Hey all,
Three days ago my phone (Galaxy Nexus, GSM) stopped turning on, and I cant quite figure out the cause. The only indicator I have to go on is that when I insert the battery into the phone, the notification light turns red (mostly, it was purple and light blue for a bit). Cant find anywhere that describes what this means or how to fix it.
Suggestions?
Water damage? Perhaps try a different battery.
bodh said:
Water damage? Perhaps try a different battery.
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Pretty sure it hasn't gotten wet... Tried a friends battery and there was no change.
Help!?
It was probably water damage.
I said it happens when the phone is off but the battery is in... I am at work now but I'll post a picture in a few hours.
#whosthetrollnowa$$hole
justlevine said:
I said it happens when the phone is off but the battery is in... I am at work now but I'll post a picture in a few hours.
#whosthetrollnowa$$hole
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTKpiiRdGv8
watch this is on the nexus 4 but sounds the same
justlevine said:
I said it happens when the phone is off but the battery is in... I am at work now but I'll post a picture in a few hours.
#whosthetrollnowa$$hole
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And here it is.
Alpha_wolf said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTKpiiRdGv8
watch this is on the nexus 4 but sounds the same
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Very similar, except it persists even when the battery and sim card have been removed for over 2 days, sometimes the light is different colors, and to my knowledge I didnt short it with a different adapter (was using the cord it came with for the past month)...
justlevine said:
And here it is.
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looks like you my friend have the red light of death
Does the PC find the phone in adb mode via USB connection?? I'd try that for starters..
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well i fell asleep with my phone on the charger and when i woke up i touched my phone and it was really hot. Ive never had my phone so hot before, so i pulled out the charger and pulled out the battery and let it sit until it cooled down. Now when i try and turn it on a blue LED light blinks and it disappears . Any help?
Were you on ICS by any chance? What ROM were you on?
Overstew said:
Were you on ICS by any chance? What ROM were you on?
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Yes i am on ICS and I am on AOKP
Does it blink on its own, or when you hold down buttons? Will it stay off w/o pulling the battery? If it is a steady blue light when your not touching it, its bricked.
shiftr182 said:
Does it blink on its own, or when you hold down buttons? Will it stay off w/o pulling the battery? If it is a steady blue light when your not touching it, its bricked.
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it doesn't blink on its own. it blinks when i press the power button and then it goes off, i tried recovery and everything.
Its bricked. Sorry.
shiftr182 said:
Its bricked. Sorry.
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how? and i just checked and its blinking on its own.
try to enter download mode by holding volume down and power, even if the screen doesnt turn on see if odin will recognize it, its your only hope.
Sounds like its overheated! This happened to me before where my phone got so hot when charging that it shut off with a blue light. I just took out the battery and set them down and let them cool for a while. Were you using the charger that came with it or a diffrrent one? It seemed to me like the charger I was using when it happened caused it cause its never happened again.
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I just went through the same exact thing this weekend. Phone would not do a thing besides the steady blue led... Thanks to good ol tep I now have a new phone, not refurbed...
puff601 said:
I just went through the same exact thing this weekend. Phone would not do a thing besides the steady blue led... Thanks to good ol tep I now have a new phone, not refurbed...
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He's not having a steady blue though he said its blinking...I don't see how it could brick itself if he was just charging it overnight
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well i let it sit for 30mins to 1 hour without anything plugged in. Im now trying to charge it but its overheating again.
davidc23 said:
well i let it sit for 30mins to 1 hour without anything plugged in. Im now trying to charge it but its overheating again.
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u were using aokp? what kernel? what recovery? any other mods? would like to know! thanks! sounds like its bricked!
Just a theory but is it possible that it fried the battery out and now it won't turn on cause it pretty much has a dead battery? Do you happen to have access to another battery you could try and see if it comes on? Also when you plug in the power cord with the battery in does the screen come on with the charging screen(battery with green fill showing charge level)?
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maddoggin said:
u were using aokp? what kernel? what recovery? any other mods? would like to know! thanks! sounds like its bricked!
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yes running aokp and whatever kernel it comes with and no recovery. and no mods
scarmon25 said:
Just a theory but is it possible that it fried the battery out and now it won't turn on cause it pretty much has a dead battery? Do you happen to have access to another battery you could try and see if it comes on? Also when you plug in the power cord with the battery in does the screen come on with the charging screen(battery with green fill showing charge level)?
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im waiting on a battery , do you guys want a video?
UPDATE: just tried to odin and my phone showe something similar to this in red letters "LOW BATTERY! CANT DOWNLOAD"
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He's not having a steady blue though he said its blinking...I don't see how it could brick itself if he was just charging it overnight
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Well, ya... I have a steady blue led... Anyone know the difference?
davidc23 said:
UPDATE: just tried to odin and my phone showe something similar to this in red letters "LOW BATTERY! CANT DOWNLOAD"
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I'd say you have a bad battery.
cidica said:
I'd say you have a bad battery.
