First thing is first, I have been searching here and Google and have not found this exact problem.
I am running cm-11-20140719-NIGHTLY currently
Today my phone turned off on its own while connected to a car charger.
Here is what it is doing.
When the battery is connected the phone turns on and gets to the Samsung logo, then it goes black. No back light, nothing. If I pull the battery and re-insert it, it happens again. Once it goes black none of the buttons seem to be responsive (cannot force a reboot by holding the power button). Once it goes black if I connect it to a charger I get no LED indicating charge level.
If I try to boot into recovery I see the blue text and then it goes black.
If I try to boot into download mode I can get to the triangle screen if I am fast and then it goes black.
If I have a data USB cable connected and I connect the battery the phone does nothing, and will not respond to the power button, again no LED light indicating charge level.
If I have a charge only cable (wall outlet) connected and I connect the battery I see the battery charge icon for about 1 second and then the screen goes black. and the phone will not respond to any buttons.
I have duplicated all these things with 2 batteries both actual Samsung batteries, neither of the batteries is bubbled out at all.
I have tried leaving the battery out for several hours, but this did not help.
I have data on this phone that was not backed up so any suggestions I will try.
Thanks
daemorok said:
First thing is first, I have been searching here and Google and have not found this exact problem.
I am running cm-11-20140719-NIGHTLY currently
Today my phone turned off on its own while connected to a car charger.
Here is what it is doing.
When the battery is connected the phone turns on and gets to the Samsung logo, then it goes black. No back light, nothing. If I pull the battery and re-insert it, it happens again. Once it goes black none of the buttons seem to be responsive (cannot force a reboot by holding the power button). Once it goes black if I connect it to a charger I get no LED indicating charge level.
If I try to boot into recovery I see the blue text and then it goes black.
If I try to boot into download mode I can get to the triangle screen if I am fast and then it goes black.
If I have a data USB cable connected and I connect the battery the phone does nothing, and will not respond to the power button, again no LED light indicating charge level.
If I have a charge only cable (wall outlet) connected and I connect the battery I see the battery charge icon for about 1 second and then the screen goes black. and the phone will not respond to any buttons.
I have duplicated all these things with 2 batteries both actual Samsung batteries, neither of the batteries is bubbled out at all.
I have tried leaving the battery out for several hours, but this did not help.
I have data on this phone that was not backed up so any suggestions I will try.
Thanks
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Return to stock with Odin to see if the problem goes away. If not, report back and we will go from there.
The Sickness said:
Return to stock with Odin to see if the problem goes away. If not, report back and we will go from there.
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I would if I could get it into download mode... The screen will not stay on for more than 5 seconds and ODIN never sees the phone.
Here's a thread talking about that issue. I'm afraid it sounds like your display is dead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267827
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I had this problem before and I was freaking out, but it was just the cord I used when trying to connect it, but yours sounds like an overload problem, maybe from your car charger if it plugs into the car lighter socket. My buddy has a super recharger that hooks into his lighter socket, and while it may charge fast, it might have jolted your phone, or maybe you had it over clocked in your rom? Or was it a recent occurrence or did it happen as soon as you installed the rom? Because this happens on a bad flash sometimes, if your Wi-Fi connection is shaky or far off, you could get a bad download and it will royally harm your time having to mess with it.
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Android_Monsters said:
Here's a thread talking about that issue. I'm afraid it sounds like your display is dead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267827
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If it was just the screen wouldn't I still be able to get into download mode?
NinjaTale said:
I had this problem before and I was freaking out, but it was just the cord I used when trying to connect it, but yours sounds like an overload problem, maybe from your car charger if it plugs into the car lighter socket. My buddy has a super recharger that hooks into his lighter socket, and while it may charge fast, it might have jolted your phone, or maybe you had it over clocked in your rom? Or was it a recent occurrence or did it happen as soon as you installed the rom? Because this happens on a bad flash sometimes, if your Wi-Fi connection is shaky or far off, you could get a bad download and it will royally harm your time having to mess with it.
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I had flashed the night before and it ran fine all night and all morning, then it just shut down. The car charger I use is not a super charger, but it is also not a Samsung charger. I was not overclocked and my wifi is not shaky usually.
Seems like I am screwed either way.
daemorok said:
First thing is first, I have been searching here and Google and have not found this exact problem.
I am running cm-11-20140719-NIGHTLY currently
Today my phone turned off on its own while connected to a car charger.
Here is what it is doing.
When the battery is connected the phone turns on and gets to the Samsung logo, then it goes black. No back light, nothing. If I pull the battery and re-insert it, it happens again. Once it goes black none of the buttons seem to be responsive (cannot force a reboot by holding the power button). Once it goes black if I connect it to a charger I get no LED indicating charge level.
