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Help!! Bricked Evo

I have been rooted for a while and successfully flashed a few Roms/Kerenels using rom manager. I was flashing the newest version of Myn and one of the "warm" kernels that it offered with it. Everything was going normally the rom loaded fashed the rom and kerenel the phone was reseting then out of nowhere i got the image of the white box and android guy with an arrw as if to say "android taken out of box" I left it like that for about 5 min then took the batt out and tried to reset it. I got the same image then i tried vol. up & power it vibrated 3x and did nothing. My buddy had the same problem yesterday and he got it workin. I called him and he said all he did was pull batt/restart over and over till it booted normally. I tried that about 10x then it would not turn on again. Plugged it in, no response no led light up.
Am I bricked past the point of no return, and if not what can I do to get back in business

Try volume down + power..
also if you have a spare battery on hand try that

Ive tried all button combos ect. nothing I have tried has gotten me ANY sort of response from the phone

dnicholsokp said:
Ive tried all button combos ect. nothing I have tried has gotten me ANY sort of response from the phone
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can u get it to turn on to splash screen?

at the risk of sounding ignorant what is that/ how would i get it up because I cannot get it to do ANYTHING but sit here off with no display no led light not led when charging its almost as if it wasnt recieving power or something

can you turn it on at all?

Can you get into the phones boot loader?

Take the battery out and plug the phone into the charger let it sit for like 1 min then put the battery back in while on the charger still. Wait for the led and then
Vol down + power
Go into wipe section and wipe everything
Do you already have updated radios?
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following the steps mentioned above the LED never came on I still have not gotten it to do ANYTHING... do you think that if i brought it to a tech center they would swap it out because there is no way to get it on and if they cant get it on there is no way they could tell that it was routed.. right? also in regaurds to the antennas i believe it did i think myn made me do that as part of the kernel change/rom flash

dnicholsokp said:
following the steps mentioned above the LED never came on I still have not gotten it to do ANYTHING... do you think that if i brought it to a tech center they would swap it out because there is no way to get it on and if they cant get it on there is no way they could tell that it was routed.. right? also in regaurds to the antennas i believe it did i think myn made me do that as part of the kernel change/rom flash
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First yeah they should just exchange it at a sprint corporate store.
Second myn didn't make you do anything, he made a suggestion.
Third now I know what you did wrong, which was obviously pulled the battery while the radio was updating.
Fourth, you have no choice but to turn it into sprint as there are several documented occasions where ppl have done the exact same thing and had to exchange their phone..
Fifth get a good nights rest and head to sprint first thing in the morning!
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I agree with craig... sleep on it.
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that is the reason Why I don't flash roms.

Yea dude being that I just went through 4 evo's before I finally got it right ik the pain but you gotta just suck it up and bring the poor thing back to sprint
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you pulled the battery while it was updating the radio, didnt you.
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Just smash the phone on the floor,tell Sprint you droped it. Pay the $100.00 insurance and walla! New EVO!

Possible Fix
Last night I decided to flash Calkulin's Radio, WiMAX, PRI & NV combo..something I have done several times. Only this time I was discharging my battery and I forgot that the low battery warning had come on. So, long story short, I ended up with the little box and the android guy. I did a search and came to this thread. Anyway, out of desperation to do something, I connected my phone to fastboot commander and since I couldn't put my phone into fastboot mode the phone was not recognized. So I switched it to the system settings. No sooner than I connected it than the the progress bar started initializing under the android guy. The screen dimmed and came back on and then went to the splash sceen and booted up. I don't know if this is a fluke or what, but I'm pretty damn happy with myself for solving my own problem. Maybe this will help someone.
UPDATE: I tried to flash Calkulin's Radio, WiMAX, PRI & NV combo again to make sure everything flashed properly and the same thing happened. I connected my phone to fastboot commander and it worked again.

