I have a stock Tmobile G2 that I have not rooted or done a thing too. I've been enjoying it just like it is.
Last night, I plugged it in at night and went to bed. This morning, the green LED was on saying it was fully charged, but it wouldn't power on? I finally pulled the battery and it powered on to the standard white HTC screen, but hung there for 5+ mins. I pulled the battery and again and I think the HTC screen came up again and hung again. After that battery pull, I could no longer get it to even power on.
Here's what I've noticed.
-After a battery pull and then plugging it in, I get an "orange" LED, but nothing happens. Can't power on, and it doesn't ever seem to turn green even after hours on the charger. When I remove the plug, the orange LED stays on and nothing happens.
- If I pull the battery and try to turn it on before plugging it , nothing happens, but in the same token, it won't show the orange LED if I plug it in.
The only thing different I did last night was that I used a Mini to Micro converter plug for the first time. I have a ton of Mini-USB plugs, so just ordered 2 of these. Could have been coincidence, but thought I would mention it.
My battery has been fine and has shown no issues of being bad, but wondering if they just crap out or something? The no charging LED after trying to turn it on is strange?
Any ideas?
Return it and call shenanigans?
That's really quite strange. Have you modded anything on the system that would affect it at all?
yeah, the hardware in your phone is simply broken. to make sure this is true, try doing a recovery. pull the battery, put it back in, hold the volume DOWN key, while hitting the power on button, use the volume rocker to go down to recovery, and then follow the instructions to recover the phone. but it sounds to me like water damage of some sort around the plug, or you pulled out the charger wrong and broke it. **this will remove all apps you have installed, but its better than having to wait for t-mo to send you a new one**
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Return it and call shenanigans?
That's really quite strange. Have you modded anything on the system that would affect it at all?
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Haven't touched a thing on this phone. I have an older G1 I've played with ROM's on and stuff, but I've left the G2 alone.
Only thing is standard apps from the market.
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yeah, the hardware in your phone is simply broken. to make sure this is true, try doing a recovery. pull the battery, put it back in, hold the volume DOWN key, while hitting the power on button, use the volume rocker to go down to recovery, and then follow the instructions to recover the phone. but it sounds to me like water damage of some sort around the plug, or you pulled out the charger wrong and broke it. **this will remove all apps you have installed, but its better than having to wait for t-mo to send you a new one**
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Just tried the recovery, but nothing.
No water damage or anything. Phone has been well taken care of and looks new.
I guess its just a failure. Only had it a month or so. Guess I'll contact tmobile about a replacement.
These things happen, my original G1 died after about a week of use, though I would have expected that after a month you would be in the clear.
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These things happen, my original G1 died after about a week of use, though I would have expected that after a month you would be in the clear.
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Yeah, kind of surprised myself. Electronics do fail though.
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I have a stock Tmobile G2 that I have not rooted or done a thing too. I've been enjoying it just like it is.
Last night, I plugged it in at night and went to bed. This morning, the green LED was on saying it was fully charged, but it wouldn't power on? I finally pulled the battery and it powered on to the standard white HTC screen, but hung there for 5+ mins. I pulled the battery and again and I think the HTC screen came up again and hung again. After that battery pull, I could no longer get it to even power on.
Here's what I've noticed.
-After a battery pull and then plugging it in, I get an "orange" LED, but nothing happens. Can't power on, and it doesn't ever seem to turn green even after hours on the charger. When I remove the plug, the orange LED stays on and nothing happens.
- If I pull the battery and try to turn it on before plugging it , nothing happens, but in the same token, it won't show the orange LED if I plug it in.
The only thing different I did last night was that I used a Mini to Micro converter plug for the first time. I have a ton of Mini-USB plugs, so just ordered 2 of these. Could have been coincidence, but thought I would mention it.
My battery has been fine and has shown no issues of being bad, but wondering if they just crap out or something? The no charging LED after trying to turn it on is strange?
Any ideas?
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I'm on my 4th G2. The screen kept going out on two of them and the other one, all the apps were force closing on me. I almost gave up on this phone and went to a nexus s but I love the quality of this phone as in it don't feel or look cheap. Also I would have missed my hardware keyboard for my fat fingers lol. I was not going to get a mytouch 4g. Wanted to get as stock vanilla android as I could.
