[SOLVED] Can't shut off the phone, it always turn on again

thiagodark · Mar 30, 2011

well, i was following a thread about it, but i guess it was deleted cause it was in wrong area...

if a fix was found please tell me! =oP

it seems to be a commom issue: when i try to turn off the phone, it just turn on again...

what i've done until now: i was running cm7 and i believed it was a rom related issue, but i'm back to uk stock (1.32.405.6) and keep it with no root (just ship s-off that remains after flash ruu), and the problem remains, just take a little longer to turn on again... BUT, when i plug it into pc by usb cable it stays off, when i unplug it turns on again...

i'm tending to believe that's a hardware issue, maybe a short in phone plug, but in this case, it is the most commom issue that i've saw...

any idea is welcome

thanks...

Edit:
Okay Folks, looks like the "fix" was found. I made a little summary for the next generation! =oP

this weird issue happened due summer time changes (don't ask why), but after March 27 the phone simply didn't stay off, if you tried, it just turned on again.

The "fix" is:

- disable automatic hour update (just in case)
- remove battery and let it out for around 10 hours, then put it back and turn on!
- Hour and date may reset (or not)
- now you can reactivate automatic hour update if you want.
- the device just stays off properly again

credits for
XL3N7 that found the problem,
Rodomar705 that found how to fix in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1014520

And everyone else that probally lost every data (like me) so many times trying find out how to solve it. =oP

afilopou · Mar 30, 2011

I really dont understand why the admins deleted and not removed the thread from the development section.

What really happens: I have my dhd with cm7 around two months now and i always flashed the nightlies.I know the issue, when the phone is powered off and plug a charger reboots in cwm recovery. I never had problem just to "power off" my phone and actually did that every night before going to bed (so i know that the "power off" used to work ok) .Two days ago i flashed RC3 , power off worked ok, then nightly 32 and next morning i had the issue.When i select to "power off", without any charger or usb connected , phone just reboots.Just to remind you that if the phone is powered off and you connect it to charger then the phone goes to cwm recovery!So i tried various combinations :

1. Back to stock 1.32 (both with img file and exe file). After that flashed 3.0.0.5 and the newer version of cwm
Phone powered off correcty and the vol down+power goes to hboot.After flashing cm7 problem appears again.
2. Also had a backup and load it (nightly from 16/02/11) but still the same problem.

Please devs tell me what kind of files you need in order to help me solving the issue.
Also i see posts from guys using other custom roms and having the same problem, so i dont really understand why the admins deleted last night the thread started in development section.
You guys using customs rom just check if your power off works and if you have problem write it here and hope not to be deleted.

@thiagodark I think you have to change a little bit thread's title

cesco89 · Mar 30, 2011

same problem!!....i think is a bug of CWM...or there is a conflict between recovery and "idontknow"!!....

this situation is funny ... we are afraid to brick and our DHD doesn't want to turn off...

thiagodark · Mar 30, 2011

well, i think my problem is a little different, cause i get this problem even after flash official ruu, i'm all stock right now and the phone keeps reboot when i try to power off. when i select "power off" with micro usb cable connected, it works okay, but when i disconnect, it power on again.

Also, sometimes when i try to power off with or without the micro usb connected, it just dies and the only way i can power on it again is by removing the battery.

suggest me a tittle and i change, as you can see, my engrish is not something i can proud myself! =oP

wjwj929658 · Mar 30, 2011

cesco89 said:
same problem!!....i think is a bug of CWM...or there is a conflict between recovery and "idontknow"!!....

this situation is funny ... we are afraid to brick and our DHD doesn't want to turn off...

Yes，it must a bug of CWM 3.0.2.4r1,I hope they can fix it in a few days

XL3N7 · Mar 30, 2011

Ok, I think I have found the problem.

Go to settings --> Date & Time, untick the option to use network values and set the date somewhere before the 27th of March when the daylight changes took place. Reboot and power off. The phone should stay off (at least it did for me). Now power on, go to date & time settings and tick the option to use network times. Power off and it will probably come back on.

nobnut · Mar 30, 2011

XL3N7 said:
Ok, I think I have found the problem.

Go to settings --> Date & Time, untick the option to use network values and set the date somewhere before the 27th of March when the daylight changes took place. Reboot and power off. The phone should stay off (at least it did for me). Now power on, go to date & time settings and tick the option to use network times. Power off and it will probably come back on.

Confirmed.

thiagodark · Mar 30, 2011

XL3N7 said:
Ok, I think I have found the problem.

Go to settings --> Date & Time, untick the option to use network values and set the date somewhere before the 27th of March when the daylight changes took place. Reboot and power off. The phone should stay off (at least it did for me). Now power on, go to date & time settings and tick the option to use network times. Power off and it will probably come back on.

