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[Solved] My new T-Mobile Galaxy 2 just bricked itself!!

Sitting at the laundromat, watching a video that I downloaded thru the facebook app, all of a sudden the screen goes black. Thinking it went into sleep, I pressed the power, no response. I press and hold the power button, screen is still black, but this time it gives a haptic feedback. I press and hold again, it does the same thing. I removed the battery, waited a few secs, replaced the battery, and tried to power on, I still get the black screen and haptic feedback. Every time I press and hold the power button, screen remains black, no leds, with haptic feedbacks. I never dropped or water damaged the phone. Seems I may have received a defective unit. Production date on my box reads 09/28/2011. This phone is returning 1st thing in the morning!

Did you try to recharge the battery? That might be the problem
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Try booting with sdcard and simcard off and see if that helps. If not you might need to return it..
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Nivek91 said:
Did you try to recharge the battery? That might be the problem
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I forgot to mention this, but yes I did try plugging into an outlet. It was still a no-go. The charging battery meter didnt even show.

atoore said:
Try booting with sdcard and simcard off and see if that helps. If not you might need to return it..
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I forgot to mention this one to, but yes I did remove sdcard & sim, rebooted, yet still it was a no-go!

How about restoring it to recovery settings? Boot via holding the both volume keys and power then clear data and dav.
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have you tried removing the battery, plug usb cable computer to phone with battery removed, then putting battery in?

atoore said:
How about restoring it to recovery settings? Boot via holding the both volume keys and power then clear data and dav.
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When I tried this, the samsung logo kept flickering very quickly along with a haptic feedback, but would not go into recover.

mesajoejoe said:
have you tried removing the battery, plug usb cable computer to phone with battery removed, then putting battery in?
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well cot dayum, while attempting to try your advice, I plugged into my computer usb and right off the charging meter showed as charging. I pressed power and it booted up, Thanks for the help everyone!

princeasi said:
When I tried this, the samsung logo kept flickering very quickly along with a haptic feedback, but would not go into recover.
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Yea its a possible brick. Restoring it might have done something... did you wait for it to get to recovery?
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id just bring it in and get another

tigerz0202 said:
id just bring it in and get another
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i would agree with this wise decision as well
i might be a Samsung hard core fan, but this is definitely signs of a defective unit

This might be a Samsung thing, cause my old Galaxy Tab used to do this once in a while too.

Has anyone else had the production date of 9/28/11 on their phone package?
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I_am_Error said:
Has anyone else had the production date of 9/28/11 on their phone package?
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I do.
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kabuk1 said:
I do.
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Any problems so far? I have it on mine as well.
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This is what I discovered today......after the fiasco, I left my phone turned off while charging overnivht. Started my day off with a full 100% charge. I use bluetooth with my car stereo, and occasional talking. 2hrs into my day, I noticed that I still had a complete charge. Few hours more pass, still a complete charge after web browsing and everything else. I found this to be kinda odd considering my usage. I decided to reboot, and lo and behold, after reboot, my battery indicated less than 50% charge! With that being said, leads me to believe that actually my phone wasn't really bricked last night. More so, my battery gave the wrong readings, and while I'm watching videos, thinking that I have enough juice to do so, actually it didn't, which lead to the sudden shut off. I think my battery completely discharged without me knowing it.
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I_am_Error said:
Any problems so far? I have it on mine as well.
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I've had 2 with that date. 1st one had horrid lines in the screen, second has a great screen with a tiny red pixel.
*looks at dude with a black eye* *asks him* "damn, deebo took your bike too?"

The_Biz said:
I've had 2 with that date. 1st one had horrid lines in the screen, second has a great screen with a tiny red pixel.
*looks at dude with a black eye* *asks him* "damn, deebo took your bike too?"
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Same here, only without the tiny red pixel... Screen looks beautiful, I'm glad I gave it a second chance.
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imnothimm said:
Same here, only without the tiny red pixel... Screen looks beautiful, I'm glad I gave it a second chance.
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Yea, eff the red pixel. Ill exchange it 1 more time before my 14 days.

