I have a newly bricked Virgin Mobile Evo V 4g. I'd like to recycle the phone or donate the the parts. Is it possible to clear all data from the phone even though it's completely dead?
My friend bricked my Evo V 4g on Friday. Was showing me how easy it was for him to do the wire trick and he connected the wire with battery installed and not running the s-off program at the time. Needless to say that's the last time I was able to use my phone. I tried a number of things from the unbrickable post and the hboot downgrade live cd but the phone is never recognized in linux only windows sees it as QHSUSB_DLOAD. I can't wait to figure this out so I'm going to pickup an lg volt later today but I prefer to recycle the old phone or donate the parts to someone who can use them if I can make sure all my data is gone.
What happens when you take the SD card out and try and power up? Try getting to bootloader from power off hold vol up and power
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tossici said:
I have a newly bricked Virgin Mobile Evo V 4g. I'd like to recycle the phone or donate the the parts. Is it possible to clear all data from the phone even though it's completely dead?
My friend bricked my Evo V 4g on Friday. Was showing me how easy it was for him to do the wire trick and he connected the wire with battery installed and not running the s-off program at the time. Needless to say that's the last time I was able to use my phone. I tried a number of things from the unbrickable post and the hboot downgrade live cd but the phone is never recognized in linux only windows sees it as QHSUSB_DLOAD. I can't wait to figure this out so I'm going to pickup an lg volt later today but I prefer to recycle the old phone or donate the parts to someone who can use them if I can make sure all my data is gone.
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Did u ever figure it out ? Mine is bricked and I cannot let my mom find out
I tried that and much more. There's absolutely no sign of life left in this thing.
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Did u ever figure it out ? Mine is bricked and I cannot let my mom find out
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No I couldn't get it working again. Below are the threads I found to be the most helpful. I couldn't fix it but maybe you will have better luck. If you have to get a new phone I would highly recommend the LG Volt (kitkat) for $150. For half the price you can get the LG Optimus F3 (jellybean) for $80. Both are on sale at Best Buy this week. Take some time to look at the Unbricking project discussion. I think that might be your best bet. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Best of Luck!
Evo 3D seen as QHSUSB_DLOAD, bricked?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577669
[TOOL] HBOOT Downgrade Toolkit Live CD (or USB) - Free Your Phone. S-OFF.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563342
[UNBRICK] HTC Unbricking Project
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627917&page=9
I used YUMI from pendrivelinux.com to make a live cd (usb stick). Then from YUMI I installed ubuntu (gnome).
I'm new to linux so I googled a lot to figure out how to use the terminal commands.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
tossici do still want to donate, I cracked my screen, I need to fix my phone,
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tossici do still want to donate, I cracked my screen, I need to fix my phone,
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Yep you can have it. Happy to have a chance to give back since I've long been on the receiving end of everyone's hard work. I just wanted to see if I can somehow wipe the phone before I send it to you. Any thoughts?
No I don't know of a way, maybe a jtag programmer
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I know dibs are called on it, but if that deal falls thru, I would like to have it as well, my phone tends to fall off the couch and/or coffee table alot (dog knocks it off) and I hate the idea of mine getting a busted screen as its my phone in service at the moment. the only advantage of the dog knocking it off is it gets a reset almost every day from the battery falling out (battery cover is VERY loose on mine)
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I know dibs are called on it, but if that deal falls thru, I would like to have it as well, my phone tends to fall off the couch and/or coffee table alot (dog knocks it off) and I hate the idea of mine getting a busted screen as its my phone in service at the moment. the only advantage of the dog knocking it off is it gets a reset almost every day from the battery falling out (battery cover is VERY loose on mine)
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I'll send you the battery cover, but I need the screen so I can keep working on Negalite rom, also wanted to see what can be done with it when it's bricked. but I didn't want to brick my own phone.
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I'll send you the battery cover, but I need the screen so I can keep working on Negalite rom, also wanted to see what can be done with it when it's bricked. but I didn't want to brick my own phone.
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Ok quick update: My coworker has an HTC repair toolkit and will bring it in this week. I really just want to remove the board then I'm happy to mail out the rest. The board seems fairly easy to access going in from the back without touching the screen.
Dvdxploitr: the back cover is in good condition and I can throw in what I think is a fairly nice case.
