[Q] Gray screen of death - LG Nitro HD

Hi,
i was using muiu rom JB and phone got a grey screen and wont restart, i tried pulling out the batter and starting it back up but didn't work still grey screen on start up after the LG logo. I did try going back to stock ICS and GB but both not doing any good. If i remove the batter for few min and replace it it starts working fine but the issue recurred after few hrs ond one time it went a whole day with no issues, i noised what happend first is the phones speakers and mine would go numb no sound in ringtone, music or while calling if u restar it you get grey screen on start up so basically i cant yous my phone anymore i thing its like the phones GPU is broken. screen is ok as i can get to download mode and factory reset.
and help would be appreciated, i am from India and any of you guys from India tell me where can i get my phone repaired, i tried taking it to lg service center but since nitro hd was not lunched in India they wont take up the phone:crying: :crying::crying::crying:

mith13 said:
Hi,
i was using muiu rom JB and phone got a grey screen and wont restart, i tried pulling out the batter and starting it back up but didn't work still grey screen on start up after the LG logo. I did try going back to stock ICS and GB but both not doing any good. If i remove the batter for few min and replace it it starts working fine but the issue recurred after few hrs ond one time it went a whole day with no issues, i noised what happend first is the phones speakers and mine would go numb no sound in ringtone, music or while calling if u restar it you get grey screen on start up so basically i cant yous my phone anymore i thing its like the phones GPU is broken. screen is ok as i can get to download mode and factory reset.
and help would be appreciated, i am from India and any of you guys from India tell me where can i get my phone repaired, i tried taking it to lg service center but since nitro hd was not lunched in India they wont take up the phone:crying: :crying::crying::crying:
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What happens when you do a factory reset? Does it load into CWM?

you can access download mode so you can unbrick your phone
I think its not a hardware problem because you can see the lg logo
If you can access cwm menu , wipe user data and cash , then flash hono stock ics.
Then if the phone startup was successful check the hardware parts via hidden menu in stock roms.
Sent from my LG-P930 using Tapatalk 2

GSOD
nss007 said:
you can access download mode so you can unbrick your phone
I think its not a hardware problem because you can see the lg logo
If you can access cwm menu , wipe user data and cash , then flash hono stock ics.
Then if the phone startup was successful check the hardware parts via hidden menu in stock roms.
Sent from my LG-P930 using Tapatalk 2
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Hello,
Guys i did the whole unbricking guide but still when i restart the phone it goes into grey screen when the phone start up even after flashing the stock ICS and the Gb(No i was not able to gain access to CWM). The phone goes into grey screen and wont start up to set the account but if i revome the batter for a few min i can start it back up and go through the google account set up. But after a while if someone called me in the phone i cant hear what they are saying and they can hear me, if i restart is grey screen of death again. :crying::crying::crying::crying:

Thank you drumist for looking into this.
No i was not able to get into CWM. I have to do the unbricking guide to ICS was not able to go to GB as i cant root it goes into grey screen after the phone restarts while rooting causing the root to loose connection with the phone.
Please help.

I have the same problem. This is a problem in the system board. When pressed at a certain point the phone can turn on. I think the problem is contact a BGA chip
photo of issue atached

happyneser said:
I have the same problem. This is a problem in the system board. When pressed at a certain point the phone can turn on. I think the problem is contact a BGA chip
photo of issue atached
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Yes this is the exactly the issue i am facing day by day it gets worst. The whole thing started after flashing CM10 ROM. the small bsod you get leads slowly into this. Guys i took real good care of my phone it never fell down from my hand nor does it have a scratch on it. never over did the flashing part as well, my advice is stick with the stock ICS. My Nitro is game over i bough a new Samsung s3. just a word of advice dont over do your beta flashing. :crying:

Gray screen lg p930 = solved!
Problem solved successfully!

Help Please
happyneser said:
Problem solved successfully!
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happyneser how did u resolve the issue.
Please advice i tried every thing in the book and did not pull though.

