Hi guys,
hope you can help me with the following.
I recently got an A5 2017 which wasn't used for 2 years.
Obviously the battery was dead, which was confirmed using a voltmeter.
I ordered a new one, tested it with the voltmeter and installed it in the phone.
When I plugged it to charge, after a few seconds I can see the charging animation showing up, it's at almost 85% now.
But I tried and cannot start the phone.
I tried many keys combinaison with no success, all I can have is the phone's charging animation.
I dismantled the whole phone and none of the liquid sensor seems triggered.
I removed both SIM trays and SD card as well, no luck.
Only while plugged in to a socket turns on the screen with charging percentage.
I tried to connect the phone to USB to my laptop and it doesn't do anything.
Any suggestion here?
Thanks
mhaxor said:
Hi guys,
hope you can help me with the following.
I recently got an A5 2017 which wasn't used for 2 years.
Obviously the battery was dead, which was confirmed using a voltmeter.
I ordered a new one, tested it with the voltmeter and installed it in the phone.
When I plugged it to charge, after a few seconds I can see the charging animation showing up, it's at almost 85% now.
But I tried and cannot start the phone.
I tried many keys combinaison with no success, all I can have is the phone's charging animation.
I dismantled the whole phone and none of the liquid sensor seems triggered.
I removed both SIM trays and SD card as well, no luck.
Only while plugged in to a socket turns on the screen with charging percentage.
I tried to connect the phone to USB to my laptop and it doesn't do anything.
Any suggestion here?
Thanks
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Whilst unplugged, press and hold the power button for literally a minute. Release. Wait 10 seconds. Press and hold power until turns on.
It may work.
It may not
Worth a try
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd it switched on, I don't know why nor how.
I put the back cover in place (the one above the battery, not the one of the phone itself) which in my opinion links the power button to the motherboard itself (but I may be wrong) and it switched on after just a few seconds pressing the power button alone.
Hope this helps someone else, anyway thanks a lot for your reply which is much appreciated.
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Hey guys, I'm having a problem I thought you might be able to help me with.
I had my phone hooked to the charger. When I went back to it a few minutes later, the phone was powered off. There was also no charge LED lit either.
Now, I am not able to power the phone on at all. I get no LEDs when I plug it up.
I have tried taking the battery out several times. Has anyone else ran into this issue.
Also, I am not rooted, I am running on stock software.
You don't get the slash screen or anything?
Have you tried to get into recovery via adb?
We're you rooted / custom rom name?
You sound bricked
I do not get a splash screen or anything what so ever.
This phone has never been rooted. My original phone was, but after an issue with roaming and 3g I swapped it and decided not to root the new phone.
I have tried powering on with the volume button down, but still nothing. My pc does not recognize it at all when I plug it in either.
Also, I have tried 3 different charges and cables as well.
I had the same problems. I just weighted and mess with the power button and the battery. Steps that I did
1. hold the power button for like 5 second w/battery on phone
2. than while holding the p/button took the battery out and than put it back
I did this like 5 time, than it came on.I don't know what it was luck or what but it work for me. All of this happen before I rooted the phone.
Didn't work
Thanks for the input though.
It might just be dead. Maybe a power surge or something. idk.
Well, I finally got it working. It ended up being the battery. When it messed up, it was plugged into my g19 keyboard. This ended up completely draining my battery.
I swapped batteries with my friend to verify this. It than took over an hour to charge my battery to the point of the Orange led comming on.
I have a rooted HTC evo 4g. I rooted it about 2 months ago and have had no problems.
I woke up this morning, and it is bricked. I have not recently flashed anything or done anything beyond regular phone use.
i cannot enter download mode, and the "charging" led does not come on.
Any suggestions?
What does your phone do when you press the power button?
Have you removed the battery and inspected for indications of damage such as discoloration or bulges?
Have you tried connecting a different USB cable that is known to be working?
Have you visually inspected the USB connector for loose/damaged conductors?
BobWalker said:
What does your phone do when you press the power button?
Have you removed the battery and inspected for indications of damage such as discoloration or bulges?
Have you tried connecting a different USB cable that is known to be working?
Have you visually inspected the USB connector for loose/damaged conductors?
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the power button does nothing.
The usb cable and wall adapter works on my kindle, and i tried an additional one with no results.
The battery appears normal, however my next planned step is to try and get a replacement battery and see if that works.
Try taking battery out and then plug usb cable in only and try to turn on...
angryITman said:
Try taking battery out and then plug usb cable in only and try to turn on...
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no dice.
also wondering about the cause... 2 potential things:
- I've noticed that the phone gets very hot. 40+ degrees even when not running much. Is this within normal tolerance or could i be looking at heat damage.
