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Phone won't boot, vibrates

I cannot turn on my phone at all, the Samsung logo comes up, screen blacks out and the phone just vibrates once every couple of seconds. If I'm lucky the phone will sometimes boot up but freezes and turns back off. It's nearly impossible for me to boot into recovery and do anything as the phone shuts off seconds later. Anyone have any advice, I've looked all over and only found one other person with this problem and no fix

Are you doing the combo correctly, release power after vibrate continue holding volume keys? Did you drop the phone causing this? Try pulling battery first then try recovery
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Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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Someone on here recently had the same problem.. It ended up being a faulty power button..
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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Lmao great minds think alike
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rymanh said:
Lmao great minds think alike
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Or we are both spending way to much time on XDA!
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Or we are both spending way to much time on XDA!
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I hate to say it but your right.. I got the Android app and I compulsively check it all day.. Lol. Time to find a new hobby I guess lol
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rymanh said:
I hate to say it but your right.. I got the Android app and I compulsively check it all day.. Lol. Time to find a new hobby I guess lol
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Now that I'm playing around with it, it makes perfect sense that its the power button. Thanks guys
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Thats exactly what was wrong with mine. I just got it exchanged
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I had this issue before. Battery was completely dead. I just charge for a while and it was fine. Same also happened to a friends and she let hers charge and it was fine.

Fly2Deaf said:
Thats exactly what was wrong with mine. I just got it exchanged
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I'm guessing that it's a fairly common thing
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otter5 said:
I cannot turn on my phone at all, the Samsung logo comes up, screen blacks out and the phone just vibrates once every couple of seconds. If I'm lucky the phone will sometimes boot up but freezes and turns back off. It's nearly impossible for me to boot into recovery and do anything as the phone shuts off seconds later. Anyone have any advice, I've looked all over and only found one other person with this problem and no fix
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yea im having the same problem with my phone and its for sure not the battery or the power button.
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FloggingChamp said:
yea im having the same problem with my phone and its for sure not the battery or the power button.
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i also tried running unbrick on it and that didnt do it either

LoopDoGG79 said:
Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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yeah, that thread had helpful info. i tried the one guy's suggestion of gently working a tiny flat-head screwdriver around the power button, and it fixed my issue.
hopefully it won't come back too often, but at least i know what it is (faulty power button) and can send it in for repairs if need be. at this point, i'm just relieved i have another chance to backup my data!

well, the issue came back, and working a screw driver around the button isn't solving the problem. it'll go away for a very short period of time, and then come back.
more recently, i've started losing settings for open apps when the phone reboots randomly. freaking awesome. just lost my handcent settings, and can't figure out where the config file/db is so i can restore it from a backup. looks like i'll have to spend another hour or more fully customizing the blasted thing again.

Its gotta be a bad motherboard I had same issue and Samsung warranty it out and fixed it for free or you can find em on eBay i just bought a used one for 90 and works perfect
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Power button could be stuck again. I fixed mine my flicking it with my finger every second and finally my phone would start up again. Guess screw driver would have been easier, haha. Would work for a month then the same issue would start again. Do you happen to use a D30 case?
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I had the same problem because I used the d30 case haha
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[Q] Tmobile Saumsung Galaxy S II - Bricking

Here's the deal, the power port on my phone is getting lose, meaning that two connectors are off the motherboard. Also meaning I have to put the power cable at an angle in order to charge my phone. Went to T-Mobile today and talked with a friend, since my phone was bought off craiglist(no receipt) about options. (My phone is also rooted with AOKP Jelly Bean Build 4) He says that I can exchange phone for a new one, but I don't think I can bring it back to stock. The easiest way for me to get an exchange is to brick my phone. Today is Friday, and I need a way to do it by Monday. I figure I can try and take off Jelly Bean and see If that works(no back up). But I would link the easiest and safest option. Thanks in advance.

Well I'm not sure this is allowed to be a thread, but what I would do...download a rom for another phone and flash it.
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OK thanks for the advice. Where am I suppose to post questions like these, if I can't find thread...
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Flash the clear counter
Flash a bad rom and then flash a bad recovery
No way out >;D
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Flash JALStudios rom
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badazz_monkey said:
Flash JALStudios rom
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Lol, sure fire way to get an expensive paper weight.
Flash any ROM other our own or skyrocket. Also, you can pull the battery half way thru a flash. Dead phone for sure.
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Have you tried a brand new USB cable? Micro USB cables are crap. If you take one apart you'll see that the connector itself is connected to the rest of the wire via some plastic contraption. This plastic piece breaks and that's when you can jiggle the connector itself up and down. Try it before you brick the device. IMO this thread or any others like this aren't inappropriate. We pay for insurance and after 2 years all that money adds up the the price if a new handset. Im gonna brick my phone at some point too and get another handset. That way that money isn't wasted lol. Also I've heard that tmobile doesn't care about people exchanging phones that are rooted and whatnot. Plenty of members on our forum have done this. Good luck!
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Sure its not cable, had this problem on some other computer parts... Thanks for the advice, I would try and bring it back to stock before you try and brick. Make sure you don't have a good phone not working...
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I think CM 10.1 killed my GS-III

