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So yesterday i tried to flash a new kernel (nova kernel) using cwm and after attempting to reboot, all i felt was a vibration and then nothing happened. Is my xperia s bricked? and if so is there anything i can do?
What works:
1. Able to hold power button and feel the single vibration; however, the screen remains blank after that.
2. Able to soft reset and hard reset but it does nothing
3. Able to connect to pc in flash/fastboot mode
4. Able to flash kernels and firmware (flashed full stock .55 and wiped everything, still no progress)
What doesn't work:
1. Screen will not turn on no matter what i do
2. Phone will not charge (no led, no screen)
3. CANNOT ENTER CWM!
Any help is appreciated.
Sounds almost like you're battery is dead toss it on the charger in a situation like this it can take up to 5 hours for the phone to boot.
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thanitos said:
Sounds almost like you're battery is dead toss it on the charger in a situation like this it can take up to 5 hours for the phone to boot.
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that could be it...but i doubt it because when i flashed the kernel it was about 98% battery and i haven't been able to turn on the phone since. that plus i've left the phone charging for 8 hours last night, which ended again with no led and no screen...
i'll keep it plugged in though and see if anything happens
So does full ftf file with flashtool flash ok?
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Ben36 said:
So does full ftf file with flashtool flash ok?
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yeah, but after flashing i still can't boot. i can hold the power button and feel the vibration, but the screen remains off (no splash screen, no nothing)
Well I'm out of ideas ik a hard reset is suppose to be like taking out the battery but maybe it just needs to die
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disc0nnector said:
yeah, but after flashing i still can't boot. i can hold the power button and feel the vibration, but the screen remains off (no splash screen, no nothing)
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After you try to boot do you get any screen response? Like backlight or a quick blink. After turning on with no screen, does the pc recognize as usb drive or mtp device? I was just thinking maybe screen failure.
~Jaramie
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ToledoJab said:
After you try to boot do you get any screen response? Like backlight or a quick blink. After turning on with no screen, does the pc recognize as usb drive or mtp device? I was just thinking maybe screen failure.
~Jaramie
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when i try to boot, i only get the one vibration that signals the phone has turned on (or in my case attempted to turn on). i can keep pressing and holding the power button multiple times consecutively and still get the same result. it's like the phone turns on and then shuts down immediately.
i only get led notifications when i connect to the computer in fastboot or flash mode, other than that i get nothing.
Try reading through this ion softbrick recovery thread. There are tricks in the OP that users reported work.
~Jaramie
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ToledoJab said:
Try reading through this ion softbrick recovery thread. There are tricks in the OP that users reported work.
~Jaramie
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looked at that thread, nothing works. closest i came to something was plugging the phone into the wall for a while until the red led came on, but then it just turns off after 2-3 hours and i'm back to square one
Some have had to leave it plugged into charger for days. Then got green led, flashed and it started.
This is just one way these phones act goofy during soft brick. You just have to be patient, as all who have recovered have said.
kye71 said:
Well great news phone is back and running great
I had it plugged in for about 18 hours then the Red light came on.
24+ hours later the Red light was off. So I tried to flash, nothing. It was just a wasted attempted and I nothing happened.
Plugged it back in, ~2 hours later the Green light came on and I could press Power to have the Battery Screen come on.
Flashed it and it worked! Thanks for the support!
I'm not sure why the Red light went off. I'm thinking maybe the cord was bumped and the charger wasn't plugged in all the way?
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Good luck
~Jaramie
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ToledoJab said:
Some have had to leave it plugged into charger for days. Then got green led, flashed and it started.
This is just one way these phones act goofy during soft brick. You just have to be patient, as all who have recovered have said.
Good luck
~Jaramie
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that's crazy,,,i don't think i'll have the patience to do that lol...
i've left it in for 13 hours, but still only the red led though. i'll keep it going and see what happens though
Maybe you should flash your xperia back to the stock ROM. You can do that using the official Sony flashtool: http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...ocked-xperia-smartphones-video-beta-download/ . Just watch the video and (hopefully) you will understand everything. After flashing back to stock ROM you can decide what you want to do with your phone afterwards
Hopefully this solves your problem!