Trial and Error brotha Trial and MuthaF'n Error
dkdude36 said:
you pulled the battery while it was updating the radio, didnt you.
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Yup only thing I could think of

Weird heat while charging

Hi,
i've been using the GNEX for almost 3 months, it had been rooted and used the AOKP ROM since i have bought my phone. And just last night, while i charge my phone as usual when i got home then i went to a bath, then when i came out and pick up the phone, the back left hand corner is producing a lot of heat!! then i unplug the usb cable immediately and turn off my phone, after around 3 mins, till the phone had cooled down and i thought it was just the cable's problem, so i switch the Nexus S' usb cable instead of the GNEX original one, and it happens again in just 3mins!! so i switched the battery again which both of them are original ones, charge it with my phone on. and it just happens again!!! so i switched off my phone and charge it, and it just charge normally without generating weird heat...! strange!! so do anyone know what's going on with my phone?? should i unroot it and take it back to samsung? please, needed help!! THX!!
bosco

superbaby0528 said:
Hi,
i've been using the GNEX for almost 3 months, it had been rooted and used the AOKP ROM since i have bought my phone. And just last night, while i charge my phone as usual when i got home then i went to a bath, then when i came out and pick up the phone, the back left hand corner is producing a lot of heat!! then i unplug the usb cable immediately and turn off my phone, after around 3 mins, till the phone had cooled down and i thought it was just the cable's problem, so i switch the Nexus S' usb cable instead of the GNEX original one, and it happens again in just 3mins!! so i switched the battery again which both of them are original ones, charge it with my phone on. and it just happens again!!! so i switched off my phone and charge it, and it just charge normally without generating weird heat...! strange!! so do anyone know what's going on with my phone?? should i unroot it and take it back to samsung? please, needed help!! THX!!
bosco
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weird heat... that doesnt say much since the way you described it might be weird for someone and normal for someone else. whats the battery temperature? whats the cpu temperature?

You've had your phone for nearly 3 months and this is the first time it's getting hot? LOL anyway sounds like something is using the cpu...
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hows this for weird heat? but its not really weird, its normal for being at 1689/1689mhz, running a bunch of benchmarks, wirelessly tethering, and being plugged in.. 100C cpu temp and 109.4 battery temp
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simms22 said:
hows this for weird heat? but its not really weird, its normal for being at 1689/1689mhz, running a bunch of benchmarks, wirelessly tethering, and being plugged in.. 100C cpu temp and 109.4 battery temp
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WTF?!
My nexus never gets beyond 42c(and thats rarely) and i use my phone plenty and i live in a hot country
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negrobembon said:
WTF?!
My nexus never gets beyond 42c(and thats rarely) and i use my phone plenty and i live in a hot country
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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this was above and beyond normal use, lol. but, for what i was doing to it, it was normal
(i did turn off heat throttling, btw, or the cpu would never get that hot)

nope, i set the cpu at 1Ghz and turned on Airplane mode.

simms22 said:
this was above and beyond normal use, lol. but, for what i was doing to it, it was normal
(i did turn off heat throttling, btw, or the cpu would never get that hot)
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Wait how do you get heat throttling ? My phone gets extremely hot most of the time its unbearable
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus CDMA using xda premium

Phone won't turn on :(

I've been experiencing some problems with charging and I read in out of the threads that I could use a bit of electrical contact cleaner and it would work. And now my screen protector is ruined and my phone won't fully turn on. It boots up, vibrates then it turns off. What do I do I'm freaking out right now. I'm going to put it rice to see if that works at all Anybody know what I should do I'm really scared right now.

Exactly what did you use? Link to the product.

Yea a little more detail on what you used would be very helpful.

Jesus I feel like the biggest idiot of life. You guy don't realize how F*cking stupid I am. After being in a complete rush I used the wrong type of cleaner. So After I soaked it in rice and took it out I actually used a proper Electrical Contact cleaner and and now everything is fine. But I am now certain that the cable is done because it wasn't charging or showing that it was plugged in so I used my friend's Blackberry cable and everything is fine. I'm so relieved right now.

PhoenixBlitz said:
Jesus I feel like the biggest idiot of life. You guy don't realize how F*cking stupid I am. After being in a complete rush I used the wrong type of cleaner. So After I soaked it in rice and took it out I actually used a proper Electrical Contact cleaner and and now everything is fine. But I am now certain that the cable is done because it wasn't charging or showing that it was plugged in so I used my friend's Blackberry cable and everything is fine. I'm so relieved right now.
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Lol glad to hear that its fixed.... we all make mistakes

Thanks, the only problem I'm still back to is that it won't charge, which is what was happening before. I am not sure whether it is the charger itself or the micro-usb charging port (Which I could replace). Phone thinks it's charging with the lightning bolt in the top right, but it won't charge...if I go to battery in the settings it says discharging but in the charts it that it was charging all this time.

