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Hey all
Wonder if anyone can shed any light on what I think is a unique problem - in that I can't find anyone with the exact same issue.
Last weekend I took the SIM card from my GN to place in another phone I was trying out. The GN was powered back on and being used on WIFI as I was doing comparisons, shooting some video of the new phone with it etc.
Popped the GN in a drawer without thinking and left if powered on
(see if you can guess where this is going)
Messed around with the other phone for about 4 days, got my GN out of the drawer and went to put the SIM back in my GN.
1. GN would not turn on initially at all. No recovery, nothing. (solved)
Read some posts on XDA and elsewhere, people with similar issues mentioning a long (5min+) battery pull would wake her up. Dutifully I obliged and the phone did indeed wake up. However, battery was totally dead and phone shut back down.
2. GN will not accept charge from a wall charger when phone is on.
Whilst the phone seems to take a 'trickle' charge whilst powered off (battery charge animation is on), this is exceptionally slow. Took all night to get to about 50% charged to allow me to boot up and have a look around. Whilst the phone is powered on, it will not recharge. tried all sorts of official and other USB and mains cables.
3. When connected to a PC via USB, will accept charge, but error message notes that USB Device not reconised, troubleshoot? etc...
Phone won't mount. Status says it is charging over AC.
So what's up? I assume the battery died big time over the 4 days i left it. A have a new official battery in the post to resolve but... didn't anticipate the issues with USB connection etc. Worried the phone might be partially bricked/borked/knackered.
Phone is GSM 16Gb currently on 4.0.2 and totally stock. So no tinkering to date has caused this. Only event that proceeded the issue was the full battery drain.
Any hints / tips / info / moral support gladly accepted.
Really sounds like you're phone was already borked, just waiting for the right time to tell you. You might've hurt it's feelings.
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Sounds like it's emotionally scarred from being abandoned for another phone and left in a cold dark danky drawer for half a week.
Have you tried reinstalling the USB drivers?
Also could try factory reset as well as try unlocking it and relocking. Worst case, send it in repair, just tell them it's heartbroken.
Heartbroken, I like it... Worse still I was testing out a Windows Phone. What a phone philanderer I am.
The drawer was nice and dry though I assure you.
How would I install USB drivers?
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GringoMonkee said:
Heartbroken, I like it... Worse still I was testing out a Windows Phone. What a phone philanderer I am.
The drawer was nice and dry though I assure you.
How would I install USB drivers?
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Assuming you're on a windows since you called it a PC..
Try and see if windows can install it for you.
Go to Start > Run > Enter "device installation" in the search > select "Change device installation settings" > Select "Install driver software from windows update if it's not found on my device"
Many have seen this type of problems, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427539
It's a hardware issue, but is fixable if you want to change the USB port yourself
Thanks.
Then post you link to seems to be about 'phantom' charging when no cable is connected. This is the opposite in a way - it won't charge when turned on at all.
New battery arrived today. No change. Device still trickle charges when powered off, but doesn't charge on mains power, and still will not recognise when plugged into an XP or Linux machine.
Gonna try a factory reset and will update.
Let me know of any ideas and or people with the same issue. I'm still of the opinion I haven't seen a thread with this same issue. Would be happy to be corrected.
Cheers
Well, a factory reset did nothing...
Stuck...
If you read the thread, many have had this exact problem, including myself. For me the phantom charging happened a while after it refused to charge.
What the actual ****...
I just tried what can only be described as the 'toothpick trick' : pushing down the connector nub inside the USB port on the phone et voila, now acting as normal.
I can only describe that as a really ****ty example of workmanship from Samsung.
And it would be after I reset the device as well.
Do you think this one's a definite hardware issue / defect? Seems a crazy thing to happen.
I had the same problem and search as I might, I could find no solution and had to send it in for repairs. The good news is, if you send it directly to Samsung (and dont go through your carrier), they were really fast about it and I had my phone back within a week
Lol, I was the one figuring out the toothpick trick I ordered the phone from clove.co.uk the first week it was released, and had this issue haunt me after a few weeks. As I'm in norway, I was not looking forward to sending it in, so tried to fix it myself. I tried "everything", including short circiut some pins in the plug on purpose, but what finally fixed it for me was to buy a OEM USB Charging board on ebay and replace it myself.
I know, really ****ty QA at Samsung.
Not looking forward to sitting and waiting to see if this is a recurring issue.
How much of a job is replacing the board on the phone?
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Not that hard. The phone is easy to pick apart, and you can just "plug" in the new card with two simple connectors.
Turns out it is a recurring issue.
Is this the sort of thing that would be classed as due a replacement phone?
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zoolake said:
I had the same problem and search as I might, I could find no solution and had to send it in for repairs. The good news is, if you send it directly to Samsung (and dont go through your carrier), they were really fast about it and I had my phone back within a week
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I am having a very similar issue that I believe is hardware. Sometimes charges, sometimes won't. BUT it will not be recognized through USB on my PC so I can not flash stock images unroot and lock the bootloader back up. Where you completely stock and unrooted before you sent it in to samsung? I have to find some way to get it back to stock so I can get get this fixed...
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I am having a very similar issue that I believe is hardware. Sometimes charges, sometimes won't. BUT it will not be recognized through USB on my PC so I can not flash stock images unroot and lock the bootloader back up. Where you completely stock and unrooted before you sent it in to samsung? I have to find some way to get it back to stock so I can get get this fixed...
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Yes, I know there are many topics on this, but mine is a little different, and this appears to be the most current thread.
I have a galaxy nexus that I got from Google IO last summer. It has worked great until last week. It stopped taking a charge. When I would plug it in with the same plug I have used for months, it would show the lightning bolt, but not charge. I tried the toothpick thing but no luck and ended up breaking the usb port. So, I bought a replacment usb board off ebay and installed that. Now, when I plug the phone in, still no charge, but my computer does recognize the phone.
Then after the 4.2.2 update, I no longer see the lighting bolt, but it still does not charge. I have been charging the battery at night. I cut off the end of a usb cable and use electrical tape to tape the two stripped wires to the battery. But that only provides an 80% charge and doesnt last the whole day.
