[SOLVED] Possible Brick - T-Mobile HTC One (M8)

I flashed @Fenny's deodexed m8 stock rom. During the flash the phone rebooted to the splash screen. Now the phone will not turn off when holding the power button. I confirmed the hash sum before flashing. Flashed through TWRP 2.7.0.2. Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I need to know how to turn my phone off (without adb since I'm at work). From there I can get back to recovery and restore the stock ROM.

VolcanicSkunk said:
I flashed @Fenny's deodexed m8 stock rom. During the flash the phone rebooted to the splash screen. Now the phone will not turn off when holding the power button. I confirmed the hash sum before flashing. Flashed through TWRP 2.7.0.2. Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I need to know how to turn my phone off (without adb since I'm at work). From there I can get back to recovery and restore the stock ROM.
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Try holding the phone close to a light source then try to reboot it. Reboot it holding the Volume down key so it reboots into the bootloader.

SmiLey497 said:
Try holding the phone close to a light source then try to reboot it. Reboot it holding the Volume down key so it reboots into the bootloader.
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Do you know about how long I should hold down the buttons? I have held it under a florescent light that is directly over my desk for a couple of minutes while doing that and it doesn't do anything.

VolcanicSkunk said:
Do you know about how long I should hold down the buttons? I have held it under a florescent light that is directly over my desk for a couple of minutes while doing that and it doesn't do anything.
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It should happen after about 10 seconds. The reason for light source is because HTC doesn't want the phone to reboot in your pocket, etc ...

SmiLey497 said:
It should happen after about 10 seconds. The reason for light source is because HTC doesn't want the phone to reboot in your pocket, etc ...
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Whelp. Holding under the light source seems to do nothing. This is what I was afraid would happen if I bought a phone that didn't have a removable battery. :/ Are there any other methods that might work? I am downloading adb right now.

VolcanicSkunk said:
Whelp. Holding under the light source seems to do nothing. This is what I was afraid would happen if I bought a phone that didn't have a removable battery. :/ Are there any other methods that might work? I am downloading adb right now.
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IDK that's always worked for me. Try holding the power button down harder maybe, I know it sits a little flush and you may not be pressing it down fully.

Great Success!!!
Okay. Finally got it to work. I had to hold volume up + power to get the phone to reboot. When the screen turned black I changed to the volume down while still holding the power button. This booted me to HBOOT. Then I was able to select recovery and boot there just fine. I am now restoring to my stock backup.
@SmiLey497 Thanks so much for your help! Your fast replies and explanation helped a lot! :good:
I think that I now need to go home and change my pants. Lol!
EDIT: Stock backup booted perfectly. No more paperweight.

VolcanicSkunk said:
Okay. Finally got it to work. I had to hold volume up + power to get the phone to reboot. When the screen turned black I changed to the volume down while still holding the power button. This booted me to HBOOT. Then I was able to select recovery and boot there just fine. I am now restoring to my stock backup.
@SmiLey497 Thanks so much for your help! Your fast replies and explanation helped a lot! :good:
I think that I now need to go home and change my pants. Lol!
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My pleasure.

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Soft brick, but can't access recovery mode

Hey there, so my phone randomly decided to stop working today.
Whenever I put the battery in the phone or plug in the charger, the Samsung screen loads then nothing. This all happens without me pushing the power button btw. Then the power button doesn't work, nor can I access recovery.
Like I mentioned, this all happened very suddenly and unexpectedly. I haven't flashed a rom in awhile so I'm not sure what caused the problem. One tidbit worth mentioning is that my phone would randomly reboot on the rom I've been using, but it wouldn't happen too often.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Not exactly sure what I should do in this situation. Thanks for reading.
nfsplayer99 said:
Hey there, so my phone randomly decided to stop working today.
Whenever I put the battery in the phone or plug in the charger, the Samsung screen loads then nothing. This all happens without me pushing the power button btw. Then the power button doesn't work, nor can I access recovery.
Like I mentioned, this all happened very suddenly and unexpectedly. I haven't flashed a rom in awhile so I'm not sure what caused the problem. One tidbit worth mentioning is that my phone would randomly reboot on the rom I've been using, but it wouldn't happen too often.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Not exactly sure what I should do in this situation. Thanks for reading.
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try to be quicker to access recovery, power off the phone. then press the power, vol up, and home then AS SOON as you see the blue text on the left top side of the samsung logo screen let go of the buttons, it should boot into recovery then wipe data factory reset and reboot.
Andy_nu said:
try to be quicker to access recovery, power off the phone. then press the power, vol up, and home then AS SOON as you see the blue text on the left top side of the samsung logo screen let go of the buttons, it should boot into recovery then wipe data factory reset and reboot.
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Yeah, I was able to do that once, but then the phone just goes to a black screen and doesn't load anything
nfsplayer99 said:
Yeah, I was able to do that once, but then the phone just goes to a black screen and doesn't load anything
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flash this recovery attached with odin by booting into download mode via power vol down and home, wipe data factory reset and reboot
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390212717148635222 (recovery)
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390275921635705049 (odin)
place in pda with only f. reset time and auto reboot checked. it SHOULD only take about 10 seconds to flash. as soon as your phone reboots hold the recovery combo and it should go to it
I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.
nfsplayer99 said:
I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.
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kinda odd. never had that happen before. ,maybe you could try to reflash the download mode into your phone using this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125(make sure you use a debrick.img http://d-h.st/iEy for att not sprint BTW)
or use a jig. since your phone can still access the boot interface.
nfsplayer99 said:
I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.
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Have you done this and then connected the USB to see if ODIN will recognize the phone? it's entirely possible that you are getting into download mode, but just can't see it..
It's certainly worth a try.

