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Hi all,
Hopefully you can help me, i have just installed the latest radio and Modaco ROM (this isn't the first time i've did this).
After installation i got what looked like an image of a drive and an arrow, i assume this meant it couldnt find the boot image. I then tried a couple of times to reboot holding the home key but now i cant even switch it back on... even on charge the light isn't coming on
Any help would be gratefully appreciated
Thanks
GF
When the arrow and drive comes up, you're meant to leave your phone well alone, it means it's flashing something (usually something important!)
If your phone doesn't turn on, sounds like you've made a full hard brick, nothing you can do but see if you can get it repaired.
Gutted, cheers
Can you pull the battery and get into fastboot?
Breakthecycle2 said:
Can you pull the battery and get into fastboot?
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Not sure what that is? I've tried the various power+key sequences
Thanks
GaelForce said:
Not sure what that is? I've tried the various power+key sequences
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Sometimes, if the Hero does not switch on, taking the battery out and reinserting it might reboot it. But if the charge light is not coming on, then it might not work. Worth a try though.
Did you get the phone through a network? If it is under warranty, you can just play dumb and return the phone. They probably won't even know that you have modded the phone. My battery stopped holding charge and would not switch on unless it was plugged in to the mains. When I returned it, they changed my battery and the main board!?! When I called them up, the service centre told me "there was some dust on the main board, so we changed it".
Not smart enough to figure out that I had rooted the phone and was running Modaco at the time.
Samsom
PS I am with T-mo BTW.
docsamsom said:
Sometimes, if the Hero does not switch on, taking the battery out and reinserting it might reboot it. But if the charge light is not coming on, then it might not work. Worth a try though.
Did you get the phone through a network? If it is under warranty, you can just play dumb and return the phone. They probably won't even know that you have modded the phone. My battery stopped holding charge and would not switch on unless it was plugged in to the mains. When I returned it, they changed my battery and the main board!?! When I called them up, the service centre told me "there was some dust on the main board, so we changed it".
Not smart enough to figure out that I had rooted the phone and was running Modaco at the time.
Samsom
PS I am with T-mo BTW.
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Worked a treat, got a doorstep exchange today
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Hello all, today my power button has gone out totally unresponsive not sure if it was CM7 or just its time to go...however of course Sprint won't replace it until I uproot it. Please tell me there is a way this can be done via desktop or some way while avoiding having to use the power button. Please help! Thanks in advance
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toya10 said:
Hello all, today my power button has gone out totally unresponsive not sure if it was CM7 or just its time to go...however of course Sprint won't replace it until I uproot it. Please tell me there is a way this can be done via desktop or some way while avoiding having to use the power button. Please help! Thanks in advance
Sent from my Evo that needs to be unrooted.
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First off it wasn't CM7 people blame roms for hardware issues not right. Your phone power button is spanked. You could either break your volume button to and they won't get it to turn on they will just swap it out . Don't blame a rom for the issue like people claim roms break cameras not true.
I'm not blaming the Rom simply saying that's what im on and not sure what caused it to go out. But any ideas on how to uproot without the power button that's my main thing. I love cm but my concern isn't the Rom but getting a working phone.
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Easy way to reboot without your power button & without using adb, is to just download rom manager. Once in rom manager select reboot recovery. Once you are in recovery you can use the volume buttons and select reboot system. Hold down the down volume keys immediately after this and it should bring you into the HBOOT screen.
Put this PC36IMG.zip on your sd card and run it. http://bit.ly/FroyoRUU
Note if you flashed thru unrevoked method please run the S-ON tool first
Go into recovery and flash the S-On zip first before running the PC36IMG
link for s-on here http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
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Easy way to reboot without your power button & without using adb, is to just download rom manager. Once in rom manager select reboot recovery. Once you are in recovery you can use the volume buttons and select reboot system. Hold down the down volume keys immediately after this and it should bring you into the HBOOT screen.
