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any way to charge a phone once completely dead

any way to charge a phone once completely dead
as the title states, once in the bootloop issue if your battery ends up at 0% and can't be charged is there a way out of this. Here is my issue. I can't get into recovery. Hboot or fastboot are the only options available. Sometimes it boots into the ROM but instantly dies once restarting. No clue as to the trigger as I've tried pretty much all the combinations of factory reset, reboot-bootloader, erase cache etc etc etc trying to get this into a non on mode so it can charge.
In addition to this of course anytime I plug the phone in it automatically turns on in either bootloader or fastboot which gives it no opportunity to charge at all otherwise I would simply run the RUU which won't let me until it hits 30%. I've more or less come to the conclusion I have to send it in because its not quite the same situation that others have experienced. But was hoping to get an answer/fix so I don't have to send it in to HTC to get repaired since the RMA guys just told me it'll be 10 business days before they even get in parts to the texas facility to get it sent there for repairs.
also of note, I had managed to relock the bootloader but can't get enough juice to run the RUU

What about borrowing a battery or getting one and charging it. That would be better than sending it in.
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megatronisabeast said:
What about borrowing a battery or getting one and charging it. That would be better than sending it in.
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if only it were that simple, the one x doesn't have a removable battery or I would have solved this by now

Forgot about that, sorry about that.
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phil.W said:
if only it were that simple, the one x doesn't have a removable battery or I would have solved this by now
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You can try that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24821382#post24821382

Have you tried actually just pitting it on the charger? I know the bionic can charge when completely off. Itll act like its booting up but then show a giant battery in the center with a %...
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silvernirvash said:
Have you tried actually just pitting it on the charger? I know the bionic can charge when completely off. Itll act like its booting up but then show a giant battery in the center with a %...
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With the current recovery. The phone can't charge while off. You can't let it die
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yeah so far I've tried literally everything out there. I almost need a way to figure out how to wipe the rom so it can't restart and sit on the loading screen so it can charge, but so far no luck with anything in the forum. I've literally tried it all.
Could be worse, my replacement comes today (but cost the same sadly, looks like the gf will get a new one when I can send it out to htc for repairs and get it back)

So, when you plug the charger in, the phone starts up into hboot or something? And can you not press and hold power for 10 secs to force it to power off while still plugged in? My phone was charging while it was completely off. That's after I discharged it completely, it shut itself off.

any time I plug it in it automatically turns back on. If I hold down the power button for 10 seconds it simply reboots.

phil.W said:
any time I plug it in it automatically turns back on. If I hold down the power button for 10 seconds it simply reboots.
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By either plugging in every time it stops charging or rebooting it like that you should be able to gradually charge it over 30%, that's what I heard. So it's not as easy as plug in and wait, but rather plug in, unplug, plug back in.

I have this same issue. Arent their any recoveries that charge while in recovery mode??

Yes.. The stock recovery. You need to flash that.

again, can't flash diddly because of low battery. So flashing stock recovery does nothing as it would end in an error.

Very possible solution! Worked for me!
It seems my reply via the XDA-App did not come through.. As I wanted to reply.
My H0X was also dead. Wouldn't charge nor boot, with wall charger or by pc.. but I thought.. well let's give it a chance by using my iPhone 4 charger (with HTC cable of course)
Guess what: It worked!
SO TO ALL WHO IS HAVING THIS 'WILL NOT CHARGE' PROBLEM:
Try an other charger, even try your wireless mouse, or other phone chargers.. Anything!

Blackvibes said:
It seems my reply via the XDA-App did not come through.. As I wanted to reply.
My H0X was also dead. Wouldn't charge nor boot, with wall charger or by pc.. but I thought.. well let's give it a chance by using my iPhone 4 charger (with HTC cable of course)
Guess what: It worked!
SO TO ALL WHO IS HAVING THIS 'WILL NOT CHARGE' PROBLEM:
Try an other charger, even try your wireless mouse, or other phone chargers.. Anything!
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you don't think something silly like this idea has been done? When the phone is plugged into any outside source of charge, it turns on in bootloader. This does not charge it...

