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.
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All,
I followed the steps to root my Evo by coming from 2.2 back to 2.1 in order to apply the unrEVOked method. Everything installed fine and I was able to boot into a custom ROM.
I then applied Manup's theme and my Evo continued booted to the splash screen and then stopped. Removed battery and inserted and now the phone won't even power on. Plug into wall and no charging indicator....does is sound like my Evo may be bricked? Also how could this be if the custom bootloader was available and allowed me to boot into recovery?
Does this sound like I'll need to have it replaced?
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All,
I followed the steps to root my Evo by coming from 2.2 back to 2.1 in order to apply the unrEVOked method. Everything installed fine and I was able to boot into a custom ROM.
I then applied Manup's theme and my Evo continued booted to the splash screen and then stopped. Removed battery and inserted and now the phone won't even power on. Plug into wall and no charging indicator....does is sound like my Evo may be bricked? Also how could this be if the custom bootloader was available and allowed me to boot into recovery?
Does this sound like I'll need to have it replaced?
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did you try and power up and hold down the down volume button to boot into recovery that way
Yes...that was the first thing I tried. Now the phone won't power on period whether I hold down the power by itself or with holding down the volume down button.
Even plugging it into the charger doesn't start the charging indicator
Had the same thing happen to me once. Plug into charger forvten minutes then try turning on. I can't explain whybthe chargevled didn't come on but mine came back on after it charged for awhile.
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Had the same thing happen to me once. Plug into charger forvten minutes then try turning on. I can't explain whybthe chargevled didn't come on but mine came back on after it charged for awhile.
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I'll let it charge for awhile and see if that fixes the problem
If the charging light does not come on when its plugged in. Attempt removing power, waiting a few seconds and plug it back in. You'll be wanting that light on.
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If the charging light does not come on when its plugged in. Attempt removing power, waiting a few seconds and plug it back in. You'll be wanting that light on.
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In addition take out the battery for at least 30 seconds I did for a full minute, I had this exact thing happen removing all power sources seemed to help. Use the down arrow when powering on it should go into the bootloader. Also make sure you have a fully charged battery.
So I let it sit on the charger all night and still nothing.
I removed the power cable and plugged it back in with no results. I also removed the battery for 5 mins and put it back in....nothing.
I swapped batteries with a friennds evo that does have at least 50% charge....nothing.
I have the sam problem, what did you do to get it fixed
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did you ever find a way to unbrick your evo because mine is bricked. i cant do anything with it. it wont accept a charge or even power on. i cant even get to the bootloader screen. and it has no charge light when plugged in to a power source. PLEASE HELP!!
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!
Hey guys, I'm having a problem I thought you might be able to help me with.
I had my phone hooked to the charger. When I went back to it a few minutes later, the phone was powered off. There was also no charge LED lit either.
Now, I am not able to power the phone on at all. I get no LEDs when I plug it up.
I have tried taking the battery out several times. Has anyone else ran into this issue.
Also, I am not rooted, I am running on stock software.
You don't get the slash screen or anything?
Have you tried to get into recovery via adb?
We're you rooted / custom rom name?
You sound bricked
I do not get a splash screen or anything what so ever.
This phone has never been rooted. My original phone was, but after an issue with roaming and 3g I swapped it and decided not to root the new phone.
I have tried powering on with the volume button down, but still nothing. My pc does not recognize it at all when I plug it in either.
Also, I have tried 3 different charges and cables as well.
I had the same problems. I just weighted and mess with the power button and the battery. Steps that I did
1. hold the power button for like 5 second w/battery on phone
2. than while holding the p/button took the battery out and than put it back
I did this like 5 time, than it came on.I don't know what it was luck or what but it work for me. All of this happen before I rooted the phone.
Didn't work
Thanks for the input though.
It might just be dead. Maybe a power surge or something. idk.
Well, I finally got it working. It ended up being the battery. When it messed up, it was plugged into my g19 keyboard. This ended up completely draining my battery.
I swapped batteries with my friend to verify this. It than took over an hour to charge my battery to the point of the Orange led comming on.
So I'm watching tv, and I plug in my phone to charge it a bit because the GPS had gotten stuck on this morning and I burned my battery down to 40%. All of a sudden I hear it buzzing over and over again...like a reboot loop.
So I pull it out of the charger, pull the battery and let it try to boot. Gives the samsung screen for a moment, then flickers, and again to the reboot loop. Holding down power for 10 sec makes it do the same thing, I can't force it into recovery or DL mode without it bootlooping either! At one point I was able to get to the download mode screen, but just 3 seconds and the screen goes black, and back to bootlooping.
I literally did nothing to it. Only thing I did different today was the GPS got stuck (which it has done before), I rebooted the phone, then when it booted again I went ahead and just shut off the GPS. But this was like 20 minutes before this started happening.
So what can I do? Right now its plugged into my computer charging while off, seems to be the only thing it can do without bootlooping.
Running CM9.1 Nightly 9/3 with included kernel and LC8 radio (I think)
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So I'm watching tv, and I plug in my phone to charge it a bit because the GPS had gotten stuck on this morning and I burned my battery down to 40%. All of a sudden I hear it buzzing over and over again...like a reboot loop.
So I pull it out of the charger, pull the battery and let it try to boot. Gives the samsung screen for a moment, then flickers, and again to the reboot loop. Holding down power for 10 sec makes it do the same thing, I can't force it into recovery or DL mode without it bootlooping either! At one point I was able to get to the download mode screen, but just 3 seconds and the screen goes black, and back to bootlooping.
I literally did nothing to it. Only thing I did different today was the GPS got stuck (which it has done before), I rebooted the phone, then when it booted again I went ahead and just shut off the GPS. But this was like 20 minutes before this started happening.
