So the problem is, my hero won't boot, when i press the power button, it goes to HBOOT. I did some search and it only goes there if i hold the volume down and press the power button. I had this problem before, when i accidentally split some beer on my phone. Eventually it fixed, i guess it dried. I wonder if i connect the phone to my computer, can I use commands or something like that to boot. I have never used commands, I hope someone can help me.
Well to go to hboot on hero you need to press volume down button and power, is your volume down button sticked, you said you spilled beer on it.
kemoba said:
Well to go to hboot on hero you need to press volume down button and power, is your volume down button sticked, you said you spilled beer on it.
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yes but the beer accident was 6 month ago, now it got wet because of the rain yesterday :s I know it sticked, but can i somehow boot using commands or something. Do you have an idea?
Well you cant, that sticked volume I think will override all commands
Than the only thing left is to pray i guess
thanks btw
Take it apart and clean the volume buttons a bit
i will try it tomorrow, hope it will work. is it possible to disable the volume buttons? can that fix the problem? i mean i can live without that, i can change the volume in the music player...
so, i took it apart, cleaned it as much as i could, but didn't help
i will leave it alone for a few days and hopefully i will work again
Hmm, that is weird, did you try to root, S-OFF, update hboot on your phone prior to that accident ?
well, it's rooted, but i didn't do any of those two I think. I did it 1 year ago, so before the accident, and put a ROM on it.
a miracle happened! it's working again!!! :victory:
thanks for your help
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Help Guys,
My Power Button is not functioning, when its on i cant turn off the screen by pushing the power button, I have to wait until it shuts down by itself.
and when it shuts down i cant turn it on again by pushing the powr button.
my way to circumvent this is by not enabling the key lock and by pressing any the other keys when its in sleep mode.
I Tried soft reset but it hard resets even if i didnt press the power button.
Should i send it back to HK?
I have the following:
XdaII
ROM ver 1.52.00WWE
Radio Ver 1.05.14
yeah it sounds like there is something wrong with the powerbutton switch
your problem may due to power botton is hang. i used to encounter with that problems. First is due to Battpack when i use shut-down button in Battpack, it's hang. when i soft reset it turn to hard reset. For sure, you need to uninstall any programs that interfere with button mapping and try to use for a period. IF Problems still persist, you should return it to your vendor.
tumtum,
I have the exact problem, but even doing a hard reset and installing only default programs (fresh install) my power button still does not fuction.
What else can i do besides removing sofware?
Help pls.
THanks,
there should be problem with oiwer-button. Like i said earlier, it should be problem with your device. You must return your device to your vendor and check for power-button. somebody in my town has been faced with that problem and he return it to the shop. Shop said it is rpoblem with power-button.
well the thing is..
today i let my friend press the button and whala it worked!
dont know how it happend by now it works fine
thanks for the replies
looks like you'll be spending pretty much time with your friend then
Ditto...
I currently have this problem, my xda II was dropped (by a so-called friend!) it was in a metal case thank god so theres no obvious damage. later that day a program crashed... so i soft reseted it. unfortunately it didnt it HARD RESET i pondered why then tried to turn my device off! with no avail... so b4 it gets repaired (under warranty) I took the black plastic off the back to see if the button was stuck under the casing.... when i peeled it off i looked for the button... it wasnt even there! altho theres no sign of damage wat so ever (no scratches or marks) on the casing, the power button has been clearly wipe
off the circuit board!! if u shake it u can hear it rattling in the depths of the XDA and now its off it doesnt hard reset on a soft reset anymore thank god! im fed up off re-customizing the damn thing and my nearest shop 4 repairs is 8 miles away :-( (brought on the net) so all in all maybe thats the same problem a few of u are experencing Good luck C2k4...
Same problem here ...any HELP
Hi Friends,
I screwed my HTC Hermes power button while trying to fix its earlier problem.
Now to turn the backlight on ..i changed the settings and I can now use any button to bring it out of Sleep mode....
I used a program available on this site to enter bootloader.
However, the problem remains when "power button" is to be pressed.
Any advice on how to get over the "Press power button" to start the ROM flashing....
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Any advice on how to get over the "Press power button" to start the ROM flashing....
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There is a sticky at the top of this forum for flashing with a broken power button if you have a Himalaya. I am not sure if the same process would work for a Hermes or not, but I would be interested to know if it does. If you power button is still intact though it may not be worth breaking it to find out!
