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[Q] Sleep of Death (Solved)

Greetings,
The other day woke up to my Tab 3 10.1 absolutely dead. I tried plugging it into the charger, but nothing happened. After hours of research I decided I would tape something to the power button for 24 hours to try and deplete the battery all the way. I then let it sit on the charger for about 2 hours and there was still no response from the tablet.
Device Info
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 GT-P5210
Recovery: CWM 6.0.2.8
Rom: Grievous 3 [01/17/2014]
Can someone please provide some insight on the issue?
EDIT:
I tried absolutely EVERYTHING mentioned for SOD issues with no luck. I filed an RMA with Samsung, but my Tab is rooted and figured they would demand a couple hundred $$ more to fix it. Well I just got done taking out the battery and guess what? IT LIVES!!! The battery is back in it now and am working on moving over to another rom...

Edit: Solved

I work for samsung tech support, and these tab 3 7's have been dropping like flies. When they get to the service center, they do exactly what you did- pull the battery and reconnect, then they box it up and send it back.

You know, the guy I was speaking to to get my RMA had said something similar. That they were getting a lot of the 7" with a SOD issue, but not as common on the 10.1. I just couldn't bring myself to send in my rooted tab so that's when I decided I would try pulling the battery out to kill all power. I wish he would have been allowed to tell me that techs just take out the battery, would have saved me the anxiety of not really knowing if it would work.

mobile_mogul said:
You know, the guy I was speaking to to get my RMA had said something similar. That they were getting a lot of the 7" with a SOD issue, but not as common on the 10.1. I just couldn't bring myself to send in my rooted tab so that's when I decided I would try pulling the battery out to kill all power. I wish he would have been allowed to tell me that techs just take out the battery, would have saved me the anxiety of not really knowing if it would work.
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Can you do a DIY on 'HOW TO' remove and replace the battery for other users with the same problem?
Thanks for sharing your story.

jimmbomb said:
Can you do a DIY on 'HOW TO' remove and replace the battery for other users with the same problem?
Thanks for sharing your story.
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Sure thing, I'll make a video later today.

jimmbomb said:
Can you do a DIY on 'HOW TO' remove and replace the battery for other users with the same problem?
Thanks for sharing your story.
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you have here one how to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDOWB6els0

pl4t!n said:
you have here one how to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDOWB6els0
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Great! Thank you

Apparently if you hold pwr+volDOWN for 30 seconds EXACTLY, it simulates a battery pull. Let me know if this works for you please. ~Fake

competentfake said:
Apparently if you hold pwr+volDOWN for 30 seconds EXACTLY, it simulates a battery pull. Let me know if this works for you please. ~Fake
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I tried that.... my Tab was locked up bad...

Worked for me
Just adding my experience with what I thought was SOD.
My T210 was on it's charger overnight and this morning was non-responsive.
After trying every button combination without success I put it back on the charger. Still no indication of life. No battery image, nothing.
So after finding this thread and the video link, I popped the tablet apart and disconnected then reconnected the battery, and reassembled.
STILL nothing! I then thought it may be fully discharged so I put it back on the charger. Nothing again!
I then took the charger and tablet back to my desk and found the charger-to-cable connection wasn't pushed in completely. After fixing and reconnecting the tablet it is now charging and showing the normal battery icon on the display. After a few minutes charging it turned on with no problems.
The battery was fully discharged. I think the battery fully discharged overnight while on the half-connected charger.
So it may have been SOD or it may have been a badly connected charger problem. My advice is to check everything (especially basic stuff) twice.

Charging issue with Tab Pro 8.4 and newest update!

I just developed a charging issue where I have it plugged in and it hasn't advanced in %. It's stuck at around 65%. Official charger/usb cord and tried different outlets.
This never happened on the first firmware build, but only after the second update the last month.
Anyone else experience this?

I've encountered it both in stock and cm11. Run the batterybdown to 10 % and fully charge. Should report properly then.
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I'm running the 8.4 original firmware without issue since I bought it several months ago. This week it charges up to a point then stops. Restarting does not help. Different chargers, etc. Arggh!!
This worked for me: (Press and hold: Volume Up + Home + Power (in that order)). Keep holding an unit will reboot. It's not abrasive like a factory reset (like I was considering doing).
Now for the first time in a week, i'm over 50% and its still charging like it should.
Someone else did all the hard lifting to find the solution. I just found the tread over on android central. http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...y-wont-charge-without-reboot.html#post3723135
Cheers.

