[Q] Help with possible bricked HTC HD2 please :( - HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi Guys -I have been using this ROM on my HTC HD2 which was an early Chrimbo present
Energy.Leo.29005.Sense2.5.Cookie.Dec.13 it has been brilliant until today
Today the back case was a bit loose, and the battery fell out, failed to turn back on, other than to get to the ENERGIZE boot logo.
I have connected to PC and it is still the same
I did a task 29 to try to clear the phone, and tried a new ROM, but still ENERGIZE logo then it turns off and back again
Does anyone have any ideas, as I am a bit gutted, I have used severaly different Roms before which have all been fine
Have I bricked it?
Thanks in advance everyone x

as long as you can flash ROMs it's not bricked. Try this:
1) keep battery out for 10 minutes
2) make sure the pins on the back of the phone that connect to the battery are not bent and that they are connecting. I had this issue forcing reset loops and was tearing my hair out trying to figure it out.
3) Once battery is in with all connections, run task29 again. Flash that Energy ROM (by far my favorite ROM ever btw, but I like the sencity flavor).
Reset and it should work. If this doesn't work flash the stock 3.14 ROM and see where that gets you.

Thanks so so much orangekid........only just managed to try this as I was working all day, and I think it was indeed the battery pins
There was one bent up a tiny bit-I am all back up and running now and appreciate your reply so much-would never have thought to try this
Merry Christmas x

thanx so much,i was having the same prob n was so devastated.thanx much again

bbeenn said:
Thanks so so much orangekid........only just managed to try this as I was working all day, and I think it was indeed the battery pins
There was one bent up a tiny bit-I am all back up and running now and appreciate your reply so much-would never have thought to try this
Merry Christmas x
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goonerdv said:
thanx so much,i was having the same prob n was so devastated.thanx much again
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no problem, it's one of those real random things most people wouldn't think of, glad you got back and going again

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[Q] ''Tap here to launch HTC Sense''. Sense will not load!

Hi all,
As the title says, I can't get Sense to load. Any help/advice, preferably me not having to HR, would be much appreciated.
Here's a bit of background info: Yesterday afternoon I noticed my phone was running very low on battery power, I think it was down to 3%, fortunately I was at home so it wasn't a problem.
I plugged the phone into the wall charger and left it. About 4 hours later I went to unplug the phone expecting to find a fully charged up battery. However, the phone was turned off, I very rarely turn my phone off. Puzzlement followed for a second or two until I realised I hadn't switched the plug switch on. What a dummy!!!
Therefore, the phone had powered down through having no battery power. Sense has not loaded since. Would this cause Sense not to load??
I've had a prior problem with Sense not loading and I did a Hard Reset, I couldn't see what else I could do.
But I'm hoping someone quite a lot more knowledgeable than myself maybe knows a way round this without resorting to a HR.
Thanks for any help.
Anyone please?
If you still have the origional ROM running i would say bring it back to the shop from which you got it from and let them repair it
Otherwise i would say try to install HSPL and push another ROM to your phone so that will repair the fault. Installing ROMS wont take to long
wilwilwel said:
If you still have the origional ROM running i would say bring it back to the shop from which you got it from and let them repair it
Otherwise i would say try to install HSPL and push another ROM to your phone so that will repair the fault. Installing ROMS wont take to long
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Thx for the reply.
Yes I'm still running original ROM although I updated the original 1.43 ROM to 1.72 via the HTC website. I don't yet feel brave enough to flash a custom ROM. Although this might be the right time to do it now. However, if there is anyone who may know a workaround for this without having to flash a custom ROM or hard reset, I would be very grateful.
Thx.
This is not a useful post but i had the same on mine, and had the same update line as you. Out of interest were you running GTX when the freeze happened?
Both times i had to done to me was on the GTX theme, atm not running it due to the effort of reinstalling everything after a HR, i feel your pain!
chris10230 said:
This is not a useful post but i had the same on mine, and had the same update line as you. Out of interest were you running GTX when the freeze happened?
Both times i had to done to me was on the GTX theme, atm not running it due to the effort of reinstalling everything after a HR, i feel your pain!
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No GTX theme on my phone and the phone didn't actually freeze. As mentioned in my original post, the problem has come about. I think, due to the phone powering off through lack of battery power. This was due to me not switching the plug switch on after having put the phone on charge.
Thx for the suggestion anyway.
try this thread
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=594275&highlight=unable+launch+htc+sense
conantroutman said:
try this thread
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=594275&highlight=unable+launch+htc+sense
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Thx for the link, I'll take a look and report back.
Cheers.
That happened to me couple days ago. Tried everything but nothing helped. Had to hard reset in the end.

