[Q] Bootloop on splash screen - Verizon HTC One (M7)

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?

carngeX said:
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.

carngeX said:
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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dottat said:
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

synisterwolf said:
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?

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Try holding down volume down, then while holding it down, hold down the power button for 7 seconds until it turns off, it should then restart into hboot. I had to do it twice in a row to make it work.
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[Q] Need help plz phone died

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I updated my phone to jellybean yesterday i am with tmobile uk , the phone worked fine after this everything seemed to install ok.
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Can you enter the bootloader by holding the power button and the volume - button together, keep them pressed until it enters the bootloader.
Mr Hofs said:
Can you enter the bootloader by holding the power button and the volume - button together, keep them pressed until it enters the bootloader.
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holded them together and nothing happens anything else i can try ?
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maka
When you plug it to a windows pc, can you see anything pop up in device management?
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[Q] Bootloop help (cannot access fastboot/adb)

I just rooted and S-off my HTC via rumrunner.
No flash roms install or custom recovery installed.
I wanted to see if I still had CWM from my last root (I returned to stock via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475216&highlight=s-on.
So I went into the bootloader or fastboot (I don't remember) and hit recovery. This did not send me to a CWM, but it appeared to be the stock version of recovery. The process took too long (I know impatient) so I turned it off via power button + volume down.
Now I come to you in need, my phone is constantly turning off/on only displaying the green htc text, no red text, then pausing for 8 seconds, then off again to black screen. The whole process lasts 12 seconds, and this had been going on for about 10-15 min atm.
Plugging it in, my computer does not have the time to recognize it with adb, or fastboot.
I cannot use the power button + volume down to go into bootloader, and pressing the power button does nothing.
Please help me.
So the problem still persists and I assume it's going to keep turning on and off for a while.
I'm just going to wait until the battery dies and see if it can charge and turn it back into bootloader. I'll report back on that.
On a side note in the case that this is bricked, anyone recommend any future phones out there better than the one with verizon? If not I'm probably just going to stick to this phone.
geeibara said:
So the problem still persists and I assume it's going to keep turning on and off for a while.
I'm just going to wait until the battery dies and see if it can charge and turn it back into bootloader. I'll report back on that.
On a side note in the case that this is bricked, anyone recommend any future phones out there better than the one with verizon? If not I'm probably just going to stick to this phone.
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Hold down the volume down and power button at the same time, until the white hboot menu appears.
This may take a good 15 seconds or more, keep holding them down until the hboot menu appears.
Sounds like you aren't holding down long enough. If that doesn't work, try both volume up and down and power all at once.
Then when the screen goes black, let up on the up volume key, so that you enter fastboot via volume down and power.
Then you should be able to fastboot flash whatever you need to get back up and running again.
I wouldnt just let it keep looping until it dies though.
Probably won't damage anything but I doubt that it's real great for the device.
santod040 said:
Hold down the volume down and power button at the same time, until the white hboot menu appears.
This may take a good 15 seconds or more, keep holding them down until the hboot menu appears.
Sounds like you aren't holding down long enough. If that doesn't work, try both volume up and down and power all at once.
Then when the screen goes black, let up on the up volume key, so that you enter fastboot via volume down and power.
Then you should be able to fastboot flash whatever you need to get back up and running again.
I wouldnt just let it keep looping until it dies though.
Probably won't damage anything but I doubt that it's real great for the device.
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So here's the update.
Screen is now black, meaning the boot up/down process has stopped.
I have tried these:
A. Hold down the volume down + power button for 20+ seconds.
B. Hold down the volume up + volume down + power button for 20+ seconds and let up on the volume up button when screen goes black.
These two methods results in a single boot up to green HTC text then black screen.
I suspect the device has lost most of its power. Tried it for a third time, the device is now unresponsive and remains at black screen.
Now I plugged the usb cable connected to the power adapter.
The device enters the aforementioned continuous boot loop.
I tried method A and B, and there are no results, the boot loop continues. Now the device returns to the low or no powered state.
Now the device is connected to the computer. The same happens as if it were connected to the power adapter.
Method A and B still do not work.
Results: holding down buttons longer do nothing for me. The device seems to have lost power, but when charged, immediately the device enters the boot loop state.
Note: when doing method A and B the trials were done when screen is on and when screen is off, still no results.
Now the screen is off and not connected to anything. The problem still persists.
ak074 said:
leave the phone charging for at least 10-15 min on the AC adapter. press and hold both vol buttons then press and hold power for 2+ minutes. after 2 minutes, let go of all buttons except volume down. success?
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actually doing that will destroy the battery. well maybe destroy is too strong of a word but it will damage it for sure. this is a very useful site for anything battery...
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
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I actually tried the 2+ minutes because I saw someone had success with another phone and they said they did it for 3 1/2 min. However it did not work.
Update: Welp, I gave up. I'm going to get my replacement soon and I'll be turning it into Verizon. Really it's not that bad of a loss since I just wiped the phone, only thing is I lost my screen protector and carbon skin
ak074 said:
have you tried to just let the phone bootloop while holding vol down?
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Yep, nothing happened.
Bootlooped too!
Hello I have a HTC Thunderbolt that is S-ON Unlocked and unrooted with stock recovery that is in a bootloop that does now show on ADB or Fastboot. PLEASE HELP!!!!! I REALLY NEED IT!!

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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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.

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).

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