Get into fastboot and try charge ..same happened to me when I tried to install Mike's Rom. So what I ended up doing was after trying a millions things to get a little charge so I could flash stock recovery and relock bootloader. I turn phone off. Plug charge for 2 seconds unplug. Plug again unplug. Big pain in the ass. Don't let charger to long cause it boots phone againg. So usually u see led turn on then few seconds later it goes off that's when u have to unplug charger. Do that again a few times. Enough to get a little charge again to flash stock recover. Once u flash stock recover phone charges normally. You also need the correct RUU for ur phone. That's after flashing stock recovery then relock bootloader then flash ruu. Then u can try again a custom Rom or whatever u were doing
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phil.W said:
again, can't flash diddly because of low battery. So flashing stock recovery does nothing as it would end in an error.
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Same **** happened to me. Do what I said. It worked for me. Your phone just need a little charge so u can adb flash stock recovery.
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sadly I've tried many many many times now to do anything with it to get even a little juice but no luck. Just going to send it in at this point ..... =/

I faced your situation once
get into the bootloader and flash back the official recovery

[Q] Galaxy Nexus doesn't turn on

my phone doesnt turn on or shows me any indications of charge…when plugged into mac it disables the usb ports saying that some device is using large power so they are disabled to prevent computer from damaging…pls help me
i am going mad without my nexus feeling like i am in hell….
i even tried that pulling battery out then connecting and then inserting the battery but nothing seems to work…i am totally out of ind because i live in india so cant even get a new battery todo something it really hurts
NO USE OF A PC TOOO….THATS simply annoying i feel as if my fingers are cut god please help me:crying::crying::crying:

God this is happening quite a lot now...

I had the same issue for quite a time, but seem to have solved it just now.
My phone only charged when the power was off. When the phone was turned on it didnt charge. So what I did was turn off the phone > let it charge for like an hour > than turn on the phone while it's loading.
Let me know if it worked. Good luck!!
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u misunderstood
Casparovic said:
I had the same issue for quite a time, but seem to have solved it just now.
My phone only charged when the power was off. When the phone was turned on it didnt charge. So what I did was turn off the phone > let it charge for like an hour > than turn on the phone while it's loading.
Let me know if it worked. Good luck!!
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my phone doesnt show charging indication at all but it seems charging the battery because i have a seperate battery charger where it showed full charge it so weird that battery is charged but phone doesnt turn on

same same same!!!
pvkiniyan95 said:
my phone doesnt show charging indication at all but it seems charging the battery because i have a seperate battery charger where it showed full charge it so weird that battery is charged but phone doesnt turn on
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ya....i was having the same problem, but then it progressed to not charging when it's turned off, to finally the battery is just dead and now the phone won't turn on at all. i too feel like i'm in hell.
HELP!!!!!!

Check your usb port for damage, dust, etc
After that try a different usb cable
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bk201doesntexist said:
Check your usb port for damage, dust, etc
After that try a different usb cable
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I cleaned everything but no use...has anyone found a solution for these long days i have been using f***ing nokia e5-00...

pvkiniyan95 said:
I cleaned everything but no use...has anyone found a solution for these long days i have been using f***ing nokia e5-00...
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i think ur phone is bricked see HERE it may help :good:

samersh72 said:
i think ur phone is bricked see HERE it may help :good:
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No buddy i wasnt flashing any custom rom nor custom kernel...my mobile is a comple stockish unrooted galaxy nexus...
so there is no issues of any brick because yesterday to try my luck i plugged my phone to windows pc initially charging indications when the phone is off was displayed but immediately i heared an unplugging sound in my pc and nothing happedned...