If I try to boot into recovery I see the blue text and then it goes black.
If I try to boot into download mode I can get to the triangle screen if I am fast and then it goes black.
If I have a data USB cable connected and I connect the battery the phone does nothing, and will not respond to the power button, again no LED light indicating charge level.
If I have a charge only cable (wall outlet) connected and I connect the battery I see the battery charge icon for about 1 second and then the screen goes black. and the phone will not respond to any buttons.
I have duplicated all these things with 2 batteries both actual Samsung batteries, neither of the batteries is bubbled out at all.
I have tried leaving the battery out for several hours, but this did not help.
I have data on this phone that was not backed up so any suggestions I will try.
Thanks
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This blows, I just had the Same Exact thing happen last night, word for word.
Although I'm on a stock Rom that's rooted.
Phone was in my pocket and it vibrated as it restarted on its own. Pulled it out of my pocket, waited for it to fully start up, then I could use it.
However, it rebooted 2 minutes later and has Never come back yet.
I wish there was some sure fire way to verify if its the screen that went bad or the logic board. The mere fact the screen shows the Galaxy S4 logo, or Download Mode for a few seconds before shutting off seems weird if the screen was in fact bad.... =(
jamesvtw said:
This blows, I just had the Same Exact thing happen last night, word for word.
Although I'm on a stock Rom that's rooted.
Phone was in my pocket and it vibrated as it restarted on its own. Pulled it out of my pocket, waited for it to fully start up, then I could use it.
However, it rebooted 2 minutes later and has Never come back yet.
I wish there was some sure fire way to verify if its the screen that went bad or the logic board. The mere fact the screen shows the Galaxy S4 logo, or Download Mode for a few seconds before shutting off seems weird if the screen was in fact bad.... =(
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Check your power button, it could be stuck.
serio22 said:
Check your power button, it could be stuck.
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You were correct! Had to mess with that button a bit to get to work properly, but its still an issue. One to many power button presses and the issue returns.
I have tested the phone without the exterior power button only using the logic board button and it did that same thing. Am I correct to assume that the fault is the actual button on the logic board? So new logic board to fix this? =(
Why so many presses of the power button?
Pp.
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So, I woke up this morning and I went to go check some messages on my phone, but when I checked, the phone wouldn't turn on. I charged it like I usually did and when I got to it, the blue led light was flashing. Not brightly, but just like it would try to turn on, but it can't so the light slowly fades away. I tried to hold the power + volume buttons (both up and down) but it still wouldn't do anything. Any help before I take it into sprint?
Rum2rum said:
So, I woke up this morning and I went to go check some messages on my phone, but when I checked, the phone wouldn't turn on. I charged it like I usually did and when I got to it, the blue led light was flashing. Not brightly, but just like it would try to turn on, but it can't so the light slowly fades away. I tried to hold the power + volume buttons (both up and down) but it still wouldn't do anything. Any help before I take it into sprint?
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can you charge the battery? is the battery loose? I would take it to sprint and let them check it out.
Yeah. I think I might just take it back to sprint. But it won't charge at all I think.
Pull the battery and leave it out for a few minutes then try again.
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Pull the battery and leave it out for a few minutes then try again.
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I've done that and I actually start seeing the empty battery logo. But It's only for a second. I think there's a problem with the battery or the charger thing
someguyatx said:
Pull the battery and leave it out for a few minutes then try again.
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Okay, My phone actually started up now. The battery is not charging though
Just kidding. It's charging. Anyone know if I should be worried about anything?
Are you using an after market charger?
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Get a brand new quality USB cable. A HUGE amount of issues can be resolved by just doint this, believe me.
I was using the charger cable it came with but connected to my computer
well your computer USB port can only push 500mA out max. sounds like its undercharging your phone. the stock charger pushes 1000mA or 1A.
So, my S2 would occasionally overheat, then hotboot and just hang on the boot animation, so I would have to pull the battery.
This morning same thing happened so I pulled the battery, and I'm sure it burned out.
Main signs:
1: plugging into the wall, the phone just vibrates "on" every 3-4 seconds.
2: holding the power button to turn it on, it vibrates, then nothing.
3: holding volume buttons, it vibrates, flashes "samsung" then nothing.
4: i haven't tried download mode, but I wouldn't expect much.
I just wanna know if there's any way to access the internal memory, and try to pull off any files I can.
Luckily I did a nandroid backup yesterday, so I can get everything back to normal pretty quick, but getting everything I had saved would be nice.
Hi there cavemaneca...