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Yep, sounds like it fried the battery out when it got hot. Get a new battery and try turning it on then. Hopefully it will boot right up for ya.
Hey guys!
My phone died on me yesterday since I forgot to charge it the day before, it was dead in my pocket for 3 hours until I got home.
Without bothering to do anything, I simply plugged my dead phone into the charger and went to bed. I woke up today, unplugged it from the charger and the phone stayed with the charging symbol stuck, I pressed the power button and nothing so I had to make a battery pull to get it to turn on.
Any issue to what could have caused this? also any interesting battery saving tips? sprints crappy 3g network in my area is draining the battery quickly so I turned off mobile data.
EDIT: Snap, I think this belongs in the Q&A section sorry mods
forcing 2g mode should help.
you can also get a spare battery
letting a lithium battery drain to 0 reduces its life.
Not sure what could have happened to make your phone get stuck at boot when charging.
As far as battery saving tips, there are tons all over these forums, but it really depends on what you are willing to give up as far as features in order to save battery. You can always turn down screen brightness, turn off WiFi/Bluetooth/3G, uninstall battery-hogging apps, turn off sync and background data etc.. Its all about finding a good balance though.
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Not sure what could have happened to make your phone get stuck at boot when charging.
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That's not his issue.
gab2012 said:
Hey guys!
I woke up today, unplugged it from the charger and the phone stayed with the charging symbol stuck, I pressed the power button and nothing so I had to make a battery pull to get it to turn on.
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That's a sign of either:
dirty usb port, clean it.
Faulty or going faulty usb port.
Sometimes Rom, kernel issue.
atifsh said:
That's not his issue.
That's a sign of either:
dirty usb port, clean it.
Faulty or going faulty usb port.
Sometimes Rom, kernel issue.
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Can I use compressed air to blow the possible dust out?
I'm running ru jellying m1 with no special kernel.
gab2012 said:
Can I use compressed air to blow the possible dust out?
I'm running ru jellying m1 with no special kernel.
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I have that ROM as well this is one of the few listed bugs in the OP of that thread.
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sstory792 said:
I have that ROM as well this is one of the few listed bugs in the OP of that thread.
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Thanks, should have red the OP first
Hi,
I have read many posts but im not sure that is really wrong with my phone.
The phone had around 80-90 % battery this afternoon and was sitting without doing anything really.
I check it an hour ago and there was a blue blinking light and did respond to any buttons so i though it crashed and i removed the battery.
No i cannot turn it on at all...
I did the up-home-power trick. ...Played with removing the battery... Nothing,,,
The only think i get is a tiny red blink when i do the key combo.
I also tested a new charger but the only difference is that the red blinking light blinks every several seconds.
Any ideas?
Thanks
T
If the red led flashes very faintly every five seconds or so then you have "sudden death syndrome" - exactly the same happened to me a few months ago. Needed a new main board that was replaced free under warranty.
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Daemonsgr said:
Hi,
I have read many posts but im not sure that is really wrong with my phone.
The phone had around 80-90 % battery this afternoon and was sitting without doing anything really.
I check it an hour ago and there was a blue blinking light and did respond to any buttons so i though it crashed and i removed the battery.
No i cannot turn it on at all...
I did the up-home-power trick. ...Played with removing the battery... Nothing,,,
The only think i get is a tiny red blink when i do the key combo.
I also tested a new charger but the only difference is that the red blinking light blinks every several seconds.
Any ideas?
Thanks
T
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its time to get the motherboard replaced ,a drive to the nearest service center if in warranty can solve this
Daemonsgr said:
Hi,
I have read many posts but im not sure that is really wrong with my phone.
The phone had around 80-90 % battery this afternoon and was sitting without doing anything really.
I check it an hour ago and there was a blue blinking light and did respond to any buttons so i though it crashed and i removed the battery.
No i cannot turn it on at all...
I did the up-home-power trick. ...Played with removing the battery... Nothing,,,
The only think i get is a tiny red blink when i do the key combo.
I also tested a new charger but the only difference is that the red blinking light blinks every several seconds.
Any ideas?
Thanks
T
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U remember which firmware was there in your phone 4.1.1 or 4.1.2?
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U remember which firmware was there in your phone 4.1.1 or 4.1.2?
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Not sure at all. I got it the first week of release unlocked from uk-expansys site.
When did the update came out?!
I might did an update the first few weeks that i dont remember,, after that i dont think so.
Why?
shhbz said:
its time to get the motherboard replaced ,a drive to the nearest service center if in warranty can solve this
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I called samsung and they will send me the mail bag. Is it better to take it to the repair myself or via osamsung?
Daemonsgr said:
I called samsung and they will send me the mail bag. Is it better to take it to the repair myself or via osamsung?