Ok so it turns out you need both torx and phillips screw drivers. Took me awhile to get the right sizes. But I followed the directions on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjqJy6PL6Xs.
Happy to send out everything minus the board. If you still want it PM me an address to ship it to. I should be able to send out on Saturday.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byn8i8pejLuGdjRTNTRURVN5a28/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks again
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ok my track ball wont go down... im past 30 days but i guess i have a 1 year warrenty that comes with it. since my ball wont go down i cant properly use my recovery menu. or half my apps -.-"... well my main question is if im at 2.1root can i return it like that or will they notice ive been playing with it and ill be stuck.. please reply my dad planned on taking me for tomarrow n i need to know if i should downgrade or whatever
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ok my track ball wont go down... im past 30 days but i guess i have a 1 year warrenty that comes with it. since my ball wont go down i cant properly use my recovery menu. or half my apps -.-"... well my main question is if im at 2.1root can i return it like that or will they notice ive been playing with it and ill be stuck.. please reply my dad planned on taking me for tomarrow n i need to know if i should downgrade or whatever
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There is a chance that they would notice, but if it's simply the trackball that's problematic, I doubt they'll go into your system info that much.
Option A.) Downgrade and don't risk it (your getting a new phone most likely anyway if it is truly broken.
Option B.) Take the new weather/clock widget and other stuff that is obviously from 2.1 off your home screen(s), and try to use the ones that look like they are from 1.5. That would be enough to trick a random person who doesn't have any experience with an eris I would think...
I would recommend calling customer support. They don't ask that many questions. Just, if its rooted, restore to 1.5 using jcase's method.
thanks alot so its possable to downgrade without needing my trackball to go down?? lmao
hmm... does anyone know if this is a problem with 2.1 in general? I'm still on 2.1leak (dont want to upgrade to anything else in fear that leak will be able to root before whatever i upgrade to) and my ball wont go down.
I was going to go into verizon tomorrow to get it replaced so i could go root instead... but if anyone thinks that's a bad idea let me know.
ur track ball won't go down either?
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yep, I just went to the verizon store, a new unit is being sent to me in a couple days.
but,back on topic. I'm fairly certain 2.1 voided the warranty over the air. When i went to go in to get a replacement unit, they couldn't figure out why my phone was out of warranty when i just got it back in november/december.
Is there anyway that updating to 2.1 verizon pinged the phone or the phone pinged verizon and they marked it out of warranty?
the representatives there just did some work around in the computer to give me my warranty, thankfully they weren't too smart to look at the firmware number (it was locked even if they tried).
(one representative just had a can of compressed air blowing directly on the trackball for like 2 minutes... i couldn't believe he even tried that :/ )
think ill be ok if I don't go back to stock 1.5? reply ASAP in leaving in an hour
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Of course you'll be fine, think about how much money they get from your account with this type of phone, they dont want to loose you as a customer...
thanks on my way now... ill repost when (if) I get my new Eris
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ok I went to Verizon and I showed the guy my broken phones trackball. nothing else is wrong it goes down n everyting. he typed on the computer for a seccond n then he said ur new Eris will be delivered to ur house by Friday latest. so all he did was send an order out and I get a brand new out of the box Eris! and I keep my old one!!! can't get any better now I have 2 erises to play with with another 8th SD card!
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ok I went to Verizon and I showed the guy my broken phones trackball. nothing else is wrong it goes down n everyting. he typed on the computer for a seccond n then he said ur new Eris will be delivered to ur house by Friday latest. so all he did was send an order out and I get a brand new out of the box Eris! and I keep my old one!!! can't get any better now I have 2 erises to play with with another 8th SD card!
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Lucky.... now you have one you can brick
verizon doesn't make you send back your old phone? sweet! i'm getting a new one sent to me as well. I'll love having this extra one around to practice changing the trackball and development and stuff.
also, does the replacement unit still come with the 8gb sd card? that's a freaking deal right there.
I have received many (many!) replacements from big red and they have always required that I send the "bad" device back. You are given 10 days from the time you receive the replacement, then the old one goes back or you pay The only way you may be able to keep the old one is via insurance claim, not sure on this.
