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A: How to come into download mode

If your phone is bricked and you cabnot use the 3 button mode there us an solution for that. The jig. But i have an free solution. Put your charger into your phone (NOT USB). Then wait for 45 minutes. When the minutes are over try holding VOLUME DOWN+HOME+POWER and it should must go into download mode.
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I believe you have just invented the hot water. Props to you good Sir.
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cuperus said:
If your phone is bricked and you cabnot use the 3 button mode there us an solution for that. The jig. But i have an free solution. Put your charger into your phone (NOT USB). Then wait for 45 minutes. When the minutes are over try holding VOLUME DOWN+HOME+POWER and it should must go into download mode.
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Excuse my skepticism but...this sounds like and urban myth. Anyone able to confirm? Would be a lovely solution if true.
Disclaimer: Had to make myself a jig about 2 days after I got my SGS. Ugliest soldering job ever - but it worked!

rbusch said:
Excuse my skepticism but...this sounds like and urban myth. Anyone able to confirm? Would be a lovely solution if true.
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Well...
To give the OP a little bit of credit.
I think it just sometimes works like the previous recommended methods of heating the phone.
I have never had my phone in a full brick state to prove this, but I have had the [phone ! PC] screen once, and was not kicking into download mode no matter what I was trying.
I did plug the phone on USB charge for a good half hour to an hour, because the USB charger seems to generate more heat in the phone. After this it did kick into download mode.
I just think it falls back on a natural way of heating the phone enough for it to work.

Yes
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***For those who are experiencing freeze ups***

Hello people, I thought I would inform you all of a much better and effective method to deal with your phone freezing. Many of us are using custom kernels such as nemesis2all's OTB or imnuts peanut butter jelly time in which have a tendency to freeze our phones due to the overclocking/undervolting. Or, we are on JT's new CM7 mtd or Andmer's GB MIUI and our screens will turn off and nothing that we do will turn them back on. The natural reaction to this occurrence is to take the back off the phone and pull the battery out. But, this is not good for it to be abruptly pulled in the midst of supplying power to your phone. Not to mention the severe battery drain that comes along with doing this, as I'm sure many of you have already noticed to be the case. No matter what rom/kernel you are on and no matter how frozen your phone is, if you simply hold both the volume up and volume down buttons and the power button at the same time for about 10 seconds, your phone will do a hard reboot. Problem solved without doing harm or damage to your phone and without excessive battery drain. This method even works for CM7 MTD/GB MIUI MTD. This is not the same thing as the three finger method that you are warned not to do with these roms. This method will lead to overall better battery life and phone life. Not to mention, a lot less frustration.

I think just vol UP + power works, but either way.. it's a useful trick to know!

And especially helpful if you have a case on
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Good to know. I broke my case by taking it off and on so many times. It's still useable but this will prevent further damage, and save me some time.
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elarson006 said:
I think just vol UP + power works, but either way.. it's a useful trick to know!
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+1. This is what I use. Just had to do it this morning as a matter of fact.

elarson006 said:
I think just vol UP + power works, but either way.. it's a useful trick to know!
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Indeed. I never do battery pulls personally.

verizon techs have had me do battery pulls a couple different times lol.

droidstyle said:
verizon techs have had me do battery pulls a couple different times lol.
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Yea, but not while the phone is on and in a frozen state with a steady stream of battery power being supplied to it, I assume. That is very different.
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kidserious said:
Yea, but not while the phone is on and in a frozen state with a steady stream of battery power being supplied to it, I assume. That is very different.
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Power on but not frozen... but I agree its not good to pull battery in frozen state... volume up and power button is what I do in that situation. My SF has only froze two times and that was from overclocking... not very stable over 1200 on the stock rom. Srry hope my last post did not offend, I meant as verizon was dumb for having me pull the battery with power on!

droidstyle said:
Power on but not frozen... but I agree its not good to pull battery in frozen state... volume up and power button is what I do in that situation. My SF has only froze two times and that was from overclocking... not very stable over 1200 on the stock rom. Srry hope my last post did not offend, I meant as verizon was dumb for having me pull the battery with power on!
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No, post was not offensive nor was it was taken that way. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.

landshark68 said:
+1. This is what I use. Just had to do it this morning as a matter of fact.
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It's what I use as well, power+both volume buttons does nothing for me, I think technically power+volume up is a soft reboot, but, it works.

