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So I rooted and installed CWM, and now when I try to charge my phone WHILE it is off, the charging light wont come on, which means is not charging while off at all. Has this happened to anyone else? When the phone is on, it charges just fine.
EDIT: Just tried it with FastBoot on, and now it charges when powered off. So to anyone having the issue, try this.
EDIT 2: It appears this only happens when on CWM recovery. TWRP does not exhibit this problem.
I've noticed the same on my end.
Try a different recovery.
Locked & Loaded
same
Same result here, i woke up to a dead phone this morning.
Happen to me too with different recovery.
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Out of curiosity, were your phones _off_, or in the hibernation state that is used for Fast Boot?
blakejohnson86 said:
Out of curiosity, were your phones _off_, or in the hibernation state that is used for Fast Boot?
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Mine was in the "hibernation" state, but before I had root, I could charge the phone while off with either FastBoot off or on. Anyway, I already changed recoveries to TeamWin's, and Im in the process of a Nandroid backup, so as soon as its done, I will try to charge with both FB on and off to see what happens, and I will post results. BTW, I've seen that this has happened to quite a few more people, so it might be a widespread problem that not a lot of people know because most of us dont ever turn off the phone to charge it.
I dunno.. havent tried that but why do u turn your phone off to charge it anyways lol
brownhornet said:
I dunno.. havent tried that but why do u turn your phone off to charge it anyways lol
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Well, if you run your battery until the phone turns off, it'd be great to be able to charge it in your own phone instead of an external charger or non-rooted/s-on phone.
brownhornet said:
I dunno.. havent tried that but why do u turn your phone off to charge it anyways lol
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For one, the phone charges faster this way because its not using any power at all.
I have fastboot turned off in the menu and mine charges fine when I turn it off. I'm using Teamwin Recovery
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I have fastboot turned off in the menu and mine charges fine when I turn it off. I'm using Teamwin Recovery
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I can also confirm this, so it appears to be a bug related to CWM recovery, can any of the guys that still have that recovery and is experiencing this problem try to charge with FB off while the phone is off and confirm if it works or not?
Droga said:
I can also confirm this, so it appears to be a bug related to CWM recovery, can any of the guys that still have that recovery and is experiencing this problem try to charge with FB off while the phone is off and confirm if it works or not?
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Same here. I did notice however, the light would not turn green while off... It was on the charger for 7+ hours. Weird. I'm using TWPR.
It's definitely the cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img recovery. I just tested with both twrp and cwm. twrp allows the phone to charge with fastboot off and phone off.
Fastboot on isn't really a 'fix' because the phone never goes off completely from what I understand. I just want to know I can charge a dead battery in my phone if I ever needed to.
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It's definitely the cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img recovery. I just tested with both twrp and cwm. twrp allows the phone to charge with fastboot off and phone off.
Fastboot on isn't really a 'fix' because the phone never goes off completely from what I understand. I just want to know I can charge a dead battery in my phone if I ever needed to.
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This.
This might be a serious problem to anyone whos using this recovery and their phone dies before they can get to an A/C outlet (for example, on a car w/o a car charger, etc). I will send the developers a quick note for them to check this out.
Good work on figuring this out... Im sure we will see more folks wondering wtf is goin on with their batteries
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I can confirm this. Using CWM the phone does not charge when powered off. Whats the best way to remove CWM and install TWR?
when you turn off the phone and plug in the charger, the red light does go off in a few seconds, but my phone was fully charged overnight (without the red light on)
Mine charged to 100% this morning. I stuck with CWM, I also flashed OMJ deodexed rom before I went to bed. I plugged it in when the phone was on and awake.
c19932 said:
when you turn off the phone and plug in the charger, the red light does go off in a few seconds, but my phone was fully charged overnight (without the red light on)
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I also wondered if it was just that the led wasn't on, but was really charging. I tried having the phone off with cwm, plugged in charger, led came on/went off, and left it for 30 minutes. It did not charge my battery at all.
str8upx said:
Mine charged to 100% this morning. I stuck with CWM, I also flashed OMJ deodexed rom before I went to bed. I plugged it in when the phone was on and awake.
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Yeah, the problem does not happen if the phone is on and charging.
hey, im not sure but seems since i unlock my phone (not the official)
when i try charge my phone when its off the led blink red and then turn off , i left all night the charger and in the morning the battery was dead so isnt chargin, i remember before the led stay red. not sure what happen now, this is a "unlock" issue? or someone has any ideas?? im using original htc wall charger, i try with 2 batterys same result.
i will apreciate any input. Thanks a lot
zen kun said:
hey, im not sure but seems since i unlock my phone (not the official)
when i try charge my phone when its off the led blink red and then turn off , i left all night the charger and in the morning the battery was dead so isnt chargin, i remember before the led stay red. not sure what happen now, this is a "unlock" issue? or someone has any ideas?? im using original htc wall charger, i try with 2 batterys same result.
i will apreciate any input. Thanks a lot
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Are you using clockwork recovery? I believe that causes the issue you describe.
