My Brothers phone is Rooted and its currently using the JoyRide 4.1.1 ROM. But as the title said hes having issues with the battery and getting random reboots. He said he would charge the phone to 100% and in one hour it would go down to 15% then shutdown. He would also be using the phone and just randomly the phone will shut off, and the only way to turn it on is to connect it to the Charger.
I'm wondering if he needs a new battery? should he go back to fully stock before going to the store?.. and how can i get him back to fully stock?
I've search but can't find a clear answer.
boricua10 said:
My Brothers phone is Rooted and its currently using the JoyRide 4.1.1 ROM. But as the title said hes having issues with the battery and getting random reboots. He said he would charge the phone to 100% and in one hour it would go down to 15% then shutdown. He would also be using the phone and just randomly the phone will shut off, and the only way to turn it on is to connect it to the Charger.
I'm wondering if he needs a new battery? should he go back to fully stock before going to the store?.. and how can i get him back to fully stock?
I've search but can't find a clear answer.
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most likely its the battery. take the battery out put it on a flat surface and spin it if it spins u need a new battery.
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Lol... i tried it and it spins. So do i need to Unroot and all that before my brother goes to the store?
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Lol... i tried it and it spins. So do i need to Unroot and all that before my brother goes to the store?
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its better if you do just in case most likely they'll want to look at the phone.
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how can i go about doing it?
boricua10 said:
how can i go about doing it?
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just download any of the unrooted one click from link I gave you. if you dont know how to use one click just read the forum and it will give u instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31961585
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boricua10 said:
Lol... i tried it and it spins. So do i need to Unroot and all that before my brother goes to the store?
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No need to unroot just buy a new battery
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I'm not sure if I'm posting in the correct place as this is my first time, so I apologize in advance if not. As my the title states I currently have a samsung epic 4g that will not boot past the samsung screen. The phone is not rooted and was running stock software. This phone also will not load a recovery menu as it will not boot past the samsung screen (and yes I'm aware of the redundancy). I have tried flashing older stock files using odin and I get a successful read with no errors, however when the phone resets post flash it will still not boot past the samsung screen.......PLEASE HELP I am at my wits end and open to suggestions. Thanks
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I'm not sure if I'm posting in the correct place as this is my first time, so I apologize in advance if not. As my the title states I currently have a samsung epic 4g that will not boot past the samsung screen. The phone is not rooted and was running stock software. This phone also will not load a recovery menu as it will not boot past the samsung screen (and yes I'm aware of the redundancy). I have tried flashing older stock files using odin and I get a successful read with no errors, however when the phone resets post flash it will still not boot past the samsung screen.......PLEASE HELP I am at my wits end and open to suggestions. Thanks
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+1 here too! Girlfriends phone has the exact same problem since last night. It also is not showing that it is charging...??
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Jbb3393 said:
+1 here too! Girlfriends phone has the exact same problem since last night. It also is not showing that it is charging...??
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Best I can say to you both is get a stronger cable if your not already using one and if you do have a cable other than the oem one then try leaving the battery out of the phone and hold the power button for about a minute to let the capacitors discharge then let it sit with the battery still out for about an hour :/ if you don't mind me asking, what happened to the phone before the issue started?
Try to Odin with the battery out.
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Try to Odin with the battery out.
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And with sd card out too
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Its possible to odin without the battery in? How does it populate the com and do you put it in download mode first then pull battery or just plug it and let it fly?
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Thanks for the replies. I am trying "the duce's" advice first, no luck yet. She had went to take a picture of the "beautiful sky" last night in the hot tub and dropped it. I immediately took the battery out and when we got to our apartment took the hair dryer (on medium heat of course) to it. I then put the battery in and turned it on and it worked! Until she decided it needed a restart and it hasn't came on since...
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Huge thanks for the replies here as well and to address duces question, in my case nothing outside of normal use on the phone. I powered it off and when I powered it back on I was stuck on samsung
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Ok so I just tried to flash with odin with battery out I did put it in dowload mode after plugging it up....I removed the sd card as well. Now it boots to the samsung screen but the difference is that now the red led stays lit and the capacitive keys on the bottom row do as well. Any suggestions?
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I am stuck while odin right now with battery in... Suppose I will pull battery and try without next...
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Thanks for the replies. I am trying "the duce's" advice first, no luck yet. She had went to take a picture of the "beautiful sky" last night in the hot tub and dropped it. I immediately took the battery out and when we got to our apartment took the hair dryer (on medium heat of course) to it. I then put the battery in and turned it on and it worked! Until she decided it needed a restart and it hasn't came on since...