[Q] CPU overheat and crash, help?

My wife's Epic 4G was working fine yesterday but today it crashed and overheated pretty severely. When it was still plugged in and crashing it showed the battery charging and then it turned yellow and show a yellow warning triangle with a thermometer beside it, is the phone going to stop working on us?
I would appreciate a quick response so I can take it to Sprint and see what they can do about it.
I just factory reset it to insure that it wasn't a rogue application or what not and the phone is still running slow, not as bad as when it was crashing, but it still works so I don't know what's going on with it.
Also the phone is stock and has always been stock without root or any other type of hacking, etc.
It just stooped working perfectly one minute.
She showed me that the screen was blinking rapidly in an up and down bar fashion on the home screen and during applications.

First of all how old is the phone. My phone runs games hot all the time and never crashes (well sometimes, but usually when im not even doing anything with it).
I would think that the video is going out on it and it is rebooting. Depending on the age I think your phone is dead dude.
Cheers
Burrito

Not a year yet, it'll be a year old in June or July. I'm hoping it was just a virus or something because its working now. Should I exchange it anyway?
Nabbu eats your face.

Try flashing it back to stock or wipe the data if it isn't already rooted. I've never heard of anything of this sort... need some screenshots or something.
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It's already stock.
Big Goron said:
Try flashing it back to stock or wipe the data if it isn't already rooted. I've never heard of anything of this sort... need some screenshots or something.
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I already factory reset it and it's running right now as if it were just fine but what I'm wondering is if it's going to happen again and not work afterwards.
I'm thinking about taking it in to Sprint and exchanging it but I'm afraid there might be fees for exchanging or what not. The phone has been dropped multiple times but it never had any issues before.
The drop distance has been less then 2 feet every time.
No water damage to the phone itself but the Sprint tech said the battery's "water damage" indicator was activated and showing water damage.
The phone HAS been in the bathroom during multiple showers which might be the cause for the battery's damage indicator to go off but the phone, like I said, has never had any issues.
She downloads pretty much everything from the Market so I was suspecting viruses or malware and now it's "clean" it's running fine.
Any suggestions for where I should go from here?

The phone should be fine. This has happened to me a few times.... if your phone gets extremely hot it will refuse to charge as a safety feature and show that yellow triangle thing... open the back of the phone take the battery out and let it cool down.
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That's the best advice i've gotten on here! Thanks a ton! ^^b
Nabbu eats your face.

Big Goron said:
Try flashing it back to stock or wipe the data if it isn't already rooted. I've never heard of anything of this sort... need some screenshots or something.
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Happened to me my battery got near 118*F so I took it out and let it cool on some aluminum and put it back in was fine
BTW you can't take a screenie because phone shuts it self off
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I'm guessing that the overheating problem had to do with a buggy app that was running on the phone and took lots of data or cpu time. This has also been know to happen when running wifi hotspot apps.
Regardless, like everyone else said the phone went into thermal protection mode. The battery got hot and it wouldn't charge the battery until it cooled down.

Could be the screen being on and maybe running a governor such as "performance"? Also, I've left my phone under a pillow charging, woke up it was 110F and I haven't had this problem it mustve been really hot
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Fire n mage said:
Could be the screen being on and maybe running a governor such as "performance"? Also, I've left my phone under a pillow charging, woke up it was 110F and I haven't had this problem it mustve been really hot
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phone on the charger while doing things stir up more heat than normal as well.
plus i just had mine on the charger and for five minutes i was listening to tune in radio streaming over wifi and playing lets golf 3 and got off and phone was at 109.4*F Battery heat

poit said:
I'm guessing that the overheating problem had to do with a buggy app that was running on the phone and took lots of data or cpu time.
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THIS! ^^^ Without looking at your phone, I'm guessing this was the culprit. She had a buggy/defunct app that was probably frozen in the background while still sucking CPU/RAM. I've had a few of those instances and it DEFINITELY increases the temperature of the phone.
Only other thing I can think of is if she runs her phone at the brightest setting and has a long timeout on the screen timeout. Either way, I think it's nothing a little spring cleaning of the apps and tweaking couldn't take care of. Good luck buddy

Power Button??

