[HOW-TO] Fix 5 vibrate and black screen

[shamymoon]

here was my situation: When trying to boot the phone, it would go to the splash screen for a few seconds, then go to a black screen and vibrate 5 times. Had to pull the battery to escape. However, when booting after a battery pull with the charger in it booted just fine, but with no sd card recognition or usb/adb functionality. A factory reset and both htc's and verizon's tech support didn't fix it at all. I had this problem and there seemed to be no good guide on how to fix it so i decided to gather all the right sources in one place.

The reason it's messed up comes from the usb problem, which is why plugging it in lets it boot sometimes. So, contrary to all of tech support, fixing the usb is all you need to do to get it working same as usual again. I've outlined the steps below in the way i think makes the most sense, but read all of what i wrote to understand what you're doing before you start. The links are the specific instructions for each piece written by people smarter than me. I only take credit for figuring out what i needed to do and bringing all of their minds together in one place.

the process

first thing is to see if you can get it booted. Best bet is to take out the battery and charger, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then connect the charger and battery and boot. If you can't do that then your only option would be to try some fastboot adb trickery (which is over my head) or flash the stock rom in hboot from http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html. Note which radio you have (listed in settings -> about phone somewhere or on top of hboot) to get the right file. If you can get it booted then move to the next step.

To fix the sd card and usb go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243.
Fastboot is in the tools folder of the android sdk, not platform-tools like adb. To get the drivers working go to http://www.flexjunk.com/2010/05/01/installing-htc-incredible-android-sd-drivers/
update: To clarify: Fastboot is a completely separate (although closely related) piece of software from adb. If you do not have "fastboot.exe", download it from http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/2153...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/ and follow the instructions there. Or, you can just download the full sdk from google which should include adb and fastboot. I recommend the second option, but my hard drive can take the hit. (thanks bonztm)
update: If you get an error saying "the program can't start because adbwinapi.dll is missing from your computer" you need to copy that file from platform-tools to tools, then it should work (thanks jester1614).
If you had to reflash and lost root download z4root from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953 and do a temporary root to be able to run the commands to fix the usb.

Once the sd card and usb are fixed then it should reboot with or without the charger plugged in. Now your phone is stable and will work with unrevoked again and you should be good to go!

disclaimer

note: This is what i experienced with my amoled incredible; in no way do i take responsibility for anything you do. If you try to blame me for bricking your phone i will enjoy a hearty laugh while salting my soup with your tears.

thankssssssss

 

[zimlokks]

Omg Thanks!.!

this saved mi life nt once bt twice! it happened when I tried dual booting xD thanks for the guide nd files needed keeping a copy on mi laptop just incase lolz

 

[InfiniteImmortal]

Problem

Hi everyone,

I have been working on my coworkers HTC EVO 4G for the past few days, trying to get it to work again since it is doing the 5 Vibs of Death. I have been working on Android phones for the past few years with no problem. Her phone was in the state were nothing would happen even when fully charged so I took is apart and cleaned the systems boards and cleared the system by disconnecting the system battery. After waiting awhile I connected it back and put it together again. Now it turns on and I can load into the Bootloader and Fastboot. Problem is the I can't load into Recovery form there and sd card does not load. The USB is also not working I have read and done everything that is in all the online documentation with all the needed files and nothing does the trick. I have noticed that now when I try to run Recovery it tries to load PB31IMG.zip and fails. So I have tries everything to load the file on and to no avail, so the only command that is let to try is a "fastboot update PB31IMG.zip" problem is it needs certain file in the zip to run. So does anyone know of a file that has boot.sig, recvoery.img,system.img, android-info.txt, and android-products.txt in it? I'm currently downloading a stock ROM to see if that will work, (note did not work either), but if anyone has info that could help let me know.

