Hello!
My nexus 6P is in bootloop. However, USB debugging is disabled. I can't access recovery mode. What options do I have to fix my device? I am willing to unlock my bootloader even if the internal storage will be wiped. I have come across a thread about a fix but it says that it will affect device performance. Is there any way to fix this without compromising performance?
Thank you!
didnt you ask this question already a few days ago about saving the data? idk what thread you found but when it happened to me, i heated up the phone (in my space behind my knee lol) and it eventually booted long enough to get the debugging enabled.
This has been treated before, Heat it and try again
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didnt you ask this question already a few days ago about saving the data? idk what thread you found but when it happened to me, i heated up the phone (in my space behind my knee lol) and it eventually booted long enough to get the debugging enabled.
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Yes, I asked this before but I was initially hoping to retrieve my files. But now, I just want to get my device to work again. I tried heating it with a hair dryer but it didn't work.
my advice, dont use hair dryer cause youll never know how hot you need it. plug your phone to charge, turn it on and stick the phone behind your knee (squished between your hamstring and calf). if you aint thick, be patient and let your body heat do the magic. every few minutes check to see if the bootloop stopped and when it does, immediately go to settings > about phone and tap the build number until you get dev options. back out, go to that and enable the oem unlocking and usb debugging
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my advice, dont use hair dryer cause youll never know how hot you need it. plug your phone to charge, turn it on and stick the phone behind your knee (squished between your hamstring and calf). if you aint thick, be patient and let your body heat do the magic. every few minutes check to see if the bootloop stopped and when it does, immediately go to settings > about phone and tap the build number until you get dev options. back out, go to that and enable the oem unlocking and usb debugging
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Okay thanks! I'll try that method
if it works, let me know so i can laugh about it. never loved my thicc legs until i bootlooped
rogernizzLe said:
if it works, let me know so i can laugh about it. never loved my thicc legs until i bootlooped
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I tried it for around 20-30 mins but it didn't work
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Was updating using Odin when, as my luck always proves out, a circuit breaker tripped and cut power to my PC. The phone seemed to be frozen on the "Download Mode" screen (30+ minutes of zero activity) so I pulled the battery. Upon reinserting the battery I discover that the phone is 100% unresponsive. I've tried every trick google could produce for me with the exception of the "homemade jig" method as it seemed fairly clear that the phone needed some semblance of life for that to be effective.
So, my question is... WTF??? I've soft modded wiis, hard modded xboxes, hacked PSPs flashed hundreds of phones and generally revel in futzing around in this manner of endeavor and have NEVER bricked a device (even after some incredibly stupid mistakes). This just doesn't make sense and I haven't seen sysmptoms such as mine presented in any of my web searches. Any ideas???
I'm not saying your not a modder, but you should know to have a UPS hooked up to your dev box, for me its a laptop, so...
Anyway, try removing the battery for 1m, press power button with batt removed, now start up Odin, plug the phone in (batt removed still) and see if the phone connects. I'm sure someone will pop in here and provide links to several threads that describe different methods to help you fix this, I would but I'm sorta busy...
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Keep the battery out for like a half hour and then try again. That has worked for some people.
Or try the mysterious button that may or may not exist. I know I'd be pushing the heck out of it just in case.
Thank you so much for your quick input... I tried precicely that 3-4 times (google search turned it up) and it was a futile endeavor.
And yes, I am fully aware of all the proper precautions to take, unfortunately I am also fully stupid with frightening regularity (well, maybe just lazy and reckless), I seem to have become a tad cocky as I have never really had to face disaster before today.
It won't happen again!
plug phone into computer without battery. Then hold power and 1 to go into download mode (still no battery)
That there is what I've seen as most effective thing to work on bricked phone's.
cool... I just popped out the battery and will let you know the result in about 40 minutes...
this happened to me recently, i found a post with the solution being to pull the battery out of the phone hold down 1 and the power button at the same time before popping the battery back in and it will send you to the proper screen to odin back to what you need, worked perfect for me
oh crap I editted my previous post. i forgot to mention go into download mode...
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Remove battery and plug into computer. then go into download mode WITHOUT Battery still.
If your not getting any sign of life from ur phone, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042746
It worked for me.
Krojian said:
If your not getting any sign of life from ur phone, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042746
It worked for me.
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there is no hole in the back case of my device. I've had my device powered on and bent the **** out of a paper clip trying to push the 'hidden magic button' to no avail.
YMMV (false hope ??)
Cool, didn't know that little button existed!