Since December I've been running CM10 on my GS-III with little to no issues. I flash CM 10.1 mid January and even though it was an unstable nightly it was very stable.
Flashing the nightlies as they became available with no issues at all.
Then today my phone starts slowing down and froze up.
Keep in mind that I hadn't flashed a nightly in like a day or 2 do I had been using the past nightly as a daily driver.
When my phone decided to freeze I rebooted it and it booted just fine.
About 2 minutes in the screen goes black. Holding the power button it's unresponsive.
Now my phone is completely unresponsive to all button presses. I've tried the 3 button combos for recovery and download mode with no luck. I've even held the buttons for a full minute but nothing is working.
Is my phone dead or is there a possibility of resurrecting it?
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Are you positive the battery hasn't died. That would be the first thing I would check. Even if it showed it was charging doesn't mean the battery is good. I'm not trying to be insulting either by asking this. I'm a equipment tech at a large semiconductor company and you wouldn't believe the number of times the fix was as simple as turning a breaker back on when another tech wanted to replace something major. #1 rule of troubleshooting: Is there power. #2 rule: Double check rule #1. Sounds silly, but it is the easiest thing to overlook. Good luck and I hope it's as simple as a battery.
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tmjohnsonfse said:
Are you positive the battery hasn't died. That would be the first thing I would check. Even if it showed it was charging doesn't mean the battery is good. I'm not trying to be insulting either by asking this. I'm a equipment tech at a large semiconductor company and you wouldn't believe the number of times the fix was as simple as turning a breaker back on when another tech wanted to replace something major. #1 rule of troubleshooting: Is there power. #2 rule: Double check rule #1. Sounds silly, but it is the easiest thing to overlook. Good luck and I hope it's as simple as a battery.
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No you're not insulting by asking that. I use to record music and when something wasn't wasn't working that's the first thing we asked and re asked.
Unfortunately I do believe I checked that out. When I plug in a charger it doesn't even show me a battery charging logo.
I have noticed that when I pull out the battery and connect the charger the led turns red.
I'll see if i can't swap batteries with one of my friends and see if that helps.
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Can adb on your pc detect your phone by any chance ? I do not want to scare you but hopefully your not having a motherboard failure or a sudden death :/
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shahkam said:
Can adb on your pc detect your phone by any chance ? I do not want to scare you but hopefully your not having a motherboard failure or a sudden death :/
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I'm checking that right now
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Well unfortunately there's no response from adb or phone.
However the computer does make a usb device connected sound.
Not sure if that's just a standard sound from the computer or if the phone is triggering it.
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Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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Android_Monsters said:
Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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This.
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Android_Monsters said:
Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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This.
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I have tried the 3 button combos for T-Mobiles variant of the GS-III with no luck either.... I even tried making a jig and didn't have much luck....
Next step is to buy a jig and see if that works
Thankfully I got a replacement GS-III from insurance. So I'm content... Also since I get to keep the other GS-III as well it feels even nicer.
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ironlood said:
I have tried the 3 button combos for T-Mobiles variant of the GS-III with no luck either.... I even tried making a jig and didn't have much luck....
Next step is to buy a jig and see if that works
Thankfully I got a replacement GS-III from insurance. So I'm content... Also since I get to keep the other GS-III as well it feels even nicer.
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A usb jig should do it most of the time it do work and if it doesn't oh well you could sell it out for parts i guess ?
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You would probably make most of your back if you sold it for spare parts and may only have to pay $50 for a replacement. Good luck!
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I'm not sure I understand how a jig is going to help him when the phone won't turn on.
I would try another battery first. You said you were going to try this but I don't see where you confirmed that it wasn't the issue.