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xJokerz said:
Maybe you should flash your xperia back to the stock ROM. You can do that using the official Sony flashtool: http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...ocked-xperia-smartphones-video-beta-download/ . Just watch the video and (hopefully) you will understand everything. After flashing back to stock ROM you can decide what you want to do with your phone afterwards
Hopefully this solves your problem!
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as stated in the op, i've already attempted this with no luck. it flashes but it won't boot, the screen won't even light up let alone show a sony logo
update - 19 hours so far...still only the red led!
really hope i don't have a $400 paperweight now...
disc0nnector said:
update - 19 hours so far...still only the red led!
really hope i don't have a $400 paperweight now...
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I know this is difficult, but I have never read of anyone NOT recovering their phone.
If it helps their are others in similar situations
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35262472
~Jaramie
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I know this is difficult, but I have never read of anyone NOT recovering their phone.
If it helps their are others in similar situations
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35262472
~Jaramie
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i tried one of the posted solutions, but in doing so i find that i can't even enter into fastboot/flash mode anymore, and i can't soft or hard reset. i only get the solid red led now when plugging into anything (pc, charger) and the phone is unresponsive to any of the buttons.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1836219
i have this exact same problem in this thread, the highlight being that the screen doesn't turn on at all, while others have been able to get to the sony logo.
it seems that everyone that has this exact problem has not gotten any solution yet.
I have exactly the same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032017
SAT told me that the phone has been modificated and they didn¨t repair.
I think thas the phone doesnt charge the battery, and this may be the problema, who knows...I have a brink above my papers..
basafre said:
I have exactly the same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032017
SAT told me that the phone has been modificated and they didn¨t repair.
I think thas the phone doesnt charge the battery, and this may be the problema, who knows...I have a brink above my papers..
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exactly, the other problem is that sus and pc companion both won't repair the phone because the bootloader is unlocked.
i've flashed the relock bootloader ftf and it still says the same thing which is weird.
UPDATE - 46 hours and still only the red led!
Hi everyone,
About 3 months ago I flashed a new rom which I found on this website under the stable tab.
I couldn't have been happier with the new system, everything worked perfectly, but now yesterday I was browsing the google play store when my screen suddenly laggs and gets stuck. So I waited at first, but after a while I tried to closing the screen to let him rest and resolve.. which didn't do anything, and that was strange to begin with. Suddenly the screen went black and did not want to open up again, I waited several hours, still nothing. I placed him i the usb charger and there is no indication that it's charging, no green or orange light. It doesn't respond when I try turning it on/off, or use power/volume down button.
My phone seems dead at it is atm, and I'm really sad.. anything I can still try? Help would be much appreciated.
edit: update, tried charging it again, the range led is blinking now, when I try turning it on while charged the main touch buttons enlighten and dim emediately after. GOing to let it ' charge ' for a bit now.
Miracle! Miracle!!!
Dead man back to life!!!:beer:
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haha! lol:laugh::laugh:
R: [Q] HTC one V appears dead.
This phone made me **** in my pants many times, but it always just need a good charge :thumbup:
Don't know what appears to be so funny here, nearly lost my phone.. I'm happy it was just temporarely.
R: [Q] HTC one V appears dead.
Nothing is funny, but this happened many times and we don't know why :thumbdown:
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Don't know what appears to be so funny here, nearly lost my phone.. I'm happy it was just temporarely.
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sorry if i offended u....i was laughing at Soham's post
...and I was just kidding.
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CarelMaes said:
Hi everyone,
About 3 months ago I flashed a new rom which I found on this website under the stable tab.
I couldn't have been happier with the new system, everything worked perfectly, but now yesterday I was browsing the google play store when my screen suddenly laggs and gets stuck. So I waited at first, but after a while I tried to closing the screen to let him rest and resolve.. which didn't do anything, and that was strange to begin with. Suddenly the screen went black and did not want to open up again, I waited several hours, still nothing. I placed him i the usb charger and there is no indication that it's charging, no green or orange light. It doesn't respond when I try turning it on/off, or use power/volume down button.
My phone seems dead at it is atm, and I'm really sad.. anything I can still try? Help would be much appreciated.
edit: update, tried charging it again, the range led is blinking now, when I try turning it on while charged the main touch buttons enlighten and dim emediately after. GOing to let it ' charge ' for a bit now.
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Hi OP,
Just wonderedhow long you left it between your unsuccessful charges and the time it worked. Happened to me yesterday, tried to charge it all night and no luck.