1) Not a usb port issue, but might be a motherboard issue?
2) Not a toothpick fix
3) Maybe a software issue?
4) Maybe time to buy the Nexus 4?
Hi all,
For the last two to three months, I've been running a Universe ROM on my E4GT. Other than an occasional quirk, the phone has been working very well. I noticed that my phone didn't seem to be connecting to my home WiFi, so I put it into Airplane mode, and then took it out of Airplane mode. Instantly, it connected to my WiFi with a MUCH better signal After checking emails on the phone, I set an alarm and went to sleep. I woke up without the alarm since it did not go off. My phone appeared to be off. Holding the power button resulted in the blue LED charge light flashing, but the screen did not come on. I pulled the battery and put it back, thinking that the phone had some odd-ball software glitch that made it turn off in the middle of the night. When I hit power, the blue LED turns on, blinks, and that is all that happens. Once and only once since this started, my screen showed the boot animation, but did not get past that.
Because my screen turned on ONCE, I'm really hoping that I am soft bricked and not hard bricked. It does seem VERY odd for the phone to become bricked after working fine on this ROM for at least a couple months. The only change I made in recent time is to change a governor in ExTweaks from Hyper to Ondemand. I suppose that could have somehow caused this.
I stopped by a Sprint store, but they would not help as I do not have insurance and the phone is out of warranty.
Do you think making a USB jig or buying one may help? There is a Radio Shack close to where I live. And I have an extra USB cable I can take apart.
If that fails, should I send the phone to mobiletechvideos.com for their JTAG repair? It costs $50 plus shipping to them, but that is still cheaper than buying a new phone. If it came to that, I'd certainly hope they could fix it.
The fact that the blue LED light comes on seems like a decent sign of some life. While the battery animation does not come on, the light does.
Thanks for reading and offering any advice/suggestions.
Can you get into recovery or odin mode?
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Can you get into recovery or odin mode?
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Nope. When I try either, I get the blue LED light, it blinks once, and then stays on. Nothing happens on-screen.
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Nope. When I try either, I get the blue LED light, it blinks once, and then stays on. Nothing happens on-screen.
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Well the jig may work give that a shot at least if you can get into odin mode you can start over using a one click good luck :d
bigdaddy619 said:
Well the jig may work give that a shot at least if you can get into odin mode you can start over using a one click good luck :d
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Thank you! I'll post here if I get that to work or have an alternate solution.
Charge your battery. Use an external charger if need be.
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BluesRulez said:
Charge your battery. Use an external charger if need be.
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I thought that it could be the battery. My original got bloated about a month or two ago, so I bought an Anker battery from Amazon. It's been working great since I got it.
I had my Anker battery tested yesterday at a "Batteries Plus" store. The clerk put a new battery in the phone to see if it would help the phone, but it did the same blue LED thing. He used a multimeter to test my battery and the new one the store was selling. He said mine had more power in it than the one on the shelf and indicated that either battery has more than enough power to start the phone. While this still could be caused by my battery, it does seem strange for a new battery that has charge in it to not allow the phone to start. I don't have an external charger, but I could always visit my parents as they each have an E4GT.
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Just went thru that and you have the same EXACT symptoms as my emmc brick. Jtag will not help so don't waste the money. Plenty to read on the emmc bug in the E4GT and SGS2 forums.
I hate to be a downer but, I can guarantee you that you will not get any more than the dreaded blue light no matter what you do.
Take it to Sprint and let them go thru the entire process of trying to get it to boot and they may even give you some kind of excuse like "well I'm gonna take it to the back and disassemble it and see if the screen connection came loose".
They will never get it to boot and it is a hardware problem!!
Free replacement and may be backordered because this problem is happening to quite a few of the first run Galaxies.
I spent hours on the phone with "supposed techs" and went to 2 stores because my home store "child" said I must have gotten it wet and handed me a card with Asurion and said to contact them and I'd have to pay my deductible. BS, i wasn't paying for a hardware issue and YOU NEED TO TELL THEM THAT!!!
I spent a week and a half checking components (after they had taken it apart already at the store) while I waited on my replacement because I wanted what was on my internal memory and nothing. I know enough about electronic repair doing it my entire life since I was 12, that you will not get it back.
Sorry but like I'd said "i just went thru this 2 months ago" and plenty to read here on that situation.
They won't see any mod or even any display so you're safe with the Sprint techs. Just tell them when you woke up after setting your alarm, it was dead.
One good thing, is your replacement should be pretty safe from the emmc problem and download Chainfires app to see what chipset you get. (GotBrickBug)!!
I will say that everything was working fantastic on the Rom I was using and it wasnt due to a botched flash. I was taking a couple pictures and when I plugged it into my laptop, I'd noticed it must have shut down never to boot again. It could happen at anytime I'm noticing.
Teknician said:
Just went thru that and you have the same EXACT symptoms as my emmc brick. Jtag will not help so don't waste the money. Plenty to read on the emmc bug in the E4GT and SGS2 forums.
I hate to be a downer but, I can guarantee you that you will not get any more than the dreaded blue light no matter what you do.
Take it to Sprint and let them go thru the entire process of trying to get it to boot and they may even give you some kind of excuse like "well I'm gonna take it to the back and disassemble it and see if the screen connection came loose".
They will never get it to boot and it is a hardware problem!!
Free replacement and may be backordered because this problem is happening to quite a few of the first run Galaxies.
I spent hours on the phone with "supposed techs" and went to 2 stores because my home store "child" said I must have gotten it wet and handed me a card with Asurion and said to contact them and I'd have to pay my deductible. BS, i wasn't paying for a hardware issue and YOU NEED TO TELL THEM THAT!!!
I spent a week and a half checking components (after they had taken it apart already at the store) while I waited on my replacement because I wanted what was on my internal memory and nothing. I know enough about electronic repair doing it my entire life since I was 12, that you will not get it back.
Sorry but like I'd said "i just went thru this 2 months ago" and plenty to read here on that situation.