Just send it back and get a new one. Hopefully the next one won't give you these problems.
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Those are usually the signs of water damage or a fried battery
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Tmobile assisted me and all is well!
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I have been rooted for a while and successfully flashed a few Roms/Kerenels using rom manager. I was flashing the newest version of Myn and one of the "warm" kernels that it offered with it. Everything was going normally the rom loaded fashed the rom and kerenel the phone was reseting then out of nowhere i got the image of the white box and android guy with an arrw as if to say "android taken out of box" I left it like that for about 5 min then took the batt out and tried to reset it. I got the same image then i tried vol. up & power it vibrated 3x and did nothing. My buddy had the same problem yesterday and he got it workin. I called him and he said all he did was pull batt/restart over and over till it booted normally. I tried that about 10x then it would not turn on again. Plugged it in, no response no led light up.
Am I bricked past the point of no return, and if not what can I do to get back in business
Stay calm, pull battery out for 5 minutes and then put it back in, then put charger in and see if LED comes on.
did that batt was out for about 20 min plugged it back in nothing
let phone charge 30 minutes
will do.. from what you know does this sound like a typical brick scenario? I feel like I didnt do anything different from all the other times I flashed roms/kerenels it just kinda flipped out on me this time?
it just happened to me, my phone wouldnt turn on or charge. Pull out battery for 1 minutre, (make sure phone isnt plugged in) out battery in, DONT PLUG IN CHARGER YET.
power phone on, once u see the white evo splashscreen, plug charger in and wait seconds and u will see LED turn on.
keep me updated
No mtter what I do or at least nothing ive tried I cannot get the Evo to respond by turning on or lighting up or doing anything
To get into bootloader, you need to press and hold vol *down* and power. Sometimes mine is finicky...be sure to firmly press those buttons, and keep them just as firmly held until you see the bootloader screen.
If that doesn't work, you might have a dead battery. Can you swap batteries with a friend?
I had this happen to me with my girls evo. Its usually related to overheating. Do you happen to have a second battery? If yu had an htc hero, they have same battery. Worked for me.
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This happened to me while flashing the newest EViO. Don't worry, if your phone turns on a little youre most likely fine.
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Never got it working or turned on but I took it to a Sprint tech center andt they gave me a new one... It would not power on even when they opened it up. they just replaced it.
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
So you can't get into CWM or TWRP? And what Galaxy S3 Variant are you using?
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Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ii it possible you may have a bad battery? How new is it?(not that age of it matters) Also, do you have a case on the phone? Check to make sure the power button is not stuck. If you can get to boot logo, then its not dead-dead. If you've had your phone for awhile, double check the battery terminals are not oxidized. Unlikley, but worth checking and maybe check battery wih voltage meter if you have access to one. Then charge it overnight and check it again. One last thing to try is plug it in with the battery out and see if that does anything. Have you flashed anything lately? Modem? Scripts?
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I have taken the battery out and plugged the phone straight into the computer and all that i get is a red light where the notification light is and then it disappears.
As for age, its a little over a year old.
I wasnt doing any flashing at the time, it just went kaput right after a phone call.
I had a mophie case on it, but not right now. I guess ill take it a part when i can and throw som alcohol on the battery button to see if it loosens it up. But other than that, I'm at a loss.
Not trying to pay $80 for a craigslister either.
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axel4401 said:
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ii it possible you may have a bad battery? How new is it?(not that age of it matters) Also, do you have a case on the phone? Check to make sure the power button is not stuck. If you can get to boot logo, then its not dead-dead. If you've had your phone for awhile, double check the battery terminals are not oxidized. Unlikley, but worth checking and maybe check battery wih voltage meter if you have access to one. Then charge it overnight and check it again. One last thing to try is plug it in with the battery out and see if that does anything. Have you flashed anything lately? Modem? Scripts?
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Man, I don't know. Sounded like a charging issue at first, but looking I'm not so sure now. Anything stuck in your power slot? Maybe try leaving battery out overnight and see if it clears anything. If it starts to boot I would go right to recovery and try flashing something. I would be concernedabout going straight to download mode and using oOdin cause of it does during the flash that is really bad...
Can you get into download mode? Pull battery plug in USB and hold volume down and home buttons I think... when you plug USB in to computer does Odin recognize it at all?
