can someone do these little tests for me - HTC Excalibur

take out your battery and connect the s620 via usb and turn the phone on. does it turn on?
with the battery still disconnected, and plugged into usb, press the camera button to the right of space button. does this turn on? does it turn the phone on or is it the bootloader screen?
thanks
i dont have a battery for my phone (waiting for it in the post) im trying to work out if the thing works because the screen is smashed.

Does nothing as all it does when charging is pump juice to the battery

thats weird then
mine turns on when i press the camera button. i even flashed a rom. but it turns off after the rom flash and wont boot.

can you just try it real quick. and verify its the bootloader?

ducamie said:
can you just try it real quick. and verify its the bootloader?
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Yes can get into bootloader but wouldn't boot normally

thanks man

ducamie said:
thanks man
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That's cool
Funny never tryed to get into bootloader before without battery wonder if it re-routes the electric or if uses the back up?

yeah its weird, you'd think it'd power bootloader i'd draw enough current to power the phone too.
weird.
oh well. cheers anyway

I know from testing with Android that the Excalibur can run happily without a battery. I.e. you can rip the battery out and it keeps working fine! It's all software that stops this from working with Windows mobile

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Desire HD wont turn on?

Hey guys,
Was just looking through the market and saw an animations app, so i downloaded it, installed as normal, accepted the superuser request and chose what animation i wanted, (I chose blur if it makes any difference). It then requested a reboot, so i rebooted, but now nothing happens to my phone, It is just like the phone is powered off, nothing comes up on the screen. Ive tried booting normally and booting into recovery but nothing
Any ideas?
I'm using Leedroid ROM and Kernel, both on the latest versions.
Thanks in advance.
What happend if you plug in the power cable? Isn't booting into recovery?
dmue said:
What happend if you plug in the power cable? Isn't booting into recovery?
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Nope nothing happens, it's just like its got no power to it :/
take out your battery, put it back in and restart your DHD.
sphuyal said:
take out your battery, put it back in and restart your DHD.
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Nope nothing happens, maybe I should try a new battery?
IMHO a new battery dosen't help...
No more idea, sry.
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charge battery till full ?
Take your battery out for five minutes, put it back and connect charger. Do not touch the power button.
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jkoljo said:
Take your battery out for five minutes, put it back and connect charger. Do not touch the power button.
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Will try this now
jkoljo said:
Take your battery out for five minutes, put it back and connect charger. Do not touch the power button.
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Nope nothing happened
Take the battery out again, put it back and then hold volume down & power button. You can also connect the charger to be sure that this is not caused by low battery level. If it still stays off, you should send it to HTC.
jkoljo said:
Take the battery out again, put it back and then hold volume down & power button. You can also connect the charger to be sure that this is not caused by low battery level. If it still stays off, you should send it to HTC.
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Yep still nothing happens, send it to HTC even though it is rooted?
You have no other choice. Software mods do not void warranty, so it should be ok.
jkoljo said:
You have no other choice. Software mods do not void warranty, so it should be ok.
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Ok, thanks so much for the help.
I'm having the same problem now... wilky let me know if you get it working or if HTC gets it fixed without a hassle, because mines rooted .
Hi
I have the same problem. When I put the Battery and plug in the chagher the red led start to flash.
After 1 minute stops.
If someone can help us we will be very happy!!!!!!
10x
Got the same problem after starting to format my sdcard with cwm. Just nothing happens anymore, but when i connect my dhd to my computer its indicated as device "qhsusb_dload", but i cant access it with adb or anything. Tried to foce install htc-drivers, but didnt help. Gonna take it to a local o2 store and check if there can be anything done bout it.
when i drained my battery fully to the point that it turns itself off, when i plugged it in it sort of looped into boot, but after i remove the charger and plugged it again, the red light turned on and i just left if for ten minutes, then pressed the power button then i turned on as normal.
i'm thinking it might be because the battery is just too drained at one point.
Squalli said:
Got the same problem after starting to format my sdcard with cwm. Just nothing happens anymore, but when i connect my dhd to my computer its indicated as device "qhsusb_dload", but i cant access it with adb or anything. Tried to foce install htc-drivers, but didnt help. Gonna take it to a local o2 store and check if there can be anything done bout it.
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I have same problem.
Its just happened NOW. What the hell ? What we can do to fix this ?
Guys
I had the same problem.
I charged aways the phone by the USB on my PC.
But this is a problem.
Try to charge for an Hour or two your usb original charger your phone.
My problem was that the battery was so empty that the PC USB coudn't had the power to charge it. The Original Charger CAN.
So dont wait more and put it and Charge.
Tell me if this was the resolution.
Bye bye

