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Hi all,
I desperate need help. After an unsuccessful radio flash, my Desire won't even turn on. No response from any buttons or lights. Here's how it happened:
I'm relatively new to Android. I recently bought a Desire, to replace my Touch HD, which has seen about 25 different WM ROMs, over it's life.
I successfully rooted my Desire and had tried a few ROMs. I was sitting on the MoDaCo Custom ROM r17, which was all customised and running perfectly. I'd even used ADB to successfully update my wifi config to connect to my company LEAP-authenticated network.
I decided to flash the latest radio (32.37.00.32U_4.06.00.16_2), from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687464
I entered Recovery using 'Fake-Flash';
I started flashing the radio image;
All the good messages were scrolling down the screen;
I kept one eye on the phone while I worked on my laptop;
I saw a message saying something to the effect of "Finished installing radio..." (sorry, I don't remember the exact wording);
The blue recovery menu had returned, with 'reboot device' as the default selection;
As I clicked the trackball, I saw another message appear under the 'finished' messages, which said "Writing rad " I guess it didn't have time to print the whole message, when I selected reboot.
The screen went blank then a graphic appeared in the middle (where the recovery exclamation mark and triangle usually appear), of a software box with a curved yellow arrow over it and the android icon peeking out from behind it. I left it for a while (already had that sinking feeling) then pressed the power button. It switched off and stayed there.
Since then, nothing that I've tried has received any response. Various combination's of button pushes, USB connection, removed SIM, SD and battery...nothing, not even an LED.
I've searched and haven't been able to find any solutions to this particular situation. Can anyone help, or am I totally bricked?
Regards, PF.
The radio update does 2 reboots to install it. The software box with yellow arrow is the default graphic used by the fake flash recovery as far as I know so that wasn't any real problem.
I know this might sound silly, but is the battery charged?
socktug said:
The radio update does 2 reboots to install it. The software box with yellow arrow is the default graphic used by the fake flash recovery as far as I know so that wasn't any real problem.
I know this might sound silly, but is the battery charged?
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No question is silly under this circumstance!
Yes. I'd just taken it off overnight charge. 100%. If I plug the USB cable in now, there is no response from the LED.
Leave the charger plugged into it for about 5 minutes and see if there is any response to it. With the usb bricks it would take nearly 5 mins to register and the led to light up.
I know this isn't a usb brick, but I've not seen anyone with a failed radio flash that has caused the phone to totally die to the extent that it won't even switch on.
I take it you have tried the usual power and volume button combos etc?
I suppose if there is no quick fix for this, the fact that it's totally dead may go in your favour if you try to get it repaired/replaced under warranty
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Leave the charger plugged into it for about 5 minutes and see if there is any response to it. With the usb bricks it would take nearly 5 mins to register and the led to light up.
I know this isn't a usb brick, but I've not seen anyone with a failed radio flash that has caused the phone to totally die to the extent that it won't even switch on.
I take it you have tried the usual power and volume button combos etc?
I suppose if there is no quick fix for this, the fact that it's totally dead may go in your favour if you try to get it repaired/replaced under warranty
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ok. The charger has been plugged in for 35 minutes and still no response.
Also don't want to sound patronizing, but have you taken the battery out and turned on with the back button helld?
Ignore me, just reread your original post.
the procedure u said sounds rite, thats whats ment to happen, when you flash a radio, only other thing that comes to mind is, sure the radio u flashed was for the gsm desire?
so what youre saying is that your phone simply doesnt turn on, not for a second?
if you press the power button NOTHING happens?
are you sure your charger isnt broken?
have you tried charging it through your pc?
have you seen if its recognised through adb devices on your computer?
have you tried a new battery?
if your phone is simply dead, it must be a hardware problem, in which case you can probably send it off for repair and not have your warranty void as the whole phone will need to be replaced. they cant identify if you have voided your warranty if your device doesnt turn on.
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so what youre saying is that your phone simply doesnt turn on, not for a second?
if you press the power button NOTHING happens?
are you sure your charger isnt broken?
have you tried charging it through your pc?
have you seen if its recognised through adb devices on your computer?
have you tried a new battery?
if your phone is simply dead, it must be a hardware problem, in which case you can probably send it off for repair and not have your warranty void as the whole phone will need to be replaced. they cant identify if you have voided your warranty if your device doesnt turn on.
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Right first time. It won't turn on at all. It doesn't react in any way to any of the button combinations I'm aware of from rooting and flashing it. Nothing happens at all.