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In that case, I would make sure every last bit of moisture is out of the casing by leaving it covered by rice over night.... it might be short circuiting :/
Thephonewhisperer85 said:
Huge thanks for the replies here as well and to address duces question, in my case nothing outside of normal use on the phone. I powered it off and when I powered it back on I was stuck on samsung
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That's just odd :/ I honestly haven't a clue as to what may be going wrong.... at least you made some progress with the capacitive buttons lighting up and your notification led is lighting, usually that's a sign it'll boot
Get this....never got it to boot using odin or by completely discharging the capacitors but on a hunch changed out the lcd this morning and boots right up. What the heck, does anyone know why this worked? Haha very confused now even though the issue is resolved.
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Thephonewhisperer85 said:
Get this....never got it to boot using odin or by completely discharging the capacitors but on a hunch changed out the lcd this morning and boots right up. What the heck, does anyone know why this worked? Haha very confused now even though the issue is resolved.
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I guess you are the phone whisperer lol
Thephonewhisperer85 said:
Get this....never got it to boot using odin or by completely discharging the capacitors but on a hunch changed out the lcd this morning and boots right up. What the heck, does anyone know why this worked? Haha very confused now even though the issue is resolved.
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Must have been some kind of failure mode for hardware check then. I had the same thing with my airbag switch in my truck. Airbag light came on because the stupid bulb in the switch was blown. Almost cost me $35 for a switch instead of $1.50 at Radio Shack.
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Must have been some kind of failure mode for hardware check then. I had the same thing with my airbag switch in my truck. Airbag light came on because the stupid bulb in the switch was blown. Almost cost me $35 for a switch instead of $1.50 at Radio Shack.
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Has anyone been able to boot into safe mode(hold power button and capacitive menu button) after the phone not booting normally?
im rooted and finished flashing one of the roms, now it seems like its stuck on boot screen.... do i just leave it on? or do the whole flashing process over again?
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im rooted and finished flashing one of the roms, now it seems like its stuck on boot screen.... do i just leave it on? or do the whole flashing process over again?
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You can try a reflash, restore your previous nand backup and try again, or Odin in a prerooted ROM and start from there. But if it goes more than a minute on SAMSUNG you are done. After flashing the S will take a few minutes (or whatever boot screen the ROM has) while it rewrites Dalvik cache.
My epic is doing the same thing. It was stuck in recovery menu when I pulled it out of my pocket. Rebooted and stuck on sanding screen.
I figured out what I did. I installed wrong kernal... noob for me lol
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So I was playing around with different kernels and whatnot but it froze while I was flashing back to stock. I pulled the battery and tried to reboot the phone but only the blue LED came out. Anyone know how to solve this issue or am I screwed?
I tried getting back into download mode but only the blue LED notification light turns on.
wontonforevuh said:
So I was playing around with different kernels and whatnot but it froze while I was flashing back to stock. I pulled the battery and tried to reboot the phone but only the blue LED came out. Anyone know how to solve this issue or am I screwed?
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As a last resort try a USB jig. I wouldn't mod a Samsung without one.
There are several OG Epic tricks you can try. Try removing battery and SD card and plug phone in to PC and see if it powers to download mode.
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JohnCorleone said:
There are several OG Epic tricks you can try. Try removing battery and SD card and plug phone in to PC and see if it powers to download mode.
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This didn't work. I think I might be screwed.
wontonforevuh said:
This didn't work. I think I might be screwed.
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I was building something and screwed up my phone. I had to send mine in for firmware repair. I'm no noob so I tried EVERYTHING.
Either take it back to sprint and play dumb or get it fixed from the guys at mobiletechvideos.com
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wontonforevuh said:
This didn't work. I think I might be screwed.
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You can try saying you got some random message that an OTA update showed on your phone and you accepted it and it screwed your phone up. Just a thought coming out of left field
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I had the EXACT some problem last week. I went to the repair center, said the phone was plugged in at work, we had a power surge, and afterwords the phone wouldn't turn on. An hour later...BOOM, new phone
I then went on amazon and purchased a usb jig and kept my phone stock until it came. lol
Every rooted owner should spend the 2 bucks on a USB jig. It's not the holy grail, but it's one more tool in your belt to potentially get out of a frustrating and time consuming situation.