Cheers.
CarelMaes said:
Hi everyone,
About 3 months ago I flashed a new rom which I found on this website under the stable tab.
I couldn't have been happier with the new system, everything worked perfectly, but now yesterday I was browsing the google play store when my screen suddenly laggs and gets stuck. So I waited at first, but after a while I tried to closing the screen to let him rest and resolve.. which didn't do anything, and that was strange to begin with. Suddenly the screen went black and did not want to open up again, I waited several hours, still nothing. I placed him i the usb charger and there is no indication that it's charging, no green or orange light. It doesn't respond when I try turning it on/off, or use power/volume down button.
My phone seems dead at it is atm, and I'm really sad.. anything I can still try? Help would be much appreciated.
edit: update, tried charging it again, the range led is blinking now, when I try turning it on while charged the main touch buttons enlighten and dim emediately after. GOing to let it ' charge ' for a bit now.
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I am in the situation what to do..not able to get into bootloader complete dead
Amish. said:
I am in the situation what to do..not able to get into bootloader complete dead
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I also had this problemm, try to charge for some hours.
I don't know why, but my phone boots into recovery when it's turned off and plugged in.
jonas2790 said:
I also had this problemm, try to charge for some hours.
I don't know why, but my phone boots into recovery when it's turned off and plugged in.
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Its completely unresponsive no led lights no recovery nothing..its like a dummy model..very sad..not getting any answer or tutorial on how to solve this problem :'(
Amish. said:
Its completely unresponsive no led lights no recovery nothing..its like a dummy model..very sad..not getting any answer or tutorial on how to solve this problem :'(
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Connect it to your PC and check if it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD as the driver.
If this is shown, you may have done something like this, so you hard bricked it.
You may try this software fix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788227) or this (http://www.jtagbox.com/jtag-news/ri...nbrick-unlock-supercid-imei-repair-supported/) to exit the mode.
jonas2790 said:
Connect it to your PC and check if it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD as the driver.
If this is shown, you may have done something like this, so you hard bricked it.
You may try this software fix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788227) or this (http://www.jtagbox.com/jtag-news/ri...nbrick-unlock-supercid-imei-repair-supported/) to exit the mode.
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i solved the problem using adb
Amish. said:
i solved the problem using adb
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What was the problem?
jonas2790 said:
What was the problem?
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as i said above just dead.
So my phone was probably around 50% and I went to grab some food and when I check the phone wouldn't turn on,I rebooted only for it to be stuck on the samsung boot screen and I tried to reboot again except this time it didn't turn on at all.
I didn't do anything at all during the day and my phone was on stable CM10.3 for the past month with no problems.I went home and tried to charge it but no light showed up when charging with battery in and only a red light shows up when i take the battery out and charger in. I connected in to the pc and it showed a QHSUSB_DLOAD when installing drivers. does this mean my phone is bricked? If so how did it happen if CM10.3 was working fine before?
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So my phone was probably around 50% and I went to grab some food and when I check the phone wouldn't turn on,I rebooted only for it to be stuck on the samsung boot screen and I tried to reboot again except this time it didn't turn on at all.
I didn't do anything at all during the day and my phone was on stable CM10.3 for the past month with no problems.I went home and tried to charge it but no light showed up when charging with battery in and only a red light shows up when i take the battery out and charger in. I connected in to the pc and it showed a QHSUSB_DLOAD when installing drivers. does this mean my phone is bricked? If so how did it happen if CM10.3 was working fine before?
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I'm going through almost the exact same problem now. Been up all night trying to fix it searching the internet up and down.
dannyboyex said:
I'm going through almost the exact same problem now. Been up all night trying to fix it searching the internet up and down.
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Ya I might have to send it to the JTAG guys to repair it...
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Ya I might have to send it to the JTAG guys to repair it...
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From my research i believe the problem is that the internal sd gets messed up and gets stuck in read only mode instead of read/write. Thats why it won't boot and you can't flash anything in odin. still working on a solution. I've tried booting into download mode with a jig but still no dice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125 maybe this will help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125 maybe this will help
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I've read through that thread but while it had some good info it is for getting a hardbricked phone into download mode which we can get into. I've tried a few things, reintalled drivers re-downloaded tars, etc. now I have the phone ---!---Computer screen when it boots up. I've google searched around since xda search is down an one thread said to keep trying in Odin.
