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So, I did a silly thing
I rooted my new Incredible using Unrevoked 3.21 and it worked like a dream. Super impressed with how easy it was compared to when I rooted my original Droid. I decided I wanted to run Cyanogen Mod, since I loved it on the Droid.
The mistake I made was thinking I could install like I did on my Droid - I juts downloaded Rom Manager and downloaded and told it to install the latest version. Now I know that was bad.
My phone now boots only to the white HTC Incredible splash screen and sticks. The only way to power down is to pull the battery. If I pull the battery, and boot using the volume + power button, it vibrates 3 times and the screen goes black.
If I plug it into my computer while it's stuck on the white splash screen Unrevoked will pick it up and start the push. I thought awesome, because it rebooted it back to the hboot screen -- but then it restarted again and stuck on the white splash.
Then I tried stoping unrevoked at the hboot screen and trying clear storage and i tried recovery when that didn't work. Pushing the power button to select the option makes the phone vibrate once and go back to the white splash.
Am I doomed? I tried a Froyo RUU and it can't find it via USB. I'm feeing antsy with no phone and a little nervous I wrecked my Incredible.
Hmm, I've heard there are ways to manually recover via USB, but I'm not sure of how to do it. Also, how long have you let it sit at the HTC screen. Many roms take about 7-10 mins on the first boot and may seem like they are frozen.
If I try booting using power + volume it pulses (vibrates) 3 times and the screen stays black.
Maybe take a look at this.
androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/187107-3-vibrates-no-recovery.html
Thanks, so now I can get into hboot - when I volume down to select 'recovery' it vibrates one and goes to the white splash screen again. Then, it goes black with white bars on the right and left sides
jensenist said:
If I try booting using power + volume it pulses (vibrates) 3 times and the screen stays black.
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Holding volume up and power enables Qualcomm diagnostics (vibrates three times). Pull the battery and put it back in then hold volume down and power. That should get you to hboot.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
Yea I've made it into hboot now, but it doesn't seem to do anything? It goes to the white HTC Incredible screen, or a black screen with two white bars.
Are the some zip files I should have on my SD Card?
Ok, I found this thread: http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806734
But the recovery file linked is a dead link?
EDIT: Think I found the file needed: http://www.dougpiston.com/files/Recovery/
in there. Trying to put that on the card now.
Update: I used the file from the thread I found and this time it actually came up withs ome prompts. once I opted yes, though, it went back to the white HTC Incredible screen.
Am I missing anything else? That recovery file is the only thing I've put on the SD card. Do I need any other images?
Call *611 and get a refurb. something happened. same thing happened to me. I flashed shadowrom(not blaming this rom) and instead of booting up i hear 3 beep, black screen flashing green notification light. only way to pull batt. then i try turn on, 3 beep same ****.. weird enough, i could plug it in, get a red light turn it on, and use it fine, i was s-off, this turned me to s-on somehow, and when i had the phone booted finally from having it plugged in, once rebooted, samed 3 beep, and if i tried turning it on while plugged in and pulling the cord before fully booting, it would do the 3 beep, i just got a refurb for this, just flash the signed PB31IMG.zip file to set it back to s-on and stock recovery...
I've got recovery working. Now I just need a backup file to restore to or a stock image or something, I think.
If you have recovery working you're good to go
jensenist said:
I've got recovery working. Now I just need a backup file to restore to or a stock image or something, I think.
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Step 1: Download this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?n3bmd2bkz55k1b9
Step 2: Connect your phone to your computer.
Step 3: Save all of the files on your sdcard to a folder on your computer.
Step 4: Format your sdcard to fat32.
Step 5: Place the "PB31IMG.zip" file that you downloaded onto the sdcard in the bottom directory.
Step 6: Power down the phone.
Step 7: Hold the volume button down while pressing the power on button. (This will place you in HBOOT)
Step 8: HBOOT will find the file on the sdcard named "PB31IMG.zip" and ask if you wish to update with it. Answer yes. (It will start to load and restart HBOOT and scan for the file again, don't panic, let it do it's thing.)
