[Q] Can't turn Desire Z off when connected to power... - G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've got a little problem with my Desire Z, I guess my question might make a change from "I can't boot my phone" I guess... Mine boots, and that's the problem, I can't turn mine off when it's connected to a USB power source!
If it's on battery I can turn it off... But... The moment I connect power (either PC USB connection, or a dumb power source) the phone boots up into recovery.
And it's always recovery it boots into. I then have to tell it to reboot and then I get the "real" phone.
It doesn't matter how I turn it off, from the full android "Power off" option, the terminal under SU and typing halt, or "power off" from inside recovery. It still starts up again if it is connected to external power via the USB.
Can anyone help?
I'll admit my phone has been abused to a huge extend, it's currently running Purekat 4.4.2 and Clockwork recovery 6.0.4.5
(I ended up trying 6.0.4.5 because TWRP and an earlier CW both thought they were installed, yet neither would actually start).

Buddy its not your phone's problem its with recovery because cwm 6.0.4.5 automatically open when we try to plug charger when phone is off . It was fixed in version 5.0.2.2 or 5.0.2.4 but after that it broken again . If you want to charge your phone in off then try 4ext recovery it will full fill your need.
Sent from my Desire Z

Super!
Thanks for the prompt reply!
That's a very silly bug!

Np
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[SOS] Phone vibrates 5 times then black screen and flashing green light.