They won't see any mod or even any display so you're safe with the Sprint techs. Just tell them when you woke up after setting your alarm, it was dead.
One good thing, is your replacement should be pretty safe from the emmc problem and download Chainfires app to see what chipset you get. (GotBrickBug)!!
I will say that everything was working fantastic on the Rom I was using and it wasnt due to a botched flash. I was taking a couple pictures and when I plugged it into my laptop, I'd noticed it must have shut down never to boot again. It could happen at anytime I'm noticing.
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Thank you very much for the reply. My phone was having a strange issue with connecting to my home WiFi before I put it on the charger for the last time. I wonder if that was a tell-tale sign that something was up.
I went to the Sprint store closer to where I live and explained what happened. They didn't give me any argument at all. Their tech checked out my phone, but couldn't get it to power up at all. They ordered a replacement E4GT (might be new; might be refurbished) for me for $35. I should have it by Friday. I was surprised by how helpful they were. Apparently, they have see this issue occur on some other Android phones as well.
What is the Chainfires app? Does it identify if you have the "older" chipset which can cause the brick issue? That must be what you mean by "GotBrickBug," right?
Since I'm eligible for an upgrade in June, I think I'll just use the stock ROM to avoid any possible issues. I wonder if the GS4 will be out then. It's always interesting to see what the hot new phone is going to be when you're ready for an upgrade.
Again, thank you to everyone for the helpful replies!
Surprised they even had you pay but I'd have paid $35 also if they'd asked me too.
You should get either new or new board at least.
Here's Chainfire's thread and app in OP. By the looks of it, my chips firmware is updated and as much as I've tested and flashed in the last couple weeks, it's holding up great. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693704
My first clue was that my phone was having problems being read by my PC. Couldn't see either the onboard usb or my external usb. It was intermittent and within a week it was gone.
Sprint has been seeing this problem for sure and in Chainfire's thread, Samsung is well aware.
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anindrew said:
I thought that it could be the battery. My original got bloated about a month or two ago, so I bought an Anker battery from Amazon. It's been working great since I got it.
I had my Anker battery tested yesterday at a "Batteries Plus" store. The clerk put a new battery in the phone to see if it would help the phone, but it did the same blue LED thing. He used a multimeter to test my battery and the new one the store was selling. He said mine had more power in it than the one on the shelf and indicated that either battery has more than enough power to start the phone. While this still could be caused by my battery, it does seem strange for a new battery that has charge in it to not allow the phone to start. I don't have an external charger, but I could always visit my parents as they each have an E4GT.
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Sounds like the h/w took a dump on you - the phone replacement was probably the only route left. By any chance did you leave it charging and/or in a location that allowed it to store heat? (Like a blanket, foam cushion, etc)
Teknician said:
Just went thru that and you have the same EXACT symptoms as my emmc brick. Jtag will not help so don't waste the money. Plenty to read on the emmc bug in the E4GT and SGS2 forums.
I will say that everything was working fantastic on the Rom I was using and it wasnt due to a botched flash. I was taking a couple pictures and when I plugged it into my laptop, I'd noticed it must have shut down never to boot again. It could happen at anytime I'm noticing.
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That's disturbing. I always thought that bug occurred when attempting to reset to defaults in the wrong way. I didn't think it could happen out of the blue.
In my case, which is awfully similar to the OP, my battery was running low, somewhere between 10 and 15%, and since I couldn't charge at the time, I powered down the phone. Next morning, I plugged it in to the usual wall charger and saw the battery charging symbol come up on screen as expected.
Instead of simply waiting for that screen to go off, I hit the power button to turn it off right away, but I might have inadvertently also pressed Vol Up with power or Vol Down with power, since I was doing it casually with one hand.
I didn't notice what might have happened right then, but a little later I saw that there was no charging LED. So I tried all the button combinations I knew to get it to come back to life, with and without the battery and power.
A couple times I got the blue light and then the battery charging screen, before it disappeared. Once I saw, in small print, "Battery low!! Can't Download," which makes me think that it's stuck in ODIN mode, which AFAIK doesn't support charging.
Right now I'm in the midst of looking for another battery or an external charger. I hope this is not what you're talking about.
Update the next day: I found this thread, which is essentially a match for what I was experiencing. That one ended with a wait-it-out approach, and I basically did the same. I left it plugged in overnight, even though it appeared not to be charging at all (stone cold, no red light). In the morning, it was still all but dead, but I popped out the battery again (I had done this many times before), replugged it into power, and then it charged normally and completely for the first time since the incident. Moral: don't let the phone go below 15%, and if you do, plug it in ASAP. Don't ignore it overnight, even if it's powered off (maybe especially).
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That's disturbing. I always thought that bug occurred when attempting to reset to defaults in the wrong way. I didn't think it could happen out of the blue.
In my case, which is awfully similar to the OP, my battery was running low, somewhere between 10 and 15%, and since I couldn't charge at the time, I powered down the phone. Next morning, I plugged it in to the usual wall charger and saw the battery charging symbol come up on screen as expected.
Instead of simply waiting for that screen to go off, I hit the power button to turn it off right away, but I might have inadvertently also pressed Vol Up with power or Vol Down with power, since I was doing it casually with one hand.
I didn't notice what might have happened right then, but a little later I saw that there was no charging LED. So I tried all the button combinations I knew to get it to come back to life, with and without the battery and power.
A couple times I got the blue light and then the battery charging screen, before it disappeared. Once I saw, in small print, "Battery low!! Can't Download," which makes me think that it's stuck in ODIN mode, which AFAIK doesn't support charging.
Right now I'm in the midst of looking for another battery or an external charger. I hope this is not what you're talking about.
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You're right - folks, this is not the eMMC bug. Let's just clear that up. If you need further information on that you can refer to the discussion thread on that bug and all the research that several folks have put into it.
When I first got my E4GT there was talk of a BLOD or "sleep of death" where the phone would not come back on. Wasn't the eMMC bug. Most people had a low battery so it was thought the batteries were too low and that it booted and messed up the bootloader. Others thought they overheated. Problem is without any way to diagnose the problem it's hard to come up with a "true" answer.