Edit: aaaaaaaaaand now iim hardbricked......
You can get to download mode? Mine can't power on at all atm.
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You can get to download mode? Mine can't power on at all atm.
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It used to. I tried calling Sprint (no help) but now it wont boot. I'm trying the sd card method now
Could use some help here. I got an i747 last night, rooted just fine, used triangle away no problem. When attempting to resolve a status 7 error I could not get anything to flash in CWM and now it is sitting on the Samsung logo. I can get it to download mode but that's about it. ANY advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Could use some help here. I got an i747 last night, rooted just fine, used triangle away no problem. When attempting to resolve a status 7 error I could not get anything to flash in CWM and now it is sitting on the Samsung logo. I can get it to download mode but that's about it. ANY advice would be greatly appreciated.
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What did you try to flash? The more detail you give, the easier it'll be to find out.
Unlocked AT&T S3 dead after frozen logo screen
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What did you try to flash? The more detail you give, the easier it'll be to find out.
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Mine is an AT&T locked i747 phone which I unlocked in India, but haven't rooted.
I had the same problem as above; I charged it all night as usual, but in the morning it was frozen on the logo splash screen. Tried restarting a few times, but it would again freeze on the same screen. So I removed the battery and let it rest a bit, but the same thing continued. Eventually during the course of the day, it stopped booting and now nothing happens when I restart it, it just wont boot.
When I insert another S3 battery, the flash "flashes" for a second and disappears, but the phone still doesnt turn on. Any idea what could be wrong? Battery is probably not the problem, since a working battery from another phone is not helping.
Any help will be much appreciated
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Mine is an AT&T locked i747 phone which I unlocked in India, but haven't rooted.
I had the same problem as above; I charged it all night as usual, but in the morning it was frozen on the logo splash screen. Tried restarting a few times, but it would again freeze on the same screen. So I removed the battery and let it rest a bit, but the same thing continued. Eventually during the course of the day, it stopped booting and now nothing happens when I restart it, it just wont boot.
When I insert another S3 battery, the flash "flashes" for a second and disappears, but the phone still doesnt turn on. Any idea what could be wrong? Battery is probably not the problem, since a working battery from another phone is not helping.
Any help will be much appreciated
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That's really weird. Unfortunately, I don't know much about how to fix it unless it was a custom ROM, sorry that I can't help . I beleive it was in General there was a "No question too noobish" or something of that nature. I had several issues before and OP has pulled through for me, so maybe it's worth a shot. Sorry again
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Picked up another S3 and got it working perfectly (rooted and on 4.3.1). Appreciate those that tried to help, could've been just a faulty phone.
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Hi everyone,
I'm experiencing pretty silly situation with my phone.
So the story begins here:
I was surfing the web while listening to music in the bus when suddenly my oneplus3 randomly turned off and I couldn't turn it back on. (I was on something around 15% on battery so it's not a low battery problem) I tried to turn it on several times and after holding the power button for like 10secs it turned on, and after pressing the power button again (because I needed to get past unlocked bootloader screen and dm-verity) I saw a boot screen. The capacitive button leds turned on and after 3 secs it turned off again, so I started worrying... After a while I tried to access the recovery, but no luck at all. It powers it self off after bootscreen. So I started to research. Tried to flash the entire OS, partritions with msmdownload tool. After several unsuccessful flashes (firehosewritedata failed sometimes while writing userimg or system.img or boot.img) I did get the download complete green text message, and after successful flash, the white LED turned on, even the phone was not plugged in USB or charger and turned off. The screen is completely black and the white led just flashes constantly without blinking or anything. I could only turn the led off by pressing the power button for another 10 secs. And after turning the phone off, problem still remains. After oneplus logo phone shuts down...
I can access bootloader.
And after flashing everything should be on stock, because now I only got screen only about bootloader, no dm-verity..
And of course - I still cannot access the recovery.
p.s. I tried to do the power cycle (as the tech support told me) but still no luck at all.
did u tried the full msmdownload tool (1gb) or the 55mb version ?
Mukthar. said:
did u tried the full msmdownload tool (1gb) or the 55mb version ?
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1GB version
djemm1996 said:
1GB version
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Are you sure that you did it right? Did your phone show up as mentioned in the instructions?