My friend has that bug with his evo... try another charger. It might help

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My friend has that bug with his evo... try another charger. It might help
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I'm trying that right now. If it doesn't charge does that mean that the charging port is dead or could it mean that the battery is dead aswell?

PhoenixBlitz said:
I'm trying that right now. If it doesn't charge does that mean that the charging port is dead or could it mean that the battery is dead aswell?
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Tbh I don't know but this is a educated guess.... seeing that it shows that its charging on the phone means that its receiving the charge. A good test would be to take out the battery and plug your phone into the charger. If it works that means that the port is OK and you'll need a new battery. If not then its the port. Hope this helps.

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Tbh I don't know but this is a educated guess.... seeing that it shows that its charging on the phone means that its receiving the charge. A good test would be to take out the battery and plug your phone into the charger. If it works that means that the port is OK and you'll need a new battery. If not then its the port. Hope this helps.
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What do you mean by if it works, as in if the phone boots up and works normally when plugged in?

When you take out the battery and plug it in to the charger it should work normally as its getting power from the plug.

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When you take out the battery and plug it in to the charger it should work normally as its getting power from the plug.
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So I tried that and it wouldn't turn on. I opened up the housing and found some weird residue near the port. This is what I saw
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What on earth is this crap?

Well that's odd..... idk

Meh whatever, I smelled and it was just the smell of the wrong cleaner I used, luckily it was just on the plastic parts so I'm safe, I disassembled the rest and found the charging port. I'm ordering a new one for $10 shipped from NJ and not from HK so I should get it soon. Thanks for your help btw. I really appreciate it. :good:

Good luck bud

Update: I just replaced charging port literally just now and it still won't charge. It still says "Charging" but it's not charging. In the Settings it says discharging.
Could it be the battery? I'm thinking of buying a new one and seeing if that works.

Updated Update: The 6% that had remained on my battery before I took my phone apart to repair it is now gone leaving the battery with 0% charge. But, I believe I may have found the problem! If the phone is unplugged from my charger and I try to turn it on it won't turn on at all. But if I plug it into my charger it will boot up past vibrate to the Nexus logo (The X) and then it dies out. I think that the problem is in the charger that has a input voltage drop so it's not charging enough to keep it going. I'm going to use my friend's Samsung Charger (From his Galaxy S II) to see if that will solve the problem.

[Q] phone is either bricked or hardware issue. help

i have a glaaxy s2 epic 4g touch (d710) from virgin mobile
let me start by saying with virgin i have no insurance and cant afford a new phone
about a week or so ago my phone randomly turned off and wouldnt turn back on,
it wont even show that it is charging, just a black screen and the blue led light will flash on and off when plugged in, but wont charge
i tried to unbrick it, but when i put it in download mode it tells me it isnt charged enough to enter download mode. so i cant unbrick it.
i bought a new battery to see if it was the battery that was the issue, but still having the same problem.
is it possibly another hardware issue? or is it bricked?
also im just running stock ICS no root or mods. please help

vincentcash said:
i have a glaaxy s2 epic 4g touch (d710) from virgin mobile
let me start by saying with virgin i have no insurance and cant afford a new phone
about a week or so ago my phone randomly turned off and wouldnt turn back on,
it wont even show that it is charging, just a black screen and the blue led light will flash on and off when plugged in, but wont charge
i tried to unbrick it, but when i put it in download mode it tells me it isnt charged enough to enter download mode. so i cant unbrick it.
i bought a new battery to see if it was the battery that was the issue, but still having the same problem.
is it possibly another hardware issue? or is it bricked?
also im just running stock ICS no root or mods. please help
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Have you tried another charging cable and/or using another charger/device to top off the battery?

Like an external battery charger? They are like $2 on Amazon
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i havent tried an external charging station, but ive tried a different cable and still the same issue

also another note, when i got the new battery today, it had some charge on it and my phone worked fine until it died and it couldnt charge and when it was dead it wouldnt show the battery charging indicator, just the blue flashing light

ebay $6
If the new battery worked until it ran down then it sounds like you might have a bad usb port on the phone. It happens. Here is a cheep workaround.