pvkiniyan95 said:
No buddy i wasnt flashing any custom rom nor custom kernel...my mobile is a comple stockish unrooted galaxy nexus...
so there is no issues of any brick because yesterday to try my luck i plugged my phone to windows pc initially charging indications when the phone is off was displayed but immediately i heared an unplugging sound in my pc and nothing happedned...
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if u can get into fastboot mode reflash factory image. otherwise if u can not get into any mode and ur nexus is not turning on, the above link of omap may be useful

samersh72 said:
if u can get into fastboot mode reflash factory image. otherwise if u can not get into any mode and ur nexus is not turning on, the above link of omap may be useful
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all links in that thread are broken(((
but i googled and found a download lemme check it thanks buddy ))))

got my nexus back
finally after 8 months last week igot my gnex back after replacing the entire board which cost me 300$....no more stockish phone just rooted and installed custom kernel....no matter whichever phones come GNEX always rockzzzz...thank u all whoever tried to help me...btw i dont see a thanks button in ur post....thank u
samersh72 said:
if u can get into fastboot mode reflash factory image. otherwise if u can not get into any mode and ur nexus is not turning on, the above link of omap may be useful
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[Q] Bricked LG Nitro detected as HID

Owner said she left it charging overnight and by morning it was dead.
battery was totally drained, i used my own phone to test the battery.
lcd does not turn on, no lg download mode and not even qualcomm download mode.
the wierd part is pc detects device as usb HID. vendor id is 05C6, which is qualcomm's id and product id f006, who knows what it is.
i do have jtag tools but i want to try other options first.
keypad lights turn on when battery almost drained like all nitros do but nothing else besides that. i have tried all key pressed combinations that i could think.

el_venga said:
Owner said she left it charging overnight and by morning it was dead.
battery was totally drained, i used my own phone to test the battery.
lcd does not turn on, no lg download mode and not even qualcomm download mode.
the wierd part is pc detects device as usb HID. vendor id is 05C6, which is qualcomm's id and product id f006, who knows what it is.
i do have jtag tools but i want to try other options first.
keypad lights turn on when battery almost drained like all nitros do but nothing else besides that. i have tried all key pressed combinations that i could think.
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I am assuming you tried your own battery in the phone and same results? If so you may have to use jtag as there is "hidden" boot loader that gives access to the DL mode and recovery partition and if that's gone the only way I know of is with a jtag device. Good luck.
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Swetnes said:
I am assuming you tried your own battery in the phone and same results? If so you may have to use jtag as there is "hidden" boot loader that gives access to the DL mode and recovery partition and if that's gone the only way I know of is with a jtag device. Good luck.
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Yes i did. It drained it cause i tried lots of things. Tell me more about the hidden bootloader. Im no n00b, you can go straight to the real thing. I also do this for a living and if i can contribute to the forum, its better.
I went over 4pda and found that the vid+pid are supposed to be correct but it is detected as HID instead of qcusb. I will modify or update my drivers tomorow just in case.
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i wonder, if this issue could be caused by faulty connection from battery to phone, does anyone know if the battery connection is faulty would the phone still turn on when plugged in? i don't think so, try pulling the battery from your working phone, and plugging into usb, my guess is it won't turn on, if thats the case you might want to see if its possible to replace the connection, i can't remember if it looked detachable when i was replacing my ditiziger, i would check these with my phone but i have a tripple layer case on it and its a pain to take it all apart and put it back together, its something to think about tho, i only thinking along these lines because its the only explanation i can think of as to why the phone would die while plugged in, and not work with a new battery. i think it might also detect as HID if there is 0 power in the device (which could happen if it won't turn on while plugged in with no battery) if the battery connection is faulty.

KronicSkillz said:
i wonder, if this issue could be caused by faulty connection from battery to phone, does anyone know if the battery connection is faulty would the phone still turn on when plugged in? i don't think so, try pulling the battery from your working phone, and plugging into usb, my guess is it won't turn on, if thats the case you might want to see if its possible to replace the connection, i can't remember if it looked detachable when i was replacing my ditiziger, i would check these with my phone but i have a tripple layer case on it and its a pain to take it all apart and put it back together, its something to think about tho, i only thinking along these lines because its the only explanation i can think of as to why the phone would die while plugged in, and not work with a new battery. i think it might also detect as HID if there is 0 power in the device (which could happen if it won't turn on while plugged in with no battery) if the battery connection is faulty.
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I will make a connection test. Im also going the try the usb connected but no battery with my own phone.
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el_venga said:
I will make a connection test. Im also going the try the usb connected but no battery with my own phone.
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let me know, i'm curious

