hi guys, not been on for a long time as i moved onto a newer phone, but ive recently lost the new phone and decided to route out my old MDA compactIII (ARTE110), i charged it for a few hours while i went out and when i came back i tried to turn it on but it wouldnt, i remember dropping the phone down a set of stairs before i upgraded, but it worked fine after the fall.
is there anything i should be looking for inside the phone thats prone to simple nocks and bangs or would it be best to try and buy another one as i really miss using this phone.
if its a simple dont bother ill be on the look out for a HTC kesier
anybody???
Hard to say, isn't it?
Did it still work when you got your new phone?
How long ago was that?
What does it do and what does it not do?
Does it show the charging LED?
Yellow on charging, green when fully charged.
For all we know right now your battery or even your charger might be dead.
I take it you don't see anything on the screen, but that doesn't necessary mean it doesn't switch on, for instance: are there any sounds?
What happens when you click on the screen, does it give you any sound-feedback? Did you turn sound-feedback on (so many months or so ago)?
In short: give us as many details as you can!
It seems I bricked my Xperia Play. It was working fine one day when it shut down due to low battery and wouldn't boot back up. I'm out of warranty, so tinkering around in the hardware is doable, I just don't have the tools at the moment. Anyways, with the battery in when I hold down the power button it vibrates roughly every two and a half seconds, but the screen stays off and the notification light stays off. Yesterday I was trying to make it boot, and I believe when it was connected to a PC, Windows defects it then it disappears when I hold down the power button, as well as the notification led blinks red/orange a couple times. Unfortunately I had to cut my troubleshooting time short(Rush concert ftw), so I was unable to do much research. However, I did a little and all the things that I found said that it was infact a hardware issue that requires manufacturer fix. Seeing how that's not possible I came Here hoping that one of the geniuses at XDA could help me. Help?
For the record its not my phone anymore, I gave it to my sister and she had about a day of use before it broke, and before they I let my friend borrow it so I don't know what she did with it, but she's fairly trustable, so I don't think it was something she did.
For those wondering my current phone is a broken Galaxy Nexus. Don't worry, I'm ordering a replacement tomorrow,
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So I was talking to some fellow geeks in my C# class and decided to root my phone. This site was suggested as the best one to go to.
To my amazement the first thing I saw was a guide w/ software on the first page. I was pulling all nighter, and decided to do that for a break.
So after a half assed attempt at reading the instructions and warnings, I went ahead like a retard and flashed my phone w/ an international OS.
I can't get into download or recovery mode. Holding the buttons down will bring up the Samsung screen, sometimes with the background in the corners is blue too (weird). Same thing if it's plugged in. If the battery is removed it will attempt to power on (the red LED lights up) then powers up.
I've noticed that with thicker cables and using a wall unit instead of the PC the red LED will stay lit longer, giving me hope it can be recovered with a jig.
So from what i've read here, I screwed myself and it's all my fault. So I have two choices
A) Send it into Samsung.
B) Recover it myself with a USB jig. I would rather do this, but im not sure if it's even possible to recover.
C) Also I just got this phone through insurance and haven't sent the old one in yet. It's a Samsung s3 too, just with a cracked face. Anyway I could use the hardware from that?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
scott.austin said:
So I was talking to some fellow geeks in my C# class and decided to root my phone. This site was suggested as the best one to go to.
To my amazement the first thing I saw was a guide w/ software on the first page. I was pulling all nighter, and decided to do that for a break.
So after a half assed attempt at reading the instructions and warnings, I went ahead like a retard and flashed my phone w/ an international OS.
I can't get into download or recovery mode. Holding the buttons down will bring up the Samsung screen, sometimes with the background in the corners is blue too (weird). Same thing if it's plugged in. If the battery is removed it will attempt to power on (the red LED lights up) then powers up.
I've noticed that with thicker cables and using a wall unit instead of the PC the red LED will stay lit longer, giving me hope it can be recovered with a jig.
So from what i've read here, I screwed myself and it's all my fault. So I have two choices
A) Send it into Samsung.
B) Recover it myself with a USB jig. I would rather do this, but im not sure if it's even possible to recover.
C) Also I just got this phone through insurance and haven't sent the old one in yet. It's a Samsung s3 too, just with a cracked face. Anyway I could use the hardware from that?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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A jig is worthless here. You could potentially swap the mobo from the cracked screen one but it won't be fun to say the least. So your best bet is sending it to Samsung. Rumor has it they'll fix and return free.
