[HTC Rezound] IrvChynaman:
As per feralicious' suggestion I've created a poll to collect data. Information on the issue below. Sorry about the long poll.

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So I'm on Rezound #2 right now. Both of the phones had the same exact problem when the battery died ie. they simply wouldn't charge. Now I thought the problem was hardware (which is why i got the replacement), but after being able to boot up my replacement phone with my girlfriend's battery, I relocked and RUU'd back to stock. I then threw in my dead battery and VOILA it began charging. I let the battery die again just to see if i can recreate the problem, and havent had the issue since.

Now i really want to unlock my phone again but my girlfriend isn't here all the time for me to test out if this was an issue with either the unlocked bootloader, a kernel issue, ROM issue, or if I'm actually having hardware issues. I'm hoping someone here with an extra battery or external charger here can recreate the problem and hopefully we can pinpoint this. Just for reference the ROM I was using was CleanROM GBE 1.6.5 *SP1* - Base: OTA 2.01.605.11 and whatever kernel that came with it. If this is a ROM and/or Kernel issue, we need to get a hold of scrosler and let him know.

Any help would be much appreciated guys thanks!

EDIT: Just to let you guys know. I did do all the OTA updates prior to unlocking the bootloader in the first place.

UPDATE: So I've been sitting with my phone literally all day trying to pinpoint what could be the cause of this. Clockworkmod seems to be the culprit. I'm going to be testing more right now so I'll keep you guys updated.

UPDATE #2: Success! The battery not charging while dead and powered off issue was resolved on my end. ClockworkMod definitely was to blame. I noticed it stopped charging while powered off/dead as soon as I flashed ClockwordMod and shut down my phone while it was connected to my PC (This was after my 5th go around with the bootloader unlock). I then flashed over Amon Ra to see if it really was ClockworkMod or if it was the recovery in general, and what do you know Amon Ra allows me to charge while powered down and dead. If you guys are having this very problem with your phone and you're running any version of ClockworkMod I suggest you try flashing Amon Ra 3.13 and posting your results so we can see if this is universal.

Instructions to flash recovery with adb and fastboot for Windows below:

Note you only need to do this if for some reason you can't boot into the bootloader using Vol. Down + Power. I am not responsible for bricked phones.

Prerequisites:

1. ADB & Fastboot (found with the Android SDK)

2. Amon Ra IMG (Use ver. 3.15 if you've flashed ICS RUU)

3. Battery with a charge.

Instructions:

1. Pull out battery, and unplug from charger/computer

2. Reinsert battery

3. Plug in your USB cable to computer and phone (your charge indicator light should go on for 1-3 seconds and shut off, then your drivers should load afterwards.)

4. Place the Amon Ra img file in the folder where ADB and Fastboot reside.

5. Once drivers have loaded open up Command Prompt, and find your way to where you set up ADB and Fastboot. Type cd <folder path>

6. Now type the command adb reboot bootloader (Note: if you get some sort of error try again a few more times. if it keeps giving you error try redoing steps 1-3 before doing 5 again)

7. Your phone should have now loaded directly into Fastboot. When in Fastboot go back to the command prompt and type in fastboot flash recovery <amon_ra_file.img>

8. When the process is done shutdown your phone and test the charging.

**ADDED** If you can run ADB commands while the phone is off, dead, and not charging, type adb reboot. The OS should boot up and begin charging. I would say let it charge till 40% before you flash an alternate recovery. If you're unsuccessful in rebooting with adb try leaving your phone plugged into the charger for 2-5 hours (this seems to have worked for some people to get a charge). If that doesn't work I recommend you get another battery or use an external charger. (Thanks excellentnuke)

If you are coming from a dead battery the charge light indicator should turn on for a few seconds then turn off for a few seconds then begin flashing continuously. When the light becomes solid you should be able to boot. When coming from a charged battery the same thing should happen, except instead of the charge indicator flashing continuously it should come back solid.

UPDATE #3: I've also discovered this problem isn't relegated to having a dead battery. Simply disabling Fast Boot and shutting off your phone can recreate the problem with CWM.

UPDATE #4: I can say that I think I've gotten enough feedback to determine that this issue was solved by what I've written above. I would highly advise people to switch over to Amon Ra until we get a bug fix/update for CWM to address this issue.

Thanks to everyone that was involved in this thread to help determine the cause of this; I appreciate it.