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I just started having the same issue. I have a an ATT S3 running the newest Hyperdrive. Mine wasnt doing a random reset, but it seemed like it has been turning itself off. Totally intermittent, i couldnt pinpoint the cause.
Then just today when i went to see if i had any messages and the phone was off again (i had about a 60-75% charge) I hit the power button a few times and now i am getting the symptoms described above.
When i try to go into TWRP, i get the blue text at the top left of the screen, sometimes i make it to the first hyperdrive screen, then it goes black.
When I go to download I can get to the hit up or down screen, i hit up to go into download, i get to the next screen then it goes black again.
I did leave the battery out for about 15minutes and no dice. I even tried to leave it on the charger thinking i lost all charge or something.
I am just a mere user, but i have always been able to tinker around enough not to bother the devs and get my way out of these situations, but I think i am stuck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
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I just started having the same issue. I have a an ATT S3 running the newest Hyperdrive. Mine wasnt doing a random reset, but it seemed like it has been turning itself off. Totally intermittent, i couldnt pinpoint the cause.
Then just today when i went to see if i had any messages and the phone was off again (i had about a 60-75% charge) I hit the power button a few times and now i am getting the symptoms described above.
When i try to go into TWRP, i get the blue text at the top left of the screen, sometimes i make it to the first hyperdrive screen, then it goes black.
When I go to download I can get to the hit up or down screen, i hit up to go into download, i get to the next screen then it goes black again.
I did leave the battery out for about 15minutes and no dice. I even tried to leave it on the charger thinking i lost all charge or something.
I am just a mere user, but i have always been able to tinker around enough not to bother the devs and get my way out of these situations, but I think i am stuck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
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Maybe a stuck power button? Try cleaning it out a little. .. sounds like it's rebooting itself.
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Maybe a stuck power button? Try cleaning it out a little. .. sounds like it's rebooting itself.
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I am trying that, it doesn't seem like there is anything in there, but you never know.
If the power button was stuck on, wouldn't the phone keep trying to restart? Or no?
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I am trying that, it doesn't seem like there is anything in there, but you never know.
If the power button was stuck on, wouldn't the phone keep trying to restart? Or no?
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I believe so, unless you pull the battery. In fact pull battery plug into usb and go into down load mode and see if it restarts. Or go into recovery without holding power button, and if you can then that means the power button is stuck on.
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I believe so, unless you pull the battery. In fact pull battery plug into usb and go into down load mode and see if it restarts. Or go into recovery without holding power button, and if you can then that means the power button is stuck on.
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I have tried that as well. Whenever it goes into download mode the screen goes black after a couple of seconds. And it doesn't boot into recovery as well since it seems to go dead too quick.
I mainly just want to recover my pictures at this point. I am leaving the battery out of the phone for the day and see if that makes a difference this evening.
I am out of ideas, lol
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I have tried that as well. Whenever it goes into download mode the screen goes black after a couple of seconds. And it doesn't boot into recovery as well since it seems to go dead too quick.
I mainly just want to recover my pictures at this point. I am leaving the battery out of the phone for the day and see if that makes a difference this evening.
I am out of ideas, lol
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Take the six acres it and open her up, Take out button off and clean it and where it goes.
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Take the six acres it and open her up, Take out button off and clean it and where it goes.
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Pretty sure the flex cable on you're power button is not working as intended, could be a short from a rain drop or just everyday wear and tear another issue could be that the battery is fried and can't hold a charge, but this seems unlikely given you're circumstance.
I always tell people to utilize pie controls to save you're everyday use from wearing out our precious hardware buttons, My power and home only get pressed to wake the device, everything else is pie control via LMT launcher
That happened to me a few months ago. I was at work when it happened. The phone would just continually restart, vibrate, restart, back and forth. I ended up taking the battery out so it wouldn't get drained. Had it out for about four hours. Once I got home, I put it back in and never had any more problems. It was just a random thing, so try keeping the battery out for a while.
I'll keep my fingers crossed. I took the phone apart last night to clean it out and it was pretty spotless. But It keeps shutting off after trying to boot after a few seconds. I just hope I can get to a point where I can get my pictures off of it now.
