Phone worked fine until the other night when mid text the screen just turned off. now i tried to turn it back on and it simply vibrates when power button is pressed however the screen will not boot. i cannot boot into recovery or even download mode and by pulling the battery and plugging it into the pc i get a red LED like it is charging but it goes off after a few seconds or so. So yeah i need help!
Brick due to Sudden Death
Schettini said:
Phone worked fine until the other night when mid text the screen just turned off. now i tried to turn it back on and it simply vibrates when power button is pressed however the screen will not boot. i cannot boot into recovery or even download mode and by pulling the battery and plugging it into the pc i get a red LED like it is charging but it goes off after a few seconds or so. So yeah i need help!
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Did you have wifi on when this happened?
Have you tried the actual hardware button combo to get into recovery?
Perhaps pull the battery greater than 30 seconds or a minute then try powering it back up.
Pull the battery and then plug it in without the battery to see if you can get to "download mode" I believe it's called.
What ROM?
Brick due to Sudden Death
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I would second this. It sounds like Sudden Death Syndrome Bricking.
Now it turns on when volume+home and power are pressed but only last a few secs and turns off.
Sudden death brick? First I've heard of that issue. Hope you have insurance!
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FWIW, I had something similar to his happen to me today. It turned out that despite showing a full charge on the battery, the battery simply ran out. I plugged it into a charger for a while and it fired right up.
To be clear the symptom I was experiencing was that my screen shuttered and then my whole phone died. When I tried to pull the battery or power on in any way, I'd get a short vibration pulse and then it would die again. I also cycled through the different key combinations trying to connect it to my computer, but with no success. Once I saw the red led charging indicator, I knew I wasn't bricked, so I just left it on the charger and let it continue to do the vibration pulse repeatedly until it had enough charge to display the on-screen charging indicator. Once I had that, I let it go a while longer and then tried to power it on and BOOYA! We're back in business.
Sometimes the solution to a tough problem is to simply do nothing. Who knew?
Battery?
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FWIW, I had something similar to his happen to me today. It turned out that despite showing a full charge on the battery, the battery simply ran out. I plugged it into a charger for a while and it fired right up.
To be clear the symptom I was experiencing was that my screen shuttered and then my whole phone died. When I tried to pull the battery or power on in any way, I'd get a short vibration pulse and then it would die again. I also cycled through the different key combinations trying to connect it to my computer, but with no success. Once I saw the red led charging indicator, I knew I wasn't bricked, so I just left it on the charger and let it continue to do the vibration pulse repeatedly until it had enough charge to display the on-screen charging indicator. Once I had that, I let it go a while longer and then tried to power it on and BOOYA! We're back in business.
Sometimes the solution to a tough problem is to simply do nothing. Who knew?
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Thank you so much, I almost pooped a donkey when this happened to me. Could it be a sign of a failing battery?
Same issue - power button culprit?
Hi,
I am having the same issue. My bud has the same phone and I swapped batteries, still boot loop. It seems after some research that the problem is the power button contact not opening. I have seen two videos now where people de-solder or snap the power button off (after metering it) and softboot the phone via their PC to recover their data...
I will be switching out my board for my friends tonight to see if his button panel will do the same thing...
Long troubleshooting process for this one.
It might be a power button issue when restarting and showing galaxy s3 screen tap on power button with a lil force like you would on a table. Then don't touch power button when up
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mc045 said:
Hi,
I am having the same issue. My bud has the same phone and I swapped batteries, still boot loop. It seems after some research that the problem is the power button contact not opening. I have seen two videos now where people de-solder or snap the power button off (after metering it) and softboot the phone via their PC to recover their data...
I will be switching out my board for my friends tonight to see if his button panel will do the same thing...
Long troubleshooting process for this one.
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How did that end up working for you?
Thank You
FWIW, I had something similar to his happen to me today. It turned out that despite showing a full charge on the battery, the battery simply ran out. I plugged it into a charger for a while and it fired right up.