I bought mine from here and got it pretty quickly considering where it came from ...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ccessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2451wt_1163
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Every rooted owner should spend the 2 bucks on a USB jig. It's not the holy grail, but it's one more tool in your belt to potentially get out of a frustrating and time consuming situation.
I bought mine from here and got it pretty quickly considering where it came from ...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ccessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2451wt_1163
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I agree. I spent a little more on mine because I wanted it asap but we should all have one of these just in case.
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What is a USB jig used for?
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daniel4653 said:
What is a USB jig used for?
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It will potentially force your phone into download mode from an "off" state when you otherwise can't so you can connect to Odin and get your phone's system restored.
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It will potentially force your phone into download mode from an "off" state when you otherwise can't so you can connect to Odin and get your phone's system restored.
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...and reset the Odin flash counter if you have to take your phone in for service
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Also try this of epic trick. Sounds funny but worked. Pull the battery and sdcard and let it sit for at least an hour. Put back together and try download mode.
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crawrj said:
Also try this of epic trick. Sounds funny but worked. Pull the battery and sdcard and let it sit for at least an hour. Put back together and try download mode.
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I forgot to mention letting it sit when I mentioned this to someone else (or was it here?) about pulling battery and SD card. Also repeatedly press or hold power button with those out to purge any remaining juice in the phone. This stuff sounds crazy but ask any former OG Epic owner.. some of these tricks have brought phones back from the dead. There isn't a pinhole under the battery cover below the camera is there?
That last part was an OG Epic inside joke but the rest is worth trying
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I am having a real problem here whenever i plug my phone into my wall socket or computer it will charge for about 5 seconds then say battery disconnected. I am on phantom hackers blazer rom v 3.7 and this just started happening yesterday when i installed 2 mods a battery icon and social hub. I restored because i thought it was one of the files but i still cant charge. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Anyone? I thought it may have been a software issue so I did a full data wipe, wiped everything and installed calkulins 2.8 and it is still doing it. Now sometimes it wont even recognize the battery when I try to charge it when the phone is off. Do you guys think its a failing battery or the phone? I should also not that the phone has always been extremely sensitive like if it I hit it by accident or drop it from even a couple inches it will reboot.
Night want to take it to sprint if it has always had issues
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Ya i am thinking the same thing I dont know what they will do for me though because I dont have insurance and there stupid 14 day warranty is ridiculous!
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Ya i am thinking the same thing I dont know what they will do for me though because I dont have insurance and there stupid 14 day warranty is ridiculous!
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Well if you do have insurance they will charge you, but what you might want to tty is using a different charger.. my charger broke the other day (it wasn't charging my phone ) and i grabbed my old HTC charger. Hope this helps..
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Ya I flashed it back to stock it is still messed up. Anyone think it might just need a new battery?
davidc23 said:
Well if you do have insurance they will charge you, but what you might want to tty is using a different charger.. my charger broke the other day (it wasn't charging my phone ) and i grabbed my old HTC charger. Hope this helps..
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ya I have tried numerous chargers usb style and wall they all do the same thing. Connects for like 3 seconds then I get a pop up saying battery disconnected.
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Ya I flashed it back to stock it is still messed up. Anyone think it might just need a new battery?
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I mean, try the charger and then the battery. If you don't have a battery arrouns you, go to sprint and ask them if you can see if you're battery is messed up. They will more than likely give you one for free
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davidc23 said:
I mean, try the charger and then the battery. If you don't have a battery arrouns you, go to sprint and ask them if you can see if you're battery is messed up. They will more than likely give you one for free
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Ya I dont but I am taking it back to sprint later today to see what is going on. I am pretty sure it is either the battery or a loose connection somewhere in the phone because like I said in my earlier post this thing has always been extremely sensitive like if I accidentally put it down hard or anything it will reboot. Also like I said in my other thread it likes to reboot randomly when just in my pocket too. I also noticed whenever I try to run titanium backup it reboots 99% of the time before it finishes.
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Ya I dont but I am taking it back to sprint later today to see what is going on. I am pretty sure it is either the battery or a loose connection somewhere in the phone because like I said in my earlier post this thing has always been extremely sensitive like if I accidentally put it down hard or anything it will reboot. Also like I said in my other thread it likes to reboot randomly when just in my pocket too. I also noticed whenever I try to run titanium backup it reboots 99% of the time before it finishes.
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Okay that sounds good, I hope I helped. I have to go to school now. Hope someone else drops by and helps.
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Okay that sounds good, I hope I helped. I have to go to school now. Hope someone else drops by and helps.