first thing in the morning i did today was test my device with no battery through usb but nothing showed up on device manager. after that not even the bricked one was doing it but eventually it did. i also did a voltage test from microusb charger to battery pins and Vs are same as my phone which is a little less than 1v, which is really odd cause it should be over 3v at least. battery is being detected by phone because when its very low on charge, keypad lights blink a few times.

hrmn interesting, one thing ur missing is there is no way the cap lights would light up to warn you about low battery if there is 0 power in the phone which is what it sounds like, so that doesn't really mean its detecting the battery. i'm honestly not sure if im right but it still sounds possible

hello! i'm new user. niceto meet you

When i first tested the battery on my own device, i plugged the charger and it did that. Forgot to mention that its only when plugged. I had to wait a little to actually see that it was charging. Ill try the same later today just to verify that im not wrong.
edit: i just recreated the HID connection with my working phone. it seems that they do that when they are discharged or something like that. when tried the other day, did not happened at all and i took sometime.
Officially gave up. Im doing jtag.
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try this
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I had a similar. Try to reconnect all connectors on the main board.

happyneser said:
I had a similar. Try to reconnect all connectors on the main board.
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This one is totally dead. I even switched motherboards with my own.
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Seems that it is hw problem and most probably flash ic. Got it to boot with jtag but I couldn't read or write anything afterwards. Official brick by hardware problem.
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My Nexus 7 2013 is completely dead, help

So I went to use it and it wouldnt turn on, dont think the battery was dead but i wasnt sure, nothing would work even when plugged in, no led blinks, no bootloader mode, nothing. Finally after holding the power button for a little bit it turned on while the power cord was plugged in. Then about 15 seconds later it shut down and back to no response.
I plugged it in and let it sit overnight, I got up and turned it on, turned on like normal, used it for maybe a minute, was satisfied that it mustve had a low battery, and i walked away, come back a few hours later and it wont turn on again, wont go into bootloader, nothing. Just blank. Now I know the battery is charged now but its just a mess.
Its unlocked, running scars aokp 10/16 his kernel and has been for a week now. No issues before this. I popped the cover off and the battery connection seems ok, Help?

Looks like something is wrong with the battery. It drains too fast.
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Yeah, idk nothing works anymore. I'm hoping to get a new one if I send it into Asus. Have to call back tomorrow they said I'll have to send it in. I'd just buy a new one but for the price and now the reliability of this device. Not interested in spending the money for one again. Very unimpressed
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You just been unlucky.
They should replace the battery at no extra cost.

Flash it back to stock.

How am I supposed to flash it to stock. It doesn't do anything.
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I think there is nothing wrong with your Tab. The battery is just drained.
There are quite a few people here with similar issue. I had this problem with two of my NookHD+s (bought four).
When drained, the Tabs just didn't wake up & start charging when plugged in ... I had to "wake" it up to get charged !!
I don't remember exactly how. But I had to hold some key-combos (Power+U --> Power+Volume+/- on N7) .. until I got a
screen response, then let it charge for awhile. (I almost packed them up for RMA .. until this did the trick).
THEN, you have to check which app is draining your battery.

wont it void all warrenty if sending back to asus with using a custom rom on it
they will know iam sure.they will just send unit back to you

