The bottom of my desire got dipped in water. the part where the buttons are. now when I hit the power button it goes straight into hboot. I had ginger sense rom installed on it and s-off. when it's in hboot none of the buttons work, it's as if the volume down button is always pressed in and no other buttons will register, however the menu item "fastboot" is highlighted but pressing the power button does nothing. when I plug it into the computer in this state it does detect usb and enters the hboot usb mode. What are my options from this point? can I put an update on the SD card and reflash stock. I tried an RUU in hboot usb mode but it failed and said it could not connect to phone. as well adb could not connect. I guess that it needs to be in fastboot mode. none of the water indicators that I can see are red (battery and on phone), I hear there is one on the inside though, so not sure about that one. I bought the phone in september 2010, so it's still under warranty but the indicator might be wet on the inside and the hboot menu says s-off right on it. should I still try to send it back for repair? is there a way for me to put it back to s-onn so it looks like it;s not hacked and hopefully the indicators are all white and they'll fix it. or is that too much of a long shot. and last option is I have the disassembly and reassembly videos. should I try to take it all apart and check for corrosion around the button connectors and clean it with alcohol? please help if you know what to do? I'm kinda freaking out without my phone. Thanks guys.
EDIT: solved, for info go to last post. If your in this situation you might want to read the whole thread.
you can boot into fastboot by holding "back" and "power", once you're in there try flashing a new ROM, or drying your phone without the battery in and the back case open.
I've tried that when I hold down the back button and power it still goes into regular hboot. I can't get it to go into fastboot. One other thing I tried changing the hboot version with a pb99.zip directly on the sd card and it failed saying incompadible id or something like that. I tried the stock image and the downgrade and both failed. any ideas? Also, I have another working desire running insertcoin, in case that helps.
hmm.. leave the phone powered off and take the battery out, and open the back cover, and leave it somewhere where it can dry (facing screen down) for a day or so, then try again. Otherwise its a bump.
unfortanetly I've had it in a bag of rice for 3 days now. so there is nothing I can do from the hboot menu? what is it's purpose then? surely some smarter than I knows what to do? should I take it apart or send it in for warranty? or can I flash something to it?
Have you tried unrooting with the PB99IMG.zip method? done by extracting rom.zip from the right RUU and renaming it to PB99IMG.zip, putting it in the root of your sd-card, and flashing it that way.
flashing now, thanks for the idea. looks to be working. I'll let you know.
update: it had a progress bar on the upper right that filled up then went away now I'm left with an hboot screen with all the usual stuff on the top but where the 4 options usually are there is just one and it says hboot below that in green it says
parsing...[sd zip]
[1] bootloader[2] radio_v2
[3] radio_cust
[4] boot
[5] recovery
[6] system
[7] userdata
[8] splash1
[9] splash2
and it's been on this screen for 10 minutes now. should I wait or am I susposed to choose an option? if I am susposed to choose an option I can't because the volume buttons still don't work or any buttons for that matter.
I'd still give it time to dry I had to put my wildfire on radiator for a week n turned it on and u would have never known it had water damage
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what do you think about a hairdryer and rice combo for a few days?
Yea it might work but I had it on radiator even had battery on there lol and heating is on a fair bit in our house n it worked fine I never used rice but heard loads of people using it u can only try I would give it bout 3 days on radiator aswell as hairdryer it might do the job if not send it BK
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thanks for your help man, unfortunately it's the summer here and muggy as hell, so heat isn't turned on in the house. so airtight container with rice and hairdryer every day might do. I'm going to take it apart first and clean all the leads with isopropol alcohol. Also I know I cannot spell.
I don't know how to spell lol but yea I'd. Blast the s**t out of it with dryer for a longish amount of time hope it works keep us updated with it
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I've tried rubbing alcohol and i got it into fast boot and it recognized usb, the buttons worked and I could select items with the volume rockers. eve could switch between hboot and fastboot. 20 min later I rebooted and all was lost. it's now back to just booting into hboot and no buttons are working. I don't know if I didn't clean it well enough or there was still some alcohol left inside the phone and maybe it moved around and shorted again but i left it for a day and tried it again and still nothing. took it apart again and dunked each piece in alcohol that is below the screen and the volume keys. it's sitting in rice now. I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes. cross your fingers.