Step 9: When it is finished it will ask you to reboot the device, press volume up to reboot.
Step 10: Remove "PB31IMG.zip" from the sdcard.
Courtesy of dadicus at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=760306
I just cleaned it up a bit and made sure it works. This will revert your phone to complete stock 2.1 to include the recovery, radio, splash, etc, ready to receive the 2.2 OTA. After this, just run unrevoked again. Any problems/questions, let me know.
Well. Doomed I think.
It was going through the install like you described, I left the room. Came back to a black screen. Let it sit for a bit. After awhile I decided to go ahead and try a restart. Now, joy of joys, the buttons on the bottom light up but the screen stays black like it's booted up but unresponsive. Can't use the volume + power reboot at all now, I don't think. I'll keep trying.
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Well. Doomed I think.
It was going through the install like you described, I left the room. Came back to a black screen. Let it sit for a bit. After awhile I decided to go ahead and try a restart. Now, joy of joys, the buttons on the bottom light up but the screen stays black like it's booted up but unresponsive. Can't use the volume + power reboot at all now, I don't think. I'll keep trying.
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Since you already did a restart, tried a battery pull? Detected in adb?
I read a quote once (forget from where), it's not doomed till it doesn't power on.
I haven't tried adb -- I'll have to wait til I get home. battery pull doesn't seem to make a difference. Buttons at the bottom vibrate as I run my finger over them and are responsive - just can't see anything on the screen :\
Ha, I like that quote. And while it sucks breaking stuff, I always learn the most when I've wrecked something to the point I don't think I'll be able to ever recover lol
Not sure how I'm going to try ADB though. Looking at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709220
I need access to my phone, and I can't get it. I might actually be doomed now. I'll keep researching. If anyone has tips, they're appreciated.
jensenist said:
Ha, I like that quote. And while it sucks breaking stuff, I always learn the most when I've wrecked something to the point I don't think I'll be able to ever recover lol
Not sure how I'm going to try ADB though. Looking at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709220
I need access to my phone, and I can't get it. I might actually be doomed now. I'll keep researching. If anyone has tips, they're appreciated.
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adb is good to know. It'll let you edit your phone and manipulate it when it's connected to the computer. Very good if your screens broke, and it's quicker than just typing in commands on your phone. Assuming your device is detected, at least. Once you get it up and running, try the command
Code:
adb devices
Well it looks like it's detected. I'm at work, and while they block the USB ports so I can't do anything with the device it is saying "Hey you've connected something, it'll charge but you can't use it"
So hopefully when I get home I can ADB in and fix this nonsense.
I am a little confused why volume+power doesn't do anything, but oh well. Onward!
So I'm not super certain what I did. But I pushed volume and power until it booted, I now appear to be back to stock 2.2 thanks to the img PonsAsinorem linked -- but when I try and make a call it says verizon can't validate my phone.
They give a #8899 number to dial, but I want to ask here what's up before I call it and get an operator that's like "YOU ROOTED AND MESSED UP YOUR PHONE, DIE!" or something less or more severe
EDIT: Nevermind, I called anyway and it took 2 seconds for them to get it back on. I am back at stock 2.2 and working!
Tonight, I was trying to load the RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.exe and everything seemed to be going smoothly. I hit a few screens that I cannot recall exactly and am embarrassed to say but, I cleared all the cache and storage, thinking that I should do this as I have for other ROMs that I have loaded.
The curious question is always "why were you loading that?" I need to send my phone back to sprint because of a warranty issue. Nothing hardware related, just a screen that is loose. In order to make sure that I have a good device, I wanted to send them an original type device. Now that we have that out of the way, here is where I am.
First off, I am somewhat new but have changed ROMs around a lot; Baked Snack, CyanogenMod, Fresh, etc. I like trying out different versions to see what they do.
I saw that I needed to have my SD formatted to FAT32, so I have already done that.
I also have PC36IMG.zip loaded to my SD root.
The symptoms that I am experiencing are:
1. If I hit the power button while pushing the up volume, i get 3 vibrations and thats it. Nothing ever comes on the screen.