I haven't upgraded, but I did encounter the same problem earlier this week. It was stuck at 91% even though I left it charging all night. After restarting and plugging it into my laptop for a while, it seemed to work fine again. Now and then it'll just do strange things like this. xD

I'm having same problem, stucks at about 57% 69%. can't find a solution yet. In my case it is happening after software upgrade. does anyone have a solution that helps ? restarting does not seam to be a solution.

vako86 said:
I'm having same problem, stucks at about 57% 69%. can't find a solution yet. In my case it is happening after software upgrade. does anyone have a solution that helps ? restarting does not seam to be a solution.
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Pretty much a known issue on all software builds (maybe a hardware issue?). There is a long thread about this issue in this section. The only consistent solution seems to be to open up the tablet, and disconnect/reconnect the battery. A bit extreme for my taste, so I've just left it alone. Sometimes mine will get stuck at various percentages (for a few charge cycles), sometimes it will charge up to full. Reboots sometimes help, but not always.

II found this and it helped some; including myself... Hope it works for you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...eseating-battery-wonder-battery-life-t2944610

Fantastic
dolbylogic said:
II found this and it helped some; including myself... Hope it works for you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...eseating-battery-wonder-battery-life-t2944610
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Pro T320
Went from a machine that could discharge completely in a few hours doing general surfing and messing around. (Not gaming or video).Taking all night to charge to 70% and constant reboots to get to 100%.
Took the back off and disconnected the battery as per advice on this thread.
At 97% it now gave me nearly 6 hours video streaming down to 17%. Only took around two hours then to fully charge.
I was a little worried about doing it but it is well worth it.
Tip I found two thinnish guitar picks worked really well to ease the back off.

I never had this problem or as bad as some users but I have notices a few things to keep an eye out for
When you plug your tab into the charger do this
Go to settings - Battery and make sure it says Charging (AC) , on a few very rare occasions I found that sometimes plugging it in it wouldn't switch over to charging (it would still say discharging even though it was pulling current from the charger) and required a reboot I suspect this could mess up battery stats pretty bad, another way to tell is when you plug it in, shut the screen off for a second or two, then press the home button or power button and make sure it says Charging xx% on the unlock screen.
another way to charge is just power it off (power button for 5 seconds, select power off on the popop menu) plug it in and you will see a big battery charging animation, you can regularly check updates by pressing the home key or power key...
Oh and toggle off WIFI (found out wifi can pull an additional 100mA when tablet is in standby), bluetooth(not necessary unless you were using it), and GPS before charging.

gman16000 said:
I'm running the 8.4 original firmware without issue since I bought it several months ago. This week it charges up to a point then stops. Restarting does not help. Different chargers, etc. Arggh!!
This worked for me: (Press and hold: Volume Up + Home + Power (in that order)). Keep holding an unit will reboot.
Cheers.
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Thanks :good: worked for me

HELP! Tab S 10.5 is either frozen or won't turn on

So I've been using my Tab S for a minimum of 3-4 hours a day since I got it in Feb.
It is the Tab S 10.5 32GB version from Best Buy SM-T800
I've never dropped it, scratched it, etc. I've been VERY careful with it.
I installed Iron Rom on it in March (before Lollipop came out), and besides one freeze per month, have had no issue with it (I've also never updated Iron Rom as it never had an issue).
This morning I used the tablet for an hour while it was plugged in (and at 100%). I then unplugged it and put it on a table. An hour later, I went to use it, and the screen stayed black when I pushed any buttons!!
So I tried holding down the power button for 30 seconds. Nothing. I tried plugging it in. Nothing. I tried holding down volume down and power button for 30 seconds. Nothing. I tried holding down all the buttons for 30 seconds. Nothing.. I tried holding volume up, down, and power. Nothing. I tried holding volume down, menu, and power. Nothing. I tried holding volume up, menu, and power. Nothing. Then I repeated the above over and over. NOTHING!
I even waived magnets over it.. (I read it on the internet).. Nothing
This tablet is my daily driver. It won't turn on, it won't show me a charging screen. I'm freaking out! There is no physical damage to the tablet, no one else has touched it.. I'm freaking out man!!
Any suggestions before I jump out the window?