I live in an HTC household, so I've tried a number of chargers and cables, including the PC's USB port. I haven't tried another battery...but the incumbent battery was holdng a good charge and was 100% at the time. What's more, I remember that the phone can run on the charger without the battery.
Not surprisingly, adb devices shows no connected devices.
I think everyone is right, it's back to HTC. I *hope* you're right that they cover it under warranty. I'm going on the weekend, so I'll let you all know the result.
Thanks to all for your help.
I think you can try to remove battery, leave the phone with no battery for 30 minutes and then try to insert battery and connect to usb without power it on to check if LED (and than the phone) is revived.
I had an Acer Liquid that gave me same problem, pratically when a flash on the radio go wrong, the device go in "protection mode". You must also check on the net if there is a protection mode on Desire too, and if there is a button combination to unlock it. I repeat: i just giving an idea becouse the same problem happened for me on an Acer Liquid, so i'm not sure if it's the same for the Desire.
Good Luck
Maybe a usb brick? No usb is no charging. So when you didn't had a full battery, it may be went wrong on that.
Try another battery, if you can get to one.
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Maybe a usb brick? No usb is no charging. So when you didn't had a full battery, it may be went wrong on that.
Try another battery, if you can get to one.
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In the usb brick situation you can still charge. This isn't it!
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In the usb brick situation you can still charge. This isn't it!
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Ok i didn't know that.
If the phone doesn't turn on at all, you can maybe try sending it back to the shop for replacement. Chances are, they won't be able to know what happened, so you can pretend it just stopped working.
If it gets back to HTC, they probably won't bother to figure out what's wrong with the phone and just give you a replacement. Otherwise, they'll just send you the phone back and you won't have lost much (maybe postage costs?).
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I think you can try to remove battery, leave the phone with no battery for 30 minutes and then try to insert battery and connect to usb without power it on to check if LED (and than the phone) is revived.
I had an Acer Liquid that gave me same problem, pratically when a flash on the radio go wrong, the device go in "protection mode". You must also check on the net if there is a protection mode on Desire too, and if there is a button combination to unlock it. I repeat: i just giving an idea becouse the same problem happened for me on an Acer Liquid, so i'm not sure if it's the same for the Desire.
Good Luck
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Thanks for the suggestion. I left the battery out overnight. Then tried to activate it (all the usual button combos) with:
Battery out, USB cable plugged in;
Battery in, USB unplugged;
Battery in, USB in.
I scoured the 'net for anything on protection mode for the Desire...no luck. If there is one, it hasn't been posted yet.
I would just act stupid and try to return it under warranty!
I think it should be ok to RMA this, if its completely bricked there is no way of them knowing that you tried a different radio.
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I think it should be ok to RMA this, if its completely bricked there is no way of them knowing that you tried a different radio.
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Yes, if it's totally bricked then just send it back to HTC and they will change it with no problems just same as acer done with my Liquid
All's well that ends well
Good news...
The HTC service centre were kind enough to replace my 'faulty' handset.
Re-flashed with r19 and radio updated (patiently) successfully.
Thanks all for your support.
Nice one. Glad it worked out for you
I had flashed Caulkin's_format_all.zip and I managed to accidentally reboot my phone before flashing a rom or anything. The phone will not power on, and if I plug it in, the charge indicator will not turn on. I've already tried pulling the batt for 5 minutes with no luck. any suggestions?
I did this once by being too quick at pushing the power button , I was able to reboot into recovery by pushing volume down and power button and then install a backup or you could flash rom. Hope this helps.
problem is, I can't even get it to boot, be it normal boot or bootloader.
If you hook it up to the computer, is it recognized?
Your going to have to borrow someones battery. I've seen people with this problem and for some reason, your phone won't recognize your battery and since it won't it won't charge it. Trust me, stick in a different battery and you will boot right up.
I've tried using my sprint extended life batt and the stock htc batt. neither worked.
and pc won't even recognize it.
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I've tried using my sprint extended life batt and the stock htc batt. neither worked.
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So 100% sure that both batteries you've tried have a charge on them? And still no led when plugged in, to computer or wall? That sucks, because it sounds like it got bricked, somehow. I have also accidentally booted after flashing calk's format all from hitting the power button too quick, and as the other guy said, I was able to get to the bootloader by voldown+power, and restore a nandroid. I don't know what went differently in your case, but if you're positive that the batteries you've tried are good and charged, and you get no power led plugged into the wall, then it does sound like you somehow got a brick? Did you try leaving it plugged in for some time? A couple hours maybe, just to see if the led comes on?