Hmm you could have ran into that now infamous mb crash and burn error although I'm not sure how since you were running aosp. Anyone else want to chime in?
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If the battery truly died plugging it in won't be any help
Try another battery, I'm betting that's the issue. T-Mobile will have one or two on hand in store so you can try

Hopefully I will be able to get my hands on a spare battery to test this with as soon as I'm off work.
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Yeah first of lets make sure its not the battery and the jig forces the phone to boot into download mode if im not mistaken.. It is intended for users having similar issues / unresponsive devices...
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shahkam said:
Yeah first of lets make sure its not the battery and the jig forces the phone to boot into download mode if im not mistaken.. It is intended for users having similar issues / unresponsive devices...
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Well unfortunately the spare battery i used on my phone was no good in getting the phone to respond.
Now my next step is to attempt to hope that the jig will do something for my phone.
If not i guess that i will have a nice paper weight of luxury lol
Either that or i can sell it to someone.
So far those are the only options that i think i have at the moment.
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Flash STOCK or different ROM (Don't forget kernel too) think the issue is with the Cyanogenmod, mine did something similar, when screen went dark it took literally 5-10 Power button presses to wake the phone up, sometimes it wouldn't respond, other soft keys only would light up, Make backup, Wipe, install, check everything, that what I would do

Shayd93 said:
Flash STOCK or different ROM (Don't forget kernel too) think the issue is with the Cyanogenmod, mine did something similar, when screen went dark it took literally 5-10 Power button presses to wake the phone up, sometimes it wouldn't respond, other soft keys only would light up, Make backup, Wipe, install, check everything, that what I would do
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He cannot flash anything his phone doesn't answer to anything i don't see how he could do that..
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The phone is dead. My friend's gs3 died suddenly one day while I just happen to be using it. I plugged in an otg plug and few minutes later the screen just went black. I was sure it was dead when I plug in a charger and there was no sign of life from the phone.
I don't know if you have to pay a deductible but Samsung is supposedly replacing galaxy s3 for free because there is a known defect which cause the motherboard to go bad. My friend's was a Verizon model and they just replaced it free.
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[Q] Keeps resetting, even on different ROM.

My phone started resetting by itself today. I was rooted on a ICS ROM I believe and now just unrooted to a JB ROM. Could this still be a software issue?

Did you flash anything? What rom /modem/kernel have you tried wiping and doing a fresh flash?
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branden.lee said:
Did you flash anything? What rom /modem/kernel have you tried wiping and doing a fresh flash?
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I was rooted on a stock ROM I believe then the reboots started. I installed this http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=148 using ODIN.

If you have virgin mobile use Odin to flash stock rooted gb28 if sprint flash GB27 start fresh again I think your phone is miss behaving because of this.
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Sprint
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191954
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Your power button is jacked.
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graydiggy said:
Your power button is jacked.
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So this is most likely a hardware issue?
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Most likely.
My power button is really sensitive. Barely tapping the power button my phone ends up resetting itself.

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So this is most likely a hardware issue?
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Take it to Sprint ASAP. This happened to me a few months after getting my phone and I got it replace right there the same day. If they try to screw you saying "the phone has a chip on the screen we can't test it out and take it apart" blah blah blah. Throw in there that the phone overheats while charging and when in use and they will change their tune quickly. When the S2 came out I got one that got extremely hot when charging almost to the point of blistering my hand without the battery cover. I took it back and they replaced it quick as hell lol. When I took it in for the power issue i had a small chip in the corner of my screen and they refused to replace the phone because they couldnt test the power button thing due to not being able to take apart the screen without causing further damage to the phone. They wouldn't budge even though I had issurance since day 1. Decided to tell them about the overheating issue and the tech told me hold on and came back in 5 minutes with a new white one (I had a black one) and I left the same day. Black was on backorder for 14 days and I was not going to have a phone that kept rebooting making it basicly useless for 2 weeks.
TL;DR Take it to Sprint ASAP. The Fix is free and mention it overheats to extreme temps and it'll be replace on the spot or when they receive a replacement from sprint. 3 days max.

Yeah it sounded like hardware for sure and if the fresh install didn't work your power button is jacked. "Graydiggy" +1
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Take it to Sprint ASAP. This happened to me a few months after getting my phone and I got it replace right there the same day. If they try to screw you saying "the phone has a chip on the screen we can't test it out and take it apart" blah blah blah. Throw in there that the phone overheats while charging and when in use and they will change their tune quickly. When the S2 came out I got one that got extremely hot when charging almost to the point of blistering my hand without the battery cover. I took it back and they replaced it quick as hell lol. When I took it in for the power issue i had a small chip in the corner of my screen and they refused to replace the phone because they couldnt test the power button thing due to not being able to take apart the screen without causing further damage to the phone. They wouldn't budge even though I had issurance since day 1. Decided to tell them about the overheating issue and the tech told me hold on and came back in 5 minutes with a new white one (I had a black one) and I left the same day. Black was on backorder for 14 days and I was not going to have a phone that kept rebooting making it basicly useless for 2 weeks.
TL;DR Take it to Sprint ASAP. The Fix is free and mention it overheats to extreme temps and it'll be replace on the spot or when they receive a replacement from sprint. 3 days max.
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+1 had to do the same thing when I was on sprint with the evo.
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[Q] Bricked my first GS4(^_^)