I will use this next time... My phone froze up this morning. I thought I was going to have to pull the battery and just as I was tapping the battery out of the phone I saw the bootlogo. When I put the battery back in my /data was gone. Phone would boot, but there was no data partition. It was toast.
Had to Odin back to stock and start all over. My last Titanium Backup is from more than a month ago. I have a Super Manager backup from ~ a week ago. Will give it a shot.

Fallen Asleep Whilst Flashin!!!!!???

Ok, I know i cant be the only one thats done this(several times actually). I'll be laying in bed at the end of the day tired from work and having just downloaded the newest Rom, phone still plugged in to the usb, boot to recovery, full wipe, and the next thing i know my HOTT!! a$$ phone wakes me up several hours later and i realize whats going on. Surely some of you have done it too, Right?

I've dozed off but I'm too careful
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

Been woke up by a hot ass woman before but never a phone!

ItsLasher said:
Been woke up by a hot ass woman before but never a phone!
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Now thats more like it

Can't say I've fallen asleep while flashing. I'm wide awake when messing around with my phone, mess with it when your half asleep you could find yourself waking up to a expensive problem.
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It's happened to me before; I was really tired when I was making a backup, and it was taking a while (as backups tend to do) so I fell asleep. Woke up in the morning before school and my phone was an inferno. Turned it off, pulled battery, let it cool, and then flashed my ROM before heading off for school.

Ive fallin asleep. Luckily I had enough battery life so my phone didnt die lol

My names Jamie and I'm a flashaholic...
Your not alone, you know it's bad when you wake up and have no idea what rom to expect when you reboot. I'm wondering if I'm the only one that's been surprised by someone behind you honking their horn because you just sat through a green light waiting on a nandroid to restore...
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I've came close (tried flashing all the different roms in one night) but managed to keep one eye open LOL
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I knew i couldnt be the only one
jamieg71 said:
My names Jamie and I'm a flashaholic...
Your not alone, you know it's bad when you wake up and have no idea what rom to expect when you reboot. I'm wondering if I'm the only one that's been surprised by someone behind you honking their horn because you just sat through a green light waiting on a nandroid to restore...
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almost did it again tonight, lol.

BrImStOnE UnLeAsHeD said:
almost did it again tonight, lol.
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"No officer, I'm not drunk, I'm caught in a bootloop".... lol
don't forget to wipe..

I only do things to my phone when I'm not tired... too scared I'll mess it up!!!

kendallc123 said:
I only do things to my phone when I'm not tired... too scared I'll mess it up!!!
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+1. I find myself watching the screen throughout the entire flashing process... I can't afford EVO bricks, they're expensive!
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Im Building a house out of Evo Bricks

New EVO one X 2650 battery claim!?!

Who wouldn't be surprised if its a sealed 1650 mah , and how would anyone really know if its 2650 ?
They should do or have done a long @ narrow 3500mah
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You wish
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Of course I wish who wouldn't ...my point was how would we know ??
Would batt stats in settings show the mah rating and would it be the truth
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Do you walk around wearing tin foil hats?

You know there's apps that can tell you that, right?
And as a company, it would be a REALLY bad PR move to lie to the consumers. It would be very easy to test. Come on man.
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Someone will dissect the phone and show all the parts on a tech blog. They do it for most flagship phones.
If you don't feel like waiting, there are 4 easy steps to verify battery capacity:
1. Acquire hammer.
2. Smash phone.
3. Read battery specs.
4. Weep.
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kluster1999 said:
Someone will dissect the phone and show all the parts on a tech blog. They do it for most flagship phones.
If you don't feel like waiting, there are 4 easy steps to verify battery capacity:
1. Acquire hammer.
2. Smash phone.
3. Read battery specs.
4. Weep.
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lol classic will do

lojak29 said:
Who wouldn't be surprised if its a sealed 1650 mah , and how would anyone really know if its 2650 ?
They should do or have done a long @ narrow 3500mah
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It will never be a 2650 mah...2000 is confirmed..