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There is a sticky at the top of this forum for flashing with a broken power button if you have a Himalaya. I am not sure if the same process would work for a Hermes or not, but I would be interested to know if it does. If you power button is still intact though it may not be worth breaking it to find out!
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Thanks Jadel...I will surely give it a shot..and let you know ... thanks for the answer...probably, I shld have found it earlier .....
Hi guys,
I hoped any of you can give me a solution to my problem. I want to reflash my ROM. I've done this several times before. My problem is when I want to put my Himalaya into bootloader mode, I can't, because my power button is broken. Is there anyway to put Himalaya into bootloader mode without using the three button combination during boot?
thanks,
undead
not as far as i know
I read something about SoftSPL / SSPL. Is there any version of this program runs on Himalaya? The ones I got is for Hermes and Trinity only.
peace,
undead
I've the same problem... my power button is unusable due to a falling down and I power off my qtek 2020 via software.
so how put it in bootloader mode??
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Hi guys,
I hoped any of you can give me a solution to my problem. I want to reflash my ROM. I've done this several times before. My problem is when I want to put my Himalaya into bootloader mode, I can't, because my power button is broken. Is there anyway to put Himalaya into bootloader mode without using the three button combination during boot?
thanks,
undead
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IT IS POSSIBLE!
BUT DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGED OR FRIED PDAs
I know because I myself have done it on an I-mate (Himalaya). It took some trial and error but I am now running WM6. In my case though, I had to completely remove the power button from the device. The previous owner dropped it on its head, and I got it for free, unfortunately most of the top is missing, including the power button.
SO, on to how I did it. I took a paper clip (metal) and put it about 1cm down, slightly to the right of where the power button used to connect to the motherboard. Make sure you have turned your XDA/IMATE on before doing this. You'll find that when you find the right area, your device will turn off, or the screen will go dark (like holding the power button for a second).
If you manage to hold it there for the right period of time, while pressing the other bootloader buttons, then you will be able to enter bootloader.
This took me close to an hour to get just right, but it eventually worked.
Note: I have no idea how exactly this worked, but it did. My IMATE was useless without me updating the rom, so I had no worry about frying it if I did something wrong, that is why I was OK with playing around with its insides. BEWARE that you MAY DO DAMAGE to the device.
Good luck.
hi all,
after using task29 my system is now pretty much down. it's stuck at the htc screen as described in various threads an tutorials. usually this problem could be solved by using the bootloader (pressing volume down an power) i guess.
BUT:
Bootloader is not loading at all! i tried all variations of pressing an holding the buttons. the phone just vibrates once and a black htc screen appears...thats it. hard reset by holding all 3 buttons doesn't work either.
has anybody experienced this problem and found a way to solve it?
by the way: i was running goatrip 4.9 an had severe battery drain. so i decided to do it all new from scratch by using task29....went kind of wrong
please excuse my poor english!
yours, gamble87
any ideas?
after using task 29 you have wiped youre phone so it wont boot!!!
take youre battery out put it in hold volume down and keep holding and just press the power button dont keep holding the power button just press it.
What 3 buttons to hard reset!!! maybe you should of read up a little bit more first mate
believe me i've tried that a thousand times now . holding volume down and holding/pressing power (tried both). i also tried with and without being connected via usb. even tried with leaving the battery out a whole day and then reinserting it. no success....
with all 3 buttons i meant volume down + volume up + power button. at least this is what you read in the forums and see in various tutorials on the tube to do a hard reset when you're not using the sense menu...
i've been searching this forum for about 10 hours now...everyone else is able to manage this problem by getting into the bootloader, but not me. in fact this exactly is my problem, it just won't load....maybe theres a hardware problem...volume buttons broken perhaps. i really don't know
i'm trying to describe my problem as good as i can but i fear theres only a little left from what i learned at school
Gamble87 said:
hard reset by holding all 3 buttons doesn't work either.
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What 3 buttons to hard reset!!! maybe you should of read up a little bit more first mate
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with all 3 buttons i meant volume down + volume up + power button. at least this is what you read in the forums and see in various tutorials on the tube to do a hard reset when you're not using the sense menu...
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thats not how you hard reset.
There is no situation where you hold power.
To hard reset
Press, hold and keep holding volume UP and volume DOWN - you may find you get a much better press by removing the battery cover.
Tap AND RELEASE power, DO NOT keep power pressed.
