So the other night I let the battery die on my Galaxy Nexus (GSM version). When I went to bed I plugged it in and the battery charging animation came on screen but when I pushed the power button the screen would go black and the phone wouldn't turn on. I let it charge overnight but it did the same thing in the morning.
So I started doing research to figure out if others have had this problem and how to fix it. I came across a couple solutions but none worked for me. That's when I figured out my own solution.
I unplugged the phone and took out the battery. Then, I plugged the phone into a power source. Next I held down the power button and slid in the battery while still holding the power button. A second later, voila! The phone powered on!
I wanted to make this thread in case anyone else had the same problem. Hope this helps at least one other person!
And for what it's worth I'm running CM9.
teleknEsis said:
So the other night I let the battery die on my Galaxy Nexus (GSM version). When I went to bed I plugged it in and the battery charging animation came on screen but when I pushed the power button the screen would go black and the phone wouldn't turn on. I let it charge overnight but it did the same thing in the morning.
So I started doing research to figure out if others have had this problem and how to fix it. I came across a couple solutions but none worked for me. That's when I figured out my own solution.
I unplugged the phone and took out the battery. Then, I plugged the phone into a power source. Next I held down the power button and slid in the battery while still holding the power button. A second later, voila! The phone powered on!
I wanted to make this thread in case anyone else had the same problem. Hope this helps at least one other person!
And for what it's worth I'm running CM9.
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This is currently an issue with CM9. If you plug your phone in when it is powered off you'll have to remove your battery prior to turning the phone back on.
Your photo stategy worked for me too!
THANKYOU SOOOOO MUCH. <3 I was about to freak cause my phone wouldn't turn on after it died. That's never happened before. I'm so happy this actually worked Holding the power button while putting in the battery, with the phone already plugged in. Thankyou for posting this! You just made my day!
I flashed Codename Android onto my Verizon Nexus and it worked fine, minus a little battery drain from Maps. A couple days later, the battery drains all the way and when I plug it in, nothing happens. No charging icon, no indicator light, nothing. No button combinations get the phone or screen on. I let it "charge" completely overnight, but still nothing turns the phone on. I know the charge is good because I use it with an S3 as well.
Anything I should try, or is completely dead?
Maybe adb it, it might work
Sorry I don't have the device just trying to help it happened to my dhd but turns out it was a brick
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Try following this step
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Try following this step
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Thanks for that link! I will definitely have to try that if the problem happens again.
I connected it to the computer and nothing happened, so I took the battery out and got the connector pins wet hoping for a last ditch effort. Nothing happened, so I pressed the battery into the pins as hard as I could, and the phone turned on! I guess the pins are getting worn or something. I'll have to make a spacer so that they press closer together.
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Thanks for that link! I will definitely have to try that if the problem happens again.
I connected it to the computer and nothing happened, so I took the battery out and got the connector pins wet hoping for a last ditch effort. Nothing happened, so I pressed the battery into the pins as hard as I could, and the phone turned on! I guess the pins are getting worn or something. I'll have to make a spacer so that they press closer together.
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That's great! I'm glad you solved your problem!
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
So you can't get into CWM or TWRP? And what Galaxy S3 Variant are you using?
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Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ii it possible you may have a bad battery? How new is it?(not that age of it matters) Also, do you have a case on the phone? Check to make sure the power button is not stuck. If you can get to boot logo, then its not dead-dead. If you've had your phone for awhile, double check the battery terminals are not oxidized. Unlikley, but worth checking and maybe check battery wih voltage meter if you have access to one. Then charge it overnight and check it again. One last thing to try is plug it in with the battery out and see if that does anything. Have you flashed anything lately? Modem? Scripts?
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I have taken the battery out and plugged the phone straight into the computer and all that i get is a red light where the notification light is and then it disappears.
As for age, its a little over a year old.
I wasnt doing any flashing at the time, it just went kaput right after a phone call.
I had a mophie case on it, but not right now. I guess ill take it a part when i can and throw som alcohol on the battery button to see if it loosens it up. But other than that, I'm at a loss.
Not trying to pay $80 for a craigslister either.