Perhaps a JTAG could revive the phones. Odd that even if plugged in that nothing is happening. But sometimes h/w really can just go south and trash a phone.
I highly suggest backing up your internal usb drive as frequently as possible because I lost a lot of photos that I never transfered, thanks to Samsung and my hardware taking a crap. Emmc blue light bug really sucks, believe me...
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That's disturbing. I always thought that bug occurred when attempting to reset to defaults in the wrong way. I didn't think it could happen out of the blue.
In my case, which is awfully similar to the OP, my battery was running low, somewhere between 10 and 15%, and since I couldn't charge at the time, I powered down the phone. Next morning, I plugged it in to the usual wall charger and saw the battery charging symbol come up on screen as expected.
Instead of simply waiting for that screen to go off, I hit the power button to turn it off right away, but I might have inadvertently also pressed Vol Up with power or Vol Down with power, since I was doing it casually with one hand.
I didn't notice what might have happened right then, but a little later I saw that there was no charging LED. So I tried all the button combinations I knew to get it to come back to life, with and without the battery and power.
A couple times I got the blue light and then the battery charging screen, before it disappeared. Once I saw, in small print, "Battery low!! Can't Download," which makes me think that it's stuck in ODIN mode, which AFAIK doesn't support charging.
Right now I'm in the midst of looking for another battery or an external charger. I hope this is not what you're talking about.
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Doesn't sound like emmc at all. All you will have is a blue light and that's it. If you saw ANY display, it's probably a battery and charging issue. You'll know the bug when you don't see anything but blue and no display at all.
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anindrew, how did it all turn out?
First of all I read all the possible posts here in the XDA forum about this problem but no one was able to help me :s
I was listening music with my cellphone than it crashed and turned of from nohting. My first thought was "Damm, it crashed!" and I removed the battery and after a couple minutes I put it back and than the cellphone never turned on again. No battery status is showing up, no leds, odin and flash mode doens't work either. I don't no what to do :s
I tried this:
◘ Unplug from USB, remove battery 5 min, put it back
◘ Odin and Flash mode
◘ Turn it on without battery on pc
◘ Turn it on while recharging
My GNexus model is a I9250 GSM.
Could you add some more details? How long the phone's been in operation, refurbished?, rooted?, your current ROM, kernel, radios, advanced kernel settings such as voltage changes, any tweaks, battery type, temperature.
This exactly happened to me on my DroidX. I spent 2 weeks trying everything to revive it including taking the phone apart before adding it to the pile and getting my current GNexus Toro.. so I know how much this sucks. I'm not an expert on phones bricking but I know that connections can go bad or come loose, especially if the phone has been dropped or other impact, components start to lose their integrity over time and voltage shorts 'burn out' op-amps. You mentioned listening to music, so I'm wandering about the IVA components burning out, which usually has voltage too high especially on boot... Hope you can get it working.
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Could you add some more details? How long the phone's been in operation, refurbished?, rooted?, your current ROM, kernel, radios, advanced kernel settings such as voltage changes, any tweaks, battery type, temperature.
This exactly happened to me on my DroidX. I spent 2 weeks trying everything to revive it including taking the phone apart before adding it to the pile and getting my current GNexus Toro.. so I know how much this sucks. I'm not an expert on phones bricking but I know that connections can go bad or come loose, especially if the phone has been dropped or other impact, components start to lose their integrity over time and voltage shorts 'burn out' op-amps. You mentioned listening to music, so I'm wandering about the IVA components burning out, which usually has voltage too high especially on boot... Hope you can get it working.
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Well first of all I thank you for your concern and my phone is on again, thanks to my uncle. The phone is '4 months old', I rooted last month, bootloader unlocked and I was using samsung stock rom (4.2.1 JB). Yeah, that really suck monkey b*lls. If you got the same problem as me (I really hope not) that's what you should do: First remove the battery, plug the charger and than put the battery back. In my case, It kind "shorted" the battery and my phone is back on. I was reading posts and posts and discovered that GNexus has this problem and a lot. Dunno when it can happen again but I really don't want a paperweight. Once again, thank you!
Glad you got your Nexus back up and runnning. Thanks for posting back with details after you figured out the problem and got your phone working, +1 right there. There's always a good chance this will help out someone later on. :good:
Confirmation: balums worked for me
balums uncle's solution worked for me: specifically, (1) removed USB power, (2) removed battery, (3) applied USB power, (4) inserted battery, (5) press power button.
Thanks balums!
Does anybody have technical (design/EE) insight into what would cause this?
This was starting from a device that appeared totally dead.
The battery was *fully charged* (and showed up that way immediately when the device finally booted).
I had done the obvious things of removing/inserting the battery, cleaning contacts, checking the USB power connection.
Was about to pull it apart when I saw balums post, saving me huge time.
Device is about 16 months old. Stock OS and settings. First time this has happened.
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CDMA (Verizon) Samsung Galaxy Nexus -- SCH-i515.
Phone won't boot. Device won't turn on. Won't start. Dead. No worky.
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Seth
Awesome! You trick worked, balums!
Interestingly I also have the standard stock version of OS and Hardware which I bought 14 Months ago (nearly to the day). I was surfing over WiFi yesterday evening and when I turned the phone off I noticed the screen getting grey for a moment, not black. And this morning the Nexus just didn't turn on.
Anyway, thanks for the solution, have a nice day!
That is very odd because my i515 also did the exact same thing and I have owned it for 15 months. I can't wait to get home and try this trick. More to come.
Drew
Thanks!
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Well first of all I thank you for your concern and my phone is on again, thanks to my uncle. The phone is '4 months old', I rooted last month, bootloader unlocked and I was using samsung stock rom (4.2.1 JB). Yeah, that really suck monkey b*lls. If you got the same problem as me (I really hope not) that's what you should do: First remove the battery, plug the charger and than put the battery back. In my case, It kind "shorted" the battery and my phone is back on. I was reading posts and posts and discovered that GNexus has this problem and a lot. Dunno when it can happen again but I really don't want a paperweight. Once again, thank you!