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I'll keep my fingers crossed. I took the phone apart last night to clean it out and it was pretty spotless. But It keeps shutting off after trying to boot after a few seconds. I just hope I can get to a point where I can get my pictures off of it now.
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Hello all, as an update, I did nothing to my S3 over the weekend haping something magical could happen.
Today I went through all the normal steps again, and still a dead soldier. Now it wont ever SHow the Samsung logo however - just a short vibrate then nothing..
Still get a red light and a short vibrate when plugging into the comp without battery in though.
I have NOT taken it apart yet, but I will tonight most likely.
Thanks for all the suggestions and Ill keep this updated.
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Hello all, as an update, I did nothing to my S3 over the weekend haping something magical could happen.
Today I went through all the normal steps again, and still a dead soldier. Now it wont ever SHow the Samsung logo however - just a short vibrate then nothing..
Still get a red light and a short vibrate when plugging into the comp without battery in though.
I have NOT taken it apart yet, but I will tonight most likely.
Thanks for all the suggestions and Ill keep this updated.
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Hello again,
Some news, I am able to get it into download mode for about 1 second then the phone shuts off - just like the other person in this thread with the same issue.
I took the phone apart and used a Qtip with 91% isopropyl Alcohol to try and clean the power button (which looks surprisingly clean). Still the same thing happening.
I'm running out of ideas here, so please chime in if you have any.
Thanks
axel4401 said:
Hello again,
Some news, I am able to get it into download mode for about 1 second then the phone shuts off - just like the other person in this thread with the same issue.
I took the phone apart and used a Qtip with 91% isopropyl Alcohol to try and clean the power button (which looks surprisingly clean). Still the same thing happening.
I'm running out of ideas here, so please chime in if you have any.
Thanks
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I was going to try the alcohol tonight, but I am afraid that I will have same results. I am going to try a new battery from another s3 tomorrow. I will post the results.
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I was going to try the alcohol tonight, but I am afraid that I will have same results. I am going to try a new battery from another s3 tomorrow. I will post the results.
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Final update (hopefully)
I got the qtip and scrubbed anything to do with the battery, pressed the power button, got more alcohol in by the button (not a lot) scrubbed some more terminals, and the battery terminals, etc. waited about ten minutes and put the battery in...
Low and behold, something worked and now the phone comes on.
I dont know which part of the scrubbing actually did it, but something worked.
All in all I have no idea what actually fixed it, but the point is that it works.
Thank you for who those that insisted that it was a power button issue - you were most likely right.
So here are my results as of today, and what I have tried to get to this point:
After my S3 died and wouldn't boot up into recovery i tried cleaning all the internals with alcohol. I cleaned thoroughly, and focused on the charging port, the power switch and battery terminals. The phone acted exactly the same.
I then tried putting it in a bowl of rice for about 24 hours. I was thinking that it might have been caused by some condensation. No success.
I was thinking since the power would turn on whenever i plugged the battery in, that maybe the switch was stuck. I took it apart again and tested the switch with a multi-meter. The switch seemed fine. It was responding when i pushed it, so i figured that wasn't the problem.
I kept reading that apparently this is an issue with the mother board. I tried the broken PS3 method of heating up the motherboard with a heat gun in hopes to re-seat something that may be loose. This did not work either. After this, I figured i was SOL since I was out of ideas and out of warranty (which didn't really matter anyway since I am running Hyperdrive).
Earlier today I figured the best tool in your toolbox sometimes is a hammer. I started tapping the phone on the side of my table, especially around the power button, while trying to turn it on. It didn't seem like it was doing anything either. I then plugged the phone into the charger since i thought the battery was totally dead.
A few minutes after i walked away from the phone, I came back into room and the red charging light was on. I tried turning it on, and holy cow it works...wtf...
I have no idea what made this work. It could be a complete coincidence. But, this phone has not worked since last Saturday. I just kept messing with it and may have just gotten lucky. I don't think banging your phone will fix this, but if truly was a hardware issue, maybe something in the phones mother board is becoming loose from the extreme heat they endure at times. I know my S3 has gotten pretty hot when I use it to navigate and leave it in the case.
I don't know if any of this will help anyone, but this is my experience so far of my S3 having what I think is the sudden death failure. I will followup with any updates if it decides to act up again.
So here's the story.