I bricked mine the same way a few weeks ago and tried every trick in the book over the course of 2 days. It was truly bricked. I don't have insurance; however, my phone was under warranty. Since I couldn't get the phone to boot or anything I figured there was no real way of telling what went wrong. I sent it in for warranty repair and 10 days later, the phone returned in working order. Work order says they replaced the main board. I marked the phone before returning it so I know its the same phone and it works fine now.
And before anyone says anything, I know, I'm an evil bastard. But I figure it's payback for a samsung flatscreen that died 6 months out of warranty.
I've done this, leaving my battery out for 20 mins or so, and leaving it out while going into download mode worked for me. I don't know why but sometimes I can't even get into download mode with my battery in.
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Cool, didn't know that little button existed!
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it doesn't..
to prove this (or dis-prove it).. go into clockwork and make a nandroid backup (you know, just in case)...then boot normally and while you're looking at your home screen, jam a paper clip in there as hard as you can. Your device will do nothing.
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it doesn't..
to prove this (or dis-prove it).. go into clockwork and make a nandroid backup (you know, just in case)...then boot normally and while you're looking at your home screen, jam a paper clip in there as hard as you can. Your device will do nothing.
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I hope you guys are messing with him...
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I hope you guys are messing with him...
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No, it's just not proven. Some people swear by it, some say it's a myth and some say it depends on when your phone was made.
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Hey there. I have my Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) for about a month, and since a couple of days ago it has been behaving very weirdly about USB and charging.
First of all, the phone thinks it has USB connected at all times. When I go to the settings menu try to enable mass storage it says USB is already connected, even though it isn't!!!
Sometimes when I start the phone it goes to that USB Kies screen and says "connected", when absolutaly no cables are connected AT ALL!!!
When I turn the cell off, remove the battery and plug it back in, without turning the phone on, the recharging battery icon appears, but blinks with a drained battery icon with a yellow exclamation sign and a thermometer which I sincerely have no idea what that means.
It also takes ages to recognize the power charger or when I really connect the USB cable. And finally, when I take them off, it also takes a while to "perceive" they're off and remove the charging lightning from the battery icons.
PRETTY PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP ME OUT, as I don't have time to take the phone to service, and didn't really want to do that
Thanks!!!
This has also happened to me and loads of other SGS2 users! Although usually it only happens sporadically and not constantly. It seems that it's a bad soldering job or dust/dirt has gathered in the microUSB port. You might be able to fix it, if you're *really* careful.
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Last night my phone wouldn't even start charging, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. With the smallest screwdriver I could find, I carefully 'lifted' the tiny PCB in the USB jack while blowing in at the same time. Sure enough, some sand particles fell out, and I haven't gotten carmode'd in nearly 13 hours now. Previously it would do it once every 15 minutes. So far so good, it seems.
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Thanks for the help... but what is PCB? Is it the connector inside the "hole"?
Tried that and it stopped thinking USB was connected the whole time... on the other hand, it doesn't detect when I connect the USB cable
Lets try keeping 1 thread
Therere are other threads about it.
Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132588&page=2
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Therere are other threads about it.
Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132588&page=2
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You can't talk on plural when you only point out one thread. And I've read that, but it isn't the same as my phone doesn't go in "car mode".
My phone's problem only resembled a problem JaX3RiR briefly mentioned in the middle of the thread.
I tried googling it before posting anything anywhere, but couldn't find anything useful.
Please don't try to look like a smartass like that and embarrass yourself. If you got nothing to add to the thread, it's best if you sit out of it. It's much more appreciated when helpful people like JaX3RiR post...
Hi,had the same problem,tried reflashing back to original firmware,but still had the same problem,,the only way i could boot the phone was through recovery mode,(reboot)Had to send phone back for possible repair??cut a long story short they sent me a new phone,,They said they couldnt repair the fault,something to do with the usb charging system,,So i would advise anyone with this specific problem,to send phone back,and get a replacement..hope you get it solved
Thanks mate, I sent mine today as well... I hope they act the same with me, as I'm afraid customer service around here always tries to incriminate the user not to use the warranty...
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You can't talk on plural when you only point out one thread. And I've read that, but it isn't the same as my phone doesn't go in "car mode".
My phone's problem only resembled a problem JaX3RiR briefly mentioned in the middle of the thread.
I tried googling it before posting anything anywhere, but couldn't find anything useful.
Please don't try to look like a smartass like that and embarrass yourself. If you got nothing to add to the thread, it's best if you sit out of it. It's much more appreciated when helpful people like JaX3RiR post...
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There is no reason to be angry, I'm just trying to help, and just wanted that we all post in one thread, so it would be easier to track later.
