My three week old Galaxy Nexus no longer boots (no charge display, no visual indicator of start, no vibrate, no boot loader menu, etc). Device was running Stock 4.0.1 firmware as I don't root my business phone. Shows up as "OMAP4440" on my Windows 7 PC briefly when plugged in.
Basically the same issue as this guy:
http://androidforums.com/verizon-ga...pletely-dead-does-not-boot-into-any-mode.html
Problem:
Clearly this device needs to be returned. However it contains some holiday pictures that I'd like to get off the device, before a Samsung engineer throws it in the bin and hands me a new one.
Device does NOT have a removable SD-Card slot.
Ideas anyone?
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Here is what happened on my month new Galaxy Nexus.
1. Listening to mp3 via Bluetooth headset
2. Playing a game
3. Standing up
4. On a train
Sound stopped working across everything, in the game and on the mp3. Tried killing the applications and reloading, the mp3 player refused to even start the mp3.
Rebooted the phone, well, I turned it off. It has never turned back on. Tried removing the battery, all that, nothing.
Got home, tried plugging in the USB into a PC. Nothing. Tried booting into recovery mode, nothing, other than the PC claiming to have found a new device.
I haven't plugged it into a PC in recovery mode before. I haven't even seen recovery mode on the Galaxy Nexus.
I was running OTA Vodafone UK 4.0.2 I hadn't even considered rooting it or anything.
Anyone know if this is salvageable or had the same happen to them?
Hi. If popping the battery does no good I'd get it replaced without any further investigation. Sounds like hardware fail, so long as you are sure you have not got it wet or caused any damage to it.
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If you cant bring it back on after a battery pull then its a dead phone for sure
I had the same problem last month. An usb jig solved the problem.
USB Jig?
Any more details? Something you can point me at?
Cheers
Found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20504509
Appropriate?
So does the phone show anything at all? Does the screen come up for any amount of time? Can you get into bootloader?
So for completeness I have exactly this issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1384415
Basically this paragraph:
An item under "Other Devices" called "OMAP4440" keeps appearing and dissapearing all the time, with the little "!" mark next to it indicating that there is a driver error. The drivers for this phone are fully installed on this same PC, and it use to work fine before it went dead.
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Sounds like a USB Jig might do it. But in this case its back to vodafone and jumping through those hoops.
For the record I hadn't done anything at all to the phone than a normal consumer would. i.e. no rooting, hacking, booting, fruiting or cheesing.
It just died.
I tried to install a new battery, screwed the phone up in the process and smashed it out of frustration.
The good thing is that the battery works and apparently very well, just can't use it or the phone!
When I connect via usb to my laptop, it shows in device manager and at one point it also showed a storage drive (in device manager, nowhere else).
When i switch it on, it seems stuck in a boot loop (vibrates, connects via usb, wait...disconnects, vibrates and so on).
The little button bits on the volume piece have fallen off and without a microscope, i doubt i'll be able to find them, however, is there any way or point in getting into fastboot?
XL ? Wrong forum, you have to be in the at&t HTC one xl forum
Hi;
I was loading a pic on "Whatsapp" when my T989 screen went blank like it is powered off and the phone never came back. My device is rooted, but runs the OEM Android OS 4.2.1 jelly bean. It has been rooted since 2 years ago and has been running JB for a year with no problems. Could the root be so old that it bricked my device?
1- Tried to re-power, remove the battery, switch the battery, Hard-Reset it , nothing comes on the screen.
2- When I plug it to my computer via usb Cable, it make a noise like it is connecting and search for driver, but Kies does not identify it or connect to it. But again nothing show up in the screen.
3- Called Samsung and confirmed there is no water damage to the device or the battery via the Solid white lables.
Is it bricked or something else, how can I narrow the problem to know fix it?
Thanks
fre4evr2 said:
Hi;
I was loading a pic on "Whatsapp" when my T989 screen went blank like it is powered off and the phone never came back. My device is rooted, but runs the OEM Android OS 4.2.1 jelly bean. It has been rooted since 2 years ago and has been running JB for a year with no problems. Could the root be so old that it bricked my device?
1- Tried to re-power, remove the battery, switch the battery, Hard-Reset it , nothing comes on the screen.
2- When I plug it to my computer via usb Cable, it make a noise like it is connecting and search for driver, but Kies does not identify it or connect to it. But again nothing show up in the screen.
3- Called Samsung and confirmed there is no water damage to the device or the battery via the Solid white lables.
Is it bricked or something else, how can I narrow the problem to know fix it?
Thanks
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Are you able to get the phone into download mode?
I've had my Nexus 7 for a while, and I actually recently got a Nexus 10 and handed off the 7 to my fiance, who was using it to browse tumblr and read fanfiction, and that's about it as far as I can tell. I do have it rooted and unlocked and running Paranoid Android Beta 4.6 (and has been for a very long time), however since I haven't messed with it in so long I couldn't tell you anything else about it (kernel, etc.)
Since I know she wouldn't have tried to do anything like update or anything like that, my guess is that the problem is stemming from the fact that she just lets it die a lot, then charges it. She charged it all night and it would not turn on so she had me look at it. I tried everything I could think of, holding power for various amounts of time, both alone and in combination with either of the volume buttons to try to access fastboot or just anything. I should mention I even followed Google's troubleshooting steps, which involved strange charging times, having it plugged into the PC for a spell, then unplugging and replugging and trying to power on. But the battery icon does not even show up. The screen just stays black.
I plugged it into my computer to see if anything would happen, and it showed up in Device Manager as QHSUSB_DLOAD, so I googled this problem and it seems to be some sort of hardbrick where the bootloader is corrupted, and some people have found solutions for other devices, mainly HTC devices, but there doesn't seem to be anything that particularly pertains to this device. If I hold down the power button while plugged into the PC it will intermittently "disconnect" and "reconnect" (Windows plays the sounds) and disappear and reappear in Device Manager.
I'd like to try to fix it if I can, but I'm not gonna send it in for repairs/replacement or anything like that. I'd rather just buy a brand new device at that point, but if anyone somehow has a solution, I'd gladly welcome it.
Thanks so much!
A few days ago a relatives S9 would not accept their password, at that point from what I understand it reset itself and now all that happens is that the LED blinks blue every few seconds, and if I press the power button to wake the screen it flashes a color across about 75% of it, usually green and stays black. If I plug it into my PC the computer recognizes a phone is plugged in and sets it up. However, it shows as an empty folder, likely the phone is in USB charging mode and not file transfer, but since the screen does not work I am unable to actually change the mode it is in to see if any of the files are there, or if it deleted them all during the reset.
I am wondering if ADB might stand a chance of at least browsing the files, adb pull might work to copy files assuming I can access the phone from within adb, but again, without being able to see the screen I don't know the location of files / folders. Is there an adb command that will list files and folders on the device? Assuming at this point in time there is no root access on it, running whatever version of Android it shipped with.
Thanks.
It's still under warranty, have samsung take a look at it. There is nothing you can do since the screen might have been broken
The person whose phone it is already got a new one from an AT&T store, they have 5 days to return the old one, which is why I am trying to grab any files from it.