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You definitely helped, I really appreciate it. I will keep ya posted as to what sprint says.
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You definitely helped, I really appreciate it. I will keep ya posted as to what sprint says.
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It really sounds like a bad micro USB port. They will take care of you at the store
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JohnCorleone said:
It really sounds like a bad micro USB port. They will take care of you at the store
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Well the thing is I can transfer stuff flawlessly on it. I took it to the sprint store the guy played with it for 2 hours and told me there is absoluetly nothing wrong with it so I dont know what to think. It has been running good ever since I got it back. I knew that would happen though as soon as ya bring something in to get it fixed it works flawlessly! The guy gave me a new charger idk I did try numerous chargers and they all said battery disconnected but this one actually does seem to be working so we will see what happens.
Hello all...
I typically charge my phone while I sleep and it has never been a problem. I was running the stock deodexed ICS rom on my phone at the time. i unplugged it and all was well as usual. i grabbed my phone to come put a JB rom on it this morning and i left it on my desk, not plugged in. I came back to it and it was HOT, the entire phone, and wouldn't do anything. I took out the battery and let it cool (phone and battery) and now I got nothing.
Is there anything I can do??? I tried to search but couldn't find anything on this...
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
onyx1898 said:
Hello all...
I typically charge my phone while I sleep and it has never been a problem. I was running the stock deodexed ICS rom on my phone at the time. i unplugged it and all was well as usual. i grabbed my phone to come put a JB rom on it this morning and i left it on my desk, not plugged in. I came back to it and it was HOT, the entire phone, and wouldn't do anything. I took out the battery and let it cool (phone and battery) and now I got nothing.
Is there anything I can do??? I tried to search but couldn't find anything on this...
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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See if you can get into download mode or recovery. But let it cool for awhile.
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richardlibeau said:
See if you can get into download mode or recovery. But let it cool for awhile.
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so far nothing, I am trying to charge the battery externally to see if that will help as well....
phone is completely cooled and still no nothing, not responding to any button combos or DL mode... i hope it didn't hose itself... :'(
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phone is completely cooled and still no nothing, not responding to any button combos or DL mode... i hope it didn't hose itself... :'(
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sounds like a hard brick. check out mobiletechvideos.com on youtube they will fix it for $50
Question how would it be a hard brick if he didn't flash any ROMs on it yet..said he was running stock ROM and the phone got hot and wouldn't respond...sounds like the mother board is fried
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thakrew317 said:
Question how would it be a hard brick if he didn't flash any ROMs on it yet..said he was running stock ROM and the phone got hot and wouldn't respond...sounds like the mother board is fried
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agreed, hardware issue
Thanks for the replies guys. I am looking for a bit of advice from the mobile tech guys for a concern I have...
I was wondering if Samsung has the same stuff they do.... T-mobile is sending me a warranty swap.... I don't want to get a bill about the phone....
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If it won't turn on you should be fine....
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my phone once was doing that same thing when it was just sitting there on the table. I picked it up though and felt it was very hot and pulled the battery before it could fry itself. It probably was some code that was looping or something because my phone never did it again
Hello...i just restored joeys rom and i fell asleep and the battery died...now when i pkug it in it just vibrates like every 4 seconds...and the battery icon wont come up and if i let it sit for a little just vibrating...i still cant get it to go into recovery or download mode...how can my phone be bricked....i was just using that ron 2 days ago...please...please...help...thanks in advance...
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Hello...i just restored joeys rom and i fell asleep and the battery died...now when i pkug it in it just vibrates like every 4 seconds...and the battery icon wont come up and if i let it sit for a little just vibrating...i still cant get it to go into recovery or download mode...how can my phone be bricked....i was just using that ron 2 days ago...please...please...help...thanks in advance...
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Try taking out the battery for a few minutes. Put it back in and leave it off. Plug the charger into a wall outlet and then charge with the phone off. Just leave the phone alone for a while to build up a charge.
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Try taking out the battery for a few minutes. Put it back in and leave it off. Plug the charger into a wall outlet and then charge with the phone off. Just leave the phone alone for a while to build up a charge.
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Nope...its still just vibrating and not showing the icon...
Might need to leave it off for a longer period of time. Have you tried plugging it in to a pc to see if you get similar activity? Not that it will do anything different or solve it but just to check.
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Might need to leave it off for a longer period of time. Have you tried plugging it in to a pc to see if you get similar activity? Not that it will do anything different or solve it but just to check.
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Yes i tried that...i let it sit ans i finally got it to go in recovery...yay...