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Galaxy Nexus only charges when connected to PC

My phone stopped charging from its regular wall charger this morning. Now when I plug it in it doesn't do anything. If I turn it off and plug it in the battery icon with the charging icon shows up then shows it charging, then it shows the charging icon again and the same thing keeps happening until the battery just dies. The only way I can get it to charge is if I plug it into usb port on my computer. Is there any solution?
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The same exact same thing happened to me today! Very strange. I restarted about 4 times, and took out the battery etc. and it just started working.

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The same exact same thing happened to me today! Very strange. I restarted about 4 times, and took out the battery etc. and it just started working.
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How long did you take the battery out for? I tried a bunch of times to no avail. I baby this phone so its frustrating
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I restarted a few times and one time it started charging again but once I unplugged it it didn't charge again. Anyone know if there's anything I can do
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It happens when u add few drops of water in charging port.. lol
Happened to me too ..
I used every trick vacuum, hair dryer, sun-light, heat etc. but didnt work
then I dipped my phone in 100 kg rice bag for 2 days .. lol
problem resolved !

I just started experiencing the same thing. Occasionally I can get it to charge, but usually it just sits there and dies. I haven't been able to test the pc charging, as I'm currently on vacation. This is pretty random, considering I've had the phone since launch day (Verizon), and have dropped it, etc in the past with no problems; then randomly it won't charge.

Had strange problems like this. Try bending the little tab in the charging port on your phone (carefully) away from the side. I haven't had a problem since.
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Your charging brick or USB could be bad. Try different cords/chargers.
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I've had similar issues.
Some background: It started just after I flashed the AUG 29 AOKP Jellybean nightly. It might just be a co-incidence but I saw a couple of people on rootzwiki who had a similar issue.
I wasn't charging at all then. Only when I was turned off. I was having driver issues with computers that had connected to the phone before.
I have since reset it back to stock JB and the charging from the charger seems to have been fixed. Instead my pogo pin charging is a bit iffy. It works sometimes but not always.........
Well, I spoke too soon! NOT CHARGING from the wall again. When phone is shutdown, it charges. In Android, it doesn't.

Could you tell us what you have done so far? Any solutions that you tried but didn't work?
Have you tried:
-different battery?
-using different cable or the charger?
-straightening the metal part of the port?
-cleaning the port with alcohol?
These are the known solutions for most of the Gnex port problem. If you haven't tried already, please do so. If you're still having problem with it, tell us.

Solution
This is not a randome issue... Happened to me too only ONCE and never again
Solution
Let the phone battery die out completely and then charge a bit and boot into CWM recovery. Reset battery stats and you are good to go.:good: Or you can even try reseting battery stats without complete discharge. I havent tried the later since had this problem only once. I'm not a developer but my theory is that there is some embeded software that determines power supply and due to some reason it got corrupted.
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Thank you everyone for your help. Really appreciate it. So I know I didn't get it wet. And I changed chargers and batteries to no avail. Then I tried what the last post said, to wipe battery stats. I did that and restarted. Did it again because first time didn't do anything. Now its charging fine. Great relief
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I'm experiencing this problem now. But I think it's because I was messing around with 'Fast Charge' settings in my AOKP Milestone 1 ROM controls without really knowing what any of it meant. I'll try to wipe battery stats and do a few reboots. I'll let you guys know.

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I'm experiencing this problem now. But I think it's because I was messing around with 'Fast Charge' settings in my AOKP Milestone 1 ROM controls without really knowing what any of it meant. I'll try to wipe battery stats and do a few reboots. I'll let you guys know.
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Same problem for me now too! =\ I'm using cyanogenmod though. I reset battery stats, formatted and factory reset the thing and nothing. Also tried a few different cables. It's also no longer being recognized when connected to PC.
EDIT: Looks like the USB connector on the device was slightly off center. Bent it up a bit and it seems to be working as normal now.

crinstale said:
This is not a randome issue... Happened to me too only ONCE and never again
Solution
Let the phone battery die out completely and then charge a bit and boot into CWM recovery. Reset battery stats and you are good to go.:good: Or you can even try reseting battery stats without complete discharge. I havent tried the later since had this problem only once. I'm not a developer but my theory is that there is some embeded software that determines power supply and due to some reason it got corrupted.
Hit THANKS if I helped
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In the CWM recovery version I have there is I no Reset battery stats. any suggestion? i tried also Battery calibration 1.2 but no luck
Any idea?

cococchio said:
In the CWM recovery version I have there is I no Reset battery stats. any suggestion? i tried also Battery calibration 1.2 but no luck
Any idea?
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Battery stats should be in advanced option in CMW
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[Q] GS3 won't charge and boot loop...need help fast.