2. If I just turn on the device, I get the recovery screen. Once it finds the PC36IMG.zip, it starts loading and has a blue status bar on the right that goes from bottom to top as it loads.
After that, I am pretty much in the endless loop. If I restart it in recovery after that, it gives me the red triangle with a red bang.
The only thing that it will do is boot into recovery and that is it. It seems pretty well blanked out.
For diagnostic, here is what the screen says when i get into recovery:
Supersonic EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0-79.0000
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PAMEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-1.39.00.04.26
April 14 2010,15:41:34
I am beside myself and humbly ask for anyones advice on what a good step would be to get this thing running again.
I thank you for taking time to read my plea.
OK...
1)The first thing I would recommend is to delete the PC36IMG.zip from the sdcard otherwise everytime you boot into the bootloader it will ask to flash it and it will just waste time. There are a number of PC36IMG files around here and they are not all the same. It is a generic name for the RUU and if you try and flash the wrong one it won't work. And, that seems to have happened to you.
2)The white screen you arrive at by holding down the volume down button and tapping the power button is called the bootlader. Take note of that because we'll need it in a minute.
3) Downloaded the stock Sprint unrooted RUU. It needs to be the same version or newer than what's already on your phone but since you are sending it in anyway I recommend just downloading the newest one (3.7.651...) Here is a link:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic
4)Download HTC Sync and install it on your computer. You can get it from HTC's site or Sprint or through a google search. It will install the necessary drivers to your computer to see the phone. [EDIT] Here is a link:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/evo-sprint/downloads/
5) Once all the above is done boot the phone into the bootloader (hold volume down and tap the power button while still holding the volume down button). When the menu shows up use the volume keys to navigate to "FASTBOOT" and press the power button to select and enter FASTBOOT. Plug the phone into your PC and run the RUU.exe you just downloaded and it will return it to a completely stock unrooted state.
6) Breathe easy and take phone back to Sprint.
Thanks!!!
Worked like a flippin' charm!!!
Thank you very much for your help. Everything is fine and I am setting it back up to get me through until I can turn it back in.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.. and did I say Thank You!
Been trying to figure out how to use the RUU for two hours... this was the clearest most concise instructions for the process.
Hey guys!
Now this happened for some time ago because i switched phone to my blackberry in anger over the brick of the Desire, and i can't remember exactly this happened!
I think i rooted it and then the screen suddently went blank when i started it.
Now i searched the web for looooong time, and also some threads in here, to find my golden answer - but nothing hat helped yet. But i got a wierd feeling in my stomach that i'm doing something wrong.
So since i can't do it myself i decided to wright to you, and hope that helps!
My HTC Desire is not branded.- at least im pretty sure it isn't!! There is no place it's physically branded. And it's bought in Denmark, and i don't think we've got branded phones here as in UK and USA
I've tried this guide because i saw some people had succes with it:
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You don't need to root or do anything unusual in order to apply the FroYo update, you only need that for custom recovery. It's not impossible to do with a broken screen, just do this:
1. Make sure the update.zip file is on your goldcard and correctly named.
2. Take the battery out first to ensure the phone is powered off. Then hold vol down and press the power button, and hold vol down for about 5 seconds. That will get you into the bootloader even though you can't see it.
3. Press vol down once. This will select recovery.
4. Press the power button once. This will start the recovery. The phone will vibrate briefly.
5. Wait 20 seconds or so. Then press vol up and the power button and wait a few seconds. You'll now be in system recovery.
6. Press vol down once to select 'apply sdcard:update.zip'.
7. Press the power button once to start the recovery.'' QUOTE END.
But nothing happens.
And i also tried Unrevoked3, but neither did that helped, it got stock at ''Waiting for root... (safe to restart if this doesn't work)''
I would really appreciate if you would take your time to help me today! Because i really want my HTC Desire back, because it is a really sweet phone after all
I know you guys are much more wiser to this than me, so i hope you got at magical form to solve this out.
So... when you boot holding the vol down key what happens?