Also make sure you are using a wall charger, I know if my battery charge is too low or dead the usb on my computer won't work, I then have to use the wall charger. The led will flash at first before starting to charge. When led is flashing phone won't turn on.
Edit:I just saw wall charging mentioned in previous post. I guess it shows the importance of it
I haven't tried leaving it plugged in. doing that now.
so I took it into the sprint store today and even the techs couldnt figure it out. I've got a replacement on the way. thanks for your suggestions guys!
spalding1028 said:
so I took it into the sprint store today and even the techs couldnt figure it out. I've got a replacement on the way. thanks for your suggestions guys!
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Well i guess that may be a way of doing it. Completely break the phone if something goes wrong during root
hmmm.... weird.... your phone decided it had enough flashing apparently
First ive seen of a phone completely bricked that wasn't during a radio update.
so my droid inc died on me at work the other day, im running cm7 build 36 or 37 i think and i cant get it to turn back on. no charging light when i plug it in either. like i get nothing from it! have pulled the battery numerous times.. tried with a known good battery with life in it and still nothing. i really need your guys' help!
Have you tried to get into recovery yet?
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Have you tried a different charger yet? Different outlet? If that doesn't work your charging port may have come loose.
yea ive tried but it wont let me do anything....
Same Boat
I am in the same boat. I was rooted but wanted to go back to stock. So I put the stock image on my sd card, installed it, and on the reboot its not doing anything.
Reminds me of when I attempted to flash a radio and got an "!" inside of a triangle. I pulled the battery and my poor Droid Eris was Bricked beyond (my) repair.
ok, so when you push the power button nothing happens... have you done a full battery pull? Happened to me during the nightlys once or twice i pulled batt and it rebooted
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I am in the same boat. I was rooted but wanted to go back to stock. So I put the stock image on my sd card, installed it, and on the reboot its not doing anything.
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Steve, do you have a slcd? I'm betting you went back to the original stock which doesn't have a slcd driver. Search http://www.incredibleforum.com/ for an easy fix. There's an easy fix on there somewhere. I tried a 100 different things and nothing worked but finally got it. You should be able to boot into recovery if this is the case but I never could... I did get it fixed but don't remember exactly how.
bradatz is right. you could try to do a stock 2.2 ruu or a 2.2 PB31IMG.zip. the display driver for amoled is not compatible for slcd models.
see if this helps:
http://androidforums.com/1476696-post1.html
Bingo
Thanks guys for the heads up on the display situation. I do have SLCD, and my bet this is the issue. I will work on this tonight and report back.
See this is exactly why we have these communities. The power of many is greater than the power of one!
Steve
PS - Looks like this posting does the trick: http://dougpiston.com/?p=133
My first thought would be if the phone is off/dead, and it wont charge when you plug it in, it isn't software so much as either charger or socket issue. Since you said you tried various chargers and it didn't work... have you tried finding a different battery, with a charge, and see if it'll turn on? If that's the case, your MicroUSB port or internal circuitry is shot. Or the leads are soiled (make sure there's nothing in there... I had problems and found a lint ball from my pocket wedged itself in there. Make sure if you're digging in there you take the battery out just in case.
I guess if you need to replace it do so soon, Asurion is raising their deductible to $90 from $80.
Tapatalk Pro Sig. Yep, boring.
I made that mistake It's scary. Especially if you do it the 1st day you get your new phone
I rooted my droid and then thought I didn't do it right where some programs said it couldn't get root access, so I went to flash back stock. Dead screen
Following doupistons site helped me get back up and running.
If your phone vibrates when you turn it on after doing a battery pull, then it's probably an SLCD issue. If not, it's likely a battery issue.
You say you were running CM7 with no problems on the phone, the battery drained, the phone turned off, and now it wont charge or turn on?
You can take it to Verizon and have them check the battery for you as well.
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If your phone vibrates when you turn it on after doing a battery pull, then it's probably an SLCD issue. If not, it's likely a battery issue.
You say you were running CM7 with no problems on the phone, the battery drained, the phone turned off, and now it wont charge or turn on?
You can take it to Verizon and have them check the battery for you as well.
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Steve's is an easy SLCD issue. Downgrade, lost screen.