- I've been getting the pop-up asking me to do some sort of OTA update. I keep saying no, because i know these ota updates can be incompatible with rooted phones. Could it have pushed through somehow and if it did could it cause the problem i am experiencing?
phone is fixed.
A read on the sprint forum that sometimes holding down the power for an extended time can get the phone to be responsive... had to hold it for like 90 seconds. It then flashed the white evo boot screen and powered back down almost immediately.
After this, however, the orange charging light came on and i was able to get to boot loader. I let the phone charge for a while, then it boot up as normal.
One of the things i noticed is that the battery is practically completely drained... this is odd as it was plugged into the charger when it died. On the same sprint forum, others have speculated that sometimes the battery can drain to the point where it wont accept a charge anymore... so maybe thats the issue.
Hi! Last night i had like three percent battery when i left it for the day. Today, in the morning, the phone was dead. Now, i thought maybe there was a little bit of power left, so i turned it on. It worked for like 15 secs and then turned off again because of the battery running out. I went up and put it on charge and it didn't turn on ,the led just flashed red three times, repeatedly til' I released the power button. I have now tried with three different wall chargers, includin the original, and also two different usb-cables. Everytime, just the three red led flashes again. Is there anything i can do besides replacing the micro-usb charging port, and if that really is the only option, is it just soldering to replace it, is there any instructions. Btw i'm running CM10 (unlocked bootloader) if that helps. Thanks in advance! :fingers-crossed:
EDIT: Okay, it really seems like this port is indeed broken. Will try to replace it myself and see how it goes along.
Aleebaan said:
Hi! Last night i had like three percent battery when i left it for the day. Today, in the morning, the phone was dead. Now, i thought maybe there was a little bit of power left, so i turned it on. It worked for like 15 secs and then turned off again because of the battery running out. I went up and put it on charge and it didn't turn on ,the led just flashed red three times, repeatedly til' I released the power button. I have now tried with three different wall chargers, includin the original, and also two different usb-cables. Everytime, just the three red led flashes again. Is there anything i can do besides replacing the micro-usb charging port, and if that really is the only option, is it just soldering to replace it, is there any instructions. Btw i'm running CM10 (unlocked bootloader) if that helps. Thanks in advance! :fingers-crossed:
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Hey bro it is not a serious problem.just connect charger to the phone and leave it for about 15-30 minutes the phone automatically charges and shows charging logo.
If I helped press thanks.
AjayRockstar said:
Hey bro it is not a serious problem.just connect charger to the phone and leave it for about 15-30 minutes the phone automatically charges and shows charging logo.
If I helped press thanks.
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It will not react at all, even after a full night in the charger.
Aleebaan said:
It will not react at all, even after a full night in the charger.
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after using fuel gauge app, it atleast charges but gets drained very fast and also the phone gets very hot....its HW problem
Hi,
my battery ran very low (~2%), and I put it in a car charger, and used it for a call. I've heard of car chargers or combination of different cables etc. causing problems, but I think I can rule out a burned out motherboard, as the phone was functioning for the call and a text was sent after.
About 5 min after I took it out of the car charger (got home) I noticed that the capacitive buttons were lit. I tried turning the phone screen on, nothing happened. So I held down the power button for 20 seconds or so, again nothing. Then I held down the power button and volume down, and it went into recovery (twrp)
Not sure why I did this, but I wiped the cache and dalvik cache, and hit reboot system. Now at this point I don't know if the battery died, or if it tried to reboot and didn't work. Either way, it is now dead
I have tried the following;
Hold power button, no response
Hold power button, and volume down, no response
Hold power button, volume down and volume up, no response
Left charger plugged in for an hour, no response
There is no led light on when the charger is plugged in
I have tried connecting to a pc, it makes the 'new device connected' sound, and soon after, the disconnect sound. Windows states that the usb device is not recognised.
Any ideas?
Forgot to mention I'm on Slimrom 4.2.2 build 8 official
Is it true that the phone can't be charged while in TWRP?
Any help would be appreciated, I need to flash KK!!
Shameless bump
I have tried the script to get the phone to charge/ get battery voltage here;
http://www.hackmyandroid.com/comprehensive-guide-on-unbricking-the-htc-one-x/4216
Also, I have read that there could be a script to get the phone to charge, post #4 here mentions that;
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one-x/300271-htc-one-x-will-not-turn.html
Can anyone pls help with this script mentioned in post #4??
I've rooted/ custom rom'd about 9 phones, I can't believe that it can be bricked by losing battery power while in recovery... nothing has ever gone wrong like this, please help!!