Well the tricky part about it is that i can't see anything! But if i go into boot (atleast i think i do) i can push VOL- and then Power button, and then it vibrates briefly, so i think it's going in to recovery.
Right, try this...
Download this RUU (2.29.405.5):
http://www.multiupload.com/LEJCW182AH
Turn the phone off (remove the battery to be sure) and turn it on holding the BACK button. Hold back for about 5-10 seconds to be sure you're in FASTBOOT. Connect to the PC and assuming the drivers are installed wait a further 20 seconds
Then run the RUU. If you're unbranded it will install and should get you back up and running. If it completes and you still can't see anything the screen is dead and will need replacing
So what happens when you turn it on normally, vibrates and then you can't see anything? Maybe try this thread.
@EddyOS
Thank you!
I'm going to try the FASTBOOT right now! - i have slow internet, so i assume it's gonna take while to download the RUU - but i'll response the results here as quick as i can.
@TheGhost1233
Nothing happens, but i can see that there is light in the screen, because it turns slightly light-darker.
Also when i powered up the phone i can lock it up with my fingers and still use my touch, so it's not the ''touch'' function that there is broken.
touch is seperate to the screen anyway, lets hope its not a hardware fault and can be fixed! post your results
I'm trying with another RUU i have - while im downloading the on you've linked to - 8RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed is the one i'm trying with right now.
When i start the desire with holder down Volume (DOWN) and Power button for 5 seconds, and then plug the phone into USB there comes an jingle on my computer(which always appears when connecting any phone) but then it wont find more.
I can't see the device in ''My computer'' ?
And i get the ERROR [170] Connecting Error?
That's an old RUU so use the one I linked to
This is what i'm doing now:
Volume- and power in 5 seconds.
Plug the USB cable to the phone. (Now i can hear ''dy-dy'' from my computer, which means that my computer has detected a hardware. BUT i can't find the phone's SD Card in ''My computer'' - should i could do this?
But in my Applications i can find it under ''Special applications'' - i think i will translate i too - as ''Android 1.0''.
Now i run the RUU which you've linked to, but then i geat Connectin Error 170.
hmm?
You should be holding BACK, not volume down, when you turn it on as you need to be in FASTBOOT not HBOOT to run an RUU
Lol okay, i feel like a morron now, sorry for not have seen this.
But i still get the error 170, usb connection error!
Do i need to install HTC Sync? I've uninstalled it for the sake of unrevoked3.
And is there another way to do this? Over the phone exclusively maybe - if my USB connection fails all the time.
No you don't need HTC Sync. Sounds like you've USB-bricked the phone. You could try extracting out the PB99IMG.zip from the RUU and flash it that way but as you can't see what you're doing it's hard
And how can i see which HBOOT i got? Just want to check regarding to this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498
Haven't a clue, doens't matter as the RUU I posted is the newest one so will work regardless
Oh, okay.
Well i'm trying to flash PB99IMG now. I'm just hoping im doing it right allthough i can't see anything.
I'm doing as following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucBs9RVGL0w
You don't flash it like a custom ROM. You get the PB99IMG.zip from the ROM, copy it to the root of the SD card and then turn on into HBOOT. The phone will then find it and ask if you want to flash it - say yes and that's it!
Oh okay. Just from the ROM you've linked to me?
And can you remember how to say yes, just power button?
Normally it says press up for to continue but I can't remember off the top of my head
EDIT: Yep, volume up to start
Thanks mate, i'll keep on trying various of thing.
So I used to have an iPhone, and then it got stolen. My sister, who currently lives across the country (university) has a friend who gave her their old HTC One V. She turned it on and it worked, and then shipped it to me. I went to Bell and then their employee set it up with my account, did a factory restore, and then rebooted it. I saw it turn on and work properly in front of my own eyes, but I had to go charge it at home as it was dead.
I get home, connect it to a charger, the orange charging light on the top turns on, and it opens up a menu that says "ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1" The options below say: Reboot system now, install zip from sdcard, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, backup and restore, mounts and storage, and advanced.
