How I "fixed" a "brick" on Xperia SL - Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion

Hello,
I'm a new user and this is my first post here. I felt the need to "contribute" with my somewhat of a unique case.
I bought the Xperia SL 48h ago, and managed to "brick" it. The phone just died on me during regular use, I was in astro manager at the moment of the brick, the screen gradually turned off, and the phone became unresponsive soon afterwards. It didn't react when I plugged in the charger or when I connected it to my pc, the LED was dead, power + vol up button combo was also useless, and the pc saw my device as "QHSUSB_DLOAD".
I managed to solve this issue by holding power + vol up button combination for four (4!) minutes. I didn't really have a stopwatch, but I was in the bus on road to the store to return the phone, and just thought I might give persistence and stubbornness a chance. Three bus stops later, the phone vibrates and just turns on normally, like nothing happened.
I don't know how bugs like this occur, nor do I know how to prevent them; I am going to pretend this was just a work of gremlins.
Bottom line - if power on + vol up button combo didn't work for you for a 5 second, 10 second or a 30 second time-span, hold them buttons for a couple of minutes and pray that it works. I hope this helps someone.
Best regards

Did it have enough charge?
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Seems your phone got stuck and turned the screen off.
Holding power+volume Up forces it to shutdown without messing with the battery-removal.
So you might have been able to restart it successfully.

bluechelsea said:
Did it have enough charge?
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The battery was at 14% at the time of power+vol up wake up. I didn't charge it though, I plugged in the charger just to see if there was a LED on, but there wasn't any LED response whatsoever.
razormc said:
Seems your phone got stuck and turned the screen off. Holding power+volume Up forces it to shutdown without messing with the battery-removal.
So you might have been able to restart it successfully.
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That must be it. At the moment of the brick, screen gradually turned off, with darker colors becoming instantly black, and brigther colors getting a yellow tint just before everything vanished from the screen. Thing is though, the phone didn't react to the power+vol up combo right away, but two hours later and almost four minutes of holding the buttons.
One more thing that I noticed was, when the phone was connected to my pc, if I held the power+vol up, the pc would add/remove my hardware in a cycle, or at least play the sound of a device connected/disconnected. The phone still remained dead, but returned later for a miraculous wake up.

sl0e said:
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One more thing that I noticed was, when the phone was connected to my pc, if I held the power+vol up, the pc would add/remove my hardware in a cycle, or at least play the sound of a device connected/disconnected. The phone still remained dead, but returned later for a miraculous wake up.
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I'm not an expert, but this is probably your phone entering fastboot mode and then being disconnected due to incorrect drivers on the PC.
Glad your phone came back though. Comatose phones are terrifying, no?

razormc said:
I'm not an expert, but this is probably your phone entering fastboot mode and then being disconnected due to incorrect drivers on the PC.
Glad your phone came back though. Comatose phones are terrifying, no?
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I'm not out of the woods yet.
Got myself a second brick, and I've been trying to work it out for the past 24+ hours. I won't post about it on this thread, I've posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39847797&postcount=532 , but I will report back with any advancements on the matter.

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[Q] Galaxy Tab S - LED Flashing - Won't turn on

Hi, was wondering if anyone else has/had similar issues?
Got the Galaxy Tab S today and was spending time setting it up. Connected to the PC and charge was at about 57%. Suddenly the window displaying tablet contents on the PC disappeared and the screen went black.
The power button didn't turn the screen back on. I held it down, thinking that it required a hard reset but nothing happened. I disconnected the tablet from my pc and went to use it's dedicated charger. The battery icon came up, stating it was 57% charge, and shortly after the LED light on the back of the tablet started flashing rapidly. I quickly took out the cable.
I've tried holding down the home key, volume down, and power button and nothing happens. I then tried the same and having a finger on the screen. Then I repeated the process again with the cable connected to the charger, and then computer.
No matter what I try, the device won't turn on and the LED keeps flashing repeatedly when connected with usb charging cable. I also tried using another cable.
I'm thinking of phoning up where I got it from tomorrow and asking for a replacement, unless there's something I'm missing here?
Any thoughts would be great, thanks.
My guess would be, you are not pressing the buttons correctly.
stkpxl said:
You try just Power+Vol Down?
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I tried that just now. Nothing happens.
How about pressing power, vol up and down, home huttons at the same time for 1 minute
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
How about pressing power, vol up and down, home huttons at the same time for 1 minute
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That doesn't work either. The only response I get from the tablet is by plugging in the charging cable and then it goes on to display an epileptic inducing light show with the LED constantly flashing on and off
s2_d2 said:
That doesn't work either. The only response I get from the tablet is by plugging in the charging cable and then it goes on to display an epileptic inducing light show with the LED constantly flashing on and off
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Never seen this problem before. Could be a bad partition making it not boot. Replacement may be your answer as its better to get a new one and be safe.
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Never seen this problem before. Could be a bad partition making it not boot. Replacement may be your answer as its better to get a new one and be safe.
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I've used various tablets before and never encountered any of them not booting at all. The led flashing business is very weird. I'll phone up the store I got it from and ask if I can get a replacement.
Thanks for the responses