Put this PC36IMG.zip on your sd card and run it. http://bit.ly/FroyoRUU
Note if you flashed thru unrevoked method please run the S-ON tool first
Go into recovery and flash the S-On zip first before running the PC36IMG
link for s-on here http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
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He's going to need to power button the navigate to use recovery.
Buy a power button replacemnt should b cheap nw google it
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Ahh I had totally forgot about that. Well only option I can think of is to just run an RUU, but my question is why don't you just pull the battery, if sprint can't turn the phone back on then it shouldn't matter right?
toya10 said:
I'm not blaming the Rom simply saying that's what im on and not sure what caused it to go out. But any ideas on how to uproot without the power button that's my main thing. I love cm but my concern isn't the Rom but getting a working phone.
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Well u said I don't know if it was cm or the power buttons time to go. Its a hardware issue sprint will try to fix it but will end up giving u a refurbished unit. Lol just saying its not the rom.
reaper24 said:
Well u said I don't know if it was cm or the power buttons time to go. Its a hardware issue sprint will try to fix it but will end up giving u a refurbished unit. Lol just saying its not the rom.
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ok my apologies didn't realize I would be taken so literally. I was not trying to offend I simply don't know why it stopped. Its not just the power button the plastic piece. You can do a battery pull but when you put the battery back in of course it powers up..its just when the phone has powered up and goes to sleep the only way to wake it up is to call it. I can hear the notifications etc coming in but the power button is unresponsive. I took my phone to the Sprint I always go to those guys are cool. He said it was something that went out in the circuitry of the power button and I need a new phone he said get it unrooted bring it back and Ill replace it. That's all I am simply trying to do. Blaming a ROM was not my attention, didn't know it would be taken so defensively. I thought about those things you guys said I even fast booted into recovery and got stuck because of course I couldn't hit the power but to enter so thus another battery pull. What if I get the HTC Andrioid Rom utility update cant i do that using HTC Sync then it should recognize its rooted, unroot it and put it back on 2.1 which I will then have to update to 2.2? Im trying to figure any work around out I can to make this happen. Thanks for you guys input...
It's all good man just some people blame roms for there problems just making sure you know some of the older evos had power button issues.
I know the problem your talking about is common on the HTC touch pro 2 I have one of those and it has the SOD problem phone will not wake .
Unless you call it or pull battery it doesn't hang all the time. Called screen of death phone won't wake up.
I really don't know how you will be able to unroot did u use unrevoked 3 or another program some of the unroot programs have a exe you can run if you can get into bootloader . get the latest radio and Ruu bundle and try that read up on it.
Really depends on what you used to root it tho.
If all else fails go through asurion you could break it beyond repair and pay 100 to get another one if your lucky you might get a new one.
I may have used unrevoked but to be honest Im not sure I rooted back in August or sept
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My power button has failed too. I am not worried about taking it in with the phone rooted because this is a hardware failure and has nothing to do with the software. The button seems to be stuck on because even after taking out the battery, the phone turns back on as soon as it is put back in.
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My power button has failed too. I am not worried about taking it in with the phone rooted because this is a hardware failure and has nothing to do with the software. The button seems to be stuck on because even after taking out the battery, the phone turns back on as soon as it is put back in.
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My sentiments exactly however, when I took it in and they put the battery back in they wouldnt exchange it because of the root. The tech said I cant send this phone in and its clearly rooted something in the root could have shorted out the button...I gave him the dude really look, but although its a hardware issue they wouldn't do it
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My sentiments exactly however, when I took it in and they put the battery back in they wouldnt exchange it because of the root. The tech said I cant send this phone in and its clearly rooted something in the root could have shorted out the button...I gave him the dude really look, but although its a hardware issue they wouldn't do it
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That's why I keep telling people to unroot when they take a device in for servicing...
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That's why I keep telling people to unroot when they take a device in for servicing...
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Well that is what I have been attempting to do...every one is soooooo tech saavy but I seemed to have baffled everyone with the non use of the power button to unroot.