You need to check the power IC, and make reballing
I was treated to the service (good repair workshop), they said that one of chips was soldered askew.
I think it one of this - Qualcomm PM8901, PM8058 and PM8?7? I do not know exactly.

mith13 said:
Yes this is the exactly the issue i am facing day by day it gets worst. The whole thing started after flashing CM10 ROM. the small bsod you get leads slowly into this. Guys i took real good care of my phone it never fell down from my hand nor does it have a scratch on it. never over did the flashing part as well, my advice is stick with the stock ICS. My Nitro is game over i bough a new Samsung s3. just a word of advice dont over do your beta flashing. :crying:
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you might want to retract this statement if this issue is caused by faulty soldering and not CM10

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KronicSkillz said:
you might want to retract this statement if this issue is caused by faulty soldering and not CM10
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Dear Friend,
i believe i am still right the BSOD now a days Laptop are common mostly HP, its Due to the VGA chip being BGA(ball grid array) they are chips with small balls with soldering underneath them used for comm between the chip and the Bord. but went to chip overheats it melts the solder underneath and when it cools back down the solder get solid it a different area(we moving the phone like taking out of pocket or so) which causes lack of communication between chip and board(when they are back solid) it causes BSOD. I believe the Graphic chip in NITRO HD is using the BGA tech(It makes sense) so if our phone overheats too much the chances of De-aligning the solder in the chip is high cousin BSOD. We all know CM10 at the early stages caused overheating while in black screen coursing huge power drain in battery(we have stigmatic data with the help of battery analyst app).
So summer Nitro HD = BGA , CM10= overheating, Overheating=Bad for BGA(Causes BSOD) so overheating Nitro HD causes BSOD there u have it. i case if the phone really overheats while its in your pocket of in a uneven place and the solder goes out of place then you are in trouble like me.
Solution= Re balling or heat gun(temporary) Can FIX it.

So it's pm8028 near mdm9200

I got the same problem last weekend. I woke up and found the screen on and no sound from alarm clock. I checked and the phone got no sound at all.
I restarted the phone and got the gray screen. Late at the day the phone boot again but after another reboot it got the gray screen and never recovered.
I use CM10.1 and wind kernel with no overclock.
Too bad I didn't find any shop that reball the chips so my phone is dead
I got a i9305 today to replace it.

cn you fix the re-ball?
happyneser said:
So it's pm8028 near mdm9200
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I think I have same problem...
my phone starts... and give me a good bright logo... but then goes black... then 2nd logo comes up and quickly fades... with
horizontal stripes....
is this same problem?? or is my phone bricked??
tks
joel

jb4home said:
I think I have same problem...
my phone starts... and give me a good bright logo... but then goes black... then 2nd logo comes up and quickly fades... with
horizontal stripes....
is this same problem?? or is my phone bricked??
tks
joel
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Let your phone rest a bit before turning it on. still have gray logo?

constant problem since friday....
kidcalcium said:
Let your phone rest a bit before turning it on. still have gray logo?
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REST? it's been on VACATION since friday night!
I play with it... booting and re-booting 20 times.. then I leave it alone...
been pretty much a vegetable since this past friday night!
tks
joel

jb4home said:
REST? it's been on VACATION since friday night!
I play with it... booting and re-booting 20 times.. then I leave it alone...
been pretty much a vegetable since this past friday night!
tks
joel
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Can you enter recovery mode? If yes, do full wipe then flash your ROM.

jb4home said:
REST? it's been on VACATION since friday night!
I play with it... booting and re-booting 20 times.. then I leave it alone...
been pretty much a vegetable since this past friday night!
tks
joel
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Make sure the phone is fully charged before you try to boot it up, if it is fading out after the logo splash screen it either sounds like a dead battery or a badly flashed rom. You can enter into recovery by holding the volume down and pressing and holding the power button till you get prompted to wipe the phone.
I have had a couple of grey screens (or "black" screens) which I was able to recover from, simply by making sure the phone was powered off, then fully charging the battery for 4 hours, then booting into recovery and flashing a different ROM
nz

ok... will attempt to reload
will try and download and attempt .....
best and easiest place to get files??
tks

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Compact IV Frozen on T-Mobile Splash Screen - HELP