So, my phone just rebooted out of the blue and the power button no longer works. sometimes it will get the power menu to come up, and then the phone will reboot if it is pressed again. I am running a VENUM hybrid ROM. I would not even know how to attempt a factory restore without an operable power button... anyone have any tips? I don't think Sprint would even fix this as I bought it from another Sprint customer

Dioscorus said:
So, my phone just rebooted out of the blue and the power button no longer works. sometimes it will get the power menu to come up, and then the phone will reboot if it is pressed again. I am running a VENUM hybrid ROM. I would not even know how to attempt a factory restore without an operable power button... anyone have any tips? I don't think Sprint would even fix this as I bought it from another Sprint customer
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You sure its not a battery issue?
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the battery moisture indicator is pink. i just cracked open the phone and I only see one indicator towards the bottom of the phone near the USB port, which is a fresh dry white. Don't think any moisture could have reached inside for whatever reason (not that it was wet recently...)
are there any others?
is there any way to power up the phone without the battery and test?

Mine does the same, it's started two months ago. It's gotten to the point where the phone reboots itself literally fifteen times a day. Very frustrating
Swyped from a Galaxy S2 on CM10

I guess I have the magic touch or some ****... just put her back together and it works like a charm I will be getting an extended battery I think. This battery is worn out and doesn't hold a strong charge.
I'm sorry to hear that multi, it's a true pain in the ass. I was just in touch with a Sprint rep and they said something about a $35 repair option?

MultiLockOn said:
Mine does the same, it's started two months ago. It's gotten to the point where the phone reboots itself literally fifteen times a day. Very frustrating
Swyped from a Galaxy S2 on CM10
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My phone started doing that since yesterday.This is the second time it's happened.I'm thinking the power is stuck,cause when i try to turn off the phone.It always restarts itself.It's killing my battery.

This has been happening to me as well. It usually happens after chrome freezes on me tho. It did it for the first time not on a chrome page today. I think it's just the battery tho, it's been getting worse life lately. I ordered new Anker batteries so if it quits after that I'll keep everyone updated.
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Ever drop your phone? Do you use the power button a lot?
Something other than software is causing this to happen. Whether it be water damage, or damage from dropping.
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VeNuM Hybrid??? Wow thats an old ROM. Very loyal:thumbup:
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yea, I actually dropped it earlier today. it seems to be working alright for now...
dirk, not that loyal, just WAY too lazy to bother upgrading it and I like the interface ps awesome sig

Mattix724 said:
Ever drop your phone? Do you use the power button a lot?
Something other than software is causing this to happen. Whether it be water damage, or damage from dropping.
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I think it's we use our phone alot.Cause i have 3 different batteries and it still happens.Also i can't receive any texts anymore.I have to use google voice to get them.

Dioscorus said:
yea, I actually dropped it earlier today. it seems to be working alright for now...
dirk, not that loyal, just WAY too lazy to bother upgrading it and I like the interface ps awesome sig
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Yeah I remember that ROM I was so pissed when development was dropped but hey it made room for more awesome ROMs. Thanks I like my SIG too
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Solid blue light staying on - Phone works fine?

Phone is working fine (currently has CM 10.1 on it). But that light will not go away. Even when I pull the battery (for 30 seconds) and reinsurt. The light comes on before I even turn the phone on (boot android up). It comes on as soon as I put the battery back it, even without powering up. It's my GF's phone so hard telling what she has done to it.