UPDATE: Success!!! ok so for those of you who were stuck like me I hope this helps you out. I took the phone completely apart and dunked each piece in 95% alcohol, I wouldn't go below 90 if I were you. because I am impatient I only let it sit in rice for about 4 hours I then decided to get out the vacuum as suggested in a youtube video I seen. Don't be stupid like me, put an old pair of the wife's panty hose or go get a pair, you might lookd odd buying these but it will save you grief as I sucked up my power button and I had to cut the bag open and look for it, I found it in case you were wondering. I used the vacuum for about 30 minutes on all openings where alcohol could have got in. Then I put it all back together and powered the sucker up. I tried fastboot to be safe at first and it worked and the buttons worked. excellent!!! then I tried to boot normal and it booted right up into insertcoin nightly 51. double excellent!!! one small problem there seems to be some liquid inside the screen causing a weird looking picture. it all looks normal and colours are great but you can just tell there is liquid in there. so i took it all apart down to the screen and I used the vacuum again. put it all back together AGAIN and then turned it on normally. still there but it has shifted and looks like it improved. so back into the rice bag and I left the bag open in front of a dehumidifier fan. I'll probably test at 12 hour intervals and let you know how it goes, but I am super excited that I at least have my phone back. I can live with a less than perfect screen for a bit. I hope this might help someone else. don't give up on your phone! some videos I seen recommend using alcohol for an hour then brushing the pcb with a new toothbrush. this was going to be my next step. they also say to try and concentrate the brushing on areas that may be blue as that is the corrosion area, it just happens that when I dipped my phone pieces into the alcohol i did notice some blue runoff, so there may be some truth to that, or maybe it was just some dye on a piece, who knows. good luck to anyone reading this who is in this situation. I know how you feel!
Reading through my old posts, found this one. Desire is still going strong. Still have screen artifacts but it's very minor. I even have ICS running on it. It does trend to get a bit warmer than my wife's desire but it does not cause problems.
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Hi! I'm new to this forum so I hope there will be some understanding for the urgency.
Here's the deal; I dropped my HTC Desire in the toilet, clumsy me. I managed to grab it within a few seconds and so I removed all parts and let them dry over a towel. Stupidly enough, I tried to reboot the phone after some time, not thinking that electricity and water does not mix too well. I dried the cell phone with a vacuum cleaner for about 5 minutes and placed it in a bowl of rice. Just recently, I tried to start the phone with the charger plugged in but it won't work this time either. The phone keeps vibrating and vibrating until I remove the battery - what should I do?
Any help is appreciated!
Difeddy said:
Hi! I'm new to this forum so I hope there will be some understanding for the urgency.
Here's the deal; I dropped my HTC Desire in the toilet, clumsy me. I managed to grab it within a few seconds and so I removed all parts and let them dry over a towel. Stupidly enough, I tried to reboot the phone after some time, not thinking that electricity and water does not mix too well. I dried the cell phone with a vacuum cleaner for about 5 minutes and placed it in a bowl of rice. Just recently, I tried to start the phone with the charger plugged in but it won't work this time either. The phone keeps vibrating and vibrating until I remove the battery - what should I do?
Any help is appreciated!
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the fact its vibrating must be a good sign, atleast it means you didnt fry the whole thing when u tried to switch it on wet, the best i can recomend is put it back in a air tight container filled with rice, make sure the desire is totaly submerged in the rice and leave it for 24 hrs+ , if it wont switch on after that, then its a repair job
AndroHero said:
the fact its vibrating must be a good sign, atleast it means you didnt fry the whole thing when u tried to switch it on wet, the best i can recomend is put it back in a air tight container filled with rice, make sure the desire is totaly submerged in the rice and leave it for 24 hrs+ , if it wont switch on after that, then its a repair job
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Have to agree; at least it's giving some sort of sign! Problem is that it won't stop vibrating and the screen remains black - no lights, etc. I suppose I'll have to give it a try and see what follows. My parents wouldn't be too happy with me explaining the circumstances... Lesson learned.