The OP's... well I have no idea but since it doesn't boot up and gets no charging led then I'd say it sounds like the phone is dead. Best of luck to him and I hope he's got insurance.
i tried a new battery an still nothing, i believe i am amoled, and its like when you hold the power button and the volume up button and it vibrates, then wont turn on til you pull the battery, except its like locked in safe mode so bad that it wont even let the phone charge. so its dead, and wont come out of safe mode, and wont charge. wtf. i just got a new phone so i dont have insurance on it anymore but wanted to sell it to make some of the money i spent back...
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
So you can't get into CWM or TWRP? And what Galaxy S3 Variant are you using?
axel4401 said:
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ii it possible you may have a bad battery? How new is it?(not that age of it matters) Also, do you have a case on the phone? Check to make sure the power button is not stuck. If you can get to boot logo, then its not dead-dead. If you've had your phone for awhile, double check the battery terminals are not oxidized. Unlikley, but worth checking and maybe check battery wih voltage meter if you have access to one. Then charge it overnight and check it again. One last thing to try is plug it in with the battery out and see if that does anything. Have you flashed anything lately? Modem? Scripts?
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I have taken the battery out and plugged the phone straight into the computer and all that i get is a red light where the notification light is and then it disappears.
As for age, its a little over a year old.
I wasnt doing any flashing at the time, it just went kaput right after a phone call.
I had a mophie case on it, but not right now. I guess ill take it a part when i can and throw som alcohol on the battery button to see if it loosens it up. But other than that, I'm at a loss.
Not trying to pay $80 for a craigslister either.
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axel4401 said:
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ii it possible you may have a bad battery? How new is it?(not that age of it matters) Also, do you have a case on the phone? Check to make sure the power button is not stuck. If you can get to boot logo, then its not dead-dead. If you've had your phone for awhile, double check the battery terminals are not oxidized. Unlikley, but worth checking and maybe check battery wih voltage meter if you have access to one. Then charge it overnight and check it again. One last thing to try is plug it in with the battery out and see if that does anything. Have you flashed anything lately? Modem? Scripts?
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Man, I don't know. Sounded like a charging issue at first, but looking I'm not so sure now. Anything stuck in your power slot? Maybe try leaving battery out overnight and see if it clears anything. If it starts to boot I would go right to recovery and try flashing something. I would be concernedabout going straight to download mode and using oOdin cause of it does during the flash that is really bad...
Can you get into download mode? Pull battery plug in USB and hold volume down and home buttons I think... when you plug USB in to computer does Odin recognize it at all?
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I just started having the same issue. I have a an ATT S3 running the newest Hyperdrive. Mine wasnt doing a random reset, but it seemed like it has been turning itself off. Totally intermittent, i couldnt pinpoint the cause.
Then just today when i went to see if i had any messages and the phone was off again (i had about a 60-75% charge) I hit the power button a few times and now i am getting the symptoms described above.
When i try to go into TWRP, i get the blue text at the top left of the screen, sometimes i make it to the first hyperdrive screen, then it goes black.
When I go to download I can get to the hit up or down screen, i hit up to go into download, i get to the next screen then it goes black again.
I did leave the battery out for about 15minutes and no dice. I even tried to leave it on the charger thinking i lost all charge or something.
I am just a mere user, but i have always been able to tinker around enough not to bother the devs and get my way out of these situations, but I think i am stuck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
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I just started having the same issue. I have a an ATT S3 running the newest Hyperdrive. Mine wasnt doing a random reset, but it seemed like it has been turning itself off. Totally intermittent, i couldnt pinpoint the cause.
Then just today when i went to see if i had any messages and the phone was off again (i had about a 60-75% charge) I hit the power button a few times and now i am getting the symptoms described above.
When i try to go into TWRP, i get the blue text at the top left of the screen, sometimes i make it to the first hyperdrive screen, then it goes black.
When I go to download I can get to the hit up or down screen, i hit up to go into download, i get to the next screen then it goes black again.
I did leave the battery out for about 15minutes and no dice. I even tried to leave it on the charger thinking i lost all charge or something.
I am just a mere user, but i have always been able to tinker around enough not to bother the devs and get my way out of these situations, but I think i am stuck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
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Maybe a stuck power button? Try cleaning it out a little. .. sounds like it's rebooting itself.
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Maybe a stuck power button? Try cleaning it out a little. .. sounds like it's rebooting itself.
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I am trying that, it doesn't seem like there is anything in there, but you never know.
