Hi,
I picked this phone up a couple of days ago and it seems to be great, I got it rooted S-Off ect, flashed C-Rom no problems at all, and the phone was flying, however then I decided to try a custom Kernel (Furnace Kernel) and ever since I have had a black screen.
Its all a bit odd really, the phone seems to still be working it turns on, and if I press up and power together i can hear it take the screenshot but I can see nothing on the screen at all, so am really not sure what to do with it, I cant see anything to get into twrp to get it restored (if that would work)
If I hold vol up and power for a few seconds I go however get the HTC "powered by android" screen that I can see, then it just go's black again and I have nothing.
Really not sure what is going on with it, any advice would be very helpful.
Best Regards
Just try dirty flashing rom again, which will put you back on the roms built in kernel.
I'm not familiar with the kernel you flashed, but perhaps it's not compatible?
Heh, I wonder if we'll ever get threads with similar titles as these but "Blue". "My M8 got the blue screen of death"
@KJ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784395
I think he's referring to that one(Of course you probably found it already). So obviously it's built for M8s too =o/
Related
Hi guys/gals.
Got a bit of a problem, and not sure whether it's the actual phone at fault, or the software...
Had the phone for about 4 months now, and have noticed this to get worse and worse... I'm pretty sure it's happened before on the stock rom, but can't remember whether it happened before I unlocked the phone to be able to install custom roms (not security/sim unlock, just a standard unlock to allow custom roms).
Anyway, this is basically how my phone's life has been: I got phone, used standard htc rom. Then, the spl unlocker came out, and I installed that about 2 weeks after it came out (waited just to check people had no probs ). Then, I installed one of the energy roms as my first rom. Installed a few other roms in between, then an updated energy rom etc. Then, I installed the official wwe 6.5 rom. Then, I went back to the energy rom. Currently, I'm using the 26th October (iirc) rom. As I said, not sure whether it happened when I had the official 6.1 rom on (spl locked), but I'm quite sure it happened while I had the official 6.5 rom on (spl unlocked). It has happened tho with all different custom rom images I've used...
Basically, what I've noticed, is that sometimes I'm replying to a text message or email, click reply, pull out keyboard, and it seems to cause the phone to power off. Pressing the power button starts it again. Sometimes, I've not been doing anything, and it's turned itself off. Sometimes, I've dropped the phone (even only a slight drop of about 1cm), and it's caused it to power off.
I've also had times where it's turned itself off, and nothing's allowed it to come back on, other than taking the battery out the back of the phone and re-adding the battery. Then, pressing the power button powers the phone on.
Is this a problem with the roms, a problem with the spl unlocker, or a problem with my phone itself? Am I best contacting htc?
Any advice welcome, as it's very annoying coming to use the phone, and finding it's turned itself off, or when I go to reply, I open the keyboard, and then have to wait for it to load up and power it on to reply!!!
Many thanks in advance
Hi.
It's very anoying for you..
I suppose you should try to (re)install the latest Hard SPL, and to install the latest Radio too. After it, make a hard reset. Next, flash with your favorite ROM And come back here to say us what happens.
See you, and good luck for these manips.
lovelldr said:
Hi guys/gals.
Basically, what I've noticed, is that sometimes I'm replying to a text message or email, click reply, pull out keyboard, and it seems to cause the phone to power off. Pressing the power button starts it again. Sometimes, I've not been doing anything, and it's turned itself off. Sometimes, I've dropped the phone (even only a slight drop of about 1cm), and it's caused it to power off.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've had this same trouble. It would happen to me when I would finish typing a text message and hit the send key and slide the keyboard close at the same time. I only really noticed it when I was running the energyroms, however I can not say for sure that they are the root cause of it, as I have waited till the message was sent before closing my keyboard ever since.
Well, since I wrote this message this morning, it's happened at least twice. Both times whilst the phone has been in my pocket...
I will try installing the latest hard spl. Think the radio I have is the latest already. Will also try a different ROM just in case it is energy roms which is causing it (but am pretty sure it happened with other roms).
Thanks for those suggestions, will let you know any outcomes
try Valkyrie. ^^
Well, I went through and installed the new hardspl (altho not sure if any different to the one I had, how would I tell?!). I then installed the image from josh, which had the latest radio and rphone.dll (or whatever the file is called) matched to it. However, doesn't appear to have made any difference. Still doing it...
Does anyone else suffer much with it, and it's just a design fault? Or should I contact htc? As surely it should just turn off when in your pocket?!
No-one else? I'm just the only person. Guess I best drop htc an email then...
my att Rhodium /tilt2 does it too
Ive been dealing with this for awhile now also.... , also return my phone for new one but this one does the same thing my radio is 4.47.25.24 and i have 1.6beta rom by josh build 21882.5.073 .
I tried installing stock roms as well as cooked ones. I hard SPL'ed, installed newer radio to no avail. What can I do? It's too slow to be used properly.
When you install the ROMs, make sure you clear storage before, during, and after. If you do not clear the storage you may not completely flash all the old files, causing issues, lock ups, and slowness. Also, when testing new ROMs I make sure that all the CABs are compatible by taking a day or two before installing another one.