Anyone able to assist. I have searched the forum.
After my compact froze I did a soft reset only to see it hang on the T-Mobile splash screen (white background, pink dots). The ROM details do not even appear in the bottom right hand corner.
I have upgraded my ROM with Hard-SPL, a Radio ROM and Dutty's 1.8 ROM but that was weeks ago.
Not even a Hard-Reset sorts it out.
Cannot see how the new ROM would be causing the problem as it has worked for a few weeks.
Luckily followed all the instructions and have 1.40 Olinex Hard-SPL on the phone. Just need to wait for home so I can plug it into my laptop. What I do from that point on will be the subject of a further search of this board later.
Any assistance?
Since you already have Hard-SPL, try first flashing a stock ROM.
See here for available ROM's: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Diamond_Upgrades
Let us know what the results are...
Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately I cannot get my Compact to sync with my PC in order to add a stock ROM. As I am frozen on the T-Mobile screen the Mobile Device Center does not connect to the Compacy.
Are there any work arounds?
Oh well back it goes to T-Mobile with the hope that they do not identify that the ROM has changed.
Happened to me before as well.
Start your Phone in bootloader mode. Means you hold down the Volume down button while soft resetting. Then you get to the red, green, blue, white screen. In the bottom it says "serial". once you connect to the PC it switches to "usb" and now you can flash ANY ROM you like. I replaced mine with the same ROM I had before....
Don't know what happened to cause this problem. But I got it solved that way.
Let me know if this worked....
Cheers for the reply Staty.
I was able to get the USB connection to work but after reloading the ROM the phone has gone off and stayed off. Can't get any splash screen now.
But you were able to completely reflash the ROM?
Or did it stop along the way?
Did not stop along the way. Went to 100% and was met by the finished screen on the PC. However the Compact does not turn in now.
So you try to turn it on but nothing happens?
Did you try hooking the phone to the loading cable and then turn it on? Maybe a problem with the bettery?
Besides that I got no idea right now.
Which ROM did you reflash? The same you used before?
Hi,
You must download full rom (with radio etc.), the best original. Doesn't matter which one. And hard reset after that.
staty said:
So you try to turn it on but nothing happens?
Did you try hooking the phone to the loading cable and then turn it on? Maybe a problem with the bettery?
Besides that I got no idea right now.
Which ROM did you reflash? The same you used before?
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Tried hooking it up to the loading cable, the charger and still no luck.
Have no idea why it will not start-up. Do not even get the white circular light when plugged into the charger.
PanNet said:
Hi,
You must download full rom (with radio etc.), the best original. Doesn't matter which one. And hard reset after that.
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Yep done all that. Compact still dead. Changed ROM about 3 weeks ago, no problems just stopped working altogether. Was able to connect it to the PC to update ROM again but now nothing.
Not sure how having Hard-SPL on the phone is gonna help when the thing wont turn on.
waynespa said:
Anyone able to assist. I have searched the forum.
After my compact froze I did a soft reset only to see it hang on the T-Mobile splash screen (white background, pink dots). The ROM details do not even appear in the bottom right hand corner.
I have upgraded my ROM with Hard-SPL, a Radio ROM and Dutty's 1.8 ROM but that was weeks ago.
Not even a Hard-Reset sorts it out.
Cannot see how the new ROM would be causing the problem as it has worked for a few weeks.
Luckily followed all the instructions and have 1.40 Olinex Hard-SPL on the phone. Just need to wait for home so I can plug it into my laptop. What I do from that point on will be the subject of a further search of this board later.
Any assistance?
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Here wot fella.... Yesterday i called t-mobile cause my mda was running kinda hot for some reason, With no effort the lady said it shouldn't be getting that hot (like she could feel the heat over the phone lol) "i'm going to send you a replacement for tomorrow morning" Today, So me thinking a refurbished phone and no screen protector, i asked if they could send me a screen protector, No she said, i'm sending you a brand new phone "in the box" so all the bits will be there.......
Brilliant i get a new mobile..... Here is the best bit....
UPS turns up this morning with a brand new phone.. the guy asks me for the old phone ONLY, didn't take back old batt, headset...etc put it in a bag and away he went......
So i get a brand new phone (BOXED) and get to keep all the old accessories.
So the moral of the story is..... RMA your mobile, tell t-mobile its over heating and pray too god you get the same woman on the phone that i did...!
P.s..... Out of curiosity, Which cooked rom was you using...!
fyew-jit-tiv said:
P.s..... Out of curiosity, Which cooked rom was you using...!
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I used Dutty's 1.8, but It is not a problem with the ROM, I'm sure of that.
fyew-jit-tiv said:
Here wot fella.... Yesterday i called t-mobile cause my mda was running kinda hot for some reason, With no effort the lady said it shouldn't be getting that hot (like she could feel the heat over the phone lol) "i'm going to send you a replacement for tomorrow morning" Today, So me thinking a refurbished phone and no screen protector, i asked if they could send me a screen protector, No she said, i'm sending you a brand new phone "in the box" so all the bits will be there.......
Brilliant i get a new mobile..... Here is the best bit....
UPS turns up this morning with a brand new phone.. the guy asks me for the old phone ONLY, didn't take back old batt, headset...etc put it in a bag and away he went......
So i get a brand new phone (BOXED) and get to keep all the old accessories.
So the moral of the story is..... RMA your mobile, tell t-mobile its over heating and pray too god you get the same woman on the phone that i did...!
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Mine has been extremely hot for the last few days. I'm gonna phone them now.
waynespa said:
Yep done all that. Compact still dead. Changed ROM about 3 weeks ago, no problems just stopped working altogether. Was able to connect it to the PC to update ROM again but now nothing.
Not sure how having Hard-SPL on the phone is gonna help when the thing wont turn on.
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Thats really wiered. Looks like there is more broken than the ROM. Did you try taking out the battery and keeping it out for a little time.
Try to turn on the phone without the battery in it - so all the power in the condensers etc. will be gone.
Keep the battery separated from the phone for a couple hours and then try it again.
I was having the trouble back then, that the more often I tried to turn the phone on while it was broken it turned off itself even quicker. after I left it without touching it an hour it took longer to turn off itself again.
P.P.S and remember so say its the bottom part off the phone or they may try palm you off with its "the battery"...!
fyew-jit-tiv said:
P.P.S and remember so say its the bottom part off the phone or they may try palm you off with its "the battery"...!
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Called them and put on my nicest charm with a young lady. She actually read out a T-Mobile notice release that said there was a known fault with the phones over-heating during charge and large downloads. It said that customers should be told that it is safe and a software update coming out soon would sort it out.
I told here the phone no longer worked and she said that they would replace but I should keep all accesories and the battery. I said that as it doesn't turn on it could be the battery and she agreed to a FULL replacement.
They are sending it to my work on Monday and will take the old one away.
Thanks for the advice, was really worried they would want it back for testing BEFORE sending out a new one and they may find my Custom ROM
All good though. Thanks again.
staty said:
Thats really wiered. Looks like there is more broken than the ROM. Did you try taking out the battery and keeping it out for a little time.
Try to turn on the phone without the battery in it - so all the power in the condensers etc. will be gone.
Keep the battery separated from the phone for a couple hours and then try it again.
I was having the trouble back then, that the more often I tried to turn the phone on while it was broken it turned off itself even quicker. after I left it without touching it an hour it took longer to turn off itself again.
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I left the battery overnight but still no luck.
I am pretty certain it'saphone fault now and absolutely nothing to do with ROM's. T-Mobile are now thankfully taking it back.
Cheers