roids87 said:
Do you walk around wearing tin foil hats?
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Hahahahaha. I love it. Laughed out loud in silent room.
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i was looking forward to that phone, until i read that. i have 2000mah batteries for my evo, and they don't last. i have 4 of them and i use 2 a day. i was so excited that the evo lte looked awesome and had all the features i wanted, until i read that. i'll be looking elsewhere now. it really ****ing sucks that they would do this. if anything, i'll wait until somebody takes it apart to see if its soldered in and possible to swap out... i'll just throw a case over the back and keep it unscrewed if its an easy swap, but otherwise i'll pass... i'm not around chargers enough to justify not being able to swap a battery. might as well get an iphone, it'll at least last longer.

ou2mame said:
i was looking forward to that phone, until i read that. i have 2000mah batteries for my evo, and they don't last. i have 4 of them and i use 2 a day. i was so excited that the evo lte looked awesome and had all the features i wanted, until i read that. i'll be looking elsewhere now. it really ****ing sucks that they would do this. if anything, i'll wait until somebody takes it apart to see if its soldered in and possible to swap out... i'll just throw a case over the back and keep it unscrewed if its an easy swap, but otherwise i'll pass... i'm not around chargers enough to justify not being able to swap a battery. might as well get an iphone, it'll at least last longer.
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http://m.androidcentral.com/htc-one-x-battery-life-impressive-performance-after-three-weeks-use
The One X has a smaller battery then the EVO 4g LTE. That should give you an idea of how well the battery life is going to be.

roids87 said:
http://m.androidcentral.com/htc-one-x-battery-life-impressive-performance-after-three-weeks-use
The One X has a smaller battery then the EVO 4g LTE. That should give you an idea of how well the battery life is going to be.
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Yeah from what I read on their battery stats thread they're getting like 8-9 hours on average with what I think was a 1600mah.
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Wait a freakin minute if it is not removable what to do if the phone freezes I have done several dozen battery pulls on my EVO over the past two years...HELLO htc?? This may be an epic fail
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bng06 said:
Wait a freakin minute if it is not removable what to do if the phone freezes I have done several dozen battery pulls on my EVO over the past two years...HELLO htc?? This may be an epic fail
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Most phones have button combinations that will take care of this issue. if I remember Right there is also a combination for the evo as well. No battery pull necessary.
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THREESTRIPEBRAND said:
Most phones have button combinations that will take care of this issue. if I remember Right there is also a combination for the evo as well. No battery pull necessary.
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Press and hold volume up, down, and power at he same time. It takes 5 or 6 seconds. You can even get to hboot if you press volume down after it shuts off the screen.

Sealed Battery
I just canceled my upgrade. Swapping out the battery is important to me. And what happens after a year when the battery just doesn't hold a charge very well. I'm disappointed with HTC and we have 4 EVOs in our house. I'll have to see what else is available now. Samsung???

It may only be the need to open the phone, and remove a flex cable, peal the battery out, it may or may not be soldered in, or in a clip. Its very simple, and with ICS and the S4 in the EVO LTE, I am not worried at all, but that's because I also fix phones all day lately.

What LTE are you talking about? Like the 4G we were supposed to get? LOL

ejc1214 said:
What LTE are you talking about? Like the 4G we were supposed to get? LOL
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You never know!! Gotta think positive man! And actually, I had Wimax on launch day in STL. But LTE will take longer for me this time around. I only used 4g a few times at the start(20mb/s in class), but never really even attempted to use it after the first few months as I didn't get great 4g at my place, though I probably haven't tried in about a year...

EVO Upgrade

So in a couple months I'm going to upgrade my EVO.. maybe to the EVO LTE even though it doesn't have a removable battery.. I havnt read up on it much but in case of freezing, how do you shut it down or do a hard shut off? Would hate to have a frozen phone for all time until its battery dies =/

I've heard both though. some reviews on YouTube shows that it does have a removable battery. Some say otherwise. Will report on Friday (=