By chance do you know how to unroot without the power button. I am on CM so not a sense based rom therefore I cannot go through HTC Sync to try and unroot that way. If you know how please please I beg of you enlighten me.
Interesting. I'll let you know how it turns out.
toya10 said:
Well that is what I have been attempting to do...every one is soooooo tech saavy but I seemed to have baffled everyone with the non use of the power button to unroot.
By chance do you know how to unroot without the power button. I am on CM so not a sense based rom therefore I cannot go through HTC Sync to try and unroot that way. If you know how please please I beg of you enlighten me.
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Well without the power button, you may not get s-on, because you need the power button to select. By any chance do you have like a jeweler's flat tip screw driver? Something small that you may be able to press on the button harder than your finger normally would, since then it may register?
But unrooting, yes, it can be done by removing the sdcard from the phone, mounting to a pc via card adapter, placing the PC36IMG of the 3.70 RUU on the phone, and booting into the bootloader. But again, you'd need the power button to make the selection...so a small flat tip item may be your savior here.
Ok...just got home. The rep asked me if the phone was rooted, and I told him it was. He then told me that rooting the phone voids the warranty. I said I can take it home and unroot it, but he asked me to hold on while he talked to the tech. The tech agreed to look at it. Three hours later, I returned and the tech said he tried a few things (compressed air, motherboard connection) but was unable to fix it. Replacement phone ordered.
Ok here is my update. No screw driver would work for the power button it wasnt the plastic piece it was the wiring or whatever going to the main board of the phone that was no longer functioning. Sprint still was like nope this isnt good enough I said screw it. Got a friends phone went to be Best Buy expecting a fight but NOPE those guys were great. He looked at my phone he tried the power button did my work around. He said yup hardware issue. He then said your rooted huh? I hesitantly said yes...but...he interrupted its cool just needed to know so we can can handle it and get it back to where it needs to be before we send it out. He then purused my phone after asking did I mind. He said hmmmm cm7 gb you like it? He said sweet boot screen where did you get that was it flashed normally? I was like uhh yeah he then whipped out his phone I believe he was on MIUI he said he was planning on flashing CM7 well after all the geek talk we exchanged my EVO is order and I should have a new one by Thursday! SO HA Sprint on you! YAY I'm so excited! They were also impressed with my geek talk probably because im a girl but whatever. So I guess two happy endings! Thank God
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Ok here is my update. No screw driver would work for the power button it wasnt the plastic piece it was the wiring or whatever going to the main board of the phone that was no longer functioning. Sprint still was like nope this isnt good enough I said screw it. Got a friends phone went to be Best Buy expecting a fight but NOPE those guys were great. He looked at my phone he tried the power button did my work around. He said yup hardware issue. He then said your rooted huh? I hesitantly said yes...but...he interrupted its cool just needed to know so we can can handle it and get it back to where it needs to be before we send it out. He then purused my phone after asking did I mind. He said hmmmm cm7 gb you like it? He said sweet boot screen where did you get that was it flashed normally? I was like uhh yeah he then whipped out his phone I believe he was on MIUI he said he was planning on flashing CM7 well after all the geek talk we exchanged my EVO is order and I should have a new one by Thursday! SO HA Sprint on you! YAY I'm so excited! They were also impressed with my geek talk probably because im a girl but whatever. So I guess two happy endings! Thank God
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Hahaha I love this
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i just bought the tmobile galaxy s 2 and was trying to root it. obviously i did something wrong and now its stuck on a black screen. it will not power on AT ALL and when i plug it into the usb it looks for driver QHSYSB_DLOAD. ive tried everything someone please help. i will pay someone to fix my phone if i have to
You need to get in download mode and odin back to stock. Pull battery and put back in. Go to different computer, win XP works best, download/install drivers on PC then plug phone in to PC and download mode should come up.
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Also you may have to hold both volume buttons down. It works both ways with and without volume buttons. Search threads how to get in download mode.