Thanks for your help!
AndroHero said:
the fact its vibrating must be a good sign, atleast it means you didnt fry the whole thing when u tried to switch it on wet, the best i can recomend is put it back in a air tight container filled with rice, make sure the desire is totaly submerged in the rice and leave it for 24 hrs+ , if it wont switch on after that, then its a repair job
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and if it is a repair job, have fun
http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-tear-down
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720717&highlight=teardown
I used both guides to fix my broken AMOLED.. good luck!
hope this helps! and hope your Desire isnt broken!
!PANDA said:
and if it is a repair job, have fun
I used both guides to fix my broken AMOLED.. good luck!
hope this helps! and hope your Desire isnt broken!
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Thanks for the reply! Are you quite sure if it's worth the risk, though?
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F*ck. I placed the cell phone in a box of rice and let it stay for about 20 hours, but it won't start at all now after a few attempts. No vibration at all. I'm starting to think that I'm screwed.
YES!!!
It booted up now! The power button doesn't appear to work properly, but it will start!
Difeddy said:
YES!!!
It booted up now! The power button doesn't appear to work properly, but it will start!
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well thats a start, give it a few more days in a bowl of rice and if that wont help (to make sure everything work!) hopefully it will! but yu know.. if you have no insurance and have no choice, get a compressed air spray and have fun
!PANDA said:
well thats a start, give it a few more days in a bowl of rice and if that wont help (to make sure everything work!) hopefully it will! but yu know.. if you have no insurance and have no choice, get a compressed air spray and have fun
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The power button isn't working now either. Will check if the warranty covers this, I'm just hoping that there will be no indications of water damage.
Difeddy said:
The power button isn't working now either. Will check if the warranty covers this, I'm just hoping that there will be no indications of water damage.
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There are usually little white stickers inside the phone which turn red if they get wet, so my guess is you've got little hope trying to get a warranty repair.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
There are usually little white stickers inside the phone which turn red if they get wet, so my guess is you've got little hope trying to get a warranty repair.
Regards,
Dave
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Well, there is a sticker near the battery slot on the phone and another one on the battery itself. Both of them are white, luckily enough. We'll see what the guy says, thanks for the help though!
Hello!
Got any luck with a service with power button?
I have the same issue. Phone fell into water.. after few days phone works fine, except power button.
HTC Service refuses to make a guarantee repairment (suprisingly - liquid damage).
I think, in my case power button is short-circuited: when inserting the battery, phone is turning on and starting up w/o any problems (normally, Desire doesn't do that, I've tested friend's phone).
Unfortunately, get the root and remap sleep button to optical trackball isn't an option for me...
Someone advised me to disassemble the phone, and try to clean the power button with an alcohol. But I didn't tried this yet...
AE777 said:
Hello!
Got any luck with a service with power button?
I have the same issue. Phone fell into water.. after few days phone works fine, except power button.
HTC Service refuses to make a guarantee repairment (suprisingly - liquid damage).
I think, in my case power button is short-circuited: when inserting the battery, phone is turning on and starting up w/o any problems (normally, Desire doesn't do that, I've tested friend's phone).
Unfortunately, get the root and remap sleep button to optical trackball isn't an option for me...
Someone advised me to disassemble the phone, and try to clean the power button with an alcohol. But I didn't tried this yet...
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I'm a bit late, I suppose.
We sent the phone for a repair job but it was "quickly" sent back to me. Good of them to say this a month later, when I was eagerly waiting for them to send it back, whole and functional. Anyhow, I got it back and fortunately; it worked. There were no issues, what-so-ever, with the goddamn power button.
But, ironically enough, I managed to trip into a lake yesterday. What goes around comes around. At least I wasn't browsing for some porn this time. Jokes aside, the power button doesn't seem to be working anymore. Sometimes it'll respond when I boot the phone up, but now it doesn't seem to do this anymore.
