Help HTC Desire will not start

[lewes_chris]

Hi There

My HTC Desire has been running happily for over 3 years

Yesterday I took it out my pocket and saw that instead of the usual 'desktop' I was presented with the hboot screen. Unfortunately, neither the volume up/down buttons nor the power button have any effect on the display so I am unable to select anything. I've removed the battery and re-inserted it several time but to no avail.
My interpretation of the situation is that the volume down button is stuck closed so that the 'phone goes straight into hboot. I would welcome any other suggestions. For your interest here's the output from 'fastboot getvar all' option of mini-adb:

INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 0.93.0001
INFOversion-baseband: 5.11.05.27
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: 051d
INFOversion-main: 2.29.110.6
INFOserialno: HT0B5PL00076
INFOimei: [Removed by Mod]
INFOproduct: bravo
INFOplatform: HBOOT-8x50
INFOmodelid: PB9920000
INFOcidnum: T-MOB005
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 3669mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: on
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: dirty-365c78d6
INFOhbootpreupdate: 11
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.078s

Thanks!

 

[Hadron]

unfortunately my first guess matches yours: volume button stuck will produce both symptoms (boot to hboot and no response from buttons).