Try leaving it charging for ~24 hours
Try unplugging the battery from the motherboard and plugging it back in, if not get a new battery HOX is only about 5 pounds or you can upgrade to a HOX+ battery for about 20 pounds.
tried charging overnight ~12 hrs, no joy, but thanks
I have it opened up now, so might try disonnecting and re-connecting battery, thanks
I have been speaking to the team at TWRP on irc chat. Somebody suggested to strip USB cable back and connect bare wires to terminals of battery to see if it will charge. Will this cause problems as USB is ~5v and the battery is 3.7v??
msc125 said:
tried charging overnight ~12 hrs, no joy, but thanks
I have it opened up now, so might try disonnecting and re-connecting battery, thanks
I have been speaking to the team at TWRP on irc chat. Somebody suggested to strip USB cable back and connect bare wires to terminals of battery to see if it will charge. Will this cause problems as USB is ~5v and the battery is 3.7v??
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I wouldn't risk the USB thing. You might as well get a new battery. I have a spare HOX+ battery which is 2040mah bigger than the HOX, I could sell that to you for a cheaper price than everyone elses.
I have since replaced the battery, and also a new power flex cable (that I broke during disassembly!) and something has changed at least......
Beforehand, Windows did not recognise the device at all, sometimes the 'USB device not recognised' dialogue box wouldn't even appear, although it would make a sound
Anyway, now it says that it's not recognised, but in Device Manager, it says it is a APX device (before it was an unknown device)
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Apex mode unfixable with software I'm afraid... Needs a new main board
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
Stefan0vic said:
Apex mode unfixable with software I'm afraid... Needs a new main board
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the reply, just been reading up on it, aaahh well, guess I can send it off for repair
Any idea what could have caused it?
phone is back up and running
thanks to everyone for their input
here's how it started working again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681730
My phone died overnight yesterday, and when I got home today I found it to be dead, so I plugged it in and turned it on.
The menu where it shows an empty battery which fills up as you charge it was there, but the screen was frozen.
I tried plugging in and out the charger, tried booting with and without the battery, and each and every time, the screen with the empty battery and a frozen loading circle just comes up.
It might be my cable, so I plugged it into my HTC One X.
It worked fine, it charges but only if I bend the micro-usb side of the cable.
The reason for this is because I ran over the cable's front end with my computer chair, and somehow it only works when you angle it some way now. But, if I do angle it correctly, it will charge and if remained in that position it will charge.
I plugged the USB into my computer to see if it would read the Note 2, nothing.
Tried it with the One X, and it worked.
The very dim red LED light did come up though, when I was holding the power button.
Any ideas on what I should do?
Should I replace the USB cable? This may be a factor, but the frozen empty battery screen and the fact that the charger still works baffles me.
Some other notes:
The Note 2 is running a custom 4.4.2. ROM: W03 SLIM V9 or something.
It has also been recently hard resetted, and everything was working fine until it died last night.
What should I do!!
AgentTran said:
My phone died overnight yesterday, and when I got home today I found it to be dead, so I plugged it in and turned it on.
The menu where it shows an empty battery which fills up as you charge it was there, but the screen was frozen.
I tried plugging in and out the charger, tried booting with and without the battery, and each and every time, the screen with the empty battery and a frozen loading circle just comes up.
It might be my cable, so I plugged it into my HTC One X.
It worked fine, it charges but only if I bend the micro-usb side of the cable.
The reason for this is because I ran over the cable's front end with my computer chair, and somehow it only works when you angle it some way now. But, if I do angle it correctly, it will charge and if remained in that position it will charge.
I plugged the USB into my computer to see if it would read the Note 2, nothing.
Tried it with the One X, and it worked.
The very dim red LED light did come up though, when I was holding the power button.
Any ideas on what I should do?
Should I replace the USB cable? This may be a factor, but the frozen empty battery screen and the fact that the charger still works baffles me.
Some other notes:
The Note 2 is running a custom 4.4.2. ROM: W03 SLIM V9 or something.
It has also been recently hard resetted, and everything was working fine until it died last night.
What should I do!!
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Swap the cable...
And not sure what you mean about the charger ???
I've managed to get the right angle of my charge and bot into recovery, and from there I booted into system.
Now it isn't stuck on the zero battery screen and is charging now
AgentTran said:
I've managed to get the right angle of my charge and bot into recovery, and from there I booted into system.
Now it isn't stuck on the zero battery screen and is charging now
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Sounds to me like the battery was drained enough that it needed some time to charge before it would even turn on. I know my old iPhone behaved like that if I let the phone die.
Glad it sorted itself out.
Chris