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Hey Balums,
My GNex didn't turn on this morning and I was really confused as to why it would do such a thing, until I saw your post. Thanks a lot for posting your uncle's remedy!
It fixed mine!
-Fupa
bookmarked. thanks op.
Galaxy nexus wont turn on or charge.
I tried (1) removed USB power, (2) removed battery, (3) applied USB power, (4) inserted battery, (5) press power button but my galaxy nexus still dont turn on. i have 4.2.2 stock rooted. i was downloading something and my screen become weird in colors and i cent use the phone. i turn it of and now wont turn on again or charge.
after unlocking and rooting i installed this touch recovery from google play. [ROOT]Recovery Tools
Excellent! balums' suggestion helped me. I thought I had tried this before but apparently didn't quite get this in the right sequence.
The only remaining issue I have now is that when it does turn on, I've got the thunderbolt on the battery indicator, the phone says it's charging at the lock screen, but when I go to Battery under Settings it says that the battery is discharging. This effectively has my phone in a state where I can't unplug it (battery is too low but it also doesn't appear to actually "charge"). I tried replacing the Micro USB charge port PCB board and came up with the same results. To me, this seems like a problem and may indicate a motherboard or battery connection issue. I used the "Battery Monitor Widget" and it indicated that it was getting AC power. Any thoughts?
Thanks to XDA and Balum's suggestion! I thought my phone just died! It was on 70somethign % battery last I looked, connected by USB to the PC and I don't know if I turned it off and walked away for a while or if it turned off by itself, but it would not turn on no matter what I did after I got back to my desk. It is on Android 4.3 takju stock not rooted.
Thank you all again for the instructions on how to revive the GNex!
Samsung Galaxy Nexus won't power up
I got a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I got it from my cousin and therefore don't have any information about the rooting status as well as the ROM but i guess it was running stock. The phone won't turn ON, it is not detected in the computer. No LED or any other indication. I tried the above method which worked for many people but it failed. What is special about the phone is that the upper part of the screen is heating up more as compared to the rest of the phone. Can somebody help me fix this? Is this a hardware issue?
I have the EXACT same problem as you do. I have no idea where to start to try to fix it. I took a picture, then lines went squiggly across the screen, then it flickered, and died. I cannot power it on at all. I tried Uncle's tricks. No luck.
Anyone have some ideas on what to try? Thanks.
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I got a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I got it from my cousin and therefore don't have any information about the rooting status as well as the ROM but i guess it was running stock. The phone won't turn ON, it is not detected in the computer. No LED or any other indication. I tried the above method which worked for many people but it failed. What is special about the phone is that the upper part of the screen is heating up more as compared to the rest of the phone. Can somebody help me fix this? Is this a hardware issue?
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Also having the same problem. My Nexus has been rebooting randomly for the past week or so, and finally, this morning, it refuses to turn on at all.
It's a Verizon Galaxy Nexus running stock, but it's been rooted. I'm using the extended battery. The trick that was posted earlier in this thread doesn't seem to work for me. I've tried multiple USB cables and power sources.
I'm going to try the standard battery when I get home, but I'm not expecting positive results.
Work-around
About two months ago whenever I turned my Gnex off, it became totally unresponsive to all attempts to start again. After a lot of trial and error, I discovered that if I pulled the battery for 30-60 minutes and reinstalled, it would power on normally. I have completely wiped and rooted the phone and the problem persisted.
Today I thought about it some and realized there may be some residual charge in the phone, and my waiting period is to allow the charge to drain. To test this theory, I powered the phone down and then tried to restart - nada. Pulled and reset the battery - nada. Pulled the battery, shorted out all four pins that would make contact with the battery, reinstalled battery, and it powered right up. I have not been able to successfully repeat a fast restart when shorting out all four pins. Pulling the battery and waiting 30-60 mins still works.
Incidently about the same time, my screen has stopped auto rotating (and yes it is set to do so).
mwjoerin said:
About two months ago whenever I turned my Gnex off, it became totally unresponsive to all attempts to start again. After a lot of trial and error, I discovered that if I pulled the battery for 30-60 minutes and reinstalled, it would power on normally. I have completely wiped and rooted the phone and the problem persisted.
Today I thought about it some and realized there may be some residual charge in the phone, and my waiting period is to allow the charge to drain. To test this theory, I powered the phone down and then tried to restart - nada. Pulled and reset the battery - nada. Pulled the battery, shorted out all four pins that would make contact with the battery, reinstalled battery, and it powered right up. I have not been able to successfully repeat a fast restart when shorting out all four pins. Pulling the battery and waiting 30-60 mins still works.
Incidentally about the same time, my screen has stopped auto rotating (and yes it is set to do so).
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What are you doing exactly to short out the battery?
galaxy nexus reboot
my galaxy nexus is about 1 year old now and this is the first time that i've encountered a problem with it. It suddenly restarted, and will take about 5-7minutes before it opens, it will be open up to the "X" logo and when it reaches the normal screen it will restart again. I don't know whats wrong with it. please help/
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balums uncle's solution worked for me: specifically, (1) removed USB power, (2) removed battery, (3) applied USB power, (4) inserted battery, (5) press power button.
Thanks balums!
Does anybody have technical (design/EE) insight into what would cause this?
This was starting from a device that appeared totally dead.
The battery was *fully charged* (and showed up that way immediately when the device finally booted).
I had done the obvious things of removing/inserting the battery, cleaning contacts, checking the USB power connection.
Was about to pull it apart when I saw balums post, saving me huge time.
Device is about 16 months old. Stock OS and settings. First time this has happened.
Search terms:
CDMA (Verizon) Samsung Galaxy Nexus -- SCH-i515.
Phone won't boot. Device won't turn on. Won't start. Dead. No worky.
Thanks,
Seth
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Thanks alot... this worked for me !!
You saved my Galaxy Nexus
Similar problem + water
Ok, so I have a similar situation I believe. My phone took a swim. I left it off and riced it. Later on after I believed it to be dry enough, i turned it on. (wow it freaking worked) After a few seconds of using the device checking screen the phone snapped off and went into a reboot. I waited until it came back and i shut it down and thought I'd let it go over night. I plugged it in and let it charge (charge icon was displaying). Everything looked good.