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If you have ClockworkMod recovery:
Download ROM manager from market then update your recovery with it.
Oh thanks I will download the new recovery thanks a lot
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I use tw recovery and I don't think mine charges when off. I think I read somewhere that that was a recovery kernel issue.
Is it working yet?
My friend and I both have Rezounds. I have yet to get the update, he had Scott's ICS ROM on his. The update forced itself onto his phone and bricked it. When he went to the store, the reps told him the update seems to be doing this to alot of people (rep said they saw 10 of them today!). Anyone else have the OTA brick a ROM's phone or even stock?
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My friend and I both have Rezounds. I have yet to get the update, he had Scott's ICS ROM on his. The update forced itself onto his phone and bricked it. When he went to the store, the reps told him the update seems to be doing this to alot of people (rep said they saw 10 of them today!). Anyone else have the OTA brick a ROM's phone or even stock?
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No, but I am sure if you have a custom recovery on your phone with a custom rom an official update sure isn't going to help ..but I figured it would just error out. How did it brick it ? he was unable to load Hboot anymore ?
It went to the HTC screen and stayed there, when tried to go-to recovery it wouldn't work, eventually screen went black and wouldn't turn on, or even charge!
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durthquake said:
It went to the HTC screen and stayed there, when tried to go-to recovery it wouldn't work, eventually screen went black and wouldn't turn on, or even charge!
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Could you get into hboot and run the ruu? If you can do that, the phone isn't bricked...
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durthquake said:
It went to the HTC screen and stayed there, when tried to go-to recovery it wouldn't work, eventually screen went black and wouldn't turn on, or even charge!
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I suspect the no charging is due to running the battery down all the way. There's a thread or two about that issue. I think the solution was to pull the battery, plug in the charger then put the battery back in while phone is connected to charger. Then you might have to wait up to 30 minutes for the light to turn on and for it to start charging.
And yeah, if you can boot into hboot you should be able to get the phone back with RUU or if the ROM is fine then flash Amon Ra recovery in fastboot.
It didn't allow anything to be done in hboot. It won't even turn on now, i have him my battery to try and still doesn't turn on.
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Well read through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434532
and see if you can at least get it charged up again. Then go from there.
Both me and my wife have had the OTA for at least a week and we have not had any issues with the OTA.
Also, I must say, this is the first time I have heard of the OTA causing bricking of the unit.
If you can't get it charged, try the writing hack to get it involved. Basically you just take a regular usb cable and snip the connector off. From there you take the ground and the power, and then you put the ground and power to the battery in the respective places. Worked for a bad Atrix flash that killed my battery.
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I hadn't heard of it bricking it till I saw it first hand... As far as charging, it's a non issue since I have my friend my fully charged battery to try and wouldn't turn on. (Note that this is happened only after it stayed on the HTC screen for about 30 minutes, so it may have overheated or something during that time?)
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It bricked my stock Rezound. Could not have happened on a worse day to. I had to do a factory reset to get it to come back. Real PIA
Chris
drtnsnw said:
It bricked my stock Rezound. Could not have happened on a worse day to. I had to do a factory reset to get it to come back. Real PIA
Chris
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That's not a brick. That's a pain in the ass.
tekhna said:
That's not a brick. That's a pain in the ass.
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a brick is just what it is.. a brick.
which means the phone is done. you can't use it again.
durthquake said:
It went to the HTC screen and stayed there, when tried to go-to recovery it wouldn't work, eventually screen went black and wouldn't turn on, or even charge!
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If it can get to the HTC screen, it isn't bricked. Put your battery in his phone and see if it can get to HBOOT.
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I hadn't heard of it bricking it till I saw it first hand... As far as charging, it's a non issue since I have my friend my fully charged battery to try and wouldn't turn on. (Note that this is happened only after it stayed on the HTC screen for about 30 minutes, so it may have overheated or something during that time?)
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I don't think you can write off the battery/charging issue. It takes some time for people who have let their battery fully drain to get the phone to charge it again although they were able charge on an external charger iirc. Anyway, point is it may be the phone not the battery that needs to "wake up" (for lack of a better term) again.
So definitely go through that dead battery charging thread and try everything in there to get the phone to charge the battery again. Then you'll know the phone is functioning as it should, atm it may not be.
I don't understand how the the OTA forced itself since all of Scotts ROMs are debloated. Everyone that rooted and debloated running stock, said that the update failed in recovery, I know I witnessed it on mine. Being on an ICS build, one would think that the update wouldn't even be downloaded.
yeah it is strange. Even if I force check for update on my Rez the update doesn't come. Are you sure your friend is telling you the whole story?
con247 said:
yeah it is strange. Even if I force check for update on my Rez the update doesn't come. Are you sure your friend is telling you the whole story?