I just posted longest thread. Here is another one if it helps to justify:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151863
I'm pretty sure you have the same problem. Sometimes Vlingo starts, sometimes phone thinks its charging, when trying to boot it shows battery image and won't boot, can boot only recovery and do restart from there.
Get of the high horse when people are trying to help you.
Are you sure you didn't connect USB cable upside down or bended USB port with the cable?
I have no idea what Vlingo is, and obviously I didn't connect the USB cable upside down. I don't think I bended the port with the cable since it still recognizes the cable for charging or booting and going directly into Kies mode, for example.
I am not on any high horse when people try to help me, as you could see my response towards the guys above. Your post wasn't sounding helpful at all, you were just sounding like "hey, you dumass noobie, don't open a new thread for yourself, check the forums first".
By the way, I also took a look at that thread you posted before posting mine, but I have no idea what is "car mode" on my phone...
Sorry if I sounded rough. I thought it is similar issue, so I posted link to longer thread. I had this issue myself.
Peace. Let us know what the service say .
This happened to me one week ago while on holiday....that temp indicator while charging plus the other stuff you mention....
Plus the phone went into flight mode and won't come out....
Got home and did a reset and phone now doesn't recognise sim card...
great phone but I'm a little disappointed
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Hi,had the same problem,tried reflashing back to original firmware,but still had the same problem,,the only way i could boot the phone was through recovery mode,(reboot)Had to send phone back for possible repair??cut a long story short they sent me a new phone,,They said they couldnt repair the fault,something to do with the usb charging system,,So i would advise anyone with this specific problem,to send phone back,and get a replacement..hope you get it solved
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Hello,
Had the same problems aswell, only mine had a bunch of other problems aswell:
When I shut down my mobile it restarts itself and then shows a yellow exclamation mark with an tempgage. Only way to turn on my phone is to connect it with the charger, turn of my phone again, remove the charger and then the phone turned itself on again but without the temp gage.
My phone also thinks its charging when it is not, and when I am actually charging it, its not charging.
Also my PC does not recognize my phone so I am not able to update it.
I have also sent my phone for a repair, I will keep you guys posted.
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Yep, mine only got fixed by going into service. It got its mainboard warranty switched.
T- Mobile sent me a replacement phone
They seemed to know the symptoms when I explained what was happening
Same fault for me. Mainboard replaced, works fine now.
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How did you guys get it fixed? Did you have to ship the phone out somewhere? How long did you have to wait to get it back? What was the process?
Thanks.
Mine is going to be repaired in two weeks.
I was the 8th SGS2 since tuesday which came in the repair center.
The repair guy said it is a manifacturing fault.
The phone gets hots, and outside temperature is cold, so it makes moisture in the phone.
This cause the phones power management to get fu up (SGS2 has a small battery inside of it, and that gets fu up). Only fix is replace hardware, but 9 of 10 times Samsung gives the fault to the customer. They say it has water damage and can't be fixed in warrenty...
I'm going to write a huge article about it, and I hope it will get published by a lot of site's soon. Phones he admitted having the problem: SGS1, SGS2 and SGSN.
I charged my GS2 2x by USB and it's discharged faster than by the sector
The USB power isn't enough for charge up the GS2 correctly
Are you guys suffering from rapid battery discharging, i have all of the above symptons but my battery drains within hours...I`ve even bought a brand new battery off ebay that is exacly the same issues... I`d like to send it back to O2 but i`ve rooted and flashed custom firmware...
Hello xda. I searched and searched but didn't find someone with the same problem as me. If there is an existing thread, would you please direct me to it and close this one? Alright so for Christmas i got a 32gb nexus 7. it worked great for the first few months. in the last 2-3 weeks though, it was become unusable. it has a weird issue where it doesn't register my touches, and no its not a sensitivity issue, I got it to load a multhitouch counter app thing, and in the upper right corner, it randomly thinks its touching there (its completely random, but it does it more often than not). so when i try to touch something i want,the screen just spazes. and it spazes if i just unlock it and let it sit. i can't even use the tablet anymore. its not a software issue (im not 100% sure but pretty sure) because i managed to reboot into recovery and it freaked out and clicked a bunch of things (touch CWM) and just completely freaked out. so now i just leave my tablet off and let it sit there. i am debating returning it to google as a defect, but i thought id go to xda first. thanks to anyone who helps me. if you need anymore details dont hesitate to ask, i probably forgot some anyways:silly:
Before you send it back to Google go into the bootloader and do 'fastboot oem lock'
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Before you send it back to Google go into the bootloader and do 'fastboot oem lock'
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yeah if i send it back im definitely going to do a factory reset im just nervous that they wont buy the "factory defect" aspect because of a few minor scratches on the screen
So according to my buddy (whom I've given this phone), while he was showering the phone turned off and he couldn't turn it back on.