When you get a referb form VZW it will be bare bones device without battery, back cover, SD. Nothing but the phone (again insurance claim may be different).
otoh. I opened it when I got home... hope I don't have to send back
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Yes, you have 10 days to return your old device on a warranty claim, or you are charged the retail price of the phone.
question i have though... what happens when they get my old phone and see firstly a nexus one boot screen, and secondly, it's 2.1?
they probably won't care its too late
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This time I have really f***ed up guys. I really think this time I have actually bricked my Thunderbolt. I was on Bamf Remix 1.63 I believe and everything was running great. I was obviously rooted also. I was bored and decided to flash Protekks Battery Sipper Kernel. Right after I flashed it, the phone would not boot. I pulled the battery and booted up again and it got stuck in a boot loop. So after a few tries I finally got it to boot into the bootloader. I got into recovery and tried to flash a backup and it rebooted in the middle of restoring it. I tried that a few more times. I then let the battery die. Then I charged it up a lot and tried to power it on and got nothing. The screen will not even turn on. When plugged into my computer it sometimes vibrates and my computer detects it and then my computer makes the sound like it was disconnected. I think it is still stuck in the boot loop with the screen off though. BTW the charging light does light up when plugged in. I tried the stock and extended battery to make sure it was not a battery problem. I finally called up Verizon and after I told them it would not turn on he said he is shipping me a free replacement. I told them that after a OTA update the phone would not boot. He warned me that if there is any evidence that the phone was rooted or hacked, I would be charged the retail price for the phone. That is really the only thing I am scared of. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Sorry for the long post, I wanted to get in all the details that I could.
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Adam
Try putting it in download mode and flash back to gongerbread using odin
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srkoza said:
Try putting it in download mode and flash back to gongerbread using odin
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Wtf? This isn't Samsung. OP do you bootloop in bootloader? I recommend you go to the irc and give them any info you can.. you will probably end up flashing a stock ruu through the bootloader but first go to irc.
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Thanks for the quick reply! How would I get into download mode. And I was on froyo before.. Shouldn't I download a froyo based rom?
Yeah I did not think we have Odin for HTC phones, and I already have the stock zip file on my MicroSD card but my screen will not turn on at all. I can not get into anything. Any advice?
Talk to jcase. Hopefully you have some adb knowledge.
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Yeah I did not think we have Odin for HTC phones, and I already have the stock zip file on my MicroSD card but my screen will not turn on at all. I can not get into anything. Any advice?
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Go to irc.. someone with actual Dev experience can help you there try #thunderbolt
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OK thanks for the replies. Do you think the Verizon warranty center people will actually go to the trouble of getting it to work and then charge me full retail for a new one if they see it is rooted. I already have the stock zip on the SD card so when it does boot up, it will return everything to stock. I have read online that some people have been charged retail because there phones have been rooted but most of them have gotten away with with it..
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OK thanks for the replies. Do you think the Verizon warranty center people will actually go to the trouble of getting it to work and then charge me full retail for a new one if they see it is rooted. I already have the stock zip on the SD card so when it does boot up, it will return everything to stock. I have read online that some people have been charged retail because there phones have been rooted but most of them have gotten away with with it..
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I think you're almost certainly fine. It's a lot of work and time for big red over one phone. Plus, your etf is less expensive than a replacement device
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thanks for the response man. etf= early termination fee? I might not have said in my original post but they are sending me a free replacement device. The rep on the phone specifically said that if they find my phone to be rooted or hacked, that I will be charged around 629$ for the refurb replacement. I really cannot afford that (
Call back and tell em you accidentally dropped it out of moving vehicle and that it was run over 5 times...and that it was raining outside. Then pay your deductible.
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Call back and tell em you accidentally dropped it out of moving vehicle and that it was run over 5 times...and that it was raining outside. Then pay your deductible.
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I decided that if I ever bricked, that I'd post on here asking what horrible things I should do previous to sending it in to get a replacement. Then post pics. XD
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Please check out this thread when you get a moment, might help the community and we would greatly appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130407
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I got out of a bootloop on my friend's Insipre 4G (which is very similar to the TB) by mounting the microSD on my computer, and then putting a stock ROM on it. I had to rename the stock ROM PG98IMG (PG05IMG on Thunderbolt), and flash it through the bootloader, but it did work.