 

[zachf714]

Hi everyone,

I have been working on my coworkers HTC EVO 4G for the past few days, trying to get it to work again since it is doing the 5 Vibs of Death. I have been working on Android phones for the past few years with no problem. Her phone was in the state were nothing would happen even when fully charged so I took is apart and cleaned the systems boards and cleared the system by disconnecting the system battery. After waiting awhile I connected it back and put it together again. Now it turns on and I can load into the Bootloader and Fastboot. Problem is the I can't load into Recovery form there and sd card does not load. The USB is also not working I have read and done everything that is in all the online documentation with all the needed files and nothing does the trick. I have noticed that now when I try to run Recovery it tries to load PB31IMG.zip and fails. So I have tries everything to load the file on and to no avail, so the only command that is let to try is a "fastboot update PB31IMG.zip" problem is it needs certain file in the zip to run. So does anyone know of a file that has boot.sig, recvoery.img,system.img, android-info.txt, and android-products.txt in it? I'm currently downloading a stock ROM to see if that will work, (note did not work either), but if anyone has info that could help let me know.

Find the Evo 4G stock RUU

 

[::Shrim::]

Followed your tutorial by my bad i think my incredible has some hardware issue!!!:crying:

 

[zimlokks]

hey need help ask...wats wrong did u follow the instructions by the word? if u need any help pm me i fixed mine 3 times lol

Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk 2

 

[::Shrim::]

PM'ed u!

 

[flipinfin]

Here was my situation: when trying to boot the phone, it would go to the splash screen for a few seconds, then go to a black screen and vibrate 5 times. Had to pull the battery to escape. However, when booting after a battery pull with the charger in it booted just fine, but with no sd card recognition or usb/adb functionality. A factory reset and both htc's and verizon's tech support didn't fix it at all. I had this problem and there seemed to be no good guide on how to fix it so I decided to gather all the right sources in one place.

The reason it's messed up comes from the usb problem, which is why plugging it in lets it boot sometimes. So, contrary to all of tech support, fixing the usb is all you need to do to get it working same as usual again. I've outlined the steps below in the way I think makes the most sense, but read all of what I wrote to understand what you're doing before you start. The links are the specific instructions for each piece written by people smarter than me. I only take credit for figuring out what I needed to do and bringing all of their minds together in one place.

The Process

First thing is to see if you can get it booted. Best bet is to take out the battery and charger, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then connect the charger and battery and boot. If you can't do that then your only option would be to try some fastboot adb trickery (which is over my head) or flash the stock rom in hboot from http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html. Note which radio you have (listed in settings -> about phone somewhere or on top of hboot) to get the right file. If you can get it booted then move to the next step.

To fix the sd card and usb go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243.
Fastboot is in the tools folder of the android sdk, not platform-tools like adb. To get the drivers working go to http://www.flexjunk.com/2010/05/01/installing-htc-incredible-android-sd-drivers/
UPDATE: To clarify: fastboot is a completely separate (although closely related) piece of software from adb. If you do not have "fastboot.exe", download it from http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/2153...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/ and follow the instructions there. Or, you can just download the full sdk from google which should include adb and fastboot. I recommend the second option, but my hard drive can take the hit. (thanks BonzTM)
UPDATE: If you get an error saying "The Program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing from your computer" you need to copy that file from platform-tools to tools, then it should work (thanks Jester1614).
If you had to reflash and lost root download z4root from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953 and do a temporary root to be able to run the commands to fix the usb.

Once the sd card and usb are fixed then it should reboot with or without the charger plugged in. Now your phone is stable and will work with unrevoked again and you should be good to go!

Disclaimer

Note: This is what I experienced with my amoled incredible; in no way do I take responsibility for anything you do. If you try to blame me for bricking your phone I will enjoy a hearty laugh while salting my soup with your tears.

2 ?'s. 1. do have to have s-off for this to work? 2. Will them evo files work with the incredible?

---------- Post added at 07:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:37 PM ----------

here was my situation: When trying to boot the phone, it would go to the splash screen for a few seconds, then go to a black screen and vibrate 5 times. Had to pull the battery to escape. However, when booting after a battery pull with the charger in it booted just fine, but with no sd card recognition or usb/adb functionality. A factory reset and both htc's and verizon's tech support didn't fix it at all. I had this problem and there seemed to be no good guide on how to fix it so i decided to gather all the right sources in one place.