Disconnect motor
Disassemble the phone and disconnect contact on vibration motor? Or remove motor and reassemble phone. Worth a try to get a functioning phone minus vibration option. :fingers-crossed:
Hey can know how much the company charge for d repair ????
OK, so I put my phone through the wash the other day. I took it apart and let it dry out. I turned it back on and it works like normal except some screen tearing/wash and theres a red ! on my battery indicator. Not sure what that means, the battery isnt low, and it wont let me charge it (doesnt recognize wall or car charger) I switched to a different battery and it didnt change.
Any ideas??
Also, if I take the screen apart to try it out even more, do I need to reglue it??
Thanks
skuzzie said:
OK, so I put my phone through the wash the other day. I took it apart and let it dry out. I turned it back on and it works like normal except some screen tearing/wash and theres a red ! on my battery indicator. Not sure what that means, the battery isnt low, and it wont let me charge it (doesnt recognize wall or car charger) I switched to a different battery and it didnt change.
Any ideas??
Also, if I take the screen apart to try it out even more, do I need to reglue it??
Thanks
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Thats the water mark indicator. There is also one by the usb port if you take the phone apart.
I would take the battery out of the Evo, and let both the Evo and battery dry out for at least 48 hours before assembly. Can't rush the drying process, except maybe with the help of a hair dryer..........but not too hot
In addition, this may help you out >>
http://androidforums.com/acer-liquid-e/201276-red-triangle-red-exclamation.html
klquicksall said:
Thats the water mark indicator. There is also one by the usb port if you take the phone apart.
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I think he means the screen battery indicator, maybe..........
Biker1 said:
I think he means the screen battery indicator, maybe..........
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yeah you're right.
Biker1 said:
I think he means the screen battery indicator, maybe..........
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Yes, this. Its the screen one, not on the actual battery.
And theres no triangle, its just red with an ! in inside of it.
so does anyone know how to get rid of it??
In my experience it means your battery is shorted. Replace it, or try someone else's battery and see if it goes away.
Skaufma0 said:
In my experience it means your battery is shorted. Replace it, or try someone else's battery and see if it goes away.
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Ive tried 2 other batteries, still there.
skuzzie said:
Ive tried 2 other batteries, still there.
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Time for insurance claim then.
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I'd still let it dry out, and Don't put the battery in for a couple of days.
And for gods sake do NOT use a hair dryer when a phone gets wet. All your gonna do is cause corrosion. Put the phone in a zip lock bag with white rice and let it sit for 24 hours. The rice absorbs the moisture. With a hair dryer your moving water throughout the phone and heating the soldering joints at the same time.
For an initial drying out, the hair dryer, as long as it's not too Hot......warm to cool, should be ok. Even cool is fine. It is that the rushing air gets into the device and removes some of the moisture. Nothing to do with the heat really.
But the rice in a Zip Lok is an excellent idea as this was the case years ago with questions regarding getting the Diamonds and Touch Pros wet.
This may help you out.
May just need a reset, no matter how dry the phone gets >>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883294
Biker1 said:
For an initial drying out, the hair dryer, as long as it's not too Hot......warm to cool, should be ok. Even cool is fine. It is that the rushing air gets into the device and removes some of the moisture. Nothing to do with the heat really.
But the rice in a Zip Lok is an excellent idea as this was the case years ago with questions regarding getting the Diamonds and Touch Pros wet.
This may help you out.
May just need a reset, no matter how dry the phone gets >>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883294
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Dont wanna create a debate but Ive seen so many people come into my work that used a dryer and caused more damage than the water itself caused.
"Even on cold, it can put out enough heat to potentially damage your cellphone. It also can cause static electricity, which is a big no-no for anything that uses computer chips. So do not use a hair dryer to dry out your wet cell phone, no matter how exasperated you are."
Hair dryer is bad news all the way around.
Ok. So ere on the side of caution and don't use a Hair Dryer.
I used one a couple of times years ago without issue. I used the dryer (only a few minutes or so on cool) as a prelude to Air Drying and it helped to resolve my issue. I should say my issue was resolved, whether it had to do with the hair dryer or letting the device just air out, or both.