I was switching from Skyraider 3.3 to CM and I accidentally hit Restart Recovery while in Clockwork.
The phone vibrated 5 times then black screen and flashing green light.
Every time i try to get into recovery I get 5 vibrations, a black screen, and a flashing green light. Sometimes I can see the recovery screen for a split second.
I can do a battery pull and get into Hboot from optical, but that's it.
I cant flash any PB31IMG's for some reason.
I tried flashing both a Clockwork recovery and a RUU, but no go.
I tried using the RUU exe and it game me a error about not connecting to phone even though I was in Hboot with usb connected.
Also, today Rom Manager notified me about an update to Clockwork and I told it to update, but this was only supposed to take effect when i boot into Clockwork from Rom Manager.
What should I do? (besides call Verizon for a refurb)
K... so i tried using unrevoked to push a new recovery and it wont run from hboot.
but, i can get into recovery now IF the phone is plugged into usb and unrevoked is at "waiting for device."
if i unplug usb then it does the 5 vibrations w/ black screen and flashing green blinker.
problem is the phone wont mount sdcard.
i saw other people having problems with new CW, but mine still says 2.5.0.5
Bad SD Card?
RMarkwald said:
Bad SD Card?
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Tried three.
daftlush said:
Tried three.
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the vibrations/green light typically are Qualcomms diagnostic signal and comes from pressing vol UP/ power.........what cures this for me is a battery pull and making sure my fat fingers press vol DOWN / power to get into recovery properly. not sure if this is a fix for your problem, but worth checking.
wwjdd44 said:
the vibrations/green light typically are Qualcomms diagnostic signal and comes from pressing vol UP/ power.........what cures this for me is a battery pull and making sure my fat fingers press vol DOWN / power to get into recovery properly. not sure if this is a fix for your problem, but worth checking.
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It's a Qualcomm mode or error code for sure since the phone comes up as "Qualcomm something something" in device manager. Still, dont know what happened to it but I'm damn sure it's fkkked.
I already have another refurb on the way. So my new question is...
If I had the "dev hboot" that i think allows fastboot, would I have been able to fix this phone by flashing a rom from my comp instead of sdcard.
If so, what are the down sides of having a dev hboot?
Same problem here. Rooted fine, then tried to load CM7 on it and it wouldn't boot afterwards.
I can get it to boot while the USB cable is plugged in but as soon as I pull the cable the phone vibrates and shuts off. Tried everything I could find to fix it, no luck. Going to have to go back to verizon.
The phone shouldn't be broken but there seems to be no way to bring it back
daftlush said:
It's a Qualcomm mode or error code for sure since the phone comes up as "Qualcomm something something" in device manager. Still, dont know what happened to it but I'm damn sure it's fkkked.
I already have another refurb on the way. So my new question is...
If I had the "dev hboot" that i think allows fastboot, would I have been able to fix this phone by flashing a rom from my comp instead of sdcard.
If so, what are the down sides of having a dev hboot?
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FinalBoss said:
Same problem here. Rooted fine, then tried to load CM7 on it and it wouldn't boot afterwards.
I can get it to boot while the USB cable is plugged in but as soon as I pull the cable the phone vibrates and shuts off. Tried everything I could find to fix it, no luck. Going to have to go back to verizon.
The phone shouldn't be broken but there seems to be no way to bring it back
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Literally just got the green light of death last weekend, it's most likely toast. YOu can turn your phone on and flash a rom when the phone is plugged in to the computer. For me, SD was unreadable (phone defect, sd is fine), and emmc wouldn't mount via usb, and adb wouldn't work either.
They refurbed me no questions asked.
BTW, the .77 fastboot-enabled hboot is only for AMOLED Incredibles. You'll really have a brick if you flash to an SLCD phone. I don't think fastboot would help anyway, as it's most likely a hardware malfunction.
wdfowty said:
Literally just got the green light of death last weekend, it's most likely toast. YOu can turn your phone on and flash a rom when the phone is plugged in to the computer. For me, SD was unreadable (phone defect, sd is fine), and emmc wouldn't mount via usb, and adb wouldn't work either.
They refurbed me no questions asked.
BTW, the .77 fastboot-enabled hboot is only for AMOLED Incredibles. You'll really have a brick if you flash to an SLCD phone. I don't think fastboot would help anyway, as it's most likely a hardware malfunction.
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I don't know about that...I have an SLCD handset and I flashed .92 with no issues whatsoever.
daftlush said:
I was switching from Skyraider 3.3 to CM and I accidentally hit Restart Recovery while in Clockwork.
The phone vibrated 5 times then black screen and flashing green light.
Every time i try to get into recovery I get 5 vibrations, a black screen, and a flashing green light. Sometimes I can see the recovery screen for a split second.
I can do a battery pull and get into Hboot from optical, but that's it.
I cant flash any PB31IMG's for some reason.
I tried flashing both a Clockwork recovery and a RUU, but no go.
I tried using the RUU exe and it game me a error about not connecting to phone even though I was in Hboot with usb connected.
Also, today Rom Manager notified me about an update to Clockwork and I told it to update, but this was only supposed to take effect when i boot into Clockwork from Rom Manager.
What should I do? (besides call Verizon for a refurb)