From my experience with Samsung devices, I find that when they are in a state of very low charge their usability takes a ****. I have had this experience on 3 different Samsung devices, the Infuse (I997), the T-Mobile S989, and the (Vibrant?) Roommate's T-Mob Galaxy 4S phone. One particualr issue is that when the battery is in the red, and it is actively plugged into a charger, the touch screen becomes either completely non responsive at all, or the touchmove events get all corrupted in weird counter intuitive directions. This happens until the battery is around the yellow areas, somewhere like +15% or +20%.
I have also consistently encountered your specific issue, in which a Samsung phone, once drained dry, will not actually appear to be charging, but rather just give steady *buzz* *buzz* *buzz* for what seems to be an indefinite amount of time. This however, for myself, has always self corrected after some time. I suggest the following two parts to the solution:
1) Get a strong enough charger base plug thing. For lack of the appropriate lingo, I use either of the following:
This grey base charger from T-Mobile directly for androids with the extra usb port on board. Good charging rate...
OR
Your standard HTC charger base
2)Once you have gotten a strong charger connected directly to it., GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. I recommend Dark Knight Rises, Cabin In The Woods, possibly the new Todd Solondz film with Christopher Walken, or Ted. I would bet good money that when you return, your phone will have stopped vibing and will be nearly charged. It's happened to me on this phone way more often than I would care to admit...
Salutations!
99% sure your phone isn't bricked. Your phone vibrates and flashes the Samsung logo... It's not bricked. it might be a battery problem try a different battery or charger, i used a bad cable and it took forever for it to finally hold enough charge to boot up.
But yeah try getting into download mode... Connect into a computer holding +/- buttons, it should boot into it automatically.
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Whether you can go into download mode IS the sign if you are bricked or not. Though, it sounds like a battery issue.
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Thanks for all of the replies!
This is my first Samsung device, I'm use to HTC devices that brick pretty easy.(had about 4 or so so far that bricked)
It turns out that out of the 2 micro-usb plugs I had on my desk, one wasn't plugged into the wall, so I thought it had been charging all night but it just ran it completely dead, coupled with the fact that it had frozen in a bootloop.
It took over an hour, but it's at least showing signs of life now (still says 0%). I guess my device just needed that day off...
Probably your charger, time to invest in a new one.
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It feels like it was yesterday that this was happening to me. Now if your phone boots up the logo and goes black to continue vobrating, your power button could be at fault.
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So here's the story.
It was last night. It was dark, and I proceeded to charge my phone. I didn't see where I was plugging in the adapter into the wall, so instead of having both adapters in the correct sockets, I had the right prong of the adapter into the left hole of the power bar socket, and the left prong of the adapter into nothing.
Of course, being dark, I didn't see, but it went in so I thought I plugged it in properly.
So my phone is "charging", and I proceeded to flash a new ROM (Android Overdrive). My battery at that time was at around 30%. So I went to recovery, did the regular full factory reset, and flashed it, and when it rebooted, it had the 4-coloured X boot animation playing, when I heard a funny, continuous, low electronic humming sound eminating from my phone and the screen started getting funky and turned a shade of purple. I quickly unplugged the usb, and proceeded to restart the phone.
Phone freezes at boot animation.
I went into bootloader, and successfully navigated to recovery. I proceeded to do a full wipe, and reflash the old rom.
It flashed successfully but I had the same problem of getting stuck on the bootanimation.
Now the phone won't turn on when I press the power button. When I plug it into the wall it shows the charging icon thing, then it turns off, then it turns back on, and repeats like that forever.
When I press the power button when it's plugged in the phone gets stuck at the charging battery screen (The screen freezes).
Also, when I plug my phone into my computer, my computer (windows 7) makes a disconnect sound, followed by three short beeps in quick succession that are at the same pitch as the last note of the two-note disconnect melody. It does this on repeat forever.
PS: I just managed to put the phone into bootloader mode and I am leaving it plugged in. I am going to see if it is still responsive after 30 minutes of just sitting there on the homepage of bootloader mode.
PPS: It was stable after 30 mins; I could still press up and down and select whatever i want. BUT as soon as I unplugged the USB, the device shut off. Is it the battery problem?
Does anyone know yet what's wrong with my phone?
A friend of mine had a similar problem... Never solved it, keep us updated mate...
Sounds like a battery problem. You might wanna get a replacement battery if you can. Word of advice. Never ever flash anything if your phone isn't fully charged or at a good battery percentage. Personal experience
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EcHoFiiVe said:
Sounds like a battery problem. You might wanna get a replacement battery if you can. Word of advice. Never ever flash anything if your phone isn't fully charged or at a good battery percentage. Personal experience
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Yes sir you are correct! I have a friend who also had a Gnex, and I swapped batteries and lo and behold, my phone works again! Now I don't have to drop $400 on a nexus 4 =D
Hey guys,
As of a little while ago, my S3 (running LS 2.37) seemingly decided that it wanted to tap out.