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k2worldwweapon said:
i just bought the tmobile galaxy s 2 and was trying to root it. obviously i did something wrong and now its stuck on a black screen. it will not power on AT ALL and when i plug it into the usb it looks for driver QHSYSB_DLOAD. ive tried everything someone please help. i will pay someone to fix my phone if i have to
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It's bricked. I had the same thing happen a few days ago. Just take it back to the T-mobile you bought it from (assuming you bought in-store) and they'll replace it. Seeing your phone recognized as that "QHSYSB_DLOAD" device seems to be an issue with Qualcomm CPUs and happens mainly to HTC phones for obvious reasons. From the hours of research that I did before returning my phone, no one has ever successfully recovered from that kind of brick.
i bought it used so tmobile wont replace it. BUT i registered the phone on samsungs website and it says its still in warranty with them. do you think samsung could replace it?
Yeah I'd do that. They should be able to help you out as long as you don't say you were trying to root it lol. Yours won't vibrate or anything when you press the power button right?
nope it doesnt vibrate. what do you think of this?
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-jtag-brick-repair/
i dont understand how you can screw up such an easy process...
i obviously didnt know what i was doing.. thats how
G1_enthusiast said:
i dont understand how you can screw up such an easy process...
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hey chill out bro, if he bricked it that was a mistake. dont make him feel worse than he is now...
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here try this!
DOWNLOAD MODE
power off phone
pull out battery
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode
yea my bad man, i was being mean, hope it work out for you.
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here try this!
DOWNLOAD MODE
power off phone
pull out battery
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode
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yea i tired that but it didnt work
k2worldwweapon said:
nope it doesnt vibrate. what do you think of this?
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-jtag-brick-repair/
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Yup, mine wouldn't vibrate either. The only sign of life was when it was plugged into the PC in an attempt to get into download mode. I read that when you get to the point where the phone can't even get into download mode properly(showing the usual warning about custom OSes, that the jig device won't work, unfortunately. It may be worth a shot though if the price is right.
just shipped out to samsung. hopefully they dont realize why its broken and try to charge me for it
Ok, so heres the deal. The s2 is my sisters phone, and she comes home and told me the phone wont turn on, that its stuck on the boot screen and it just keeps turning off and doing it again. So I started looking into it (Im an iPhone user, so I'm not too familiar with android devices. BUT I do know a bit about computers, cell phones and just technology in general). I ended up finding out that its stuck in a soft brick. So I started youtubing how to fix it. Found a great method using Odin3 and Samsung Kies. AND IT WORKED. I turned the phone back on, got past the lock screen and everything was all good.
After about 30 seconds, THE PHONE BRICKED AGAIN. And it went right back into the boot loop, I cant get it into download mode because it just keeps restarting after a couple of seconds. With that happening, I cant get the computer to recognize it so I can do a recovery fix with Samsung Kies. I legit cannot find any solution to it.
The thing that baffles me and is causing me a huge headache is the fact that THE PHONE IS NOT ROOTED. nothing has been done to it, its completely stock. So if there is no solution to it, can somebody at least tell me what might have been able to cause this?
Thanks to all,
Dariel
Probably bad sticky/stuck/sucky power button. That usually is the case when you can get into download mode but then it restarts.
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same problem
Teo032 said:
Probably bad sticky/stuck/sucky power button. That usually is the case when you can get into download mode but then it restarts.
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having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But if thats the case, then how would I be able to fix it?
mikie86 said:
having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I doubt its a corrupt OS, because like I said in my original post; my sisters phone is completely stock. No custom rom, no root. Nothing. So I'm leaning more towards the bad power button situation.
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I doubt its a corrupt OS, because like I said in my original post; my sisters phone is completely stock. No custom rom, no root. Nothing. So I'm leaning more towards the bad power button situation.
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i agree.... just dropped off the phone to another cell phone repair shop.. hes gonna try to flash it to stock so i can send it in for warranty... should know about an hour... hopefully he can get it done.... i will post back when i know something......
mikie86 said:
i agree.... just dropped off the phone to another cell phone repair shop.. hes gonna try to flash it to stock so i can send it in for warranty... should know about an hour... hopefully he can get it done.... i will post back when i know something......