My wife is on vacation driving down to MS (from WV) and her phone died.
She was talking on it and co-pilot was running and then the phone shut off.
She couldn't reboot it, it would boot, then try and reboot and make a vibrate pattern like "beeeeeeppp beep beep" repeatedly and never boot. I told her (on the phone) that it might be that her battery was just dead.
So i had her turn the phone off and then put it on the charger.
Well, it's 10 hours later on a charge and the same thing is happening. She can't boot, she can't get into recovery, when she does the 3 finger salute the same thing happens....the vibration pattern.
She's been running aristodemos without problems up until now.
What do you think could be the problem? Battery? Charging port dead?
She said she's going to find an AT&T store while she's down there and tell them that her phone won't charge...could they charge her battery for her.
What do you think? Should we wait until she's back here and just put my battery in the phone? I ask because I don't want them to figure out that she's rooted and not help her.

rpavich said:
My wife is on vacation driving down to MS (from WV) and her phone died.
She was talking on it and co-pilot was running and then the phone shut off.
She couldn't reboot it, it would boot, then try and reboot and make a vibrate pattern like "beeeeeeppp beep beep" repeatedly and never boot. I told her (on the phone) that it might be that her battery was just dead.
So i had her turn the phone off and then put it on the charger.
Well, it's 10 hours later on a charge and the same thing is happening. She can't boot, she can't get into recovery, when she does the 3 finger salute the same thing happens....the vibration pattern.
She's been running aristodemos without problems up until now.
What do you think could be the problem? Battery? Charging port dead?
She said she's going to find an AT&T store while she's down there and tell them that her phone won't charge...could they charge her battery for her.
What do you think? Should we wait until she's back here and just put my battery in the phone? I ask because I don't want them to figure out that she's rooted and not help her.
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Sounds like what happened to my cousin's Note. I tried to root it and it did 3 beeps and boot loop. It might need recovery. If a nandroid is available on her phone then she needs to restore it if possible. If not, recovery via Kies is the next option. Unfortunately, Kies wipes everything.
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Apocalypse487 said:
Sounds like what happened to my cousin's Note. I tried to root it and it did 3 beeps and boot loop. It might need recovery. If a nandroid is available on her phone then she needs to restore it if possible. If not, recovery via Kies is the next option. Unfortunately, Kies wipes everything.
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She can't get to recovery so how is she going to get to a nandroid backup?
How could she use kies if the phone won't even boot? Not understanding.

rpavich said:
She can't get to recovery so how is she going to get to a nandroid backup?
How could she use kies if the phone won't even boot? Not understanding.
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Sorry, I missed that somehow. A new battery might be worth a shot. Try yours when she gets back. AT&T will get another battery and see if it works.
It sounds more like a hardbrick. I hope it's not.
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Do you know if she can get into download mode?
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rail205 said:
Do you know if she can get into download mode?
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I don't think so...I'm not sure why but when she tries, nothing happens. I'm coaching her remotely so It could be that she's just not doing it right or that the battery won't even get her to that point....i'm not sure why but at this point, she can't.
If she could...we'd be in good shape, I'd have her wipe the phone and start over.
I'm not sure whether I should tell her to hold off until she gets home to try my battery or go to the ATT store...I'd hate for them to put a new battery in and have it do something that shows that it's running a leaked rom and rooted....though I'm not sure what they'd do.
Would they just tell her to go away or would they note it on the account like we were somehow not entitled to warranty assistance even if we put it back to stock?

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I don't think so...I'm not sure why but when she tries, nothing happens. I'm coaching her remotely so It could be that she's just not doing it right or that the battery won't even get her to that point....i'm not sure why but at this point, she can't.
If she could...we'd be in good shape, I'd have her wipe the phone and start over.
I'm not sure whether I should tell her to hold off until she gets home to try my battery or go to the ATT store...I'd hate for them to put a new battery in and have it do something that shows that it's running a leaked rom and rooted....though I'm not sure what they'd do.
Would they just tell her to go away or would they note it on the account like we were somehow not entitled to warranty assistance even if we put it back to stock?
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They might report it, but when I had a hardbrick on my Atrix, I took it there. They didn't report it. If all else fails, report it lost and get another one. The best way to know is wait for her to get back.
Does the phone even turn on for a split second?
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Apocalypse487 said:
They might report it, but when I had a hardbrick on my Atrix, I took it there. They didn't report it. If all else fails, report it lost and get another one. The best way to know is wait for her to get back.
Does the phone even turn on for a split second?
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It turns on but tries to boot....black screen and vibrations is all that happens. When that has happened to my phone I just recovered it so I'm not sure why hers isn't recoverable...operator error or it's just bricked.
I guess I'll just tell her to wait until she gets back unless someone has a better idea.

