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[Q] HTC DHD cant boot up

Dear ALL Gurus,
I have encounter a problem with my DHD, i cant boot up my device. Whn i press the power button, the device will vibrate 3 times, and the light indicator was in orange color. :crying:
If i plug into power plug or USB (Connected to PC), it will automatically load into ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.7 (Ace Hack Kit). At recovery i cant do anything, only can press the +vol and -vol, when i press the power button to select any of the function such as reboot the system / backup and restore / factory reset / etc etc... I use a custom ROM (Slim Bean), sorry i cant give much information, because i cant remember my device information. I'm newbies... lucky able to root my DHD by following all the step posted here...
For your information, my volume button sometimes got problem, it auto press +vol, so i have press a -vol to neutralise the key problem, but sometimes it wont work. it is because my volume button? or because the software ?
I LOVE MY HTC DHD so much, this is my second htc DHD, my 1st got stolen, i still buy back the same model...:good:
Can someone guide me what to do??
Thanks for reading my post.

What happened to get the phone in that state?

bananagranola said:
What happened to get the phone in that state?
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my hp battery totally out, then i recharge my hp... then it happened.:crying:

cascloud said:
my hp battery totally out, then i recharge my hp... then it happened.:crying:
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Huh? What hp battery?

bananagranola said:
Huh? What hp battery?
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hp = handphone
my phone battery flat, i recharge it, then i cant open my DHD
i tried to reboot into hotboot, it cant....

What happens if you reboot holding power and volume-down? What does it say? And if I'm understanding you correctly, CWM isn't responding when you select any options using the power button?

bananagranola said:
What happens if you reboot holding power and volume-down? What does it say? And if I'm understanding you correctly, CWM isn't responding when you select any options using the power button?
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CWM was not responding when I select any of the option.
While I hold down the -vol and power button, DHD was vibrate 5 times with the led light was green blinking, a few more second it vibrate longer time 10 times, but led light was not blinking, but the screen was still blank.

cascloud said:
CWM was not responding when I select any of the option.
While I hold down the -vol and power button, DHD was vibrate 5 times with the led light was green blinking, a few more second it vibrate longer time 10 times, but led light was not blinking, but the screen was still blank.
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Try a different battery. If you did not flash a froyo ruu, then your battery might be messed up.

glevitan said:
Try a different battery. If you did not flash a froyo ruu, then your battery might be messed up.
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It that the possibility? My DHD is about 8 months old...
The battery is fully charge ...seem ok. But anyway, I will try it out

cascloud said:
It that the possibility? My DHD is about 8 months old...
The battery is fully charge ...seem ok. But anyway, I will try it out
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Maybe is flaw...you never know. I have seen couple of cases
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glevitan said:
Maybe is flaw...you never know. I have seen couple of cases
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Ok, noted I will get a battery to test it out.

Vibrates every second, no download no recovery, changed power button

Hello guys, i'm trying to repair my girlfriends t989, you know all girls are destroying phones. so the problem is, that you put in the battery, phone 1st time boots and after 5 secs, just black screen and vibrates. i've searched for this problem, and it says that is the power button, yesterday i changed it, so i thing its something with software, any help guys?
UPDATE: i can go in download mode, but only for a few secs, then slighly blue screen flashes and again vibrating
Is there any way to flash software not through download mode and recovery?

Fulfen said:
Hello guys, i'm trying to repair my girlfriends t989, you know all girls are destroying phones. so the problem is, that you put in the battery, phone 1st time boots and after 5 secs, just black screen and vibrates. i've searched for this problem, and it says that is the power button, yesterday i changed it, so i thing its something with software, any help guys?
UPDATE: i can go in download mode, but only for a few secs, then slighly blue screen flashes and again vibrating
Is there any way to flash software not through download mode and recovery?
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This is the power button for sure.
I had the same problem, and all I did was to open the screws and clean the contacts with alcohol and clean up the edges with tooth pick and put everything back again. Tried couple of times and that fixed my issue.
Hope that helps. .
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-greenboy- said:
This is the power button for sure.
I had the same problem, and all I did was to open the screws and clean the contacts with alcohol and clean up the edges with tooth pick and put everything back again. Tried couple of times and that fixed my issue.
Hope that helps. .
Sent from my SGH-M919
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well, i changed the whole button, so thats strange