Fastboot

I am 99.99999% sure i know the answer to this question, but i figure ill ask anyways....
Is there a way to get into fastboot without the power button?
Recently my power button crapped out on me. I got a new replacement phone, but i wanted to pull files off my old phone...
any help would be appreciated, thanks!
EDIT:
Again, 99.99% sure i know this answer too... but is there a way to sent a power up signal via USB when the phone is off?
does your phone turn on?
if so and you have adb setup, you can use: adb reboot bootloader
Zepius said:
does your phone turn on?
if so and you have adb setup, you can use: adb reboot bootloader
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Nope, doesnt turn on... When im plugged in via USB either to a computer or a power outlet, i get the battery charging icon, but thats it...
before it broke, the power button was working spotty... then the next morning it was not working at all
codya321 said:
Nope, doesnt turn on... When im plugged in via USB either to a computer or a power outlet, i get the battery charging icon, but thats it...
before it broke, the power button was working spotty... then the next morning it was not working at all
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then yeah i'm pretty sure you're SOL if it doesnt turn on.
Zepius said:
then yeah i'm pretty sure you're SOL if it doesnt turn on.
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thats what i was 99.9999% sure of... haha, bummer
you can remove the housing and short the power button contacts
codya321 said:
thats what i was 99.9999% sure of... haha, bummer
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I have no idea if this works but worth a shot...
cohrs said:
take the battery out and plug into usb (connected to computer). put the battery back in and when you see the battery charging on the screen remove the battery again. On mine the battery image starts flickering. at that point i put the battery back in and it rebooted.
This has worked for me a few times. Once rebooted you will be able to see your device using adb and then fastboot.
i got the idea from this post but found the timing i used worked better than his random attempts while holding the x key on the nexus one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524858
good luck
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3rdstring said:
I have no idea if this works but worth a shot...
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Yea, i have been trying that over and over with no luck, no dice though...
anyone have any other ideas? i would really like to get some data of the phone before i get rid of it...
codya321 said:
Yea, i have been trying that over and over with no luck, no dice though...
anyone have any other ideas? i would really like to get some data of the phone before i get rid of it...
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If you're really desperate for the data, you could always open the phone up and manually trigger the button as someone above has posted. There probably is another way via hardware tools e.g. JTAG or something OMAP/flash related but I'm not aware of anything specific.
Get ROM toolbox and make a shortcut for rebooting and getting into recovery
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ac3theone said:
Get ROM toolbox and make a shortcut for rebooting and getting into recovery
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??
The OP said he can't turn his phone on...

Phone will not turn on

My phone worked perfectly fine for months until today. My cannot boot. When I turn it on it goes to the galaxy s3 screen before turning off. I have tried taking the battery out, sim, you name it and I still get the same result. Does anyone have any tips for me? Thank you
zamorph said:
My phone worked perfectly fine for months until today. My cannot boot. When I turn it on it goes to the galaxy s3 screen before turning off. I have tried taking the battery out, sim, you name it and I still get the same result. Does anyone have any tips for me? Thank you
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If it also happens in download and recovery mode, power button might be stuck. That or hardware failure.
Aerowinder said:
If it also happens in download and recovery mode, power button might be stuck. That or hardware failure.
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I cant even get that far into the phone =/
But I think something must be loose in the phone. I got it to boot up but it was very jumpy and hard to get off the unlock screen. Should I try to open it up and check?
Good way to tell if it's a power button issue is to remove the battery, then put it back in and wait a min. If it tries to turn on by itself, the button is your problem.
If it doesn't, it could still be the button though. It won't rule it out but is an easy way to confirm it most of the time.
What do you mean by its jumpy and hard to unlock?
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Desire HD won't turn on