I was about to read a text message and bam, it shuts down completely. Naturally I try to reboot it, nothing happens. I pull the battery for one minute, and put it back in. Without pressing any buttons, the phone simply vibrates, "samsung" pops up on the screen, and then it shuts down again. The buttons are unresponsive.
I then think, if I can get to recovery mode, I can just factory reset my phone. So, I pull the battery out, put it back in, and attempt to get into recovery mode. Once again. the samsung logo pops up, with blue text saying "recovery boot" popping up in the upper left corner. The logo changes to the galaxy s3 logo, then the whole phone shuts off again. Back to square one. I can get into download mode, but after about 5 seconds in it, it shuts off in the same manner.
It does not read the fact that it is plugged into the charger now, and it was at 60% battery when this happened.
Are there any known methods of fixing this?
Help please!
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dpowpow said:
Hey guys,
As of a little while ago, my S3 (running LS 2.37) seemingly decided that it wanted to tap out.
I was about to read a text message and bam, it shuts down completely. Naturally I try to reboot it, nothing happens. I pull the battery for one minute, and put it back in. Without pressing any buttons, the phone simply vibrates, "samsung" pops up on the screen, and then it shuts down again. The buttons are unresponsive.
I then think, if I can get to recovery mode, I can just factory reset my phone. So, I pull the battery out, put it back in, and attempt to get into recovery mode. Once again. the samsung logo pops up, with blue text saying "recovery boot" popping up in the upper left corner. The logo changes to the galaxy s3 logo, then the whole phone shuts off again. Back to square one. I can get into download mode, but after about 5 seconds in it, it shuts off in the same manner.
It does not read the fact that it is plugged into the charger now, and it was at 60% battery when this happened.
Are there any known methods of fixing this?
Help please!
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Sounds like a hardware issue to me. Do you have a warranty on the phone at all?
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Di you have a spare battery? Perhaps there is something wrong with the circuit in the battery, if it is like most other L-ION batteries there is a internal circuit and when the battery is below X.xx voltage the cells are disconnected from the output terminals. It would be a simple test. I dont usually advocate the change parts to diagnose method but if you had a spare it would be an easy to diagnose.
alternately you could test it with a digital multi meter on the terminals where they go into the phone (the battery is labeled for polarity) turn the phone on and wait till it turns off see if the battery cut power for some reason.
theramsey3 said:
Di you have a spare battery? Perhaps there is something wrong with the circuit in the battery, if it is like most other L-ION batteries there is a internal circuit and when the battery is below X.xx voltage the cells are disconnected from the output terminals. It would be a simple test. I dont usually advocate the change parts to diagnose method but if you had a spare it would be an easy to diagnose.
alternately you could test it with a digital multi meter on the terminals where they go into the phone (the battery is labeled for polarity) turn the phone on and wait till it turns off see if the battery cut power for some reason.
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Trying a different battery yielded no results, and I also have a warranty with my carrier (Telus), so I can easily get it replaced.
I was just more surprised than anything by the sudden failure.
bump ? i have the same problem now... running a custom ROM for months... did not install anything new... power button is working fine
Hi,
I just installed a new battery into my OnePlus 3, because the old one was starting to bulge and push against the screen.
After installing the new battery and attempting to boot with the charger plugged in, the phone won't boot past the 1+ screen.
It buzzes, shows the 1+ screen for a while and then goes dark and buzzes again etc. If I pull out the charger cable it goes dark instantly.
If I hold down the volume down button and the power button for 30sec it boots and shows a warning screen saying "Battery too low. Charge for a while before powering on". However, this screen only shows for a split second before going dark again.
I added a photo of the same screen on a different phone that I found online as the screen really disappears within a few milliseconds on my phone:
https://ibb.co/zJJ4fMf
Does anyone know what this means? Is the new battery faulty and should I return it? Is there something I should do to reset something? Can it be that it is simply not properly connected?
Any help is welcome! Thanks
you should leave the phone and let it charge until 100%
kallum7 said:
you should leave the phone and let it charge until 100%
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I let it charge all night, but obviously it is not charging...
is there anything important on the device
Just opened up my phone to put the old battery back in and that's when I saw that the connector had gotten loose. :silly:
There were some small pieces of tape on the original battery's connector that are supposed to hold it in place, so I fabricated my own out of Scotch. Hopefully that will hold the connector in place.
ok get back to me because i want to know if you have solved this