The battery isn't dead, when it does turn on like normal for a few seconds, it says the battery is at 100 percent. I'm fairly certain it's not a battery issue. Believe me, I've tried hundreds of button combos, my next hope is to keep trying bootloader and hope that it goes into it on one of the times it does turn on.
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rocksyjj said:
wont it void all warrenty if sending back to asus with using a custom rom on it
they will know iam sure.they will just send unit back to you
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Prolly, but the booklet does say they will cover any hardware issues but is not liable for software or 3rd party software. So if it's hardware I don't think they will care, unlocked or not. I think.
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A few years back, I had to RMA my TF101. I had a customROM on it (it didnot power up to get back to stock).
They indicated NoProblemFound but the Tab was wiped cleanly back to initial stock stage (if no problem was found .. why
the trouble to wipe ?). I (later) found out it would power up if I hold the Power long enough.
So, I guess they (contracted repair service) would just hook up the Tab then do a factory image recovery (I ended up sending it back
two more times before they replace the bad mainboard).

silver04v said:
Prolly, but the booklet does say they will cover any hardware issues but is not liable for software or 3rd party software. So if it's hardware I don't think they will care, unlocked or not. I think.
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but if you used a kernel they could say it was over clocked causing hardware damage
as i tested a few kernels with over clocking and seen there was alot of heat coming
from camera area top right .. so now iam back to stock kernel less worrys

Eh, well somehow I got it to boot one of the times it did into bootloader, I ran to the computer and flashed to stock, it's still unlocked and can't get it to relocate the bootloader but at least it's on a stock rom. Got my rma info tonigjt
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Well, got the bootloader to lock thanks to adb. Now to box it up this weekend and send it out.
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[Q] Xperia PLAY R800i Completely Dead

Hello,
My Xperia PLAY is dead. Completely dead:crying: No vibration when power button is pushed, no blue LED in fastboot mode (it won't get detected as well) and no green LED in flashtool mode. This happened after the battery went flat on Friday. It was late when I noticed the dead battery and since I don't charge phones overnight I left it till the next morning. I plugged it in the next morning and left it to charge for about three hours. I didn't see a red LED as usual but I didn't think much of it as I was late. Upon returning I noticed that the battery was extremely hot (burning hot) and the phone would not boot up. I immediately removed the battery and left both to cool. I then tried to power up again but it showed no signs life. Since I had a R800x motherboard lying around, I swapped boards and the R800x fired straight up. The battery hadn't charged fully (it was at around 25%) so I let it charge to 100% and swapped the R800i motherboard back. Still no life.
I tried to connect using flashtool and fastboot but still nothing. It's like the phone is completely dead! The board fuses were OK (I think they were fuses!) and it didn't have any burn marks.
This is what happens now if I connect to the PC-no signs of life on the phone and no detection on the PC (Windows XP SP2). If I leave it connected, I feel the battery heating up very quickly so I disconnect it. I tried flashtool with 0.58FTF but when it says to connect the phone it is not detected. Same goes for fastboot. I even tried connecting the phone via USB and removing and re-inserting the battery (as it had worked for someone with a bricked phone) but no dice.
I had Lupus ICS/GB V5 and ICS Original by DanyXP running. The apps I had were Titanium Backup, No frills CPU control, eBay for android and notification toggle (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037817). No frills settings were Min CPU 194Mhz, Max 1049MHz (stock value- wasn't overclocked) Governor Intelidemand V2 (unsure).
Is my motherboard beyond repair? I only had it for a couple of months but I love my Xperia PLAY and I want it back!
Thanks for taking the time to read my question.
Regards.
Jay.

Try if it is detected in testpoint. ..
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kanaksharma said:
Try if it is detected in testpoint. ..
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Thank you for replying. How do I do this? I read a topic by Alejandrissimo and he might be able to fix my phone through remote support. I also think that it shut down by itself when something upset the trim area and the battery has nothing to do with it.

So I tried Testpoint and there's no response either. I followed this tutorial and found the testpoint locations for the XPLAY from the internet-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1730874
I tried the S1tool application as well but still nothing. Should I look for another phone now?
Also Alejandrissimo did not reply yet, I PMd him and sent him an email via his Gmail address...