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It turns on but tries to boot....black screen and vibrations is all that happens. When that has happened to my phone I just recovered it so I'm not sure why hers isn't recoverable...operator error or it's just bricked.
I guess I'll just tell her to wait until she gets back unless someone has a better idea.
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If it turns on even for a second there might be a good chance to save it. Best thing to do is to wait. You can probably recover it using odin. My cousin's Note did that too, but he got lucky. I managed to fix it using Kies. I hope it works out.
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I went camping and my battery drained all the way to 0v. Had the same symptoms. I bought the charger with battery kit from samsung for 30 bux. Fixed it and fixed the original dead battery. The phone wouldnt charge the dead battery but the external stand alone charger did.
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escocrx said:
I went camping and my battery drained all the way to 0v. Had the same symptoms. I bought the charger with battery kit from samsung for 30 bux. Fixed it and fixed the original dead battery. The phone wouldnt charge the dead battery but the external stand alone charger did.
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You can get 2 batteries and charger for $24. It's on Amazon
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escocrx said:
I went camping and my battery drained all the way to 0v. Had the same symptoms. I bought the charger with battery kit from samsung for 30 bux. Fixed it and fixed the original dead battery. The phone wouldnt charge the dead battery but the external stand alone charger did.
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Are you saying that your phone won't charge now? You have to take the battery out? Or are you saying that once you got it above 0v then you were back to normal?

OK.....situation solved!
Here is what happened:
She was using Co-Pilot and talking on the phone with the phone plugged into the charging jack in the car. It wasn't charging fast enough to keep up with usage, so it went dead dead dead.
So after she hooked it up to the charger...it still didnt' charge fast enough to get enough charge in the phone to enter recovery.
She got to the motel, plugged it in and left it overnight. Rebooted into recovery this morning and did a factory wipe and all is well.
Thanks for the help guys.

The phone was unable to charge it. The stand alone battery charger could. I just dont let it go zero anymore
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rpavich said:
OK.....situation solved!
Here is what happened:
She was using Co-Pilot and talking on the phone with the phone plugged into the charging jack in the car. It wasn't charging fast enough to keep up with usage, so it went dead dead dead.
So after she hooked it up to the charger...it still didnt' charge fast enough to get enough charge in the phone to enter recovery.
She got to the motel, plugged it in and left it overnight. Rebooted into recovery this morning and did a factory wipe and all is well.
Thanks for the help guys.
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Good to hear. Keep a spare battery as back up I guess.
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[q] help!! My phone will not boot up at all past a charging screen!

Alright guys so normally i'm pretty skilled in getting things to operate perfectly and have always been good at flashing roms but I have a massive issue with my Galaxy Note 2. The phone has NOT been flashed yet. I bought it new and for whatever reason the other night i plugged my phone in before i went to bed as usual. I woke up the next morning and the phone was not charging nor did it show it was plugged in/charged to 100%. It had about 87% battery life so it obviously did charge through the night to some degree. I pulled out the battery, put it back in and the phone booted up all by itself without me even touching the power button! It stays on the battery icon charging screen for about 5 seconds then reboots itself constantly. If you try to hold down the power button it will not boot up. I can get it into Download Mode as well as Recovery mode but none of which have helped it boot up. I am running on the most recent 4.1.2 firmware as well FYI. If you have any ideas please feel free to throw them my way. I don't really understand how this could have happened.. Thanks in advance