Flash a stock TouchWiz ROM and see it the issue persists.
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Is there an app like blink or lightflow installed that is controlling the led? If bot you might try one of these apps. I prefer blink.
The simple fix may be a factory reset

Mattix724 said:
Flash a stock TouchWiz ROM and see it the issue persists.
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someguyatx said:
Is there an app like blink or lightflow installed that is controlling the led? If bot you might try one of these apps. I prefer blink.
The simple fix may be a factory reset
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Guys, it does it even when the phone is off. As soon as I put the battery back in, the light comes on. This is before a rom is even loaded. Before I even turn the phone on. The light comes on and stays on. So I doubt flashing other roms or checking apps will do much good? But to answer the question. No LED apps that control it are installed.

Weird that its on even before power up. It sounds like a hardware problem. Flash a different rom to be sure.
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That's the"battery onboard light" it comes on as soon as the battery is installed.
He He .....
Pp.:beer: lol.
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PanchoPlanet said:
That's the"battery onboard light" it comes on as soon as the battery is installed.
He He .....
Pp.:beer: lol.
sent from a jellybean filled epic touch.
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Yea, I only wish I could tell her that and she would leave me alone about it. I am afraid its going to burn out being on all the time. Plus I am sure it being on has a negative effect on battery.

Takenover83 said:
Yea, I only wish I could tell her that and she would leave me alone about it. I am afraid its going to burn out being on all the time. Plus I am sure it being on has a negative effect on battery.
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LEDs take forever to burn out. You will also not have any problems with battery. I have an extra LED installed on my phone that stays on even when it is turned off or even dead. I still have really good battery life.
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LED - limited energy displacement. :what:
Lol...
I wouldn't worry about it for now, when JB drops it will probably fix it.:beer::thumbup:
Pp.
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S3 Auto Boots and will NOT stay ON!! (Fixed)

So, I dropped my s3. The screen is still perfect and the back case didn't even come off. So it wasn't a big fall, about 3 feet.
But my phone doesn't turn on anymore.
I took out the battery and plugged it back in.. the phone auto boots for 3 secs then turn back off..no response after that, until I repeat the process. .
Any idea of what's wrong with my phone ??
Thank you!
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First look very closely over the screen. Its possible for the digitizer to have cracked but not the glass I assume. But even the tiniest nick on the edge will stop the display from working. Also id open it up and make sure all the ribbon cables are still seated. Maybe one popped loose.
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thanks doc. .. you helped me before and your advice worked in the past .. time to take it apart and see if anything got unplugged.
So,
The battery is unplugged. I hold down the home and volume down, and plug in the battery, the phone boots into Download mode for 2 seconds then shuts off. For that analysis my screen is plugged in. Correct?
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Sounds like the screen is good then. It may be the power switch. Does it ever seem to try to turn itself on an off over and over?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sounds like the screen is good then. It may be the power switch. Does it ever seem to try to turn itself on an off over and over?
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Nope, that's the weird thing. You think its completely dead or it there still hope?

Im really not sure tbh. It could very well be the impact broke something loose, or just plain damaged one of the internal components.
If I think of anything else to look at ill definitely post it here, but right now cant think of anything else to tell you to try.
Maybe someone else will chime in with another idea...
Btw, I did get your pm, for something like this I just prefer to post in the forums. In the future someone may have something similar happen and you never know when the information might help.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Im really not sure tbh. It could very well be the impact broke something loose, or just plain damaged one of the internal components.
If I think of anything else to look at ill definitely post it here, but right now cant think of anything else to tell you to try.
Maybe someone else will chime in with another idea...
Btw, I did get your pm, for something like this I just prefer to post in the forums. In the future someone may have something similar happen and you never know when the information might help.
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Took the phone apart.. its actually easy compared to other phones. I made sure all the ribbon cables aren't loose and they weren't.
Still experiencing the same problem.. phone boots as soon as plug in the battery, stays on for 3-5 secs then shuts off.
Also, the phone is auto booting without the the power button. I even removed the power button and the phone auto booted.
Any other ideas?

Fixed.. replaced the mother board.via craigslist. $20.. back to normal. Time to reflash root and reflash.

Wow! $20?? You cant beat that at all!!!
Glad to hear you got it fixed!
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I agree.. Using the correct keyword on Craigslist will do wonders.
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