I would suspect that if you cannot get into download mode you are probably screwed after having flashed an international rom. I basically did the same thing with my first s3 except it wouldn't power on at all. I was lucky after an hour sprint couldn't tell that it had been bricked and gave me another one.
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Do like a friend did once. Tell the insurance company, they sent you a defective phone..
So figuring what the hell, I cracked open the cases of both S3's. Swapping the MoBo was extremely easy, and it worked like a charm. Fired up immediately. There was some technical difficulty getting the phone recognized on Sprints network.
Will definitely pay closer attention in the future to directions
So my a100 battery was dead, so I put it on the charger. After a short time I went to turn it on, and it wouldn't come on. The blue light comes on the power button, and if I hold the button down the home button eventually lights up. But it will not boot no matter what I do. Is it dead? Why? What would Acer charge me to fix it? It's just a little over a year since I bought it.
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So my a100 battery was dead, so I put it on the charger. After a short time I went to turn it on, and it wouldn't come on. The blue light comes on the power button, and if I hold the button down the home button eventually lights up. But it will not boot no matter what I do. Is it dead? Why? What would Acer charge me to fix it? It's just a little over a year since I bought it.
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Yeah running these down to dead likely will brick it, new battery or board will be needed. Acer will probably charge more then a new refurb will cost. Not sure why but it does happen occasionally.
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Well, that's not good news... I just opened the forum to search for this exact problem. Thanks though, I won't waste any more time or energy with it.
This happens to the Xoom too. Try this, might not help but...
Plug in the USB from the PC. Then Plug in the power adapter. Look for the Orange glow of the power button. If you don't see it, don't panic. Try and hold down the vol. Up and then power. (Recovery) It might just kick on. If that fails, Unplug USB, Unplug power, Then Plug power in, try it again. If that didn't work, repeat a few more times and let it sit plugged in. Rinse Lather Repeat.
A100 Brick
Same thing happened to mine after 13 months. Acer told me $199 for service. I said, "With all due respect, why wouldn't I buy a Nexus 7 instead?" He said he would pass my comments on to the powers that be. They haven't called me back just yet.
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Well, I got lucky I guess. Turns out the warranty wasn't quite expired yet after all. It had less than a month on it, but I sent it in and they say they fixed it. It's on the way back now. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to keep it. I came within a few weeks of being with a useless piece of Acer after one year and $270. Doesn't seem like a very good investment. Maybe I would be better not gambling with another crash, and sell it and get something newer. Are the newer tablets such as the Nexus 7 or Samsung more reliable?
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Well, I got lucky I guess. Turns out the warranty wasn't quite expired yet after all. It had less than a month on it, but I sent it in and they say they fixed it. It's on the way back now. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to keep it. I came within a few weeks of being with a useless piece of Acer after one year and $270. Doesn't seem like a very good investment. Maybe I would be better not gambling with another crash, and sell it and get something newer. Are the newer tablets such as the Nexus 7 or Samsung more reliable?
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Yes, they are.
Keep in mind Acer built the first full feature powerful tablet in a 7" form, everything else in the class had half the features and power. To do it for the price point they had to cut some corners, namely the LCD panel, battery and gambling on a buggy emmc. Sadly the they chose an emmc that isn't reliable at all. My advice is get it repaired and sell it for anything other then an a1xx device. I went against my better judgement and got an Acer product and I was, of course, disappointed in it, as always, and never again with so many options available now for the same money the a100 was new.
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A while back i used to "try" to root stuff. I sucked at it BAD. Anyway, I have a Galaxy Note 8.0 (GT-N5110) that I had rooted to a certain point (very superficial) and I just kept it the way it was, that way I could use Multi-window for any app. This morning I unplug my tab from the charger only to be disappointed that it will not turn on. Ive tried different power outlets, different cables, different base chargers, even the whole "power+vol_up+home" thing... nothing. I never updated the tab when Kitkat came through the pipeline. Im freaking out that a new major update automatically happened overnight or something. Im sorry to trouble you all, but does anyone have suggestions? Since it's rooted I can't take it to Samsung or Best Buy. Honestly if I could just get it back to stock, that would be awesome, but im more concerned about getting it to simply turn on. Any Ideas?
If your device is rooted you won't get an OTA update so that could not be the problem. You can try to unplug battery (mus open the device)"and see what happened. Maybe your battery is faulty or someting else.
K... I appreciate it Ill take a look. But, lets say I actually open it (without making things worse), how do I determine if the battery is in fact faulty? If it is, can I get a replacement? preferably an official samsung one.