Xtracter said:
Alright guys so normally i'm pretty skilled in getting things to operate perfectly and have always been good at flashing roms but I have a massive issue with my Galaxy Note 2. The phone has NOT been flashed yet. I bought it new and for whatever reason the other night i plugged my phone in before i went to bed as usual. I woke up the next morning and the phone was not charging nor did it show it was plugged in/charged to 100%. It had about 87% battery life so it obviously did charge through the night to some degree. I pulled out the battery, put it back in and the phone booted up all by itself without me even touching the power button! It stays on the battery icon charging screen for about 5 seconds then reboots itself constantly. If you try to hold down the power button it will not boot up. I can get it into Download Mode as well as Recovery mode but none of which have helped it boot up. I am running on the most recent 4.1.2 firmware as well FYI. If you have any ideas please feel free to throw them my way. I don't really understand how this could have happened.. Thanks in advance
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You mentioned that you accessed the recovery mode and download mode but did you try flashing the rom again?
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bushako said:
You mentioned that you accessed the recovery mode and download mode but did you try flashing the rom again?
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I actually downloaded the newest odin and flashed the stock official 4.1.2 firmware release i got online. I flashed it in download mode and it said success. However, after it auto rebooted it again went back to the rebooting battery icon screen immediately.

bushako said:
You mentioned that you accessed the recovery mode and download mode but did you try flashing the rom again?
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Also, As-salam alaykum! I have been to UAE twice now and i absolutely love it. I have a friend who lives there and we are frequent visitors to Dubai Mall, Ferrari World, and Moreeb Dune..

Xtracter said:
I actually downloaded the newest odin and flashed the stock official 4.1.2 firmware release i got online. I flashed it in download mode and it said success. However, after it auto rebooted it again went back to the rebooting battery icon screen immediately.
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I think theres a way to fully format the internal memory before flashing the rom through odin. I dont know much about odin except the flashing bit and rooting. You should check on that.
My guess is that without formatting the phone youre only upgrading the os leaving corrupt files present in the phone that causeing the start up issue.
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Also, As-salam alaykum! I have been to UAE twice now and i absolutely love it. I have a friend who lives there and we are frequent visitors to Dubai Mall, Ferrari World, and Moreeb Dune..
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Hey Salam to you too. Im not really from here although ive lived here for sometime now. And I honestly dont like to go to those places mentioned as I find it too gimiky. But yea there are other places worth visiting aswell here in Dubai.
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I think theres a way to fully format the internal memory before flashing the rom through odin. I dont know much about odin except the flashing bit and rooting. You should check on that.
My guess is that without formatting the phone youre only upgrading the os leaving corrupt files present in the phone that causeing the start up issue.
Hey Salam to you too. Im not really from here although ive lived here for sometime now. And I honestly dont like to go to those places mentioned as I find it too gimiky. But yea there are other places worth visiting aswell here in Dubai.
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I'll look into the reformatting.. The weird thing is that last night after letting it sit for like 8+ hours i somehow got it to boot up after putting the battery back in and powering it on really fast the first try. However, now when i plug in the charger it wont recognize the charger being plugged in! This phone is like possessed. When it wont boot up at all and stays on that charging icon screen and then i plug it in, it says it charging and the icon turns green. This makes less than zero sense..

Turn it off. Hold volume up plus home button plus power. Now you're in recovery mode. Select wipe and restore. It should work after, I had the same issue one.
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This really looks like short circuit case.
Have you got your phone wet?
It looks like some water or humidity got in and power button is making a shirt circuit.
Maybe it is better to take it to certified service center just to make sure.
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Is your phone N7100 or LTE N7105. Which rom did you flash.
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sz1a said:
Turn it off. Hold volume up plus home button plus power. Now you're in recovery mode. Select wipe and restore. It should work after, I had the same issue one.
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I already had tried that.
mariosraptor said:
This really looks like short circuit case.
Have you got your phone wet?
It looks like some water or humidity got in and power button is making a shirt circuit.
Maybe it is better to take it to certified service center just to make sure.
I was able to fix it!
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Is your phone N7100 or LTE N7105. Which rom did you flash.
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It is an N7100 no LTE..
Basically i was able to fix the problem by fiddling with the charging port on the phone. I took a tac and cleaned out the inside what seemed like was junk/loose stuff inside of it behind the gold connectors and further in towards the inside of the phones port. I put the battery in and it only booted up when i turned the phone on and it recognizes the phone being plugged in every time i've tried to make it crap out. Everytime i restart the phone it boots up like it should no problem. Seems as though that was the problem! Thanks again for the help

apparently letting your rooted and unlocked LGOG die results in a brick.

my phone died and i went to charge it and got soft bricked, anyone have this happen?

