I have a rooted Slide that will not power on. Obviously without it turning on I can not unroot, so my question is will they look at the memory and see I'm rooted/ see that I'm running a custom Rom and void the warranty? Or should I be safe considering the phone will not power on?
stmilli said:
I have a rooted Slide that will not power on. Obviously without it turning on I can not unroot, so my question is will they look at the memory and see I'm rooted/ see that I'm running a custom Rom and void the warranty? Or should I be safe considering the phone will not power on?
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You should be safe, they aren't going to go out of their way to see if you rooted or not. Checking the memory would require a great deal of work if the phone won't even power on, so you're good.
In my experience working with another phone manufacturer, if the device will not even power on, provided there is no physical damage and no liquid damage, they simply send you a replacement. When they finally go to try and fix the handset you sent in, they will most like simply fix the reason it is not powering on, and then would flash it themselves by default to a factory ROM.
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So my power button all of a sudden broke. It won't turn off or on, the only way to power the phone off is to pull the battery and it turns back on by itself as soon as I put the battery back in. Doesn't anyone have any ideas? I've already done a factory reset, didn't change anything. Also, it doesn't work to select anything in recovery. So my 2nd question is if anyone can tell me how to flash the stock sprint rom so I can take it in and get it fixed?
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Use the ruu it will run in windows
Same thing happened to my phone. Damn cheap power button. Was waiting for cm6 to work with the new version hardware. Now that it does I will be doing the same.
What I have been doing as a work around is using widget locker to remap the power button to the volume key. And have a screen off widget. I don't mind it but can't do anything in recovery either anymore. So I am gonna take mine in this weekend. I believe they will give you a replacement phone.
FYI - I got thinking that maybe it wasnt a hardware issue but maybe software - and it would have to be something higher up than the recovery system. Anyway, the button started working again and while it was I flashed a new HBoot thinking that maybe it was a corrupted driver or something. It seems to have fixed it, but YMMV.
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So my power button all of a sudden broke. It won't turn off or on, the only way to power the phone off is to pull the battery and it turns back on by itself as soon as I put the battery back in. Doesn't anyone have any ideas? I've already done a factory reset, didn't change anything. Also, it doesn't work to select anything in recovery. So my 2nd question is if anyone can tell me how to flash the stock sprint rom so I can take it in and get it fixed?
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You can use the ruu to restore our but it will most likely still show s-off in the bootloader. You can fix that by using adb in recovery mode to flash unrevoked forever while in the recovery
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Hey guys
I've got a desire which doesn't boot or even charge. There's no light when trying to charge and the PC doesn't even try to show the phone.
I've tried to charge it for a while to see if the battery charges - nothing happening here. I've also tried another battery. It just seems dead.
Any advice whether it can be revived?
Can you boot into Hboot (press and hold volume down and power button for a few seconds when phone is off) or Fastboot (press and hold back and power button for a few seconds when phone is off)?
If u could get in to fastboot then it can be fix. If not then what knows wrong with it.
cheers for the reply guys.
can't get it into hboot or fastboot. it's just dead. looks like it's completely knackered.
Out of warranty etc, so looks like it's a doorstopper.
Desire doesn't release more than two years ago, which is the time for the warranty -> You are still under warranty. So use it.
Can I still use the warranty even if I've rooted it and put on a LeedDroid ROM?
If I can - that would be fantastic
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Can I still use the warranty even if I've rooted it and put on a LeedDroid ROM?
If I can - that would be fantastic
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the fact in the matter is that it is DEAD. so even if you were rooted, S-OFF'd, had a custom SPL, had a custom ROM - IT. DOES. NOT. MATTER. If it's dead, they can't tell.
Go for warranty.
I bought the kids A100's last year for Christmas. I ended up un locking the bootloader because the ICS update was WAY too slow for my liking. Two weeks ago my sons decides that the unlock pattern is not going to work. You can get the screen to respond in a couple of spots and then go from there but the lines are jittery. I figure that it might need to have a hardware reset. Do that and get a screen with the bootloader info instead of erasing cache..
Find the sd card I had all the info on and tried to do a master rest. NO go. Brings me back to ICS and his lock pattern. I cannot remember how I unlocked the bootloader, did not add it to my favorites or anything else. Now I am stuck. If I am looking at this right the bootloader is unlocked and needs to be locked before I can do a recovery? Is that correct and how do I get that done and do a factory hardware reset?
Worried that if I call ACER with this I will void his warranty.
Power off, then hold power + furthest from the lock switch, press and hold power then toggle the lock switch a few times when the screen turns on to reset. It didn't reset if there is still a lock screen there.