Possibly bricked A100

This morning I woke up and went to switch on my Acer A100 to no avail. The power button will light up blue and the home button will light up, but the screen is black.
I first tried the paperclip reset, and worked all the way up to a hard reset, but the problem persists.
Thinking I could possibly just reflash the ROM (I'm running the ICS Gen1 ROM I downloaded from XDA (which worked for the last several months)), I went to plug my Acer into my computer running Windows 7, and heard a strange noise. My tablet is showing up in APX mode, which from what I have read may be helpful for me to start fixing this thing.
However, I'm having trouble finding the drivers I'd need to start doing further troubleshooting.
Any help that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.
Hopefully this isn't a lost cause, because I've certainly voided my warranty by flashing ROMS in the past, correct? I've had the tablet for less than a year, and have been generally dissatisfied with it (it gets sluggish, doesn't always charge correctly, and generally acts strange).
The same thing recently happened to me, no screen but the blue light was on. I had to send it in to Acer. I also had a custom ROM on my tablet but they fixed it for free ad sent it back, so its worth a try. If it doesn't show the boot screen I don't think they can tell.
nsmith4 said:
The same thing recently happened to me, no screen but the blue light was on. I had to send it in to Acer. I also had a custom ROM on my tablet but they fixed it for free ad sent it back, so its worth a try. If it doesn't show the boot screen I don't think they can tell.
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Good to know. Thanks.
MarkBell said:
Good to know. Thanks.
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Exact thing happened to me. Sent it to acer. Fixed under warrenty. Still had to pay shipping one way though.
MarkBell said:
This morning I woke up and went to switch on my Acer A100 to no avail. The power button will light up blue and the home button will light up, but the screen is black.
I first tried the paperclip reset, and worked all the way up to a hard reset, but the problem persists.
Thinking I could possibly just reflash the ROM (I'm running the ICS Gen1 ROM I downloaded from XDA (which worked for the last several months)), I went to plug my Acer into my computer running Windows 7, and heard a strange noise. My tablet is showing up in APX mode, which from what I have read may be helpful for me to start fixing this thing.
However, I'm having trouble finding the drivers I'd need to start doing further troubleshooting.
Any help that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.
Hopefully this isn't a lost cause, because I've certainly voided my warranty by flashing ROMS in the past, correct? I've had the tablet for less than a year, and have been generally dissatisfied with it (it gets sluggish, doesn't always charge correctly, and generally acts strange).
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Sounds like a dead emmc. Since it is not bootable, acer will not know if you were flashing roms, send it back... :good:
They have to be getting a ton of these dead tabs back, so I doubt they even waste time looking anymore.
Same thing happened to me. Just sent it into Acer Repair yesterday.
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Romman0 said:
Sounds like a dead emmc. Since it is not bootable, acer will not know if you were flashing roms, send it back... :good:
They have to be getting a ton of these dead tabs back, so I doubt they even waste time looking anymore.
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Wow this really seems to be happening often with the Acer A100. Happened to me just yesterday, Tab was working great there were no signs of problems or at least none that I could tell then out of the blue the Tab just froze up forcing me to Power down by holding the power button for xx number of seconds and never booted up again. Only thing that comes on the screen the the Acer logo screen.So what does dead emmc mean, does it just mean the system died or is there any detailed info on what it really is?
BlueIce said:
Wow this really seems to be happening often with the Acer A100. Happened to me just yesterday, Tab was working great there were no signs of problems or at least none that I could tell then out of the blue the Tab just froze up forcing me to Power down by holding the power button for xx number of seconds and never booted up again. Only thing that comes on the screen the the Acer logo screen.So what does dead emmc mean, does it just mean the system died or is there any detailed info on what it really is?
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Its been explained a few times, notably in the bricked thread. Its partial erasing of the emmc which corrupts the gpt. What causes it is unknown, and Acer won't admit to it or help us with it or even talk about it.
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S3 Completely Dead