[Q] No new ROMM but "Stick Together" screen

Okay,
I just got this HD2 as a replacement two weeks ago and was doing fine except it was going dead each night- so they sent me a new battery.
I put in the battery this morning (54% chg) and was syncing/charging the HD2 when I got the message that due to some server problem (I don't even use a server) the entire phone would have to be re-synced. It happedned on my other phone some but not yet on this one. When I deleted the PC from Activesync, the phone looked like it did a hard reset, opening screens about keyboard etc, came up and no programs were apparent. When I looked at programs list, they were still there so I started executing them and they woulset back up.
On reset for one of these the HD2 got stuck at the second "stick together" screen, the one after the radio info had gone. I've tried pulling the cards, battery plugging it in, checked the battery pins, etc but it will not get past the Stick Together screen. I've seached myself blue but cannot find anything similar.
Any assistance would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you,
OZ
1. Send it back if possible
2. Hard reset via volume keys - have you tried?
3. Flash new rom (stock or custom)
Give em a try!
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
Yeah sounds like you need to do a hard reset.if this does not fix your problem flsh a new ROM.
Had to Master Reset...
Thanks you very much for your help.
I finally did a master reset using the buttons as recommended. No further toubles so far, but I have no idea what caused it to begin with...could happen again.
Considering a new ROM for sure. I've liked this stock T-mo more than I thought as I formerly did the ROM-a-week thing with previous phones.
The Voice command and random volume problems are the only real issues I can think of that would cause me to try a new one, but they are bad enough that I am looking. Any suggestions?
OZ
DisneyF1 said:
Thanks you very much for your help.
I finally did a master reset using the buttons as recommended. No further toubles so far, but I have no idea what caused it to begin with...could happen again.
Considering a new ROM for sure. I've liked this stock T-mo more than I thought as I formerly did the ROM-a-week thing with previous phones.
The Voice command and random volume problems are the only real issues I can think of that would cause me to try a new one, but they are bad enough that I am looking. Any suggestions?
OZ
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1. Remove the battery cover.
2. Remove the battery
3. Waiting for 5-10 minutes
4. Put the battery on.
5. HTC HD2 will Boot to W.M 6.5 nomarl.
Notes: Recommend you use HTC Default instead HTC Sense . HTC HD2 will works please.
Goodluck !