To be clear the symptom I was experiencing was that my screen shuttered and then my whole phone died. When I tried to pull the battery or power on in any way, I'd get a short vibration pulse and then it would die again. I also cycled through the different key combinations trying to connect it to my computer, but with no success. Once I saw the red led charging indicator, I knew I wasn't bricked, so I just left it on the charger and let it continue to do the vibration pulse repeatedly until it had enough charge to display the on-screen charging indicator. Once I had that, I let it go a while longer and then tried to power it on and BOOYA! We're back in business.
Sometimes the solution to a tough problem is to simply do nothing. Who knew?
Thank you So much.I was in the point of going to buy another Phone!
My vibrating brick was caused by dead batter too!
Came back here just to write this!
I was ready to toss the phone in the toilet... and then saw this thread.
Exactly my situation, got the phone to charge for a bit (on wall-USB, not PC-USB), trickled in a % or two of battery life and now I'm back in action!
I'd say just leave it plugged in. I've had this happen to me in the past. You should try a new battery.
Please help!!!
my phone got stuck on recovery booting..
it says Samsung and then at the top in tiny blue letters it says recovery booting and it just vibrates for a while..it was stuck on odin and i used the odin program to reboot it and something went wrong and now its stuck like that..i hope its not bricked.. please help:crying:
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I second the dead battery
My phone was plugged in and battery showed a full charge. In fact it had just woken me up with the alarm. When I went to take it off the charger (100% battery on the meter, mind you), it turned off instantly. Attempts to turn it on only resulted in intermittent vibrations with no display. I tried plugging it in and charging light would come on for a few seconds, then turn off. Same as if no battery was in it.
I tried all of the usual recommendations like boot into recovery mode using Vol Up + Home + Power button, tried removing battery/charger and holding power for 30+ seconds, etc. None of it helped.
Fortunately this was a battery I had purchased about 3 months prior. I still had my original which I threw in the phone and it booted up instantly. The battery that had been there was fairly new and had worked without issue until it just died on me. My original is now back in place and working.
Don't overlook your battery! Your phone may very well be okay.
A new message for other GS3 users having this problem (2016)
SOLVED! as in a few minutes ago as of this post
I was sure that I just experienced the sudden brick of death because of all the signs pointing to it. I couldn't boot to any mode nor get it to recognize on a computer.
It wasn't the battery since it was still 50% full-- tried taking it out of the phone and straight turning it on with a USB cable. I got the red LED indicator for a short moment but that too shut off, so it definitely wasn't the battery.
After reading the comment about the power button I thought I should give it another go.
Solved my problem a few minutes ago by pressing down really hard on the power button!
I also gave my phone a mild whack on the back where the logo is/should be if that contributed anything.
My phone almost gave me a heart attack. Try this and see if it works for you. :good:
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Hi guys!
I hope i posted in the right forum...
I've got a big problem!
it seems that i bricked my samsung i900 phone by updating the firmware from XGHG5 to the DTHJ6 from here in the forum.
First i installed the samsung modem driver then i downloaded and startet the DTHJ6.exe file.
I took my fully charged i900 (nearly 80% charged) and put it via USB at my win XP laptop. (i900 is still not on!)
then i startet the omnia by pressing the power button.
the programm on the laptop startet. PDA bootet and went off. then i got this message at my laptop and the pda wont do anything (still after waiting for 30 minutes)
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My display is black (its not on!) and the red light at the power button is on.
After waiting another few minutes i took the battery from the phone and put it back again.
But nothing works. If i press the reset button, nothing happens. After pressing the power button for more than 3 seconds, the red light goes on, but nothing else - no display or sounds.
although i couldn't put it off by pressing the power button again. the red light is still on.
only by removing the battery, the red light will go off.
when i plug the phone to the laptop it won't be recognized - neither by the program or by windows itself.
if i plug the phone to the charger (not on the usb charger), the red light wents on and the battery seems to charge because the pda gets little hot at the lower side.
Now i'm confused what i could do..