Hi guys,
yesterday I tried to recover the original ROM for Desire HD. During the process in bootloader, my phone shutdown, and I can't turn it on now, even the bootloader wont run. I think my battery was too low, even tought the phone showed 99% (it happened before, even though the battery was almost dead), and it died during the update. Basically, I'm not able to access any feature right now, I'm not sure, if the phone is charging - when I plug it in, the orange light turns on, but when I unplug, the light stays on. Bootloader won't start, but when I press both volume buttons and power button, the phone vibrates 3 times, green light turns on, and thats all.
If you need more info, please ask.
Any help is appreciated, thank you.
You were recovering official ROM from the RUU? This should not result in your device being bricked.
Please try removing the battery for about 10 seconds, then press Vol Dn+Power button and a partial bootloader showing RUU failed or a similar error should open.
Then connect your phone to your PC and again run the Official RUU Setup.
Hit "Thanks" if I helped you. Also click "Donate to me" on the left if u wanna give something in return
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You were recovering official ROM from the RUU? This should not result in your device being bricked.
Please try removing the battery for about 10 seconds, then press Vol Dn+Power button and a partial bootloader showing RUU failed or a similar error should open.
Then connect your phone to your PC and again run the Official RUU Setup.
Hit "Thanks" if I helped you. Also click "Donate to me" on the left if u wanna give something in return
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Hi, thanks, nothing happens when I push down volume down and power buttons, even after removing batteries. I believe something is actually happening ,but nothing shows on the screen, because when I push volume down and power, and then I plug in the power cable, the orange light does not turn on, while when I plug it in without the combination, it does turn on.
I think that was an official Rom, because I've used it before, and my phone was not rooted afterwards - I did this successfully two times before. However, I recovered it from SD card (pd98img zip copied on the ssd).
Maybe you can try it...just try let the charge is plug in...n leave it be for a hour maybe...don't try to turn on the phone..
After a hour you can try unplug the charge...and remove your battery first...then put it in again...then try power on with pressing volume down+power button..just let see if this time the phone can go to bootloader or not..
Hope this can help..
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JJeamy said:
Maybe you can try it...just try let the charge is plug in...n leave it be for a hour maybe...don't try to turn on the phone..
After a hour you can try unplug the charge...and remove your battery first...then put it in again...then try power on with pressing volume down+power button..just let see if this time the phone can go to bootloader or not..
Hope this can help..
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No luck there :/
Fluorescent222 said:
No luck there :/
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you mean still not turn on..?
what about if tried with a different battery..?
JJeamy said:
you mean still not turn on..?
what about if tried with a different battery..?
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yeah. I thought about that, but I dont have any desire hd battery here, and I don't know how to charge this one without the phone.
I appear to be having similar problems with it not turning on. when i plug in the charger i get no orange light atall.. if i leave it plugged in (usually within 1hr to 2) eventually it will boot to custom recovery and from there i can reboot the phone and will boot to android. but it does not last very long atall usually about 30mins. have reset battery stats from recovery but doesnt seem to help.
from what i can find online its dieing but can anyone advise on if it will be the battery or the phone itself???
i have just spent $30 fixing digitizer and lcd in the past month. if it is needing a new battery i will proberbly do that but if not it can go..
hope this may help with your problem or any other....
1am570yl3z said:
I appear to be having similar problems with it not turning on. when i plug in the charger i get no orange light atall.. if i leave it plugged in (usually within 1hr to 2) eventually it will boot to custom recovery and from there i can reboot the phone and will boot to android. but it does not last very long atall usually about 30mins. have reset battery stats from recovery but doesnt seem to help.
from what i can find online its dieing but can anyone advise on if it will be the battery or the phone itself???
i have just spent $30 fixing digitizer and lcd in the past month. if it is needing a new battery i will proberbly do that but if not it can go..
hope this may help with your problem or any other....
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probably won't help my problem.
but to solve yours, download one of the apps that tells you how much battery health you have. You might also get a pretty good deal on a new battery from ebay

Sony Xperia ZL wont turn on?

