How to Reboot HTC One(m7) | freezes and becomes unresponsive

Sometimes your One just freezes and becomes unresponsive. As HTC one has non-removable battery, you cannot just pull it out and restart your phone like old days. Lot of users come across this situation while installing custom ROM on their phone.No, it's not bricked but you cannot thing as the phone is totally unresponsive. So you will have to wait till the battery drains completely. We have found a way to force a restart if your phone is not restarting. The default way is to hold power button for at least 10 seconds but there is solution if it still doesn't shut down.

Restart - Reboot HTC One

Seems like HTC has added security feature in your phone to avoid accidental reboot. To boot your one, you need to do following steps.

1. Put your phone under a bright light source. I know this sounds stupid but just do it.
2. Press and hold Power button for long.
3. The lights will blink.
4. Phone will shut off.

HTC One has an ambient sensor and when you put your One under the bright light, it overwhelms the ambient light sensor. This seems to be some kind of safety feature HTC built into the the smartphone to prevent you from accidentally restarting your phone. The ambient light sensor is checked before the reboot will take place, hence the recommendation of rebooting with a light pointed at the sensor or at least in a brightly lit room.
Sometimes your One just freezes and becomes unresponsive. As HTC one has non-removable battery, you cannot just pull it out and restart your phone like old days. Lot of users come across this situation while installing custom ROM on their phone.No, it's not bricked but you cannot thing as the phone is totally unresponsive. So you will have to wait till the battery drains completely. We have found a way to force a restart if your phone is not restarting. The default way is to hold power button for at least 10 seconds but there is solution if it still doesn't shut down.

Restart - Reboot HTC One

Seems like HTC has added security feature in your phone to avoid accidental reboot. To boot your one, you need to do following steps.

1. Put your phone under a bright light source. I know this sounds stupid but just do it.
2. Press and hold Power button for long.
3. The lights will blink.
4. Phone will shut off.

HTC One has an ambient sensor and when you put your One under the bright light, it overwhelms the ambient light sensor. This seems to be some kind of safety feature HTC built into the the smartphone to prevent you from accidentally restarting your phone. The ambient light sensor is checked before the reboot will take place, hence the recommendation of rebooting with a light pointed at the sensor or at least in a brightly lit room.

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11 comments:

  1. Nope...doesn't work. Thanks anyway.

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  2. my phone still won't in to main menu and keep on the dark screen. have you any other advice?

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  3. Worked for me!! Thank you so much!

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  4. worked for me! thank you so much, was already scared the phone was bad

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  5. I am having problem Updating my M7. After downloading data, while installation, I get a message that says- " E-Bitmap missing....." and so on, and finally "Installation Unsuccessful ". Please help. Thanks

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  6. worked for me too, thank you

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  7. wow, that light trick worked - very cool, thank you!

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