Now, at the Bell store we factory reset, and rebooted the system, and then the phone worked. However, now when I press "reboot system now," it goes black, the orange charging light turns off, and then it gets frozen on the "HTC One, quietly brilliant" screen. It stays that way until it dies, and I can't even hard reset while it's frozen. It is completely frozen. I even tried to connect it to HTC Sync Manager, but when I plug it in, nothing happens. It doesn't detect the phone. I'm on a Macbook Pro, for context.
Help? I can't even do anything on my phone, and being a new Android user, I have no idea what to do.
AlvinTheChoster said:
So I used to have an iPhone, and then it got stolen. My sister, who currently lives across the country (university) has a friend who gave her their old HTC One V. She turned it on and it worked, and then shipped it to me. I went to Bell and then their employee set it up with my account, did a factory restore, and then rebooted it. I saw it turn on and work properly in front of my own eyes, but I had to go charge it at home as it was dead.
I get home, connect it to a charger, the orange charging light on the top turns on, and it opens up a menu that says "ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1" The options below say: Reboot system now, install zip from sdcard, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, backup and restore, mounts and storage, and advanced.
Now, at the Bell store we factory reset, and rebooted the system, and then the phone worked. However, now when I press "reboot system now," it goes black, the orange charging light turns off, and then it gets frozen on the "HTC One, quietly brilliant" screen. It stays that way until it dies, and I can't even hard reset while it's frozen. It is completely frozen. I even tried to connect it to HTC Sync Manager, but when I plug it in, nothing happens. It doesn't detect the phone. I'm on a Macbook Pro, for context.
Help? I can't even do anything on my phone, and being a new Android user, I have no idea what to do.
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Dang it, you have MANY things to learn I propose you to search some noob threads on this forum and learn what root, bootloader, recovery, kernel, S-ON/S-OFF and ROM is and how to flash them... but SEARCH first instead of asking, it will help you in the future
btw, you will have hard times because of your Mac it's the worst and useless thing people could buy
Hiya,
so to be clear you can still boot the phone into ClockWorkMod or not? One way to do this is to turn phone off then, turn it back on while holding the volume down button.
Do not despair there are many ways out of your problem! However I think if you OSX it may make things a little more complicated.
Feel free to google for answers, check the HTC One V forums here (good search bar up top right) or just ask away.
regards
parkourz said:
Dang it, you have MANY things to learn I propose you to search some noob threads on this forum and learn what root, bootloader, recovery, kernel, S-ON/S-OFF and ROM is and how to flash them... but SEARCH first instead of asking, it will help you in the future
btw, you will have hard times because of your Mac it's the worst and useless thing people could buy
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haha my apologies, it's just very overwhelming and at the time I was very frustrated and as a result, impatient. Another concern I had is that since this is not a new phone, I have no idea what had been done to it already. My friend even told me this isn't the default software?
mcgi5sr2 said:
Hiya,
so to be clear you can still boot the phone into ClockWorkMod or not? One way to do this is to turn phone off then, turn it back on while holding the volume down button.
Do not despair there are many ways out of your problem! However I think if you OSX it may make things a little more complicated.
Feel free to google for answers, check the HTC One V forums here (good search bar up top right) or just ask away.
regards
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Sorry, not exactly sure what you mean. To explain further, if the phone has any power at all, and not frozen on the loading screen, it loads the ClockWorkMod recovery menu. Because pressing the power button at that menu just selects whatever is highlighted, I can't turn it off. Hard reset (down volume + power) similarly doesn't work, because down volume just moves the selection down. And when it's frozen on the loading menu, hard reset, power off, nothing works. So because I can't even turn the phone off or anything, I think my answer to your question is no. I may just be extremely nooby and be turning it off wrong :cyclops:
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haha my apologies, it's just very overwhelming and at the time I was very frustrated and as a result, impatient. Another concern I had is that since this is not a new phone, I have no idea what had been done to it already. My friend even told me this isn't the default software?