Thanks for the post man but the Thunderbolt does not show any signs of life at all besides the flashing orange LED at the top blinking and the computer detecting it on and off every 5 minutes. The stock zip is already on the SD card so when it finally boots up it will flash and hopefully Verizon won't charge me out the @ss for a replacement.
powered on! for a second...
UPDATE: I just had it hooked up to my laptop and it booted on the the white HTC screen and I almost had a heart attaack :O but then it powered off and wont come back on. FML
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UPDATE: I just had it hooked up to my laptop and it booted on the the white HTC screen and I almost had a heart attaack :O but then it powered off and wont come back on. FML
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how long have you had your phone and what hardware revision was it? did you try to run the RUU yet?
i think some people just got a batch of faulty phones because this doesn't seem to affect many.
I highly doubt verizon is going to receive your broken phone and boot it up and it will magically work. The only way it will auto-update is if they boot it into HBOOT. If they somehow just power it on it won't automatically apply anything. Keep that in mind. But I really wouldn't worry too much about it. If they charge you call them and tell them wtf I wasn't rooted. I don't even know what that means lol.
I have had the phone since the very first days it was released. Another slight annoying thing I have had happening prior is the glue on the screen has not been holding it down very well and and I can easily get a nail under it. And it wont let me do anything. I have a Droid X as a backup for now but I miss my beast
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I have had the phone since the very first days it was released. Another slight annoying thing I have had happening prior is the glue on the screen has not been holding it down very well and and I can easily get a nail under it. And it wont let me do anything. I have a Droid X as a backup for now but I miss my beast
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that's what im starting to think as htc has since released a revision 2 thunderbolt. i know as i just bought mine a few weeks ago. im wondering if the faulty phones were version 1 phones and have since been fixed. i also do not experience the high battery drain most of you guys do either.
Okay, I did some searching and I didn't really find what I needed in my circumstance. I've read the threads about unrooting my thunderbolt buy my situation is a bit more specific than the generic unrooting procedures that I've seen.
So, through some weird circumstances my thunerbolt's screen doesnt turn on anymore. It ended up being dropped about a foot and the screen just died on me. there is no physical damage to the phone (i.e. the screen isn't cracked or bleeding). I already talked to Verizon reps about it, and I might be able to turn it in for warranty replacement. (If not, I'll just have to use my upgrae ). but to turn it for warranty I will obviously have to remove root. I haven't flashed anything to my phone for about 3 or 4 months so I know I didn't kill the screen by messing something up.
Here's the catch:
-my screen is dead so i cant really see what im doing on the phone.
-for some reason my computer cant recognize my phone. it keeps telling me that "the USB evice has malfunctioned".
-my SD card still reads in my card reader on my PC.
So basically I don't really have any idea how i could possibly go about unrooting my phone. Any ideas or suggestion are welcome. Maybe a donation to the contributors that help me? If not I will sadly have to leave the realm of the thunderbolt and I will use my upgrade If needed. (I would much rather keep my Thunderbolt than have to upgrade to like the nexus or something...I dont like them....)
Thanks in advanced
Buy the thundebolt restore app from the market
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Buy the thundebolt restore app from the market
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Okay, but how can I use it with out a working screen?
thanks
That i dont know. But if the screen isnt working, why unroot?
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so that i can turn it in for a warranty claim
If it were me, I'd try the warranty route. If the screen/phone? wont turn on, how can someone tell if rooted? Worst case, you'd have to use your upgrade like you said. Hope you get it figured out, good luck
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If it were me, I'd try the warranty route. If the screen/phone? wont turn on, how can someone tell if rooted? Worst case, you'd have to use your upgrade like you said. Hope you get it figured out, good luck
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Exactly
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Can't they like hook it up to their computer or something like that and find that the phone is rooted?
Maybe, but didn't you say your PC doesn't recognize phone anymore? From what I've read, don't quote me on this, Big Red does not really do an in depth check before sending out for repair. Check for root, sure they do but again no screen/power, who knows then. Repair people could prolly care less. Again, nothing in stone here, just stuff I picked reading here n there.
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Yeah. I went into the store and they shipped me a new warranty replacement phone. Although they did this, I'm still a bit apprehensive about sending it back while it's still rooted. So my original request still stands: I would like to know of a possible way to unroot it.