Edit: forgot to mention, holding volume - while powering on will boot into recovery which if its twrp or cwm you can factory reset there, install a new ROM etc.
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Power off, then hold power + furthest from the lock switch, press and hold power then toggle the lock switch a few times when the screen turns on to reset. It didn't reset if there is still a lock screen there.
Edit: forgot to mention, holding volume - while powering on will boot into recovery which if its twrp or cwm you can factory reset there, install a new ROM etc.
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Awww. ****. You beat me to it.
I'm trying to help!
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Stang951 said:
I bought the kids A100's last year for Christmas. I ended up un locking the bootloader because the ICS update was WAY too slow for my liking. Two weeks ago my sons decides that the unlock pattern is not going to work. You can get the screen to respond in a couple of spots and then go from there but the lines are jittery. I figure that it might need to have a hardware reset. Do that and get a screen with the bootloader info instead of erasing cache..
Find the sd card I had all the info on and tried to do a master rest. NO go. Brings me back to ICS and his lock pattern. I cannot remember how I unlocked the bootloader, did not add it to my favorites or anything else. Now I am stuck. If I am looking at this right the bootloader is unlocked and needs to be locked before I can do a recovery? Is that correct and how do I get that done and do a factory hardware reset?
Worried that if I call ACER with this I will void his warranty.
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You definetly need to find out what you have done. As in if the bootloader is definetly unlocked and if you have a custom recovery. Just because it is not neccesary to do anything (ie: root, unlock or recovery) if you just wanted to flash a leaked ICS or the official.
Like Pio said, if you have a custom recovery, boot to it and factory reset/wipe data from there, or flash another rom/reflash. I'm not sure how the tab will react if you do a stock factory reset with the button sequence when you are rooted, unlocked bootloader, and custom recovery.
If the screen only responds in a few places, and is gittery in others, it could be a problem with the digitizer. Digitzer problems are reletively common on the A100. It would covered under warranty if you still have one. If it turns out nothing fixes it, I would restock it though with this concern. They may ***** if they can see it was flashed, if it was bricked it would be a different story.
I used a post on here to go from HC to ICS. Basically It was rolling the HC back first to get the update to push from Acer. I tried to find the post but am having a hard time finding it, and my dumb ass didn't subscribe to it.
This was about in April of this year.
Now when I try to do a hard reset (power + vol down + switch lock) it goes to a black screen with USB bootloader info in the top right corner (near the vol switch). I don't have it with me so I cant tell you right now exactly what it says.
I would have posted sooner, but didn't get emails that there were responses.
Thanks for everyone trying to help. I will try to get back on this this afternoon.
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I used a post on here to go from HC to ICS. Basically It was rolling the HC back first to get the update to push from Acer. I tried to find the post but am having a hard time finding it, and my dumb ass didn't subscribe to it.
This was about in April of this year.
Now when I try to do a hard reset (power + vol down + switch lock) it goes to a black screen with USB bootloader info in the top right corner (near the vol switch). I don't have it with me so I cant tell you right now exactly what it says.
I would have posted sooner, but didn't get emails that there were responses.
Thanks for everyone trying to help. I will try to get back on this this afternoon.
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I take it you did the process of going back to HC already and now you can't boot? If its saying its boot loader info in the right corner then its certainly not an ICS boot loader, thats in the upper left corner. It also says ICS in it. Let us know what its actually saying when you boot and we can go from there.
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I will. I also turned on the email instant notification that I know that there are responses. Can't believe that I didn't do that before.
OK top left of the screen where the volume button reads:
Bootloader v0.03.13-ics: Starting Fastboot USB download protocol
This time I was able to do the erase user data. Got to the Welcome screen with the language and Country. Cant get the screen to respond.I am guessing at this point that the screen is shot and needs to be replaced (under warranty) however I need to make sure that this is set to Factory specs so that I don't have to worry about voiding the warranty.
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OK top left of the screen where the volume button reads:
Bootloader v0.03.13-ics: Starting Fastboot USB download protocol
This time I was able to do the erase user data. Got to the Welcome screen with the language and Country. Cant get the screen to respond.I am guessing at this point that the screen is shot and needs to be replaced (under warranty) however I need to make sure that this is set to Factory specs so that I don't have to worry about voiding the warranty.
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It sounds stock to me. From what you have said, I think all you did was revert back to a HC version to get the ICS update ( which some did bck when ics came out if their version wasnt getting the update). If you did this a few months ago, you are just running a stock ICS version.
If that is the case is something missing from the ROM that I cannot get it to reconfigure everything automatically? I thought that it should go directly to the recovery information and reflash the entire tablet (may have the terminology screwed up).