Hard reset by pressing the two call buttons and the power button won't work.
Any idea, how i could get my omnia alive again???
i need it for work so it would be very good if there are some pro's who could help me.
Over the night i charged the phone about 7 hours with the standard charger and the light is still red.
normally it should be green when the battery is charged for this long time.
at the height of the sim-card area it is very warm - the rest of the phone is not warm..
any ideas or suggestions what i could do now?
truce said:
Over the night i charged the phone about 7 hours with the standard charger and the light is still red.
normally it should be green when the battery is charged for this long time.
at the height of the sim-card area it is very warm - the rest of the phone is not warm..
any ideas or suggestions what i could do now?
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if your phone is hanging on the samsung logo as it is on the attached picture, then you may have hope, you just follow this:
http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-...a-to-hh1-and-what-to-do-when-things-go-wrong/
Goog luck.
bR
No, the phone doesn't hang on the samsung screen. the screenshot i posted is from my win xp desktop. on the left side is the instruction how i should install the firmware. the marked red one is my window as i wanted to update my omnia.
the screen wont even go on. only the red light at the power-button is on..
to put it blunt, your omnia is now a solid shiny brick.
that sucks bro, send it in for repair! =[
I just had the SAME problem exactly. Could you get it solved?
Thanks in advance.
truce said:
Hi guys!
I hope i posted in the right forum...
I've got a big problem!
it seems that i bricked my samsung i900 phone by updating the firmware from XGHG5 to the DTHJ6 from here in the forum.
First i installed the samsung modem driver then i downloaded and startet the DTHJ6.exe file.
I took my fully charged i900 (nearly 80% charged) and put it via USB at my win XP laptop. (i900 is still not on!)
then i startet the omnia by pressing the power button.
the programm on the laptop startet. PDA bootet and went off. then i got this message at my laptop and the pda wont do anything (still after waiting for 30 minutes)
My display is black (its not on!) and the red light at the power button is on.
After waiting another few minutes i took the battery from the phone and put it back again.
But nothing works. If i press the reset button, nothing happens. After pressing the power button for more than 3 seconds, the red light goes on, but nothing else - no display or sounds.
although i couldn't put it off by pressing the power button again. the red light is still on.
only by removing the battery, the red light will go off.
when i plug the phone to the laptop it won't be recognized - neither by the program or by windows itself.
if i plug the phone to the charger (not on the usb charger), the red light wents on and the battery seems to charge because the pda gets little hot at the lower side.
Now i'm confused what i could do..
Hard reset by pressing the two call buttons and the power button won't work.
Any idea, how i could get my omnia alive again???
i need it for work so it would be very good if there are some pro's who could help me.
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Hi everyone,
As the title says, my phone simply will not boot past the samsung logo. I insert the battery, a few seconds later there is a vibration. Then the samsung logo appears, and it shuts down. It does not reboot itself; it just suddenly dies. After it the shutdown, all buttons are unresponsive; holding the power button will do nothing.
I have tried plugging in the charger both with and without the battery inside the phone. When I plug in the charger, the red LED that indicates that it is charging turns on. After a few seconds it vibrates, then almost immediately the red LED light flickers off, and everything is just as unresponsive as before. Leaving the charger inside will yield no results or change.
I have tried to turn my phone on with the battery and charger plug into the phone with a few variations. First, charger first, then battery. The battery is inserted within a second or two of plugging in the charger. The red LED light appears, then the light turns off right before the vibration. The screen shows the battery logo that indicates the phone is charging. This image appears for a few seconds, then it becomes unresponsive as before. Second, battery first, then charger. There are two more variations for this. One is battery, then plugging in the charger right after the battery is put in (before the vibration is felt). After the vibration, the battery logo appears for a few seconds before it shuts down and becomes unresponsive again. The second variation is: battery first, then vibration, then right after the charger. Same result as before.
I have also tried to remove both sim card and sd card. No avail.
I have tried to boot it into recovery mode, as well as download mode. Nevertheless, the phone will shut down before getting into any menus.