Sorry, not exactly sure what you mean. To explain further, if the phone has any power at all, and not frozen on the loading screen, it loads the ClockWorkMod recovery menu. Because pressing the power button at that menu just selects whatever is highlighted, I can't turn it off. Hard reset (down volume + power) similarly doesn't work, because down volume just moves the selection down. And when it's frozen on the loading menu, hard reset, power off, nothing works. So because I can't even turn the phone off or anything, I think my answer to your question is no. I may just be extremely nooby and be turning it off wrong :cyclops:
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Hi Alvin,
do you have the SDcard the phone had before? Can you put ADB and Fastboot on your computer? I can then work with you to explain how to put your own rom and kernel on the phone to get it to boot.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=adb+and+fastboot+for+mac+osx&oq=adb+and+fastboot+for+mac+osx&aqs=chrome..69i57.5280j0j1&client=ubuntu-browser&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
mcgi5sr2 said:
Hi Alvin,
do you have the SDcard the phone had before? Can you put ADB and Fastboot on your computer? I can then work with you to explain how to put your own rom and kernel on the phone to get it to boot.
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No, unfortunately I do not have the SDcard from before. Is that necessary? And I believe I have put ADB and Fastboot on now. What is the next step?
I appreciate the help.
AlvinTheChoster said:
haha my apologies, it's just very overwhelming and at the time I was very frustrated and as a result, impatient. Another concern I had is that since this is not a new phone, I have no idea what had been done to it already. My friend even told me this isn't the default software?
Sorry, not exactly sure what you mean. To explain further, if the phone has any power at all, and not frozen on the loading screen, it loads the ClockWorkMod recovery menu. Because pressing the power button at that menu just selects whatever is highlighted, I can't turn it off. Hard reset (down volume + power) similarly doesn't work, because down volume just moves the selection down. And when it's frozen on the loading menu, hard reset, power off, nothing works. So because I can't even turn the phone off or anything, I think my answer to your question is no. I may just be extremely nooby and be turning it off wrong :cyclops:
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What happens when you keep pressed the power button for at least 10-15 seconds? This action should turn the phone off.
kvestas said:
What happens when you keep pressed the power button for at least 10-15 seconds? This action should turn the phone off.
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I was entertaining the possibility the power button is partly broken, and I think that's the case. Sometimes pressing the power button doesn't trigger what is selected in the menu and takes a couple tries. However, because of your comment I tried a few more times to turn it off and I think it actually turned off once. I held it down and it faded to black, but there was no "Power Off" button I had to touch before it went black. Is that just because I was in the ClockworkModRecovery menu? Did it actually shut off that one time?
EDIT: I've been able to do the same thing a few times now, even once in the frozen "HTC quietly brilliant" screen! However, I can't seem to hard reset, and I'm thinking maybe my volume down key is similarly faulty.
AlvinTheChoster said:
I was entertaining the possibility the power button is partly broken, and I think that's the case. Sometimes pressing the power button doesn't trigger what is selected in the menu and takes a couple tries. However, because of your comment I tried a few more times to turn it off and I think it actually turned off once. I held it down and it faded to black, but there was no "Power Off" button I had to touch before it went black. Is that just because I was in the ClockworkModRecovery menu? Did it actually shut off that one time?
EDIT: I've been able to do the same thing a few times now, even once in the frozen "HTC quietly brilliant" screen! However, I can't seem to hard reset, and I'm thinking maybe my volume down key is similarly faulty.
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Indeed the power button is quite sensitive on HOV so you might need to keep trying several times when using it.
Holding power button is a hard shut down and it shouldn't ask you to confirm this action. It's ok. Unless you have the system already started it may ask you for reboot options. Even in this case the phone will shut down if you'll still keep the power button down for a long time.
At first you may try the simplest thing I guess. Start recovery (you might remember it should start automatically when you turn off the phone and plug in a charger) and choose the menu option "wipe cache partition". Restart the phone after clearing the cache. There is a small chance but this might help.
If not you have to continue your research with adb commands.
Another option is to asquire sd card, I think it would be easier for you when you are using mac.