[Q] black screen / Screen unresponsive - Sumsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (SM-T805)

My tablet Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (SM-T805) screen went black. I can’t see the screen.
Touch also does not seem to work. However it’s on. it is receiving calls and other messages. It is connected to WiFi.
Power button, volume button are working but I can’t power off the device cause I can’t see the screen options.
When I plug in to the charging cable it vibrates but does not show anything on screen.
It didn't drop or hit by anything. i have been using it for 3 months now. it just happened by itself or may be by some update that I don’t know.
Please help how to bring it back to life
GUI crashed. Press Power+Vol up+Home (for approx 20 sec).
pibach said:
GUI crashed. Press Power+Vol up+Home (for approx 20 sec).
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I tried several times.. nothing happens... any other suggestion please
Power+voldown+home.
If this does not boot, you could try with usb dongle.
Or full run down to empty battery.
Next chance would require to open it.
sarhn007 said:
My tablet Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (SM-T805) screen went black. I can’t see the screen.
Touch also does not seem to work. However it’s on. it is receiving calls and other messages. It is connected to WiFi.
Power button, volume button are working but I can’t power off the device cause I can’t see the screen options.
When I plug in to the charging cable it vibrates but does not show anything on screen.
It didn't drop or hit by anything. i have been using it for 3 months now. it just happened by itself or may be by some update that I don’t know.
Please help how to bring it back to life
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It's not bricked so calm down. It just had a cyber stroke. It will be fine just let the power run out and recharge the battery so u can turn it on again. Same thing happened within days for getting mine.
yes... I am waiting for the battery to be completely dead. so far its on...taking calls and sms..I don't howmuch % of batter is left cause I can't see it.
I had the exact same problem once....and i had a hunch that the screen was fine, it turned out it was thankfully....but....im aware that on 100 percent battery in standby it can last a good week or so....i was too impatient...so i ran my fingers around the edge of the backing and slowly was able to pull out the back of tge case and unclip the battery...worked straight away when turned on.
But also what i discovered does reset the tablet forcefully is holding power, vol down and the center button at the same time....try it a few times for a minute each time...if successful you might get a message about being in download mode but then just do the same thing again but imidiatly release your fingers once you see the screen go off from download mode or it will just go bavk into it...good luck m8
Have you tried holding down the power button for awhile, like 30 seconds? This should shut your device off....Then take it from there.
Itchiee said:
Have you tried holding down the power button for awhile, like 30 seconds? This should shut your device off....Then take it from there.
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Doesnt work on t805...dunno why.
pdolton2000 said:
Doesnt work on t805...dunno why.
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Correct .. i tired many times... it does not work... may be the device is on...
How to run down the battery its still on .. its third day today...
sarhn007 said:
Correct .. i tired many times... it does not work... may be the device is on...
How to run down the battery its still on .. its third day today...
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Seriously on my tab right now i just held vol down, power and center button whilst on and after 25 seconds screen went black then gave the "are you sure you want to enter download mode." Then i tapped vol up......t805 as well.
Battery completely empty.. tab S turned off, i plugged in the charging cable (1 ) battery meter does not appear (2) Power+vol does not work for me.. if it does.. i can't see because of the dead screen...
i have 2 options now..
(1) send it back in warranty.. this will take a lot of time and they will only fix not replace.. i guess
(2) open it and fix the display.
Thinking,,,,,,,,
sarhn007 said:
Battery completely empty.. tab S turned off, i plugged in the charging cable (1 ) battery meter does not appear (2) Power+vol does not work for me.. if it does.. i can't see because of the dead screen...
i have 2 options now..
(1) send it back in warranty.. this will take a lot of time and they will only fix not replace.. i guess
(2) open it and fix the display.
Thinking,,,,,,,,
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Well 160 dollars for lcd , digitizer and frame ...
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/2016775924.html?tracelog=storedetail2mobilesitedetail
But if it turned out it was something else causing it nit to display like a board fault im not sure they will help ya only catch m8
Hello,
Did you finally got some result?
I have exactly the same problem with a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5. The screen suddenly went black although the light leds (home, back) were on.
I tried different combinations of buttons, usb charging and nothing. The only difference is that now the light leds are off.
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I have achieved to boot up the device because I have heard the start up sound and some notifications. However, the display doesn't work at all: the screen is black and there is no response when touching it. In addition, the light leds of the buttons are off now even when I push the home button.
Volume keys are working (I hear the sound then touching them).
Hard reset is VOLUME DOWN(left side on a 10.5) + POWER. Hold until it restarts.
ashyx said:
Hard reset is VOLUME DOWN(left side on a 10.5) + POWER. Hold until it restarts.
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That doesn't work, as sarhn007 said the problem is that screen is dead:
sarhn007 said:
Battery completely empty.. tab S turned off, i plugged in the charging cable (1 ) battery meter does not appear (2) Power+vol does not work for me.. if it does.. i can't see because of the dead screen...
i have 2 options now..
(1) send it back in warranty.. this will take a lot of time and they will only fix not replace.. i guess
(2) open it and fix the display.
Thinking,,,,,,,,
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But I can't figure how could this happen in a new (2 month) high-end product... I think that I will have to use the product warranty with the cost in time it involves.
This has happened to me twice during the last year. The last time was just ten minutes ago. I tried everything mentioned in this thread. VolUp+Home+Pwr for a looong time. Just PWR for a long time. I saw on my Wifi Router that the tablet was connected, but no screen. What helped me was to do a combination of everything mentioned here. What eventually got the screen on was 1. I turned of my router and 2. Home+VolDOWN+PWR for (what I believe was) 10-15 seconds. Then I got the choice to do a normal restart or a device reset. If you come this far, be sure to press VOL DN when asked. Otherwise your data will be lost. Obviously, I can't say if the router pwr off was necessary or not.
What's really weird is that my LG G3 went into a boot loop at about the same time (less than five minutes apart). They are not connected other than using the same router. I've had my LG G3 for exactly one year without ever experiencing a boot loop. The LG G3 is rooted, but my SM-T805 is not.
zeknun said:
That doesn't work, as sarhn007 said the problem is that screen is dead:
But I can't figure how could this happen in a new (2 month) high-end product... I think that I will have to use the product warranty with the cost in time it involves.
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It's easy fix, most of the time due to loose LCD cable. If you can hear anything on the background but blank screen, 99% is loose cable.
Remove the back cover, disconnect and reconnect LCD cable, make sure it's fully inserted, then secure the connector with tapes. Test by plugin to charger, press the HOME button.
If you do correctly, the battery icon should show up on the screen. Then put back the cover, you're done.
pdolton2000 said:
I had the exact same problem once....and i had a hunch that the screen was fine, it turned out it was thankfully....but....im aware that on 100 percent battery in standby it can last a good week or so....i was too impatient...so i ran my fingers around the edge of the backing and slowly was able to pull out the back of tge case and unclip the battery...worked straight away when turned on.
But also what i discovered does reset the tablet forcefully is holding power, vol down and the center button at the same time....try it a few times for a minute each time...if successful you might get a message about being in download mode but then just do the same thing again but imidiatly release your fingers once you see the screen go off from download mode or it will just go bavk into it...good luck m8
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really thanks dude...nice work..
my phone samsung on nxt today stopped working in same manner...your idea worked...really thanx..i tried all...as i am also a tech guy.....but nothing worked..ur idea worked for me...thankx a lot...