Fulfen said:
well, i changed the whole button, so thats strange
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Button changed, that's good.
Looks and Clean where button sits and button contacts and sides.
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Can't start, can't access recovery or download

Okay. When I put my battery into my phone, the Samsung screen shows up. Then, it restarts, and I don't even make it to the Samsung screen before it restarts again and does the little vibrate it does when it starts. When I try to access recovery, it shows the default recovery screen for a couple of seconds, and then it goes back to what I said earlier. I don't even make it to the download mode screen AT ALL. And when I plug it into the wall, it shows the battery screen for a couple seconds, but then its just back to constant restarts. I have had my current ROM install for a long time now and I just want to flash the stock kernel to my phone. Is there any hope in me being able to get the stock kernel flashed through Odin seeing as that I can't even get to the download screen?

Sounds like a bad power button
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Would another sign of a bad power button be that before this happened, my button was SUPER touchy? Like, I would barely lay a finger on it and it would sense it.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I found a post and some of the signs are: Black screen with intermittent vibrating, unable to enter recovery before phone restarts, unable to enter download mode before restart, phone turns on when battery inserted. Looks like I need to take the phone apart. Thank you for mentioning it could be the power button.

Never mind. The Bandaid Fix for the power button did not work.

guitarhero923 said:
Never mind. The Bandaid Fix for the power button did not work.
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There are a few fixes suggested in the bandaid thread. I think one of them involves banging the button with a rubber eraser. Hopefully one will work for you.

I beat the ever living sh*t out of the power button with a screw driver out of anger. Did not help.

guitarhero923 said:
I beat the ever living sh*t out of the power button with a screw driver out of anger. Did not help.
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usually the button doesnt click-like the feel you get from the volume buttons-if it doesnt click its bad or going bad. on mine i kept squeezing with small pliers until it started clicking-(found on youtube) thats been a year ago, still going

Fasted12 said:
usually the button doesnt click-like the feel you get from the volume buttons-if it doesnt click its bad or going bad. on mine i kept squeezing with small pliers until it started clicking-(found on youtube) thats been a year ago, still going
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Well. It clicks, but the click isn't as... how do I explain this, as quick and CLICK LIKE? It just feels like there is a bit of resistance and it doesn't do a full intense click lol. If that makes any sense.

Phone just stopped turning on..

well...this kinda ruined my night yesterday...I went to a concert yesterday around 8 and my phone had 70% and I was checking facebook or something like that and without no notification or warning it froze and turned off on me. I figured it was a normal freeze..and I attempted to turn it back on and nothing happened. Went to my car to try to charge it and nothing. Not even a charging light. A day has passed after the concert was over (could not take pictures, thanks htc..) and now the "dead battery symbol" comes up and the orange light keeps BLINKING..to my understanding it means that it is not charging? What could it be..anybody could help me out .maybe a soft reset? no charging it for a couple of minutes?
Anything would help. Thanks

Try pressing and holding power and volume up?

I'm sure you've already tried that, but can you confirm that you have left it plugged in atleast for 5 hours continuously after this happened.
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And hold the power and volume buttons down in a well lit environment, there's a "pocket check".

You can also try by hold the power and volume buttons UP

Thanks for the replies , i have tried those opctions. Holding the power and volume UP and thencanother try wih the DOWN the with both. It just blinks orange now. I just woke up and plugged it in again, am going to work and going to leave it like that, hopefully that does the trick. Should i call htc ? It hasnt even been a month since the phones came out.. I did not do anything to "kill" the battery

Ofcourse you may call Htc.

the same happened to me now.did u find a solution?????

Have you got delvolper options enabled, if so when connected to your computer you could try Adb reboot or Adb reboot bootloader
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E said:
Have you got delvolper options enabled, if so when connected to your computer you could try Adb reboot or Adb reboot bootloader
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its not detected atall

zizu66 said:
its not detected atall
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Well only thing I can suggest is you leave it on charge over night. Then try & power it on if no go try and hold the volume up and power button while plugged in for at least a minute if that Dosent work take it back where you got it from.
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Unplug phone. Hold vol up and power for 10 seconds, let go, try to power on phone.