I have tried to tap the power button multiple times in case the power button and home button were stuck or jammed. However, I doubt this is the problem.
My computer will not recognize my phone, since I cannot boot it past the samsung logo.
I have tried using different batteries, same issue.
I am aware that a factory reset may be an option that I may have to take, but I have some important data on my phone that is not backed up, and I would very much prefer not to lose it all. I would appreciate any insight on how to fix my problem.
Thanks!
Mine was doing this for a bit until I realized my power button was stuck. The button seemed to press fine and all and looked fine physically, but the contact was somehow stuck. Take apart the phone, direct some compressed air into it using the little 'straw' for the nozzle to focus it... Also try pressing the button a bunch of times hard, etc. And see if that helps.
invario said:
Mine was doing this for a bit until I realized my power button was stuck. The button seemed to press fine and all and looked fine physically, but the contact was somehow stuck. Take apart the phone, direct some compressed air into it using the little 'straw' for the nozzle to focus it... Also try pressing the button a bunch of times hard, etc. And see if that helps.
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Fixed it! Opened it up, jiggled around with the power button stuff. I had no idea what I was doing. I blew, with my mouth, really hard on it. Now it works. laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwll
You helped! Thankyou
Now would be a good time to backup that important data. A lot of the time, that's is just a temporary fix and it may happen again.
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Hi. So after a long wait I got my Zenfone 2 ZE551ML today. The first thing I did was turning it on and it turned on normally, then I proceeded to make the initial setup (logging into google account, etc) without any problems. Then after about 10 minutes of use the phone suddenly turned off with the battery being at around 35% and didn't want to turn on again. I read that old firmware (like the one that comes default with the phone) had battery display errors so I thought the phone had run out of battery, so I charged it for 8 full hours and I unplugged it now. To my surprise the phone is not turning on either. The only way I can make the screen show something is by connecting it to the charger, it vibrates and displays a white battery icon, eventually changing to fully green (fully charged battery, the green led indicator also appears) only to disappear like 3 seconds after. Can't turn the phone on while charged and can't even make the phone show the battery icon again (unless I unplug and plug again, repeating the cycle). So, what can I do to turn it on?
Thanks in advance.
xzifi said:
Hi. So after a long wait I got my Zenfone 2 ZE551ML today. The first thing I did was turning it on and it turned on normally, then I proceeded to make the initial setup (logging into google account, etc) without any problems. Then after about 10 minutes of use the phone suddenly turned off with the battery being at around 35% and didn't want to turn on again. I read that old firmware (like the one that comes default with the phone) had battery display errors so I thought the phone had run out of battery, so I charged it for 8 full hours and I unplugged it now. To my surprise the phone is not turning on either. The only way I can make the screen show something is by connecting it to the charger, it vibrates and displays a white battery icon, eventually changing to fully green (fully charged battery, the green led indicator also appears) only to disappear like 3 seconds after. Can't turn the phone on while charged and can't even make the phone show the battery icon again (unless I unplug and plug again, repeating the cycle). So, what can I do to turn it on?
Thanks in advance.
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I have a feeling that you did not hold the power button long enough. Disconnect the charger first, and wait for about 10 seconds. Then, hold the power button for at least 6 seconds. The phone should then vibrate and then you may release the power button. Other reasons why your phone may not seem to be turning on at all might be due to the back cover not being fully locked in, thus not making any contact with the power on the motherboard itself.
Do report back the results.
Rizzed said:
I have a feeling that you did not hold the power button long enough. Disconnect the charger first, and wait for about 10 seconds. Then, hold the power button for at least 6 seconds. The phone should then vibrate and then you may release the power button. Other reasons why your phone may not seem to be turning on at all might be due to the back cover not being fully locked in, thus not making any contact with the power on the motherboard itself.
Do report back the results.