EvanWasHere said:
So I've been using my Tab S for a minimum of 3-4 hours a day since I got it in Feb.
It is the Tab S 10.5 32GB version from Best Buy SM-T800
I've never dropped it, scratched it, etc. I've been VERY careful with it.
I installed Iron Rom on it in March (before Lollipop came out), and besides one freeze per month, have had no issue with it (I've also never updated Iron Rom as it never had an issue).
This morning I used the tablet for an hour while it was plugged in (and at 100%). I then unplugged it and put it on a table. An hour later, I went to use it, and the screen stayed black when I pushed any buttons!!
So I tried holding down the power button for 30 seconds. Nothing. I tried plugging it in. Nothing. I tried holding down volume down and power button for 30 seconds. Nothing. I tried holding down all the buttons for 30 seconds. Nothing.. I tried holding volume up, down, and power. Nothing. I tried holding volume down, menu, and power. Nothing. I tried holding volume up, menu, and power. Nothing. Then I repeated the above over and over. NOTHING!
I even waived magnets over it.. (I read it on the internet).. Nothing
This tablet is my daily driver. It won't turn on, it won't show me a charging screen. I'm freaking out! There is no physical damage to the tablet, no one else has touched it.. I'm freaking out man!!
Any suggestions before I jump out the window?
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Hi, I think someone had this problem a while back. No matter what he did, it didnt seem to turn on at all. It turns out, it was some sort of hardware problem and even though knox was tripped, it was repaired free of charge. The only thing I can think of is sending it to samsung or something and say something like you were trying to update through kies and this happened ao you can get it repaired since its not your fault. I am leaning towards that this has to be an hardware problem since someone (XDA user FormeriPhoney) had the same issue with his. Hopefully it goes well with your Tab S!

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Hi, I think someone had this problem a while back. No matter what he did, it didnt seem to turn on at all. It turns out, it was some sort of hardware problem and even though knox was tripped, it was repaired free of charge. The only thing I can think of is sending it to samsung or something and say something like you were trying to update through kies and this happened ao you can get it repaired since its not your fault. I am leaning towards that this has to be an hardware problem since someone (XDA user FormeriPhoney) had the same issue with his. Hopefully it goes well with your Tab S!
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Argh.. I talked to Samsung.. They said I would need to send the tablet to them and I would get it fixed/replaced but it would take 2-3 weeks. They have no advanced warranty to send a replacement out first.
The other (and more scummy) option is to go to Best Buy, buy a replacement, and then return this one as a DOA. It would save me 3 weeks of being without a tablet..
This sucks

Try POWER + VOL DOWN.
Hold for at least 30 secs.
If not you may find after a day or so the battery will fully deplete and then start charging.
Do you get any response on the pc when you plug it in?

ashyx said:
Try POWER + VOL DOWN.
Hold for at least 30 secs.
If not you may find after a day or so the battery will fully deplete and then start charging.
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I did that
Held it down for a few min
Samsung chat had me plug in the tablet and hold down power for a minute
Didn't work
It's unplugged now and on a table.
I'm seriously considering the best buy option
Argh!

EvanWasHere said:
I did that
Held it down for a few min
Samsung chat had me plug in the tablet and hold down power for a minute
Nothing happens.
Argh!
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Seems like a hardware failure then unfortunately.

ashyx said:
Seems like a hardware failure then unfortunately.
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Oh.. And no response on a PC.
Yeah. This sucks. The only good news is that I actually backed up a lot to the external memory card last week as I was planning to go lollipop soon. The bad news is that all my customizations and other stuff is not saved (book marks in books I'm reading, etc). My titanium backup is from the first week I got my tablet.
But this is exactly why I won't get a phone without an external memory card. I would have lost everything.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Hopefully it goes well with your Tab S!
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ashyx said:
If not you may find after a day or so the battery will fully deplete and then start charging.
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IT"S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I woke up this morning,, resigned to no tablet.. still debating on going to Best Buy and getting a new one.. But I have 12 models coming in today for auditions.. So really don't have time.. But I NEED a tablet for notes with these auditions.
I walk over to the tablet laying dead on the cable.. and try plugging it in... and suddenly.. 0% comes on the screen.. it's sooo beautiful.. I want to make out with the tablet.. My heart leaps with happiness..
I turn on the tablet.. and it boots!!!!! It gets into Android.. and Nova Prime pops on the screen! But.. just as I couldnt get any happier.. it shuts down... It doesnt like booting at 0%.. So I wait another 3 min, half breathless... 1%!!! And I boot again. This time it sticks and I'm able to boot successfully into Android.
So here is my question. WTF happened? How do I avoid this?? Not being able to do a hard reset is some really mess up [email protected]#$%, If I was on a plane or other kind of trip, I would have been pissed... Let alone the wasting of literally 2-3 hours last night trying every single button combination for 2-3min at a time.

I'm surprised hard reset didn't work. I'd try it now it's working just so you know what to expect when you need it.
It may just be a one off. My tablet went into sd card mode once for no reason and that scared the heck out of me. I couldn't do anything. Left it overnight and after the battery ran down it started charging and then booted.
Never done it since.

ashyx said:
I'm surprised hard reset didn't work. I'd try it now it's working just so you know what to expect when you need it.
It may just be a one off. My tablet went into sd card mode once for no reason and that scared the heck out of me. I couldn't do anything. Left it overnight and after the battery ran down it started charging and then booted.
Never done it since.
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Yup. Holding down the vol - and power after 20 seconds rebooted the tablet.
I would kill for a hard reset pinhole in the tablet.. Or a faster way to quick drain the battery.