HELP!!! TG01 goes into super S-L-O-W mode

Recently my phone started occasionally going into a slow-as-molasses mode where even the simplest task takes 20-30 secs to complete. Of course this makes the phone completely unusable. If I'm on a call and it happens it just turns itself off mid-call or sometimes automatically reboots but the reboot takes forever and the problem is still there. I end up having to take the battery out for a few seconds then it will work normally until the next episode. I have the CPU set to the max speed so normally it's fine. Also, I have a triple battery set-up so there is usually plenty of juice left when this happens. I have no idea what is triggering this and luckily it only happens occasionally. I'm using fxdjacentyfxd's excellent 6.5 ROM and having no other problems. If anyone has a solution or workaround or has experienced this please advise.
Thanks & Merry Christmas!
If the phone is getting hot I have bad news for you. It might be procesor. The one we have is in HD2 and xperia x10 if i remmeber well. The HD2 and same xperia x10 had a big problem overheating and rebooting whille talking , sms-ing, music listening, multitasking... I hope that isn't case for you. Haven't heard yet that someone had broken CPU around here on tg01. P.S. flash new ROM
I have this problem myself with my TG. The only solution it was Miro8 rom in my case. It is because your carrier.
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nikola92 said:
If the phone is getting hot I have bad news for you. It might be procesor... ...Haven't heard yet that someone had broken CPU around here on tg01. P.S. flash new ROM
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The phone is not getting hot. Removing the battery then reinstalling it always fixes the problem (so far). I may have to do a hard (master) reset if the problem persists as I realize that one of the problems with Windows Mobile is it is prone to occasionally getting corrupted, at least in my experience with custom WM 6.0 ROM on my HTC 8525 over three years.
Rila said:
I have this problem myself with my TG. The only solution it was Miro8 rom in my case. It is because your carrier.
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Any idea how the carrier can cause the problem? I've had the same carrier for 5 years including several months with the TG01 and never had this problem before.
yeah, its a WinMo issue
the software gets corrupted.
I faced this issue on my older WinMo devices. best bet is to hard reset!
olyloh6696 said:
yeah, its a WinMo issue
the software gets corrupted.
I faced this issue on my older WinMo devices. best bet is to hard reset!
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Thanks Oly! Guess I'll do a full backup then BAM, hard reset. Hate to do it, but if it will fix this infernal problem, so be it.
Thanks again & Merry Christmas!!!
CrashMurdock said:
Thanks Oly! Guess I'll do a full backup then BAM, hard reset. Hate to do it, but if it will fix this infernal problem, so be it.
Thanks again & Merry Christmas!!!
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Let us know how you get on!
Merry Christmas!
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CrashMurdock said:
Any idea how the carrier can cause the problem? I've had the same carrier for 5 years including several months with the TG01 and never had this problem before.
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In my case the carrier has two separate network (one for 2G and one for 3G), but it is certain that if i use the phone under that carrier it works as you described!
I put another sim (from another carrier) and the phone work great! So i identify the problem as beeing created by the carrier network or phone radio!
But i tried diferent radio and the result was that no mather the radio version I use the phone get slow in Cosmote network (the carrier I speak of).
Hi, I had exactly the same problem about one year ago.
Used to work the 'hard reset' stuff but in a days it slows down again and again.
I checked my SD card on the PC and looked like it was working fine, but it really wasn't. I had the final clue by using by a few days the phone without the SD... It worked just fine without sd.
So I decided to buy a ultra cool (an expensive BTW) SDHC class 10 and every problem with TG01 was solved!
Well, not every problem... Still having a little one with the GPS signal and the 3G data but it's not about the same thing.. but i'll still reading post here. Just forgot about this problem cause I was using some cooked roms from this place, but I had to return to the Movistar ES original in order to unlock the phone and now... you know, just don't work anymore. If I can't finx this **** with the original rom I'll go back to another coocked one.
Good luck!
kijotex said:
Hi, I had exactly the same problem about one year ago.