Fast forward. Morning time. I go to turn the phone on. Nothing.
This time the phone won't boot. Instead all i see is the white battery icon show up indicating the battery is 100%. When i plug it in to the charger i get the battery with the charging bolt, then it shows the normal battery indicator light. After that, I get nothing.
I tried the method I saw above. remove power, remove battery, apply usb power, insert battery, press power. Sadly it didn't work.
Anyone have any other ideas as to what might be going on?
I have had my LT28h Xperia ION for about 1 year now, but as of last week it seems to have developed a fault. I have tried the usual hard resets, wiping the phone of all data etc and restarting completely fresh, but to no avail.
Every so often (usually when the battery gets below 70%, the phone spontaneously does what looks a like a soft reset. What I mean by this is the screen cuts out, then 2 seconds later the phone restarts itself, loading through the 'SONY' screen etc until it reboots. I would have normally said that I think the phone is simply restarting itself, but it looks more like a soft reset because whenever i purposefully soft reset my phone (power/up buttons for 5 seconds) the screen cuts to black, but does so by fading the screen to black, going through a yellowy/orange colour (as if the LCD screen is bleeding)... This is what the screen does whenever it does this restart too, leading me to think it is a soft reset.
Sometimes when the phone restarts, it says the battery has 1% left, although there is well over 50% (if i turn the phone off manually and turn on again, sometimes it will say the true 50-70% battery status) and sometimes it says it has the correct battery %.
It usually does these restarts when I am doing something, like taking a photo/video or using an 'intensive app'.
I am using the latest 4.1.2 official OTA software, with a rooted phone (I have tried removing the root, but it still has the same problem so re-rooted it).
If anyone has a similar problem, or knows something I don't, I would be very grateful for your replies. I am praying it is not the battery, as ION's have stupid 'non-removable' battery's, and I don't know if I can be bothered taking apart the phone etc...
Thanks in advance
James
Did you try to flash the whole firmware again?
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Did you try to flash the whole firmware again?
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I have not done that no. I will try giving that a go in Flashtool when I get back to the USA (I am in Mexico at the moment).
Thanks
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I have not done that no. I will try giving that a go in Flashtool when I get back to the USA (I am in Mexico at the moment).
Thanks
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I have tried factory resetting, Flashing a new FTF with flashtool and still it keeps soft resetting. It does seem like a battery problem, so I drained it completely of all charge, then plugged it in to the wall charger over night. Now all it does when plugged in to charge is strange:
Red LED comes on as if it is charging, then 5 seconds later the LED turns off, phone starts to boot (screen comes on but does not even reach the 'SONY' bootup screen), then after 2 seconds it turns off again... then the red LED comes on again for 5 seconds, turns off, screen comes on for 2 seconds, then it turns off again... repeat...
I am going to leave it plugged in to see if it eventually reboots, but if anyone has any ideas that may help, I would be gratefull!
(P.S. I have tried hard resetting, and hard powering off by holding power and +volume key for 5 and 10 seconds respectively, but it just restarts back into this loop)
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Bump... Phone has charged for 2 days straight, it stays on a solid red light, and it is completely unresponsive when unplugged.
When it is plugged in, I can try and do the hard reset, but it then just goes into the same loop as before. chargind (red LED), then not charging/booting up for 2 seconds, then restarts to charging etc...
It just doesn't seem to be able to get enough charge from the wall charger to fill the battery enough for the kernel to kick in..
A little update, after fiddling around with button combinations (this time by holding power/volume up/volume down all at once), I can get the phone to be recognised by the computer as an SEMC Flash Device by device manager. When I open up flashtool though it says:
-Device Connected with USB Debugging off
-For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
This is odd because I always have USB debugging ON.
I cannot do anything with the device in Flashtool, OR Sony PC Companion, and I cannot boot into fastboot/flashmode at all, the phone is still just unresponsive to volume down when I plug into the computer, and also volume up etc...
Looks like my phone is completely bricked! Booooo
Any advice would be met with smiley emoticons!!!
It is the battery
Hi, I had exactly the same issue, the phone used to restart like a soft reset, then it came nack with only 1% of battery.
As Sony only knows to say "Repair the soft with PC Companion" which obiously is not the problem, I decided to buy a brand new battery considering that I am from Panama, and I had to buy it through ebay, the location of the item was China, so I had to way 1 month to get my battety.
I changed it, and tataaan the phone worked without any problem... I sold it a week later. But yes dude it is the battery I can tell u for sure it is 100% the battery
xgalt507x said:
Hi, I had exactly the same issue, the phone used to restart like a soft reset, then it came nack with only 1% of battery.
As Sony only knows to say "Repair the soft with PC Companion" which obiously is not the problem, I decided to buy a brand new battery considering that I am from Panama, and I had to buy it through ebay, the location of the item was China, so I had to way 1 month to get my battety.
I changed it, and tataaan the phone worked without any problem... I sold it a week later. But yes dude it is the battery I can tell u for sure it is 100% the battery
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Awesome! thanks for that, much appreciated. I have already ordered a battery (again from china) about 2 weeks ago, so i hope it will arrive in a couple of weeks. Now for the tricky part of replacing it!
Thanks a bunch!
Help sony ion battery not charging but booting up
:crying::crying::crying:Welll I have a rooted sony ion running 4.1.2 and iv been tweaking my phone with pimp my rom and I had cwm recovery and then I flashed twrp recovery and I set the cpu govener to performace and a reboot and then I noticed the battery was crazy. I had it connected it to a wall charger and the phone keep discharging extremely fast!!! The battery woint go up 4 percent. and then I went to twrp recovery and did a factory reset and wipe chache and dalvik chache and reboot same problem. Then same problem. Then I flash the official 4.1.2 on my phone with flashtool same problem. Then I went to sleep and left it charging like for 10 hours. Then I turn on phone again it was worse. When I turn on my phone it would just shut down after a second. And after flashing firmware I lost recovery and root, Help!!!!!!!!!!