Forum Noob here, I was using my Galaxy S3 (Wind) and all of a sudden the screen went black and it turned off. Something similar had happened a couple hours before and the phone wouldn't turn on through the power button so I simply took out the battery and put it back in and it worked. Then when it happened for a second time I tried the same thing but to no avail the phone stayed dead.
So far I've tried:
Using another GS3 Stock Battery
Tried getting into download and recovery mode
Tried charging it (I do know that the battery is charging since I checked it on another phone. The red light is not on but it turns on when I take out the battery and then plug it in. After 20-30 seconds of battery insertion the red light goes away and is completely unresponsive all that time)
Tried Keeping the battery out of the phone for a couple of hours (Suggested by a friend)
Also Tried connecting it to a pc, and it only connects when I keep the battery out. When it finally connects it tries to install drivers for "QHSUSB_DLOAD" but fails.
I have no idea what's happening to my phone and I would like to get it fixed as soon as possible. After some searches I've narrowed down to either a Hard Brick or a Sudden Death Syndrome but it doesn't completely match with all the characteristics of either problem. I greatly appreciate any help and I would like to know what exactly the problem is and what my best viable option.
Thank you.
Don't know why, but it's bricked. But you mentioned it started working at one point when you put the battery in. So if you take it out, then put it back, does the phone automatically try to turn on by itself?
Qhsusb is a definite indicator of a brick, but if your power button is faulty it may have caused the brick by rebooting over and over without ever fully booting up. Basically causing corruption somewhere.
There's a debrick thread stickied in development, but if the button is also faulty it may not help for long.
Sudden death is only describing a problem the international models had after release. Doesn't apply to ours in that way.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk
DocHoliday77 said:
Don't know why, but it's bricked. But you mentioned it started working at one point when you put the battery in. So if you take it out, then put it back, does the phone automatically try to turn on by itself?
Qhsusb is a definite indicator of a brick, but if your power button is faulty it may have caused the brick by rebooting over and over without ever fully booting up. Basically causing corruption somewhere.
There's a debrick thread stickied in development, but if the button is also faulty it may not help for long.
Sudden death is only describing a problem the international models had after release. Doesn't apply to ours in that way.
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Yeah, when you put the battery back in it doesn't do anything. Also I don't think the power button is faulty I mean it's been working fine for the last year didn't really give me any problems.
TheSoldierDude said:
Yeah, when you put the battery back in it doesn't do anything. Also I don't think the power button is faulty I mean it's been working fine for the last year didn't really give me any problems.
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Only reason I suspect the power button is you mentioned you couldn't get it to turn on using the button, but removing/replacing the battery worked. And it can work perfectly and then fail out of nowhere. So goes when you have plastic parts! But lots of people have had issues with this button recently.
Wasn't trying to convince you that was the problem, just letting you know it's a potential culprit.
But if you think it's ok, then try to use KAsp3rd's debrick thread and see if that gets you going again.
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If it's completely dead then it's most likely hard bricked. My phone just got hard bricked so you will need to buy a JIG of Ebay. If it's not that then try reflashing your ROM or re rooting it. If none of that works then just take your phone in too wherever you bought it from and have them fix it. Oh a JIG is a small USB that will re write it and force it into download mode.
Your phone in stock rom ? If stock rom that is suddenly dead mean bad emmc on the logic board with my experience.
ssingh0247 said:
If it's completely dead then it's most likely hard bricked. My phone just got hard bricked so you will need to buy a JIG of Ebay. If it's not that then try reflashing your ROM or re rooting it. If none of that works then just take your phone in too wherever you bought it from and have them fix it. Oh a JIG is a small USB that will re write it and force it into download mode.
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Since they are seeing the QHUSB_DLOAD (which is technically a hard brick) a simple USB jig wouldn't work, however they can attempt to use my recovery method. It's at no cost and just takes some time and reading.