HTC One M8 Hard Bricked - help

The phone won't boot at all, I've tried all the volume+power button combinations possible, not a single response/vibration. I installed the htc sync/drivers and it's not recognized on my pc, doesn't appear in device manager or adb devices. The power led turns on when I plug it in at least.
Backstory as you'd ask how someone could manage this: I was running a mostly stock 4.4.4 rom for the past month, no problems here. Decided to upgrade tothis 6.0 rom (MRA58K.H11), opted for some tweaks in aroma, nothing too special,
it ran with no problems for the evening. Today the alarm ringed at 9am, I disabled it, woke up at ~11am and here we are, black screen.
I was running TWRP and had no problems with 6.0 roms in the past.
Does the charging LED come on, and stay on? What color LED?
Try charging for several hours (overnight) then hold power+vol up, or holding just power (for a minute or so) with and without the charger connected.
The red led stays on if it's plugged in, which it was for most of the day. Other than that there's 0 feedback from the phone, black screen, all the button combinations do nothing, not recognized on any pc, etc.
I'll take it to warranty and hope they don't care about the unlocked bootloader and stuff.
NexusR7 said:
The red led stays on if it's plugged in, which it was for most of the day. Other than that there's 0 feedback from the phone, black screen, all the button combinations do nothing, not recognized on any pc, etc.
I'll take it to warranty and hope they don't care about the unlocked bootloader and stuff.
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Your device is not 100% dead, mine was(no led's while charging...). While is pluggen in PC, try and hold few minutes(i held 8 minutes, YES 8 MINUTES) all buttons, volume + and - and power button, and it turned itself on lol.
Imotep95 said:
Your device is not 100% dead, mine was(no led's while charging...). While is pluggen in PC, try and hold few minutes(i held 8 minutes, YES 8 MINUTES) all buttons, volume + and - and power button, and it turned itself on lol.
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I tried what you said for 10 minutes and there was no response, my fingers hurt now tho
NexusR7 said:
I tried what you said for 10 minutes and there was no response, my fingers hurt now tho
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Be patient. Try few times(30-40 times, im not joking).

January 2017 patch bricked my Pixel XL 128GB?!