Thanks
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The phone was running fine till yesterday however it got discharged. Upon reaching home, I put the phone on charge forgot to turn it on. I remember the orange light on phone was on. About 2 hours later, I noticed that there was no notification light. I tried to turn on the phone but it didn't turn on
I removed the battery and tried again, the same thing. I put the charger cable back in, the orange light blinked a couple of time and it became steady orange. Tried to turn the phone on again and the light again went off. I tried the same thing over and over its the same result. I connected the phone to windows, its detected as qhsusb_dload and need drivers for it. I've searched around xda for it, I've found it means the phone is bricked for phones having qualcomm chipset, but the strange thing is it usually happens because of bad flash. My phone was running fine without any problems for past couple of weeks and I hadn't had flashed anything for last 2-3 days, I don't know what went wrong
Any idea how should I proceed ?
I bought my phone from eBay about 3 weeks back. I'm thinking of contacting the eBay seller and ask if they have tmobile warranty for it?
The other thing I could do is purchase squaretrade warranty and ask them for a repair 45 days later.
But I don't know, I had unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom ROM on it (although I was on stock kernel). Do you guys think, HTC or squaretrade will honor the warranty on it ? I know the second option is kind of immoral, but i dont want to lose $400 I just spent
--- UPDATE 03/31 ---
I got the replacement battery from HTC, using it my phone started. Later on, I changed to X's touch recovery and kernel to Faux 009 and guess what I was able to revive my dead battery also by charging via phone itself... I dont know where the bug lied exactly as somebody mentioned at other place the stock kernel in NRGZ thread is different from tmo stock and causing problems. My guess is bad recovery though as the CWM 5.0.2.6 for Amaze here doesn't support off charging...
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Member andy55 confirmed this bug is due to bad recovery and the stock kernel itself is fine.
I would suggest everyone to not use official CWM 5.0.2.6 recovery. Rather switch to Xboarder56's version of ClockworkMOD 5.5.0.4 or Touch 5.8.0.9 RC2
If a mod can put this above information in the reference thread for Amaze..It would save a lot of potential probs in Amaze's in here
Battery fail sounds more right... You didn't brick the phone charging it, I can promise that
Try a different battery if possible
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glacierguy said:
Battery fail sounds more right... You didn't brick the phone charging it, I can promise that
Try a different battery if possible
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Yes, I know its the most strange thing ever happened.
Do you or anybody know if sensation battery works on it. My room mate has a sensation I can ask him for his battery and try it out
sounds like the same thing that happened to my backup amaze. I swapped batteries and the same issue was affecting the other one, so its the battery. One of my amaze's is rooted rom'd etc and the other is stock, and the same issue affected the stock one, so its not a brick.
Good time to upgrade to an anker
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Yes, I know its the most strange thing ever happened.
Do you or anybody know if sensation battery works on it. My room mate has a sensation I can ask him for his battery and try it out
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Idk myself... Do you have a tmo store nearby? They would prolly have one for you to test with and to buy... But don't buy there.... Way too overpriced
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^Yes, that's a good idea, I have one nearby..I'll go there in evening, as I'm on work now.. which makes me wonder glacier what you do, you're always here
By the way is there any way to reset the battery like shorting it or something like that which discharges it...I think it might just work, however I'm not quite sure how to do it
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^Yes, that's a good idea, I have one nearby..I'll go there in evening, as I'm on work now.. which makes me wonder glacier what you do, you're always here
By the way is there any way to reset the battery like shorting it or something like that which discharges it...I think it might just work, however I'm not quite sure how to do it
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Lol I'm a bill collector... So pay your medical bills!
Not your avg collector making $10/hr in a cubie either. I have my own office, some clients of my own, and a lofty salary+commission package . While I wait for ppl to answer there phones, I browse the forum as a time killer...
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HTC also replaces any accessory once, you could call and they'd probably send you a free battery.
I just got another back cover from them, since my old one was creaking.
To Discharge the battery, you could get a couple led lights and tape them to the + and - terminals of the battery and just let it die.
Radioshack has leds.
Probably not the easiest way... But it would work.
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HTC also replaces any accessory once, you could call and they'd probably send you a free battery.
I just got another back cover from them, since my old one was creaking.