When you attempt to restart your phone, does anything come up at all? I've been having issues over the past week, culminating in a device that won't charge, and won't complete a boot sequence. I get as far as the Samsung splash screen (and occasionally the first snippet of the ROM's splash screen) and then....a black screen and a quick buzz. Then the whole process repeats. In my case, I believe it's the power button.
P06o said:
When you attempt to restart your phone, does anything come up at all? I've been having issues over the past week, culminating in a device that won't charge, and won't complete a boot sequence. I get as far as the Samsung splash screen (and occasionally the first snippet of the ROM's splash screen) and then....a black screen and a quick buzz. Then the whole process repeats. In my case, I believe it's the power button.
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Remove and reinsert battery. If it turns on by itself, you are probably right about the button.
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You're Right I believe
tomy1986.nt said:
Your phone in stock rom ? If stock rom that is suddenly dead mean bad emmc on the logic board with my experience.
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I went to a Samsung service center and they told me the motherboard had to be replaced.. I did some searching and found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2178484
I've come to the conclusion that it was indeed a bad emmc (Yes, I was using stock ROM).. Any thoughts?
Nope
P06o said:
When you attempt to restart your phone, does anything come up at all? I've been having issues over the past week, culminating in a device that won't charge, and won't complete a boot sequence. I get as far as the Samsung splash screen (and occasionally the first snippet of the ROM's splash screen) and then....a black screen and a quick buzz. Then the whole process repeats. In my case, I believe it's the power button.
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Nothing happens at all.. its completely dead, simply a paper weight.. a very bad one of sorts
TheSoldierDude said:
I went to a Samsung service center and they told me the motherboard had to be replaced.. I did some searching and found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2178484
I've come to the conclusion that it was indeed a bad emmc (Yes, I was using stock ROM).. Any thoughts?
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If it indeed is a Bad EMC then it should be In Warranty Repair as Samsung does offer that. If you didn't have Insurance that is.
Thank you
Perseus71 said:
If it indeed is a Bad EMC then it should be In Warranty Repair as Samsung does offer that. If you didn't have Insurance that is.
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Nope.. xD 3 months off warranty, and yes I got it repaired from Samsung.. Motherboard was replaced, $300.. :|
Thanks to everyone helping out though
I can't believe I didn't know about these forums before :good:
Samsung Galaxy S3 died-black screen
my s3 gone black,its not getting turned on.there was red light(indicator) for some time before i tried to restart but when i tried to switch on. it's completly died,i am not getting any display.i have purchased in UK, unlocked using it now in India.some guys told me it would because of motherboard issue (if i replace motherboard it in India will it work normal,is there any possibility?)how to fix it?please give me some solutions.
screen not working
Hi all. In my s3 the red light is flashing fast. Also the screen is black but it works. Also the phone works and I can receive phone calls. Every few minutes the screen turns on for a sec and goes off again. I can feel the vibration when I touch the screen. Pkease help me.
Thanks
hard bricked
same issue, totally dead, short red light when connecting usb be, tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but nothing happens when holding power button, any possible help?
syben7 said:
same issue, totally dead, short red light when connecting usb be, tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but nothing happens when holding power button, any possible help?
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Answered in the other thread. Just fyi, its best to only ask your question once, in one thread. It gets messy and confusing when different things are mentioned/attempted in different threads for the same issue.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Answered in the other thread. Just fyi, its best to only ask your question once, in one thread. It gets messy and confusing when different things are mentioned/attempted in different threads for the same issue.
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yea, sry about that, was actually trying to get 10 posts in so that i could go post in the dev thread concerning this, gonna check out the method you sent, thanks a ton man!
STUCK
Well my s3 (us cellular r530u), has no boot but has a red led without the battery. Is there a debricking procedure? And if so..where can i find a debrick file.
There is for us. But you need to be in Sprints forums. Theres nothing for your device here, and I dont know what they have over there. Good luck though!
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Faulty battery that wasn't faulty for 8 months?