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axel4401 said:
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ii it possible you may have a bad battery? How new is it?(not that age of it matters) Also, do you have a case on the phone? Check to make sure the power button is not stuck. If you can get to boot logo, then its not dead-dead. If you've had your phone for awhile, double check the battery terminals are not oxidized. Unlikley, but worth checking and maybe check battery wih voltage meter if you have access to one. Then charge it overnight and check it again. One last thing to try is plug it in with the battery out and see if that does anything. Have you flashed anything lately? Modem? Scripts?
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Man, I don't know. Sounded like a charging issue at first, but looking I'm not so sure now. Anything stuck in your power slot? Maybe try leaving battery out overnight and see if it clears anything. If it starts to boot I would go right to recovery and try flashing something. I would be concernedabout going straight to download mode and using oOdin cause of it does during the flash that is really bad...
Can you get into download mode? Pull battery plug in USB and hold volume down and home buttons I think... when you plug USB in to computer does Odin recognize it at all?
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I just started having the same issue. I have a an ATT S3 running the newest Hyperdrive. Mine wasnt doing a random reset, but it seemed like it has been turning itself off. Totally intermittent, i couldnt pinpoint the cause.
Then just today when i went to see if i had any messages and the phone was off again (i had about a 60-75% charge) I hit the power button a few times and now i am getting the symptoms described above.
When i try to go into TWRP, i get the blue text at the top left of the screen, sometimes i make it to the first hyperdrive screen, then it goes black.
When I go to download I can get to the hit up or down screen, i hit up to go into download, i get to the next screen then it goes black again.
I did leave the battery out for about 15minutes and no dice. I even tried to leave it on the charger thinking i lost all charge or something.
I am just a mere user, but i have always been able to tinker around enough not to bother the devs and get my way out of these situations, but I think i am stuck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
nightwulfss said:
I just started having the same issue. I have a an ATT S3 running the newest Hyperdrive. Mine wasnt doing a random reset, but it seemed like it has been turning itself off. Totally intermittent, i couldnt pinpoint the cause.
Then just today when i went to see if i had any messages and the phone was off again (i had about a 60-75% charge) I hit the power button a few times and now i am getting the symptoms described above.
When i try to go into TWRP, i get the blue text at the top left of the screen, sometimes i make it to the first hyperdrive screen, then it goes black.
When I go to download I can get to the hit up or down screen, i hit up to go into download, i get to the next screen then it goes black again.
I did leave the battery out for about 15minutes and no dice. I even tried to leave it on the charger thinking i lost all charge or something.
I am just a mere user, but i have always been able to tinker around enough not to bother the devs and get my way out of these situations, but I think i am stuck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
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Maybe a stuck power button? Try cleaning it out a little. .. sounds like it's rebooting itself.
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blaker13 said:
Maybe a stuck power button? Try cleaning it out a little. .. sounds like it's rebooting itself.
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I am trying that, it doesn't seem like there is anything in there, but you never know.
If the power button was stuck on, wouldn't the phone keep trying to restart? Or no?
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I am trying that, it doesn't seem like there is anything in there, but you never know.
If the power button was stuck on, wouldn't the phone keep trying to restart? Or no?
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I believe so, unless you pull the battery. In fact pull battery plug into usb and go into down load mode and see if it restarts. Or go into recovery without holding power button, and if you can then that means the power button is stuck on.
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blaker13 said:
I believe so, unless you pull the battery. In fact pull battery plug into usb and go into down load mode and see if it restarts. Or go into recovery without holding power button, and if you can then that means the power button is stuck on.
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I have tried that as well. Whenever it goes into download mode the screen goes black after a couple of seconds. And it doesn't boot into recovery as well since it seems to go dead too quick.
I mainly just want to recover my pictures at this point. I am leaving the battery out of the phone for the day and see if that makes a difference this evening.
I am out of ideas, lol
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I have tried that as well. Whenever it goes into download mode the screen goes black after a couple of seconds. And it doesn't boot into recovery as well since it seems to go dead too quick.
I mainly just want to recover my pictures at this point. I am leaving the battery out of the phone for the day and see if that makes a difference this evening.
I am out of ideas, lol
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Take the six acres it and open her up, Take out button off and clean it and where it goes.
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Take the six acres it and open her up, Take out button off and clean it and where it goes.
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Pretty sure the flex cable on you're power button is not working as intended, could be a short from a rain drop or just everyday wear and tear another issue could be that the battery is fried and can't hold a charge, but this seems unlikely given you're circumstance.