[Q] Bootloop on splash screen

So I got an HTC One second hand. Listing just said user reset it and started bootlooping. Got it for cheap so I figured I'd try and fix it.
Got it, and plugged it in (dead battery). The charge light indicator turns on, and the screen turns on with the charging animation, but only for a split second. Then it goes to the splash screen for about 10 seconds or so, screen turns off for a few seconds, then right back on and up to the splash screen.
Tried holding the Vol down to get into bootloader, but so far no good. The only way for it to stop the loop is for the battery to die. When I plug it into an outlet or a computer, it immediately goes right back into the boot loop.
So, is there anyway to save this? Or am I SOL?

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So I got an HTC One second hand. Listing just said user reset it and started bootlooping. Got it for cheap so I figured I'd try and fix it.
Got it, and plugged it in (dead battery). The charge light indicator turns on, and the screen turns on with the charging animation, but only for a split second. Then it goes to the splash screen for about 10 seconds or so, screen turns off for a few seconds, then right back on and up to the splash screen.
Tried holding the Vol down to get into bootloader, but so far no good. The only way for it to stop the loop is for the battery to die. When I plug it into an outlet or a computer, it immediately goes right back into the boot loop.
So, is there anyway to save this? Or am I SOL?
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plug this thing into a wall and wait for the charge light to stop blinking. once thats done press and hold vol - and power and keep holding till you see the bootloader.

synisterwolf said:
plug this thing into a wall and wait for the charge light to stop blinking. once thats done press and hold vol - and power and keep holding till you see the bootloader.
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Thanks for the reply. I recognize you from the Rez forums when I used to have one .
So, tried that. I plug it in (device is off now because it ran out of juice apparently), and the light blinks, splashscreen comes up for 10 seconds.
After that, it reboots, and the charge light doesn't come on again, and then goes into its bootloop.
I also tried holding the Vol down for around 3 reboot cycles, both on and off the charger.

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Thanks for the reply. I recognize you from the Rez forums when I used to have one .
So, tried that. I plug it in (device is off now because it ran out of juice apparently), and the light blinks, splashscreen comes up for 10 seconds.
After that, it reboots, and the charge light doesn't come on again, and then goes into its bootloop.
I also tried holding the Vol down for around 3 reboot cycles, both on and off the charger.
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have to hold volume down and power at the same time. keep holding and it should go to hboot.
Edit: welcome to the M7. ^_^

synisterwolf said:
have to hold volume down and power at the same time. keep holding and it should go to hboot.
Edit: welcome to the M7. ^_^
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Still no-go =\.
Tried holding power + vol down at the same time, both on and off the wall charger and still nothing.
Is it a goner?

to me it sounds like there is still hope. as long as you can see the splash screen you still have a chance.
i would put it in a wall charger and just leave it for a bit about 20 min and then try the vol - and power.

synisterwolf said:
to me it sounds like there is still hope. as long as you can see the splash screen you still have a chance.
i would put it in a wall charger and just leave it for a bit about 20 min and then try the vol - and power.
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That's what I was thinking as well, going from my experience with the Rez anyway.
Alright, I'll just let it sit on the charger for while and hopefully the buzzing doesn't annoy me too much lol.

Still can't get into bootloader .
Tried after about 30 min of being on the charger.
Something weird I noticed, if I press/hold power+vol down while it's on the splash screen, the back/home soft keys will blink 6 times, then the phone shuts off/starts back up again in it's loop (but they won't blink if I was already holding them down before the splash screen came up). Not sure if this is relevant or not, but I figured I would mention it.

carngeX said:
Still can't get into bootloader .
Tried after about 30 min of being on the charger.
Something weird I noticed, if I press/hold power+vol down while it's on the splash screen, the back/home soft keys will blink 6 times, then the phone shuts off/starts back up again in it's loop (but they won't blink if I was already holding them down before the splash screen came up). Not sure if this is relevant or not, but I figured I would mention it.
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When that exact thing happens switch to holding only volume down.
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When that exact thing happens switch to holding only volume down.
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Tried it - screen still just goes black, and then repeats the splashscreen bootloop like before.
Should I try contacting HTC and see what they would charge to send it in?

