S4 using Insane KK v9 and everything has been running smooth for a long time now but now the phone will randomly shut off when on battery (full charge). When I try to power it back up I get the samsung logo for a few seconds and then it goes blank and shuts off again. Battery pull results in the same, but if I plug it in again it might boot up normally, OR I get a grey battery pic followed by a green one showing a charge, but still unable to boot.
Any ideas?
Could be a stuck power button. Try to see if you can fix it by hitting the side against a surface or open the device
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Hi i have a telus T989D, stock unrooted. I was trying to open a picture in my gallery and my phone restarted, then it showed the samsung loading screen and at about 75% it restarted again. Then it just vibrated, paused, vibrated, paused, etc. and its a blank screen. I tried holding volume down + power and it takes me into download mode warning screen, but it shuts itself off before i can do anything and continues this blank screen vibrating loop. ive tried pulling the battery, but the second i put it back in it loads the samsung screen, restarts and continues the loop. if i cant even get it to stay in download mode is it even possible to fix this?
sounds to me like you have a sticky power button (very common) on these phones/samsung !!! so if wiggling a took pick in there and un jamming it a bit then you need to send it in try leaving your battery out for like 10 min take out sim cards memory everything leave it sitting ..... then try again
There are some fixes for the sticky power button here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
Read the whole thread and then try some of the easier fixes first.
try getting into recovery mode and wipe data/factory reset
you guys were right about the power button. opened it up and pried a bit then it worked again
ok so earlier today my s3 ran out of battery and shut off. I attempted to charge it, but noticed the red indicator light wasn't on. I tried to turn the device on, but all it did was vibrate and show the battery level logo with the circle in the middle as if its computing the battery level, then shuts back off. most of the time it will just vibrate and loop the samsung logo and then shut off again. sometimes it also shows that my battery is nearly fully charged after i left it on the charger while i was in class, but then shuts off. the farthest it has showed anything on start up was the at&t logo with the white background, then it shuts back off. i've tried to boot the phone connected to the charger and took the battery out, that didn't work. tried to take the battery out and leave it for 10 mins and put it back in, that didn't work. although it would vibrate everytime i put the battery in. i also tried to boot the phone in recovery mode. it would say recovery mode booting in blue letters, then it would go to the samsung and galaxy s3 logos, but then shut off again. also tried the download mode boot up, but i just saw the OS warning screen for a second, then it shut off.. i've ran out of ideas on what to do. hoping anyone could provide anymore advice for me. thanks in advance!
Hello everyone, thank you for your time.
TL;DR: Phone boots into download mode up until "Downloading...", recovery mode until "RECOVERY BOOTING," and can only boot right when I put the battery in. The battery is fully charged, and I can boot up until my home screen only once so far. Will a jig fix the issue, or should I try to get the phone replaced by TMobile warranty as I have before?
I have a Galaxy S3 from TMobile, and have been running CyanogenMod for about a year now. 2 days ago I flashed a nightly release, which I assume was unstable. Yesterday, my screen was on and then my phone turned off (low battery, but 99% sure it was a crash rather than a power off), and did not boot up again. After attempting to pull the battery out, charge for hours, turn on and plug in (in different combinations), the furthest I could get was a couple of seconds of the CyanogenMod Galaxy S3 logo initial boot screen (not the rotating splash screen).
I took my phone to TMobile today and was about to get it replaced until I realized I didn't mask the flashes.
The last time I was in an exact same situation with the same phone model, and my flash counter was still showing custom firmware, yet I did manage to get it replaced effortlessly, but I didn't want to risk what was a possible fluke again.
I get home, and here's my current situation.
The only way the phone boots up in any manner is when I take the battery out and the charger is not plugged in. Here are the scenarios I run into:
1. Boots into download mode, can press VOL + to get to the "Downloading..." screen, then shuts off 2 seconds after.
2. Boots into recovery mode, only up until "RECOVERY BOOTING", then shuts off.
3. Boot by pressing power button, plug charger in, shows grey battery icon.
3. Boots into download mode, can press VOL -, either shuts off, OR
3b) Only after tons of tries, it booted up all the way up until my actual home screen, then shut off.