It was last night. It was dark, and I proceeded to charge my phone. I didn't see where I was plugging in the adapter into the wall, so instead of having both adapters in the correct sockets, I had the right prong of the adapter into the left hole of the power bar socket, and the left prong of the adapter into nothing.
Of course, being dark, I didn't see, but it went in so I thought I plugged it in properly.
So my phone is "charging", and I proceeded to flash a new ROM (Android Overdrive). My battery at that time was at around 30%. So I went to recovery, did the regular full factory reset, and flashed it, and when it rebooted, it had the 4-coloured X boot animation playing, when I heard a funny, continuous, low electronic humming sound eminating from my phone and the screen started getting funky and turned a shade of purple. I quickly unplugged the usb, and proceeded to restart the phone.
Phone freezes at boot animation.
I went into bootloader, and successfully navigated to recovery. I proceeded to do a full wipe, and reflash the old rom.
It flashed successfully but I had the same problem of getting stuck on the bootanimation.
Now the phone won't turn on when I press the power button. When I plug it into the wall it shows the charging icon thing, then it turns off, then it turns back on, and repeats like that forever.
When I press the power button when it's plugged in the phone gets stuck at the charging battery screen (The screen freezes).
Also, when I plug my phone into my computer, my computer (windows 7) makes a disconnect sound, followed by three short beeps in quick succession that are at the same pitch as the last note of the two-note disconnect melody. It does this on repeat forever.
PS: I just managed to put the phone into bootloader mode and I am leaving it plugged in. I am going to see if it is still responsive after 30 minutes of just sitting there on the homepage of bootloader mode.
PPS: It was stable after 30 mins; I could still press up and down and select whatever i want. BUT as soon as I unplugged the USB, the device shut off. Is it the battery problem?
Does anyone know yet what's wrong with my phone?
A friend of mine had a similar problem... Never solved it, keep us updated mate...
Sounds like a battery problem. You might wanna get a replacement battery if you can. Word of advice. Never ever flash anything if your phone isn't fully charged or at a good battery percentage. Personal experience
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Sounds like a battery problem. You might wanna get a replacement battery if you can. Word of advice. Never ever flash anything if your phone isn't fully charged or at a good battery percentage. Personal experience
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Yes sir you are correct! I have a friend who also had a Gnex, and I swapped batteries and lo and behold, my phone works again! Now I don't have to drop $400 on a nexus 4 =D
So I woke up this morning and my phone was A-OK. Charged to 100% overnight, and I left it plugged in while getting ready for work. I came back to it 20 minutes later and it was really warm/borderline hot to the touch (through a case). The battery was down to 85% yet still plugged in. I then drove to the train station 5 minutes away and it went down to near 50%, still really warm/hot.
Streamed some music and watched some Netflix on the 90 minute ride, and the battery was down to 35%. At this point I turned the phone off because it was still hot.
Plugged it in to charge at the office, and got a blinking red light for about 10 seconds. It then went solid red and stayed that way until I unplugged it 4 hours later. The phone was still quite warm, but no longer hot. Hold down the power button... nothing. Plug it back in, same red light pattern. I got nervous at this point and hit up good old El Goog to see what could be wrong.
Found a lot of threads pointing to the One X suffering this fate, along with a few One's. Followed the advise of holding VolUp + VolDown + Power for 2 minutes. The phone got hot again. Unplugged the phone, removed the SIM, and held the buttons again. The phone had cooled off dramatically while doing this, to the point that it is now cold to the touch. Reinserted the SIM, and plugged it in again... no light at all this time.
From this point on, the various threads disagree on the next steps. Plugging it in to the computer yields no light, just like an wall charger. I don't have the HTC cord with me at work. I've tried a Nokia micro USB cable and a Sony wall charger. Other suggestions call for leaving the phone off (like I have a choice on that part) and unplugged for several hours. Others say to mash the Power button for 10-20 times and that may cause it to power on.
Any suggestions on how I should proceed with this? My phone is unlocked, so I'd love to avoid replacing it.
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So I woke up this morning and my phone was A-OK. Charged to 100% overnight, and I left it plugged in while getting ready for work. I came back to it 20 minutes later and it was really warm/borderline hot to the touch (through a case). The battery was down to 85% yet still plugged in. I then drove to the train station 5 minutes away and it went down to near 50%, still really warm/hot.