Buy a couple extra batteries too

Power Problems??? Can't charge and message of device/battery overheating

Ok, this may turn into a long question but here it goes. I the a TMO Samsung Galaxy S4, been running fine now for over 1 year, 3 weeks ago, I flashed one of Dan's 12/12 builds of GPE 5.0. Around the 20th of December, I woke up with my phone underneath me and I must have fallen asleep with it while it. (Problem isn't associated with ROM, just giving you guys everything leading to issue) I went to turn on phone and battery was pretty much dead. Ok, so I go to plug on charger and but the battery icon just keeps recycling. I decide to to pull the battery inspect everything and all is good. I cannot get the device to charge or boot! I figure it's a dead battery, bad charging cable or USB port on phone is broken.... So I take my wife's battery (she has same phone) BOOM phone boots up, I put my battery in her phone and it charges normally.
So I connect everything to the computer because I originally thought, maybe something is either wrong with the recovery, ROM or firmware. Well... USB works perfectly fine for connecting data, I'm able to transfer files to SD card without a problem. So I tried to download the newest build at them time which was 12/24. I downloaded the GPE 5.0 12/24 build then installed with success. I rebooted and literally the second it hit the homescreen setup, the phone said "powering down - shutting down" I couldn't get past that screen. I tried this a few times, same results. I thought it was a bad download, tried alternate mirrors, same result. As a last ditch resort, I downloaded the Newest firmware that was out (yes I understand it has knox, but at this point I didn't care) installed a factory IMG and rebooted into ROM. Ok.... It let me in, BUT!!!! Almost immediately I get a message saying, "device/battery overheating - closing all 2 applications......." literally could only use phone and that was it!
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At this point, I'm pretty stumped on what is going on, I think ok.... Battery is good, works perfectly fine in my wife's phone, it's not the battery. So I try charing again, the red light is blinking, error states there's a problem charging your device and the battery icon is also blinking. At this point, I'm not positive it's the USB board here's why. I cannot install any newer ROM without getting an overheating message that pops up. I also tried downloading the 12/25 build of Dan's GPE 5.0 ROM and I had the same results as the 12/24 build. The phone will boot and immediately shut down.
Here's the weird part... I can install and boot the 8/30 GPE build which is last kitkat built from Dan, I can't charge it, I get the same blinking light, but it works. My question is.... 1. Does anyone know what my issue is? 2. Are there any further troubleshooting steps I can take? 3. I would love to install one of the newer builds, but I can't what's different from 8/30 GPE to the newer 12/25 build that shuts the phone down. I'm guessing it is a safety measure because it says the phone is getting to hot.

Sounds like hardware issue. The reason it shuts down is probably as you guess it, safety measure of the kernel. Probably different than what you used or was baked with the older build. Does the phone get hot even when you don't use it?

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Sounds like hardware issue. The reason it shuts down is probably as you guess it, safety measure of the kernel. Probably different than what you used or was baked with the older build. Does the phone get hot even when you don't use it?
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Yeah that's what I'm guessing. As far as the phone getting hot, negative. Phone is cool to touch if it's idle. Even when I turn it on I don't understand how it could be "overheating" The kernel is intersting.... I wonder if I was to flash the newest GPE ROM then flash say KT kernel isntead of the Googey kernel if that would have any affect. I'll give it a shot later. Thanks for the reply.

RBalber said:
Yeah that's what I'm guessing. As far as the phone getting hot, negative. Phone is cool to touch if it's idle. Even when I turn it on I don't understand how it could be "overheating" The kernel is intersting.... I wonder if I was to flash the newest GPE ROM then flash say KT kernel isntead of the Googey kernel if that would have any affect. I'll give it a shot later. Thanks for the reply.
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That really is odd. Does the battery drain unexplainably?

serio22 said:
That really is odd. Does the battery drain unexplainably?
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Negative. Battery has regular drain in stand by or sleep mode.

RBalber said:
Negative. Battery has regular drain in stand by or sleep mode.
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Then it must be getting a false reading somehow