In the cases you have seen, we don't really know for sure the circumstances of the procedure used regarding blower air temps, etc. But as I said, a resolution can probably be achieved without a Hair Dryer.
If you feel the device is Dry, see the above link and see if a reboot works for you.
If you don't feel the device is dry yet, try the rice in bag idea.
Time for an insurance claim. The store won't touch it if it's been wet. You could always try the rice method if all else fails, or as a last ditch effort before dropping 100 bucks with insurance.
+1 on the rice. Works like a charm.
Well a little update. I tried the link, when I try and use fastboot to power down, it restarts, so I cant actually power down and then take the battery out. But as far as the screen goes the washing and tearing is completely gone, you cant even tell its been through the wash, it looks brand new. I didnt even take it back apart, I just kept using and it seemed to dry up by itself.
Any other ideas as to how to get rid of the ! ???
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Well a little update. I tried the link, when I try and use fastboot to power down, it restarts, so I cant actually power down and then take the battery out. But as far as the screen goes the washing and tearing is completely gone, you cant even tell its been through the wash, it looks brand new. I didnt even take it back apart, I just kept using and it seemed to dry up by itself.
Any other ideas as to how to get rid of the ! ???
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I just followed the link I gave you previously>
- Put your device in BOOTLOADER (You know how to do this :
--Power Off and Shut Down the Device. Press Vol Down, and press Power Button while still holding Vol Down. Let the device go into BOOTLOADER
--let the device do its thing for a few seconds
* After you entered Bootloader Previously, you were probably in the screen that said:
HBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN to next item
<POWER> to select item
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
HBOOT USB
(There is No Power Down in this screen)
After you see the above screen, Press the Power Button ONCE. You will then see the following screen:
FASTBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
After you see the above screen, toggle the Vol Down button until you Highlight
POWER DOWN
Press the Power Button, and the device will power down. Wait a minute or so.
REMOVE the battery at this point, leave it out a minute or so, put battery back in, and Power Up.
See if the Red Explanation Mark is gone..............
You could also disassemble [at your choice] since you seem to want to, but let the parts in rice.
Hello,
Since short time ago, maybe like 10 a 15 mins my DHD was in safe mode, I don't know why at all and have always treaten my DHD with love.
So after I saw the safe mode I decided to reboot and after since I did that then phone doesnt seem to want to powerup, the syptom is like following, when I press the power button I will hear the phone vibrate twice and then the green led will burn and the phone doesnt seem to do anything.
So I have removed the battery and tried to boot in recovery mode with holding down the down volume button and and press the power button, this had no effect at all.
I hope someone could help me, I hope this is just temporary and that I do not need bring him in for warranty, I have rooted the phone and run RCKingdom 3D on it.
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I put full battery inside, now the red led blinks, before I get first the same 2x vibrate.
EDIT
Okay I just got in recovery mode, but when I reboot it via recovery mode i'm back with the same.
EDIT
After pressing volume down and power button, I saw the RCMix3D boot screen, and now i'm back into the normall mode. Someone still explation for all this? It rained today and there got some rain on my DHD, but not much, but you can't really avoid that.
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I changed the battery because I need charge my spare batterys and again problem with the vribate, but this time after few time trying with volume down and power button I get into my phone again.
It might have been water damage. It probably just needed some time to dry before working again. Other than that I have no logical explanation.
Yes thats what I though to, but something funny was that rain drops on screen seemed to enter letters, but well I think you might be right that it was water damage and just needed to dry, I think there nothing you can do to prevent your phone get wet when it rains, but I will not use it much during rain.
Lets hope this will not happen again, I love this phone to much for it.
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Its defintinly no water damage, I'm in ClockworkMod Recovery now and my volume down button doesnt seem work corretly, when I wanna go down it doesnt react, but go up it works.
I think I gotta contact HTC and if I send it for warranty then I gotta restore it so that bootloader is back to S-on because I understand you don't get warranty when you have a unlocked bootloader.