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:crying::crying::crying:Welll I have a rooted sony ion running 4.1.2 and iv been tweaking my phone with pimp my rom and I had cwm recovery and then I flashed twrp recovery and I set the cpu govener to performace and a reboot and then I noticed the battery was crazy. I had it connected it to a wall charger and the phone keep discharging extremely fast!!! The battery woint go up 4 percent. and then I went to twrp recovery and did a factory reset and wipe chache and dalvik chache and reboot same problem. Then same problem. Then I flash the official 4.1.2 on my phone with flashtool same problem. Then I went to sleep and left it charging like for 10 hours. Then I turn on phone again it was worse. When I turn on my phone it would just shut down after a second. And after flashing firmware I lost recovery and root, Help!!!!!!!!!!
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Well it doesn't sound like the same problem as mine, but I just changed my battery (it's quite fiddly, but if you are good with your hands, you can follow step by step guides on youtube), and then it worked perfectly! It is most likely your battery.... FYI you can get Android 4.4 kitkat now for your ion.. I have it, its great... just search the forums!
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James666PKR said:
Well it doesn't sound like the same problem as mine, but I just changed my battery (it's quite fiddly, but if you are good with your hands, you can follow step by step guides on youtube), and then it worked perfectly! It is most likely your battery.... FYI you can get Android 4.4 kitkat now for your ion.. I have it, its great... just search the forums!
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Thanks for that final post. I am having identical issues that you have described in other posts. The SONY website goes nowhere on the issue.
So, what's a good price to pay for a battery? And, how long did it take to get it?
lesmfunk said:
Thanks for that final post. I am having identical issues that you have described in other posts. The SONY website goes nowhere on the issue.
So, what's a good price to pay for a battery? And, how long did it take to get it?
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Pretty sure I got mine from Amazon (it was ages ago, I forget) but i know you can get them from eBay too, just use some common sense and google it .
I got mine form hong kong in about 1 week along with a set of tools.. Managed to change the battery in under 30 mins.
w/tools
James666PKR said:
Pretty sure I got mine from Amazon (it was ages ago, I forget) but i know you can get them from eBay too, just use some common sense and google it .
I got mine form hong kong in about 1 week along with a set of tools.. Managed to change the battery in under 30 mins.
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Thanks for the tip on the tools. Just ordered one from China thru eBay for $25 CAD with shipping. There are cheaper ones, but no tools.
I'll reply to this thread once I fix it.
can anybody tell me the reiable link to order battery...
hi,
i have the same issue....can anybody tell me the reliable link to order a battery for my xperia ion LT28i.....
i got confused when tried to search on google...
i am fron Mumbai, India....
and also tell me if its easy to change the battery myself......from the youtube videos it looks like i have to dissamble the phone totally.....this is terrifying for me as i am not an engineer (i am a doctor)?
any video link which shows how to replace battery easily.....without dissambling that much of things....?
Not easy to change, but possible if you follow the youtube video.
I received the battery in exactly 3 weeks and took about an hour to change. I tore the audio jack from the sim card module so I was without sound until I replaced that part as well. Be careful.
There is an issue with the charging system of this phone. My new battery is starting to fail, I think. It has difficulty accepting a charge if I let it go down to 1%.
I have another year on contract so I'm thinking of buying another new battery.
This is obviously a defect.
Xperia Ion
James666PKR said:
A little update, after fiddling around with button combinations (this time by holding power/volume up/volume down all at once), I can get the phone to be recognised by the computer as an SEMC Flash Device by device manager. When I open up flashtool though it says:
-Device Connected with USB Debugging off
-For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
This is odd because I always have USB debugging ON.
I cannot do anything with the device in Flashtool, OR Sony PC Companion, and I cannot boot into fastboot/flashmode at all, the phone is still just unresponsive to volume down when I plug into the computer, and also volume up etc...
Looks like my phone is completely bricked! Booooo
Any advice would be met with smiley emoticons!!!
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I'm having that same problem now @James666PKR, Did your Sony Xperia Ion works normal when your change your battery?
This entire forum is probably dead, but I'd like to ask anyway.
I've got the same problem as other people in this forum.
It has an unlocked bootloader, LineageOS 18.1 unofficial beta and it's rooted.
When plugging the Z5P in the charger, it doesn't turn on. I've removed the backplate and unplugged the battery and plugged the charger,
the phone LED blinks red with the off time of ~3-5 seconds. Previously the screen logo flashed for a very short time but now it doesn't even do that.
Now when I plug the charger in and then connect the battery the moment when the LED is red, the vibration motor reacts 3 times and the phone stays off.
Connecting to a PC and doing any steps above, the phone does not get detected by the PC, so obviously there's no way to use any recovery tools.
Is the Z5P finally dead/chip fried? Can I do something with a dead phone or the internal parts?
Vanta-Chan said:
This entire forum is probably dead, but I'd like to ask anyway.
I've got the same problem as other people in this forum.
It has an unlocked bootloader, LineageOS 18.1 unofficial beta and it's rooted.
When plugging the Z5P in the charger, it doesn't turn on. I've removed the backplate and unplugged the battery and plugged the charger,
the phone LED blinks red with the off time of ~3-5 seconds. Previously the screen logo flashed for a very short time but now it doesn't even do that.
Now when I plug the charger in and then connect the battery the moment when the LED is red, the vibration motor reacts 3 times and the phone stays off.
Connecting to a PC and doing any steps above, the phone does not get detected by the PC, so obviously there's no way to use any recovery tools.
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If the motherboard is not totally dead then you could try the option with QPST tool to flash the stock ROM in download mode (QHUSB-9008) just search for, you should have a long curve learning to do so.
The device has to be detected this way, but it may work or not, depending on if the chip is really dead or not.
Vanta-Chan said:
Is the Z5P finally dead/chip fried? Can I do something with a dead phone or the internal parts?
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In some countries is sold as spare.
SubwayChamp said:
If the motherboard is not totally dead then you could try the option with QPST tool to flash the stock ROM in download mode (QHUSB-9008) just search for, you should have a long curve learning to do so.