If the power button was stuck on, wouldn't the phone keep trying to restart? Or no?
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I am trying that, it doesn't seem like there is anything in there, but you never know.
If the power button was stuck on, wouldn't the phone keep trying to restart? Or no?
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I believe so, unless you pull the battery. In fact pull battery plug into usb and go into down load mode and see if it restarts. Or go into recovery without holding power button, and if you can then that means the power button is stuck on.
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I believe so, unless you pull the battery. In fact pull battery plug into usb and go into down load mode and see if it restarts. Or go into recovery without holding power button, and if you can then that means the power button is stuck on.
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I have tried that as well. Whenever it goes into download mode the screen goes black after a couple of seconds. And it doesn't boot into recovery as well since it seems to go dead too quick.
I mainly just want to recover my pictures at this point. I am leaving the battery out of the phone for the day and see if that makes a difference this evening.
I am out of ideas, lol
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I have tried that as well. Whenever it goes into download mode the screen goes black after a couple of seconds. And it doesn't boot into recovery as well since it seems to go dead too quick.
I mainly just want to recover my pictures at this point. I am leaving the battery out of the phone for the day and see if that makes a difference this evening.
I am out of ideas, lol
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Take the six acres it and open her up, Take out button off and clean it and where it goes.
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Take the six acres it and open her up, Take out button off and clean it and where it goes.
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Pretty sure the flex cable on you're power button is not working as intended, could be a short from a rain drop or just everyday wear and tear another issue could be that the battery is fried and can't hold a charge, but this seems unlikely given you're circumstance.
I always tell people to utilize pie controls to save you're everyday use from wearing out our precious hardware buttons, My power and home only get pressed to wake the device, everything else is pie control via LMT launcher
That happened to me a few months ago. I was at work when it happened. The phone would just continually restart, vibrate, restart, back and forth. I ended up taking the battery out so it wouldn't get drained. Had it out for about four hours. Once I got home, I put it back in and never had any more problems. It was just a random thing, so try keeping the battery out for a while.
I'll keep my fingers crossed. I took the phone apart last night to clean it out and it was pretty spotless. But It keeps shutting off after trying to boot after a few seconds. I just hope I can get to a point where I can get my pictures off of it now.
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I'll keep my fingers crossed. I took the phone apart last night to clean it out and it was pretty spotless. But It keeps shutting off after trying to boot after a few seconds. I just hope I can get to a point where I can get my pictures off of it now.
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Hello all, as an update, I did nothing to my S3 over the weekend haping something magical could happen.
Today I went through all the normal steps again, and still a dead soldier. Now it wont ever SHow the Samsung logo however - just a short vibrate then nothing..
Still get a red light and a short vibrate when plugging into the comp without battery in though.
I have NOT taken it apart yet, but I will tonight most likely.
Thanks for all the suggestions and Ill keep this updated.
axel4401 said:
Hello all, as an update, I did nothing to my S3 over the weekend haping something magical could happen.
Today I went through all the normal steps again, and still a dead soldier. Now it wont ever SHow the Samsung logo however - just a short vibrate then nothing..
Still get a red light and a short vibrate when plugging into the comp without battery in though.
I have NOT taken it apart yet, but I will tonight most likely.
Thanks for all the suggestions and Ill keep this updated.
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Hello again,
Some news, I am able to get it into download mode for about 1 second then the phone shuts off - just like the other person in this thread with the same issue.
I took the phone apart and used a Qtip with 91% isopropyl Alcohol to try and clean the power button (which looks surprisingly clean). Still the same thing happening.
I'm running out of ideas here, so please chime in if you have any.
Thanks
axel4401 said:
Hello again,
Some news, I am able to get it into download mode for about 1 second then the phone shuts off - just like the other person in this thread with the same issue.
I took the phone apart and used a Qtip with 91% isopropyl Alcohol to try and clean the power button (which looks surprisingly clean). Still the same thing happening.
I'm running out of ideas here, so please chime in if you have any.
Thanks
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I was going to try the alcohol tonight, but I am afraid that I will have same results. I am going to try a new battery from another s3 tomorrow. I will post the results.
nightwulfss said:
I was going to try the alcohol tonight, but I am afraid that I will have same results. I am going to try a new battery from another s3 tomorrow. I will post the results.
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Final update (hopefully)
I got the qtip and scrubbed anything to do with the battery, pressed the power button, got more alcohol in by the button (not a lot) scrubbed some more terminals, and the battery terminals, etc. waited about ten minutes and put the battery in...