Okay I recently wrote a thread about the random restrarts on my g3 that happened 10 times a day, but the things have gone too far. As i was having random restarts when I monstly use the camera but not only for about 5 days and some of those restarts were also shutdowns now the problem is more serious. Today i was intending to take a picture of something and as usual the phone restarted but STUCK on the startup boot "picture" that says that lifes good and then goes black screen and startup picture and black screen and so on. I wasn't able to use the phone. I pulled out the battery and tried again but it didn't worked. So as I went home i plugged the phone ot the charger and when i powered it on it started normally and tried to take pictures and there weren't any problems. So I think that this is the battery that is making this **** to happen. I highly doubt that this is software problem but from my quick examination i think that the problem is from the battery . What do You think. Tommorow i will go to my carrier and "ll try to explain them about this. But they are usually jerks who don't know anything about phones. They only know how to get your money.Anyways. Yes.
discoverymen1999 said:
Okay I recently wrote a thread about the random restrarts on my g3 that happened 10 times a day, but the things have gone too far. As i was having random restarts when I monstly use the camera but not only for about 5 days and some of those restarts were also shutdowns now the problem is more serious. Today i was intending to take a picture of something and as usual the phone restarted but STUCK on the startup boot "picture" that says that lifes good and then goes black screen and startup picture and black screen and so on. I wasn't able to use the phone. I pulled out the battery and tried again but it didn't worked. So as I went home i plugged the phone ot the charger and when i powered it on it started normally and tried to take pictures and there weren't any problems. So I think that this is the battery that is making this **** to happen. I highly doubt that this is software problem but from my quick examination i think that the problem is from the battery . What do You think. Tommorow i will go to my carrier and "ll try to explain them about this. But they are usually jerks who don't know anything about phones. They only know how to get your money.Anyways. Yes.
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here is a gif showing what exactly is happening
discoverymen1999 said:
here is a gif showing what exactly is happening
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Are you rooted? Did you flash anything? Did you edit any system files? Looks exactly like when I bricked my phone. There is a fix. Check out this thread and the links in it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-unbricking-steps-clarification-t3119844
Also can you access download mode or recovery. You might want to try them first.
No I havent rooted it or made any system modifications. This problem occurs only when my phone isnt charging. When iits charging even at 100% there isnt any problem
I've gone to my stupid carriers office and explained everything but they do not want to give me a new battery unless they bring the phone to the other end of the country for repair. This is extremely stupid. Now I can't use my phone because its totally "bricked". I xan only use it with my original dc charger if i unplug it the phone shuts off. Yesterday Ive decided to make a factory reset, but i wanted to copy my internal storage to my pc, but the phone won't turn on when its plugged to the pc. I don't know what the **** is happening with this 500 piece of pancake.
well i have finally decided to do a factory reset but after the anticipation and thinking it is a software problem it isn't apparently. Maybe i will just send it to repair and hope that i wait less than 20 days for it to come back. And i hope that they don't figure out the problem and send a new phone but i think it is the battery that is the problem. Anyways the modern technologys are the most incredible thing and the most getting you pissed of one. You pay 500 dollars+ and expect something good and there you go .
So did you do factory reset or not?
Btw, getting phone to repair center is a good decision, they'll see what's wrong.
I have been happy with my G3, only "minor" thing I don't like is the horrible backspeaker (coming from HTC One m7)