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I did. Doesn't work. I also removed the back cover and pressed the power button with nails with no results either. Personally I think there's something to do with the power button as it doesn't even responds while charging (pressing it should display the battery icon) and the only time I could use the phone it didn't work to wake up the phone or setting it to sleep, only double tapping worked. What is strange is that it worked the first time I turned on the phone though.
Are you able to get into FastBoot mode? If so please try performing a hardware reset including wipe cache partition. Please see the following:
http://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1011956/
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me direct at [email protected]. Please include a link to this review when/if responding.
Sincerely,
Frank
ASUS_USA
I got that several times when connecting my phone to the PC. I removed the back plate and disconnected the battery, after reconnecting phone booted up.
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I am facing same problem.my zf2 power button does not work and unfortunately my mobile switched off.now I m not able to switch on again.nothing happen when I press power button. Is there any other way to switch on ?please suggest me if u get solution
I hope I'm posting this in the right place but I'm desperate for help.
My phone, HTC 10, froze and then the screen turned off while I was taking a picture.
The charge should have been around 80%.
Symptoms:
The screen is unresponsive.
Couldn't get the home button/finger print sensor to turn the screen on.
Couldn't get the power button to turn the screen on.
A call to my phone could not reach my number as well.
When plugged in to a wall charger or laptop no indicator light turns on.
When connected to a laptop, the laptop makes that connection noise and a long name with QualComm in it shows up.
Tried Power Button + Volume Up for 10 seconds but didn't get any result.
Side note:
The power button was a little faulty before as well.
You have to squeeze it a certain way to make it work.
I need to somehow restart my phone. Any ideas?
PointOfViewGun said:
I hope I'm posting this in the right place but I'm desperate for help.
My phone, HTC 10, froze and then the screen turned off while I was taking a picture.
The charge should have been around 80%.
Symptoms:
The screen is unresponsive.
Couldn't get the home button/finger print sensor to turn the screen on.
Couldn't get the power button to turn the screen on.
A call to my phone could not reach my number as well.
When plugged in to a wall charger or laptop no indicator light turns on.
When connected to a laptop, the laptop makes that connection noise and a long name with QualComm in it shows up.
Tried Power Button + Volume Up for 10 seconds but didn't get any result.
Side note:
The power button was a little faulty before as well.
You have to squeeze it a certain way to make it work.
I need to somehow restart my phone. Any ideas?
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Try to clean all buttons really well, if it keeps failing to boot and the phone is still recognized as Qualcomm it's probably bricked.
Simple explanation of the word bricked :
When the phone doesn't boot, when you can't access the bootloader, download mode or recovery it's bricked!
Mr Hofs said:
Try to clean all buttons really well, if it keeps failing to boot and the phone is still recognized as Qualcomm it's probably bricked.
Simple explanation of the word bricked :
When the phone doesn't boot, when you can't access the bootloader, download mode or recovery it's bricked!
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Strange turn of events: I plugged the phone to my laptop because I read somewhere that it drains the battery. Just for the kicks, after a few hours, I unplugged and re-plugged my phone. Suddenly, there was light. The battery light came back. I immediately switched to the wall charger and once I did that the battery icon appeared showing 1%. Now, it's peacefully charging away. Will see if it actually turns on later on once it's charged about half an hour.
So my phone showed charging, but percentage stayed the same, when I tried to reboot device, it turned off and doesn't turn on. Now phone doesn't react to charging at all, doesn't appear when connected to pc and doesnt turn on,just black screen. That's the second time this happend, first time it magically turned on after some time, is there way to fix it and turn on the device?
When you say "black screen", is there backlight?
viktak said:
When you say "black screen", is there backlight?
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no, black screen as device turned off completely, no backlight,nothing
In that case, I would try replacing the battery first.
Are you sure the charger is good?
I'd try using a different charger.
And a different cable.
Leave it plugged in for an hour.
Then, press and hold the Volume Up and Power buttons for about 25 seconds. This would force a shutdown if it were booted up but you couldn't see anything.
Wait about 30 seconds. Then, press and hold the power button until you feel the power-on vibration. Should only take 5-10 seconds.