Low and behold, something worked and now the phone comes on.
I dont know which part of the scrubbing actually did it, but something worked.
All in all I have no idea what actually fixed it, but the point is that it works.
Thank you for who those that insisted that it was a power button issue - you were most likely right.
So here are my results as of today, and what I have tried to get to this point:
After my S3 died and wouldn't boot up into recovery i tried cleaning all the internals with alcohol. I cleaned thoroughly, and focused on the charging port, the power switch and battery terminals. The phone acted exactly the same.
I then tried putting it in a bowl of rice for about 24 hours. I was thinking that it might have been caused by some condensation. No success.
I was thinking since the power would turn on whenever i plugged the battery in, that maybe the switch was stuck. I took it apart again and tested the switch with a multi-meter. The switch seemed fine. It was responding when i pushed it, so i figured that wasn't the problem.
I kept reading that apparently this is an issue with the mother board. I tried the broken PS3 method of heating up the motherboard with a heat gun in hopes to re-seat something that may be loose. This did not work either. After this, I figured i was SOL since I was out of ideas and out of warranty (which didn't really matter anyway since I am running Hyperdrive).
Earlier today I figured the best tool in your toolbox sometimes is a hammer. I started tapping the phone on the side of my table, especially around the power button, while trying to turn it on. It didn't seem like it was doing anything either. I then plugged the phone into the charger since i thought the battery was totally dead.
A few minutes after i walked away from the phone, I came back into room and the red charging light was on. I tried turning it on, and holy cow it works...wtf...
I have no idea what made this work. It could be a complete coincidence. But, this phone has not worked since last Saturday. I just kept messing with it and may have just gotten lucky. I don't think banging your phone will fix this, but if truly was a hardware issue, maybe something in the phones mother board is becoming loose from the extreme heat they endure at times. I know my S3 has gotten pretty hot when I use it to navigate and leave it in the case.
I don't know if any of this will help anyone, but this is my experience so far of my S3 having what I think is the sudden death failure. I will followup with any updates if it decides to act up again.
Hi guys, TMO Galaxy S III. I was running Cyanogenmod 10.2.
I was driving home from a road trip to the race track, used GPS on my phone as it was plugged in charging. Turned it off as soon as I got to a familiar place. Put the phone in my pocket after I got home. Pulled it out 30 minutes later and it's turned off.
Efforts to turn it on failed. I plugged it in (even though it had batter left before it died) and nothing happens. No LED, no battery charge graphic, no vibration.
I switched batteries. I switched plugs. Tired to reboot into recovery. Nothing. I can't get Kies to recognize it.
I didn't drop it. No water damage. Any ideas?
If after putting battery back in, and unplugged, you get zero response from pressing power, then yes it sounds like it's dead
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If after putting battery back in, and unplugged, you get zero response from pressing power, then yes it sounds like it's dead
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Yup. Zero response. The only way I can get it to do anything, is to pull the battery, then plug in the phone w/ no battery. That gives me a red LED. Nothing else. That's the only sign of any life. No vibration or anything. Just the red LED.
Try a different battery, ?
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Yup. Zero response. The only way I can get it to do anything, is to pull the battery, then plug in the phone w/ no battery. That gives me a red LED. Nothing else. That's the only sign of any life. No vibration or anything. Just the red LED.
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That battery may have died from heat. Navigation while plugged in tends to heat up the phone.
It's unlikely enough that I would not recommend buying a new one just to test though. Maybe go to a T-Mobile store and swap with someone just to test.
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I mentioned in my first post I switched batteries. First tried my wife's battery and it didn't do anything. She tried my battery and her phone booted with 89% life.
Took it to a store and tired a new battery and it didn't work.
My wife just emailed me. Her phone was acting strange, turned itself off once. She booted it back up and it turned itself off again and won't turn back on. SHE AT LEAST gets the "Galaxy SIII" screen. She couldn't get it into recovery mode, but she could get it into download mode. I'll try and flash it tonight.
Samsung is garbage.
Sorry bout the battery thing. A few of us answer so many of these things it sometimes gets mixed up a bit and we will just add to someone else's information, not always rereading each thread...
There is a debrick thread stickied in development you may want to try. Can't guarantee anything of course, but you never know, it could end up fixing one or both of the devices.