I always tell people to utilize pie controls to save you're everyday use from wearing out our precious hardware buttons, My power and home only get pressed to wake the device, everything else is pie control via LMT launcher
That happened to me a few months ago. I was at work when it happened. The phone would just continually restart, vibrate, restart, back and forth. I ended up taking the battery out so it wouldn't get drained. Had it out for about four hours. Once I got home, I put it back in and never had any more problems. It was just a random thing, so try keeping the battery out for a while.
I'll keep my fingers crossed. I took the phone apart last night to clean it out and it was pretty spotless. But It keeps shutting off after trying to boot after a few seconds. I just hope I can get to a point where I can get my pictures off of it now.
nightwulfss said:
I'll keep my fingers crossed. I took the phone apart last night to clean it out and it was pretty spotless. But It keeps shutting off after trying to boot after a few seconds. I just hope I can get to a point where I can get my pictures off of it now.
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Hello all, as an update, I did nothing to my S3 over the weekend haping something magical could happen.
Today I went through all the normal steps again, and still a dead soldier. Now it wont ever SHow the Samsung logo however - just a short vibrate then nothing..
Still get a red light and a short vibrate when plugging into the comp without battery in though.
I have NOT taken it apart yet, but I will tonight most likely.
Thanks for all the suggestions and Ill keep this updated.
axel4401 said:
Hello all, as an update, I did nothing to my S3 over the weekend haping something magical could happen.
Today I went through all the normal steps again, and still a dead soldier. Now it wont ever SHow the Samsung logo however - just a short vibrate then nothing..
Still get a red light and a short vibrate when plugging into the comp without battery in though.
I have NOT taken it apart yet, but I will tonight most likely.
Thanks for all the suggestions and Ill keep this updated.
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Hello again,
Some news, I am able to get it into download mode for about 1 second then the phone shuts off - just like the other person in this thread with the same issue.
I took the phone apart and used a Qtip with 91% isopropyl Alcohol to try and clean the power button (which looks surprisingly clean). Still the same thing happening.
I'm running out of ideas here, so please chime in if you have any.
Thanks
axel4401 said:
Hello again,
Some news, I am able to get it into download mode for about 1 second then the phone shuts off - just like the other person in this thread with the same issue.
I took the phone apart and used a Qtip with 91% isopropyl Alcohol to try and clean the power button (which looks surprisingly clean). Still the same thing happening.
I'm running out of ideas here, so please chime in if you have any.
Thanks
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I was going to try the alcohol tonight, but I am afraid that I will have same results. I am going to try a new battery from another s3 tomorrow. I will post the results.
nightwulfss said:
I was going to try the alcohol tonight, but I am afraid that I will have same results. I am going to try a new battery from another s3 tomorrow. I will post the results.
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I got the qtip and scrubbed anything to do with the battery, pressed the power button, got more alcohol in by the button (not a lot) scrubbed some more terminals, and the battery terminals, etc. waited about ten minutes and put the battery in...
Low and behold, something worked and now the phone comes on.
I dont know which part of the scrubbing actually did it, but something worked.
All in all I have no idea what actually fixed it, but the point is that it works.
Thank you for who those that insisted that it was a power button issue - you were most likely right.
So here are my results as of today, and what I have tried to get to this point:
After my S3 died and wouldn't boot up into recovery i tried cleaning all the internals with alcohol. I cleaned thoroughly, and focused on the charging port, the power switch and battery terminals. The phone acted exactly the same.
I then tried putting it in a bowl of rice for about 24 hours. I was thinking that it might have been caused by some condensation. No success.
I was thinking since the power would turn on whenever i plugged the battery in, that maybe the switch was stuck. I took it apart again and tested the switch with a multi-meter. The switch seemed fine. It was responding when i pushed it, so i figured that wasn't the problem.
I kept reading that apparently this is an issue with the mother board. I tried the broken PS3 method of heating up the motherboard with a heat gun in hopes to re-seat something that may be loose. This did not work either. After this, I figured i was SOL since I was out of ideas and out of warranty (which didn't really matter anyway since I am running Hyperdrive).
Earlier today I figured the best tool in your toolbox sometimes is a hammer. I started tapping the phone on the side of my table, especially around the power button, while trying to turn it on. It didn't seem like it was doing anything either. I then plugged the phone into the charger since i thought the battery was totally dead.