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my phone died and i went to charge it and got soft bricked, anyone have this happen?
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Happened to my wife's phone, i had enough charge to where I could get into the bootloader and do a reboot and plugged the charger back in and it booted up and charged. It almost happened again tonight, the screen was dark when she plugged it into the charge then 5 mins later the charging indicator on the screen popped up. You can def get it to work again just try to get into your bootloader and do a reboot. Just make sure you have the charge plugged in because the first time i encountered this it booted up but turned off and soft bricked again.

85gslse said:
my phone died and i went to charge it and got soft bricked, anyone have this happen?
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Lgnpst is the easiest fix. Can also force it to turn off by holding power, then put in fast boot mode.
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Lgnpst worked after about everything that could have gone wrong did and then some what a headache, definitely not worth the root. Anyone wanna buy a lgog? I need a more dev friendly phone

85gslse said:
my phone died and i went to charge it and got soft bricked, anyone have this happen?
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I've had mine die a few times with no problems. At least three instances on zvb and once on EOS. Just my two cents.

I believe what you need next time is to use the sbl unlock in free gee next time. That fixed this issue for me.
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xboxfanj said:
I believe what you need next time is to use the sbl unlock in free gee next time. That fixed this issue for me.
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I used the that unlock method, I had been rooted with ZERO issues for a month and my phone had died at least 3 times before that, i was really baffled that it bricked, I am back to stock for now, might build the courage to do it all over again, pissed me off though i lost so much stuff. :crying:

i had the same issue, all i did was just plug into the charger let it sit then hit the power button. when the phone shut off it showed the charging icon on the screen. i ended up waiting it out and the device fired up with 2% battery then i put the phone to sleep and charged the rest of the way.

I have this issue every time my phone dies. It doesn't brick.
If I plug the phone in the screen will just light up but won't charge properly. I have to let it charge up enough. Then go into the bootloader and reboot from there. Let it turn on. Then charge it while it is on.
Try it. I'm pretty sure you aren't soft bricked.
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eyeisdasteve said:
I have this issue every time my phone dies. It doesn't brick.
If I plug the phone in the screen will just light up but won't charge properly. I have to let it charge up enough. Then go into the bootloader and reboot from there. Let it turn on. Then charge it while it is on.
Try it. I'm pretty sure you aren't soft bricked.
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The nexus sbls are really helping me.
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Help! Screen broken? Phone dead?

Okay ladies and gentlemen, please take the time to help me out, as I've never had this happen before...
I should state that I am on Slim Bean weekly (4.3) and BionicSheep kernel.
Today I went to the gym, used my bluetooth headset as usual. I turned off my bluetooth when I got home and rebooted my phone (bluetooth won't turn off without a reboot). I laid my phone down (I didn't check to see if it rebooted), took a shower and played video games for about an hour.
When I checked to see if I had any texts, I noticed my phone wouldn't wake (I figured it had a hardboot), so I tried holding down the power button to reboot, which didn't work. I pulled the battery and saw the Bionic Sheep splash screen, then nothing. Tried the power button again, nothing. Now when I pull the battery, I see the Bionic Sheep splash screen about 50% of the time, if that... usually I feel a little vibrate, then see nothing. I have the USB Jig for download mode, which I used and it went into download mode, but then the screen disappeared...
What can this be? Dying phone, breaking screen? HELP!
EDIT: Just tried recovery. I see the blue writing in the upper left that says "Recovery Booting..." then nothing, just a black screen

Then you're not booting download mode, thats recovery trying to boot. Hold home, volume DOWN and power. When it starts to boot/vibrate release power only.
If you can get here flash stock/root66 firmware via odin and report back.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Then you're not booting download mode, thats recovery trying to boot. Hold home, volume DOWN and power. When it starts to boot/vibrate release power only.
If you can get here flash stock/root66 firmware via odin and report back.
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Sorry I meant recovery, not download. Sorry for that. I tried download too as stated earlier.
Do you happen to have the links for odin and stock recovery? If not, i'll take a look in a sec.
EDIT: Just downloaded odin from your sig, I'll check for stock firmware in a sec.
But a new problem, like I said before my phone goes into download, but it only stayed on the screen for a few seconds, then turns off. Odin isn't recognizing the phone at all...

I just tried to do it again, download mode only stays on for about 3 seconds. Odin recognized it for the few seconds its on, then it disappears... any ideas?