Used to work the 'hard reset' stuff but in a days it slows down again and again.
I checked my SD card on the PC and looked like it was working fine, but it really wasn't. I had the final clue by using by a few days the phone without the SD... It worked just fine without sd.
So I decided to buy a ultra cool (an expensive BTW) SDHC class 10 and every problem with TG01 was solved!
Well, not every problem... Still having a little one with the GPS signal and the 3G data but it's not about the same thing.. but i'll still reading post here. Just forgot about this problem cause I was using some cooked roms from this place, but I had to return to the Movistar ES original in order to unlock the phone and now... you know, just don't work anymore. If I can't finx this **** with the original rom I'll go back to another coocked one.
Good luck!
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Greetings from Thailand, kijotex! Hadn't considered the SD card as the possible problem. Mine is a 16GB Class 6 and seems to work fine. Did you check your SD card for errors or reformat it before buying the new card? I've used the same card in my previous phone, an HTC 8525/Hermes without problems (that I know of).
Thanks for responding & Happy New Year!
CrashMurdock said:
Greetings from Thailand, kijotex! Hadn't considered the SD card as the possible problem. Mine is a 16GB Class 6 and seems to work fine. Did you check your SD card for errors or reformat it before buying the new card? I've used the same card in my previous phone, an HTC 8525/Hermes without problems (that I know of).
Thanks for responding & Happy New Year!
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So you solve the problem with S-L-O-W think?
How did you solve it?
what was wrong?
I ask you because in my case only after switching the carrier I could use the phone again!
Rila said:
So you solve the problem with S-L-O-W think?
How did you solve it?
what was wrong?
I ask you because in my case only after switching the carrier I could use the phone again!
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I backed up everything on the phone late the other night and was going to hard/master reset it the next morning but got called out of town and didn't do it. I did swap out my custom triple-battery pack and went back to my original Toshiba battery for a day. Surprisingly, the phone worked normally so re-installed the triple battery pack and it has been working 'normally' since then. I have no idea why. Between the quirks in Windows Mobile and the TG01 quirks I just never know what this phone is going to do next. If/when the s-l-o-w mode problem shows up again I'll hard/reset it and post again.
Cheers...
Rila said:
So you solve the problem with S-L-O-W think?
How did you solve it?
what was wrong?
I ask you because in my case only after switching the carrier I could use the phone again!
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I finally did the master-clear this week as the phone was getting completely unusable. That seems to have helped tremendously but the phone went into the SLOW mode again today and I had to reboot it 2 or 3 times before it finally was normal. I had just played the Tiger Woods golf game on it for about 30 minutes so wonder if that didn't contribute somehow. I then went into Toshiba Power settings and unchecked the Reduce CPU speed if low battery box even though immediately after playing the game the battery meter showed 70%, but we all know how buggy that is.
My phone was getting screwed up because the case (actually a thin sleeve) was too tight and it allowed buttons to get mashed while it was in my pocket. This may not have been a problem except I had the Lock function disabled. Over time that random button pushing definitely corrupted WM6.5 just like it had done to my old HTC 8525. I'm now using a 2.5" USB external hard drive case until I can find a better fitting one.
I think I finally solved the problem. [crosses fingers] The Master Clear helped with some of the problems, but didn't cure the random S-L-O-W mode. I ended up reinstalling the same ROM and so far the phone is working flawlessly. I'm guessing that WM6.5 became corrupted over time and that was the culprit. I also had the phone Lock disabled and that continually caused buttons to get accidentally pressed while bicycling and/or jogging and speed walks. I personally feel the buttons need a bit more spring tension, especially the Sleep/Lock button on the left hand side. The Lock is enabled now so hopefully that will help.
CrashMurdock said:
My phone was getting screwed up because the case (actually a thin sleeve) was too tight and it allowed buttons to get mashed while it was in my pocket. ............... I'm now using a 2.5" USB external hard drive case until I can find a better fitting one.