When i press the power button nothing happens. When i plug into wall charger this happens (see the video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faJusDEmXg&feature=youtu.be
I tried "off button + power + volum up" still same problem. Is it software issue or hardware issue? can it be the battery? I tried to reinstall OS using sony companion but it wont let me do it "phone isnt recognized"
looking forward to replies.
thx
kaboose786 said:
When i press the power button nothing happens. When i plug into wall charger this happens (see the video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faJusDEmXg&feature=youtu.be
I tried "off button + power + volum up" still same problem. Is it software issue or hardware issue? can it be the battery? I tried to reinstall OS using sony companion but it wont let me do it "phone isnt recognized"
looking forward to replies.
thx
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Did you do something before the phone got that problem?. I mean a firmware flash or something
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Did you do something before the phone got that problem?. I mean a firmware flash or something
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No i didnt
So, it must be a hardware problem, right now I'm having the same problem but I did flash a ROM and something went wrong
Did you try pressing the reset button? (Yellow one located beside the microSD card slot)
Aljecama12 said:
So, it must be a hardware problem, right now I'm having the same problem but I did flash a ROM and something went wrong
Did you try pressing the reset button? (Yellow one located beside the microSD card slot)
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Yes i tried reset buttom but no luck
have u fixed ur problem? i have no idea how to solve this? could it be the battery?
kaboose786 said:
Yes i tried reset buttom but no luck
have u fixed ur problem? i have no idea how to solve this? could it be the battery?
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i am not that of an expert but i want to help. so explain few things to me.
how long did you leave it to charge ??since i see red notification it seems you battery is low
if you did leave it for over night .. i read somewhere try pressing volume up + power until it vibrates then leave it on wall charger for couple of hours.
if these things doesnt work we will take it a step further
kaboose786 said:
When i press the power button nothing happens. When i plug into wall charger this happens (see the video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faJusDEmXg&feature=youtu.be
I tried "off button + power + volum up" still same problem. Is it software issue or hardware issue? can it be the battery? I tried to reinstall OS using sony companion but it wont let me do it "phone isnt recognized"
looking forward to replies.
thx
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Can you connect to flashmode you can flash ftf to check if its a software problem. But i highly suspect that its a battery problem. i would suggest you to keep for charging for few minutes and then do flash using flashtool
abhishek009 said:
i am not that of an expert but i want to help. so explain few things to me.
how long did you leave it to charge ??since i see red notification it seems you battery is low
if you did leave it for over night .. i read somewhere try pressing volume up + power until it vibrates then leave it on wall charger for couple of hours.
if these things doesnt work we will take it a step further
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So i left it on charge whole night and then i hold vol up + power and plug the phone into wall charger and it turned on and battery showed 98 % charged but as soon as i removed the wall charger it turned off and then i tried to turn it on it wouldnt turn on unless i plug into the wall so it is definitely the battery?
kaboose786 said:
So i left it on charge whole night and then i hold vol up + power and plug the phone into wall charger and it turned on and battery showed 98 % charged but as soon as i removed the wall charger it turned off and then i tried to turn it on it wouldnt turn on unless i plug into the wall so it is definitely the battery?
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ya it seems like battery here is a thread that might help you can try it at your own risk though, before buying a new battery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-zl/general/phone-starts-connected-to-charger-t2864009
today i installed a new battery and still no luck. Same problem exists
any suggestions?
kaboose786 said:
today i installed a new battery and still no luck. Same problem exists
any suggestions?
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I think it's about hardware issue.
Send it to service center, I think they won't find out if your bootloader is unlocked, because yours won't turn on

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