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Scratch that. Sry, Im just always scared of doin stuff, so I always feel like I have to ask the question, but I'll look it up. Im confident at least this should be easy enough for me to do Thank you again.
The problem with this device is you cannot pull out the battery easily. Maybe after that steps it boots up again.
Battery removal wasn't bad... now I'm just waiting for a new one (ordered on ebay, crossing fingers hoping it was legit). What did you mean "after that steps it boots up agin."? Will the tablet boot up without the battery if it's plugged in or something?
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Battery removal wasn't bad... now I'm just waiting for a new one (ordered on ebay, crossing fingers hoping it was legit). What did you mean "after that steps it boots up agin."? Will the tablet boot up without the battery if it's plugged in or something?
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Wow, that suck. sorry for you man. For now, try to plug the tablet to a computer and while device manager opened and see if there is change. If the change say "qhsusb" or something along that line and not your model number . . . changing battery wont do anything because it's already hard bricked. if not, finger cross.
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What did you mean "after that steps it boots up agin."? Will the tablet boot up without the battery if it's plugged in or something?
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No. But sometimes after this step and reconnecting the battery the device boots up. Also a battery calibration is done.
I tried plugging in the tablet to the computer with the old battery and then without any battery. Neither one prompted anything in the device manager. Today I got the new battery (assuming its legit and in good condition) in the mail. I plugged it in, and nothing. Plugged the tablet with the new battery to the wall charger, nothing. Plugged the tablet with the new battery to the computer while running device manager, nothing.
I'm going assume that the new battery is dead and let it stay connected to the wall charger for 8+ hrs, and see if there are any changes.
I just really don't understand what the deal is and why this would randomly happen. Ive never had problems with the firmware or anything. I have felt like there was an issue with the battery being that it doesn't seem to be keeping much of a charge... but for it to just Hard Brick like this seems so out of the blue. Can anyone provide me with additional suggestions please?
Maybe I'll ask it this way...
Is there any way to test if the batteries are food? That way I can at least determine if the tablet is in fact hard bricked or just bad batteries.
Might not be what you want to hear, but if different cables, chargers and batteries don't work, then maybe there was a power surge overnight while the device was plugged into the wall that took out the device (I once lost a computer that way and now I only use surge suppressors (note that not all power bars are proper surge protectors! See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surge_protector ) that are UL 1449 certified with a low clamping voltage and high energy absorption rating as a minimum; the fancier ones can even tell you if your wall outlet has a grounding problem). Or your tablet's USB port is broken, but that doesn't make sense based on what you've said thus far. Or you're just super-unlucky and all of your replacement parts are also faulty (it could happen). Either way, I've got my fingers crossed for you!
In the meantime, a multimeter would be able to tell if the batteries hold a charge, and whether or not power flows to the device when the battery is attached or the device is plugged into the wall or computer.
Just make sure you read up on how to use one first so you don't accidentally electrocute yourself:
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-multimeter
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In the meantime, a multimeter would be able to tell if the batteries hold a charge, and whether or not power flows to the device when the battery is attached or the device is plugged into the wall or computer.
Just make sure you read up on how to use one first so you don't accidentally electrocute yourself:
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Ill definitely be looking into this option in depth tomorrow, and deeply appreciate it. At least it's something. T_T I don't want my tablet going to electro grave. This sucks so bad. This has been a month from hell
First my printer decides its time to start printing crooked over a couple of months, getting so bad that it jams up a few weeks ago, requiring me to get a new printer, which has been a fiasco in and of itself that still hasnt been resolved. Ive gone through 4 printers in one week, all of them different model printers, all from HP, and each and every one of them defective.
Then my laptops video card tweaks out because of installing Splashtop Stream, which starts a domino effect requiring me to do a factory reset on the laptop.
Then my Tablet just decides to kill over.
Then my Microsoft Arc mouse decides it doesn't the want to wheel to work requiring me to purchase a new one, and when I receive it, the cover for the battery compartment is missing and the wheel click is defective. It took 2 and a half weeks to resolve
Then I get bronchitis.
all in less than a month.
Alright, ya... it's dead. Oh well. Here's me trying to make the most of it: are there any places that buy bricked tabs? I figure the parts have to have some sort of salvage value.... maybe.