I will repeat the part about removing the battery cover to get a better press, and also add that pressing first one violume, then the other also helps, rather than trying to press them both together.(Its one piece of plastic is the volume rocker, it isnt really meant to be pressed at both ends) Press one end till you feel the click of the button connecting, and then press the other end, till you feel the connection, and only then TAP AND RELEASE power.
samsamuel said:
To hard reset
Press, hold and keep holding volume UP and volume DOWN - you may find you get a much better press by removing the battery cover.
Tap AND RELEASE power, DO NOT keep power pressed.
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thanks for your advice, but as i said, this is exactly what i tried...tried both just to be sure. both doesn't work....
heh, OK, just checking, your initial posts said you HELD all three buttons, hence myself and demon_man querying it.
Best of luck, sorry cant help.
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thanks for your advice, but as i said, this is exactly what i tried...tried both just to be sure. both doesn't work....
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Have you tried flashing a stock rom yet? Might, maybe fix it... otherwise, sounds like your device is dead...
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Have you tried flashing a stock rom yet? Might, maybe fix it... otherwise, sounds like your device is dead...
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hmm can i do this without getting into the bootloader? is there a way?
because i think the device won't scan my sd-card when its not in bootloader mode...thats what i read so far...
Gamble87 said:
hmm can i do this without getting into the bootloader? is there a way?
because i think the device won't scan my sd-card when its not in bootloader mode...thats what i read so far...
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Crap, right. I missed that. Not sure what to tell you at this point aside from returning your device (if they can't get into bootloader either and cannot hard reset it, then they can't fault you for a custom rom). Just play real dumb if/when you return it.
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Just play real dumb if/when you return it.
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yeah i will "what custom rom? i just switched my phone off and it never started again! evil htc!"
Gamble87 said:
yeah i will "what custom rom? i just switched my phone off and it never started again! evil htc!"
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Well, leave off the evil HTC part... we like HTC (to an extent)... lol
no more ideas?
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no more ideas?
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Hmm, i think you have tried everything. Getting in the bootloader is the key. If you cant reach that spot there mate, i think your phone is dead. Try sending it to HTC for repair.
Hi,
Last week, I spilled a bit of beer on my Huawei Ascend G700. The phone started to turn the volume down at random moments when there were no buttons touched. I figured it was best to turn it off, pull out the battery, and let the phone dry.
It's been a few days now, but when I try to start the phone now, the only thing that happens is that only "=> FASTBOOT mode..." is showed in the bottom left corner. Nothing else, and it stays there until I pull the battery out.
I have tried disassembling the phone and clean it as far as I could, but it made no difference.
If I push the volume up button together with the power button it starts the recovery mode, but I can't do anything from there. And I can't connect to phone to my computer. (It isn't recognized).
I have found similar problems online, but with the difference that I have not rooted this phone. Is there a way to get the phone back working? I would like to keep the original firmware, if possible. For I can't think of a reason why it would be helpful to still try to root the phone.
So, the only thing that happened before my phone freaked out is that I have spilled a bit of beer on it (only a few drops, phone was in a case). Never rooted the phone. Phone was only a month old. I think it is running on android 4.2, but I'm not sure.
I think the volume down button is still making contact somehow as the beer has not dried off. Or maybe the button is being pressed somehow. I say this because when You power on an Android phone with power down key, it usually boots into fast boot. Try cleaning again.
Mirhawk said:
I think the volume down button is still making contact somehow as the beer has not dried off. Or maybe the button is being pressed somehow. I say this because when You power on an Android phone with power down key, it usually boots into fast boot. Try cleaning again.
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I tried. I disconnected the connection cable from the volume button, but it doesn't make any difference.
Hello.
I get the Samsung Logo loop while I'm trying to turn on my smartphone. Phone was rooted several months ago. When i try to go to Download Mode it shows sign that I should press Volume Up or Volume Down but this screen disappears immediately and phone is trying to turn on again and shows Samsing Logo in loop. Is there anything I can do?
Sounds like the phone may have a stuck power button.
You could try to fix it by carefully removing the rear frame, cleaning around the power button with pure isopropyl alcohol, and then quickly pressing and releasing the power button using a bit more pressure than normal to see if that solves the problem.
By "stock" he means 'stuck'..
Yes, I meant to say "stuck", not "stock". My apologies.
Thanks for replies guys. I will do it in several days because i don't have time now. I will let know, thanks.
I cleaned it with alcohol and it helped. I have already ordered a new button. Thanks for help.
common problem, you can also carefully "bang" the power button to get it going again.
Yes, it works for now but I would like to have reserved button. Thanks for answers.