[Q] Am I bricked? Need Help

So continuing from here...
I don't know what is wrong with my phone. I had cm-11-20140113-primoc-sk installed and tried installing cm-11-20131126-UNOFFICIAL-primoc back after Wiping Data, Cache, and system. I got through all the steps until reboot to flash boot.img. I rebooted and it just turned black. Nothing functioned afterward. I'm not even sure it is off because I can still see a faint backlight on. There are no lights, computer doesn't recognize it, power and volume buttons don't do anything, and I can't access HBoot or recovery. Am I bricked?
I've flashed several ROMs with this phone and this is the first time this has happened. I had more than 50% of battery when doing this.
P.S. the faint backlight is still on.
intrepid9 said:
So continuing from here...
I don't know what is wrong with my phone. I had cm-11-20140113-primoc-sk installed and tried installing cm-11-20131126-UNOFFICIAL-primoc back after Wiping Data, Cache, and system. I got through all the steps until reboot to flash boot.img. I rebooted and it just turned black. Nothing functioned afterward. I'm not even sure it is off because I can still see a faint backlight on. There are no lights, computer doesn't recognize it, power and volume buttons don't do anything, and I can't access HBoot or recovery. Am I bricked?
I've flashed several ROMs with this phone and this is the first time this has happened. I had more than 50% of battery when doing this.
P.S. the faint backlight is still on.
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Hold down the off button for 8-10 seconds and let the device turn off. Now reboot.
You can re enter recovery by holding the down volume button when you turn it back on
mcgi5sr2 said:
Hold down the off button for 8-10 seconds and let the device turn off. Now reboot.
You can re enter recovery by holding the down volume button when you turn it back on
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I tried that already. I tried almost all button combinations I knew.
Usually if its on and you hold down the off button the soft buttons will flash but nothing is flashing.
intrepid9 said:
I tried that already. I tried almost all button combinations I knew.
Usually if its on and you hold down the off button the soft buttons will flash but nothing is flashing.
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That is odd, prehaps your power button is a bit more mashed than mine. I'm guessing the battery has probably run out by now, but could you try adb or fastboot to see if the device is still recognised? From there we might be able to send it reboot commands etc
intrepid9 said:
I tried that already. I tried almost all button combinations I knew.
Usually if its on and you hold down the off button the soft buttons will flash but nothing is flashing.
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try charging it to 100% and then press power button as hard as you can to turn it off... if it turns off, then try entering hboot, if not I don't have more ideas
mcgi5sr2 said:
That is odd, prehaps your power button is a bit more mashed than mine. I'm guessing the battery has probably run out by now, but could you try adb or fastboot to see if the device is still recognised? From there we might be able to send it reboot commands etc
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I don't think the power button is mashed up. I know the OneV tends to have a mushy power button but mine is still functioning well. Today when I pressed the power, the red led flashed several times. That means it has low battery right? I'm guessing it is off now? I'm not sure.
parkourz said:
try charging it to 100% and then press power button as hard as you can to turn it off... if it turns off, then try entering hboot, if not I don't have more ideas
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I tried that yesterday. No luck. I'm going to try to let it run out of battery.
intrepid9 said:
I don't think the power button is mashed up. I know the OneV tends to have a mushy power button but mine is still functioning well. Today when I pressed the power, the red led flashed several times. That means it has low battery right? I'm guessing it is off now? I'm not sure.
I tried that yesterday. No luck. I'm going to try to let it run out of battery.
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That's the disadventage of phones with closed-in battery :/
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I'm guessing the battery has probably run out by now, but could you try adb or fastboot to see if the device is still recognised? From there we might be able to send it reboot commands etc
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So, the battery did indeed run out and I was able to use adb to send a reboot command. It worked and the phone started up again. Thanks for your help, but I have no idea why this happened in the first place
intrepid9 said:
So, the battery did indeed run out and I was able to use adb to send a reboot command. It worked and the phone started up again. Thanks for your help, but I have no idea why this happened in the first place
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Glad to hear your back up and running