Hello everybody,
2 days ago, my Google Pixel XL received the January patch and downloaded it. It installed the first step flawlessly, but the second phase took a lot of time (the progress bar was staying around 50% for at least 60 minutes). Since I was not watching my phone during the rest of the process, I cannot say precisely what happened, but as I wanted to look how far the progress bar is, the phone did not respond anymore.
here is a summary of the situation:
- it is the pixel XL with 128GB of memory directly bought on the Google store
- the battery was fully charged before the update began, an it was approximately around 85% as I looked at the progress bar for the last time
- the phone was not hot during or after the update
- the screen is now black and does not display anything (I have tried everything I thought about: it is definitely black and nothing happens anymore, even when plugged for charging, or when connected to a PC (the USB communication with the PC is not building up anymore))
- the phone react only when the power button is maintained pressed for several seconds: it vibrates briefly, but nothing more happens
- the phone was never rooted, there was no "unknown sources" app installed (I had Cerberus installed but have uninstalled it 2 days before the Android patch was installed), and the USB debugging is not activated
- I called the Google support and they immediately proposed to ship a replacement device (they did not ask me to do some tries)
I have tried to discharge the battery by maintaining the power-on button pressed during hours: the red led then turns on when the charger is plugged in, but the screen stays black.
If somebody has an idea of a test I could make, I would appreciate the held.
Thanks a lot in advance for your suggestions.
Best regards
Vincent
Have you held power and volume down for 14 seconds?
vincent.lorentz said:
Hello everybody,
2 days ago, my Google Pixel XL received the January patch and downloaded it. It installed the first step flawlessly, but the second phase took a lot of time (the progress bar was staying around 50% for at least 60 minutes). Since I was not watching my phone during the rest of the process, I cannot say precisely what happened, but as I wanted to look how far the progress bar is, the phone did not respond anymore.
here is a summary of the situation:
- it is the pixel XL with 128GB of memory directly bought on the Google store
- the battery was fully charged before the update began, an it was approximately around 85% as I looked at the progress bar for the last time
- the phone was not hot during or after the update
- the screen is now black and does not display anything (I have tried everything I thought about: it is definitely black and nothing happens anymore, even when plugged for charging, or when connected to a PC (the USB communication with the PC is not building up anymore))
- the phone react only when the power button is maintained pressed for several seconds: it vibrates briefly, but nothing more happens
- the phone was never rooted, there was no "unknown sources" app installed (I had Cerberus installed but have uninstalled it 2 days before the Android patch was installed), and the USB debugging is not activated
- I called the Google support and they immediately proposed to ship a replacement device (they did not ask me to do some tries)
I have tried to discharge the battery by maintaining the power-on button pressed during hours: the red led then turns on when the charger is plugged in, but the screen stays black.
If somebody has an idea of a test I could make, I would appreciate the held.
Thanks a lot in advance for your suggestions.
Best regards
Vincent
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How long have you had it plugged in? It sounds like the battery is empty.
Try to leave it on the charger for a couple of hours.
If it does not boot by pressing the power button, you can try to boot bootloader by pressing volume down and power at the same time.
The battery has been fully charged, so I am pretty sure that it is not the battery (the phone has been plugged in for more than 12 hours to recharge it).
I have also tried every button combination that I know and that I found on the web: there is nothing else than a short vibration when the power button is pressed, but no reboot and nothing is displayed.
vincent.lorentz said:
The battery has been fully charged, so I am pretty sure that it is not the battery (the phone has been plugged in for more than 12 hours to recharge it).
I have also tried every button combination that I know and that I found on the web: there is nothing else than a short vibration when the power button is pressed, but no reboot and nothing is displayed.
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I would try pressing and holding the power and volume down buttons until you get the short vibration. Hopefully after vibration you will be in bootloader. Then connect to a PC and try and flash-all the factory image.
Golf c said:
I would try pressing and holding the power and volume down buttons until you get the short vibration. Hopefully after vibration you will be in bootloader. Then connect to a PC and try and flash-all the factory image.
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Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, after the vibrations, I do not get anything on the screen. In my previous phones, I was used to flash ROMs and so on. I never bricked a phone. But with the Google Pixel XL, I must admit that I do not have anymore ideas how to rescue it. I have tried the following:
- holding only the power button for several seconds --> short vibrations after several seconds, but nothing else
- holding the power button and the volume down button for several seconds --> short vibrations after several seconds, but nothing else
- holding the power button and the volume up button for several seconds --> short vibrations after several seconds, but nothing else
- holding the power button and the volume down + up buttons for several seconds --> short vibrations after several seconds, but nothing else
I have made these tries with the charger plugged in, plugged out, and removed at different instants. Nothing more than just the short vibrations.
vincent.lorentz said:
Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, after the vibrations, I do not get anything on the screen. In my previous phones, I was used to flash ROMs and so on. I never bricked a phone. But with the Google Pixel XL, I must admit that I do not have anymore ideas how to rescue it. I have tried the following:
- holding only the power button for several seconds --> short vibrations after several seconds, but nothing else
- holding the power button and the volume down button for several seconds --> short vibrations after several seconds, but nothing else
- holding the power button and the volume up button for several seconds --> short vibrations after several seconds, but nothing else
- holding the power button and the volume down + up buttons for several seconds --> short vibrations after several seconds, but nothing else
I have made these tries with the charger plugged in, plugged out, and removed at different instants. Nothing more than just the short vibrations.
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Your screen may be black, but there is a small chance your still in the bootloader. I have read that other people have recovered from a black screen. I still think its worth a try to connect to a PC and see if the factory image flashes after holding power and volume down and after vibration. Those vibrations have meaning.
Thank you, I gave it a try: the PC does not even ask to install a driver, when the phone is connected. I made several tests, exactly as it is required to flash it, but there is no communication with the PC. :crying:
vincent.lorentz said:
Thank you, I gave it a try: the PC does not even ask to install a driver, when the phone is connected. I made several tests, exactly as it is required to flash it, but there is no communication with the PC. :crying:
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I thought there might be a small chance. At least you will get a new phone. Best of luck.
I hate to tell you this but I had the same issue with a 32 GB 5 inch pixel...It was dead...Everything you have said is what happened with mine.
What happened was the slot the phone was trying to boot into had no bootloader or it was a bad flash...Either way, the slot didn't have a bootloader on it when it tried to boot and that black screen is the result...Google sent me a new one and all was well and they will do the same for you.
This is why I don't trust OTA updates...I manually flash everything and I'm sure to flash the bootloader to both slots anytime I update my phone...Good way to keep this from happening again....Best of luck man
You keep saying several seconds. You gotta hold the power and volume down for a pretty long while. Just saying.
Probably a bad boot partition though..
Thank you very much for your kind support, guys.
Your explanations is very interesting. This means that the strategy implemented for the bootloader itself is not very safe. I would be interested in knowing how such a faulty flash can happen and what are the possible reasons behind. Is there a procedure that can increase the chances for a successful flash by doing some things before the OTA update is allowed to be installed?
xocomaox said:
You keep saying several seconds. You gotta hold the power and volume down for a pretty long while. Just saying.
Probably a bad boot partition though..
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Believe me, I pressed the button for a very long while also (hours) by blocking the button in such a was that the phone boots up until the battery is discharged. So also such an extreme tray was made. The only consequence was the red light flashing.
Iam having similar(exactly) situation as stated by OP. Phone dead, only short vibration, no boot loader, no dshub qualcomm either detected while plugging USB to pc. Charging still ok.
update: now phone can be detected as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 in Device Manager.
droidan said:
Iam having similar(exactly) situation as stated by OP. Phone dead, only short vibration, no boot loader, no dshub qualcomm either detected while plugging USB to pc. Charging still ok.
update: now phone can be detected as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 in Device Manager.
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Phone is in Qualcomm Emergency Download mode. What happened? Also a bad OTA flash?
You only have two options:
Press power button for ~ 30 seconds to get out of EDL. If it's completly bricked then RMA. You're under warranty yeah?!
5.1 said:
Phone is in Qualcomm Emergency Download mode. What happened? Also a bad OTA flash?
You only have two options:
Press power button for ~ 30 seconds to get out of EDL. If it's completly bricked then RMA. You're under warranty yeah?!
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Yes. Bad OTA Flash.
Hold 30secs still nothing.
droidan said:
Yes. Bad OTA Flash.
Hold 30secs still nothing.
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RMA is your only option so