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I am said friend.
Durthquake sits in the cube next to me. He watched the whole event transpire.
Here's what happened and what was tried and the resolution,
Rezound reboots to the HTC screen. Won't show the think brilliantly words. Just stayed on HTC.
So I did a battery pull and rebooted phone and same thing. Just HTC.
Now I reboot to recovery, get hboot and try to do a wipe. It blinks like its going to try to go to recovery then turns off.
Do another battery pull boot maneuver and it does the same thing.
As we are at work I did have to work so I leave it on the stock wall charger for about an hour and try to turn on again. HTC screen so I leave it to see what happens, maybe I didn't wait long enough.
Like 35 minutes later screen goes black.
Now it won't power on, won't go to hboot, basically a brick. So I pull my battery give it to durthquake who gives me his rezound battery. His phone turns on, mine doesn't.
Now I try pulling sim, sdcard, and putting my battery back in. Still nada. Phone be properly bricked.
Bring it home put sim, sdcard, and battery back in and put on HTC wall charger overnight. In the am nothing. Still a pretty beats brick.
Go to vzw and the try charging turning on etc. Nada. They say since the ota they've had about 5 of these in.
The resolution is vzw sending me a new rezound and I buying a new phone so I can give the resound to my gf.
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Hey all I was wondering if anyone could help me with my HTC Amaze. It stopped turning on maybe a month ago. I was sleeping and forgot to charge the phone so I woke up in the morning and put it on the charger and went back to sleep. When I woke up again there wasn't an LED light or anything. Eventually after messing around with it for a while the orange light would turn on for maybe 10 seconds then it would turn off and the phone would vibrate for a while and turn off too. I went on eBay and bought a new battery that came with an outlet charger. Waited a while then it finally came I charged the original battery as well as the new one. The phone still won't turn on, but now the orange LED light will stay on and after a while the green light will come on. I'm not tech savvy so I never rooted or unlocked my phone or whatnot I've just been using it normally since I've gotten it. I tried to make a claim from Asurion but they won't cover it without the deductible so I thought I'd try here before I just gave up and got a new one. If anyone can help please me please help. =)
There have been some posts of battery issues. Have you tried a different battery?
yep . i tried to charge the battery on the adapter and use the origional/new battery with no luck. :crying:
If it goes green, the battery says full charged, you're not telling us something.
Dark Nightmare said:
If it goes green, the battery says full charged, you're not telling us something.
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Before when it first wouldn't turn on, when i tried to charge it, the orange light would come on for 10 seconds before turning off and vibrating periodically. Now the phone will act like it's charging (staying orange for a long time then turning green). But when I wait until it's green and try and turn it on no avail.
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Before when it first wouldn't turn on, when i tried to charge it, the orange light would come on for 10 seconds before turning off and vibrating periodically. Now the phone will act like it's charging (staying orange for a long time then turning green). But when I wait until it's green and try and turn it on no avail.
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Did it fall down by chance?
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Did it fall down by chance?
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yea once but that was like 2 weeks ago before this started to happen. do u think it would be the digitizer or a part inside the phone ?
gooseprince7 said:
yea once but that was like 2 weeks ago before this started to happen. do u think it would be the digitizer or a part inside the phone ?
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Something could've gotten loose and normal shaking in the weeks to follow probably finished the job getting it undone. Did you call your carrier or HTC about it?
Just tell them it randomly shut down after the ICS update and then eventually it stopped coming on or something, yes I know that's lying, but I don't think hardware is usually covered under warranty, unless it was faulty from the get go.
try removing the back cover and pressing the power button. the button on my back cover doesn't work as well as it used to, it'll power the screen on when it feels like it....must've come loose.
Check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759925
-Also, did you buy the phone new? And you said you didn't root/unlock? If you bought it used the person before you may have installed a custom recovery.
very weird i agree just call htc and say you phone got messed up doe to the ics ota update im sure they will replace it :laugh:
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My HOX+ ran of out charge completely yesterday while I was playing a game on the phone. I plugged the phone in for charging via USB, the red light blinked three times and stopped. There is no sign of the phone charging anymore. So I then tried charging it via an AC adapter. The red lights stays there for only about 5 seconds and disappears again.
I have tried already tried to hard reset (power + volume down) the device. No sign of recovery! I also tried removing the SIM card and tried charging. This wasnt of much help either.
Please help with out any charge I'm not able to see a lot of options for my phone????
Have you ever flashed a rom or unlocked the bootloader?
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sixcarnage said:
Have you ever flashed a rom or unlocked the bootloader?
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Yes, I did unlock my bootloader and I flashed Android Revolution HD.
aanoshm said:
Yes, I did unlock my bootloader and I flashed Android Revolution HD.