carngeX said:
Tried it - screen still just goes black, and then repeats the splashscreen bootloop like before.
Should I try contacting HTC and see what they would charge to send it in?
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I have this happen to both my max and my kids m8. It was a matter of timing the power and up button combo and then shifting to just vol down the second it rebooted. First time took me twenty minutes to get it right. During which I may have broke a sweat. Don't give up just yet.
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dottat said:
I have this happen to both my max and my kids m8. It was a matter of timing the power and up button combo and then shifting to just vol down the second it rebooted. First time took me twenty minutes to get it right. During which I may have broke a sweat. Don't give up just yet.
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So, I should hold Power + Vol UP while on the splash screen, then when the buttons flash, switch to just Vol DOWN? Or am I not doing the correct technique?

So this is what I've tried doing; not sure if it's the correct timing or not:
From a dead battery, plug in and hold power + Vol down, it just goes into bootloop
During the bootloop, held Vol Down during the black screen in between the white HTC splashscreen; still bootloop (tried this at various times in between the splashscreen loops; there's about a 5 sec gap of black screen)
Tried the same above, but with Power + Vol Down
Tried Power + Vol Down during the white splashscreen, the back/home soft keys blink 4 - 6 times, and releasing the power button while keeping vol down held, and then reboots into the bootloop again
Not sure what to do at this point, besides contact HTC, unless you guys have any ideas/proper order to press the buttons?
Edit: plugged it into my computer, and about 3/4 of the way through the HTC Splashscreen, I hear the USB plugged in noise, then immediately the eject noise. For a second I can see "Android Phone" listed under Devices and Printers. Tried running fastboot reboot-bootloader and it didn't catch it. Tried running adb devices during the second it's recognized, but it didn't see anything. Tried in both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports.
Also tried pressing Vol down during the time its recognized, but either my timing was off, or it didn't work.

Update: Also tried holding the light sensors under a lightbulb and tried the above attempts (read somewhere this has worked for people)... still a no-go.

synisterwolf said:
to me it sounds like there is still hope. as long as you can see the splash screen you still have a chance.
i would put it in a wall charger and just leave it for a bit about 20 min and then try the vol - and power.
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dottat said:
I have this happen to both my max and my kids m8. It was a matter of timing the power and up button combo and then shifting to just vol down the second it rebooted. First time took me twenty minutes to get it right. During which I may have broke a sweat. Don't give up just yet.
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Still haven't been able to get it after a couple days of trying on and off.
Contacted HTC and I'm going to send it into them.
Since I'm not sure what HBoot is on it currently... if they were to update it to the latest (newest OTA) that's just been released before returning it to me... will I still be able to unlock bootloader/S-Off with Firewater/Weaksauce?
Thanks for the suggestions you guys provided dottat and synisterwolf I appreciate it!

sorry ive been away, work has be busy. If they do update it, there is no way to unlock or s-off ATM. the OTA might be to new for them to care and just flash you back to 4.4.2 sense 5.5

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sorry ive been away, work has be busy. If they do update it, there is no way to unlock or s-off ATM. the OTA might be to new for them to care and just flash you back to 4.4.2 sense 5.5
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No problem man.
Lame.. hopefully hey don't update it. According to the agreement notice they emailed me with my ticket info and stuff, it says" Please note that all repaired devices will be set to carrier or HTC specifications, and will be factory reset."
Hopefully that means that they'll just reset it back to how it came and not update it.
Otherwise I guess I'll either wait or try and sell it, since the device itself is pretty much mint.

So I got it back today from HTC... and I think they updated it . Can somebody confirm for me?
Bootloader says this:
PVT SHIP S-ON
HBoot-1.57.0000
Radio-1.13.41.0421
OpenDSP-v32.120.274.0909
OS-4.10.605.3
Settings says:
4.4.2
Sense 6.0
4.10.605.3
So there's no way to root, or S-Off, or bootloader unlock right? Neither Rumrunner nor Firewater work? Is an unlock exploit being researched?