HTC 10 Unresponsive & Can't Restart But Alive

I hope I'm posting this in the right place but I'm desperate for help.
My phone, HTC 10, froze and then the screen turned off while I was taking a picture.
The charge should have been around 80%.
Symptoms:
The screen is unresponsive.
Couldn't get the home button/finger print sensor to turn the screen on.
Couldn't get the power button to turn the screen on.
A call to my phone could not reach my number as well.
When plugged in to a wall charger or laptop no indicator light turns on.
When connected to a laptop, the laptop makes that connection noise and a long name with QualComm in it shows up.
Tried Power Button + Volume Up for 10 seconds but didn't get any result.
Side note:
The power button was a little faulty before as well.
You have to squeeze it a certain way to make it work.
I need to somehow restart my phone. Any ideas?
PointOfViewGun said:
I hope I'm posting this in the right place but I'm desperate for help.
My phone, HTC 10, froze and then the screen turned off while I was taking a picture.
The charge should have been around 80%.
Symptoms:
The screen is unresponsive.
Couldn't get the home button/finger print sensor to turn the screen on.
Couldn't get the power button to turn the screen on.
A call to my phone could not reach my number as well.
When plugged in to a wall charger or laptop no indicator light turns on.
When connected to a laptop, the laptop makes that connection noise and a long name with QualComm in it shows up.
Tried Power Button + Volume Up for 10 seconds but didn't get any result.
Side note:
The power button was a little faulty before as well.
You have to squeeze it a certain way to make it work.
I need to somehow restart my phone. Any ideas?
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Try to clean all buttons really well, if it keeps failing to boot and the phone is still recognized as Qualcomm it's probably bricked.
Simple explanation of the word bricked :
When the phone doesn't boot, when you can't access the bootloader, download mode or recovery it's bricked!
Mr Hofs said:
Try to clean all buttons really well, if it keeps failing to boot and the phone is still recognized as Qualcomm it's probably bricked.
Simple explanation of the word bricked :
When the phone doesn't boot, when you can't access the bootloader, download mode or recovery it's bricked!
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Strange turn of events: I plugged the phone to my laptop because I read somewhere that it drains the battery. Just for the kicks, after a few hours, I unplugged and re-plugged my phone. Suddenly, there was light. The battery light came back. I immediately switched to the wall charger and once I did that the battery icon appeared showing 1%. Now, it's peacefully charging away. Will see if it actually turns on later on once it's charged about half an hour.

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