Streamed some music and watched some Netflix on the 90 minute ride, and the battery was down to 35%. At this point I turned the phone off because it was still hot.
Plugged it in to charge at the office, and got a blinking red light for about 10 seconds. It then went solid red and stayed that way until I unplugged it 4 hours later. The phone was still quite warm, but no longer hot. Hold down the power button... nothing. Plug it back in, same red light pattern. I got nervous at this point and hit up good old El Goog to see what could be wrong.
Found a lot of threads pointing to the One X suffering this fate, along with a few One's. Followed the advise of holding VolUp + VolDown + Power for 2 minutes. The phone got hot again. Unplugged the phone, removed the SIM, and held the buttons again. The phone had cooled off dramatically while doing this, to the point that it is now cold to the touch. Reinserted the SIM, and plugged it in again... no light at all this time.
From this point on, the various threads disagree on the next steps. Plugging it in to the computer yields no light, just like an wall charger. I don't have the HTC cord with me at work. I've tried a Nokia micro USB cable and a Sony wall charger. Other suggestions call for leaving the phone off (like I have a choice on that part) and unplugged for several hours. Others say to mash the Power button for 10-20 times and that may cause it to power on.
Any suggestions on how I should proceed with this? My phone is unlocked, so I'd love to avoid replacing it.
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Have you tried the bright light trick? Hold the phone under a bright light (really bright light, the brighter the better) and hold down the volume button + power for 15-20 seconds. That should get you into your bootloader. This will tell you whether or not its rom based, or phone based.
If you cant even get into your bootloader, it sounds like a hardware problem. If you can get into your bootloader but it will not boot to your rom, then its software.
Thats all I got for now. Sorry.
Seriously sounds like a battery/charging issue, gives all signs of a discharging battery. That would explain the heat build-up.
Was you using the charger that came with it? Or are you using a different charger? I once used my motorola cord to charge my phone and it felt like it was going to burst in to flames. I then got the HTC cord that came with the phone and it cooled down.
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No luck on the bright light trick. I tried holding just power, power + down, power + up, and power + both underneath a fairly bright fluorescent light.
Dark Jedi said:
Was you using the charger that came with it? Or are you using a different charger? I once used my motorola cord to charge my phone and it felt like it was going to burst in to flames. I then got the HTC cord that came with the phone and it cooled down.
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I don't have the OEM charger here, but I was using it at home to charge it. I'm hoping leaving it alone for another 4 hours will bring it back to life on the HTC cable.
NotATreoFan said:
No luck on the bright light trick. I tried holding just power, power + down, power + up, and power + both underneath a fairly bright fluorescent light.
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Lets hope that it didnt turn on because the battery died. Hopefully the OEM HTC cable/charger will fix your issue.
If your battery is truly completely drained, it may take a few seconds for the light to finally come on... so dont freak out in the first 10 seconds.
Your battery could of went bad. Does your phone look like it has swelled anywhere from the battery expanding ?
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Red5 said:
Lets hope that it didnt turn on because the battery died. Hopefully the OEM HTC cable/charger will fix your issue.
If your battery is truly completely drained, it may take a few seconds for the light to finally come on... so dont freak out in the first 10 seconds.
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I'm trying to remain calm until I get home. I haven't gotten a light in 30+ minutes of being connected to the Sony charger, but I'm chocking that up to it not being the HTC original.
Dark Jedi said:
Your battery could of went bad. Does your phone look like it has swelled anywhere from the battery expanding ?
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It's tough to properly gauge it with my eyes, but nothing looks off. If I press down on the center of the phone at the top, the it does not lift off the table. If that push from the center at the bottom, it does lift off ever so slightly. But I don't know if this is because of the camera location or what.
Called up Verizon just to make sure there's no other method that I didn't try, and they advised me to get a replacement. I've got a few days to try and get this thing working before I'll have to send it back and say goodbye to root.
Interestingly enough, they were sure to warn me about physical damage and being subject to a $299 charge if there is any damage. But they didn't make any mention about if the device is found to be unlocked.
Well the cooling down certainly could have been the battery finally being completely dead. Maybe stop in a Verizon store to try another battery? No chance a bad SIM card could cause this right?
kennyglass123 said:
Well the cooling down certainly could have been the battery finally being completely dead. Maybe stop in a Verizon store to try another battery? No chance a bad SIM card could cause this right?