Volume down hangs
Hello,
So I have figured out what's wrong with my phone, the down volume button just hangs and its quite serious.
As i'm able to get in quite hard I should get back to orginal firmware and get S-off from my phone and get it for warranty.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
So if I use that tool then I should be back to the stock firmware?
DexterMorganNL said:
Hello,
So I have figured out what's wrong with my phone, the down volume button just hangs and its quite serious.
As i'm able to get in quite hard I should get back to orginal firmware and get S-off from my phone and get it for warranty.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
So if I use that tool then I should be back to the stock firmware?
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well i didnt really follow the link. but if it involves a usb cable and a ruu .exe it will get it back to stock. still sounds like water damage though. check inside the doors and make sure none of the sticker have changed colors. including the one on the battery.
can also try putting a paper towel on a flat clean hard surface. phone screen down on the towel. and giving a couple good whacks in the general area of the volume button. maybe pop the battery door off first so it dont get damaged. as long as you dont physically damage it, your not out anything but time tryin this. if it dont work you was gonna go through the warranty process anyways.
dont blame me if you go overboard and break something.
I reverted back to stock and putted S-on back. I called HTC already and they will take it into warranty tomorrow they will come and get it.
I got battery out and I see on white sticker with a little black sticker on it with saying void, also sticker on battery is still white, so no signs off water damage at all, and it looks the volume button just hangs.
Its still under warranty and its almost impossible that it get water damage from some rain drops, even when you call the screen will get some sweat on it so it couldnt be water damage.
I have heard damage issues like these with phones more often.
EDIT 24-06-2011 18:22
Its a mystery but phone works suddenly good again, the volume down button works good again, react when I press it and phone boots without problems, I'm happy for it because in case it was water damage then it costed me € 40 and as far as I heard the phone fixers in my country will say its water damage even if it isnt so i'm really realeved.
I'm going hope it stays like this, but so far it looks good
Hi,
unfortunately I played waterball and forgot my HTC Desire in the pocket of my shorts. -.- I recognised it after 30 min..
After I dried it with rice I switched it on. It shows the boot splash screen, than it reboots. Nothing else happens. But I was able to load the bootloader, so I flashed hboot, splash1, radio and recovery via fastboot. It doesn't work. Same reboot loop...
Anyone out there with another idea or is it definitly bricked?
I guess the best thing to do is send it to be repaired. Changing firmware won't fix water damage.
The only alternative I can think of is to take it apart and try to dry it out for a number of days then put it back together and try booting again. Could be a risky approach though if you are not confident you can dismantle and reassemble correctly.
Good luck
Btw: what's waterball?
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If you feel comfortable doing this, try taking it apart.
First, make sure that you have all of the right parts and know exactly where they go.
Be sure to put everything back in its proper place once finished.
As you're disassembling it, pat each individual part dry with a small towel and use the vacuum cleaner once more on the crevices (but be careful not to accidentally suck up any loose parts – keep them well to one side, or stretch a length of old pantyhose over the nozzle).
If this doesn't work, or you're too unsure about undoing your phone, get help from cell phone professionals.
Just seen this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29960746
Ok, thx for replies.
I'm able to disassemble and reassemble it. I will try it later. And an other battery maybe.
But to be honest: I partly accepted that my Desire is broken and I fall in love with the HTC One S Anyway, I try to rescue the Desire ^^
BTW: "Waterball" was not the correct translation. The dictionary proposes beach ball or water pole. But this seems to be the professional variant. xD
So I was shopping for pants today, but I forgot I had my Desire in my pocket (front right one, if you want to know).
So, my phone fell on the ground and the battery and the cover flew off.
I quickly bought my pants and rushed out to see the damage...
IT WAS HORRIBLE!
The thing didn't want to boot, all it did was flash the red and green LED...
I (somehow) managed to get into bootloader to see the damage...
That was ALSO HORRIBLE!
The recovery kept restarting (4EXT, the loading screen that says 'preparing boot') and all I could do was take out the battery...
Thank god, Fastboot worked, so as soon as I came home I started running the RUU (from fastboot)...