I can't have the charger plugged in while booting (pc or wall), and I can only boot right after I put the battery in.
Are there any suggestions as to what I should do? I was thinking of buying a jig from Amazon, but I don't know if it is hard bricked or not. Should I just attempt to get it replaced under warranty once again, even though it shows the flash count?
Thank you very much!
FIX: STUCK POWER BUTTON PROBLEM
So, one thing I didn't check. Take the battery out of the phone, wait about a minute. If it buzzes as if its powering on, that means that your power button (either the actual button itself or the switch on the mainboard) is stuck.
Solution: Smack the power button with your battery until your battery has a (small) dent. If it doesn't work, smack it a couple more times. Took me 2 tries, second try, phone didn't buzz when I put battery in. I press the power button, works like new. Absolutely....ridiculous
I've tried looking up a solution to this but can't find anything anywhere, I've also been trying to fix it all weekend.
Friday night my phone's battery ran out, yeah whatever, I'll just throw it on the charger. Plugged it in, and the screen that normally indicates you should plug your phone should come up. It's an empty battery with a lightning bolt inside of it. A few seconds later, the red "This Build is for Development Purposes Only..." stuff that comes up because of the custom ROM shows up at the bottom of the screen. After a few seconds, the screen turns off. It then repeats this from charge me icon, showing red text, then repeating. I'll be referring to this as Boltlooping.
So the first solution I found was to reset the battery logic by holding vol up/down and power for a few minutes. I rubber banded the buttons down and tried it. Nothing.
Second solution, plugging it in and immediately holding power button hoping it would boot. I tried this 5-6 times. Nothing. I've also attempted booting in to bootloader and recovery from this screen.
Occasionally, however, something that I can't identify or reproduce causes it to go to the normal charging screen. Trying to boot it from here from any battery % puts it back in to a boltloop. I've also tried doing the battery logic reset from this screen, but it doesn't work and puts it back in to bootloop. After trying to do either of these methods and getting back to the normal charging screen, the battery will be back at 1%.
This is as far as I've gotten with troubleshooting. I can get to the normal charging screen, though the battery will die and reset the charge % if unplugged or an attempt to boot is made. Most of its time, however, is spent in this boltloop state. I've tried resetting battery logic, booting in to recovery, booting in to bootloader, and booting normally from both the boltloop and charging states. Nothing. I don't know what to do.
Did you ever find a fix? Same issue here.
Phone can't boot at all, loops on plug in screeen & occasionally "charges"...
I've tried looking up a solution to this but can't find anything anywhere. I've been trying to fix it since last week.
Friday night my phone's battery ran out, yeah whatever, I'll just throw it on the charger. Plugged it in, and the screen that normally indicates you should plug your phone should come up. It's an empty battery with a lightning bolt inside of it. A few seconds later, the red "This Build is for Development Purposes Only..." stuff that comes up because of the custom ROM shows up at the bottom of the screen. After a few seconds, the screen turns off. It then repeats this from charge me icon, showing red text, then repeating. I'll be referring to this as Boltlooping.
So the first solution I found was to reset the battery logic by holding vol up/down and power for a few minutes. I rubber banded the buttons down and tried it. Nothing.
Second solution, plugging it in and immediately holding power button hoping it would boot. I tried this 5-6 times. Nothing. I've also attempted booting in to bootloader and recovery from this screen.
Occasionally, however, something that I can't identify or reproduce causes it to go to the normal charging screen. Trying to boot it from here from any battery % puts it back in to a boltloop. I've also tried doing the battery logic reset from this screen, but it doesn't work and puts it back in to bootloop. After trying to do either of these methods and getting back to the normal charging screen, the battery will be back at 1%.
This is as far as I've gotten with troubleshooting. I can get to the normal charging screen, though the battery will die and reset the charge % if unplugged or an attempt to boot is made. Most of its time, however, is spent in this boltloop state. I've tried resetting battery logic, booting in to recovery, booting in to bootloader, and booting normally from both the boltloop and charging states. Nothing. I don't know what to do.
Please create only one thread for a topic, you already have an existing thread for this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/battery-issue-t3190337
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