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Alright. Keep me posted. Im waiting for my dads friend to show up because his cousin or something owns a cell phone repair shop around my city. I'll post back up once I find anything else out. Godspeed. Lol.
darielwho said:
Alright. Keep me posted. Im waiting for my dads friend to show up because his cousin or something owns a cell phone repair shop around my city. I'll post back up once I find anything else out. Godspeed. Lol.
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still waiting to hear back... ask your dads cousin/uncle/friend/nephew if he knows a way to fry the operating sytem if my guy cant fix it.... think that may the only way to get it warrantied LOL..... maybe a tazer or a paper clip in the light socket?????
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still waiting to hear back... ask your dads cousin/uncle/friend/nephew if he knows a way to fry the operating sytem if my guy cant fix it.... think that may the only way to get it warrantied LOL..... maybe a tazer or a paper clip in the light socket?????
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Im still waiting too -_-. Nothing yet. Im gonna keep looking into it and see if theres anything else that might have caused it
darielwho said:
Im still waiting too -_-. Nothing yet. Im gonna keep looking into it and see if theres anything else that might have caused it
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just heard back from my guy and he said he couldnt do anything either.... DAMMITT... he also said 3 other people showed up at his shop,after i left with the exact same issue as you.... stock roms and keeps rebooting... ordered the usb jig today... maybe that might help
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just heard back from my guy and he said he couldnt do anything either.... DAMMITT... he also said 3 other people showed up at his shop,after i left with the exact same issue as you.... stock roms and keeps rebooting... ordered the usb jig today... maybe that might help
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As far as I read, with this problem, Jigs dont help because the phone turns off regardless if they're in download mode or not. goodluck tho.
I'm curious, did you all have the phone for a while, or did you recently get these phones? Sounds like a bad batch
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i had same prob on galaxy note and i found out that it was power key problem, it was moistored and phone was thinking that power button was allwayes pushed. JIG wont help it will go in download mode for 3 seconds.
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I'm curious, did you all have the phone for a while, or did you recently get these phones? Sounds like a bad batch
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well I just came back from the phone repair spot. they took the phone apart and said that the motherboard is completely fried. Theres nothing that can be done for the phone. I guess its time to just move on a get a new phone. Thanks for the help regardless guys. Good luck to yous that still have this problem, hope the outcome is different. Live and learn.
wow
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cach wipe it
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wow
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cach wipe it
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i only had th phone for about 2 months.... think you might be right...
it sounds like a bad power button
Like its been posted before, it sounds like you have a bad (or stuck) power button. OK try this (it might or might not work) take off the battery, and with your finger start rubbing the power button from side to side (take in consideration not to do it too hard, you don't want to hulk rub the phone to death). while you rub the button make sure to hear the click click every time you go over it. after that connect the battery and see if it boots. it worked for me. granted sometimes the problem comes back, so in all honesty this AINT a fix, its more of a workaround. but who knows it might work for you as well. Best of luck.
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having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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so i think these issues are different from OP. Though i can say, i did have the same issues you were describing.. im now happily on CM10 nightlies.. much faster and stable than the Darkside ICS rom!
Well I can verify that removing the power button from the mobo works brilliantly. No more boot loop on the t989 and nexus s. Only the middle and left or right side of the contacts need to be jumped to power it on. Remember it takes 10 seconds of holding a jumper there. Now where to find replacement buttons?
Hopes this helps guys.:good:
Alex K.
UbreakIfix technician.....
I think its a power button assembly problem. At first it would happen intermittently and it would go away till, no matter what I did, the phone would behave as if the power button was being pressed and not let go. It would happen more often when the phone would get moist due to rainy or humid conditions. So I opened up the phone, took the motherboard out and used a blow dryer on the power button area for about a minute, let it cool down and then reassemble (also blew some air in there just in case dust was causing the problem as well). The phone did not boot/reloop for a week. Then it started again, and I thought that maybe my case (d30 case) pushing on the power button really tightly all the time wasn't helping so, I cut away the are near the power button on my case and the problem has not come back in two weeks.