So what can I do? Right now its plugged into my computer charging while off, seems to be the only thing it can do without bootlooping.
Running CM9.1 Nightly 9/3 with included kernel and LC8 radio (I think)
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My first guess is your battery is shot. i was gonna recommend the power button failure but if its staying off it might not be that. but id let it charge fully then try to boot up.
Thanks, oddly after a bit of messing around finally got it to boot up. Immediately backed up in CWM....seems to be acting OK now. Idk what happened...
i'll guess, the USB connector got short-circuited when you plugged in, and it caused a cascade failure that fried the SD card or something else inside the phone
there was a factory defect back then with the old SGS 1 (i9000m) model, they fixed that after the 3rd batch, everyone with an old phone from 1st and 2nd release batches, were able to exchange i for a new one.
however in your case, that's not a factory defect, but you plugged it wrong (my guess)
because it has happened to me before when i plugged it in, but the battery was still not charging even after several minutes, yet the phone was getting really really hot
then i unplug, and plug it back in and got the sound feedback "tuu tuud" and then it was actually charging after a few minutes
the first time around even though the charging icon changed, there was no feed back sound, and that was the key, it was not plugged in properly.
so after that time, i always made sure to verify to make sure the phone was plugged in properly and not just relay on he visual icon.
check back after a few minutes, to make sure the phone doesn't get very hot, and it actually increased 1%
It happened again today! After a full charge overnight and no problems for the day up to a little while ago, I opened my email app, it froze, then proceeded to start boot looping. I'm in class so I don't have my computer to try to bring it out of it...so yeah that sucks...
I do remember when I got it to charge yesterday it showed it was charging for 20-30 minutes, but after I "revived" it, I found it hadn't charged at all.
I have been using a Nokia USB cable to charge my phone since I got it, because it was longer than the cheapie Samsung cable that came with it...but it hasn't ever caused problems before. And it charged just fine last night.
How long is the warranty on these things thru tmobile? I may just swap it out while I still can.
Also on an unrelated note, I upgraded to the LG3 radio because I was meaning to anyways...
I pulled it out of it again! This time I held the power button while putting the battery in, when it vibrated I let go, it vibrated again, showed the Samsung logo, and then booted like normal
May I ask what rom are you currently on?
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May I ask what rom are you currently on?
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CM9.1 nightly 9/3 with included kernel
It did it a third time during class while it was in my pocket, the power button trick didn't work this time, I had to pull the battery after the samsung logo, plugging it back in to get it to boot...but...
near the end of the CM9 boot animation, when it vibrates and the auto brightness kicks in, it started it again! I have yet to revive it...
This is a bit upsetting because I had just got CM9 the way I liked it and I don't exactly have the time right now to mess with warranty and a new phone...I would like to fix it.
There are about 20 different threads on here on how to revert to stock...let me as a last ditch try to revert to stock and see if it keeps doing it...unless somebody has any ideas...
I was working in recovery mode, i super-wiped my phone to see if installing a ROM from scratch would help, and my phone even does it in recovery mode. Warranty time.
So whats the fastest way to restore to stock? Who knows how long I will have after reviving it before it breaks again.
zander21510 said:
I was working in recovery mode, i super-wiped my phone to see if installing a ROM from scratch would help, and my phone even does it in recovery mode. Warranty time.
So whats the fastest way to restore to stock? Who knows how long I will have after reviving it before it breaks again.
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Here you go!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30832325
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Well, finished playing stupid for T-Mobile, in two weeks I will have my replacement T989. Now all that's left is returning this thing to stock before it starts acting up again.
And my temporary replacement phone?
HTC Dream, aka the G1, the first Android phone! Lol what a difference...GB feels like a dinosaur...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
[HOWTO]Restore to Stock/Recover from a Bad Flash. Could try the last 3 pages on this thread. That will help you go back to stock without an issue. Hell might make you wanna keep your phone if you can get it to work again.. good luck
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
[HOWTO]Restore to Stock/Recover from a Bad Flash. Could try the last 3 pages on this thread. That will help you go back to stock without an issue. Hell might make you wanna keep your phone if you can get it to work again.. good luck
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Thanks! got it all done, back to ugly, ugly stock lol...and just when I thought maybe I would have to brick it myself it did the reboot thing again...so pulled the battery and there it sits factory reset.
i just shut down my phone to reboot into recovery and now it wont boot and when i plug in the charger i dont even get a charge light. everything was working fine before this, and now im just at a loss.
edit: ok. it just booted back up. i have no idea what was going on. i plugged into my computer and tried down and power. nothing happened, looked away, looked back orange light was on, pushed power nad it booted. wierd.
edit 3. ok took me a few tries to get into recovery.
has anyone ever had it shut down and just not be able to boot back up right away?
oletheos said:
i just shut down my phone to reboot into recovery and now it wont boot and when i plug in the charger i dont even get a charge light. everything was working fine before this, and now im just at a loss.
edit: ok. it just booted back up. i have no idea what was going on. i plugged into my computer and tried down and power. nothing happened, looked away, looked back orange light was on, pushed power nad it booted. wierd.
edit 3. ok took me a few tries to get into recovery.
has anyone ever had it shut down and just not be able to boot back up right away?
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This happened to me once. I freaked out too but just let it charge and came back and then it was on lol
What's weird is I was at a 80% charge. I left phone unplugged all weekend to see how long it would last. I got to like 2 days 6 hours so I charged at work on a non HTC charger.
Reading around seems like some other ones are doing this too. Hopefully it was a one time deal.
Yea I've kinda realized that. I wish HTC sold extra chargers. My nephew has destroyed my old incredible cable. No other micro cables fit like the HTC ones.
This happened to me when the battery failed on my One. The amber charging light is tough to tell apart from the red overheating/failure light. When I powered my phone down to cool it off, it never came back.