been my first guess), and was seemingly all right.
The battery was also not the issue, as I tried 3 different batteries.
Having no other choice, I put the battery back in, and let the phone happily reboot at its own leisure. After over 20 reboots, the system came on. Then a few minutes later the device rebooted again, and the loop started all over. After a while it booted up again. This time I did not wait for the device to reboot by itself, and I switched the phone off with power button, and then turned back on, and it booted normally. Repeated this once more - normal boot again. One more power off, and I entered the boot menu and did factory reset. Once the stock reinstalled, everything would work perfectly - no more issues with boot loop.
So it seems to me as a software problem more than anything else.
Side note: for the last several weeks the phone displayed strange behavior, that is the screen would light up for no reason by itself, and quickly go off. Sometimes it happened once every few minutes, sometimes it happened several times a minute. Did it have anything to do with the boot loop? No idea. But it strengthens my hunch about a software issue, as that behavior also went away after factory reset.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but since I have not found a similar case anywhere in the forums, I though someone might find this interesting. I do not deal with phones except as a user, but some of you guys do it maybe professionally, so maybe this will be a curious puzzle for you to solve.
Malarz
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Hardware not software. You had a stuck power button. By forcing the reboot with the power button you unstuck it. If you don't believe it research Occam's razor. Glad you got it fixed(unstuck) though.:victory:
EDIT: Here are some other people who have had the same issue on samsung phones.
Stuck power button
Stuck power button
Stuck power button
If you need any more let me know. lol
For quite a long time I did not make any change on Nexus ROM or applications, but yesterday my Nexus turns off while I was web browsing. I tried to turn it on but it refuses. It is only possible with USB cable plugged in, but then it constantly turns on for 1 second and then turns off, and this is going in endless loop as soon as USB cable is plugged in. But with unplugged cable NEXUS can not be powered on.
The video can be seen on this link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvyxii4ctm4aqgu/VID_20141110_190522.mp4?dl=0
Yesterday I somehow manage to get in recovery mode and I wipe cache and Nexus boot ROM, but after 30 minutes of usage it again turns of by itself. After that for more than 100 times I tried to get to recovery mode but I could not.
So, I think that my only chance to wipe cache and put new ROM is through ADB. But I do know how to do that. Can anyone help me?
P.S. I both my NEXUS in US, but I live in Croatia (EU) and Google tells that they can not make exchange for other NEXUS (although my phone is under warranty) because they can only do that for postal address inside US. Because I do not live there and any of my friends or relative will travel in US soon my only way to get my NEXUS working is through ADB.
sounds as your power button is "stuck'.
Try the LG RMA. Worked for me here in Belgium
brom25 said:
Try the LG RMA. Worked for me here in Belgium
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Where did you both your Nexus, and in which country did you send RMA request?
DTFuser said:
For quite a long time I did not make any change on Nexus ROM or applications, but yesterday my Nexus turns off while I was web browsing. I tried to turn it on but it refuses. It is only possible with USB cable plugged in, but then it constantly turns on for 1 second and then turns off, and this is going in endless loop as soon as USB cable is plugged in. But with unplugged cable NEXUS can not be powered on.
The video can be seen on this link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvyxii4ctm4aqgu/VID_20141110_190522.mp4?dl=0
Yesterday I somehow manage to get in recovery mode and I wipe cache and Nexus boot ROM, but after 30 minutes of usage it again turns of by itself. After that for more than 100 times I tried to get to recovery mode but I could not.
So, I think that my only chance to wipe cache and put new ROM is through ADB. But I do know how to do that. Can anyone help me?
P.S. I both my NEXUS in US, but I live in Croatia (EU) and Google tells that they can not make exchange for other NEXUS (although my phone is under warranty) because they can only do that for postal address inside US. Because I do not live there and any of my friends or relative will travel in US soon my only way to get my NEXUS working is through ADB.
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Shake your phone vigorously for a minute, I've been using that as a temp fix for a dodgy power button exactly as you've described
topgeardave said:
Shake your phone vigorously for a minute, I've been using that as a temp fix for a dodgy power button exactly as you've described
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And what you did after shaking? I try but I did not helped.
DTFuser said:
And what you did after shaking? I try but I did not helped.
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It usually helps the button back out again, I think you should RMA to LG, I'm sure they're worldwide. You could always open up the phone and try unsticking the power button if you can't be bothered sending it back.
topgeardave said:
It usually helps the button back out again, I think you should RMA to LG, I'm sure they're worldwide. You could always open up the phone and try unsticking the power button if you can't be bothered sending it back.
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Power button is not what cause the problem. I found many reports about the same problem, like on this page
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/29tr5n/nexus_5_wont_turn_on_google_screen_keeps_flashing/
but nothing which I tried did not helped. But certainly power button is not causing the problem.
When the problem appears for the first time I manage to get into recovery and wipe cache, and after that phone booted ROM. After 30 minutes of working phone turns off and now I'm not able to get even into recovery.
DTFuser said:
Power button is not what cause the problem. I found many reports about the same problem, like on this page
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/29tr5n/nexus_5_wont_turn_on_google_screen_keeps_flashing/
but nothing which I tried did not helped. But certainly power button is not causing the problem.
When the problem appears for the first time I manage to get into recovery and wipe cache, and after that phone booted ROM. After 30 minutes ow working phone turns off and now I'm not able to get even into recovery.
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Ah damn, sorry to hear mate. Go to LG, only solution you have left.
im in the same boat my phone was just working for the past since i had it and now just like 20 minutes ago it just shut off and now doing the constant turning on and off crap
and im rooted with the latest build from pac-man (a clean install), cant even get into the fast boot and recovery to recover to stock since its doing this bootloop thing
any more help would be amazing
Edited - problem fixed it was something up with the power button, got a couple hard wacks and it booted up perfect
meechieballer said:
im in the same boat my phone was just working for the past since i had it and now just like 20 minutes ago it just shut off and now doing the constant turning on and off crap
and im rooted with the latest build from pac-man (a clean install), cant even get into the fast boot and recovery to recover to stock since its doing this bootloop thing
any more help would be amazing
Edited - problem fixed it was something up with the power button, got a couple hard wacks and it booted up perfect
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So, since shaking, hard wacks, and anyting physical did not helped after your post I dismantle my phone and without back plate and upper plate on chips my phone works perfectly. So it seems that upper plate which covers chips is the cause of the problem.
For me, not even disassembling has helped, so I bought another motherboard and put it into my phone.
Dancsi said:
For me, not even disassembling has helped, so I bought another motherboard and put it into my phone.
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the problem occured and i found what it was my power button it wasnt staying in place like its tilting so now i got to buy a new button for it :/
As far as I remember, the button is soldered to the board, and can not be bought separately. I know the second thing for sure, since I was also only searching for a separate button in the beginning...