The reason it's messed up comes from the usb problem, which is why plugging it in lets it boot sometimes. So, contrary to all of tech support, fixing the usb is all you need to do to get it working same as usual again. I've outlined the steps below in the way i think makes the most sense, but read all of what i wrote to understand what you're doing before you start. The links are the specific instructions for each piece written by people smarter than me. I only take credit for figuring out what i needed to do and bringing all of their minds together in one place.

the process

first thing is to see if you can get it booted. Best bet is to take out the battery and charger, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then connect the charger and battery and boot. If you can't do that then your only option would be to try some fastboot adb trickery (which is over my head) or flash the stock rom in hboot from http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html. Note which radio you have (listed in settings -> about phone somewhere or on top of hboot) to get the right file. If you can get it booted then move to the next step.

To fix the sd card and usb go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243.
Fastboot is in the tools folder of the android sdk, not platform-tools like adb. To get the drivers working go to http://www.flexjunk.com/2010/05/01/installing-htc-incredible-android-sd-drivers/
update: To clarify: Fastboot is a completely separate (although closely related) piece of software from adb. If you do not have "fastboot.exe", download it from http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/2153...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/ and follow the instructions there. Or, you can just download the full sdk from google which should include adb and fastboot. I recommend the second option, but my hard drive can take the hit. (thanks bonztm)
update: If you get an error saying "the program can't start because adbwinapi.dll is missing from your computer" you need to copy that file from platform-tools to tools, then it should work (thanks jester1614).
If you had to reflash and lost root download z4root from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953 and do a temporary root to be able to run the commands to fix the usb.

Once the sd card and usb are fixed then it should reboot with or without the charger plugged in. Now your phone is stable and will work with unrevoked again and you should be good to go!

disclaimer

note: This is what i experienced with my amoled incredible; in no way do i take responsibility for anything you do. If you try to blame me for bricking your phone i will enjoy a hearty laugh while salting my soup with your tears.

you can neva neva eva eva brick this phone keep that in mind

 

[zimlokks]

No unlocked bootloader will be enough I believe if not soff will be needed. And why Evo Files?! The inc ones are needed since this is the droid inc not evo... And this phone is brickable

Sent from my broken Typewriter!!!

 

[flipinfin]

No unlocked bootloader will be enough I believe if not soff will be needed. And why Evo Files?! The inc ones are needed since this is the droid inc not evo... And this phone is brickable

Sent from my broken Typewriter!!!

i was wondering cuz i read a tutorial on the death fix for incredible and had a link to this tutorial and i was like huh this dont make sense.

 

[zimlokks]

Well this is a tutorial for the Inc lol

Sent from my broken Typewriter!!!

 

[flipinfin]

Well this is a tutorial for the Inc lol

Sent from my broken Typewriter!!!

Then why is he providing a link to HTC evo 4g thats kind of odd

 

[zimlokks]

maybe the right files? well they work either way

Flowed Away From My Samsung GS2 E4GT

 

[thesourgin]

My original INC died of this just before it's warranty period was up. Got a replacement that eventually started doing the same thing.

It seemed like it was overheating and would start working again if I left the battery our for an hour or two. I retired it for a Galaxy S3 last year, but recently gave the INC to my son to listen to music and play games.

Tried replacing the battery, reverting to stock RUU, performed SD Card and USB fix, but no use. The SD card and USB work fine, but the phone still randomly reboots, gets stuck in a bootloop, then I get the five vibes. It will work again after an hour or two, but it inevitably happens again.

The INC was great when it worked, and it got me into rooting and modding, but I guess the hardware just wasn't made to last. RIP.

 

[zimlokks]

i would ask if yu were able to donate it for development? i kno u said it might be hardware related but maybe its not and if we the inc community fix it we will gladly return it that's if u have it just laying around unused

Flowed Away From My Samsung GS2 E4GT