Does the phone power on by itself if you remove and replace the battery?
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Does the phone power on by itself if you remove and replace the battery?
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Yes sir it does, don't have to touch the power button at all.
I've tried download and recovery mode dozens of times now, the phone just powers off after a few seconds and won't turn back on until I pull the battery.

doubleohseven said:
Yes sir it does, don't have to touch the power button at all.
I've tried download and recovery mode dozens of times now, the phone just powers off after a few seconds and won't turn back on until I pull the battery.
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So i've ruled out the screen at this point. Even though im 99% sure it was over 75% charged, im letting it sit/charge for a few hours an try again.
Been googling about similar problems... could this be "sudden death syndrome"?

doubleohseven said:
So i've ruled out the screen at this point. Even though im 99% sure it was over 75% charged, im letting it sit/charge for a few hours an try again.
Been googling about similar problems... could this be "sudden death syndrome"?
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If it powers on without having to press the button, then I am 95% sure that is the problem. The power button is perpetually pressed. It could be the switch is loose or jammed, which I believe is usually the case. It is possible that there could be a short, but I doubt it as this has been happening more and more frequently lately. Some have reported being able to fix it themselves by opening it and either replacing or reseating the button, while others opt to take it to a local shop and have it fixed. (if you do, do not let them attempt to flash anything or they will brick it).
You can try to tap on it to jiggle it unstuck, but if you get it working again, this will certainly only be temporary.

DocHoliday77 said:
If it powers on without having to press the button, then I am 95% sure that is the problem. The power button is perpetually pressed. It could be the switch is loose or jammed, which I believe is usually the case. It is possible that there could be a short, but I doubt it as this has been happening more and more frequently lately. Some have reported being able to fix it themselves by opening it and either replacing or reseating the button, while others opt to take it to a local shop and have it fixed. (if you do, do not let them attempt to flash anything or they will brick it).
You can try to tap on it to jiggle it unstuck, but if you get it working again, this will certainly only be temporary.
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Okay ill give the power button a try before calling the insurance later today. Thanks for your help.
Do you happen know how t mobile insurance works? I'm really low on cash so i'm hoping there isn't a deductible for first time "offenses"...
EDIT: Quick question though, if it was in a constant boot loop with the button pressed, wouldn't I feel it vibrate multiple times and/or see the screen flash multiple times? I only feel/see it do these things once, then its gone.

I just took it apart and the power button was fine, so i'm now guessing this is something more serious...

Well I went through T mobile and am getting my phone replaced for $5. It's on backorder though so I have to wait 5-7 days before they even ship it, which kinda sucks.
Anyways I am hoping they don't see that I flashed a custom ROM. The once in awhile it does show the splash screen, it shows a little sheep on the bottom (due to the Bionic Sheep kernel), and the DL mode that stays on for about 2-3 seconds shows a flash count of 1. I am hoping they don't see it, or don't take the time to check after realizing that it's not functioning properly...

So did you get a warranty replacement then? (Insurance requires a $150 deductible, but it doesn't matter if it's been rooted) If so, they might see that and then charge you, I'm really not sure... I've heard of them doing that and also heard they don't even bother looking.
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DocHoliday77 said:
So did you get a warranty replacement then? (Insurance requires a $150 deductible, but it doesn't matter if it's been rooted) If so, they might see that and then charge you, I'm really not sure... I've heard of them doing that and also heard they don't even bother looking.
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I called T mobile tech support, and they only charged me $5, not $150. The refurb should be here on Thursday, I guess I'll find out soon enough if they charge me for the rooting (im pretty sure they won't notice since the screen is on for less than 3 seconds, but who knows).
I can always try the 'when in doubt, deny deny deny' technique. Lol

I've been with them for awhile and sent back multiple rooted phones and have never been charged
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Supamike88 said:
I've been with them for awhile and sent back multiple rooted phones and have never been charged
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Thank you for the words of comfort. Lol

doubleohseven said:
I called T mobile tech support, and they only charged me $5, not $150. The refurb should be here on Thursday, I guess I'll find out soon enough if they charge me for the rooting (im pretty sure they won't notice since the screen is on for less than 3 seconds, but who knows).
I can always try the 'when in doubt, deny deny deny' technique. Lol
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How long have you had the phone? If it's still under warranty then it's just the $5. But in my case where it is a year and a half old and there is physical damage, I seriously doubt they'd go for that!
That also means I might still just get a refurbished T999. Insurance claims go through Asurion, while warranty goes through T-Mobile. And unless I'm mistaken, Asurion has their own stock of refurbs...
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