I think if it does freeze u can restart the phone by holding the power button and a combination of the volume up and down button or hold all three at the same time...when I had my iphone you could hold the power button and menu at the same time for like 15 sec and it would restart
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ReapersDeath said:
So in a couple months I'm going to upgrade my EVO.. maybe to the EVO LTE even though it doesn't have a removable battery.. I havnt read up on it much but in case of freezing, how do you shut it down or do a hard shut off? Would hate to have a frozen phone for all time until its battery dies =/
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Most if not all phones these days (especially ones without removable batteries) have a button combination that will restart the phone. Even your evo. I haven't pulled a battery in about 6 months. Power+volume up and down. Takes anywhere from 2-10 seconds.
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lilbitz_1018 said:
I've heard both though. some reviews on YouTube shows that it does have a removable battery. Some say otherwise. Will report on Friday (=
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The battery is NOT removable for the 1 millionth time, it is a sealed non-removable 2000mah battery. Read the spec sheet instead of watching YouTube, if you believe everything from YouTube, GW Bush is a reptilian alien, Bigfoot plays for the Lakers, the titanic never sank, 9/11 was perpetrated by a US military demolition crew. I could go on and on. 99% of the people reviewing phones on YouTube don't even have one or else they have a non working display model like the guy who got an Evo LTE prototype leaked image and swore up and down it was the next Evo 3d :shakes head:
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THREESTRIPEBRAND said:
Most if not all phones these days (especially ones without removable batteries) have a button combination that will restart the phone. Even your evo. I haven't pulled a battery in about 6 months. Power+volume up and down. Takes anywhere from 2-10 seconds.
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Actually most phones all you have to do is hold power for 10-20 seconds and it will turn off, even phones with removable batteries. My et4g does it you just hold power down for 15 seconds and it turns off, hold it for 20 and it reboots, hold power & volume+ for 20 seconds and it reboots to recovery and hold power & volume- for 20 seconds and it reboots to download mode
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
The battery is NOT removable for the 1 millionth time, it is a sealed non-removable 2000mah battery. Read the spec sheet instead of watching YouTube, if you believe everything from YouTube, GW Bush is a reptilian alien, Bigfoot plays for the Lakers, the titanic never sank, 9/11 was perpetrated by a US military demolition crew. I could go on and on. 99% of the people reviewing phones on YouTube don't even have one or else they have a non working display model like the guy who got an Evo LTE prototype leaked image and swore up and down it was the next Evo 3d :shakes head:
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yeah thanks because you feel so much better about yourself now right? I SAID I WASN'T SURE, JUST WHAT I SAW. FYI IVE ALSO READ THE SPECS....WOULD I HAVE SAID I'LL REPORT ON FRIDAY? DONT THINK SO so get tf off your high horse and either just confirm or not. DAMN TROLL

Chill out people dam..
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lilbitz_1018 said:
yeah thanks because you feel so much better about yourself now right? I SAID I WASN'T SURE, JUST WHAT I SAW. FYI IVE ALSO READ THE SPECS....WOULD I HAVE SAID I'LL REPORT ON FRIDAY? DONT THINK SO so get tf off your high horse and either just confirm or not. DAMN TROLL
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No need to yell, and who's the troll here? I just did confirm it's not a removable battery and its sealed in. Its been confirmed for over a month. Maybe you should learn to comprehend what you read and take some anger management classes.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
No need to yell, and who's the troll here? I just did confirm it's not a removable battery and its sealed in. Its been confirmed for over a month. Maybe you should learn to comprehend what you read and take some anger management classes.
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Being rude causes people to get upset. Your both at fault. You for saying it in a rude way and him for getting upset over it. End of story. We're not 12 year olds here guys. We.can have the mind of one, but that doesn't mean we have to act like one.

ReapersDeath said:
Being rude causes people to get upset. Your both at fault. You for saying it in a rude way and him for getting upset over it. End of story. We're not 12 year olds here guys. We.can have the mind of one, but that doesn't mean we have to act like one.
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I wasn't rude I could easily point you to about 100 places its been said that its sealed and that's with out even trying to look. Maybe a million is a slight exaggeration but seeing the same crap posted 900 times and and no one apparently reads any of it or if they read it it doesn't stick gets frustrating. I see the same stuff posted over and over and over in both forums for my phones and its the exact same crap about the evolte and the sgs3 and there's atleast 3 new threads every day with the same exact stuff, its rather annoying. Personally I don't give a crap about either phone I don't come to the evo4g and et4g forums to read about the Evo lte and the sgs3
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/sigh... Dead thread now.