I tried to do what you recommended. Downloaded that task29 utility and wiped the phone's internal memory. Then I found a stock 6.1 rom and installed it. It looked like it was installing fine, but right now it's just stuck on a white screen and has been like this for the past 10 minutes or so. I don't know if it's going to go anywhere with this, or if it's stuck for good.
By the way, does anybody know EXACTLY where I can find a real stock 6.1 distribution? I'm asking because the ones I've been finding are named European and for other phone makes. It seems as if they are linked by other people as being the correct ones, but then when you go to download them, they turn out to be for other phones, or 6.5's instead of 6.1's. I didn't think it was going to be so hard just to find a stock 6.1 rom with which my phone initially came.
8gkl said:
I tried to do what you recommended. Downloaded that task29 utility and wiped the phone's internal memory. Then I found a stock 6.1 rom and installed it. It looked like it was installing fine, but right now it's just stuck on a white screen and has been like this for the past 10 minutes or so. I don't know if it's going to go anywhere with this, or if it's stuck for good.
By the way, does anybody know EXACTLY where I can find a real stock 6.1 distribution? I'm asking because the ones I've been finding are named European and for other phone makes. It seems as if they are linked by other people as being the correct ones, but then when you go to download them, they turn out to be for other phones, or 6.5's instead of 6.1's. I didn't think it was going to be so hard just to find a stock 6.1 rom with which my phone initially came.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which model/carrier do you have?
I have a T-Mobile Touch Pro 2
8gkl said:
I have a T-Mobile Touch Pro 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well as long as you mean the US T-Mobile, the stock 6.1 rom is available HERE
I've tried that stock 6.1 from that thread many times, and it doesn't fully install. It goes through the installation, past the green screen with the windows logo, and then gets stuck on a blank white screen. I've tried many times installing it, and it gets hung on the white screen forever. The curious thing is that some other roms install however. One of the newer Energy roms, as well as the Deepshining one installed fine. The only problem is that everything still is extremely slow to respond. Physical buttons pretty much don't do anything at all.
The bottom four buttons don't light up. Pressing the call and end buttons works, but the home and back buttons don't do anything.
Also, pressing the power button doesn't really shut it off either.
8gkl said:
I've tried that stock 6.1 from that thread many times, and it doesn't fully install. It goes through the installation, past the green screen with the windows logo, and then gets stuck on a blank white screen. I've tried many times installing it, and it gets hung on the white screen forever. The curious thing is that some other roms install however. One of the newer Energy roms, as well as the Deepshining one installed fine. The only problem is that everything still is extremely slow to respond. Physical buttons pretty much don't do anything at all.
The bottom four buttons don't light up. Pressing the call and end buttons works, but the home and back buttons don't do anything.
Also, pressing the power button doesn't really shut it off either.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried re-downloading the t-mobile 6.1 ROM? I guarantee you that's the stock ROM, and from a T-mobile 6.1. There's been numerous members that have gotten it to work, so the issue isn't with the ROM itself...
I agree that the issue is probably not the rom, because that stock rom has been used by lots of people. But the fact remains that this stock rom doesn't install on my phone, and certain custom roms do.
My phone is generally fcuked, I don't have insurance, and there's pretty much nothing I could do. There is signs of water damage under the screen, though the touch screen works fine, and the wet seal is pink..
Not trying to troll, just an advice.
I just sold my TP2 and bought an N1.
TP2 is just that - slow and unreliable. After 6 years of WinMo phones, Android feels like waking up from a nightmare. Dump that crap and get a real PDA.
DarkDvr said:
Not trying to troll, just an advice.
I just sold my TP2 and bought an N1.
TP2 is just that - slow and unreliable. After 6 years of WinMo phones, Android feels like waking up from a nightmare. Dump that crap and get a real PDA.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But even the N1 isn't waterproof...so I don't think even that fine piece of hardware would have prevented the issues here
I have an android phone myself, the HTC G1 (Dream). I agree that android, though I can't really see all of it's guts like I can on a winmo phone, is more user friendly and stable. I've owned the G1 since the beginning of android's career, ever since that first Android OS was out. It was quite horrible at that time. It came through quite a bit now, as well in terms of all the different roms available.
I don't want to throw this TP2 away though. At this point I'm thinking of the things that I can do to get anything out of it. Apparently the phone insurance can only be purchased within 14 days of the phone purchase, so I'm late there. I just can't think of anything I can do. I'll know better next time to get insurance right away.
EDIT: problem solved - it was a crap battery. Leaving original contents intact in case someone else has this problem and comes across my post.
Hi all,
Just got a used Evo 4G with the intent of flashing it to Metro for my brother. I don't know what software version is on the phone.
When it's powered on, the while screen that says "htc EVO 4G" flashes for like, a quarter of a second, then the display goes blank, and it flashes again. It's trying to boot but just can't.
I'm really familiar with the Galaxy S phones & rooting/flashing in general, so I looked up the EVO's recovery menu and it looks like you hold "Volume Down" while powering on to get into it. I do that, and what looks like a recovery screen for a split second, but then reboots quickly. I don't have time to do anything in the menu.