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In case it may be of interest, I have been using the Capdase leather sleeve case for a long time now without any issues. Nice red microfibre lining and pull tab to extract the phone easily. This UK supplier says no longer available, but most likely there are some about if you search a bit.
Best regards,
Kevin
kevinpwhite said:
In case it may be of interest, I have been using the Capdase leather sleeve case for a long time now without any issues. Nice red microfibre lining and pull tab to extract the phone easily. This UK supplier says no longer available, but most likely there are some about if you search a bit.
Best regards,
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,
Nice to 'hear' from you again and thanks for the tip. I'm using the Mugen back cover for their 2600 mAh battery, although with my custom battery pack. The phone is now about 1/2"(17mm) thick. Do you think this Capdase sleeve will fit?
I'm also glad you answered as I was about to post a new thread or PM you with a question about cooking my own phone config into a custom ROM. After just having to reinstall all of my add-ons, customized SPB GUI, etc., twice while trying to fix this problem, I'm now thinking about backing up everything with a custom ROM. That way if I have to reinstall the ROM I won't have to spend another couple of days getting the phone config back to where it was. I've perused the TG01 kitchen thread but confess I'm still confused about how to do it. And since 99.9% of my stuff is installed on the microSD card will the new custom ROM be able to access that existing data?
Finally, I have to say this phone continues to amaze me (when WM isn't acting up). I just can't see any benefit to 'upgrading' to WP7 like many have done, possibly bricking the phone in the process, or trashing the SDcard, etc. as it just doesn't seem worth it. Now I admit that the reason I bought this phone last year was to install Android, but after having a Viewsonic G-Tablet for a few months with a custom Gingerbread 2.3 ROM installed on it I just gave the tablet back (to my buddy) as it was so freakin' buggy. Bottom line is I'm not so impressed with Android at this point, especially custom ROMs. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I look forward to your sage advice.
Cheers!
Jim
Well... It appears the TG01 show is over
My TG01 has now gone into permanent S-L-O-W mode and I can't get it out of it. I've soft reset it probably 20-25 times, even yanked the battery out while it's still on hoping to shock the system. Did this many times and it didn't make any difference. I even left the battery out all night last night hoping for a miracle this morning. Of course, no change. I'm afraid to try to reinstall the ROM again as it probably couldn't complete the task before the battery runs down. As it is now I can't even make a call as it simply goes so slow it won't even connect, so if I can't find a solution soon the TG01 is going into the trash bin. During the past 3 weeks I have spent way too many hours trying to resolve this problem and have simply run out of ideas and patience. I also Googled it and a few people have had the exact same problem but no one has posted a solution.
If anyone has a tip or suggestion please advise.
tg01 getting slower
In my case the issue was fully solved by: reformatting sd card (full format) and reflashing the ROM. No freezings since I did it 2 months ago. So, I would say it's either your sd card or your ROM. A hardware failure is also possible but it worth trying before throwing your tg01 in the trash Good luck!
mikiril said:
In my case the issue was fully solved by: reformatting sd card (full format) and reflashing the ROM. No freezings since I did it 2 months ago. So, I would say it's either your sd card or your ROM. A hardware failure is also possible but it worth trying before throwing your tg01 in the trash Good luck!
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Hi mikiril,
Thanks for the fast response. I've tried everything including reflashing the ROM and even that only worked for a few days. I've been researching the problem again this morning and found the problem and a temporary solution. The problem is device.exe is running wide open using between 95%-100% of CPU cycles. A French TG01 website says it has something to do with clicking on the Restrict Sleep Mode button in the Toshiba Power Saving Settings menu, which I had done at some point, but later went back and unchecked it. Their 'solution' is to activate both Bluetooth and WiFi then turn them off. I confirm that does work until the next bootup or Soft Reset. Maybe there's something in the registry that can undo whatever clicking on Restrict Sleep Mode has done. At least the phone is working at normal speed again, temporarily, so I have a little bit of hope.
Thanks!