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Try another battery? You mean just pop off the back cover, take out the old battery and try a new one? You're one sick troll.
Red5 said:
Try another battery? You mean just pop off the back cover, take out the old battery and try a new one? You're one sick troll.
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Yes..very devious!!! I don't know what I was thinking :silly:
kennyglass123 said:
Well the cooling down certainly could have been the battery finally being completely dead. Maybe stop in a Verizon store to try another battery? No chance a bad SIM card could cause this right?
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I did remove the SIM before doing some of the steps as there were reports that a missing one will cause the phone to pop into recovery. I really hope I can get this one back to life so I don't have to wait for an S-Off exploit to root again.
Got home, plugged it in for several hours, no light. Looks to be quite dead.
Really sorry to hear this man.
I would keep it off 12-24 hours.
try it out.
also I have sent back MANY HTC Dev unlocked phones, they just flash the new software re-setting it back to S-ON, and stock. I don't think they really give a ****, esp if it's not an issue from say, S-OFF.
That's a pisser. My One has been rock solid. Sounds like a really weird issue. I doubt it's recoverable. I'd just go for the replacement. Generally even if it's unlocked they won't have any issue replacing it. In fact, here is Australia, retailers aren't allowed tor efuse warranty claims even if the device has been unlocked, rooted etc...
Perhaps put it into a bag and into the freezer for a few hours. That can sometimes resolve battery issues.
Did I read it correct that you were not able to go into the bootloader? (full Power off > vol down + power)?
If that's the case then you should head for a replacement.. if it is dead they probably wont be able to fire it up to check if its locked or not anyway
PG101 said:
Did I read it correct that you were not able to go into the bootloader? (full Power off > vol down + power)?
If that's the case then you should head for a replacement.. if it is dead they probably wont be able to fire it up to check if its locked or not anyway
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Very good point, and by the time they do, the guys at the repair center can't physically go and find every rooted phone, then bring it to corporates attention, they get the phones, reflash the software fix the problems listed and out goes another returd. I mean refub, sorry.
So my friend started charging her phone, and an hour later when she checked, it was turned off, and extremely hot. We haven't been able to turn it back on since then, it doesn't do anything, take battery out, put it back in, tried home + power + volume with battery, and without just straight with charger and nothing. What do you guys think it might have happened? I don't want to think her phone is done for lol.
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So my friend started charging her phone, and an hour later when she checked, it was turned off, and extremely hot. We haven't been able to turn it back on since then, it doesn't do anything, take battery out, put it back in, tried home + power + volume with battery, and without just straight with charger and nothing. What do you guys think it might have happened? I don't want to think her phone is done for lol.
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Does the battery look messed up? Does it have a bump or something on it?
Also, worst case scenario, if she's stock.. send it to Samsung.
Maybe somehow either the phone fried or your battery did... He mightve left something open that was running on the background and it mightve got it hot... Thats what happened to me... But it didn't do that.. I quit wtever was running on the background, let it cool off and started charging it... So yea
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Exel said:
Does the battery look messed up? Does it have a bump or something on it?
Also, worst case scenario, if she's stock.. send it to Samsung.
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Nope, nothing on the battery, checked everything, we might have to send it to Samsung, faulty phone? Maybe, phone was working perfect (she bought it in March) up until last night.
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Nope, nothing on the battery, checked everything, we might have to send it to Samsung, faulty phone? Maybe, phone was working perfect (she bought it in March) up until last night.
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Change the battery out to see of thats the problem
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A tricky issue
I'm having a slightly different problem..
till last night the Phone was OK..was charging..in the morning I found it dead..well turned off I would say..
I came to office put it on charging..
a battery appears in the middle of the screen with a circle inside it (as usual). After that a battery with about 5% juice (Green Liquid) shows up in the middle of the screen (again, as usual) and has 5 points underneath it..which animate from grey to white, and left to right (again, as usual)
but the thing is, the phone doesn't seem to charge and is not powering up.. I even tried the recovery mode and download mode but simply wont power up.
might as well mean that the battery is fried..just wanted to ask you guys if I am correct.
Im using Xperi-z-ied rom