To Sum up....
Possible causes
-Tight cases pressing on the power buttons (Get a case that doesnt fit so tight on the phone, dont use one, or cut the power button area away from the case)
-Power button too sensitive to humidity and dust ( (disassemble , clean and heat the area up)
goood luck, my friend had the same problem before he traded it in to get an s3
My phone is rooted, but not unlocked and still on ZV8 because the ZV9 update always errors out. It has been crashing and rebooting frequently. Today it crashed and now it won't turn on in any mode. It's just a black screen no matter how long I try to hold down the power button. I can't even get into recovery or download mode. Is there any way I can fix it? Or at least unroot it and bring it to Sprint and get it repaired? Somebody please help.
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My phone is rooted, but not unlocked and still on ZV8 because the ZV9 update always errors out. It has been crashing and rebooting frequently. Today it crashed and now it won't turn on in any mode. It's just a black screen no matter how long I try to hold down the power button. I can't even get into recovery or download mode. Is there any way I can fix it? Or at least unroot it and bring it to Sprint and get it repaired? Somebody please help.
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You tried holding the power button and volume up at the same time? Is the battery dead?
Stealyourface said:
You tried holding the power button and volume up at the same time? Is the battery dead?
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It won't work whether I have it plugged in or not. It actually crashed while it was charging.
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It won't work whether I have it plugged in or not. It actually crashed while it was charging.
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Were you doing anything to make it crash? Seems odd that it would just do this on its own just from being rooted and nothing else.
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Were you doing anything to make it crash? Seems odd that it would just do this on its own just from being rooted and nothing else.
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I was texting and it crashed. While plugged in it kept showing the lg screen flashing on and off, then I tried to turn it back on and it showed the ugly battery screen. Next I tried booting into recovery... didn't work. Then it booted into download mode, which I have no idea what it does. Then the screen went black, and now it doesn't do anything. Red light just stays lit when I plug it in, that's all I can do with it.
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I was texting and it crashed. While plugged in it kept showing the lg screen flashing on and off, then I tried to turn it back on and it showed the ugly battery screen. Next I tried booting into recovery... didn't work. Then it booted into download mode, which I have no idea what it does. Then the screen went black, and now it doesn't do anything. Red light just stays lit when I plug it in, that's all I can do with it.
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Just let it charge for a while then try the stuff in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082084
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Just let it charge for a while then try the stuff in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082084
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Alright I'll try. Any idea what will happen if I take it to Best Buy since it's rooted and I don't have insurance?
abeckring said:
Alright I'll try. Any idea what will happen if I take it to Best Buy since it's rooted and I don't have insurance?
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Take it to best buy for a repair? From geek squad? They'll give you an expensive estimate.
Stealyourface said:
Take it to best buy for a repair? From geek squad? They'll give you an expensive estimate.
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I got the phone at Best Buy. Would bringing it to a Sprint Store be better?
abeckring said:
I got the phone at Best Buy. Would bringing it to a Sprint Store be better?
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Yea. I would take it to a sprint store first. And don't tell them it's rooted. But you should definitely be able to fix this problem yourself be following that thread I posted.
Stealyourface said:
Yea. I would take it to a sprint store first. And don't tell them it's rooted. But you should definitely be able to fix this problem yourself be following that thread I posted.
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Alright. Thanks.
Alright so the thing was fried. Sprint couldn't even bring the thing back to life. The guy told me it was the first time he'd ever see an Optimus G come in for repair. Costed $50, and they didn't have any refurbished ones so they gave me a brand new phone.
abeckring said:
Alright so the thing was fried. Sprint couldn't even bring the thing back to life. The guy told me it was the first time he'd ever see an Optimus G come in for repair. Costed $50, and they didn't have any refurbished ones so they gave me a brand new phone.
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Well that's not a bad price. Best buy would've been more expensive for sure.