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Help 3 Vibrates no recovery

That's because you're putting it in Qualcomm diagnostics. To boot into hboot you need to hold vol down and power.
He didn't say he was trying to boot into hboot. He said he was trying to boot into recovery. Not the same thing, as I'm sure you're aware.
I'm having the same issue. I used to be able to boot straight into recovery by holding down volume-up and power. Not anymore.
 
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He didn't say he was trying to boot into hboot. He said he was trying to boot into recovery. Not the same thing, as I'm sure you're aware.
I'm having the same issue. I used to be able to boot straight into recovery by holding down volume-up and power. Not anymore.

I was having the same issue. It took a little playing around, but I think that I was holding volume down for too long. Play with the timing a little bit. Also, if you're using a case, it may actually be hitting the volume up through the case (I also had this problem with the Speck case).

I was just getting 3 or 4 vibrations, and the only way to get the phone to boot back up was to pull the battery and try again.
 
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He didn't say he was trying to boot into hboot. He said he was trying to boot into recovery. Not the same thing, as I'm sure you're aware.
I'm having the same issue. I used to be able to boot straight into recovery by holding down volume-up and power. Not anymore.
And, as I'm sure you're aware, one must boot to HBOOT in order to select recovery once they have s-off.

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When I try to get into Fastboot by pressing VOLUME UP and booting the phone, my phone instead buzzes three times and acts dead. What happened?
The S-OFF update also enables Qualcomm Diagnostics mode on your phone, which is entered by doing what you just did. You can exit this mode (and boot normally) by removing the battery and USB cable.

Reboot your phone into recovery mode. You can do this by removing your phone's battery, holding down the VOLUME DOWN button, and inserting the battery; at the menu, press VOLUME DOWN to highlight recovery, then press POWER to select it.
 
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Hi, I have htc desire hd, yesterday night i switched my phone off and in morning when i switched it on, it vibrate 3 times and then blinking orange light continually with black screen and every time i have to put my battery out. but when i insert the power cable in then i see recovery mode screen for a while but i can use any option there after a few second again black screen. can any body tell me what i have to do to boot my mobile normally.
i have rooted my phone a few weeks ago and after that phone was working good.
 
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