To Discharge the battery, you could get a couple led lights and tape them to the + and - terminals of the battery and just let it die.
Radioshack has leds.
Probably not the easiest way... But it would work.
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I tried to shorten it using just a simple wire and connecting the positive and negative terminals..however it doesn't seem to be doing anything
Already gotten the back cover myself..now I have both black and white covers
Will they send out second accessory also ?
I think they will send as many accessories just as you only ask for one of each. That's what it said on the paper they sent in the mail.
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ok went to the TMO store on my way back...but guys at there refused to test it out saying they don't have any tester battery's...moreover I'm not a TMO customer so they said they can't me help much either
Anyway, I called up HTC customer service, it seems they do honor warranty on tmobile sets, however I just asked them to ship me a replacement battery for now, if that doesn't work, I'll send the phone over to HTC for repair...
BTW customer support guy said the notification light blinks in case the battery is extremely dead. I hope it does work with new battery...I don't know how will they take it when they find unlocked bootloader and custom ROM installed on it...
Dont worry, they wont even get to know about it ..
Because they are not that knowledge about it ...
Ya sensation battery will work. I have tried it
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ok went to the TMO store on my way back...but guys at there refused to test it out saying they don't have any tester battery's...moreover I'm not a TMO customer so they said they can't me help much either
Anyway, I called up HTC customer service, it seems they do honor warranty on tmobile sets, however I just asked them to ship me a replacement battery for now, if that doesn't work, I'll send the phone over to HTC for repair...
BTW customer support guy said the notification light blinks in case the battery is extremely dead. I hope it does work with new battery...I don't know how will they take it when they find unlocked bootloader and custom ROM installed on it...
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Good stuff... It will work
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Just talked to my buddy. EXACT same thing just happened to him the other day. Getting a replacement battery
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ok went to the TMO store on my way back...but guys at there refused to test it out saying they don't have any tester battery's...moreover I'm not a TMO customer so they said they can't me help much either
Anyway, I called up HTC customer service, it seems they do honor warranty on tmobile sets, however I just asked them to ship me a replacement battery for now, if that doesn't work, I'll send the phone over to HTC for repair...
BTW customer support guy said the notification light blinks in case the battery is extremely dead. I hope it does work with new battery...I don't know how will they take it when they find unlocked bootloader and custom ROM installed on it...
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With your phone being s-on, you can't technically brick your phone. So as long as it's a hardware failure, and you don't have s-off and haven't been holding out on us you should be fine.
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glacierguy said:
Just talked to my buddy. EXACT same thing just happened to him the other day. Getting a replacement battery
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Seems this problem is common enough then...we already have 3 people including me which have this since I started this thread
Wondering, if an after market independent battery charger can revive the battery, I'll get one if everything works fine with replacement battery..
harisj16 said:
Ya sensation battery will work. I have tried it
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I thought about it, but don't want to go ahead...I will just wait for replacement battery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522351
If you have a qsb_load brick caused in any way, plz try to identify your phones emmc like they did here in the link for the sensation in a Linux environment. You can only access this mode on a bricked phone.
I think we may be able to s-off using a version of this method. Ultimately intentionally bricking a phone and achieve installing a cracked boot loader and s-off.
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wadill said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522351
If you have a qsb_load brick caused in any way, plz try to identify your phones emmc like they did here in the link for the sensation in a Linux environment. You can only access this mode on a bricked phone.
I think we may be able to s-off using a version of this method. Ultimately intentionally bricking a phone and achieve installing a cracked boot loader and s-off.
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Ok, I went through the thread to make out, what they are trying to do, however, without much success...
I couldn't find the pin they use on sensation to ground it to SD card frame, to put it in download mode. See the image attached, its kind of different from sensation. Also I can't find it any instructions for Linux environment, its mostly windows based (drivers and software). Can you point out the post or do a write up ? I have a mac with me, I'm guessing it would be same for os X also..
Anyway I don't know, if I should be doing all this...since I plan to RMA the phone to HTC incase it doesn't work with new battery.
However, if its indeed battery related and it does work with new battery, what I can do is ship you the battery which causes the brick. You can try the things on your Amaze, if you want to...since you seem better technically sound than me
Mafioso said:
Seems this problem is common enough then...we already have 3 people including me which have this since I started this thread
Wondering, if an after market independent battery charger can revive the battery, I'll get one if everything works fine with replacement battery..