[SOLVED] HOX+ tragic death?

Hey guys, I have a really big problem here and I thought some of you might know what I could do. Search didn't find me anything.
So here's the situation: I've been running a rooted HOX+ for approx. 5 months now, mostly AOKP (shoutout to maxwen awesome ROM).
About a week ago, I installed ViperX+ and the EliteKernel OXP. Running fine, up to saturday evening. I was running low on battery, plugged the phone in last second. However, it shut down immediately afterwards (downanimation was shown though, so it didn't crash). Now it won't charge at all. The LED isn't even blinking :crying:
I tried plugging it in to various power supplies, also it can't be the cable (tried switchin' those too and it works on other phones). Plugging into PC doesn't work either.
I have no idea what to do or where this came from. I really hope somebody has an idea what this could be and how to solve it since i really don't want to lose my data and send it back to fix it (would that even be covered by warranty )
Appreciate your help and also, if this isn't in the right forum here, sorry mods and please move :angel:
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s3nsation said:
Hey guys, I have a really big problem here and I thought some of you might know what I could do. Search didn't find me anything.
So here's the situation: I've been running a rooted HOX+ for approx. 5 months now, mostly AOKP (shoutout to maxwen awesome ROM).
About a week ago, I installed ViperX+ and the EliteKernel OXP. Running fine, up to saturday evening. I was running low on battery, plugged the phone in last second. However, it shut down immediately afterwards (downanimation was shown though, so it didn't crash). Now it won't charge at all. The LED isn't even blinking :crying:
I tried plugging it in to various power supplies, also it can't be the cable (tried switchin' those too and it works on other phones). Plugging into PC doesn't work either.
I have no idea what to do or where this came from. I really hope somebody has an idea what this could be and how to solve it since i really don't want to lose my data and send it back to fix it (would that even be covered by warranty )
Appreciate your help and also, if this isn't in the right forum here, sorry mods and please move :angel:
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Try to just let it plugged in for a couple of hours and then keep pressing the power button for 20-30sec and it should boot up again..
Hope that ends up working for you!
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda premium
wow really sorry to hear of your problem :crying: Have you tried to charge the phone while in recovery?
btw this must be the 3rd case of a dead phone while using ViperX+ and I assure there custom recovery
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ratcom said:
wow really sorry to hear of your problem :crying: Have you tried to charge the phone while in recovery?
btw this must be the 3rd case of a dead phone while using ViperX+ and I assure there custom recovery
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3rd case already? Wow, seems like they really need to fix this!
The phone wont even boot to recovery. I had it plugged in all night and tried holding buttons forever :banghead:
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s3nsation, what is the Recovery you were using?
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Synoptex said:
s3nsation, what is the Recovery you were using?
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TWRP (2.4.1.0 i think).
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I dont think this will help you, but you could open up the device and then disconnect the battery. It is a 1s lipo, so you can charge it with a lipo charger that supports 1s lipos (maybe at your local hobby store) Then you solder it together again and you would be able to flash another Rom and Kernel. I know that this is Risky, but i think that this case is not covered by your guarantee.
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s3nsation said:
Hey guys, I have a really big problem here and I thought some of you might know what I could do. Search didn't find me anything.
So here's the situation: I've been running a rooted HOX+ for approx. 5 months now, mostly AOKP (shoutout to maxwen awesome ROM).
About a week ago, I installed ViperX+ and the EliteKernel OXP. Running fine, up to saturday evening. I was running low on battery, plugged the phone in last second. However, it shut down immediately afterwards (downanimation was shown though, so it didn't crash). Now it won't charge at all. The LED isn't even blinking :crying:
I tried plugging it in to various power supplies, also it can't be the cable (tried switchin' those too and it works on other phones). Plugging into PC doesn't work either.
I have no idea what to do or where this came from. I really hope somebody has an idea what this could be and how to solve it since i really don't want to lose my data and send it back to fix it (would that even be covered by warranty )
Appreciate your help and also, if this isn't in the right forum here, sorry mods and please move :angel:
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Send it back for warranty. HTC wont even know you rooted it and chances are if they do, they wont even care they will just replace it. Thats what happend with my HTC One S
Ok guys, sorry for the fuss.
IT WAS THE MICRO-USB PORT! :banghead:
I stabbed around a bit and cleaned it. BAM! It works. Yaay!

I think I've just bricked one of my Us!