The device has to be detected this way, but it may work or not, depending on if the chip is really dead or not.
In some countries is sold as spare.
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Yeahhh, phone still doesn't get detected on PC, not really turning on. It's probably junk now.
Vanta-Chan said:
Yeahhh, phone still doesn't get detected on PC, not really turning on. It's probably junk now.
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To send it to download mode (EDL) you have to open the back cover and test point two specific pins from the motherboard.
I just wanted to say that I got the EXACT same issue. I installed LineageOS 18.1 about 4-6 weeks ago and when I wanted to play around with the phone again a few days ago it wouldn't turn on or charge as Vanta-Chan mentioned.
It would be interesting to know if this simply happened because the phone is old, and to be honest the battery was already very bad at this point OR if this is because of installing LineageOS.
Because to be honest, that made me really scared of installing Lineage on other devices... I was thinking about doing it on my main phone (Samsung Galaxy S10) in the near future, but this has left me really scared.
Reading the issues y'all are experiencing reminds me of my old Xperia Z3, didn't want to turn on at all. Vibrated a few times with no display... No charging, led blinking with charger connected but PC won't detect...
The fix for my part was changing the battery, which did make it work. So most likely the same case and it's the battery, and trust me. Those knock off batteries are trash, didn't show correct battery %, and died after a few days... So had to get a new "original" one, no issues with the battery till this day
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I just wanted to say that I got the EXACT same issue. I installed LineageOS 18.1 about 4-6 weeks ago and when I wanted to play around with the phone again a few days ago it wouldn't turn on or charge as Vanta-Chan mentioned.
It would be interesting to know if this simply happened because the phone is old, and to be honest the battery was already very bad at this point OR if this is because of installing LineageOS.
Because to be honest, that made me really scared of installing Lineage on other devices... I was thinking about doing it on my main phone (Samsung Galaxy S10) in the near future, but this has left me really scared.
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Old devices turn to act erratically, unpredictable behavior can appear.
Just one thing I can sure you, I flashed LineageOS (although is not my preferable one) in an uncountable number of devices, never had an issue like that. If you follow all the steps indicated by the developer, you wouldn't have any troubles at all being on this device or another one.
Thanks for the replies... I might change the battery then, if it doesn't cost that much to let someone do it for me.
UPDATE:
I had some time today and somehow decided to play around with my Z5 Premium.
Now... I might should open another thread if necessary, should this get too much out of hand based on the threads topic, since my issue may be more different than I thought.
Previously I couldn't get it to turn on anymore after the battery died, charging as well wouldn't work and I would get that LED blinks for a short period of time when I would try to charge it.
So for whatever reason I decided to charge my phone again and at the same time pressing the power button + volume down... I tried that previously, but today it worked!
What happened was: I got the charging screen + red LED light over and over again and once I stopped holding the buttons it would start to boot again into a similar screen I got when installing LineageOS 18.1, with the only difference being that I had the battery symbol showing up as well as only seeing half of the screen (left side) since the right side was buggy only showing vertical black and white lines (which I had happened previously installing LineageOS after booting into TWRP)
My phone is now fully charged and I was able to turn it on and everything looks fine so far, except for the colors especially red which looks really dark since installing LineageOS 18.1
Now, this seriously has me worried about installing Lineage on my main Samsung phone. Because right now I feel like this has something to do with me installing a new OS on my phone...
Kind regards
Meitei
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I ain't no expert but there is a tool that you can buy and you plug it in your phone that will send you str8 to recovery mode or download mode, Idk if you are willing to pay like 10$ I think its not that mush to get it its a useful tool
HorrorBest said:
I ain't no expert but there is a tool that you can buy and you plug it in your phone that will send you str8 to recovery mode or download mode, Idk if you are willing to pay like 10$ I think its not that mush to get it its a useful tool
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Probably you are referring to the EDL cable (it costs around 4 USD), I have it, and it worked with a defective device with a volume button not working properly. I have to add that on devices with locked bootloader it can be more useful that with devices with unlocked bootloader that have many more possibilities to send it to any mode you want without the need to open the back cover.
Meitei said:
UPDATE:
I had some time today and somehow decided to play around with my Z5 Premium.
Now... I might should open another thread if necessary, should this get too much out of hand based on the threads topic, since my issue may be more different than I thought.
Previously I couldn't get it to turn on anymore after the battery died, charging as well wouldn't work and I would get that LED blinks for a short period of time when I would try to charge it.
So for whatever reason I decided to charge my phone again and at the same time pressing the power button + volume down... I tried that previously, but today it worked!
What happened was: I got the charging screen + red LED light over and over again and once I stopped holding the buttons it would start to boot again into a similar screen I got when installing LineageOS 18.1, with the only difference being that I had the battery symbol showing up as well as only seeing half of the screen (left side) since the right side was buggy only showing vertical black and white lines (which I had happened previously installing LineageOS after booting into TWRP)
My phone is now fully charged and I was able to turn it on and everything looks fine so far, except for the colors especially red which looks really dark since installing LineageOS 18.1
Now, this seriously has me worried about installing Lineage on my main Samsung phone. Because right now I feel like this has something to do with me installing a new OS on my phone...
Kind regards
Meitei
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If the ROM in this case, LOS was built specifically for your device model, and it comes from a trusted source shouldn't damage your device in any way. How custom ROMs work with all the variants should make a difference on how they look, just, apparently. Anyway, check that your battery is not draining, or it is damaged in some way.
SubwayChamp said:
If the ROM in this case, LOS was built specifically for your device model, and it comes from a trusted source shouldn't damage your device in any way. How custom ROMs work with all the variants should make a difference on how they look, just, apparently. Anyway, check that your battery is not draining, or it is damaged in some way.
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I got the ROM from the thread right here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-beta-lineageos-18-1-for-the-xperia-z5-premium.4202705/
The battery isn't the best anymore, but I feel like it improved a little bit since installing Lineage.
The phone was charged to 100% on Saturday and currently, it's at 50%. And nothing looks damaged