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Sounds like your SD card isn't formatted fat32..... it has to be or hboot won't read the PB31IMG.zip try reformatting
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I have hboot 0.92 on there now, I think I have the SLCD version (about a month old). Not home right now, will check when I get there.
I tried running urevoked while it's plugged in and functional but it says "communication issue" so I can't flash a custom rom or restore a backup. There has to be a way to bring it back, it's quite unlikely that it's damaged in any way.
As a last resort I'm going to try the RUU with HTC Sync Found steps in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864858&page=2
FinalBoss said:
I have hboot 0.92 on there now, I think I have the SLCD version (about a month old). Not home right now, will check when I get there.
I tried running urevoked while it's plugged in and functional but it says "communication issue" so I can't flash a custom rom or restore a backup. There has to be a way to bring it back, it's quite unlikely that it's damaged in any way.
As a last resort I'm going to try the RUU with HTC Sync Found steps in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864858&page=2
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I have an ruu that I know works because I had to use it once if you want it just make sure you are formatted right....
http://db.tt/8YWjgVF
Here you go.....
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I have the five vibrate + green led problem as well.
Sounds like I'm super lucky though, I can boot into everything fine afterwards.
Running CM7, 9.01, .92, AMOLED.
-CM7 ADR6300
newtoroot said:
I have an ruu that I know works because I had to use it once if you want it just make sure you are formatted right....
http://db.tt/8YWjgVF
Here you go.....
Sent from my Incredible using XDA App
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No go.
I can boot the phone if the USB cable remains plugged in or if I unplug it during boot (at HTC logo). I can use it, call *228, etc. Once I plug in the USB cable, if I unplug it the phone vibrates x5/green light. I cannot mount it as USB drive on my PC, cannot run unrevoked, cannot run RUU.
I can flash it using a PB31IMG.zip through hboot. It's S-ON. It boots into default OS (2.2), it booted into CM7 before I flashed it but only with the USB cable plugged in. As soon as I unplug the cable it vibrates x5 + green light.
RUU is reporting a connection issue (error 170 USB) so I can't flash it through there.
Anybody else have anything I can try? So far I've:
1) Rebooted it 30 times using various button combinations (pwr+vup, pwr+vdn, pwr+v+touchpad, etc).
2) Flashed stock firmware on it.
3) yelled at it
4) Tried to flash various recovery PB31IMG.zip through hboot (fails)
5) yelled at it some more
6) listened to my gf complain about how much "Battle of LA" sucked
7) posted this
FinalBoss said:
No go.
I can boot the phone if the USB cable remains plugged in or if I unplug it during boot (at HTC logo). I can use it, call *228, etc. Once I plug in the USB cable, if I unplug it the phone vibrates x5/green light. I cannot mount it as USB drive on my PC, cannot run unrevoked, cannot run RUU.
I can flash it using a PB31IMG.zip through hboot. It's S-ON. It boots into default OS (2.2), it booted into CM7 before I flashed it but only with the USB cable plugged in. As soon as I unplug the cable it vibrates x5 + green light.
RUU is reporting a connection issue (error 170 USB) so I can't flash it through there.
Anybody else have anything I can try? So far I've:
1) Rebooted it 30 times using various button combinations (pwr+vup, pwr+vdn, pwr+v+touchpad, etc).
2) Flashed stock firmware on it.
3) yelled at it
4) Tried to flash various recovery PB31IMG.zip through hboot (fails)
5) yelled at it some more
6) listened to my gf complain about how much "Battle of LA" sucked
7) posted this
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I hate to say it but it sounds toast bro.... if the ruu didn't fix it then it had to be a hardware problem sorry I couldn't help.....
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Had this happen to 3 INCs already, call for a refurb.
I'm going to get another one from VZW. Is there any way to make sure this doesn't happen again? I'll start off by not flashing CM7 in the mean time. Anybody have any suspicions on what could cause this?
I just had the same thing happen to mine this morning after flashing the HeyItsLou #9. I can only access ClockworkMod Recovery when I'm plugged in but can't access the sdcard. I've scoured multiple forums for hours and nothing seems to work. I just tried the RUU and it says "wrong image". There seems to be no reason why this happens and there's no one thing that causes it, I've read that it happens to both rooted and non-rooted users.
I filed a claim with Asurion and my new one will be here on Tuesday. It worries me a little that I can't get CWM off of it.
dpwhitty11 said:
I have the five vibrate + green led problem as well.
Sounds like I'm super lucky though, I can boot into everything fine afterwards.
Running CM7, 9.01, .92, AMOLED.
-CM7 ADR6300
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Same here.
I just pulled the battery, rebooted into recovery then did a recovery from one of my backups.
Now I'm worried there might be a issue with CWM 3.0.0.8 or something causing this to happen to people....? I just read that CWM 3.0.0.8 is known to have issues clearing data or something when installing new ROMs ..
FinalBoss said:
Anybody else have anything I can try? So far I've:
1) Rebooted it 30 times using various button combinations (pwr+vup, pwr+vdn, pwr+v+touchpad, etc).
2) Flashed stock firmware on it.
3) yelled at it
4) Tried to flash various recovery PB31IMG.zip through hboot (fails)
5) yelled at it some more
6) listened to my gf complain about how much "Battle of LA" sucked
7) posted this
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It would appear that it's for sure bricked if you've tried this.