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Try to keep it on charge for a day...
What is your recovery BTW?
Addicted2xda said:
Try to keep it on charge for a day...
What is your recovery BTW?
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Will do!
My recovery is kind of under a big question mark. I was using CWM but due to certain reason i wanted to shift to twrp. So i got rid off the CWM and flashed Twrp. However when i booted into recovery it just showed a black screen. This happened about two weeks ago tho. Could this be the issue?
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Will do!
My recovery is kind of under a big question mark. I was using CWM but due to certain reason i wanted to shift to twrp. So i got rid off the CWM and flashed Twrp. However when i booted into recovery it just showed a black screen. This happened about two weeks ago tho. Could this be the issue?
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helps to flash the CORRECT recovery next time
aanoshm said:
Will do!
My recovery is kind of under a big question mark. I was using CWM but due to certain reason i wanted to shift to twrp. So i got rid off the CWM and flashed Twrp. However when i booted into recovery it just showed a black screen. This happened about two weeks ago tho. Could this be the issue?
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Could be,
Visit Lloir's thread or TWRP official site and install the TWRP that is relevant to you (INTL / ATT)
you need to restart in fastboot to flash recovery.
Addicted2xda said:
Could be,
Visit Lloir's thread or TWRP official site and install the TWRP that is relevant to you (INTL / ATT)
you need to restart in fastboot to flash recovery.
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I did that previously. I used the recovery suggested for my phone. Something still went wrong with the recovery.
I cant restart in fastboot. The phone is dead, No charge to even flash a ROM or do anything to recover my phone.
I think its time to give it to HTC. Hopefully since the phone doesn't switch on they probably wouldn't be able to figure out its rooted.
Thanks for your help guys but I think its time to call it.
Time of death- 10:28 P.M
aanoshm said:
I did that previously. I used the recovery suggested for my phone. Something still went wrong with the recovery.
I cant restart in fastboot. The phone is dead, No charge to even flash a ROM or do anything to recover my phone.
I think its time to give it to HTC. Hopefully since the phone doesn't switch on they probably wouldn't be able to figure out its rooted.
Thanks for your help guys but I think its time to call it.
Time of death- 10:28 P.M
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lol leave the device alone for atleast 12hours with the charger plugged in (not usb charging via pc) before you send it to HTC
Lloir said:
lol leave the device alone for atleast 12hours with the charger plugged in (not usb charging via pc) before you send it to HTC
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Will do! Hope It works by tomorrow.
Thanks!
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lol leave the device alone for atleast 12hours with the charger plugged in (not usb charging via pc) before you send it to HTC
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Okay So I left the phone on charge for 27 hours. No lights and no sign of any activity. So then I had this little whack idea
I plugged my phone into the PC first. As I mentioned earlier- When I plugged my device into the PC the light blinked three times and then no light at all.
So this time when i plugged it into the PC I held the power button and waited for the three blinks after this I quickly took the usb cord and plugged it into an AC adapter while still holding the power button and Voilaaa
The phone is completely functional again.
Glad to have put you on the right track
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Actually the phone won't charge if it's overheated ... So just wait to cool down and then it will work no issues
It happens everyday
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Mr.Boombastic said:
Actually the phone won't charge if it's overheated ... So just wait to cool down and then it will work no issues
It happens everyday
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lol at no point did he say the device was too hot or anything..
Lloir said:
lol at no point did he say the device was too hot or anything..
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Haha hox+ gitting overheated when playing games
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Mr.Boombastic said:
Haha hox+ gitting overheated when playing games
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hmmm
But never when it is not even turning on...
Hi All.
Not exactly the same problem but very similar. I've opened my HOX+ a little (just enought to measure the pogo pins by inside). Then, when my device got discharged (already closed), I plugged the AC power and turned it on. During the boot screen, It suddenly turned off and now, when I plug the power the only thing I got is a red light blinking forever. No boot screen.... My device was unlocked and flashed with Elegancia for some days before it happened.
Does anyone has any ideas? Now I have a pretty fancy paperweight!
tuxmanbr said:
Hi All.
Not exactly the same problem but very similar. I've opened my HOX+ a little (just enought to measure the pogo pins by inside). Then, when my device got discharged (already closed), I plugged the AC power and turned it on. During the boot screen, It suddenly turned off and now, when I plug the power the only thing I got is a red light blinking forever. No boot screen.... My device was unlocked and flashed with Elegancia for some days before it happened.
Does anyone has any ideas? Now I have a pretty fancy paperweight!
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the flashing red lights = it's charging but not enough juice to boot, so leave it on an AC charger for about 30minutes
Lloir said:
the flashing red lights = it's charging but not enough juice to boot, so leave it on an AC charger for about 30minutes
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After some hours, all still the same. I think that this could be due to a bad contact. I dont know? Any other thoughts?