[Q] M8 won't turn off

I was attempting to install Venom Rom on my rooted and s-off m8 and while going through installation menus, I pressed aroma file explorer by accident when I meant to hit back.
The phone locked up right away.
I tried holding the power button for over two minutes, but the screen stays lit and completely unresponsive.
What can I do? I started with a full battery, how long will it take to turn the device off through battery drain?
I am using the latest twrp recovery and was already running the venom rom though I doubt that is relevant.
Switch the light on in your room then try again.
You need to press power and vol up and hold until it restarts. Can take some time, but it will eventually.
ashyx said:
You need to press power and vol up and hold until it restarts. Can take some time, but it will eventually.
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Thank you! Did the trick

stuck on start up screen

after flashing this rom and gapps [ROM][AOSP][4.4.4][Unofficial] Beanstalk 4.4.065 [10-8-14][ALL M8] it started up and is now stuck on the start up screen and every thing i try doesnt work to get it to recovery or bootloader screen i hope some one can help me get my phone back
STANC1 said:
after flashing this rom and gapps [ROM][AOSP][4.4.4][Unofficial] Beanstalk 4.4.065 [10-8-14][ALL M8] it started up and is now stuck on the start up screen and every thing i try doesnt work to get it to recovery or bootloader screen i hope some one can help me get my phone back
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Hold down the power botton +vol. up for about 20 seconds. When the screen goes black switch holding vol. up to holding in vol. down.
You should boot into fastboot.
STANC1 said:
after flashing this rom and gapps [ROM][AOSP][4.4.4][Unofficial] Beanstalk 4.4.065 [10-8-14][ALL M8] it started up and is now stuck on the start up screen and every thing i try doesnt work to get it to recovery or bootloader screen i hope some one can help me get my phone back
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If you're not on 4.4.4 firmware you should update to it. It's already a well known fact that running ROMs with out dated firmware WILL result in excessively long bootup times(10mins + ) .
xunholyx said:
Hold down the power botton +vol. up for about 20 seconds. When the screen goes black switch holding vol. up to holding in vol. down.
You should boot into fastboot.
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ok i held up and down button for over a minute and nothing happened its still stuck on start up screen
BerndM14 said:
If you're not on 4.4.4 firmware you should update to it. It's already a well known fact that running ROMs with out dated firmware WILL result in excessively long bootup times(10mins + ) .
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my firmware was up to date
STANC1 said:
ok i held up and down button for over a minute and nothing happened its still stuck on start up screen
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Who said anything about holding the up and down button.
Press volume UP and Power for 10seconds, once the screen goes dark immediately press Volume Down to go into bootloader.
STANC1 said:
ok i held up and down button for over a minute and nothing happened its still stuck on start up screen
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Not up and down. power and volume up. Hold them both down for 20seconds
BerndM14 said:
Who said anything about holding the up and down button.
Press volume UP and Power for 10seconds, once the screen goes dark immediately press Volume Down to go into bootloader.
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ok di that screen went black and started up and wouldnt go into recovery it just started and went black
STANC1 said:
ok di that screen went black and started up and wouldnt go into recovery it just started and went black
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Read post #4
STANC1 said:
ok di that screen went black and started up and wouldnt go into recovery it just started and went black
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Then just try it again.
Did it actually start up again or just shut itself off? if so you can still just press Volume Down + Power to get into bootloader.
BerndM14 said:
Then just try it again.
Did it actually start up again or just shut itself off? if so you can still just press Volume Down + Power to get into bootloader.
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it shut off and then started up but i couldnt get it to go into recovery at all
STANC1 said:
it shut off and then started up but i couldnt get it to go into recovery at all
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Once it reboots you won't really be able to get in, well I couldn't when I tried. As soon as the screen goes dark you should immediately have the volume down key pressed, I'm talking about a second at most in between.
If the phone is completely off it's easy enough to just hold volume down and power for a couple of seconds until it goes into bootloader. When you do the hard reset you have to hold the power button and slide down to volume down quickly before it boots up.
You didn't still have fastboot checked in the settings did you?
BerndM14 said:
Once it reboots you won't really be able to get in, well I couldn't when I tried. As soon as the screen goes dark you should immediately have the volume down key pressed, I'm talking about a second at most in between.
If the phone is completely off it's easy enough to just hold volume down and power for a couple of seconds until it goes into bootloader. When you do the hard reset you have to hold the power button and slide down to volume down quickly before it boots up.
You didn't still have fastboot checked in the settings did you?
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ok no i got it off and it wont go back on as for fastboot i cant tell if it is settings
BerndM14 said:
Once it reboots you won't really be able to get in, well I couldn't when I tried. As soon as the screen goes dark you should immediately have the volume down key pressed, I'm talking about a second at most in between.
If the phone is completely off it's easy enough to just hold volume down and power for a couple of seconds until it goes into bootloader. When you do the hard reset you have to hold the power button and slide down to volume down quickly before it boots up.
You didn't still have fastboot checked in the settings did you?
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OH SH*T! I still have mine checked. It doesn't work any more for me (normal boot times), but I haven't been unchecking it when messing with stuff because I'm not realizing/ forgetting that it is on.
I should probably fix that before I get myself into trouble.:good:
xunholyx said:
OH SH*T! I still have mine checked. It doesn't work any more for me (normal boot times), but I haven't been unchecking it when messing with stuff because I'm not realizing/ forgetting that it is on.
I should probably fix that before I get myself into trouble.:good:
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last time i had it checked and i belive i unchecked it but now it sounds like im screwed since i can get it into boot loader and all it does it come on and go like its starting up and then shuts down
STANC1 said:
last time i had it checked and i belive i unchecked it but now it sounds like im screwed since i can get it into boot loader and all it does it come on and go like its starting up and then shuts down
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Well another method to try that worked for me when my device hung up, connect to PC, and use adb reboot bootloader to have it rebooted into bootloader.
BerndM14 said:
Well another method to try that worked for me when my device hung up, connect to PC, and use adb reboot bootloader to have it rebooted into bootloader.
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ok does it work when the phone is off i cant seem to get it long enough to do much of anything
STANC1 said:
ok does it work when the phone is off i cant seem to get it long enough to do much of anything
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I'm just curious, was your phone fully charged when you were flashing the ROM? It sounds like a battery problem, but I could be wrong.
Always make sure you have lots of battery before flashing anything. The way it won't stay on is really weird. You could try the ROM's forum. Maybe you might find an answer there. Sorry.
xunholyx said:
I'm just curious, was your phone fully charged when you were flashing the ROM? It sounds like a battery problem, but I could be wrong.
Always make sure you have lots of battery before flashing anything. The way it won't stay on is really weird. You could try the ROM's forum. Maybe you might find an answer there. Sorry.
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no the battery is fully charged whe do i find the rom forum at
STANC1 said:
no the battery is fully charged whe do i find the rom forum at
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Where did you download the ROM from? You can probably figure it out by reading your original post.