Again, HORRIBLE!
when the RUU said the phone was gonna reboot into bootloader, it DIDN'T - the LEDs just kept flashing!
So I pressed power+vol- and that did the trick, but after the RUU finished ... again, flashy LEDs...
So, is this a software or hardware issue, and how to fix it (other than going to a guy and pay him to do it, which I'll do anyway if you people (god, no!) don't know the answer...)
I think I'll go to Fastboot next and clear all storage...
EDIT: Held the power button for a few secs, and the HTC boot logo shows up...
EDIT2: THE BOOTANIMATION!!! FINALLY!!!
Still, I'd like to know what the issue was, since it seems like it'll work normally from here on...?
Seems like all I've damaged are the LEDs and the camera Flash (the camera says it's too cold to use flash...)
I'll heat up the battery and report again
P.S.
Sorry for the double post... My PC is laggy today...
EDIT: Can't boot into 4EXT, no matter what... I tried CWM and it worked fine, but 4EXT won't...
And just today, I bought a new SDcard so I'd have more space and speed so I could partition it...
EDIT2: Also, the battery doesn't want to fill up... The second I take the charger out, it shuts down... Looks like I'm in need of a new battery... (curse my pants' pockets for being so big!)
It won't be bad to disassemble your phone and see if some connector disconnected.
How do I do that...? Is there like a hardware manual somewhere...? Because I'll need to know what screwdrivers I have to buy (I'm all out anyways...)
Yeah, it's probably the connector, since I can hear something shaking when I shake the phone (or it's something broken... hope it's the first thing)
Otherwise, there's a little power button glitch when turning the thing on... The LEDs flash and I can only boot if I hold the vol- button (can't do anything, not even bootloader!)
P.S.
I was just waiting when you'd reply (oh, Great one!)
Youtube is a miracle...
You'll need TORX screewdriver (star shape 6 angles), a small one.
Took my phone apart, saw the drivers I need... Just gotta wait till morning so BauHaus opens up...
I saw the tut on how to replace the screen, so that will help... Other solutions WILL be YouTube, since I don't understand anything from those pictures (but the text part of the guide is great)
I found another glitch: The LEDs flash if charging even if the battery is 60 meters away... I don't believe that's a sign of a disconnected connector... Hope it is
EDIT: Installed SetCPU, and my battery has been at 0% for the last 12 hours (without charging)... And the phone works... It just won't turn on sometimes...
Picking up those screwdrivers at about 6 pm
Just one question:
Is it possible for a connector to break? And if so, if one is broken in my phone, is it possible to replace it...? (haven't gotten the screwdrivers yet...)
If not, do I have to replace the whole cable, whole motherboard or only the component of the connector...? Or even the whole phone...?
I just popped it open... Now what? I disconnected and connected every single connector, reassembled it and the LEDs still glitch... And the phone won't go beyond the boot logo...
Could it be the battery? I saw a new scratch today, could I've damaged the battery and that is what's wrong...?
EDIT: Disassembled it again, looking for anything unusual (note that I don't have a single clue about what I'm looking for...)
Looks like I'm leaving the Android phone world... for the next 4-6 years... :'( Good old Nokia, I'm glad I didn't throw you away...
And it appears I'm yet again talking to myself...
Anyways, I'm taking the phone to a check to a repair shop, so I'll know what's wrong...
EDIT: The guy in the shop said a check is free, so I'm just gonna chill and play Minecraft for the next few days until he calls
Meh... The guy at the store checked it (FINALLY!) and he said the motherboard was dead...
And that costs 200€ to repair...
Anyways, I went to another shop and got me an Xperia S...
Goodbye, developer phone
wow 200 for mobo, u could get a good second hand desire that aint pvt1 for 100 lol. ah well hope u get better luck with ur new phone
Sent from my HTC Desire
I bought my Desire a few months ago, in June, for 120€ (PVT3). It was used, but it was the only used Desire in town... (seriously, I was the only person with a HTC Desire in my town (with 200k people!))
Ah well...
Guess I'll be the only owner of a Xperia S in 4 years