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Just had the same problem :S
Running stock 1.34 ROM with ClockwordMod (latest version in ROM Manager)
A normal reboot worked but it still scared me for a bit
To get to the bootloader (and from there you can get to recovery) you need to press power + vol DOWN.
I'm sure it didn't permanently mess up something, your phone should be fine. As to what happened, I don't have a clue, weird thinhs can happen to the phones at times
If you have USB-Debugging turned on, then the DHD creats a logfile in /sdcard/logs, while rebooting and holding VOL-Down.
This is normal, and the vibration is a recognize for this action.
Creating this log file needs some time... > some minutes.
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[Q] Please HELP. Stuck with constantly rebooting Wildfire.

OK.
I will put in a detailed info about what happened.
A week back, my wildfire's touchscreen started to function abnormally.
I was rooted and on Cyanogenmod 7.0.3
So, I flashed the phone with DK custom FROYO to make it look like sense so that the warranty is not void and took it to the HTC store.
They replaced the touchscreen for a flat fee (It was water damage according to them. But the phone was never used in wet conditions nor exposed to water)
But anyway, the phone was working fine when I brought it home from their store.
Then I flashed CM7.0.3 again.
And everything was working fine.
I OCed acc. to CM's settings to 652-352 Mhz.
And left the phone to charge in charger overnight.
When I woke up, the phone was off and there was just the red LED light blinking.
I tried to boot it again, but nothing works.
Pressing the power button does not do anything.
The phone still boots into recovery. At times.
I don't know what makes it boot into recovery. But at times it does, at times it doesn't. (Right now it's not booting into recovery no matter what I do)
Just the red LED keeps on blinking.
Please help.
I am not familiar with pushing commands onto the wildfire since I use a mac.
Please suggest any methods. If they involve using command line, I can use my windows PC for that. But please give a how-to of length enough for a noob ) ) to understand.
Thank you.
Pulz
EDIT :
I got to boot into recovery once. Tried to reflash CM7.0.3
It came to "Installing update" and then failed to go further.
Tried to install DK Custom Froyo 4.5
And it went to opening package and then failed to go further.
Now entering into a panic mode !
Red light blinking generally occurs when phone is hot and plugged in to wall socket. Is it so at that time ?
Unplug the charger or usb. Remove the battery and reinstall the battery. Try to boot into hboot mode (volume down + power) or fastboot mode (trackpad + power) . If your phone can boot into hboot/fastboot mode and has no restarts or power offs, then I think you can solve it.
Try to clear storage from hboot menu. Or factory reset from recovery once you enter it. If still it is not solved, try using "pc49img" method of flashing an RUU from the hboot menu. Hope it helps. Shouldn't help if there is hardware issue.
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hye another noob here running on cm7.
actually i have the similiar problem my wildfire start rebooting over and over again but the cause is different.
this problem happen after i want to know what class my micro sd is.
what i do is i go to settings>storage>unmount sd card.
so after knowing the class were i insert back the card then the problem happens.
my phone start to crash then cm7 logo appear after that i enter my pin no so brought me back to the home screen after few seconds the logo appear again so i have 2 repeat the same steps...
this happen many times what i do is i remove the battery wait few hours then turn back on..
so help me if someone have the similiar problem and solutions.. thanks!!

[Q] What can i do ? cant reach recovery. stuck on boot screen

So i have a HTC desire, i have codefire X rom flashed on it and yesterday, it was low on battery and the phone died. so i charged it a little and then tried to turn it on and it does turn on except it is stuck on the boot screen so the codefire x screen is there and it has been doing it for while now. so i have taken the battery out and restarted it after putting it back in to no avail. same thing happens. and the thing is i cant reach recovery or boot loaded since my volume buttons do not work anymore. what can i do ?
amaaha said:
So i have a HTC desire, i have codefire X rom flashed on it and yesterday, it was low on battery and the phone died. so i charged it a little and then tried to turn it on and it does turn on except it is stuck on the boot screen so the codefire x screen is there and it has been doing it for while now. so i have taken the battery out and restarted it after putting it back in to no avail. same thing happens. and the thing is i cant reach recovery or boot loaded since my volume buttons do not work anymore. what can i do ?
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You need to install the Android SDK. This will install a program called "adb".
Plugin the phone to your computer, then turn it on and from the command prompt issue the following command: "adb reboot recovery".
However, I don't know how you may navigate the menu in recovery since your volume buttons don't work. Did you try to press them with something pointed like a pen or a needle?
You can flash 4ext touch recovery so for navigation of menus will not require voice buttons
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[Q] "Soft" Bricked Desire.

Okay so here's what happened. I unlocked my device just fine, and attempted to install a ROM, didn't work, So i decide I'm going to try to install cyanogenmod. I go this (wikiDOTcyanogenmodDOTORG/w/Install_CM_for_a5 )wiki tutorial [/URL] and I attempt to flash clockworkmod recovery via this link (builderDOTunstableappsDOTCOM/#/latest/clockworkmodrecovery/a5) When i flash, it installs. But then upon booting I get the app for developement only screen, and it's stuck showing my battery charge screen, with the orange charge light. Anyways I can't boot using the power down volume combo. I'm currently waiting on the battery to die so I can reflash the stock recovery, because fastboot won't recognize the device when I plug it in, even though my computer makes the device connected tone. So should I just wait until the battery dies? Or is there something else I can do?
Any help will be appreciated, thanks
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I actually solved my problem. I waited for the phone to die, powered it on normally. Then to reset the device and held the power and up button as soon as the screen went black hit down on the volume and got into my bootloader.

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