Stuck on "Entering Recovery..." after trying to update TWRP version

I tried to update the version of TWRP I was using(v2.7.0.2) on my HTC One M8 (rooted) to v2.8.7.0 using the TWRP Manager App that I downloaded from the play store. The screen is stuck on "Entering Recovery...". I would appreciate any advice anyone can give me about how to get out of it. I tried holding down the power button it does nothing. The screen is frozen. How do I turn it off / get it to boot properly? Please help.. :crying:
shamajay said:
I tried to update the version of TWRP I was using(v2.7.0.2) on my HTC One M8 (rooted) to v2.8.7.0 using the TWRP Manager App that I downloaded from the play store. The screen is stuck on "Entering Recovery...". I would appreciate any advice anyone can give me about how to get out of it. I tried holding down the power button it does nothing. The screen is frozen. How do I turn it off / get it to boot properly? Please help.. :crying:
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Holding down the power button for what feels like an eternity got me through this when it happened last. I also had to flash TWRP again.
Alternatively, I believe holding both the power button and volume down during this stage is supposed to work. The only other way would be to either grin and bear a battery drain shut down (Not good if the device won't take a charge afterwards), or pop open the phone / remove battery.. Which I'm sure you can find a guide for both here and online. Hopefully it won't come to that, though!
Anonaru said:
Holding down the power button for what feels like an eternity got me through this when it happened last. I also had to flash TWRP again.
Alternatively, I believe holding both the power button and volume down during this stage is supposed to work. The only other way would be to either grin and bear a battery drain shut down (Not good if the device won't take a charge afterwards), or pop open the phone / remove battery.. Which I'm sure you can find a guide for both here and online. Hopefully it won't come to that, though!
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Thanks a lot! Holding down both the volume buttons and the power button at the same time worked for me.
shamajay said:
Thanks a lot! Holding down both the volume buttons and the power button at the same time worked for me.
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Fantastic! Glad that worked, good luck!

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