A few minutes after i walked away from the phone, I came back into room and the red charging light was on. I tried turning it on, and holy cow it works...wtf...
I have no idea what made this work. It could be a complete coincidence. But, this phone has not worked since last Saturday. I just kept messing with it and may have just gotten lucky. I don't think banging your phone will fix this, but if truly was a hardware issue, maybe something in the phones mother board is becoming loose from the extreme heat they endure at times. I know my S3 has gotten pretty hot when I use it to navigate and leave it in the case.
I don't know if any of this will help anyone, but this is my experience so far of my S3 having what I think is the sudden death failure. I will followup with any updates if it decides to act up again.
So my friend started charging her phone, and an hour later when she checked, it was turned off, and extremely hot. We haven't been able to turn it back on since then, it doesn't do anything, take battery out, put it back in, tried home + power + volume with battery, and without just straight with charger and nothing. What do you guys think it might have happened? I don't want to think her phone is done for lol.
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So my friend started charging her phone, and an hour later when she checked, it was turned off, and extremely hot. We haven't been able to turn it back on since then, it doesn't do anything, take battery out, put it back in, tried home + power + volume with battery, and without just straight with charger and nothing. What do you guys think it might have happened? I don't want to think her phone is done for lol.
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Does the battery look messed up? Does it have a bump or something on it?
Also, worst case scenario, if she's stock.. send it to Samsung.
Maybe somehow either the phone fried or your battery did... He mightve left something open that was running on the background and it mightve got it hot... Thats what happened to me... But it didn't do that.. I quit wtever was running on the background, let it cool off and started charging it... So yea
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Exel said:
Does the battery look messed up? Does it have a bump or something on it?
Also, worst case scenario, if she's stock.. send it to Samsung.
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Nope, nothing on the battery, checked everything, we might have to send it to Samsung, faulty phone? Maybe, phone was working perfect (she bought it in March) up until last night.
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Nope, nothing on the battery, checked everything, we might have to send it to Samsung, faulty phone? Maybe, phone was working perfect (she bought it in March) up until last night.
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Change the battery out to see of thats the problem
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A tricky issue
I'm having a slightly different problem..
till last night the Phone was OK..was charging..in the morning I found it dead..well turned off I would say..
I came to office put it on charging..
a battery appears in the middle of the screen with a circle inside it (as usual). After that a battery with about 5% juice (Green Liquid) shows up in the middle of the screen (again, as usual) and has 5 points underneath it..which animate from grey to white, and left to right (again, as usual)
but the thing is, the phone doesn't seem to charge and is not powering up.. I even tried the recovery mode and download mode but simply wont power up.
might as well mean that the battery is fried..just wanted to ask you guys if I am correct.
Im using Xperi-z-ied rom
So I woke up this morning and the Samsung Galaxy Note II logo was on the screen. Phone was not booting, it was just stuck on the screen. Thought that was weird considering my alarm went off an hour before I woke up. Removed the battery and put in back in. Nothing. Plugged it in thinking it was dead. Will not charge. All I can get it to do is when I hold down the power button a little red light on the front blinks once, that is it.
Help?
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So I woke up this morning and the Samsung Galaxy Note II logo was on the screen. Phone was not booting, it was just stuck on the screen. Thought that was weird considering my alarm went off an hour before I woke up. Removed the battery and put in back in. Nothing. Plugged it in thinking it was dead. Will not charge. All I can get it to do is when I hold down the power button a little red light on the front blinks once, that is it.
Help?
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how long did you plug it in to make it charge?
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how long did you plug it in to make it charge?
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It was plugged it overnight.
Based on some searches, it looks like my phone suffers from SDS, or "sudden death syndrome." Unfortunately I am not alone on this problem. It looks like my phone is officially dead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073347
manoosie said:
It was plugged it overnight.
Based on some searches, it looks like my phone suffers from SDS, or "sudden death syndrome." Unfortunately I am not alone on this problem. It looks like my phone is officially dead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073347
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that sucks and this got me worried as well,since my phone wasn't purchased in India and also there's no particular reason as to why this happens with our note II , but it seems that with most people the issue occurs when they have left their phone overnight to charge,i guess some users have been lucky not to experience this