AlvinTheChoster said:
So I used to have an iPhone, and then it got stolen. My sister, who currently lives across the country (university) has a friend who gave her their old HTC One V. She turned it on and it worked, and then shipped it to me. I went to Bell and then their employee set it up with my account, did a factory restore, and then rebooted it. I saw it turn on and work properly in front of my own eyes, but I had to go charge it at home as it was dead.
I get home, connect it to a charger, the orange charging light on the top turns on, and it opens up a menu that says "ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1" The options below say: Reboot system now, install zip from sdcard, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, backup and restore, mounts and storage, and advanced.
Now, at the Bell store we factory reset, and rebooted the system, and then the phone worked. However, now when I press "reboot system now," it goes black, the orange charging light turns off, and then it gets frozen on the "HTC One, quietly brilliant" screen. It stays that way until it dies, and I can't even hard reset while it's frozen. It is completely frozen. I even tried to connect it to HTC Sync Manager, but when I plug it in, nothing happens. It doesn't detect the phone. I'm on a Macbook Pro, for context.
Help? I can't even do anything on my phone, and being a new Android user, I have no idea what to do.
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Well you can flash an RUU to get the stock rom back, it will get rid of the recovery and you will be able to start from stock.
kvestas said:
Indeed the power button is quite sensitive on HOV so you might need to keep trying several times when using it.
Holding power button is a hard shut down and it shouldn't ask you to confirm this action. It's ok. Unless you have the system already started it may ask you for reboot options. Even in this case the phone will shut down if you'll still keep the power button down for a long time.
At first you may try the simplest thing I guess. Start recovery (you might remember it should start automatically when you turn off the phone and plug in a charger) and choose the menu option "wipe cache partition". Restart the phone after clearing the cache. There is a small chance but this might help.
If not you have to continue your research with adb commands.
Another option is to asquire sd card, I think it would be easier for you when you are using mac.
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Yeah, unfortunately the cache partition isn't working. If I buy a SD Card, and I put it in my phone and start, what do you anticipate will happen? Because it's fresh, will it load up as if I am turning on the phone for the first time, or will that depend on whether or not my problem is related to the ClockworkRecovery or the phone itself? Sorry for all the questions, but I really appreciate the help.
parthinhell said:
Well you can flash an RUU to get the stock rom back, it will get rid of the recovery and you will be able to start from stock.
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Thanks for the feedback, but unfortunately, I mentioned my computer doesn't recognize it because based on the research I did, flashing an RUU requires the computer to recognize the device and that didn't work, so that seems to not be an option.
AlvinTheChoster said:
If I buy a SD Card, and I put it in my phone and start, what do you anticipate will happen?
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You will be able to place ROM file on sd card (using a computer), insert the card into your phone and install new ROM through recovery. Be aware you might need an adapter to use micro sd card on your pc (usually they have a general size sd socket).
You might need to try installing several ROMs because we don't know which kernel has been flashed by Bell guys earlier.
AlvinTheChoster said:
Yeah, unfortunately the cache partition isn't working. If I buy a SD Card, and I put it in my phone and start, what do you anticipate will happen? Because it's fresh, will it load up as if I am turning on the phone for the first time, or will that depend on whether or not my problem is related to the ClockworkRecovery or the phone itself? Sorry for all the questions, but I really appreciate the help.
Thanks for the feedback, but unfortunately, I mentioned my computer doesn't recognize it because based on the research I did, flashing an RUU requires the computer to recognize the device and that didn't work, so that seems to not be an option.
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OK so get yourself a micro SD card pal and stick a ROM on it. If possible find out form your sister/friend what the previous ROM was so we can all take a guess at what kernel you have on the phone and so select a ROM that will work with it straight away.
As a point of interest did the phone have an SDcard in it at the shop when it booted?
