[Solved] Sensation won't charge when turned off (not fastboot) after S-Off

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sindresv

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Just rooted my Sensation and everything went just fine. Achived root and all my root apps works. But:

Yesterday I got my Evo 3D battery and to give it the best start possible i turned the phone off (took out the battery and put it back in) to charge it overnight.

When I woke up this morning the phone wouldn't turn on and the led was blinking orange. Luckily I had my old battery so I could just pop that in to get the phone going. Tried to turn the phone completely off with this battery and this won't charge either. Charging will work just fine when the phone is turned on.

Looked over to the Evo 3D forum and there are several users experiencing the same problem.

Anyone got a solution? :)

Solution: Get the new Clockwork Recovery mod- v4.0.1.5
 
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Behold_this

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Same here. Kinda sucks! Hope a fix comes. do you have a link to the thread in the evo 3d section?
 
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Rumball

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Might be seeing the same thing on my S-off Bell Sensation when truly off (not just screen off or HTC fastboot off)...will need to do some more testing to see what is going on...
 
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wesleyvdbrink

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Samen here.

Phone is off, light goes orange and after 3 sec it starts flashing orange.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
 
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kingvaj23

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Same here I thought my phone had bricked until it turned on 20min later at0% battery..

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
 
redbullcat

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I just flashed the RCMix3D Aztec ROM by capychimp and my Sensation charges while completely off :)

EDIT: OK, no it doesn't. An orange light showed up after I removed the battery and inserted the cable, but I looked down and it had gone off. No luck when I put the cable back in, either :(
 
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lightninbug

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Can anyone help as to how to get my phone to turn back on??? Same as everyone else...i get a blinking orange light but it wont turn on!!! Please help!!!
 
Redestwing

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I too was having this issue. Turned my phone off last night and put it on the charger only to wake up to a phone with the flashing orange light. I pulled the battery 3 times to get it to work and still couldn't get the phone to turn on. Finally I plugged my phone into the charger and left it for about 15 minutes and the phone was then able to turn back on. For some reason the phone never charged last night and the battery was dead, which is why the orange light was blinking.

Edit: Just tried to turn phone off again and charge it and now it's blinking green/orange. Guess I'll just have to charge it while it's on from now on until this is figured out.
 
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deadite66

deadite66

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ordered one of these just in case so i won't have this worry in future.

universal phone battery charger.
IUUNAA_1_image.jpg
 
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DrVladson

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I do not recommend to use "universal" chargers for lithium-ion, lithium polymer batteries.
This can significantly reduce their lifespan.

P.S.
Tmous Sensation, S-OFF (Rev).
Remove -> insert battery, charging working with phone off =\
 
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kayroccs

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well im experiencing the same thing when phone is completely off but i was also reading in the htc vo 3d thread that their having the same issue and one person flashed a different recovery img and confirmed that its now working so im guessing the recovery img on the sensation is the problem why it isnt working.
 
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lianw

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Does this mean you cannot charge the phone at all if the phone is off and the battery is completely drained?
 
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    well im experiencing the same thing when phone is completely off but i was also reading in the htc vo 3d thread that their having the same issue and one person flashed a different recovery img and confirmed that its now working so im guessing the recovery img on the sensation is the problem why it isnt working.
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