Does the microusb port supply power when the tablets is turned off, if it does connect an usb device that will drain the power faster, like an portable hdd.
John.
EvanWasHere said:
Yup. Holding down the vol - and power after 20 seconds rebooted the tablet.
I would kill for a hard reset pinhole in the tablet.. Or a faster way to quick drain the battery.
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EvanWasHere said:
Yup. Holding down the vol - and power after 20 seconds rebooted the tablet.
I would kill for a hard reset pinhole in the tablet.. Or a faster way to quick drain the battery.
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I've never known the hard reset not to work, no matter what state the tablet has been in and I've bricked mine God knows how many times.
Only when it dropped into sd card mode did it not work.

check my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rging-home-t3155261/post61859921#post61859921

SM-P605 cannot charge

Greetings, I have a bit of an issue with my tablet and it's most likely a hardware one.
About two days ago I had my tablet completely discharged and I put it on the charger. I saw the battery and lightning screen and left it for about a day.
Then yesterday I wanted to watch a movie on it and so I reached for it and all it had was a black screen. I thought that it must have charged up completely, so I pulled it out of the charger and started it up.
It then went as far as the Samsung logo and 20-30 seconds afterwards it shut down. I thought that maybe my ROM became faulty or smth and tried to boot into TWRP. Same thing.
Booting into the Bootloader worked but at one point the screen started rapidly changing its brightness. And it again turned off after a couple of seconds.
I tried this several times, connecting it to the wall charger or my laptop but every time it turned on for only a couple of seconds and now it has completely died off. No matter with which cable, charger or power source I try to charge it, it doesn't light up at all. Power button and combinations with volume buttons don't do anything.
A bit of info about the device: It's about 2 years old running the latest LineageOS. Roughly 1 year ago it suffered a drop and the screen got cracked. I ended up buying a spare screen from China and gave it to a hardware specialist to install it. (Samsung doesn't really have representatives near me, so that was the easiest option) Ever since then the speakers have always been a lot quieter and worse-quality but everything else worked fine.
I believe that somehow the charging circuit fried itself and now the battery has died off. Is that even possible? I haven't charged it with any unknown wall chargers or anything that could fry it. Can someone please help me fix this problem since I have no idea where to start?
Thanks in advance...

You might want take a look to this topic of mine. Not exactly the same problem but the resolution might apply to yours as well.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3582562
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RoyaL said:
You might want take a look to this topic of mine. Not exactly the same problem but the resolution might apply to yours as well.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3582562
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Thanks for the suggestion, but your tablet can at least boot. Mine can't, which is the issue and it doesn't charge at all when off.

That's why I pointed you to open it and resettle all the cables, as I did. The problem is different but the solution might be the same...
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RoyaL said:
That's why I pointed you to open it and resettle all the cables, as I did. The problem is different but the solution might be the same...
Sent from my SM-P605 using Tapatalk
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I can't read -.-
Will check this in a moment...

Lg g3 wont turn on

I've looked everywhere for a solution but i have not found a solution, ive tried taking the battery and sim out for around 20 seconds and then putting the battery back in which didn't work. I tried connecting it to my PC and my PC wont detect it, i even tried charging it with different charging cables and tried my extra batteries. The phone was fine but i pressed the power button to turn it off and since then it wouldn't turn on. I assumed It was lagging and tried to reset it by taking the battery out and holding power and volume down and still no results. What can i do? i dont have money for a new phone currently as i am a broke college student and this was a brand new g3 i purchased a little less than a year ago.
Any help would be appreciated.

@Tallermagician: if you're sure, it's not the battery, sent it back,

Tallermagician said:
I've looked everywhere for a solution but i have not found a solution, ive tried taking the battery and sim out for around 20 seconds and then putting the battery back in which didn't work. I tried connecting it to my PC and my PC wont detect it, i even tried charging it with different charging cables and tried my extra batteries. The phone was fine but i pressed the power button to turn it off and since then it wouldn't turn on. I assumed It was lagging and tried to reset it by taking the battery out and holding power and volume down and still no results. What can i do? i dont have money for a new phone currently as i am a broke college student and this was a brand new g3 i purchased a little less than a year ago.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I've got the same issue.. I've tried everything.. I even ordered and replaced the screen, thinking it was shot, but nothing helps.. the battery has also been replaced.
If you've bought it new with less than a year ago, I would pursue it through the seller.. should still have some sort of warranty. Sadly mine is something like 5 years old.