This phone doesn't have an SD card. Is that part of the problem? Has anyone heard of this super fast reboot problem? I'm comfortable fixing it if it's actually fixable, just haven't heard of this issue before. Oh, also, phone doesn't look physically damaged or have water damage.
Thanks for your input.
Have you verified if it is s-off? Or if it has a custom recovery?
While phone is off hold down volume down and power button to get to bootloader
Sent by Supersonic!
if you can get into bootloader check the top line and see if you are S-ON or S-OFF. If you cannot get into recovery at all, I would try a ruu and if it doesnt work then I would say its a hardware issue. Hope you have TEP
Thanks for the replies!
The phone wouldn't stay on long enough to do anything in recovery at all - would try to boot for no more than 1/4 second then restart.
I noticed the orange charge light was flashing, so I did more research, and it turns out the battery that came with the Evo is garbage. I got a new aftermarket one and the phone boots perfectly.
Problem solved, mods feel free to close.
Thanks again!
I have rooted my desire z (about a half year ago) and now I am having a problem.
When I boot my phone my screen stays black during the phase that normally would show that htc logo and white background. And after that colors are weirdly blueish (it goes back to normal after I put my phone to sleep and wake it). Also bootloader is black (I know that it boots to bootloader because when I push vol- and the power it goes to clockworkmod). And clockworkmod is also weirdly blueish. I got this problem when I was trying that unofficial CM9 rom and I have used superwipe, tried several other roms and backups of other roms, but the problem don't go away. Any ideas how to fix this?
It seems that my screen problems change when I open/ close keyboard. So could the cable be a bit broken?
Most probably the cable. If you are still in warranty, take it to be serviced. If not, I'm sure that wouldn't cost much.
Either way, sounds like a hardware problem.
So guys I just got this G3
D850 to be exact
So all is good everything works great...
Upon rooting And flashify to flash bumped twrp I have a rebooting issue....
Phone works great i can flash roms I can do everything nothing broken in system it seems..
No flicker no fade to black none of that When the device is on and up and running all is great.....
So here the issue
If I reboot to recovery it boots to black screen with no backlight touch works lcd is working when I shine a light on it....No damage
If I try man Recovery boot seems like when I hold vol down it boots black screen....
So I pop battery again And See what the heck....
Normal boot most of the time works fine lcd works...
It seems like every time I attempt to boot to recovery with the widget Half the time I have to pop bat reboot and try a second time... then it works
Recovery works from widget say 65% of the time
I still have yet been able to boot recovery manually when I do get it to "Turn on" No black screen the button combo does not work...
Other times when it does reboot black screen the system boots fine again touch works everything works but no backlight....
Again also when boot with screen backlight working which is most every normal power boot Never a single issue no lag hanging on off screen nothing....
I dont know If I described this good enough but If anyone does respond I can give more details...
BTW I have tried several times Using flashtool restore stock and start over
Update fresh stock KK works 85% of the time But still does it every now and then.
Still have yet to get the rite button combo for recovery or fac reset mode stock,,,I hav tied many lg button combos, Vol up down left right Press and release I am no newcomer to LGs "fancy"Recovery entry combitnations
but boots screen on to OS every time. And no issues with any 3 of the buttons either
So no matter what its like the Back light is taking several seconds to power on If I shine my light when It happens I can see the device boot normally no backlight in screen
I just so happen to have a spare Screen on hand So I will swap and test it....
Its just weird that when it does power on it works fine
Solved it was a bad firmware download I redownloaded firmware and reflashed all seems good now
TheMadScientist said:
Solved it was a bad firmware download I redownloaded firmware and reflashed all seems good now
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought I was the only person on here who answered their own post's. Glad you got it figured out! I've had similar issues but it seems to be related to one particular battery I use as a backup. Not quite the same issue but similar.
Aimless Rambler said:
I thought I was the only person on here who answered their own post's. Glad you got it figured out! I've had similar issues but it seems to be related to one particular battery I use as a backup. Not quite the same issue but similar.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dont know if it was doing it whwn i got it last week. But I rite out of the box. Downgraded rooted and flashed many roms all did the same thing with the screen. Swapped panels every thing. Said screw it I had a g2 that had bad firmware out of the box and the camera didnt work. This one nfc and screen. Tried a diffrent source for kk firmware and its been once again to me as i have already owned a g3. Upgraded to 4 and 5. And am back. The greatest device ever. Even a battery from 2014 getting 3 3.5 hours sot is good for me
TheMadScientist said:
I dont know if it was doing it whwn i got it last week. But I rite out of the box. Downgraded rooted and flashed many roms all did the same thing with the screen. Swapped panels every thing. Said screw it I had a g2 that had bad firmware out of the box and the camera didnt work. This one nfc and screen. Tried a diffrent source for kk firmware and its been once again to me as i have already owned a g3. Upgraded to 4 and 5. And am back. The greatest device ever. Even a battery from 2014 getting 3 3.5 hours sot is good for me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is good battery life for any device. I do good to get 14 hours.