Also could you try doing the three full wipes on the phone from ClockWorkMod. These are
-Factory reset
-Clear Cache
-Advanced Options --> Wipe Dalvik
Then reboot?
regards
Hi there,
So recently I just tried rooting my HTC One M8, with the All-In-One tool kit. It was successful, I was messing around with it for a while, removing bloat wear, ect. Then I figured out about custom roms, and heard about CyanMod11. It turns out that it couldn't read my sim card for whatever reason, but it still worked and loaded up. Then, I tried Android Revolution. THAT one worked flawlessly, besides the fact that I couldn't take screen shots for whatever reason. I should of just left it there. Here's where things go wrong. Then, I tried ViperOneM8. After that, it failed to load up and is now in a endless boot loop. I can't get into fast boot either. However, one time I somehow did manage to get into fast boot, but I didn't see the "recovery" option anymore. So... I'm out of ideas here. I'm really worried I bricked my device for good. My device powers on and everything, it just won't load up any OS, and I can't get into fastboot/recovery. Why I'm mainly worried is I failed to create a back up also. I'm running out of ideas here, and if ANYONE could help me that would be great.
RadicalMushroom said:
Hi there,
So recently I just tried rooting my HTC One M8, with the All-In-One tool kit. It was successful, I was messing around with it for a while, removing bloat wear, ect. Then I figured out about custom roms, and heard about CyanMod11. It turns out that it couldn't read my sim card for whatever reason, but it still worked and loaded up. Then, I tried Android Revolution. THAT one worked flawlessly, besides the fact that I couldn't take screen shots for whatever reason. I should of just left it there. Here's where things go wrong. Then, I tried ViperOneM8. After that, it failed to load up and is now in a endless boot loop. I can't get into fast boot either. However, one time I somehow did manage to get into fast boot, but I didn't see the "recovery" option anymore. So... I'm out of ideas here. I'm really worried I bricked my device for good. My device powers on and everything, it just won't load up any OS, and I can't get into fastboot/recovery. Why I'm mainly worried is I failed to create a back up also. I'm running out of ideas here, and if ANYONE could help me that would be great.
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first you posted in the wrong forum this goes in Q&A
second what do you mean it won't go into fastboot / recovery ? what happens when your in the bootloader ?
I need the results of fastboot getvar all to determine what files you need to fix your phone ( not you serial no. or IMEI)
most likely your on an older firmware and you have s-on and the Rom you flashed requires s-off and the latest firmware
Gah sorry, I find this forum layout kind of confusing. So this is another problem. I cannot access "getvar", it just says device offline, and I close that command prompt and then the next one just says "please wait," and nothing happens.
What I mean by it won't go into fast boot, is when I hit power + volume down it won't load anything. Here's a pic I found off Google, I can't get to this screen here.
http://img.wonderhowto.com/img/22/98/63533775104674/0/unlock-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-m8.w654.jpg
RadicalMushroom said:
Gah sorry, I find this forum layout kind of confusing. So this is another problem. I cannot access "getvar", it just says device offline, and I close that command prompt and then the next one just says "please wait," and nothing happens.
What I mean by it won't go into fast boot, is when I hit power + volume down it won't load anything. Here's a pic I found off Google, I can't get to this screen here.
http://img.wonderhowto.com/img/22/98/63533775104674/0/unlock-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-m8.w654.jpg
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Easy way to get into boot loader
Turn on your phone
When it gets into bootloop
Press and hold power+vol up+vol down until screen goes off
As soon as that happens press and hold power+vol down
You'll be in boot loader
And I must say you are a major noob
Navigate to hboot using vol buttons then press power button to select, you'll find recovery
These are just 2 modes hboot and fastboot
From fast boot you can select hboot and vice versa
And also getvar will work ONLY when you're in fastboot mode
Hboot mode is used for accessing recovery
navid0308 said:
Easy way to get into boot loader
Turn on your phone
When it gets into bootloop
Press and hold power+vol up+vol down until screen goes off
As soon as that happens press and hold power+vol down
You'll be in boot loader
And I must say you are a major noob
Navigate to hboot using vol buttons then press power button to select, you'll find recovery
These are just 2 modes hboot and fastboot
From fast boot you can select hboot and vice versa
And also getvar will work ONLY when you're in fastboot mode
Hboot mode is used for accessing recovery
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I fixed my HTC One M8! Followed some advice on another thread and I just reflashed my TWRP, then I flashed the ROM again and everything is going smooth now!