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well is your phone under warranty , if yes let samsung handle it and make sure they provide you the f7 chip or the latest board which is free from sds and better be on a 4.1.2 rom and if you would like to do it yourself rather i would suggest there is no issues but if other things go wrong then u spend extra $$.
I had usb flex bad and they rectified it at sc but on booting up they damage my network reception wire so again they put a new one.
So the moral of the story is if free under samsung warratty let them do it it will hardly take 4hrs as per them to return the phone and if a paid repair rather do it yourself but then lies the trouble of getting ur imei and stuff appropriate as i believe a motherboard change will lead to fresh write of imei so its better to get it done by them .
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I called samsung and they will send me the mail bag. Is it better to take it to the repair myself or via osamsung?
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No Don't Try anything It's SDS if your phone is in warranty samsung will replace motherboard free,many updates came but looks like u did not update in 2013 so your firmware ver must be 4.1.1 which is prone to SDS.
Thank you all
Ill update you
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Hello, I have an sgh-i747 it was running task650s rom and one day it just randomly shut off. I tried everything and was told to buy a jig to put the phone into download mode. I bought a jig, plugged it in, still nothing. When I plug it into the computer it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD #3 (im using a mac).
What should I do next? All I did was plug the jig into the USB but nothing happened.
This is the jig I bought
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/271353549321?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
anyone?
n023b said:
Hello, I have an sgh-i747 it was running task650s rom and one day it just randomly shut off. I tried everything and was told to buy a jig to put the phone into download mode. I bought a jig, plugged it in, still nothing. When I plug it into the computer it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD #3 (im using a mac).
What should I do next? All I did was plug the jig into the USB but nothing happened.
This is the jig I bought
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/271353549321?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
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Is your warranty up? Did you try a different battery? Sounds like a hardware failure. How long were you running tasks650 before the problem occurred? Did you flash the ROM that is specific to AT&T? You could try contacting josh at mobiletechvideos.com. Head to his site and chat with him as he's quite knowledgeable. I don't use a mac so i'd have no idea what that error code means. Sorry i wasn't much help. Good luck
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Is your warranty up? Did you try a different battery? Sounds like a hardware failure. How long were you running tasks650 before the problem occurred? Did you flash the ROM that is specific to AT&T? You could try contacting josh at mobiletechvideos.com. Head to his site and chat with him as he's quite knowledgeable. I don't use a mac so i'd have no idea what that error code means. Sorry i wasn't much help. Good luck
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-Warranty is long gone.
-Yup tried a different battery and a different charger
-I've been running the rom for over 2 years
-Yes it was the correct one
-tHANKS ill give him a try
-I dont think its an error code its just what the device shows up in mac
When I plug in the phone without the battery the orange light pops up does that mean its not a charging problem?
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When I plug in the phone without the battery the orange light pops up does that mean its not a charging problem?
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It does sound like a hardware rather than firmware issue. Did you try another battery in the phone or try the current battery in another device? If it isn't something as simple as a completely dead battery, it could be a short somewhere on the motherboard.
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It does sound like a hardware rather than firmware issue. Did you try another battery in the phone or try the current battery in another device? If it isn't something as simple as a completely dead battery, it could be a short somewhere on the motherboard.
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Yup tried another battery and tried the current battery in another phone and it worked fine.
I did change the sim card reader when I first got the phone like 2 years ago maybe something is shorting out the MB now I'll check it out
n023b said:
Yup tried another battery and tried the current battery in another phone and it worked fine.
I did change the sim card reader when I first got the phone like 2 years ago maybe something is shorting out the MB now I'll check it out
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I just got my phone back from Josh. My power button was shorted on the board so he fixed me right up. The symptoms on my phone were it would get to Samsung screen and subsequently power off. Same in DL mode so it could very well be that your power button is shorted in a manner which it just won't power on at all. Hopefully that's all it is. 40 bucks and you're back up and running
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I just got my phone back from Josh. My power button was shorted on the board so he fixed me right up. The symptoms on my phone were it would get to Samsung screen and subsequently power off. Same in DL mode so it could very well be that your power button is shorted in a manner which it just won't power on at all. Hopefully that's all it is. 40 bucks and you're back up and running
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Thanks but I think I'll just sell it for parts/not working I have a nexus 5 now and don't want to go through the hassle of having it fixed
n023b said:
Thanks but I think I'll just sell it for parts/not working I have a nexus 5 now and don't want to go through the hassle of having it fixed
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I'm thinking about getting away from Samsung next go around and thinking about the nexus. What do you think? You like nexus better than s3?
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I'm thinking about getting away from Samsung next go around and thinking about the nexus. What do you think? You like nexus better than s3?