Puddi_Puddin said:
Are you sure that you did it right? Did your phone show up as mentioned in the instructions?
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Of course. Everything is done right. I also get that green "download complete" message.
p.s I also opened the phone. water indicators are fine and no major defects what can i see by eye... All connectors are good as well.
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Are you sure that you did it right? Did your phone show up as mentioned in the instructions?
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And yes, phone was connected right. :good: installed drivers with test mode on Win10 and got Snapdragon device in COM devices. As well the MsmDownload tool shows up my device in port #20
Any ideas?
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Any ideas?
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Follow method 2 from the Hard Brick guide by Naman Bhalla and try two or three times.
Sometimes it takes more than once for restoration.
Since you opened the phone, i think your warranty is gone now.
If the msmdownloadtool didnt help you, there is nothing you can do i think.
try to flash again, and if it still maybe something short inside.
if you have disassembly your phone, try disconnecting various flex cable like camera, sim slot etc that connect to the mainboard, that doesn't prevent device from powered on, then try to turning it on.
if it still, check your mainboard, if you don't know how, send it back.
AcidNoteZ said:
Since you opened the phone, i think your warranty is gone now.
If the msmdownloadtool didnt help you, there is nothing you can do i think.
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Is ir really gone? There is a still warranty void sticker on the screw there, but of course it's possible to see by eye that the phone has been opened.
I have an appointment with Level2 tech support @oneplus, they are going to remotely flash the entire OS, but do you think they are using pretty similar technique as the msmdownloadtool?
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Is ir really gone? There is a still warranty void sticker on the screw there, but of course it's possible to see by eye that the phone has been opened.
I have an appointment with Level2 tech support @oneplus, they are going to remotely flash the entire OS, but do you think they are using pretty similar technique as the msmdownloadtool?
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They are doing the same thing like you did.
I already had a session since i thought they are going to do something "special"
You can try the remote session but im afraid that wont help you if you already did it multiple times.
What about battery? Charged?
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What about battery? Charged?
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Yes battery is charged of course. It's just doint the same thing. Turns on, after a while when bootscreen comes it just turns off and white notification led appears, after that nothing.
I tried to flash it with tool using method 2 for like 15 times with "download complete" messages, but still no luck at all. Tried to erase partritions with fastboot, flashing just only recovery, modded recovery etc. but I still cannot access the recovery nor system. I just don't get it why the phone does not boot into recovery if I flash it or boot it straight away, It just only turns off and that's it. nothing more. Only black screen and white led lighting all the time (after a while the phone turns warm).
I have read all the MsmDownloadTool thread in "Mega Unbrick thread" and saw that few people have experienced the very same situation as me, so I was wondering if there is any fix for this? It's so strange that I was just surfing the Web and it just turned off by it self with like static image for miliseconds and after that just black screen.
There should be any fix. I guess that it's just a partition error...
Ok, not good news. I had a little remote session before a while. They says it's already a hardware problem.
AcidNoteZ said:
Since you opened the phone, i think your warranty is gone now.
If the msmdownloadtool didnt help you, there is nothing you can do i think.
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Pfffft you think manufacturers notice when you take apart phones? Hell I took apart my Xperia Z2 because it was having problems and then glued it back together with cyanoacrylate hahahaha (worst thing to do but wtv) and no one noticed though it was seemless and everything looked perfect
Guys, I've got something for you! Not really the same thing as Naman.
p.s. not saying its original hehehehe keep safe
man i got a very similiar problem but my op3 has a black screen i was also on low battery around 5-15% when my phone went off after i was in twrp
Actually I was on twrp too! Also I have recently noticed that recovery loading speed was far too long than normal one. I'm talking for something about 5-7 minutes after reboot into twrp. So, who knows what did happen. Just made an RMA request. Will see how it goes.
Anyway, I was on stock 7.1.1 and it's just rooted with custom recovery and that's it! Nothing more! Is that just a factory failure or maybe it's caused by drops i have had? Nothing serious for a 4-5 times for a half year. Of course I have used it even in winter when the snowflakes are coming down from the sky and little rain. Btw, these liquid indicators are white, so all safe. ::laugh:
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makadama said:
man i got a very similiar problem but my op3 has a black screen i was also on low battery around 5-15% when my phone went off after i was in twrp
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