So I flashed TWRP and reinstalled OOS 3.0.2 and even tried 3.1.0, but when booting the phone will immediately go to recovery without attempting to boot into the OS. I've tried just about every unbrick method I can find for OP2, with no success. I always end up only booting into the recovery by default. I even had my buddy set up a remote session with OP support and they apparently couldn't get it to boot either and claim it needs to be sent in for repairs, without any specific technical details given.
So I guess my question would be is there anything that could be physically or otherwise wrong that would allow writing of the ROM through recovery (can even use the file explorer), but not booting? I'm game to try just about any method I haven't tried already, or maybe those I have already tried, but I don't want my friend to send OP the phone and something like $150 to fix a software issue that can be resolved with a bit of work.
If you have any questions about specifics on the device in question, feel free to ask and I'll provide what I can. Thanks in advance!
Maybe there is some water damage causing that volume-down button is "pushed"? Try to put the phone in a bag of rice for day or two, it absorbs all the humidity and can make things work again (it fixed my water-damaged fingerprint sensor).
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Maybe there is some water damage causing that volume-down button is "pushed"? Try to put the phone in a bag of rice for day or two, it absorbs all the humidity and can make things work again (it fixed my water-damaged fingerprint sensor).
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Hadn't thought of that, though yeah I'll have him rice it just in case. Would be one hell of a funny solution after all the reflashing etc. Thanks for the reply!
You're welcome! Let me know when you pull it out of the rice, I'm quite interested whether it worked or not.
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You're welcome! Let me know when you pull it out of the rice, I'm quite interested whether it worked or not.
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Hey! Sorry for the super late response, I've been really busy during finals at school. Anyway, the rice didn't solve the problem unfortunately. I'll be visiting him soon and trying everything I can in person (previously over teamviewer with his help), so we'll see.
Hi, I have a LG K20 Plus. I currently can't turn the phone on, so I don't have much software information to give you. The phone was bought at T-Mobile (Metro by T-Mobile) and I had a SafeLink sim card and a 16 gb micro sd card inserted when the issue started. I have since removed both. It says Qualcomm snapdragon on the screen when it starts. It was also rooted and the bootloader is unlocked.
I broke the screen on my phone and I decided to do the repair myself. I have done about 7 or 8 screen replacements and I actually did this phone a year ago with no issues, so I felt I could manage this one as well. I bought an entire display (from ebay) and switched it out with no problems. Initially it worked great! I used it for a few days before realizing that I had no sound. I opened it back up and noticed the loud speaker had fallen out. I found it, put it back in, reassembled it as I normally do and turned it on.
NOTE: when I was reassembling it the second time, I actually tried to put a screw in a hole that wasn't a screw hole. I used a light to normal amount of pressure but I didn't force it. I think it's the hole where the moisture detector is. Picture #1
I turned it on and right after the logo screen I got a message that said "High temperature detected Powering off for your safety" and it immediately shut off. The phone does appear to charge normally but it won't stay on. I did a factory reset (I'm not sure if it's still rooted but the bootloader is still unlocked). I also switched back to the old (broken) display just to check if that would work. I couldn't see any difference in the shielding but I switched them just to be sure. I bought a new battery and installed it. I took a q-tip and 95% Isopropyl Alcohol and cleaned pretty much the entire motherboard, paying special attention to the battery connections. After each one of these things, I tried to start it with the same error message immediately upon start up.
NOTE: At no point has the phone every physically felt hot or even warm. I don't think it's on long enough for it to get hot. But something is wrong and I have no idea what it is. I, literally, took the phone apart, put in the speaker and put it back together in less than 5 minutes. Could it be I just bumped something and knocked it loose?
I searched for any information I could find both here and with google but there is next to no information on the LG K20 Plus. I did find some information on the LG V20 that had overheating issues, and that has been all the luck I've had. I watched several videos and it seems the solution is to apply thermal paste. But my phone doesn't have any evidence that thermal paste was ever on it. I went and bought some but I have no idea where exactly to put it or even if it's needed. Most videos showed people using some kind of aluminum foil but I'm not sure if that is safe. I have several old phone laying around and I managed to get some of the silver tape and a copper square thing but, again, my phone did not have these things to begin with. I don't want to start adding things only to make it worse.