I thought about it, but don't want to go ahead...I will just wait for replacement battery...
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HTC Sensation Battery DOES work in the Amaze.
Independent battery charger DOES work as well.
I use Anker battery 1900 mAh from Amazon.
I use an external charger also found on Amazon (white- about $10).
Hello all, i wanna start this off by saying im afraid the only solution is a new phone. I've got an amazing rooted Evo lite with Carbon ROM is running flawlessly, well almost. Bluetooth hasn't worked for months for no matter how many wipes/rooms ever tried it doesn't recognize anything and nothing recognizes it. The weirdest thing is that it still turns on, (Ive had many roms before where neither Bluetooth or wifi would turn on but that isnt the case. I've contacted HTC they think it's the back cover, but I figured some genius on here has a better solution. If anyone has any ideas or information on what i should do or try please PLEASE let me know, I'm willing to try anything, Ill even take it surfing with the sharks if that will help. Btw ive already deleted the data for Bluetooth and stuff, i just need this emo to connect to my future sony smart watch!!
jrmusante said:
Hello all, i wanna start this off by saying im afraid the only solution is a new phone. I've got an amazing rooted Evo lite with Carbon ROM is running flawlessly, well almost. Bluetooth hasn't worked for months for no matter how many wipes/rooms ever tried it doesn't recognize anything and nothing recognizes it. The weirdest thing is that it still turns on, (Ive had many roms before where neither Bluetooth or wifi would turn on but that isnt the case. I've contacted HTC they think it's the back cover, but I figured some genius on here has a better solution. If anyone has any ideas or information on what i should do or try please PLEASE let me know, I'm willing to try anything, Ill even take it surfing with the sharks if that will help. Btw ive already deleted the data for Bluetooth and stuff, i just need this emo to connect to my future sony smart watch!!
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Try removing the back cover where the SD card goes and make sure the connectors are actually making contact
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jrmusante said:
Hello all, i wanna start this off by saying im afraid the only solution is a new phone. I've got an amazing rooted Evo lite with Carbon ROM is running flawlessly, well almost. Bluetooth hasn't worked for months for no matter how many wipes/rooms ever tried it doesn't recognize anything and nothing recognizes it. The weirdest thing is that it still turns on, (Ive had many roms before where neither Bluetooth or wifi would turn on but that isnt the case. I've contacted HTC they think it's the back cover, but I figured some genius on here has a better solution. If anyone has any ideas or information on what i should do or try please PLEASE let me know, I'm willing to try anything, Ill even take it surfing with the sharks if that will help. Btw ive already deleted the data for Bluetooth and stuff, i just need this emo to connect to my future sony smart watch!!
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I had the same exact issue and no matter what I di I couldn't get it back to work, used viperRuu to get back to stock/s-on and even with stok kernel, unroofed, s-on the Bluetooth didn't work I've waisted 3days with sprint/htc tech support and I went to a spint corporate store and a private store owned by western talk and the tech checked the back cover and all the connectors, note that my evo has been on an otterbox defender case since I got it on "release" after customs release date, anyways, I got a replacement yesterday and I'm Dirty Racun S-off already, good luck!
Rubbing the back cover did something!
I violently pushed on the back plastic cover and Bluetooth actually picked up my Xperia tablet! But still said error communicating or some ****, but its a step in the right direction for sure. Contacted htc and they're sending me a replacement cover so hopefully that will fix everything. Thanks everyone for the quick response and help
jrmusante said:
I violently pushed on the back plastic cover and Bluetooth actually picked up my Xperia tablet! But still said error communicating or some ****, but its a step in the right direction for sure. Contacted htc and they're sending me a replacement cover so hopefully that will fix everything. Thanks everyone for the quick response and help
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Who did you contact at HTC? I am having the exact same issue. If I press hard on the back of the cover, I can get it to work.
HTC tech support : 1-866-449-8358
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I'm also having bluetooth issues.I've been told countless times it's because of an app, but I've wiped my phone twice and even with no apps I can't get bluetooth to connect reliably. However, if I boot it in safe mode I can get it to work about 50% of the time... I'm wondering if I need to try to get a replacement?