On your wife's, take out the battery and then put back in. Wait a few to see if it attempts to turn itself on w/o pressing power.
If it does, then it's probably got a broken power button. This has become a common occurrence recently, but from what I hear is a relatively easy fix.
It may not be this though if she can get download mode to stay booted every time. But it's an easy test.
Also, when plugging into the computer, if it says something like QHSUSB in device manager, it's probably hard bricked. The debrick thread can probably help in this case.
Sorry you're having such issues with both devices. It's not the norm though. If it is a hardware failure, and you got both at the same time, it could be that one of the components may not have been completely up to par for the batch yours came from. That's just speculation though...
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Sorry bout the battery thing. A few of us answer so many of these things it sometimes gets mixed up a bit and we will just add to someone else's information, not always rereading each thread...
There is a debrick thread stickied in development you may want to try. Can't guarantee anything of course, but you never know, it could end up fixing one or both of the devices.
On your wife's, take out the battery and then put back in. Wait a few to see if it attempts to turn itself on w/o pressing power.
If it does, then it's probably got a broken power button. This has become a common occurrence recently, but from what I hear is a relatively easy fix.
It may not be this though if she can get download mode to stay booted every time. But it's an easy test.
Also, when plugging into the computer, if it says something like QHSUSB in device manager, it's probably hard bricked. The debrick thread can probably help in this case.
Sorry you're having such issues with both devices. It's not the norm though. If it is a hardware failure, and you got both at the same time, it could be that one of the components may not have been completely up to par for the batch yours came from. That's just speculation though...
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For sure, I know how many times the question comes up. No worries on the battery thing.
Ok, so I was able to get my wife's phone into recovery and wiped dalvik/factory restore. It turned itself off twice over the next 30 min. But at least it boots every time.
Would you guys suggest I use Kies to factory restore? Or if it keeps restarting after factory restore via recovery, is it not going to do any good?
My wife said it's turned itself off 7 times today (over 5 hours). Ohhhh Sammy....
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For sure, I know how many times the question comes up. No worries on the battery thing.
Ok, so I was able to get my wife's phone into recovery and wiped dalvik/factory restore. It turned itself off twice over the next 30 min. But at least it boots every time.
Would you guys suggest I use Kies to factory restore? Or if it keeps restarting after factory restore via recovery, is it not going to do any good?
My wife said it's turned itself off 7 times today (over 5 hours). Ohhhh Sammy....
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I'd try the Kies to Factory Restore. You've got not much to loose that way. Keep an eye on it afterwards to see if the reboots go away.
But before you do that, can you let me know if wife's phone has its own battery or your phone's battery ? If its was your Battery that was in there when she experienced the reboots then put her own battery and check.
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I'd try the Kies to Factory Restore. You've got not much to loose that way. Keep an eye on it afterwards to see if the reboots go away.
But before you do that, can you let me know if wife's phone has its own battery or your phone's battery ? If its was your Battery that was in there when she experienced the reboots then put her own battery and check.
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Soooo on Sunday her phone completely shut off again. It would only boot to the swirling galaxy S circle, the turn itself off (in mid animation). I can boot it into recovery and download mode, but it only stays booted for 3 seconds or so, before turning off. Not long enough for Kies/Odin/factory restore via recovery.
SO we fixed the problem permanently. I got an HTC One and she got a Nexus 5.
Samsung can die in a fire. Never again are they getting my money.
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Soooo on Sunday her phone completely shut off again. It would only boot to the swirling galaxy S circle, the turn itself off (in mid animation). I can boot it into recovery and download mode, but it only stays booted for 3 seconds or so, before turning off. Not long enough for Kies/Odin/factory restore via recovery.
SO we fixed the problem permanently. I got an HTC One and she got a Nexus 5.
Samsung can die in a fire. Never again are they getting my money.
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You may consider donating the devices to some developer on here. The community will benefit from better code.
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For sure, I know how many times the question comes up. No worries on the battery thing.
Ok, so I was able to get my wife's phone into recovery and wiped dalvik/factory restore. It turned itself off twice over the next 30 min. But at least it boots every time.
Would you guys suggest I use Kies to factory restore? Or if it keeps restarting after factory restore via recovery, is it not going to do any good?
My wife said it's turned itself off 7 times today (over 5 hours). Ohhhh Sammy....
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Well, I'm glad you solved the issue to your satisfaction. Sorry we weren't able to help in getting it fixed w/o needing to spend your money.
Good luck to the future and your new toys!