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No complaints here. Its better in mostly every way (battery life, speed, looks etc). Best part is not having to put a custom rom on it since its a nexus. Only thing the Galaxy beats it in is that it has a removable battery so you could carry around two batteries. I got a 2amp car charger and the phone charges pretty quickly on the car charger and home charger.
Hi! Some time ago I wrote about not working volume buttons. Yesterday I left my phone connected to charger, and it was charging all night. This morning I found the phone turned off, I tried turning it on, but it doesn't do anything! Connected to PC - nothing, connected to charger - nothing, removing/inserting battery - nothing, other cables/chargers - nothing. It's just like without battery. Is there any way to fix it? Is it bricked? Few details about it: I have this phone about 2 months, stock 4.3 with root, locked bootloader, never damaged (falling into water, on ground etc.)
I'm Sorry , it's seems like bricked device
Matlaw said:
Hi! Some time ago I wrote about not working volume buttons. Yesterday I left my phone connected to charger, and it was charging all night. This morning I found the phone turned off, I tried turning it on, but it doesn't do anything! Connected to PC - nothing, connected to charger - nothing, removing/inserting battery - nothing, other cables/chargers - nothing. It's just like without battery. Is there any way to fix it? Is it bricked? Few details about it: I have this phone about 2 months, stock 4.3 with root, locked bootloader, never damaged (falling into water, on ground etc.)
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one and only option - flash stock 4.1.2 firmware with flashtool
if this does not work may be your phone is bricked.The only way is go to sony service center and act as a dumb , (dont tell them that you are rooted your device and tell them i dont know anything about rooting,etc..)so, usually they dont have much time and they'll replace you with new handset.
:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
I'm guessing there's a problem with the battery.
This will help you a lot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
Hard brick
Well, I tried everything, the battery works, the phone is bricked. But I don't have warranty for it. Anyone knows how much service will cost?
Matlaw said:
Well, I tried everything, the battery works, the phone is bricked. But I don't have warranty for it. Anyone knows how much service will cost?
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Im just curious, do you place your phone under a pillow or anything when it was charging?
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Matlaw said:
Well, I tried everything, the battery works, the phone is bricked. But I don't have warranty for it. Anyone knows how much service will cost?
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Depends on what needs to be fixed.
paper13579 said:
Im just curious, do you place your phone under a pillow or anything when it was charging?
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Well, I placed my phone next to bed in a plastic stand, similar to this: http://thingiverse-production.s3.am...20130508-17926-1cqvuvk-0_preview_featured.jpg on bedside cabinet. That's it, I don't know how it could broke itself
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Well, I placed my phone next to bed in a plastic stand, similar to this: http://thingiverse-production.s3.am...20130508-17926-1cqvuvk-0_preview_featured.jpg on bedside cabinet. That's it, I don't know how it could broke itself
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try connecting to pc with holding volume up and tell the result...it should blink blue/..
ansebovi said:
try connecting to pc with holding volume up and tell the result...it should blink blue/..
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My volume up button doesn't work, but I can't even get the flashmode! Nothing happens, soft reset and hard reset, it's just dead.
Check the battery
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Matlaw said:
My volume up button doesn't work, but I can't even get the flashmode! Nothing happens, soft reset and hard reset, it's just dead.
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bro hard brick will give red blink for first 2 or 3 times when trying to switch on...did u had red blink
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bro hard brick will give red blink for first 2 or 3 times when trying to switch on...did u had red blink
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No, I haven't, no LED, nothing on screen (even backlight)
Try using carphone warehouse geek squad to repair it
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Matlaw said:
No, I haven't, no LED, nothing on screen (even backlight)
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I think the best thing for you to do is to send your phone to sony. It seems like a pretty hopeless case.
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paper13579 said:
I think the best thing for you to do is to send your phone to sony. It seems like a pretty hopeless case.
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Well, I think I'm going to service, I hope, that won't be expensive. :fingers-crossed:
Matlaw said:
Well, I think I'm going to service, I hope, that won't be expensive. :fingers-crossed:
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The price wouldn't be a problem if you haven't done anything intentional/harmful to it.
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Well, I think I'm going to service, I hope, that won't be expensive. :fingers-crossed:
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Ya that is the right decision :thumbup:
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Hi! Some time ago I wrote about not working volume buttons. Yesterday I left my phone connected to charger, and it was charging all night. This morning I found the phone turned off, I tried turning it on, but it doesn't do anything! Connected to PC - nothing, connected to charger - nothing, removing/inserting battery - nothing, other cables/chargers - nothing. It's just like without battery. Is there any way to fix it? Is it bricked? Few details about it: I have this phone about 2 months, stock 4.3 with root, locked bootloader, never damaged (falling into water, on ground etc.)
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That's tragic for your xperia and as you say you haven't done anything that may cause this problem than maybe it was like a short circuit or electrical surge which fried the phones chip and make it dead because as ansebovi said, if it would hv been bricked than it would hv flashed the led atleast.
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