WTF?!?! Worked here!

it doesn't make ANY sense for me!

and by the way: i don't even know what you mean by "daylight changes took place" =o)

wjwj929658 · Mar 30, 2011

XL3N7 said:
Ok, I think I have found the problem.

Go to settings --> Date & Time, untick the option to use network values and set the date somewhere before the 27th of March when the daylight changes took place. Reboot and power off. The phone should stay off (at least it did for me). Now power on, go to date & time settings and tick the option to use network times. Power off and it will probably come back on.

But why？I think it is not the best way to fix this bug.

XL3N7 · Mar 30, 2011

thiagodark said:
WTF?!?! Worked here!

it doesn't make ANY sense for me!

and by the way: i don't even know what you mean by "daylight changes took place" =o)

Daylight saving time

XL3N7 · Mar 30, 2011

wjwj929658 said:
But why？I think it is not the best way to fix this bug.

I know but at least we know know what is causing it. Probably an issue HTC will have to look at, since it doesn't seem to be a cm issue.

thiagodark · Mar 30, 2011

wjwj929658 said:
But why？I think it is not the best way to fix this bug.

we, first of all, must to know why the problem occurs, now we can try to fix.

isolate to destroy! =oP

afilopou · Mar 30, 2011

wjwj929658 said:
Yes，it must a bug of CWM 3.0.2.4r1,I hope they can fix it in a few days

No its not a bug of 3.0.2.4 r1(i had 3.0.0.5 when problem appears). As i wrote everything worked perfect (cm7+cwm 3.0.0.5) till one morning (was on cm7 nightly 32+cwm 3.0.05) want to boot in bootloader, so i select to power off.After that never powered off.What makes me nervous is that i didnt install any appl or changed the cwm recovery version.Nothing like that.I always powered off my phone so i know that there is not cm7 nightly related.

So the big question is what changed in a few minutes?

What the f******k?????? Daylight?

)))))))))))

Confirmed working.Changed the date back to 03/26/2011

A guy mentioned that last night (about the daylight change) on the initial thread which admins decided to delete

XL3N7 · Mar 30, 2011

afilopou said:
No its not a bug of 3.0.2.4 r1(i had 3.0.0.5 when problem appears). As i wrote everything worked perfect (cm7+cwm 3.0.0.5) till one morning (was on cm7 nightly 32+cwm 3.0.05) want to boot in bootloader, so i select to power off.After that never powered off.What makes me nervous is that i didnt install any appl or changed the cwm recovery version.Nothing like that.I always powered off my phone so i know that there is not cm7 nightly related.

So the big question is what changed in a few minutes?

The time has changed http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12517111&postcount=6

thiagodark · Mar 30, 2011

XL3N7 said:
Daylight saving time

ok, but i don't get how it could affect me, since i live in a place where March 27th was a normal day... here summer time OVER almost a month ago! =o)

XL3N7 · Mar 30, 2011

I have no idea m8. I've just put 2 & 2 together. The issue first appeared shortly after the time change. Maybe a bug in htc's code? Surely not a cm thing. I have tried fastboot erase system -w and the problem was still there. I have also tried different radios, cwm versions and the issue is still there. Probably HTC. Hopefully one of the greater minds of this forum can pin point the issue.

nobnut · Mar 30, 2011

Perfectly good work around

Hi, If you want to, you can untick the setting in Date & Time and install Clocksync from the Market. Using this app you can sync your phone's time at whatever schedule you like to the atomic clock (it is much more accurate than HTC's provider).

This will enable you to shut down correctly and have accurate time displayed on your device.

You need root though.

thiagodark · Mar 30, 2011

nobnut said:
Hi, If you want to, you can untick the setting in Date & Time and install Clocksync from the Market. Using this app you can sync your phone's time at whatever schedule you like to the atomic clock (it is much more accurate than HTC's provider).

This will enable you to shut down correctly and have accurate time displayed on your device.

You need root though.

can't make it works here, what steps did you follow?

okay, i realised... i need root! =oP

rooted, but not getting make it works, could you guide me?!

nobnut · Mar 30, 2011

thiagodark said:
can't make it works here, what steps did you follow?

okay, i realised... i need root! =oP

rooted, but not getting make it works, could you guide me?!

Open Clocksync

Press menu button on phone

Press Settings

Enable > Tick

Interval > I chose 1 hour

detect Time Zone > Tick

Sync On boot > Tick

Restore permissions > Untick

(Everything else untick)

Press the back button top go to app

Press menu button

Press Synchonize

Grant Superuser permissions when prompted

wjwj929658 · Mar 30, 2011

So，it is a bug of HTC ？in other words,Even if we do nothing,It still will happen sooner or later?

[SOLVED] Can't shut off the phone, it always turn on again

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