There is a slight difference of the tape that is on my phone now (the display I just bought) as compared to the old one (broken display). Picture #2 Again, I have no idea if that means anything but I thought it worth mentioning. Picture #3 is how it looks now as if I were going to put it back together. Picture #4 is the part (don't know name) where the videos show to apply the thermal paste and the shielding.
I'm really at a loss as to what to do next and I can't really afford to take it in to have it repaired before next month. If anybody has any insight or answers as to what happened, I'd be very grateful for your help. I'm sorry for the long post. I just wanted to tell you everything I have done in detail. Thank you
If you're using Kernel Auditor or any other kernel adjustment simply reset to default and use only ondemand or interactive. There's also options for the thermal portion of the kernel, don't mess with those. If VCC or another thermal option was checked off turn it back on. Putting the GPS to the moderate setting (the one below high accuracy) will keep the temps down as well. Are you using a custom ROM? If you're on Discord you can feel free to message me SCOPE★ BRΞΛD #8460 . I am only offering that so we can get this resolved quickly for you, just copy and paste since I use special characters.
Omgosh, thank you so much for taking the time to respond! Although I'm sure everything you are saying is very smart, I have absolutely no idea what you're saying. I'll do my best to try and answer you. I don't know what SCOPE is or how to send a message there. I don't think I'm using any thing for the "kernal". Also, I don't know what VCC or Discord is. As far as turning off setting for GPS or any other app, the phone will not stay on. I get about 1 sec after the logo when it boots up, then the error message about overheating and it immediately shuts off. I did a factory reset so everything should be good to go as far as apps. I don't think I'm using a custom ROM. The only thing I did was install TWRP, unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone a year ago but nothing since then. As I stated earlier, this happened right after I did a display repair. Is there something on the MOBO that can get bumped that will make your phone get hot or send a overheating error. My phone doesn't show any sign that there was ever thermal paste on it prior but should I add some now. Will that help?
Update... Now the phone does not power on at all. When I plug it in to charge it I get an error that says "Device temperature is too high or low. Please move to another place to charge. I wonder where you went. I googled SCOPE so I could sign up to message you like you asked me to but nothing but definitions came up. I know I'm out of my league here. You guys all talk so technical. I didn't understand one thing the person asked me for. I know it's rare to get a response as quickly as I did and I was so happy to see someone had responded. Now, I just feel stupid and defeated. I thought this site was inexperienced with cell phones friendly. I'm just trying to get help so I don't have to go out and buy another phone again. Can someone refer me to a site that is more directed toward people who don't know much about the technical side of cell phones... please! Again, thank you for your time.
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Update... Now the phone does not power on at all. When I plug it in to charge it I get an error that says "Device temperature is too high or low. Please move to another place to charge. I wonder where you went. I googled SCOPE so I could sign up to message you like you asked me to but nothing but definitions came up. I know I'm out of my league here. You guys all talk so technical. I didn't understand one thing the person asked me for. I know it's rare to get a response as quickly as I did and I was so happy to see someone had responded. Now, I just feel stupid and defeated. I thought this site was inexperienced with cell phones friendly. I'm just trying to get help so I don't have to go out and buy another phone again. Can someone refer me to a site that is more directed toward people who don't know much about the technical side of cell phones... please! Again, thank you for your time.
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Hey, I just wanted to say sorry this happened to you. The same thing happened to me. My LG K20 Plus, no matter what button combinations I push and for how long I hold them, will not turn on or go into download mode. Plugging it in to a charger or PC does nothing either. Before it got to this state, I got the infamous green screen of death/Demigod crash handler (google this--it's a known issue with some models of LG phones and it happens when they overheat). It's definitely a hardware/build issue, and especially since this issue keeps the phone from turning on or connecting to a computer, I don't see a workable fix short of buying a new phone, unfortunately. Again, I'm in the same boat so I'm not happy about it either. I would say XDA is by far the best site to find a fix to this sort of problem, so if no one here has any suggestions on how to fix it, I think you (we) may be out of luck.
Thank you for letting me know. I'm not sure of some of what you said but I did catch the bottom line. Basically, just hold onto the phone until someone here comes up with a fix or workaround? I have a question for you. Did your problem start after you did some kind of repair? I'm wondering if I bumped something on the mobo to make it give a false overheating error. Do you happen to know where that sensor might be located? Sorry you are having problems to. It really stinks when your phone breaks and no matter how much time and energy you put it to figuring out the problem to fix it, there just isn't any good answers out there. I wish you lots of luck and if you figure anything out, please update here so I can try it too.
You need a whole new phone.
That or you're gonna have to replace the hardware