Google Nexus 5X LG-H791 Bootstuck

Hi,
I got an issue last night with my Nexus 5X, he suddenly stopped without the possibility of restarting it.
The battery was 80% full and i never installed any rom on the phone.
It's not a bootloop because when i press power, google screen appears for 5-10 seconds then the phone shutdown again.
I tried to press power + volume -, but no option in the menu works.
I don't know what to do but to get in contact with the seller to make the warranty works, i get pissed for all the data on it :'(
Sorry for my bad english, it's not my mother tongue :crying:
Same issue
Mesek said:
Hi,
I got an issue last night with my Nexus 5X, he suddenly stopped without the possibility of restarting it.
The battery was 80% full and i never installed any rom on the phone.
It's not a bootloop because when i press power, google screen appears for 5-10 seconds then the phone shutdown again.
I tried to press power + volume -, but no option in the menu works.
I don't know what to do but to get in contact with the seller to make the warranty works, i get pissed for all the data on it :'(
Sorry for my bad english, it's not my mother tongue :crying:
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I am having the same issue as you, I even managed to flash the stock 7.1.2 and it worked for 10 minutes then it froze and went back to not working at all.
I have no idea how to fix this and I am out of warranty.
i got issue 15 minutes ago too, dont know why it stopped.
i suffing web and suddenly it turn off screen.
i do all thing i can but nothing work:crying::crying:
my devices is Google nexus LG H790
Mine died on me a couple months ago in this same way. I do believe this is the bootloop or hardware failure that is known for the LG phones at the time. The V10, G4 and Nexus 5X have all been effected by it. When it happened I did some searching online and saw a video of someone putting it in the freezer for a short time to cool the motherboard and it turned on for a limited time. It was long enough for me to back up the stuff I need before it shut off again. I was also able to wipe and factory reset it another time the same way. It's been harder to get it to turn on lately. A better fix I saw (although temporary as well) was taking the motherboard out and using a heat gun to reconnect the solder. That is what I believe the issue is. But I haven't gone that route.
oh my.. it happened to me yesterday, now i see this... i flashed a new recovery and nothing, it passes the google screen to black.
Ill try the freezer thing to see what happens
Hello,
Thank you all for your answers & testimony ^^ , how long did you put it in the freezer?
This manipulation can kill the warranty ?
Mesek said:
Hello,
Thank you all for your answers & testimony ^^ , how long did you put it in the freezer?
This manipulation can kill the warranty ?
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i had it like 20 miutes and it worked a few minutes, now im trying longer...
as for the warranty, i dont think it has anything to do... its like when u go to the mountains or if u live i a really cold country :lol:
This is how my phone acted before it eventually boot looped. Letting it sit in the freezer for a while would get it to go into the recovery menu, but it would not enter recovery or boot. The only way I got it to actually boot was using a hair dryer on the motherboard. But it immediately froze once unlocked. It also bootlooped. I got it to boot for a long period only by using a heat gun on the motherboard. Second time around I used a higher setting and it acted normal for 9 hours. But then it rebooted on its own and eventually bootlooped again.
A video In Spanish, but good walk through and you can just follow the video with subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7AmTsC4N2c
Attempt using a hair dryer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD25mdrgAys
Same guy but after using a heat gun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh2x-TGnCY
Mesek said:
Hello,
Thank you all for your answers & testimony ^^ , how long did you put it in the freezer?
This manipulation can kill the warranty ?
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I only put it in there for maybe 5 to 10 minutes. The longer it's in there the more condensation builds up on it. This is the video I watched that gave me the idea. He talks about it in the beginning. So I just tried it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD25mdrgAys
EDIT: I see the post above me has the same video.

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