So I bricked a SGH-M919 :laugh: messing around an now it does not turn on. Hey I learned a lot.:highfive:
My Linux PC does not see it when I plug the phone in or windows. I tried Kies for the hell of it an it doesn't detect my phone either lol
The good thing is I have another one :good:
Last time I bricked a phone was my Sprint GS3 an i just took it in and they replaced it with a new GS3.
I am new to T mobile and I would like to know if anyone here knows how T Mobile would go about the whole my GS4 doesn't turn on now because of something I did? Or should I just say I lost the phone?
Anyways thanks in advanced.

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So I bricked a SGH-M919 :laugh: messing around an now it does not turn on. Hey I learned a lot.:highfive:
My Linux PC does not see it when I plug the phone in or windows. I tried Kies for the hell of it an it doesn't detect my phone either lol
The good thing is I have another one :good:
Last time I bricked a phone was my Sprint GS3 an i just took it in and they replaced it with a new GS3.
I am new to T mobile and I would like to know if anyone here knows how T Mobile would go about the whole my GS4 doesn't turn on now because of something I did? Or should I just say I lost the phone?
Anyways thanks in advanced.
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Your best bet is to say you lost it, that way they will
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It's a lot easier and faster to get a replacement that way.
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Your best bet is to say you lost it, that way they will
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It's a lot easier and faster to get a replacement that way.
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You are right that is my best option thanks.
So I assumes this is a hard brick correct? Since it does not turn on? Is there anything I can do with a hard bricked phone?

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You are right that is my best option thanks.
So I assumes this is a hard brick correct? Since it does not turn on? Is there anything I can do with a hard bricked phone?
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Well, tell me what steps you took that caused this brick? Can you get into download mode (holding down Vol Down + Home + Power)? When you plug your phone into a wall charger, does the screen light up with the battery logo?
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xdapowerapps said:
Well, tell me what steps you took that caused this brick? Can you get into download mode (holding down Vol Down + Home + Power)? When you plug your phone into a wall charger, does the screen light up with the battery logo?
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I was messing around with this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
Got it to work for a few mins an then it just froze on me and I had to pull the battery out to reset. After rebooting it just stayed on a black screen like if its not even on. I tried all that an nothing. Odin nothing. When i plug it in PC or charging outlet with original charger nothing happens either nor those it light up with charging battery icon.

GhostSamuraiX said:
I was messing around with this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
Got it to work for a few mins an then it just froze on me and I had to pull the battery out to reset. After rebooting it just stayed on a black screen like if its not even on. I tried all that an nothing. Odin nothing. When i plug it in PC or charging outlet with original charger nothing happens either nor those it light up with charging battery icon.
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First thing it says... "It is an experimental development snapshot that can potentially brick your device." Someone on xda already had a pretty good running Ubuntu rom released so you didn't have to mess around. From the sounds of it, seems you may have hard bricked it. Maybe I am being hopeful, but connect the phone to your computer and look for any hardware changes. Any sign of life? And to answer your other question, if it is indeed a hard brick, without a JTAG/jig you are screwed.
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Errr does the screen turn on and go black or does it not turn on at all? Big difference.
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First thing it says... "It is an experimental development snapshot that can potentially brick your device." Someone on xda already had a pretty good running Ubuntu rom released so you didn't have to mess around. From the sounds of it, seems you may have hard bricked it. Maybe I am being hopeful, but connect the phone to your computer and look for any hardware changes. Any sign of life? And to answer your other question, if it is indeed a hard brick, without a JTAG/jig you are screwed.
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Errr does the screen turn on and go black or does it not turn on at all? Big difference.
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Yea I read all that. I am trying to port it over.
For what device or do you have a link please? An yea thanks I am looking into the whole jig thing.

It does not turn on at all
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I'd send it to mobile tech. They have a good rep on xda:
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It does not turn on at all
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Send it in for repairs as the above poster said. It is better to drop some money on it than lieing to Tmo that you lost it... And I'm sure you would still have to pay the deductible. You are better off sending it in.
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