Hello everyone...
I'm a new member, but certainly not new to this great forum! Unfortunately, though, my first post is to report - and ask for help with - a little disaster!
Okay, so, without further ado, here's how it went down.
I had flashed both phones with ICS earlier, but wanted to get them back to the factory ROM. Having bought yet another U, I found out that the original GB ROM for phones sold in Saudi Arabia is st25i_6.0.b.3.188, as opposed to .184, which I had also flashed the phones with after I had some issues with the aforementioned ICS.
So, last night I located and downloaded the .188 kernel and flashed it using the flashtool. As it usually happens, the flashtool window seemed to go all black, as though the application had hung on me, which wasn't the first time this had happened. I just gave it some time as I normally do and then disconnect the phone, and that never caused any problems. To my surprise, though, when I first started the phone and checked the "about phone" tab in settings, it turned out that the installed version was .184!
So, again, I attempted to reflash the thing, this time being sure to remove all other kernels from the firmware folder within the flashtool. I then just let it do its thing and went off to bed (bad idea!).
In the morning, though, the phone simply wouldn't start. If I hook it to either the computer or the charger, the LED near the front camera will light up red, indicating that the battery is being charged, but nothing else. I can't even boot into recovery mode!
So, now what can I possibly do (besides buying a new one, that is)?
sjanzeir said:
Hello everyone...
I'm a new member, but certainly not new to this great forum! Unfortunately, though, my first post is to report - and ask for help with - a little disaster!
Okay, so, without further ado, here's how it went down.
I had flashed both phones with ICS earlier, but wanted to get them back to the factory ROM. Having bought yet another U, I found out that the original GB ROM for phones sold in Saudi Arabia is st25i_6.0.b.3.188, as opposed to .184, which I had also flashed the phones with after I had some issues with the aforementioned ICS.
So, last night I located and downloaded the .188 kernel and flashed it using the flashtool. As it usually happens, the flashtool window seemed to go all black, as though the application had hung on me, which wasn't the first time this had happened. I just gave it some time as I normally do and then disconnect the phone, and that never caused any problems. To my surprise, though, when I first started the phone and checked the "about phone" tab in settings, it turned out that the installed version was .184!
So, again, I attempted to reflash the thing, this time being sure to remove all other kernels from the firmware folder within the flashtool. I then just let it do its thing and went off to bed (bad idea!).
In the morning, though, the phone simply wouldn't start. If I hook it to either the computer or the charger, the LED near the front camera will light up red, indicating that the battery is being charged, but nothing else. I can't even boot into recovery mode!
So, now what can I possibly do (besides buying a new one, that is)?
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This has all signs of a low battery problem ... plug in your phone to the charger for half an hour and wait ..... pull it out and it should boot .. Post your findings in any case :good:
Bhargav4591 said:
This has all signs of a low battery problem ... plug in your phone to the charger for half an hour and wait ..... pull it out and it should boot .. Post your findings in any case :good:
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:good: Thanks dude! It fired up on its own as soon as I plugged it into the charger! I just charged up the batter to full 100%, and I'm about to try to reflash it for the third time. What I don't get, though, is why the battery got drained when the phone had been plugged into the laptop all night! There was about 82% of charge left in the battery when I first plugged it into the machine.
I'll report back again after reflashing. Thanks again.
sjanzeir said:
:good: Thanks dude! It fired up on its own as soon as I plugged it into the charger! I just charged up the batter to full 100%, and I'm about to try to reflash it for the third time. What I don't get, though, is why the battery got drained when the phone had been plugged into the laptop all night! There was about 82% of charge left in the battery when I first plugged it into the machine.
I'll report back again after reflashing. Thanks again.
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Glad it worked out . :laugh:
Charging via usb is very slow and if you've left something like wifi on all night then there's no doubt that it you're battery is gonna die
Any way , why GB ? The .89 ICS is supposedly awesome . Haven't tried it myself but, I've heard rave reviews from all the people who have.
Bhargav4591 said:
Glad it worked out . :laugh:
Charging via usb is very slow and if you've left something like wifi on all night then there's no doubt that it you're battery is gonna die
Any way , why GB ? The .89 ICS is supposedly awesome . Haven't tried it myself but, I've heard rave reviews from all the people who have.
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Yeah, that's probably it. I had this (obviously misguided) idea to try to get the phone back to the exact way it was out of the box, and then wait (and wait, and wait...) for Saudi Arabia's turn for the ICS update. Now I know better, thanks to you and all the other helpful folks over here!
sjanzeir said:
Yeah, that's probably it. I had this (obviously misguided) idea to try to get the phone back to the exact way it was out of the box, and then wait (and wait, and wait...) for Saudi Arabia's turn for the ICS update. Now I know better, thanks to you and all the other helpful folks over here!
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He he ... no worries mate . Glad to have helped .. BTW ... JB for Xperia U out =D [If you haven't seen the dev section that is] ... Bugs present but the Devs are working tirelessly ... expect the fastest Rom for U yet =D
Bhargav4591 said:
JB for Xperia U out =D [If you haven't seen the dev section that is] ... Bugs present but the Devs are working tirelessly ... expect the fastest Rom for U yet =D
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Ohhhhh... me wanty! I'll check that out next and see how it goes. Thanks again, buddy!

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