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If that is the case is something missing from the ROM that I cannot get it to reconfigure everything automatically? I thought that it should go directly to the recovery information and reflash the entire tablet (may have the terminology screwed up).
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If your talking about Google's sync. If you have it turned on and sync'ed prior to a factory reset, and turned on after. It will sync some stuff, it may restore your desktop wallpaper, contacts, WiFi info and some apps. But it will not restore it perfectly. Either way if your screen is still messed up, I think your OK to warranty it. IMO. Verified if your bootloader is locked, and under settings > about tablet, you are running ICS version 4.0.3 with a stock Acer build number.
I cant get there though. The screen will not respobd to input. I was going to try a bt mouse and keyboard but not having screen inputs puts a damper on that.
And about reconfiguring I was refering to the os and stock software not yhe stuff from play.
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Ah I think you mean a factory reset. It doesn't flash anything, it erases /cache and /data (not /data/media but that's another story) and let's the system purge any settings apps or data causing issues.
The system itself is left untouched, if its rooted it stays rooted, if something is corrupted or damaged or missing, it stays that way through a reset.
To replace the system itself you'll need to attempt to flash a stock ROM zip named update.zip on the root of your external SD card and powering on holding the volume - key closest to the lock switch.
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My screen does not turn on. I can turn the phone on though, and I know it's on because I can use screencast via Droid Explorer.
Is there a way to go back to stock before I turn it in for a device exchange?
Pull the battery and reinsert it. Hold (home)+(vol-)+(pwr), this will get you into download mode, from here you can flash one of the stock ROM ODIN. Unfortunately you will still have a tripped flash counter, but with a non functioning screen it wont matter.
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My screen does not turn on. I can turn the phone on though, and I know it's on because I can use screencast via Droid Explorer.
Is there a way to go back to stock before I turn it in for a device exchange?
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did you try to change your boot animation by any chance?
whenever i try to change my boot animation my screen will not power on and I'm forced to do a recovery
No, I did not try to flash a bootanimation.
It boots, I can see it on my laptop via screencast.
What happens when you pull the battery, reinsert the battery, hold down (home)+(volume down)+(power) buttons, then when you see "Warning!!" release all buttons and press (volume up) button? Can you see anything on that screen at this point?
You should see the "Download Mode" screen. That is where Odin or Kies can download into and flash your device.
If you can't see anything from that point then this is a hardware problem and not a firmware issue.
Did you drop, get wet, sit on it, something dropped on it, got ran over it, give this to a young child that could of damaged it, etc...? Those may cause the hardware problem. At that point the device will need to be repaired or replaced.
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What happens when you pull the battery, reinsert the battery, hold down (home)+(volume down)+(power) buttons, then when you see "Warning!!" release all buttons and press (volume up) button? Can you see anything on that screen at this point?
You should see the "Download Mode" screen. That is where Odin or Kies can download into and flash your device.
If you can't see anything from that point then this is a hardware problem and not a firmware issue.
Did you drop, get wet, sit on it, something dropped on it, got ran over it, give this to a young child that could of damaged it, etc...? Those may cause the hardware problem. At that point the device will need to be repaired or replaced.
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It is a hardware issue, which is why I want to return it to stock before sending it in.
The screen is completely dead. It boots into recovery, download mode, and normal boot.
I did not drop it or get it wet, which is weird.
Okay, I've been rooted for about a year now and upon trying to update my rom to CM 10 my phone gets stuck on the start screen on power up, every time. here's the kicker, my power button is broken so rebooting into recovery isn't an option. My phone will not turn on so it cannot connect to my computer.. is there a way I can do a hard factory reset or anything that can at least get me back into recovery mode? MY MOM IS GOING TO KILL ME.
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Okay, I've been rooted for about a year now and upon trying to update my rom to CM 10 my phone gets stuck on the start screen on power up, every time. here's the kicker, my power button is broken so rebooting into recovery isn't an option. My phone will not turn on so it cannot connect to my computer.. is there a way I can do a hard factory reset or anything that can at least get me back into recovery mode? MY MOM IS GOING TO KILL ME.
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If you cannot physically power the device on, then I'd say your SOL. Bring it into Sprint to get that bit repaired. There's no reason for them to even care about what you have on the phone as it's a physical problem.
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If you cannot physically power the device on, then I'd say your SOL. Bring it into Sprint to get that bit repaired. There's no reason for them to even care about what you have on the phone as it's a physical problem.
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I figured they'd be hesitant to help me because I'm rooted but I guess its worth a try. thanks.
If it's stuck on the "Samsung" screen, then you're in the same situation as I sometimes am. If this is the case, get into download mode and Odin a fresh stock tar, this will revive your Epic for sure.
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