If it is not detected via testpoint in pc means your phone is dead. .. Need to change your motherboard... Btw try a few times maybe it is detected. . If it is detected pm me I can help you remotely
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kanaksharma said:
If it is not detected via testpoint in pc means your phone is dead. .. Need to change your motherboard... Btw try a few times maybe it is detected. . If it is detected pm me I can help you remotely
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Thanks for your reply.
I have a feeling that this board is dead as well. I'm going to try one more time and then look for another R800i with a cracked screen or something and swap them out. I still can't understand how it died out of the blue! I never overclocked it and I'm not a very heavy phone user. It's shut down at the end of each day and I never let the battery run flat either. Happens to the best of us, I guess!

Power ic problem
JAY48 said:
Hello,
My Xperia PLAY is dead. Completely dead:crying: No vibration when power button is pushed, no blue LED in fastboot mode (it won't get detected as well) and no green LED in flashtool mode. This happened after the battery went flat on Friday. It was late when I noticed the dead battery and since I don't charge phones overnight I left it till the next morning. I plugged it in the next morning and left it to charge for about three hours. I didn't see a red LED as usual but I didn't think much of it as I was late. Upon returning I noticed that the battery was extremely hot (burning hot) and the phone would not boot up. I immediately removed the battery and left both to cool. I then tried to power up again but it showed no signs life. Since I had a R800x motherboard lying around, I swapped boards and the R800x fired straight up. The battery hadn't charged fully (it was at around 25%) so I let it charge to 100% and swapped the R800i motherboard back. Still no life.
I tried to connect using flashtool and fastboot but still nothing. It's like the phone is completely dead! The board fuses were OK (I think they were fuses!) and it didn't have any burn marks.
This is what happens now if I connect to the PC-no signs of life on the phone and no detection on the PC (Windows XP SP2). If I leave it connected, I feel the battery heating up very quickly so I disconnect it. I tried flashtool with 0.58FTF but when it says to connect the phone it is not detected. Same goes for fastboot. I even tried connecting the phone via USB and removing and re-inserting the battery (as it had worked for someone with a bricked phone) but no dice.
I had Lupus ICS/GB V5 and ICS Original by DanyXP running. The apps I had were Titanium Backup, No frills CPU control, eBay for android and notification toggle (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037817). No frills settings were Min CPU 194Mhz, Max 1049MHz (stock value- wasn't overclocked) Governor Intelidemand V2 (unsure).
Is my motherboard beyond repair? I only had it for a couple of months but I love my Xperia PLAY and I want it back!
Thanks for taking the time to read my question.
Regards.
Jay.
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Bro dis had exactly happened to me last month .. ur mother board ain't dead yet.. the only solution to it is by replacing the power ic..

You short circuited the board
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FaiselW said:
You short circuited the board
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Hi Faisel,
You may be right, because the repair technician also said he suspected a short. Is this repairable?

I don't really know. All I know is when it is short circuited, the battery will get very hot and can burn and will damage the board
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So, the technicians returned my phone and said it is unrepairable! Bummer!
I'll be looking for another XPlay but first, how did this short-circuit happen? I didn't reverse battery polarity and no one else handled the phone repairs. Although I installed a new kernel and ROM, I didn't overclock it either. (it was underclocked to 194MHz using 'no frills CPU') I'm beginning to think that the earlier owner of the donor phone may have had too much fun with his phone!
Please tell me your views on this issue so I will be wiser with my next phone!
Regards,
Jay.

JAY48 said:
So, the technicians returned my phone and said it is unrepairable! Bummer!
I'll be looking for another XPlay but first, how did this short-circuit happen? I didn't reverse battery polarity and no one else handled the phone repairs. Although I installed a new kernel and ROM, I didn't overclock it either. (it was underclocked to 194MHz using 'no frills CPU') I'm beginning to think that the earlier owner of the donor phone may have had too much fun with his phone!
Please tell me your views on this issue so I will be wiser with my next phone!
Regards,
Jay.
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Sorry to bump so soon but I really need to know-will installing a custom kernel and ROM affect motherboard durability in any way? I will not be installing any CPU/governor customising apps this time but I really want DanyXP's ICS ROM and Lupus Kernel again! I might be getting another Play very soon so I've got to be prepared!
Regards.