You can't go to a Samsung service shop? They might not fix it under warranty, but I assume they'll have a look at it and give you an estimation? I feel for you, we all have had these awful weeks... I soft bricked my pad, my computer started to play up, my other computer decided it wanted to die after years of hard work and not skipping a beat, my son got the flu, the missus was on her monthly(grumpy wife..take cover), and when I took a break from it all on the toilet I found that we had run out of paper! To make matters worse, my favorite football team lost from a second division team.. This all happened in one single day! So chin up, it might take a week, but when all it's fixed again you'll experience deep appreciation for the things you have taken for granted.... (xda fixed my tablet, time fixed my wife)
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Sry for delayed response.
Im very very doubtful that Samsung will help. I have two more... ideas, before I go to Samsung. Non-invasive of coarse, wouldn't want to make matters worse.
K, So first off I took the tablet with extra battery to a tech place in the area that said the batteries are fine, but when they put a multimeter to the motherboard nothing came back. Basically its dead according to them. There's one more shop in the area I want to get a second opinion from. Next, does anyone know anything about an app called "Splashtop Stream"? I'm a fond user of Splashtop to control/view my computer straight my tablet, but when I installed "Splashtop Stream" to use the tablet as an extended screen (not just a cloned second screen), my tablet and both computers I tried it with did NOT like it. I immediately uninstalled it, but it dawned on me that it was just a matter of days later that my Tablet died. I hate to grasp at straws, but if an app like that is too resource intensive, I'm okay with seeing a connection that it fried my tablet. I can't just ask Splashtop "Hey, does your app fry motherboards", so I need a way of researching legitimate known problems. I can't afford a $400 tablet right now.
The reason why I'm using Samsung as a last resort is because it's outside my warranty time, and the moment they know that I did even the simple fast-mod on it, they'll slap it down and won't help. There no custom boot or Roms on it.
With all this said, any suggestions anyone?
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You can't go to a Samsung service shop? They might not fix it under warranty, but I assume they'll have a look at it and give you an estimation? I feel for you, we all have had these awful weeks... I soft bricked my pad, my computer started to play up, my other computer decided it wanted to die after years of hard work and not skipping a beat, my son got the flu, the missus was on her monthly(grumpy wife..take cover), and when I took a break from it all on the toilet I found that we had run out of paper! To make matters worse, my favorite football team lost from a second division team.. This all happened in one single day! So chin up, it might take a week, but when all it's fixed again you'll experience deep appreciation for the things you have taken for granted.... (xda fixed my tablet, time fixed my wife)
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O_O That does suck!! Sry man.
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Sry for delayed response.
Im very very doubtful that Samsung will help. I have two more... ideas, before I go to Samsung. Non-invasive of coarse, wouldn't want to make matters worse.
K, So first off I took the tablet with extra battery to a tech place in the area that said the batteries are fine, but when they put a multimeter to the motherboard nothing came back. Basically its dead according to them. There's one more shop in the area I want to get a second opinion from. Next, does anyone know anything about an app called "Splashtop Stream"? I'm a fond user of Splashtop to control/view my computer straight my tablet, but when I installed "Splashtop Stream" to use the tablet as an extended screen (not just a cloned second screen), my tablet and both computers I tried it with did NOT like it. I immediately uninstalled it, but it dawned on me that it was just a matter of days later that my Tablet died. I hate to grasp at straws, but if an app like that is too resource intensive, I'm okay with seeing a connection that it fried my tablet. I can't just ask Splashtop "Hey, does your app fry motherboards", so I need a way of researching legitimate known problems. I can't afford a $400 tablet right now.
The reason why I'm using Samsung as a last resort is because it's outside my warranty time, and the moment they know that I did even the simple fast-mod on it, they'll slap it down and won't help. There no custom boot or Roms on it.
With all this said, any suggestions anyone?
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I randomly bumped here and I'm no expert, but if your tablet's motherboard is indeed dead, I believe there is absolutely no way they can tell that the device got rooted at some point. You did not "hard brick" it, that's a whole other thing, or at least so I've learned in my not-very-long experience. "Hard brick" should be the result of flashing a kernel made some other device, which definitely is not your case. Moreover, that does not kill the motherboard, it just makes anything unbootable: it's a software problem, so it can actually be detected. You had a hardware failure that most likely completely wiped any proof that you have ever modified your device, so the only problem that you might have, I think, is them telling you that they take no responsibility for what your power outlet has done to the device, but they shouldn't be able to detect any modification that you have made. In my opinion technical support is worth trying.
Awesome!! Thank you so much!
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Awesome!! Thank you so much!
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You're welcome, good luck!
Just thought Id let everyone know that I managed to get Samsung to compromise on the matter since the Tablet is only 5 months past warranty (1yr 5mnths since purchase). So, not much longer and hopefully Ill have a tablet that works yet again.